RaccoonBall

@RaccoonBall@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New nickel-iron battery charges in seconds, survives 12,000 cycles⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Nitpick perhaps, but watts are not a unit of energy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Save as PDF⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  fwiw its trivial to OCR it. single click in many pdf software.

  but I guess it slows down some people

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rent is theft⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  indeed. i frequently see people confusing cash flow and equity in these conversations. landlords claim if they are cash flow negative they’re ‘losing’ money, completely ignoring the equity they’re gaining.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yes its hard to build quality headphones for that little.

  in that price range I’d buy some chifi IEMs like the zero:2

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s your budget? over ears or earbuds? if over ears open back or sealed?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Office has been renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess they think we’ll use it 365 days a year.

  if so, they’re optimistic about their uptime

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Office has been renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  that was my conclusion as well, but I clicked the link before coming to the comments and had to just stare in shock for a moment

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  prove it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3182: Telescope Types⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  for similar reasons cracked camera lenses take perfectly normal pictures

  definitely a bit counter intuitive at first

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  i don’t want it either, but AFAIK they’re local models so the data didn’t go anywhere

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Its been working ok with apples

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everything I can't remember⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not exactly the right words but my brain jumped to Aaliyah instead

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTA0RuZoIxM

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For when arguments go off the bottom of The Debate Pyramid⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  • slaps alleycat around a bit with a wet trout *
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's efficient.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That means you probably have snowy winters and call the op’s smarties “rockets”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who is the enemy?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Printers.

  Specifically small consumer printers that users insist on having on their desk