YetAnotherNerd
@YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz
Nerd of many hats.
- Comment on Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser? 10 hours ago:
I typically have 100-200. It’s usually a “let me come back to this in a day or three”, which may or may not happen. Or a thread of “doing research on a topic” and then getting pulled to something else, but not having time to summarize/organize for later. Plus, as others have mentioned, sometimes you need the tab session history.
I really appreciate y’all saying what a monster or computer illiterate I am, though. Don’t tell my boss, she’ll wonder what I do all day.
- Comment on How a medieval Oxford friar used light and color to find out what stars and planets are made of 2 days ago:
- Comment on If you wanted to create a long lasting community, is it better to create it on Piefed or on Lemmy? Does Piefed's development have the funding to go on long term? 4 days ago:
Thanks. Apologies for derailing your point which is that this stuff can run for years without changes.
- Comment on If you wanted to create a long lasting community, is it better to create it on Piefed or on Lemmy? Does Piefed's development have the funding to go on long term? 4 days ago:
Why does bespoke have to mean no development? If it’s custom code, big whoop - provided the dev either made it easy to modify, or still helps out with it. Our company has tons of bespoke apps that get developed regularly.
(That said, I don’t know what metafilter is)
- Comment on Ahead of her time 1 week ago:
Ironically, none of that was why she went to jail. It was for defrauding investors. Fun!
- Comment on Google’s Sundar Pichai says the job of CEO is one of the ‘easier things’ AI could soon replace 1 week ago:
RAG isn’t a silver bullet by any stretch.
- Comment on Ahead of her time 1 week ago:
CEO of Theranos, currently spending time in jail for fraudulently saying they could do this.
- Comment on iRobot’s revenue has tanked and it’s almost out of cash | "Roomba customers are understandably concerned about the impact these current financial troubles might have on their home cleaning robots." 1 week ago:
I go ride my bike instead of vacuuming
- Comment on Copilot GIS Orchestra: AI-Driven Geospatial 1 week ago:
Ah, thanks. I’m a bit behind on all of them, my use has mostly been copilot with code
- Comment on Copilot GIS Orchestra: AI-Driven Geospatial 1 week ago:
It’s definitely a AI-narrated video. Unsure about the content
- Comment on does anyone else have this impression of gruyere? 3 weeks ago:
French onion soup.
- Comment on Where can I post my Halloween outfit? It's awesome. 4 weeks ago:
Pics would make sense, but unsure of anywhere specific
- Comment on Elon Musk: What was the mysterious bright light spotted in Irish skies? 4 weeks ago:
Honestly, I view it as one of those charming eccentrics we run across from time to time. It’s a ton better than one of the AI bots or Trolls, that’s for sure. :) Portland has the unipolar, we have þis. ;)
- Comment on Elon Musk: What was the mysterious bright light spotted in Irish skies? 4 weeks ago:
Sxan has several comments where he explains why. It’s an interesting read.
- Comment on Openpilot 0.10.1 Released: Improved World Model and Overhauled User Interface 4 weeks ago:
“openpilot is an operating system for robotics. Currently, it upgrades the driver assistance system on 300+ supported cars.”
Since that was all Greek to me. And I speak Greek.
- Comment on I'd like to control my air-purifier with one of those power-socket-timer-switch thingies – Is there a way to "auto-press" those non-mechanical buttons? 4 weeks ago:
There are some where there’s no hub, just a standalone (I can’t be arsed to check if you still need the job for switchbot itself). Worth looking at the knockoffs since I know some exist that don’t need anything else. And I wish the security were better, but for a simple case like this I think they’re fine.
- Comment on I'd like to control my air-purifier with one of those power-socket-timer-switch thingies – Is there a way to "auto-press" those non-mechanical buttons? 4 weeks ago:
Yes. SwitchBot is the biggie but there are a ton of knockoffs (google “smart button pusher”). The catch is that the security is crap - fine for what you’re doing, but I wouldn’t use it for a garage door, for instance.
I think you’d need a shortcut or script on a computer to run a scheduled task or cron job to start it, but pretty sure that’s available too. (Note - looked at them briefly, just wanted to respond while it was fresh in my mind)
- Comment on CNC 4 weeks ago:
I love how you explained both.
- Comment on Is it true that Bill Gates has been committing genocide in Kenya? 4 weeks ago:
No. It’s not true. You need to think more critically and check sources and seek alternate views. This isn’t a stupid question per se, but it’s hard to tell if you’re asking it in good faith.
- Comment on Would it be possible to build a where woof gun? 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Could rising sea levels caused by climate change be thwarted by digging a big hole at the bottom of the sea? 5 weeks ago:
Just curious, does that amount of stupid ever burn? Because when I see that amount of ignorance I saw “the stupid, it burns”.
- Comment on Why do adults have such big noses? 5 weeks ago:
oops. Sorry. flushinghospital.org/…/truth-or-myth-our-nose-and…
But webs says the same thing. webmd.com/…/what-to-know-about-nose-and-ear-growt…
- Comment on Why do adults have such big noses? 5 weeks ago:
“cartilage does stop growing. However, cartilage is made of collagen and other fibers that begin to break down as we age.
The result is drooping. So what appears to be growth is just gravity doing its job. Our noses and our earlobes sag and become larger. Adding to the misconception is what happens to other parts of our face. While our nose might sag, our cheeks and lips actually lose volume, making everything else look comparatively larger.”
- Comment on JLCPCB Locking Accounts, Mentions “Risky IP Addresses, Activities” | Hackaday 5 weeks ago:
Annoyingly, it gets through the entire article pretty much without explaining what the hell JLCPCB is, assuming that you must know what they are. It appears to be a Chinese PCB (printed circuit board) manufacturer, where you can send them a schematic and they will make a PCB of whatever you desire. It appears that they are now limiting who they take orders from, and it seems likely that other Chinese PCB manufacturers will take the same step in the future.
Overall I enjoy reading Hackaday’s articles, But this was too much “inside baseball” since they didn’t bother explaining what JLCPCB was.
- Comment on Is airtags really useful? 5 weeks ago:
AirTags don’t require a subscription.
- Comment on Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data 1 month ago:
Of course t-mobile has the shittiest security.
- Comment on The "double smoked" bacon from Sam's Club smells like it was cured at your grandparents, the ones with the 2-pack-a-day habit 1 month ago:
I was trying to place the scent, and then it finally hit me.
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- Comment on In Praise of RSS and Controlled Feeds of Information 1 month ago:
Yeah, this has been fantastic. Oh, and it can convert the R-word to a feed. ;)
- Comment on Are Street Racers "bad people"? 1 month ago:
Yes. There are race tracks. You’re pretending there are no secondary effects or bad consequences.
“Police say two of the victims were innocent bystanders who were killed when the alleged street racer struck their vehicle and it burst into flames …He said the couple leaves behind four kids — ages 10 to 16… “They are deceased because of street racing. We also have one of the drivers who was street racing, he also lost his life,” said Fort Worth Officer Buddy Calzada. “We just can’t understand why somebody would continue to street race at a high rate of speed at the risk of losing their life or taking the life of someone else.””
