Redex68
@Redex68@lemmy.world
- Comment on Massive internet outage reported: Google services, Cloudflare, Character.AI among dozens of services impacted 2 days ago:
For me it’s because it’s free, easy to use, and supported by ddclient.
- Comment on Peak male form 3 days ago:
#4 With that dazzle camouflage, ready for naval engagements
- Comment on Has Slavic engineering gone too far? 3 days ago:
Same thought, but I’m 50/50 on whether it’s an AI generated image or a shitty picture sharpened with AI.
- Comment on [JS Required] EU unveils DNS4EU, a public DNS resolver intended as a European alternative to services like Google’s Public DNS and Cloudflare’s DNS. 1 week ago:
This isn’t really on topic but since you mentioned it, the only way for Europe to stay relevant is if we integrate more.
- Comment on Wikimedia Foundation's plans to introduce AI-generated summaries to Wikipedia 1 week ago:
Honestly, I think it’s a good idea. As long as it’s clearly highlighted that “this is an AI generated summary”, it could be very useful. I feel like a lot of people here have never tried to e.g. read a maths article without having a PHD in mathematics. I would often find myself trying to remember what a term means or how it works in practice, only to be met by a giant article going into extreme technical detail that I for the life of me cannot understand.
- Comment on Material scientist wet dream 2 weeks ago:
Water Zero
- Comment on Microsoft is putting AI actions into the Windows File Explorer 3 weeks ago:
I don’t see it mention it doing anything by itself? This is just an overblown aditional context menu action from inbuilt Windows apps, nothing special. Same thing as “Open Folder in VS Code”.
- Comment on The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source. 3 weeks ago:
I mean I guess it makes some sense. Linux Subsystem for Windows to the uninitiated might sound like it “comes from the Linux brand”, whilst Windows Subsystem for Linux sounds more like its made by Windows.
- Comment on Unhappy with the recently lost file upload feature in the Nextcloud app for Android? So are we. Let us explain. - Nextcloud 4 weeks ago:
It seems that Google just gave them back the permission, 2 days after they publicly complained about it and after 6 months of ignoring it. What scumbags.
- Comment on Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 4 weeks ago:
I higly doubt they generate a custom ad per viewer, it’s probably per show which can be re-used.
- Comment on Farming beans be like 4 weeks ago:
No, kutomjer.
- Comment on Anyone? 5 weeks ago:
Please cease existing.
- Comment on I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability Season 2 New Visual 1 month ago:
The plot and action was fine, good for turn your brain off trash, but the shota was a bit much.
- Comment on Could wastewater plant simply heat up water past 500C to decompose all chemicals and output clean water? 1 month ago:
Ok yeah the second part makes sense, but for the first part I was calculating it based on hand washing, dishwashers would be way less since you have to split the usage per person in the household, which holds for hand washing as well. Idk for other people but when I’m alone I use the dishwasher probably every 3-4th day and for handwashing I’d say 20L is realistic, double it maybe but still isn’t that much.
- Comment on Google’s dominance on search is declining – for the first time ever! 1 month ago:
Late reply but: Ecosia let’s you choose between Google or Bing, but I guess that isn’t really your point. The main thing is it anonymises your searches, so you do get some additional privacy. Additionally, the hope is that one day they build their own index. They just recently announced that they’re gonna start one with Quant.
- Comment on Google’s dominance on search is declining – for the first time ever! 1 month ago:
Late to reply but: from what I heard, Kagi is really good at search (at least when it comes to filters and the such, not sure about base results), but it’s paid so that’s a disadvantage (and also a plus since you don’t get ads nor is your data being sold off), and it’s US based. DuckDuckGo also uses Bing but I guess they have more sources than just them. In my experience it’s about the same, maybe a bit better on DDG, both have shebangs (! for DDG, # for Ecosia) which I find extremely useful.
- Comment on The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes | CNN Business 1 month ago:
I disagree. There are many situations where a truck is better suited for transport than a train. The US already has a pretty large freight train network. I agree that there definitely should be more investment in rail as well, but there’s no reason for both not to exist at the same time.
- Comment on Kawasaki is developing a robot to be ridden like a horse - Asia Times 1 month ago:
This is a concept for a hydrogen powered robot for 2050. There is no shot they’re developing this and even if they are it’s literally a quarter of a century from now. This is just marketing BS.
- Comment on Could wastewater plant simply heat up water past 500C to decompose all chemicals and output clean water? 1 month ago:
Yeah but it says “at home” and gives recommendations how you personally can reduce water consumption (like more efficient taps or showerheads), which makes me believe that it’s not your entire direct and indirect water consumption (which realistically isn’t even relevant for the argument since the water used for crops isn’t gonna be getting treated anyway)
- Comment on Could wastewater plant simply heat up water past 500C to decompose all chemicals and output clean water? 1 month ago:
How the hell do people use that much water? Are they including water consumption needed for the products we use or? Let’s say a flush is 8L and the average person flushes 5 times a day, that’s 40L. The average person needs about 2L of water a day. Let’s say an average shower is 100L. Cleaning dishes at worst is probably like 20L per person without a dishwasher. That’s like 160L of water per day and I feel like most of those were over-estimates. How did they get to that number?
- Comment on Google’s dominance on search is declining – for the first time ever! 1 month ago:
Yeah but don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Among other things, they just recently announced that they’re starting to build an alternative index with Qwant.
- Comment on Choose a number, 1-5! 1 month ago:
2 but thicker and a bit different handle.
- Comment on Sales of Hard Drives for the End of the World Boom Under Trump 1 month ago:
Yeah and it’s also probably pretty small runs, so that’d make it even more expensive. I feel like it’s a fair price for what it is, would never buy it myself tho.
- Comment on Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Striking Motorcyclists More Than Any Other Brand: New Analysis 2 months ago:
Cuz other self driving cars use LIDAR so it’s basically impossible for them to not realise that a bike is there.
- Comment on We are so cooked 2 months ago:
I’m not too up to date with this story, but haven’t pesticides been used for forever now? Why would the suddenly cause a 80% drop in population?
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 2 months ago:
13
- Comment on Signal downloads spike in the US and Yemen amid government scandal | TechCrunch 2 months ago:
I mean honestly, feature wise, it’s pretty good in my opinion. It has some very useful features Signal lacks (e.g. live location sharing) and it’s not slow or badly designed in my opinion.
I still prefer Signal since I don’t like Facebook, but realistically speaking WhatsApp is pretty good.
- Comment on 3's grip looks the most comfy 2 months ago:
Definitely 5, so much better than 99% of other pens.
- Comment on You're* 2 months ago:
Isn’t it the opposite? I’ve never seen a footnote with the number/star at the end of the footnote.
- Comment on Get your new PebbleOS watch 2 months ago:
Wait, the basic version has a compas and barometer without a heart rate monitor, but the more expensive one has a heart rate monitor and no barometer or compass? Why?