turboSnail
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- Comment on xkcd #3211: Amperage 19 hours ago:
Apparently you saw that 400 battery video too.
- Comment on The longer I'm alive, the more I feel that people make things complicated to feel important. 2 days ago:
LOL. What a classic!
- Comment on The longer I'm alive, the more I feel that people make things complicated to feel important. 2 days ago:
😄 Such a familiar feeling, especially when it comes to software. You go to the official site and read until you fall asleep. Usually, I’ll just skip that and go straight to the relevant Wikipedia site, read the first three lines, and get the general idea of what that thing is all about. Works well with established technologies I haven’t heard of before. Doesn’t work with things that were invented two months ago.
- Comment on Ad companies are the ones destroying civilization 3 days ago:
The advertisement-based business model has turned out to be highly successful, just like the newspapers have proven. However, magazines were a hybrid solution. You would pay for the magazine, but there would still be a few ads. Reminds me of modern Netflix actually.
- Comment on Travelling on a flying carpet must be terrifying 3 days ago:
Likewise, riding a unicorn is completely safe.
How many horse related accidents have you heard of? Many. How about unicorns then? Zero. - Comment on Quidk! I need a chili recipe. What would you add to a pound of hamburger, diced jalapenos, chili powder and bloody mary mix? 3 days ago:
Something sweet like banana, pineapple, mango etc.
- Comment on The longer I'm alive, the more I feel that people make things complicated to feel important. 4 days ago:
By providing solutions in an ever-changing dynamic landscape… by utilising cutting edge machine learning… bla bla blockchain… with cloud computing… and high definition whatever… something something profit margins…
- Comment on Ad companies are the ones destroying civilization 4 days ago:
That’s an interesting thought, and I would like to add a few things to it.
The whole idea of having ad funded things is fundamentally flawed. It has also become too dominant, and difficult to compete with. Ads are the tool used in this business model, but are they really the root cause of the problems you mentioned? I would say no.
Theoretically, you could still have ads without ruining everything. When other business models aren’t competitive enough, the whole system naturally gravitates to the mess we’re currently in.
I think cheap mobile games have showed that you can charge a small amount of money, and people will be willing to pay up. That way, everything doesn’t have to be ad funded. It’s just that this business model doesn’t appear to be appealing enough in other arenas, and that’s a real problem.
- Comment on Movies characters always make it through the craziest plot and somehow not get forever traumatized by it. I wish I could be like that, but instead I stuggle to even make/keep therapy appointments. 5 days ago:
If it’s a generic action movie, millions worth of material damage too. Broken cars, exploded buildings etc.
If it’s a Marvel movie, half the city is usually levelled by the time we’re done with the plot. Who knows how many people die every time the protagonist goes shopping.
- Comment on Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel 5 days ago:
Even better. Those who betrayed your trust are the ones who ultimately pay the price. Think of it as vengeance with benefits.
- Comment on Movies characters always make it through the craziest plot and somehow not get forever traumatized by it. I wish I could be like that, but instead I stuggle to even make/keep therapy appointments. 5 days ago:
The protagonist also gets constantly hunted by all sorts of bad guys, terrorists, global conspiracy organizations, intergalactic demons etc. No thanks!
- Comment on Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 day 5 days ago:
That’s generally true. Personally, I enjoy using a laptop way more than using a mobile device of any kind.
However, modern life is beginning to require mobile apps (Android or iOS). More and more things simply aren’t available as a website or FOSS. You have to have a vanilla mainstream mobile device to do certain things like using your bank account. I really hate that.
Hardware peripherals are another area that really sucks. If you want to enjoy the comforts of modern life, many people just bow down and use one of the two mobile platforms in order to use their smart ring/scale/lights/curtains/heating/car, etc.
Resisting all that is getting increasingly difficult, because there’s so much to resist. On the other hand, it’s also becoming increasingly appealing as enshittification intensifies.
- Comment on Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel 1 week ago:
Alternatively, sell your account to spammers, and they’ll get your account banned in no time. Your comments get deleted, you’ll get paid for it, and Reddit becomes worse for everyone. I see no downsides in this arrangement.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
The job of the patent office is to determine whether that’s a valid patent application or not. As in, can you actually patent that thing, has someone else already patented it etc. As long as it’s technically valid, it gets approved. It’s up to the patent holder to test if its actually useful or not. If they choose to build the thing IRL, it’s up to the courts to determine if that breaks any laws. Every step along the way, the general public is there to judge the moral integrity of said invention, but usually that has no impact on the validity of the patent. Depending on jurisdiction, the patent office may need to follow some moral guielines, but the threshold of rejection is very high. My guess is, you won’t be able to patent a gas chamber for exterminating “illegal immigrants”, but patenting wild Meta BS is technically fine.
See also: this abomination
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
If you already have a source of income, don’t turn your hobby into a jobby. Hobbies are supposed to be stress free and ejoyable. If you involve money in it, you’re actively undermining the enjoyability of your hobby.
If not, I still don’t think AI stuff is a good source of income in the near future. The AI market seems to be overheating, and expect most of it to come crashing down just like all the other bubbles. If you get involved with AI right now, there’s a good chance you’re going get your fingers burned.
- Comment on YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it 1 week ago:
Soon will be a good time to quit YT completely. Suddenly, you’ll have lots of time to do all the things you were supposed to do long ago. You know like taking a walk, cooking nice food, reading books, getting to bed early etc.
- Comment on Western Digital runs out of HDD capacity: CEO says massive AI deals secured, price surges ahead 1 week ago:
I guess I’ll have to buy one of those racks when the bubble pops. Just add an LED strip on the outside and a gaming GPU on the inside. Surely they support PCIe?
- Comment on France will replace Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Webex and others with its own sovereign video conferencing application "Visio" for public officials 1 week ago:
People who use Visio, probably wont even have (the wrong) Visio installed. There shouldn’t be any confusion.
- Comment on Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras? 1 week ago:
People still love Chrome, even though tech reviewers told us exactly how creepy that browser is. That info has been publicly available since day one.
Same story with Facebook, but somehow that syphilis If the web is still alive. I have no idea what these people are thinking.
- Comment on TV remotes should have an easy-to-find by touch "volume" toggle button that toggles between two volume settings. 1 week ago:
That was the longest movie experience I’ve ever had. I started watching it on Saturday, finished on Sunday. For every 1 minute of going forward in the movie, I must have spent more than 2 minutes writing notes, watching YT explanations. I also had to jump back and re-watch older parts to understand the 1 minute I’ve just gone forward in the plot. Maybe all of that jumping around adds up to watching the whole thing 3 times. 😅
- Comment on TV remotes should have an easy-to-find by touch "volume" toggle button that toggles between two volume settings. 1 week ago:
While watching Tenet, I quickly realized I can’t watch this movie in the normal way. Subtitles were obligatory, but the plot is such a labyrinth that you’ll get lost in no time. I ended up taking notes and referring to some videos that explain what’s actually going on. I also had to go back and forth many times. While “watching” the movie that way, I ended up spending several hours. A simple two hour movie became a two day project.
Yes, I know I’m doing it wrong. You’re supposed to just watch it the usual way, be super confused, watch it again, be a little less confused etc. After watching it about 10 times you’ll probably understand what’s going on. If you don’t use subtitles, even 20 times won’t be enough.
- Comment on TV remotes should have an easy-to-find by touch "volume" toggle button that toggles between two volume settings. 1 week ago:
Yep. Dialogue should be loud enough that you can comfortably follow the plot without making your ears bleed. Gunfire and music makes that a bit tricky though. Those should be toned down, but I can see why they’re so loud all the time. Most likely many directors want to make the movie feel more impactful and intense, so they just do it by cranking up the volume those other things.
- Comment on Amazon Ring’s Super Bowl ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance 1 week ago:
Pretty much everything I read about America these days is either tragedy, comedy or both.
- Comment on TV remotes should have an easy-to-find by touch "volume" toggle button that toggles between two volume settings. 2 weeks ago:
I recall seeing a setting in VLC that adjusts volume automatically. Can’t remember wat it was called though.
- Comment on OpenAI start showing ads in ChatGPT 2 weeks ago:
That would be pretty spicy.
- Comment on OpenAI start showing ads in ChatGPT 2 weeks ago:
This simply means they’ve finally run out of money. If that doesn’t help, Apple or Microsoft will just end up buying OpenAI for pennies.
- Comment on You can ask any question to the people of year 3000, but can only receive information in the form of a single bit. What's your question? 2 weeks ago:
Enjoy the fireworks from a safe distance. I think the Low Earth Orbit is too close. Always wear protective goggles too. The flashes can be very bright.
- Comment on You can ask any question to the people of year 3000, but can only receive information in the form of a single bit. What's your question? 2 weeks ago:
They’re just backup copies hosted in the galactic museum. There’s no way a species that stupid would survive long enough to invent FTL travel. Just surviving the nuclear era was a borderline miracle.
- Comment on xkcd #3204: Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs 2 weeks ago:
Wow. That list has cladus 61 times. So yeah, it really is system of grouping completely different from the Linnean taxonomic system. Well, there’s yet another rabbit hole for me to dive into.
- Comment on I am looking for a Linux OS 2 weeks ago:
Always remember, distrohopping is allowed. Your first distribution doesn’t have to stray with you forever. It can, but doesn’t have to. If you hear about a cool new distro, feel free to try it out.