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- Comment on 80s Nostalgia AI Slop Is Boomerfying the Masses for a Past That Never Existed 1 day ago:
There’s a lot to be said for the late 90’s. Post Cold War, but pre 9/11.
It’s not perfect for everyone, especially if you’re LGBT+, but it’s got a lot going for it.
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- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
I had one with solar and one without, I think the solar is mostly useless.
It only takes a short time to charge it up with the USB charger (proprietary charger, FYI) so I don’t think it really matters.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
I have a Garmin watch. Lasts 2+ weeks on a charge depending on how I use it.
- Comment on I suspect you can understand everything about a person simply by watching how they play Duck Hunt on the NES. 3 weeks ago:
That was a little simplified, but mostly correct.
The pointing at a light source doesn’t work in every situation, and a lot of games had multiple targets.
You can see how it works in this 6 minute SlowMoGuys video.
- Comment on What are your go-to sites to find free 3D files to print? 4 weeks ago:
Feels like most high quality results are on printables these days. Thingiverse used to be the go-to so they’ve got a lot of models from the early days, so it’s worth checking.
Makerworld seems to be drawing a lot of the newer crowd due to their huge sponsorship push on influencers, so they have a growing audience as well.
If you’re looking for a functional part (not strictly art or models) it’s probably on one of those three.
- Comment on What are your go-to sites to find free 3D files to print? 4 weeks ago:
They originally showed items hosted anywhere and free first, but once people got used to it they changed all the defaults. If you go there now and search, you have to manually set the source or it only shows you results from thangs itself, and pushes paid models and memberships to the top.
I only use it as a last resort now, and it’s typically pretty bad.
- Comment on What are your go-to sites to find free 3D files to print? 4 weeks ago:
Nah, I briefly thought so, but their search shenanigans are trying to push people to only use their site.
They push paid designs and memberships hosted on thangs to the top, and default search to Thangs only.
They originally showed items hosted anywhere and free first, but once people got used to it they changed all the defaults. It’s a big bait and switch.
- Comment on Real milk proteins, no cows: Engineered bacteria pave the way for vegan cheese and yogurt 5 weeks ago:
No mention of lactose.
Plant based, lactose free milk and cheese would be amazing.
No idea why they’d intentionally add lactose, so I assume it would just be naturally lactose free.
- Comment on Like clockwork, Peacock is raising subscription prices again 5 weeks ago:
I recently subscribed. It’s only $3/mo so it’s really inexpensive, but also it feels like it’s just a heavily curated YouTube.
There’s nothing I’ve found on nebula that’s not also on YouTube. The only real benefit (to me, not the creators) is that there’s no sponsorship in the video.
That being said, the app isn’t as polished and I feel like I’m just remembering which creators I follow on both and when I see a new video from one of them in YouTube, I flip to nebula to watch it, then go back to YouTube for my other subscriptions.
- Comment on Can you have an infinitely long wavelength of light? Or is there some maximum? 1 month ago:
Cause things get named CENTURIES before we understand them, and as we learn more, sometimes it makes sense to rename them, sometimes it is so engrained in daily life nobody would use the new names.
- Comment on Do the right thing and lend a friendly hand 1 month ago:
Cause using superman for his actual ideal use would be pretty boring for a comic book.
- Comment on The Lord of the Ringsy-Wingsy 1 month ago:
No, the Teletubbies are the Eloi from The Time Machine. They are simple creatures that can’t possibly understand the technology they use, so they don’t make it or maintain it.
They freak out and go to bed when the sun goes down. Probably because the Morlocks are coming.
The world is far too technologically advanced for it to be Hobbits. The Hobbits are specially written to be essentially self sufficient and don’t desire anything more advanced than beer (and magic fireworks.)
- Comment on Trim around door warping 1 month ago:
That’s probably too much warping for humidity. The hinges are probably pulling that side of the door lower.
Do you own this property? If so, I would pull the trim off completely, rehang the door properly, with longer screws through the hinges to hold them up to the framing, and then put the trim back on.
If you rent, call your landlord to do the above.
- Comment on BREAKING: X CEO Linda Yaccarino Steps Down One Day After Elon Musk’s Grok AI Bot Went Full Hitler 1 month ago:
It CAN be time based, but there’s also a “hot” and an “active” sorting. Both of which are “algorithms”.
It’s a lot more simple of an algorithm, and doesn’t intentionally push specific topics, but if you open lemmy.world anonymously, you’ll see a default “All/Active” feed which is sorted by engagement.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Only if there’s laws in place to keep the ultra rich from buying up multiple properties, otherwise it’s just an opportunity for people to keep hording homes to rent out.
- Comment on Ok, I'll pay you the 1995 price 1 month ago:
McDonald’s STILL has newspapers sitting in a rack next to the counter where I am. Growing up these places had magazines and newspapers available to read. People “back then” didn’t just randomly talk to strangers, they just kept themselves busy with other things.
Yes, there’s a problem with people not interacting physically anymore, but it’s not cause we have electronics, it’s cause people don’t have a place to go outside the home anymore. This is a problem with a lack of community centers and walk-able neighborhoods, not a problem with phones.
- Comment on Subnautica's Original Creators Have Been Removed From Unknown Worlds "Effective Immediately", As Krafton Makes Concerning Leadership Changes 1 month ago:
Yup, sounds like I need to wait for quite a few patches and some real reviews before I buy
Kerbal Space Program 2Subnautica 2 - Comment on Plan for my first homeserver 1 month ago:
Get two external hard drives and swap them into a fire safe occasionally.
That way if there’s a need to evacuate you can just grab the fire safe and run.
- Comment on Trying to pick a printer 2 months ago:
Core One has a slightly larger print surface, and the enclosure means it can print more advanced materials.
Prusa is likely going to continue building off the core platform, so it’ll probably be more upgradable than the mk4s.
Also, I think it looks nicer, like an appliance instead of a project.
- Comment on Trying to pick a printer 2 months ago:
Why a mk4s instead of a Core One?
There’s a lot of right answers, but a QIDI or a Core One would probably be my two options here.
- Comment on YSK that military members cannot simply defy orders they object to 2 months ago:
It’s literally brought up in the video. Watch it before commenting.
- Comment on YSK that military members cannot simply defy orders they object to 2 months ago:
Watch the video, it’s more complicated than that from a legal aspect.
This guy is on your side, but knows the law backwards and forward on the subject.
- Comment on Amazon boss tells staff AI means their jobs are at risk in coming years 2 months ago:
bleepingcomputer.com/…/developer-guilty-of-using-…
10 years in jail is what’s stopping them.
It’s REALLY hard to create a dead man’s switch that works, but also leaves no trace. Even if you delete the script after it executes, there’s probably backups or logs that show what happened.
- Comment on Make dinosaurs weirder 2 months ago:
Yeah, this is why people don’t trust science. They look at the surface level of the PRESS RELEASE and then assume scientists are just making shit up.
There’s a ton of work done behind the pictures and there’s lots of revisions and changes as new evidence comes in. AND there is disclaimers on ever single “artist rendition”
Science is fucking hard, and the pretty pictures of the press release are just the fun parts that they use to advertise their hard work.
Then people take a brief look at the picture, call bullshit, then go smear them online.
- Comment on Tough, Tiny, and Totally Repairable: Inside the Framework 12 2 months ago:
I think that has more to do with safety laws and emission standards than anything else. How can you properly crash test a fully modular car?
I’d love it if cars were more repairable, but modular would be a really tough design problem.
Heck, you NEED a screen in the US on any car due to backup cameras being mandatory. If you need a screen, I can see why companies would just use it for the infotainment system.
- Comment on If you can't make it yourself, store bought is fine 2 months ago:
Just inject it straight into your brain
- Comment on The "standard" car charger is usually overkill—but your electrician might not know that [32:26] 2 months ago:
I’m not sure what you mean by this. Any modern US house would have a similar capability, it’s just older homes that would struggle since there would never be a need for such high power devices in a garage.
Most older garages would only need enough power to run a single lightbulb, if it was slightly newer, maybe a low power automatic garage door opener.
It’s the same in any country with buildings over 100 years old.
- Comment on Is there any open source tv focused os/ui? 2 months ago:
Steam Big Picture Mode allows you to install non steam apps.
- Comment on xkcd #3100: Alert Sound 2 months ago:
Grindr notification sound.