billwashere

@billwashere@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me when Valve releases a phone⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a self proclaimed apple fanboy and I would seriously consider switching to a Linux phone by Valve. I have to admit all this hardware they’re releasing is quite intriguing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia’s first AI-powered humanoid robot AIDOL collapses during its onstage debut⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t crush the robot revolution, in Russia the robot revolution crushes you, apparently by falling on you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk says Optimus will 'eliminate poverty' in speech after his $1 trillion pay package was approved⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Or just give all your money away to poor people. By my calculations that would be about $25k per poor adult.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to sound like a tankie but China has made smarter decisions with regard to power generation. The current shift away from renewables (and shift back to fossil fuel) AND more reliance on central power generation are great for billionaires but just dumb for every other reason. And with the what appears to be advancing in battery technology more distributed solar cells with local storage would free up more power for the power hungry data centers. Not to mention the AI programs there are not run by douchebags like Sam Altman and Mustafa Suleyman.

  I also think the current path of AGI study via more advanced LLM research is the wrong path. A language generator is never going to be “smart”. But what do I know, I don’t have billions of dollars and lie constantly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you like to playtest a new indie game? Just completed first playable version of my psychological horror/moral choice simulation.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My brother and ex-wife were both psych majors so I’ve heard lot about this experiment. I’ll give it a shot. Mac, windows or Linux. I’m pan-OS-ual 😀

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't have a cow⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In case you’re not up on the lingo….

  A “TERF” stands for “Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist.” It refers to a group or ideology within feminism that explicitly excludes transgender women from women’s spaces, advocacy, and recognition, based on the belief that only those assigned female at birth are truly women.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who rely on their phones/computers to tell time probably forgot or didn't realize that a Daylight Saving Time-Change even happened, some might've forgotten that DST existed at all.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I was driving to the store on Sunday around 5:30ish and I wondered why it was so dark. That’s when it hit me. The only clock I have in the house that doesn’t set itself is the coffee pot and I rarely drink coffee.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit’s CEO Debuts As A Billionaire 20 Years After Cofounding The Company⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck Spez

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sunday update from the Prime Radiant⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what whisparr is for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If video games actually determined our real world behavior, we wouldn't be violent we would be obsessed with powerwashing and all have CDLs.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And anytime a wall looked a little weird I’d be trying to smash through it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t snooped on the traffic but at the very least it was encrypted back to google. And I wouldn’t be surprised if it was also signed somehow.  If it was easy, somebody would’ve already cracked it, especially with all the brouhaha about them dropping support.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3-bean soup⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Make it a mocha latte

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Las Vegas deploys world’s first Tesla Cybertruck police fleet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope they all have to drive through large puddles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish I could upvote this 100 times

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m already on a bunch of lists. What’s a few more. I should collect them like steam cards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly I’d pay as much as $50 to unlock my Microsoft sync to CarPlay on my old explorer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean they could just unlock the dang things at let some industrious hacker make them useful again. Hell I’d pay like $10 for a firmware that would work with home assistant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wondered how long it would take for that url to pop up. I will never ever rely on any Google product. Except maybe Gmail but I have an alternative plan should that go belly up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A simple open api could extend the life of these things by decades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t that already happen with infrared radiation?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t it incredibly difficult to shed heat in space since the only real way to move heat is radiation?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Autograding tool⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually work for a large university in the digital education department. We do have tools like this but I’m pretty sure it’s for python. It could probably be modified for other uses however. I’m a hardware guy or I’d know more about it. If you’re interested I could probably get some more info or get you in touch with the devs that created it. DM if you want some more details.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sam Altman Says If Jobs Gets Wiped Out, Maybe They Weren’t Even “Real Work” to Start With⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sam, I say this will all my heart…

  Fuck you very kindly. I’m pretty sure what you do is not “a real job” and should be replaced by AI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"United States" in French (États-Unis) would have made a very confusing acronym⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  🤯

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kohler Wants to Put a Tiny Camera in Your Toilet and Analyze the Contents⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just saw this very recently so it immediately came to mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Share your poops!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Super Doodie!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forgejo v13.0 is available⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m assuming an upgrade is pretty painless. I guess know what I’m doing at work on Monday.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Selfhost an LLM⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  100% agree. TechnoTim is quite good. Also take a look at NetworkChuck. But be aware, these two will send you down rabbit holes of self-hosting ideas. Awesome rabbit holes, but rabbit holes nonetheless. I’ve spent weeks playing with stuff they’ve suggested. N8n and MCP is my latest obsession.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your greatest "gaming high" you've been chasing ever since? Please take care not to spoil anything, if you are going to be story-specific.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Finishing Ultima IV on my C64. Yep I’m old.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨comparison⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It makes more sense to me so I’m gonna say “yes?”…