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- Comment on Krafton claim former Subnautica 2 leads have "resorted to litigation to demand a payday they haven't earned" 1 day ago:
They shouldn’t have promised a massive bonus for an on-time delivery if what they actually wanted was a fully baked game. You get the performance your KPIs measure.
- Comment on Does putting clothes in the closet protect them from dust, or is the dust in there too? 2 days ago:
I have heard both quarterly and twice a year. There really is a ton of ‘it depends’. Mostly, does it look caked on after a quarter? If not, twice a year is fine.
- Comment on GitHub folds into Microsoft following CEO resignation — once independent programming site now part of 'CoreAI' team 2 days ago:
site now part of ‘CoreAI’ team
Are they trying to make GitHub into something that creates code instead of something used for collaboration and hosting of code? Ewww.
- Comment on Does putting clothes in the closet protect them from dust, or is the dust in there too? 2 days ago:
Vastly cheaper and healthier than mold.
Never fuck around with water/humidity as a home owner. Do it right.
- Comment on Does putting clothes in the closet protect them from dust, or is the dust in there too? 2 days ago:
PSA: Change your HVAC’s air filter if you haven’t yet this quarter.
- Comment on Does putting clothes in the closet protect them from dust, or is the dust in there too? 2 days ago:
Dehumidifier in the summer, particularly in basement areas, is a good idea as well. The AC will lower humidity, but depending on your setup may not fully lower it to the right level.
- Comment on Blamed for Steam games ban, Mastercard encourages censorship during Riot Games VCT livestreams 3 days ago:
FedNow is owned by the Federal Reserve. They are almost certainly going to retain stricter regulation than independently operated payment processors.
- Comment on As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act 3 days ago:
Quite a few states actually have systems like this. In which individuals can choose their power generator at will. It is nice as it increases competition and lets you tailor energy use to your wants.
If you want 100% green, switch to a generator that does that. If your default utility gets too expensive, switch to a cheaper one, etc.
- Comment on Blamed for Steam games ban, Mastercard encourages censorship during Riot Games VCT livestreams 4 days ago:
FedNow became a thing just two years ago. With transaction fees of just $0.043/transaction, it’s cheaper than every other payment processor out there. Hopefully it can gain adoption and push out Visa/Mastercard.
- Comment on As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act 4 days ago:
They are. The state has failed to ensure there is adequate supply to keep prices flat.
- Comment on Is it worth selling on eBay in 2025? 5 days ago:
EBay is worth it for anything that is easy to ship (read: small) and has decent value. Particularly if that thing is fairly niche so you need a wider net to catch people. Do note there are effectively zero seller protections on EBay, it’s not hard for a buyer to scam you.
For anything that is hard to ship, Cragislist or FB Marketplace is a much better stop. And, since you sell with cash, the deal is complete once you part.
- Comment on Steam Survey for July 2025 shows Linux approaching 3% 1 week ago:
An interesting fact: English-language adoption of Linux on Steam is over 2x the overall, all-language adoption. This mostly cuts out Chinese (25% of users), Russian (8% of users), and Spanish (5% of users). Seems America and Europe is adopting while China isn’t.
- Comment on Steam Survey for July 2025 shows Linux approaching 3% 1 week ago:
Just avoid the games that use them.
Agreed. I have no desire to give EA root access to my system, full access to everything I do on it … just to play a game.
- Comment on AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning 1 week ago:
The cloud is just someone else’s computer.
you should never trust cloud providers with your only copy of anything
Absolutely not. That data should be in at least two places. A local and a remote is the general setup. If a cloud provider is the main source of the data, the ‘remote’ location would probably be your house. ;p
- Comment on Solar is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels, UN report shows 1 week ago:
Thank you for the link, that is exactly what I was looking for.
For the chat, going to link the main graph with that info (page 8):
- Comment on Solar is now 41% cheaper than fossil fuels, UN report shows 1 week ago:
I wish these reports would include required other costs, as solar needs to be paired with grid-scale storage or, more often, peaker natural gas plants. Both of witch are pretty expensive.
It may still be cheaper, I honestly don’t know, because all the reports leave such necessary, and expensive, things out.
- Comment on Battlefield 6's PC specs don't look too lofty despite all the booms, and Steam players won't need the pesky EA App 1 week ago:
And for Windows players, this means the game will have root access to everything on your machine. I can’t imagine desiring to give up that much control just for a game.
- Comment on Microsoft is killing off Windows 11 SE, its Chrome OS competitor 1 week ago:
From what I can tell, Windows SE is the education version of Windows S-mode, which always sucked. Had a few run-ins with it on family computers and it was always a giant pain in the ass just to get basic programs running.
- Comment on Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication 1 week ago:
I’ve been meaning to get rid of Google Authenticator. Think I’m gunna go do that today. :)
- Comment on MIT researchers have unveiled a portable, window‑sized device dubbed the atmospheric water harvesting window (AWHW) that can extract clean drinking water directly from air, even in death valley 1 week ago:
If it makes you feel better, thunderf00t just came out with a new video. :)
I haven’t watched it yet, but it’s on my short list!
- Comment on Even households earning $150,000 a year are struggling with credit card and car payments 2 weeks ago:
Correct, and half of people pay below the average. You do not need to pay $700/mo for a car, many are available for much, much cheaper. If your finances can only swing a $400/mo, buy a $400/mo or a $300/mo car.
- Comment on Even households earning $150,000 a year are struggling with credit card and car payments 2 weeks ago:
You don’t need to spend $700/mo to get a car. Spending that much is a choice you are free to make, but still a choice in the end.
- Comment on Even households earning $150,000 a year are struggling with credit card and car payments 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, lifestyle inflation is a a problem that so, so many people put themselves into.
They are living paycheck to paycheck, get that nice new job earning 3x as much. And instead of paying off their debt and getting into a very cosy financial space; they instantly start spending 3x as much money on stuff, and now they are suddenly living paycheck to paycheck again.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Maybe some finance, home repair, defense economics.
- Comment on Is it possible to make wireless charging broadcast electricity throught an entire house similar to how wifi can broadcast to the entire house? 2 weeks ago:
I believe you would end up inducing currents in any metal surface in the house. Causing them to heat up, or if they are un-shielded electronics, zapping them.
- Comment on MIT researchers have unveiled a portable, window‑sized device dubbed the atmospheric water harvesting window (AWHW) that can extract clean drinking water directly from air, even in death valley 2 weeks ago:
I never understood why people keep falling for the ‘dehumidifer will solve world water shortages’ thing over and over. It’s an old idea and there is damn good reason you don’t see this ‘obvious’ solution deployed everywhere. (Check out the WaterSeer video if you would like to know more)
- Comment on Google failed to warn 10 million of Turkey earthquake severity 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I read this the opposite way. 469 people were warned by Google after their government failed to warn them. It’s not Google’s job to track and warn people about earthquakes, their job is to make sure their alert system accepts government warnings, which to my knowledge works just fine.
- Comment on MIT researchers have unveiled a portable, window‑sized device dubbed the atmospheric water harvesting window (AWHW) that can extract clean drinking water directly from air, even in death valley 2 weeks ago:
No electricity required.
Just means it produces even less water.
Uses outside air.
Will breed even nastier shit in the water.
- Comment on MIT researchers have unveiled a portable, window‑sized device dubbed the atmospheric water harvesting window (AWHW) that can extract clean drinking water directly from air, even in death valley 2 weeks ago:
Absolutely. And that is the problem you actually need to solve in the places lacking potable water. They generally have water, it just isn’t potable.
- Comment on MIT researchers have unveiled a portable, window‑sized device dubbed the atmospheric water harvesting window (AWHW) that can extract clean drinking water directly from air, even in death valley 2 weeks ago:
These are called dehumidifiers and you should not drink the water that comes out of them.
The condensed water is pure, yes. But dehumidifiers almost instantly become a breeding ground for all kinds of nasty shit. Nasty shit that is now in your ‘pure’ water.
