Anivia
@Anivia@feddit.org
- Comment on Microsoft is launching a $349 desktop PC that only runs Windows 11 by streaming it from the cloud 1 day ago:
There is absolutely zero reason a thin client needs to cost this much, unless this has some seriously high-end multi-monitor capabilities
- Comment on An old ad for the Wavebird controller for Gamecube 3 days ago:
For those that don’t care about being able to plug it into the GameCube or N64 there is also the Nyxi Wizard
- Comment on An old ad for the Wavebird controller for Gamecube 3 days ago:
There are quite a lot of GameCube games that let you invert the camera controls. But I’m not aware of any that would let you invert the left analog stick
- Comment on Post your setup. no matter how uggo 3 days ago:
About a third of it is friends of mine, the rest is family and extended family
- Comment on Post your setup. no matter how uggo 3 days ago:
I guess it depends on your library size and how many users you are serving. My plex server has a library of over 100 TB and over 60 uses, so to me a rack mount server for Jellyfin alone doesn’t sound overkill at all
- Comment on Post your setup. no matter how uggo 4 days ago:
Wait so you have like rack mounted server but only run jellyfin?
What would be wrong with that?
- Comment on Jewel Beetles 1 week ago:
Emphasis on “trying”
- Comment on New frog just dropped!!! 1 week ago:
Given that the Wikipedia entry got created in 2007 it can’t be very “new”
- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 3 weeks ago:
That’s not true. It charges very slowly, about 12 hours to charge a completely dead battery, but it does charge
- Comment on Apple’s first Mac mini redesign in 14 years looks like a big aluminum Apple TV 3 weeks ago:
Anything that has a very low power draw. You already listed one of the common examples: a clock. Due to rechargeable NiMH batteries having a high self-discharge rate you would have to replace the battery every year, whilst an Alkaline battery would last 5 to 10 years. Other common household items that are a good example would be TV remotes, smoke alarms, or smart home devices like light switches.
- Comment on Apple’s first Mac mini redesign in 14 years looks like a big aluminum Apple TV 3 weeks ago:
(on a side note, you seem to imply the use of non-rechargeable AA, which holy shit, if they’re still a thing, must be purged, sweet jesus…who’s dumb enough to waste money on em???)
You should probably educate yourself on the advantages of rechargeable and single use AA batteries before calling other people dumb for still using Alkaline batteries.
Rechargeable NiMH batteries are great for most usecases, but even the ones that are designed to have a low self-discharge rate still are much worse in that regard than Alkaline batteries. There are simply use cases where rechargeable AA batteries make no sense and you are much better off with regular Alkaline batteries.
- Comment on Guaranteed Crypto Loss. 3 weeks ago:
I would. I have never used dollars in my entire life to purchase goods. But I have done so with Monero frequently
- Comment on Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales from June 3 weeks ago:
Should children be able to buy alcohol on the basis that if they don’t get served in pubs/shops they could theoretically instead be sold moonshine in an alleyway?
Yes. That’s how we do it in Germany, because we know they would otherwise just steal alcohol from stores or get an adult to buy it for them, like is the case in the US
- Comment on Disposable vapes to be banned in England and Wales from June 3 weeks ago:
Yes, because the “product that comes in a sealed container” is actually the entire vape, the base you screw it into is nothing more than the battery
- Comment on Should you trust that doctor? 4 weeks ago:
Except that time it was lupus
- Comment on Explains a lot... 5 weeks ago:
How does it not suffocate?
- Comment on Why does the PC gaming industry still use such deceptive pricing? 1 month ago:
Yes, because the only people buying Nintendo Switch games are the ones who don’t care about the price in the first place. If you want to save money on switch games you just pirate them
- Comment on Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2 1 month ago:
Is this 2010?
- Comment on YSK: You don't own your Kindle e-books. 1 month ago:
Not entirely correct. If you own a legitimate copy of the book on your Kindle you can strip the DRM even on the newest version.
If you acquired the file through illegitimate means and it still has the DRM on it, then the newest DRM is indeed not possible to remove yet
- Comment on YSK: You don't own your Kindle e-books. 1 month ago:
It’s better to keep them as mobi files than converting to epub. Mobi works on almost every device, and converting to epub can always result in messed up formatting or chapters.
If you absolutely have to convert the files to epub for some reason, at least keep the original mobi files as well
- Comment on Australia’s 3G Shutdown - Telcos to Block Working 4G/5G Phones! 1 month ago:
VoLTE is needed, because 4g does not have any native calling functionality. Older 4g phones don’t have VoLTE, and revert back to 3g when trying to do a phone call. Since 3g is getting shut off, this means those phones will no longer be able to do calls at all, only data and SMS will keep working over 4g for them
- Comment on Installation 1 month ago:
This would have also been prevented if the electrical install included an RCD. It would have tripped instantly when the neutral gets disconnected
- Comment on AI bots now beat 100% of those traffic-image CAPTCHAs 1 month ago:
a bankrolled attempt could just as easily outsource the captchas to real humans.
Exactly. I’ve been using 2captcha for that for over a decade now
- Comment on Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second 1 month ago:
Nowadays the antenna is often embedded into the pcb, so no way to rip it out other than scraping off the traces
- Comment on It's coming! :( 1 month ago:
Opera died a long time ago, they no longer use their own browser engine. Nowadays they are just a Chromium skin with Chinese spyware
- Comment on A Twitter-like app where you are the only actual user and every other "user" is an AI bot. 2 months ago:
Yeah, that sub was sometimes hilariously on point with the stereotypes of certain subreddits