MalReynolds

@MalReynolds@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The best of both worlds with IEMs and TWS buds maybe?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I like my qudelix-5k, does flawless 96Khz/32bit LDAC to my Pixel7 (not that I use media that high, but it works well). Balanced output, onboard equalizer, usb DAC as well., been solid for 2 years+, goes great with IEMs. It’s a bit pricey and likely to be a pain when I have to go in to replace the battery, but I find myself charging ~ weekly, so Li-ion is good for ~ 1000 charges, perhaps 500 before significant degradation, which is 10 yrs or so. Worth it for my use case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL about Android Translation Layer (ATL), a way to port Android apps to Linux Mobile⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You should be fine on gOS for 6 yrs+, which is how long google promised to keep up with security updates. The device tree (think hardware drivers), which is what google removed with pixel 10 is what is causing grief, is already there for lower pixels. Unless, of course, google comes up with some new fuckery to invalidate the usability of the security updates (pray I don't alter the deal further...)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Annual rentseeking incoming, 3.2.1...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1U mini PC for AI?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It's PCIe 4.0 :(

  Boo! Silly me thinking DDR5 implied PCIe5, what a shame.

  Feels like they're testing the waters with Halo, hopefully a loud 'waters great, dive in' signal gets through and we get something a bit fitter for desktop use, maybe with more memory (and bandwidth) next gen. Still, gotta love the power usage, makes for one hell of a NAS / AI inference server (and inference isn't that fussy about PCIe bandwidth, hell eGPU works fine as long as the model / expert fits in VRAM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1U mini PC for AI?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure that's a x4 PCIe slot (admittedly PCIe 5x4, but not many video cards speak PCIe5), would totally trade a usb4 for a x8, but these laptop chips are pretty constrained lanes wise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The time and expense of commuting is theft, if that job can be done from home.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Historically unpaid commute originated before urban sprawl, car culture and a massive spike in population, it's been grandfathered in, but it's absolutely theft in the current environment, whether the job can be done at home or not. Posit 1 hr commute either way, that's 10hrs a week, and should probably get hazard loading as well. When unpaid commute originated it was more like 10-15 minutes walk per day.

  One of the most significant and efficient policy changes to combat CO2 and other pollutants would be to legislate paid commuting (with just protection against discrimination for both employee and employer). Just watch every employer WFH everyone who can be, not to mention improved quality of life, local services and being hugely popular.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I stood on a precision scale and farted, would I get lighter or heavier?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You seem to be assuming that the volume is immediately replaced by the external atmosphere, which I doubt is valid, more likely that the volume of the person would decrease, at least temporarily. The weight of 1 Liter (assuming a massive fart) of air is 1.275g according to wolfram, so, using your density numbers above, 1.275 * 1.06/1.2 = 1.126g lighter. Measurable with a really good scale, if the 90ml fart volume is realistic (has to be more realistic I guess), that's ~.1g,

  Think of yourself as a hot air balloon with a very tiny chamber, and when you release a 90 milliliter fart, you lose a little buoyancy and sink a little. You get heavier when you fart.

  No, you get denser, but not heavier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This website is for humans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps a poisoning the well attack on AI scrapers?