acosmichippo
@acosmichippo@lemmy.world
- Comment on Called it months ago. 2 weeks ago:
hasn’t been updated in years. maybe at all? not a big surprise.
- Comment on Public restrooms in Osaka to get in-stall video screens with ads 2 weeks ago:
at least that wont be a pile of e waste in a few years.
- Comment on Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app 2 weeks ago:
as i said, “if you’re deliberating between apple and Google” which is how this conversation started.
- Comment on Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app 2 weeks ago:
yes I agree, fuck ads. but fuck targeted ads even harder. The point is if you’re deliberating between apple and Google based on the ads, apple is still not as bad as google. it’s not a binary ads vs no ads issue.
- Comment on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says ‘I think we’ve achieved AGI’ 2 weeks ago:
fart sniffer
- Comment on Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app 2 weeks ago:
the difference with google is they’re collecting all that data on you whereas apple is doing non-targeted ads.
- Comment on Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app 2 weeks ago:
Yes these ads suck, but these are not targeted ads based on your entire history of personal data which is google’s entire business. these are ads shown based on your current location in the maps app. theoretically everyone in your vicinity is getting the same map ads.
- Comment on The 49MB Web Page 3 weeks ago:
100%. i like using the top of the screen to mark my place in reading. sometimes i need to scroll back up and these headers completely fuck up my reading experience.
but luckily Reader View exists, so i usually just use that.
- Comment on What if glassmorphism and neumorphism had a baby? I redesigned my city-building game's menu window. 3 weeks ago:
just my opinion but i think i find the translucency distracting. If it were me i’d go back to an opaque menu, but with a less gemotric pattern and slightly lighter color so the menu buttons are easier to see.
- Comment on Meta is planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount 3 weeks ago:
being aware of the show doesn’t mean you understand a vague reference to one specific episode.
- Comment on Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company 3 weeks ago:
google fiber was a special case where they were introducing much needed competition to the nearly monopolized ISP market.
- Comment on Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them 4 weeks ago:
You don’t need PTO to USE balcony solar. You need PTO to export balcony solar to the grid. All this legislation does is allow you to use balcony solar for yourself, NOT connect it to the grid. If you want connect it to the grid you still need PTO.
- Comment on Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them 4 weeks ago:
Your link doesn’t mention anything about “balcony solar”.
It doesn’t matter. If you want to export power to the grid from anything at all, you must go through this process. If you wanted to export power from a hamster on a wheel you must apply for PTO.
Because the whole point is to make solar easier and more affordable?
of course, but not at the cost of safety and grid reliability.
- Comment on Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them 4 weeks ago:
not true, you still need to apply to the utility to export to the grid.
- Comment on Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them 4 weeks ago:
you can unilaterally connect your solar panels to the grid. you have to work with the utility to turn them up, and they require permits and passed inspections.
- Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing 4 weeks ago:
projectors are not at all a practical recommendation. unless you take very drastic measures to set up your room like a proper theater, the picture quality will be drastically worse than an average TV.
- Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing 4 weeks ago:
you can say that about literally any TV brand, this doesn’t help.
- Comment on U.S. startup nails flight test of a drone built for hypersonic speeds 4 weeks ago:
Drone should be reserved for small and cheapish uavs.
why? drone is not a specific term either.
- Comment on 'Consider a system with no DRAM' replaced by a 'recycling fiber loop': John Carmack envisages bold future to avoid AI-driven RAM crisis 4 weeks ago:
could be cheaper than enterprise grade DIMMs.
- Comment on Apple introduces Macbook Neo - cheaper Macbooks starting at $599 5 weeks ago:
just typical /r/technology apple hating.
- Comment on Teams’ invasive Wi‑Fi tracking sparks backlash as users say Microsoft crossed a line — “There must be a team at Microsoft tasked with making Teams worse” 5 weeks ago:
i thought the same, but now working at a place using google/slack isn’t much better.
- Comment on New York sues Valve for enabling "illegal gambling" with loot boxes 1 month ago:
implement age verification on games with loot boxes. watch sales crash. stop implementing loot box funded games.
- Comment on Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform 1 month ago:
yeah at the very least it signaled their intentions.
- Comment on Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform 1 month ago:
If you are ever on a road trip and go by a Wawa gas station, stop and get their soft pretzels. buy as many as you can and freeze them for later.
The german grocery store Lidl also has decent soft pretzels.
- Comment on Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform 1 month ago:
xbone was the beginning of the end. when the enshittification kicked in before we had a word for it.
- Comment on The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents 1 month ago:
Technology could be part of it. For example, handwriting notes is proven to be better for information retention compared to typing.
- Comment on Everyone is stealing TV 1 month ago:
and D) I’m not going to give money to institutions like cable TV where a percentage of my money ends up with Fox News, or Paramount whose ownership is in bed with Trump, or Amazon and Bezos for obvious reasons. Go on down the line.
- Comment on Texas becomes leading test ground for small nuclear reactors 1 month ago:
not hundreds of thousands. they are too expensive to be that common.
- Comment on Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen-and-paper instead 1 month ago:
are you saying people who are not good at writing notes during a lecture would be good at typing notes during a lecture?
- Comment on Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen-and-paper instead 1 month ago:
also counterproductive, handwriting is better for retention.