bitwolf
@bitwolf@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features 2 days ago:
I’d really like a removable battery as well.
- Comment on Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features 2 days ago:
Wait not like that!
I want Graphene but with none of the Moto features.
- Comment on $1,000 car loan payments are on the rise, stressing household budgets 5 days ago:
During covid my coworker for a 0% interest loan on a 2016 4rinner TRD pro. It was for 80k.
Dudes chilling, taking his time to pay it off, saving for a house.
- Comment on EA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, bucko 1 week ago:
EA literally had one job:
- Make Skate 2 but with a new area and updated graphics.
And EAcwent and fucked it up being greedy. And they wonder why Steam is killing it.
- Comment on Having grown up on sci-fi I always knew there would be people who reject robots and AI on a visceral level, I just thought it wouldn't be me. 2 weeks ago:
Honestly same.
I always got excited about early AI use because it was actually innovative.
Like using AI to get better HDR photos, using AI for object recognition and Augmented Reality.
I was sure I’d always be an early adopter for it all.
Then within a day of ChatGPTs release, I saw the same social patterns as NFTs forming. I was like “this stupid chat bot fad will die out quickly, it’s all slop frontends for the same chat bot”.
I even made a point to differentiate LLMs from AI, because AI used to label something innovative.
And now I’m here vehemently avoiding LLMs. Cringing whenever I hear AI tacked on to a product name. Getting suspicious whenever I hear the word.
- Comment on A succulent meal 2 weeks ago:
Not gonna lie but a hot honey marinade does not disappoint.
- Comment on If you are not in a tech field, what got you into self-hosting? 2 weeks ago:
I wanted more Dropbox space. Self hosted Nextcloud when Docker became a thing.
Ended up getting a job in tech as I got better with containerization and better at programming from scripting and reading Data Structures books
- Comment on Is browser preference a personality flaw? AI job interview evaluation raises questions— AI said applicant's 'habitual' Chrome use could indicate a 'lack of adaptability' after screening interview 2 weeks ago:
What choice do we have?
We use Chrome in any number of different costumes, or we tiptoe sites that deliberately break when using Firefox.
- Comment on No Man's Sky Remnant Trailer 3 weeks ago:
I bought it on release day and got bored quickly.
I picked it back up two years ago and I played all the way through to the end.
Now I don’t have much to do but play the expeditions and hunt for my favorite ships.
Currently I’m spacing bases out across each galaxy. It’s still quite fun, and if you didn’t complete the main story I think it’s worth the purchase.
- Comment on Give your Matrix account a Discord UI with Commet 3 weeks ago:
Flutter? No thanks
- Comment on What launcher should I replace Nova with? 3 weeks ago:
I wish they’d get their security in order.
It would be the perfect Graphene phone if they did.
- Comment on DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE 3 weeks ago:
I wouldn’t consider it so. Imo it has a different intended use case.
Similar to a a VPN’s server, if a TOR exit node is compromised, so is your traffic.
However, TOR is significantly slower than just torrenting over a VPN. It speed loss could make a 15min download take 6-8hours. For a movie that could be a few gbs in size it would take even longer.
- Comment on DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE 3 weeks ago:
I got started in high school, broke high school me shucked drives from used computers.
A lot of people throw away perfectly good computers. Or sell them for very cheap because they take up space.
Those reject computers, if you find the right one, could have 500gb-2gb ssds in them that are perfect for media server usage.
- Comment on Genes be crazy 3 weeks ago:
That’s the most useless censoring of the word “Fuck” I have ever seen 😅
- Comment on Nvidia might not have any new gaming GPUs in 2026 — and could be 'slashing production' of existing GeForce models 3 weeks ago:
So they can sell them for even more thanks to scarcity I’m guessing.
- Comment on If God had wanted us to have nearly unlimited clean energy, He would have placed a fusion reactor into the sky. 3 weeks ago:
I watched a docu about one fusion startup in the US. They’re skipping the boiling water step and converting the energy directly to electricity.
I dont remember the mechanics of how though. But they reportedly are the closest to net positive.
- Comment on How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving? 3 weeks ago:
Its contextual, and cab be both :)
I use it for thank you as well. But OP asked about apologies
- Comment on I am looking for a Linux OS 3 weeks ago:
Fedora KDE is what I use and recommend.
Its easy, to setup, no frills, reliable and very easy to use with a just gui if you’re not into the terminal.
If, and only if, this is not your primary computer. Eg, it’s only for gaming, I’d recommend Bazzite.
Bazzite is great and I use it on our couch pc for a true console experience. I call it “our better Xbox”.
- Comment on How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving? 3 weeks ago:
In America I do the turn signal hint as well. It seems no one gets the context, even when I can tell by their behavior (body language)?
That they desperately want to pass, and I want them to pass before I do (left lane is open).
- Comment on How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving? 3 weeks ago:
Most people follow and likely understand the manual hazard lights.
Two blinks in the tempo of “I’m sorry”.
I’ve made mistakes before and did so, sometimes they flash one quick blink of high beams to acknowledge.
- Comment on FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled 3 weeks ago:
That’s incorrect. Google’s Android has several industry leading security features the iPhone doesn’t support.
- Comment on FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled 3 weeks ago:
Android also has lockdown mode
- Comment on Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App 4 weeks ago:
Is this one fully open source? Or is it still “well open source when we can”?
- Comment on TikTok uninstalls are up 150% following U.S. joint venture 5 weeks ago:
I understand TikTok to be the bastion of communication and community for Gen Z.
But so much of the content is uncreative. The same songs and sound effects to some stupid reaction video.
That said, I do hope TikTok crashes and burns so the new owner loses on their bid. And I do really hope Gen Z can collectively find a new platform to communicate on freely because TikTok has been a force for them just as Twitter and Reddit was for Millenials.
- Comment on RIP Pinterest 1 month ago:
Does it load for you on Firefox? Seems to get stuck at 97%
- Comment on Dell brings back XPS laptops — ditches the capacitive touch bar, adds 1Hz display option, and upgrades 14 and 16-inch models 1 month ago:
I realize my tone could be misinterpreted, my intention was to support your comment on the new model and how it can look like a step backward compared to previous models.
My intention was not to refute your comment. :)
- Comment on Who care about book 1 month ago:
Of course is Texas lol
- Comment on Dell brings back XPS laptops — ditches the capacitive touch bar, adds 1Hz display option, and upgrades 14 and 16-inch models 1 month ago:
They literally had the small bezel and the camers on top in a previous XPS model.
- Comment on Dell brings back XPS laptops — ditches the capacitive touch bar, adds 1Hz display option, and upgrades 14 and 16-inch models 1 month ago:
I got my XPS 9360 because it came with Linux preinstalled.
Dell is pretty friendly to Linux and even uses LVFS. I would assume theyre maintaining that in the new models but hey techs been doing stupid things since covid so who knows.
- Comment on Dell brings back XPS laptops — ditches the capacitive touch bar, adds 1Hz display option, and upgrades 14 and 16-inch models 1 month ago:
Some Android phones do it too!