LastYearsIrritant

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should speakers hum when they're connected to a stereo, but the volume of is turned all the way down?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You can’t compare a $30 Amazon stereo to anything made before 1990. That would be equivalent to something costing $10-$15 back then, which wouldn’t have even existed.

  There’s plenty of extremely high quality audio equipment that is made today, it just costs real money, just like it did back then.

  Yes, for a lot of people, used gear would probably work fine, but it wouldn’t have the inputs they need (no HDMI, no Bluetooth, etc.) heck, a lot of folks would expect it to have WiFi to cast their Spotify music to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Researchers turn spoiled milk into 3D printing materials — extracted proteins from dairy waste combined with polymers to create plastic alternative⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s almost impossible to find gas without at least 10% ethanol included here.

  Some gas stations sell 85% ethanol, and other ratios, but it’s really the 10% mix that’s the bulk of the sales.

  There are a few stations in my town that sell 0% ethanol gas, but they are increasingly rare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is self-hosting on personal computer practical?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  FreshRSS has an API that can be called by different apps in the app store.

  I use FreshRSS web interface on my computer, and then use the Readrops app on my phone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Home electricity bills are skyrocketing. For data centers, not so much.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  800w is less than half what you could pull from any outlet in the US. Standard electric breakers are rated for 15amp continuous at 120v. Most heating appliances designed to run for long periods of time (like electric heaters, or countertop cooking) run around 1800watts. So you could pretty easily plug in two 800w solar panels to back-feed a single circuit.

  50amp 220v is about the limit on one circuit for most residential homes (for ovens, or electric central heating) which is what would be used for the fastest electric car charging at home.

  That’s plenty of headroom for in-circuit solar generation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Home electricity bills are skyrocketing. For data centers, not so much.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You could when solar fist started becoming available. Energy companies quickly realized that if everyone did that, they’d have way too much power during the day, and none at night.

  Our local co-op power generator barely makes it useful to have solar unless you also have battery storage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I can still smell them⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do drug dogs ever get addicted when working or during training?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  K9 handler and K9 handler trainer here - K9 handlers are WILDLY different between agencies, even in the same region.

  Good K9 handlers never let their dogs get in contact with the drugs. I’m sure there’s plenty of bad handlers that let their dogs accidentally make contact.

  I’m sure there are plenty of dogs that OD or have problems, but there’s no way a dog would be able to self-administer enough to become “addicted”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I go crazy will you still call me Superman?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Scrubs theme song

  Superman - Lazlo Bane

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I go crazy will you still call me Superman?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sunshine Superman - Donovan

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That doesn't look good.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck, I thought I had a pretty typical body, but I had no idea it was abnormal to have skin.

  I guess it’s time to go to the doc again for a flesh-ectomy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨T2 butter mold⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Just 3d print a mould and use it twice before you forget it exists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Humans May Be Able to Grow New Teeth Within Just 4 Years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you only care about technology that’s commercially available, why are you on the technology community?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"i can hear the difference"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I worked at a big box electronics store back in the day. Problem was we only sold two kinds of cables.

  1 - shitty cables with the ends crimped on that will fall off after three uses.

  2 - way overpriced gold plated cables that cost 10x or more.

  I’d love it if we sold something in-between, but you absolutely could tell the difference between those options. Mostly cause the RCA ends didn’t make an actual decent connection to the equipment, so it wiggled around and induced static into the signal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does my overhang/bridge look so bad? Isn't this small enough to be done better?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Raise the area directly around the hole one layer, so the outside two large bridge parts get printed independently without being connected, then the next layer only has two tiny bridges under and over the hole, then the rest will be printed normally.

  If it was a round hole, it would be a little more difficult, but a square hole would be really easy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looks legit. What do you all think?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the base picture is a car dealership. It could still be AI, but the original base picture is probably still a dealership.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How long until we can start shorting years to 2 numbers again?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Our quirky university president tried very hard to make “aughty-aught” happen for 2000. It did not catch on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explained: Why you can't move Windows 11 taskbar like Windows 10, according to Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No exaggeration, this was my breaking point for switching to linux exclusively.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what seeing even more political posts on the shitpost community does to a mfer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Really old laser pointers used AAAA batteries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THIS is an inventive idea⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, most things slide under a shingle so the water never touches the fasteners.

  Some things screw right through with sealant on top, but that’s not the best way to do it, cause sealant will break down over time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THIS is an inventive idea⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  safetyrailsource.com/products/nextgen-hitchclip

  With just a little pre-planning when the weather is ok, you can install some brackets or fall harness mounts under the shingles.

  Solar panel mounts would also work. There’s plenty of things designed to mount to the roof while still maintaining water proofing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Christmas tale⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Thing takes place at the south pole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Notepad++ updater installed malware⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v889-released/

  Since you have to opt into tracking to read the article (which I think is illegal) here’s the source.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is no center of the universe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's the Christmas light video again - 2025 edition⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He mentions flicker several times in the video.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton launches privacy-first alternative to Excel and Google Sheets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re buying an annual plan, Mozilla resells Mullvad for cheaper. Monthly, buying direct is cheaper.

  Also, I assume, but don’t have any evidence, that buying from a reseller is a little more private due to separation of billing and services.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Decreasing Certificate Lifetimes to 45 Days⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The point is, if the certificate gets stolen, there’s no GOOD mechanism for marking it bad.

  If your password gets stolen, only two entities need to be told it’s invalid. You and the website the password is for.

  If an SSL certificate is stolen, everyone who would potentially use the website need to know, and they need to know before they try to contact the website. SSL certificate revocation is a very difficult communication problem, and it’s mostly ignored by browsers because of the major performance issues it brings having to double check SSL certs with a third party.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says he'll release MRI results but doesn't know what part of his body was scanned⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s no such thing as a non-invasive test.

  Even if there were zero risks for the actual procedure, and they’re just doing it for the fuck of it, what happens if they find a little abnormality? Now you need a biopsy, more scans, and possibly treatment for something that doesn’t show any symptoms and never would have.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI finds errors in 90% of Wikipedia's best articles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t discard a good technique cause it can be implemented poorly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come there is not a pope without grey hair? I mean a much younger pope like 30s 40s. Really can't be that hard. You got an ocean of cardinals and priests who pretty much tell say?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone in their 30’s will significantly change their worldview over the next 50+ years.

  More than anything else, the church wants stability. If you elect someone in the last part of their life, you’ll have a much better idea of what ideology their entire papacy is going to be formed under.

  If electing a pope was only for 4, 10, or even 20 years, it would be more reasonable to elect a younger pope, but as it is a lifetime appointment, someone older is always going to be a more conservative option.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Framework stops selling separate DDR5 RAM modules to fight scalpers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Walked a friend through a build a month or so ago and actually ended up being cheaper buying from Frame.Work instead of from anywhere else at the time.