Geometrinen_Gepardi

@Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, just imagine how bad the compression artefacts will be if they double the resolution but keep storage/network costs the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cargo bikes cost 5 grand? That’s outrageous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indoor lettuce growing in 3D printed pots⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This, the amount of potential plastic ingestion from using these pots is nothing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Taylor Swift’s new album comes in cassette. Who is buying those?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m fuming at this too. Pictures with some amount of bokeh is the standard look unless you’re shooting landscape camera or using a telephone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT 5 power consumption could be as much as eight times higher than GPT 4 — research institute estimates medium-sized GPT-5 response can consume up to 40 watt-hours of electricity⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if that was meant to be interpreted as a large or small amount of power. Back then I thought it’s a somewhat significant amount but now it seems tiny.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Researchers asked AI to show a typical Australian dad: he was white and had an iguana⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Where is the sexism?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nightshade⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tomatillos aren’t self pollinating, they need a buddy plant. I have two side by side in my garden and both are producing fruit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How streaming changed the way you watch TV⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In the 90s you had to be careful not to touch the Nintendo while playing or else the game might crash. It was still better than today because you didn’t need an internet connection to play your games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is spontaneous betting (as portrayed by comics and movies) supposed to work?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t Americans do this in real life? That’s what TV taught me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Protip:⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I once found a pair of barefoot running sandals online that were otherwise normal with rubber soles etc, but had a copper rivet inserted through the sole to facilitate that connection to earth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who did this 😂😂😂⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And when Win95 booted, you exited into the DOS prompt, the true gaming environment at the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The american crypto mafia⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can borrow crypto there days?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨respect dandelions!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you stop mulching or pulling out dandelions in the garden, that will soon be the only thing you’re growing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The onion writers crying⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s with the capitalization of every word?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beans⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same for pork.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else hate knowing stuff and looking "smart"?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m guessing you’re young? Just wait, it gets easier with time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At some point, kids watching older cartoons will no longer understand why putting a thermometer under a desk lamp was a way to skip school.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Kids today don’t know that until quite recently if you turned on the TV and you didn’t get any picture, you could give the thing a firm slap on the side and it would work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else hate knowing stuff and looking "smart"?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s nothing wrong with knowing about things. If I’m deciphering your question correctly, you need to learn to keep your mouth shut. People won’t pester you then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vintage⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  More like 1988.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What channel do you mean, c90adventures?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anthropic has developed an AI 'brain scanner' to understand how LLMs work and it turns out the reason why chatbots are terrible at simple math and hallucinate is weirder than you thought⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s amazing that humans have coded a tool for which they have to afterwards write more tools for analyzing how it works.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe it's just a human thing.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s right, extremism breeds assholes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DIY roll film camera, with 3d printed body⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That wouldn’t look out of place in Blade Runner.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT's viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it possible to try this Giblification locally?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In Warning Sign for Hollywood, Younger Consumers Are Choosing Creator Content Over Premium TV and Movies: Social Platforms are Becoming a Dominant Force in Media and Entertainment.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Badger, Mushroom, Snaaaaake” on the other hand ages like fine whiskey.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The only power you have is choosing where to spend your sttention, i.e don’t look at that shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you think smartphone manufacturers will comply with EU's replaceable battery regulation?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know why waterproofing phones became de facto standard. How often will that waterproofing actually come to use?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brave CEO rants about "lefties," "glowies," George Soros⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The originator of the term is the late Terry Davis, a paranoid schizophrenic and developer of TempleOS. He used to go on angry rants about “glow in the dark CIA niggers”, or glowies for short.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why's everyone freaking out about Firefox Terms of Service? Isn't it Open Source?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How does having an AI-chat feature in a browser diminish it’s quality? No one’s forced to use any feature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every Country That Has Their Own Lemmy Instance⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How? Even though Lemmy has lots of commies, it has nothing to do with communism.