CubitOom
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- Comment on Gemini AI tells the user to die — the answer appeared out of nowhere when the user asked Google's Gemini for help with his homework 2 days ago:
It can be really good for text to speech and speech to text applications for disabled or people with learning disabilities.
However it gets really funny and weird when it tries to read advanced mathematics formulas.
I have also heard decent arguments for translation although in most cases it would still be better to learn the language or use a professional translator.
- Comment on in fashion everything old is new again 1 week ago:
Aren’t Odo’s clothes just…Odo? Like he’s not actually wearing anything. He just changes shape to make it appear like that.
Odo don’t need a closet, just a bucket.
- Comment on Close the damn window 2 weeks ago:
Then there’s Nikola Tesla sitting there with a bulb that has a 2700k color temp and a lot less moths.
- Comment on YSK that United has significantly escalated their war against basic economy passengers 4 weeks ago:
Its a good thing this hold over from immediately after the attacks on 9/11 happened is still in effect or the terrorist might have won.
Not to hijack the thread but which airlines is least likely to put you on a plane made by boeing?
- Comment on Click here? 4 weeks ago:
My first thought: That’s what short links and QR codes are for.
My second thought: Heinz says sorry for ketchup QR code that links to porn site
- Comment on What does this emoji mean? Is this a British thumbs up? 4 weeks ago:
Its the Shaka, Hawaii’s official state hand gesture.
- Comment on Microsoft maintains its own Windows debloat scripts on GitHub 4 weeks ago:
A reinstall of Windows would get rid of any manufacturer bloat, but not the official bloat that comes with Windows. These scripts seem to be for the Windows bloat.
- Comment on Japanese firm demos tech that makes any object a capacitive touch surface — stuffed cat on display, works with wood, ceramic, and plasterboard, too 4 weeks ago:
Baseball ball mouse
- Comment on Ruffles on the dress 2 months ago:
I was scrolling to this slowly and thought it was a bunny at first.
- Comment on Banjo-Kazooie N64 Decompiled: PC Ports on the Horizon 2 months ago:
Didn’t know that the dreamcast version was superior. I’ll have to check that out.
I could be wrong but I don’t think that the decomp/recomp tools are available for Dreamcast the way they are for n64. Like if I want a game to run natively on Linux without an emulator whike doing things like raytracing then it seems like the n64 games would be where I’d have to start.
Unless there are decomp/recomp tools for the dreamcast?
- Comment on Banjo-Kazooie N64 Decompiled: PC Ports on the Horizon 2 months ago:
How easy is it to decomp these games? I really want to play Star Wars Episode I: Racer on Linux with raytracing and all that.
- Comment on YSK rice commonly contains arsenic, but most of it can be removed by boiling in water (4:1 ratio) for 5 minutes, and discarding that water before starting the regular cook cycle with fresh water. 2 months ago:
I’ve been parcooking rice like this for about 3 years now. It’s very little effort and doesn’t change the rice enough to matter.
- Comment on A unique aquaponics system to produce more fish and vegetables with less energy 2 months ago:
- Comment on A unique aquaponics system to produce more fish and vegetables with less energy 2 months ago:
I like this idea in concept. However in most cases failure is mostly due to power loss. So unless these seprate systems have different power sources it might not protect from catastrophy that much.
As some one who does aquaponics at home. Here are some things ive learned which you might consider.
- There is a minimum physical footprint that these systems use, especially if you are trying to conserve power. So it might make more sense to max out those systems in that minimum footprint.
- Different fish can have very different temperature and pH requirements.
- The pH and temp that the fish like isn’t always what a plant wants.
- some fish have much greater ranges of pH and temp requirements than others.
- if indoors, it’s easy for a pest to establish. Like aphids will trive without ladybugs or green lacewings.
- Vegetables grown in aquaponic systems simply do not taste as good as vegetables grown in soil. Often they are lacking flavor.
- something about the water in an aquaponic system is excellent for propagation from plant cuttings.
For these reasons, I use aquaponics more as a backup and complimentary grow system to my no till regenative garden. Having an indoor system is great in the winter if you want leafy greens or to proprpgate trees for the next season.
- Comment on Dynamic pricing 2 months ago:
But, you know if a business changes to dynamic pricing and their next quarterly numbers shows that the vast majority of people didn’t swallow it, and revenue is hugely down, they would undo it in a second.
You would be right if we assume that
- The people leading these companies are making informed data driven decisions.
- Companies majorly made money through selling goods/services
However once a company is a certain size or in the correct position it’s more about showing a growth potential to investors, then actually proffiting from selling goods/services. Investors is really how these companies make money now. I’m not an economist so I’m not sure if this is still technically capitalism when the majority of profits come straight from investors but to me it sounds much more like a ponzi scheme.
My point being is that in a best case scenario, a nationwide boycott could take place and a company makes $0 gross income. But they can still profit if they can convince their investors that they are taking the right steps to position themselves in “this new economy”. Now realistically someone is still going to buy their products and any boycott effort will just have minor effects. The absolute worst case scenario for anyone actually in charge of making decisions like this at a large company is they get a golden parachute and hop over to another place.
Just like you said, why would they turn down free money?
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- Comment on why not 3 months ago:
Sounds awesome. I’m also a fan of garlic confit and black garlic.
- Comment on why not 3 months ago:
Another good idealist to leave the garlic bigger or cook the garlic less than most recipes state.
- Comment on the new shit 4 months ago:
Everything is either hotdog or not hotdog
- Comment on Hello I think you'll love this house. 4 months ago:
This image reminds me of The Perfect Home (2006) by Alain De Botton
- Comment on Wise Men Said 4 months ago:
- Comment on Or *else*! 4 months ago:
The video said that the unripe friut is the flower. Unless I misunderstood something it sounds like there’s not a traditional blossom. And the wasp cralws into the fruit to polenate it.
- Comment on Or *else*! 4 months ago:
Huh, didn’t know that the fig fruit was also the flower.
So does the wasp simply help the propigation of the fig tree when it poliniates or does it helps the fig fruit ripen?
I know fig trees can also propgate via cutings too, so I’m wondering how essential wasps are to fig farms.
- Comment on MKBHD - Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies? 7 months ago:
In today’s market, the perception or even the profitability of a product means nothing. All that actually matters is stock growth.
For a publicly traded company, or even one that just uses venture capital to start up; the product isn’t the thing that they might sell to consumers, it’s their brand. This is what gives them more capital to continue getting running the company and ultimately to profit.
This means that a company no longer needs to make good products, they don’t need to keep customers happy, they don’t even need to be profitable. All they need is to show growth opportunities to potential investors.
- Comment on Total ecstasy 7 months ago:
Not even a banana?
- Comment on Introducing selfh.st/apps, a Directory of Self-Hosted Software 7 months ago:
I recommend adding ollama under the artificial intelligence tag.
- Comment on Space Cheese 7 months ago:
- Comment on Liking an OS isn't a personality trait ❌ 8 months ago:
- Comment on Liking an OS isn't a personality trait ❌ 8 months ago:
Hey…I also advocate for more solidarity within communities, growing your own food, using less plastic & cars, and Star trek…Linux is just like 30% what I talk about.
