Thorry84
@Thorry84@feddit.nl
- Comment on We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink 1 day ago:
You are right in how wasteful it is, especially since it turned out a lot of those satellites don’t even make it to 4 years.
However there is zero risk of space trash with Starlink. They orbit so low, it’s basically within the atmosphere still. They need to constantly boost themselves, otherwise they fall down and burn up. So these satellites are coming down within years all on their own, even without any controlled disposal.
It’s insanely wasteful, but it keeps SpaceX in business launching every week, which is kind of the point. But at least there isn’t a Kessler syndrome waiting to happen.
- Comment on Microsoft announces new Windows changes in response to the EU's (DMA) Digital Markets Act for EEA users, including Edge not prompting users to set it as the default unless opened 5 days ago:
Thanks for the suggestion. It’s my laptop from work, I have zero say in what software it runs, I don’t even have admin rights on it. None of my personal stuff runs Windows. But it might help other people on their own machines.
- Comment on Microsoft announces new Windows changes in response to the EU's (DMA) Digital Markets Act for EEA users, including Edge not prompting users to set it as the default unless opened 5 days ago:
Please let them also remove all the XBox nonsense. The other day my laptop from work that runs Windows 11 Pro gave a big ass prompt if I didn’t want to try XBox Game Pass with the new Doom game. It’s basically an ad for games on a Pro machine, ridiculous.
- Comment on Fried 6 days ago:
How are you going to play that guitar Egg? You’re a fucking egg. Did your inside get scrambled? You ain’t got no bloody arms man!
- Comment on OpenAI sees human interaction as a competitor to ChatGPT's super assistant ambitions 1 week ago:
Ah you are from the US? No then it probably won’t be available. The US is very slow to make changes in retail. You only recently got those digital price tags that update constantly, we’ve had those for 10 years or so. In Europe the hand scanner or app self scan thing is very common.
- Comment on OpenAI sees human interaction as a competitor to ChatGPT's super assistant ambitions 1 week ago:
Yup, that’s the one.
I think where I live it’s a company that offers the whole thing white label to supermarket and other shops. The systems are very similar across a bunch of different stores, but the branding is specific to the store. So their logo, their colors. Not just on all the UIs (both the scanner and the checkout), but also the physical hardware colors.
The hand scanners all run Android, the other day I got one that said Google Play Services had crashed. The scanner itself is probably made by Zebra and then customized by the company providing the scan and checkout solution.
It has become super common around here, to the point where I’m annoyed when it isn’t an option and I have to use the self-checkout where you need to scan at the checkout.
- Comment on OpenAI sees human interaction as a competitor to ChatGPT's super assistant ambitions 1 week ago:
No, the hand scanners aren’t connected to the kiosks. They are at the entrance, you pick them up, scan all you want to buy. Then at checkout you place the scanner into a kiosk, it knows what you bought and you can checkout as usual. Every once in a while a store employee takes the scanners and puts them into the holders in the entrance. Depending on the size of the store there can be up to a hundred of these scanners available.
Other stores do the same, except your phone is the scanner with an app you can download. It works basically the same way. Most stores that offer the app also offer the hand scanners, which I prefer.
- Comment on OpenAI sees human interaction as a competitor to ChatGPT's super assistant ambitions 1 week ago:
For me personally, the self checkout is just a way better solution to the problem. It’s for me much faster and more efficient. It’s also easier for the store itself. The best kind of self checkout for me is where you can scan everything with a hand scanner or app whilst shopping. Then just pay at the self checkout and walk out. That way I just put the stuff in my bag directly, instead of from the shelf into the basket or cart. Then from the cart to the checkout and then from the checkout into my bag. It also spreads out the action of scanning the products, which means avoiding a slow and repetitive task scanning it all in 1 go. I’m also not blocking a checkout whilst scanning. I hate it when stores that offer the hand scanner have people scanning a whole cart full of stuff at the checkout. And then bagging it of course, which blocks a checkout for ages. Just go to the regular checkout if you want to do that, the cashier is faster than you are and you can focus on bagging exclusively.
However the lack of human contact is an issue. I’ve seen a lot of stores that offer self checkout recently make one or two lines available for chatting. It’s just the regular oldskool cashier, but they are relaxed about it and chat with the customer. This means people in a hurry or that don’t need contact right then can go fast through the self checkout. And people who like to chat can use the chatty checkout with a good old human being.
This for me is the best way to apply new tech, all of the benefits for all parties involved and hopefully none of the downsides.
- Comment on I am having a weird experience on the Fediverse. 1 week ago:
In trouble shooting it always important to answer at least these questions when asking for help:
- What are you trying to achieve, eg what is the end result you are hoping for.
- What is the expected behavior, or how do you think it should work?
- What is the experience behavior, so what actually happens and how does that differ from what you expected.
- What steps have you taken in trouble shooting. Are there things you’ve checked or ruled out? How so? What did you try?
This will help other people help you quickly and efficiently. This will greatly improve your chance of other people being able to help you, or you being able to help yourself.
- Comment on Xbox 360/PS3/(to a lesser extent) Wii owners represent 1 week ago:
Are you referring to the red ring of death on the Xbox? Because that has absolutely nothing to do with ATI. They just made the chips, it’s Microsoft that put them on the board. Most of the issues were caused by a poor connection between the chip and the board, not a hell of a lot ATI could do about that.
A lot of it was engineers underestimating the effect of thermals between 80 and 95 degrees for very long times, with cool down cycles in between. The thinking was this was just fine and wouldn’t be an issue. It turned out it was an issue, so they learnt from that and later generations didn’t really have that issue.
- Comment on I won a key code for life of p does anyone want it? 1 week ago:
Cool, thanks for the effort!
- Comment on AI is rotting your brain and making you stupid 1 week ago:
And for the most part this is true. People who don’t do little calculation puzzles for fun often have trouble with basic arithmetic without getting a calculator (or likely the calculator app on the phone). I know when I’m doing something like wood working and I need to add and subtract some measurements, I use a calculator. I could do it without, but chances are I would make a simple mistake and mess up my work. It’s like a muscle, if you use it, it will become stronger. If you don’t use it, it becomes weaker.
However there is a huge difference between using a calculator for basic arithmetic and using AI. For one thing, the calculator doesn’t tell you what the sums are. It just tells you the result. You still need to understand each step, in order to enter it. So while you lose some mental capacity in doing the sums, you won’t lose the understanding of the concepts involved. Second of all, it is a highly specific tool, which does one thing and does it well. So the impact will always be limited to that part and it’s debatable if that part is useful or not. When learning maths I think it’s important to be able to do them without a calculator, to gain a better understanding. But as an adult once you grasp the basic concepts, I think it’s perfectly fine not to be able to do it without a calculator.
For AI it’s a bit different, it’s a very general tool which deals with all aspects of every day stuff. It also goes much further than being a simple tool. You can give it broad instructions and it will fill in the blanks on its own. It even goes so far as to introduce and teach new topics entirely, where the only thing a person knows is what the AI told them. This erodes basic thinking skills, like how does this fit into my world view, is this thing true or false and in what way?
Again the same concept applies, where the brain is a muscle which needs to be given a workout. When it comes to a calculator, the brain isn’t exercising the arithmetic part. When it comes to AI it involves almost all of our brain.
- Comment on Viscous scoundrels 1 week ago:
I’ve heard being dummy thicc is a real tactical disadvantage!
- Comment on If it ain’t broke… 1 week ago:
I have to say this man aged like fine wine
- Comment on Why do bikes have a solenoid? 2 weeks ago:
Oooh you are talking about motorbikes. In my mind a bike is the manual peddle bicycle kind and I was wondering what kind of bicycle has a solenoid.
- Comment on The AI-powered collapse of the American tech workfoce 2 weeks ago:
So about half of it is Intel? And that has nothing to do with AI, it’s because Intel is struggling bigtime right now.
- Comment on "Betrothal" (getting engaged) is an anagram for "at brothel". 2 weeks ago:
Bat’leth Ro
She got the nickname when she accidentally chopped off a bit of the ear of an instructor at the academy when training with Klingon weapons.
- Comment on Papal Optics 2 weeks ago:
Yeah I’ve used that one, the ash of war on it is great
- Comment on My First Homelab 2 weeks ago:
Just so you know, operating spinning drives this way is a bad idea. If the platters are spinning and the drive tips over, the rotation of the drives resists the movement. This gyroscopic force is enough for the platters to touch the heads which are flying a tiny distance above the platter. Obviously this is a bad thing and will damage the drives.
A quick fix is to just lay them flat or fix both of them together so they have a more stable base to stand on. Putting it in an enclosure is even better.
- Comment on Speak American 2 weeks ago:
The whole concept of multilingual websites is foreign to Americans. There is only one language in their mind.
- Comment on The small scale of Lemmy's active user base is never more evident than in the absence of active members in all the sports related communities. 3 weeks ago:
These are all nerds who don’t follow sportball most likely. They are quoting the TV show “The IT Crowd” where the one of main characters Moss pretends to know about sports.
- Comment on Peculiar 3 weeks ago:
Use your pointy nipple antennae to transmit data back to Earth!
- Comment on Can you read and understand this passage? 3 weeks ago:
I can read it, but for some reason I read it like a screenplay being read about some old-timey detective story.
- Comment on Kids nowadays don't have many (if any) videogame heroes... 4 weeks ago:
CHICKEN JOCKEY
- Comment on Things at Tesla are worse than they appear 4 weeks ago:
Its profits are plunging, as is its share price.
Looks at share price: Up 10% in the last month…
- Comment on Prices are out of control 4 weeks ago:
Thanks, I’ll look out for that. Seems like the plain whiskey is available just fine, but the honey stuff is harder to find.
- Comment on Prices are out of control 4 weeks ago:
Wow I’m going to Aldi tomorrow and will try this!
- Comment on Prices are out of control 4 weeks ago:
Yeah I’m having trouble finding the Honey flavored stuff.
I use fake Red Bull because I think it’s overpriced, not because it’s not American.
- Comment on Prices are out of control 4 weeks ago:
That Tennessee Honey is one of my favorite whiskey drinks. However due to America being a total shit head, I can no longer buy it as I don’t want any of my money going there.
Anybody got an idea of what a good European drink is to replace it with? I drink it straight or when I want something more mellow I mix with fake DrPepper or fake Red Bull.
- Comment on xAI Dev Leaks API Key for Private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs – Krebs on Security 5 weeks ago:
I don’t even know how they managed this. I regularly create test repos to reproduce bugs in open source software, to go with the bug report. When it contains some random generated credentials only used within that repo, Github freaks out and I need to tell it it’s just testing shit and perfectly fine to publish.
You’d have to be intentionally publicing shit like that.