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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's important!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s pretty much why I am studying it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a relief!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Of all the things the French tried to “fix” during the revolution, it amazes me that they didn’t try to simplify the way they say large numbers. Or if they did, that it didn’t stick.

  I am trying to learn French, and haven’t got into large numbers yet, but I know about this, and I am dreading it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xAI used employee biometric data to train Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Him co-opting Skippy into his bullshit pisses me off even more. What did that sketchy little talking beer can deserve to have his name smeared like that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A hypothesis⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I can technically claim I started with a hand me down C64 from my grandmother in the early 90s. But I was like 6 years old, and I didn’t really get into computers until we got a Windows 95 machine a couple of years later. Though by 99-2000 I was regularly playing around with the C64 for the novelty of what felt like ancient tech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't try to stop me⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow. I really feel like I am comparing apples to oranges back in ancient Egypt!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We are the wading dead!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  AI slop

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon unveils prototype AI smart glasses for its delivery drivers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One of my best friends is an Amazon delivery driver. This is just going to make his miserable job even more miserable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why would I buy this?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t.

  But I know people who only play COD and Madden. So if that’s all you are ever going to play, I guess it might make sense to spend all your gaming money on it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨another social network?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This looks more like another instagram clone rather than Facebook. Building a following of strangers rather than a network of people you actually know.

  I’ve yet to see a proper alternative (fediverse or not) to the way Facebook originally helped to keep connected to friends and family. To plan events. To keep your posts only visible to your friends. That’s the part that is hard to give up.

  (Yes, I know friendica is supposed to be the fediverse answer to that. But it’s really not accomplished that yet. It’s just a skin over mastodon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  #pupper #dogmom

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you think of any now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The mitochondria better still be the power house of the cell. Or we are going to flip some tables and burn the place down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve always assumed the more a brand needs to advertise, the shittier their product is. It’s a rule that holds most accurately to alcohol brands. (Bottom shelf plastic handles of liquor being the exception.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t played more than about 30 minutes of a Borderlands game. But from clips I have seen of all of them over the years, they all look exactly the same. Sounds to me like it’s just a poorly optimized game, as is standard for new AAA slop releases.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨tool to make an stl from 2D image?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it wasn’t the best at anything, but it did a few things very easily and was simple to work with. I use it to create 3D from 2D images. To subtract 1 model from another one to create negatives, and repair some STLs.

  Things that I haven’t found a FOSS option that works as simply and quickly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nepal’s Gen Z picks new leader on Discord, crypto community in shock⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It was a vote to appoint an interim prime minister who will facilitate a proper election.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨tool to make an stl from 2D image?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Microsoft 3D Builder. The most useful software MS has made in the past 15 years. But of course they killed it. You can still find its installer to download from 3rd parties. Its one of the tools I sometimes need and spin up a windows VM for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Language model ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Though Thoreau taught thorough thought through the tough tests throughout the tugboat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It is. Just accept it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dove & Jalapeno poppers are a labor day tradition here in Texas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A love story⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like a Robot Chicken sketch. Imagine it animated with claymation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bmw⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A good friend of mine was a BMW mechanic for years. He favorite joke was: “You know what the most sole crushingly pointless job is? The guy who installs turn signals at the BMW factory.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bmw⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Altimas turn signals simply don’t work. The driver is unaware.

  The BMWs signals work fine. The driver just thinks they are too good to use turn signals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They will remember⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, I called you a fucking toaster, you fucking toaster.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI companion apps are on track to generate $120M+ in revenue in 2025, and in H1 there were 60M downloads of this kind of app, up 88% YoY⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is just down right sad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The regrets of life⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  See, my cynical self assumed they both were hoping to lock you down as a BF or husband to mooch off of you, and cheat like crazy while you are deployed.

  Maybe I have just heard those stories too many times, from people I know who were in the military.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They don't make 'em like they used to⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun fact: It’s still used to describe an access hole in a barrel, or drum. At work, I sell stuff that sometimes comes in 55gal drums. I regularly have to explain what a bunghole is to people who have never worked with drums before, because they think I am being vulgar at first.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the maximum number of potatoes you could grow in your house or on property you own before it becomes a crime?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As long as you don’t live under the oppressive thumb of an HOA or city lawn ordinances, you can grow as many potatoes as is physically possible within your available space.

  But when you run out of practical space, you will probably think about going vertical. But building tall structures without planning permission or city approval is likely where you will run into trouble.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Inverse Thinking] How do I make sure my place gets messy again after I thoroughly cleaned and organized it?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Have some children.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slicer software for a Linux system?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use Cura and a flash drive with my newer printer. But with my old printer that required being tethered (a Solidoodle2 from 2012) I was using MatterControl, as it was much easier and more reliable than Pronterface which came with the printer.

  Though, the old PC I was using struggled when I did anything else on it while it was running the printer. The print speed would actually slow down or occasionally stop when loading a heavy webpage in a browser, for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Ribbed, for their pleasure.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A whole bunch of racing games are cheap at the moment, and there are so many that it's difficult to look through them all. What are your recommendations?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been having a blast playing Descenders. I also picked up Hot Wheels Unleashed to play with my Hot Wheels obsessed 4 yr old.