swelter_spark

@swelter_spark@reddthat.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK Jr. Wants Every American to Be Sporting a Wearable Within Four Years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I don’t even remember the last time I wore a watch. No reason now that everything has a clock built in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK Jr. Wants Every American to Be Sporting a Wearable Within Four Years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought there were devices like this you could buy as a kit and build yourself that were local and private.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You're not alone: This email from Google's Gemini team is concerning⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I use it, too. Never had any problems with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp is officially getting ads⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Realities of hosting a tor relay node at home⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It can also be run as a standalone background service, so you don’t have to have a browser window open all the time. I’ve run one for years. Super easy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There are lots of local brands that don’t advertise that are better than nationally-known brands, at a much lower cost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  IMO, I would rate them: ME1 Andromeda ME2 ME3

  The original Mass Effect was great, a classic, but 2 and 3 had less and less of what I’d loved about the first game. By the time I got to 3, I was playing because I felt invested in the story and characters, not because I found the gameplay enjoyable. Andromeda wasn’t quite as enjoyable as ME1 to me, mostly because I didn’t connect with the characters as much, but the story was surprising and original, fights were exciting, and the gameplay had a lot of interesting new elements that made the scenario feel immersive. It’s really too bad that so many people didn’t like it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The beginning of the game is really bleak, but it makes the scenario of trying to colonize a lifeless planet feel all the more real IMO. After you meet aliens and start terraforming planets, it starts to be more what people wanted out of it, I think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp is officially getting ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m surprised. He didn’t come across this way to me on Github, or in group chats and interviews he’s done. I want to say that, as a non-American, maybe he doesn’t know the kind of things Trump has done here, but then it seems like everyone knows what Trump has done here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨matrix is cooked⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you can’t message people who are offline, right? I’ve used it before, and like the idea, but both people having to be signed it at the same time wouldn’t work that well for me & my contacts, since we’re in different time zones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Opinion] Firefox is dead to me – and I'm not the only one who is fed up⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No reason why the forks can’t continue their own independent development. If they do disappear, I guess I’ll use a webkit-based browser, or maybe a Gemini browser that also does http.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What exactly is a self-hosted small LLM actually good for (<= 3B)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  7b is the smallest I’ve found useful. I’d try a smaller quant before going lower, if I had super small vram.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp is officially getting ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What does this mean? What’s on his twitter profile?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I really enjoyed Mass Effect: Andromeda.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I 3d printed a custom sized keyboard using open source software and hardware designs.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never seen one like that before. Very interesting!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that still the case with gene splicing vs natural mutation?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brain-computer interfaces: Brain implants are letting people move, speak, and interact with machines using only their thoughts. The first FDA approvals may arrive within five years.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The amount of suffering it’s already caused will never be worth it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you like animals, there’s lots to do with animal rescue, and you meet lots of great people. There are ways to contribute even if you don’t have a lot of physical mobility, like helping with internet activities, record-keeping, photography, and caring for animals temporarily while they’re being quarantined.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨10 incredible PC games that never got console ports—until Steam Deck happened⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Septerra Core and Divine Divinity were both really good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Space rats make it an buy for me, but I’ll still wait until it’s 75% off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I 3d printed a custom sized keyboard using open source software and hardware designs.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How does that work? Does it move all the keys around for you or is it, like, double-sided?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Smartphones are Designed to Fail Us (and We Have to Change That)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Light bulbs originally lasted basically forever, is my understanding. The wires were thick enough to not break with use. Then they were made thinner so they’d wear out eventually and users would have to buy more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA: Widespread internet outage affects Spotify, Google, Discord, AWS, Cloudflare, more⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what I thought.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AOSP isn't dead, but Google just landed a huge blow to custom ROM developers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I plan on buying one when my current phone is no longer usable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Massive internet outage reported: Google services, Cloudflare, Character.AI among dozens of services impacted⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When I get to that screen, I just x out most of the time. It’s usually not that important.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  According to the website, they can’t reproduce by seed, only by division.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m glad these are still being sold. I first read about them last year, but was moving at the time. I’d really like to get some.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spiritfarer Developer Thunder Lotus Reveals At Fate's End, An Action Game With Dialogue-Driven Combat⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds interesting, and the art looks nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Martial Law: Our Spring, an adventure game set in an 80s Eastern Bloc country under martial law, releases a demo on Steam.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blue Prince - Have you played it? How blown is your mind?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m on day 20 or so. Myst was the game I would compare it to, also.