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- Comment on If only 4 days ago:
Same here, I probably still have some sealed spindles of black discs hiding on boxes.
- Comment on If only 4 days ago:
Now it’s extra tragic. They should have just made a meal at home and stopped crypto.
- Comment on Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it 4 days ago:
I hereby revoke my permission.
- Comment on AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns 4 days ago:
Don’t tease us, Satya. \
- Comment on Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL 4 days ago:
His was a 42" he got for around $100, ludicrously cheap, but after using it he saw why.
- Comment on Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL 4 days ago:
Amazon does have a patent specifically for that sort of mesh-like communication, so it is possible. The TCLs I have/had were Roku based, but kept getting worse and worse until I gave one away and reset and disconnected the other. I also refuse to see ads, but that wasn’t really an issue because I didn’t use any services that showed ads. Then the TVs themselves started to and I was done. I think many of the manufacturers are getting wise to the “never connecting” trend and making it more and more obnoxious. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if most TVs started becoming unbearably naggy until you connect it to an internet connection. A friend of mine also recently got another TCL TV, this one being Amazon Fire based. Apparently, it was so bad he just gave it away within the first couple of months (it was a really cheap TV).
- Comment on Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL 4 days ago:
The higher end TCL have very good specs, but my issue is only with the software. At this point I’ve been leaning towards “dumb” TVs. My most recent TV is not a smart TV and can’t be retroactively ruined with ads or additional spyware. I just wish there were high end models available for when my larger living TV bites the dust.
- Comment on Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL 5 days ago:
They actually do still make some nigher end/niche displays I believe, but they spun their main LCD panel group off and it merged with another company. That all being said, the displays weren’t the big point here. I wouldn’t use a TCL or Samsung if they had the best displays because they load them bullshit software and I don’t trust them.
- Comment on Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL 5 days ago:
We have/had two, the entry level one was full on crappy as you alluded to, but the higher end TV, while it had a decent panel was a shitshow due to the software. I ended up having to factory reset it and just never connect it to the internet to get it usable again after a series of terrible “enhancements”. This is my main problem with where I see Sony TVs going. If having great panels/displays was all that mattered, higher end Samsung and LG TVs would still be good choices too.
- Comment on Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL 5 days ago:
Every friend or acquaintance that has asked me “What TV should I get if I want a really nice LCD TV?” was always told Sony, so I know lots of people with them. I guess I have no good answer for these people now, every brand other than Sony had become enshittified.
- Comment on Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL 5 days ago:
You sound like a person that hasn’t had the pleasure of owning a TCL TV (hint: it sucks).
This is Sony checking out and letting the remaining good will of one of their few reputable product be wrung out for cash. As another commenter said, this is Sony becoming the new RCA.
- Comment on Micron addresses Crucial exit backlash: 'We are trying to help consumers around the world' — company warns that DRAM drought could last until at least 2028 1 week ago:
What a bunch of bullshit. He is “helping” thier profits and nothing more while directly fucking over consumers. Micron was the best/safest company to get memory from for picky devices, especially since their site could confirm direct compatibility. Now everyone loses except them and the AI companies.
- Comment on Valheim player keeps building Dollar Generals despite friend begging them to stop: 'I do not want to play Valheim with Greg anymore' 1 week ago:
There is no way anything will surpass this on the internet today. Let’s close up shop and try again tomorrow.
- Comment on I felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germany 2 weeks ago:
To be fair, Alemania (Ale Mania!) sounds like a kick ass name for Bavaria.
- Comment on The 10 most anticipated video games of 2026 3 weeks ago:
Wow, not one of these looks worth my time. Maybe it’s the year of the Steam backlog.
- Comment on Why Are Cars Getting Rid Of Android Auto? 3 weeks ago:
No, you misunderstand what I was trying to say, so I probably didn’t communicate it well. You cannot use any of them, open source or not, without allowing the Google Play Services some rather invasive permissions. That’s the Google I was referring to.
- Comment on Why Are Cars Getting Rid Of Android Auto? 3 weeks ago:
I quite literally just bought one of those clips recently because I am done with Android Auto, and Google in general as much as I can be.
- Comment on Why Are Cars Getting Rid Of Android Auto? 3 weeks ago:
You can, but it’s a Google filled minefield. A good view of it is reading into all of the trouble of using Android Auto in GrapheneOS without destroying all the privacy protections. It’s essentially impossible to get navigation going without doing so, but audio for music and phone calls can be done with some hoop jumping. You’re still probably better off just using bluetooth though.
- Comment on "i can hear the difference" 4 weeks ago:
Makes sense, I like vinyls for the deliberate retro experience of putting on the record and listening, but I have never agreed that they actually sound better. When CDs became mainstream I was personally thrilled.
- Comment on "i can hear the difference" 4 weeks ago:
I am sure it was no coincidence that those were the two options. I fell into that trap when I was a teen and had my first stereo. I had to buy some cables I couldn’t really afford because they literally didn’t offer RCA cables longer than 6’ in the other brand.
- Comment on "i can hear the difference" 4 weeks ago:
Classic issue and I am a bit shocked they hadn’t run into it before, I had figured that out when i was a teen with my first stereo setup. I am also not surprised at all that they were recommended to fully rebuild lmao
- Comment on A belated Christmas gift to R6 Siege! 4 weeks ago:
That shocking news! Almost as shocking as hearing that there are still Rainbow Six games being made and played.
- Comment on "i can hear the difference" 4 weeks ago:
That’s a classic and I am glad it see it passed around again. The best part is the people that start delving into the snake oil absurdity that is “audiophile cables” before, you know, getting better actual speakers/headphones. Like for fucks sake, your $200 fancy cable isn’t going to make your bullshit bargain bookshelf speaker into the voice of god. Just get some half way decent equipment and listen to your actual music.
- Comment on The Revolution Will Not Make the Hacker News Front Page 5 weeks ago:
Well, I did say mostly sane. I’ve been on the site longer than most/all of the admins and have never had an issue, but I don’t post often. I know one of the current admins is a Google employee, so maybe they feel the need to defend their evil provider.
- Comment on The Revolution Will Not Make the Hacker News Front Page 5 weeks ago:
I don’t think I’d lump lobste.rs in with hackernews, as it has always been basically a mostly sane alternative to hackernews.
- Comment on Nokia N900 Necromancy 1 month ago:
Exactly the type of super human that would engage in N900 necromancy.
- Comment on Marco Rubio bans Calibri font at State Department for being too DEI 1 month ago:
This is one of the dumbest distractions I’ve ever witnessed. I suppose the purposely forcing an acknowledged shitty font that was pushed out for a reason is on brand for such a shitty administration.
- Comment on Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline 1 month ago:
A broom? /s, but not really
- Comment on ChatGPT is down worldwide, conversations disappeared for users 1 month ago:
Well, at least there is some good news today.
- Comment on India forces WhatsApp and Telegram into permanent SIM binding 1 month ago:
The $15 plan used to only be 2GB, which was honestly still enough for people that only use mobile data sparingly.