RedEyeFlightControl
@RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world
- Comment on I remember when I thought this was just magic 9 hours ago:
I used a Mavica that took FD’s for storage, back in the late 90s. I loaned it from school for a project. It was fun and frustrating at the same time. It’s crazy how far this tech as evolved.
- Comment on Who gets all the tariff money about to be collected from US citizens buying products from Canada? 10 hours ago:
They’re furthermore a way to start fights using someone else’s money, that they can then take with impunity. So effectively US citizens are now getting charged a premium to fight a war they don’t want, without a choice.
I recall a war that started over taxation without representation…
- Comment on X doubles its Premium+ plan prices after xAI releases Grok 3 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Is it normal for high sugar contents like in cake icing to make my uvula tickle? 2 weeks ago:
You’re probably mildly allergic to one of the ingredients.
There are foods that will make my mouth/throat feel itchy on occasion. I’m pretty sure I’m mildly allergic to a few things, but not enough for it to be a safety issue.
- Comment on The End of an Era: Exploring the Final Sony MiniDisc Walkman Models 3 weeks ago:
I miss my MD player. Easily one of the best gadgets I ever owned.
- Comment on Jeep's annoying pop-up nags you to buy an extended warranty at every stop sign 3 weeks ago:
I have a pickup from the pre-infotainment era, and I’ve considered how long I’d be able to keep it. Buying an old vehicle from the south an doing a restore is so much more attractive than anything that has touchscreen controls for hvac, media, etc. All of that shit is a massive safety hazard and a huge pain in the ass to use. It’s all garbage. Give me knobs and buttons all day long.
- Comment on Jeep's annoying pop-up nags you to buy an extended warranty at every stop sign 3 weeks ago:
The only way I’d buy one of these things is on a factory-delete custom order that removes the whole mess. You can still buy some fleet vehicles this way. The day I buy a car that has ads in its unremovable infotainment system will be a cold day in hell. I’ll build a fucking car before buying one with ads.
- Comment on I saw Free Willy in theaters: AMA 2 months ago:
What are your thoughts and feelings about whalers on the moon
- Comment on How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"? 3 months ago:
No one likes their x
- Comment on what's stops one from scavenging the best parts of old phones and putting them into a new one? 4 months ago:
All of this stuff is usually fit onto a single board, crammed into a very specific amount of space, and is thoroughly and iterated until it works properly. This isn’t the kind of stuff a home lab does, but you could certainly try. I think it would be damn near impossible to do it better and more reliably than teams of hundreds or thousands of various engineers. It’s not like you can just take a phone CPU and slap it on a random board without a ton of forethought.
- Comment on Rap Video rule 4 months ago:
- Comment on What do you call your first cousin's child? 4 months ago:
Image I usually refer to this chart :)
- Comment on Fruit Loops! 4 months ago:
Well, damn. You’re right. I must rescind the point distribution.
- Comment on Fruit Loops! 4 months ago:
You have Cocoa Puffs and Corn Pops combined, I’m going to give you 2 points for that.
- Comment on End nuclear fusion! 5 months ago:
At least you spent yours on something scientific in nature.
- Comment on End nuclear fusion! 5 months ago:
Only a matter of time before they can’t get any because we wasted such a limited resource on vanity instead of the pursuit of science.
- Comment on What has he done to deserve this? 6 months ago:
Replacing all your tools and machines is super easy, though. /s
FWIW I only work in metric, SAE is utter trash, tbh.
- Comment on Most important map 7 months ago:
- Comment on Its quite cool, isnt it? 7 months ago:
What is this character/meme called?
- Comment on You can't act fabulous after a hip surgery. 7 months ago:
The software license on your hip has expired. Your hip will now be remotely locked until your account has been updated.
Thank you for being a Hip-O-Matic Customer
- Comment on Dumpsters 7 months ago:
This post implies the cybertruck is not a dumpster.
- Comment on FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days 8 months ago:
It was active for about 3 months, until she broke the screen. I replaced her device and put the phone on the shelf. I replaced the screen and digitizer a year later when I needed a spare handset and they told me “it had never been on network” and was ineligible for being unlocked. Which is bullshit because the phone was bought and paid for at the time I purchased it in a box at the store with a prepaid card. As far as I’m concerned, straight talk still owes me 200$. Even if the phone was NEVER activated, I still own it outright, making it mine to do with what I please.
- Comment on FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days 8 months ago:
Not always true, I bought a tracfone for my kid and the phone was paid in full at the time of purchase. It’s still carrier locked 5 years later because they say “it wasn’t in service for x amount of time and therefore isn’t eligible”. I even reported this to the FCC, opened a case, and they did fuckall and closed the report.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
Like we get a say
- Comment on Google to shut down Keen, its experimental Pinterest-like social media platform 11 months ago:
My understanding is that Google “rates” its leaders by the number and types of projects they develop. Ergo there are a lot of people working on disparate items that often overlap, because it’s “their” project. Once the project completes, they get their credit, stop caring, and move on to the next. It is said this is why google creates then kills so much. It’s by design, essentially. The products they keep are the ones that make the most ad revenue.
- Comment on Reddit user content being sold to AI company in $60M/year deal 1 year ago:
It was more like “We need to closec the api in order to protect our profits from the use of your data”
- Comment on Want a 3D printer in New York? Get ready for fingerprinting and a 15 day wait 1 year ago:
He was exceptionally good at blowing things up! I loved the shit out of that show.
- Comment on Want a 3D printer in New York? Get ready for fingerprinting and a 15 day wait 1 year ago:
No he wasn’t. MacGyver didn’t like guns. This trope actually carried through to SG1.
Luckily, MacGyver did like explosives.
Regardless, this bill is stupid no matter how you look at it. Speaking as a 3d printer related business in NY. I will fight this lunacy.
- Comment on TayTay having a lil bonfire before takeoff <3 1 year ago:
Just leaving Taco Bell, where do you want me to pick you up?
- Comment on Anti-racism be like 1 year ago:
BRING ME BUTTER AND SOME MILK
