blargh513
@blargh513@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Not stealing 1 day ago:
Yeah, no. They’re assholes. Little ones, but still assholes.
- Comment on Harvard dropouts to launch ‘always on’ AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation 2 days ago:
It is unoriginal because meta already did it! They directly referenced meta in their description.
- Comment on Harvard dropouts to launch ‘always on’ AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation 2 days ago:
Tl;dr two over privileged teenage psychopaths stole a stupid idea from Meta/google that was hated by many and are going to make it worse by going all-in on the reasons people hate them.
Let’s get these guys some money!!!
Fuck these talentless twerps.
- Comment on To install a new outlet with a dedicated circuit do they have to cut the drywall all the way from the electrical panel to the outlet? 3 days ago:
Nobody cuts a strip. You typically can limit cuts by cutting one hole big enough to get a hand into on either side of studs. You drill a hole through the stud and pass the wire. Either that or cut a small hole right at the stud, make a small notch big enough for the wire and put a metal plate over the notch.
Most electricians try to minimize cutting holes everywhere because the homeowner gets mad and it wastes time. Better to pull up from the basement or pull down from attic if available.
- Comment on Americans’ junk-filled garages are hurting EV adoption, study says 5 days ago:
Privacy matters. If it didnt, bathrooms would not have doors.
- Comment on Americans’ junk-filled garages are hurting EV adoption, study says 5 days ago:
I do not understand people who use their garage to store useless crap and leave their car outside. The car is more valuable than the crap.
Dump all that useless junk into a dumpster. Get a bike shed, put the mower in it too.
The garage is for cars, not bikes, mowers or trash nobody cares about.
Looking at you California.
- Comment on Americans’ junk-filled garages are hurting EV adoption, study says 5 days ago:
In the us, home chargers will typically run on 240 volts, similar to a dryer or electric stove.
The amperage can be as low as 16 amps (not common) and up to 40 amps. There are higher amperage chargers, but they’re not super common. Most homes dont have that much capacity provisioned and adding it to the breaker box means new circuits and often the power company has to provide a higher capacity meter. It gets expensive.
Since volts x amps = watts, a 240 volt charger that operates at 40 amps will charge at 9600 watts or 9.6 kilowatts (maximum).
You can charge using a standard 120v outlet, most are rated for 15 amps. However, you will get 120v x 15a = 1800 watts or 1.8 kilowatts (maximum).
- Comment on Losing my resolve 1 week ago:
Slack is still worse.
Also, Teams is a work app. Why would anyone like it? We only use it because we have to.
Well, you do, I got fired so I dont do shit but look for a new job.
- Comment on Everytime i come across a 3d printing post 1 week ago:
Carry on then.
- Comment on Everytime i come across a 3d printing post 1 week ago:
Dude this is a place for shitposting. Go somewhere else if you want to be pedantic.
You realize you’re arguing with Satan’s maggoty cum fart, yeah? Might be a hint of something…
- Comment on Perplexity AI is complaining their plagiarism bot machine cannot bypass Cloudflare's firewall 1 week ago:
Used to make tarpits with reverse proxies. Accept the connection and then set the responses for a few seconds before default TCP timeout. Doesn’t eat much resource as long as you have enough TCP connections and can reuse them effectively.
- Comment on Anyone else guilty of this? 1 week ago:
Also, forcing your kids to play your favorite old games assumes that your games were the best games.
They were fun in their day, but time moves on. Assuming that everything since you formed your opinions is inferior is some big boomer energy.
Let them find their own fun with their friends on their terms. Making your kids play your old crap with you is kinda sad.
I think Minecraft is boring as hell and I’m not gonna play it, but I’m not going to force my kids to play mega man 2 instead.
- Comment on To Catch a Predator's Chris Hansen Planning Roblox Documentary, It's Claimed 1 week ago:
I’m sorry, did you say a MAGA wood chipper?
Delightful!
- Comment on Microsoft's Windows lead says the next version of Windows will be "more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal" as AI redefines the desktop interface 1 week ago:
It will be true if people are unwilling to put in a little effort to demand better or stop using windows.
You want your games to run on something else? Don’t buy them until they do. Sadly, most people are 100% unwilling to delay that instant gratification and sacrifice even the smallest convenience.
That’s how we got here. You cannot expect change if you are unwilling to do anything to make it happen.
This is why sloth is a deadly sin.
- Comment on Microsoft's Windows lead says the next version of Windows will be "more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal" as AI redefines the desktop interface 1 week ago:
That was my first thought, like what the fuck, I don’t want my OS creeping on all my shit.
It won’t matter, they will serve slop and most people will happily eat it.
A lack of even basic technology literacy hurts everyone so much. Most people have zero clue how their stuff works and zero interest to learn. Its easy to manipulate an ignorant population as we see again and again.
My favorite simple example is “do you shit with the door open? No? OK then privacy does have value–for all involved.”
- Comment on Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents 1 week ago:
There are also hand held radios, strobelights, flares, and PLBs that do not require more satellite infrastructure.
People being lost in the wilderness is not a new problem. It often happens because people don’t bother to consider that they might get lost and plan appropriately.
Sorry, but not everyone gets to come home, especially if they don’t do a little planning.
- Comment on Help. 1 week ago:
People will do anything but put in a little work to establish healthy relationships with people.
- Comment on Help. 1 week ago:
Well, if I had a taco butt plug, everything else would seem lame by comparison.
- Comment on Aspergers officinalis 1 week ago:
I tried many ways, my most successful was asparagus with a drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper and a light dusting of Parmesan cheese. Put it in the broiler until the cheese gets a tan. Finish with a tiny sprinkle of really fancy balsamic vinegar.
While it was an improvement, the texture was still not something I ever found acceptable.
Also, if you’re using asparagus for smelly dick jokes, I am willing to withdraw my judgement.
- Comment on Aspergers officinalis 1 week ago:
It takes several years, many seasons, much sun and rain for such a magnificent vegetable to grow to maturity and be ripe for the harvest.
Unfortunately it tastes like ass, has the texture of twine and makes your piss stink.
Vile weed.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
As a father of sons who are nearly undatable, I would like to offer some thought.
The father here is probably worried for his sons future and happiness. He didn’t set up a date for no reason.
His choice of words are not awesome, but I understand being exhausted by ones progeny. Without an understanding of the relationship, making a judgement is a wild shot in the dark.
If OP wants to bail out of the date, they will. I would qualify this as weird but so is eating sushi, it is still good though.
- Comment on Shit 2 weeks ago:
I’m glad I’m not the only one who remembers and enjoys this.
- Comment on No, the UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online 2 weeks ago:
Donations are considered revenue. However, depending on the receiving entity, they could be qualified differently.
- Comment on Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery 2 weeks ago:
Same here, I’m on 141.0 Linux. No tab grouping unless I group them. I do see the ai button but have not bothered with it.
- Comment on California May Ban Lyft And Uber From AI Price Gouging Users With Low Phone Batteries 2 weeks ago:
Its called clickbait and Jalopnik is a piece of shit site anyway.
- Comment on Replaced my electric resistance water heater with heat pump, dramatic reduction in energy usage 3 weeks ago:
Are these things reliable? I’m not in a position to replace currently but I do like to think about these things before the need arises.
I’ve had gas tanked for years. What I appreciate is that they need nothing from me. I flush the tank once a year and that’s it. They just do their job quietly and without need. I don’t think about it, and I love that.
I’ve been burned with crappy modern appliances. Tried front load washers, three and they were all crap. Sometimes wouldn’t spin, they were smelly, expensive and unreliable. Switched back to top loader because it just works. Same experience with a dishwasher. Used very little energy, but did a lousy job, was expensive and had to fuss with it constantly.
I’d like lower energy costs but not if the thing won’t work or have weird conditions. If five people who live in the house can overrun it with two showers, thats not useful or if it takes an hour to heat a tankful.
- Comment on US | Epstein scandal broadens as trove of letters from famous figures published 3 weeks ago:
Because hes overrated, not funny and screwed Conan. He is undeserving of his success.
- Comment on US | Epstein scandal broadens as trove of letters from famous figures published 3 weeks ago:
Also, HE’S NOT FUNNY!!!
His movies are forgettable. He’s like Jay Leno, popular beyond all reason for having done nothing meaningful.
- Comment on Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK 3 weeks ago:
It would have to get pretty bad before people would be willing to forgo convenience.
That stuff is a nasty drug, very addictive and people will sell everything they got to keep it. They’d rather pay and arm and a leg instead of learning a little technology so they could help themselves.
People will slave themselves to the company that lets them be the most ignorant person possible but still enjoy the fun of technology.
Could you imagine if all mobile devices stopped using face recognition to unlock phones? I’d be willing to bet that a big chunk of people wouldn’t be able to use them at all. I’m surprised that google and apple haven’t started charging extra for that.
- Comment on hygiene 3 weeks ago:
Aeron chair with a crumb tray under.the mesh. Empty the tray once a year and hose down the chair every other.