Viper_NZ
@Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz
- Comment on don't be a coward 4 weeks ago:
The entire Polity series is great, but my favourite parts are always when we follow a Prador perspective.
- Comment on Comcast, Disney, and IBM Are Among Advertisers Returning to X After Ad Freeze 1 month ago:
Cowards
- Comment on 'My personal failure was being stumped': Gabe Newell says finishing Half-Life 2: Episode 3 just to conclude the story would've been 'copping out of [Valve's] obligation to gamers' 1 month ago:
It sure wasn’t rapid smaller releases
- Comment on Mushrooms 1 month ago:
Our immune systems can tell the difference between human blood types. Let alone fungus vs human.
- Comment on Microsoft fires employees who organized vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza 2 months ago:
We have a similar mix, though I was referring to the underlying virtualisation providing their cloud hosting.
- Comment on Microsoft fires employees who organized vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza 2 months ago:
Azure runs on windows. Hosts run a modified version of Hyper-V.
At least, they did last I checked.
- Comment on Starfield's first DLC is one of the worst Bethesda and DLCs of all time 2 months ago:
What we wanted: Alpha Centauri 2 What we got: Civilisation in a $2 shop Halloween costume.
- Comment on Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges 2 months ago:
The solution is to just buy a cheap Brother mono laser printer.
- Comment on Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app 4 months ago:
And if each did cost them money - they’ve been paid when the stupid thing was purchased!
- Comment on Consumer, we have detected that you are above the poverty line. The 99¢ price printed on this Arizona tea can only applies to those below the poverty line. Your total comes to $3.67. 4 months ago:
Airlines have been doing this for years.
Browser ID say you’re using a Mac? Higher price for you since you must have a higher income.
- Comment on Intel denies RMA requests for its faulty 13th Gen, 14th Gen CPUs with instability issues 5 months ago:
They were relatively quick to pull the 1.13GHz Pentium III from the market when it turned out to have stability issues from pushing Coppermine too far.
This feels like a repeat of that, but with Intel sticking their heads in the sand and screwing over customers instead.
- Comment on How to make an EV tire that won’t pollute the environment 6 months ago:
Much heavier than petrol cars if they’re not on a bespoke EV platform or designed poorly. Slightly heavier than petrol cars if they’re designed properly.
Eg a Model 3 and a Toyota Camry are the same weight and almost identical dimensions.
It’s weird to me the weight thing keeps coming up when discussing EVs but not the petrol cars which have been growing bigger and heavier for years.
- Comment on New Doom Game Could Be Announced At Xbox Showcase In June 7 months ago:
I have a nasty feeling it’s going to be like Halo without Marty O’Donnell - bland music that is completely and utterly forgettable.
- Comment on After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year 7 months ago:
I’ve been with Tidal since. I miss the Spotify recommendation algorithm but that’s it.
- Comment on After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year 7 months ago:
Two to three times what Spotify pay artists per stream.
- Comment on Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day 8 months ago:
I have a front loader that takes anything from 1.5 - 3 hours depending on water temperature, load size etc.
It may tell me 2 hours when I start it, and still be going 2 hours 20 minutes later.
The dryer next to it is even worse when it comes to guessing duration, so having a notification pop up next to me is helpful.
- Comment on Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day 8 months ago:
Mine does too but can run up to 45 minutes over time depending on how it adjusts the load, water temp etc.
The dryer is a sensor heat pump dryer so I have zero idea whether it’s going to take 30 minutes or 2 hours.
It’s a feature I find useful, I can isolate it on my network and I didn’t pay extra for it.
Seems weird to be defending it.
- Comment on Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day 8 months ago:
The laundry is next to the garage and I work from the exact opposite end of the house.
Is also a front loader that’s pretty quiet even when spinning.
- Comment on Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day 8 months ago:
I have my washer and dryer on an isolated network. It’s actually useful to be able to tell if they’re done without walking to the other end of the house to check.
- Comment on Boeing: Last Week Tonight 9 months ago:
Legend. Thank you!
- Comment on Boeing: Last Week Tonight 9 months ago:
Can you share this?
- Comment on Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here. 10 months ago:
300kg of battery -> environmental catastrophe
The other 1,500kg of car? Made of unicorn kisses and butterfly dreams.
- Comment on Gel and lithium-ion tech could enable 1000-mile EV range on one charge 10 months ago:
Nope, Toyota.
Since 2008 they’ve been trotting it a story annually that their amazing solid state batteries are only 2-3 years away.
They’ll revolutionise EVs, so there’s no point buying one now. It’ll be a worthless dead end.
Buy a Toyota hybrid instead.
- Comment on Gel and lithium-ion tech could enable 1000-mile EV range on one charge 10 months ago:
It’s not Toyota making the claim this time, it may not be bullshit for once.
- Comment on ‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything 10 months ago:
The irony of clicking on this link and getting hit with “accept cookies” “Subscribe to unlock this article”.
- Comment on Apple Vision Pro Owners Are Struggling to Figure Out What They Just Bought 10 months ago:
Nah, it just has no apps, a poor battery life and like all new Apple product lines will be massively put to shame by its successors.
- Comment on Instagram finds that AI Mr beast scams do not go against community guidelines. 11 months ago:
This has all been in the last year…
- Comment on Instagram finds that AI Mr beast scams do not go against community guidelines. 11 months ago:
On Twitter I’ve reported:
- Pictures of dead babies/toddlers
- Pictures of murdered people
- Death threats towards public figures
- Illegal videos of terrorist acts
- Ads for illegal weapons (tasers)
- So so much crypto spam
Things found by Twitter to go against their community standards? 0
- Comment on Lucid’s $50,000 Tesla Challenger Under Development, CEO Suggests 1 year ago:
You don’t have to like them, but explain to me how it’s a ‘deathtrap’ if it passes the same safety standards as a car produced anywhere else. A 5 star NCAP car doesn’t become less safe just because it’s Chinese.
6 of the top 10 safest cars tested in 2023 are from Chinese automakers.
They are producing and exporting safe and affordable electric vehicles and they’re seeing great success in Europe and Oceania. Tarrifs are the only thing protecting the US auto market from similar inroads.
- Comment on Lucid’s $50,000 Tesla Challenger Under Development, CEO Suggests 1 year ago:
That doesn’t stop them from existing, or being highly competitive. It’s up to western and Japanese car makers to compete rather than pretend it’s not happening.
The cars also pass NCAP/ANCAP testing with 5 stars.