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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft claims "2026 is the moment" for AI PCs, but its essay-length beginner explanation only creates more confusion — Is it any wonder adoption is slow?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh, my current computer is a laptop where the screen only works at 60hz, but it’s default refresh rate is 120hz so I can’t actually see anything (such as the bios or boot options) until Windows has started and forced it back to 60hz. Otherwise I would have switched months ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't we all hate this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think what they are saying is that they’d rather the burden be distributed equitably across the populace instead of placing the burden entirely on good people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't we all hate this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It ends up being net zero. They’re only writing off the money you donated. They still have to count the money you donated towards their overall revenue, increasing their tax bill, but then they pass the donation on, allowing them to write it off, reducing their overall revenue (and thus their tax bill) to what it would have been if you hadn’t donated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Littering 🚯⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cool, latch on the least important reason we did it and ignore the others while acting like you’re somehow superior for doing so I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Littering 🚯⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The wolves were driven off for a reason. They had a tendency to snack on pets, livestock and small children until they learned to fear us. Those issues all come back if they stop fearing us again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Littering 🚯⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, kinda yes, kinda no. We generally weren’t hunting predators primarily for meat, but for community safety. The meat was a byproduct of not wanting a bear or something to decide our children would make for a tasty snack.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft claims "2026 is the moment" for AI PCs, but its essay-length beginner explanation only creates more confusion — Is it any wonder adoption is slow?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My next computer will be Linux because of all this nonsense. The only thing that was keeping me on Windows was gaming, and Valve has solved that issue for every game I play via Proton. Sayonara MicroSlop!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jack Dorsey's New Company Falling Apart as It Forces Employees to Use AI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Aircraft wings operate on pretty much the same principle as bird wings do. We just used a technology we had already developed (fans, essentially) to create the forward movement necessary to create the airflow over the wings for lift. We know how to do it the bird way too, but restrictions in material science at scale make the fan method far easier and less error prone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'It's Possible to jailbreak F-35 like iPhone', Says Dutch State Secretary of Defense Tuinman⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For a modern military, in a general sense, yes, the F35 is the best currently. Mostly due to it’s software and sensor suite which have a much larger impact on mission performance. It’s built to an assumption of US support, which means good runways and resilient supply lines. Russian fighters are out for the same reason US fighters should be out right now (can’t trust the government).

  Canada is looking for new fighters, where I think the Gripen is actually better than the F35 for our specific use case (almost entirely defensive, rough runways in arctic conditions that the F35 struggles with, need for lower maintenance requirements due to manpower and budget issues). The Swedes deal with the same conditions we need a fighter for, plus they offered a full tech transfer to revitalize our aerospace industry and help achieve autonomy for operation of the Gripen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes: SAVE tool keeps mistakenly flagging voters as noncitizens⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fewer than will if they continue to do nothing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hopefully, he will be 6 underground by that time.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but republicans don’t care if their candidate is sane (obviously). Democrats do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Acciracy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, that’s the maple. We get crazy with the sticky tree blood in us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This past week, Lemmy has gotten really good⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep catching reddit bans for calling Trump a pedophile lol. Really tells you where their moderation is at these days.