Skunk

@Skunk@jlai.lu

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love my smart TV (From Mastodon) - Repost⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s good to know, thanks.

  But after my message this morning I decided to try out my xgimi projector in the living room instead of the bedroom.

  It is perfect like that and I will give the tv (old LG 1080p). A bedroom is not a home cinema anyway, because you don’t want crumbs in the bed 🙄

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love my smart TV (From Mastodon) - Repost⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah shit.

  Thanks for the feedback, it is greatly appreciated as those things are expensive.

  I guess we are fucked until the EU make a new pro-consumer law. But that would take years (if they ever make it).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love my smart TV (From Mastodon) - Repost⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah! I was reading that post yesterday lemmy.world/post/22309068 as I am looking for a 55’ 4K oled dumb display.

  So far no joy.

  Apparently some manufacturers makes internet mandatory at first boot and even if you block or disconnect it later it will nag you for firmware update every now and then.

  The only possibility I have found for an EU customer at the moment is Sony Bravia. Yup Sony sucks but apparently Bravia’s let you choose to refuse the terms of service and not use the smart things, thus making them dumb tv.

  But maybe I’m wrong, maybe it’s not the case anymore or maybe they will decide to change that.

  That sucks, if any of you knows about a commercial display/computer monitor/dumb tv in oled 4K 55’ available in Europe, I might fall a little bit in love with you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy New Year! Thought I'd share my new year's resolution to the people here⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Happy new year rich dude.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon visits America⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, 15L of coke is like 5700 calories. More than double a daily intake only in a fucking soda.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't have to check the price because I know I can't afford it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not in Wisconsin but Switzerland, and yeah cheese is cheaper at the source. This fondue of 800g (around 2 ducklings in freedom unit) would be 30 bucks.

  But honestly everything is cheaper outside of the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any (single player playable) game under $10 or equivalent which has made you point any go "ha" or given you an equivalent feeling because it was that enjoyable for every moment you played it?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ‘Nexus: The Jupiter Incident’ fit that description for me. I replayed it so many times trying new spaceships loadouts and strategies.

  ‘Kerbal Space Program’, do I need to say more ?

  And lastly, ‘A Plague Tale Requiem’. It went as low as 2€ and that game broke me on a psychological level because of the story, characters and poetry. I was unable to leave it or think about anything else for months. It’s even worse if you play the first game before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am about to board a flight. What sequence of events would occur if (by chance) for no apparent reason a window got completely smashed out?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Standard procedure is max FL100 or 10 000 ft.

  But if you are flying over mountains (FL180 for the Alps highest safe flight level) you are fucked.

  Well no, there are oxygen masks and the pilots will immediately put them on and then dive toward a safer altitude at a controlled but fast rate of descent (more eardrums bursts).

  Airbus Procedure is basically “Pull everything on the MCP !”:

  • masks on for both pilots,
  • checks interphone com with your Captain/FO.
  • On the MCP, autopilot set altitude to max FL100 or below (above if mountains), pull for open descent,
  • pull for HDG and go off track (outside the airway to avoid collisions).
  • Pull for max Speed or appropriate (not in managed mode anymore, this will change your rate of descent).
  • Speedbrakes max.
  • Transponder 7700
  • Then you can call Mayday on radio.
  • You also check that the masks had been automatically lowered in the cabin at that point.

  And A320 should descent at around 7000ft per minute. Could be more or less, it’s the pilot choice and how much he is willing to stress an airframe that just had an explosive decompression.

  Rapid decompressions are very rare events tho. Except maybe on 737 max.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite 1000+ hour games?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Kerbal Space Program

  I’m well above a thousand hours on the first game. Then all my flying sims (MSFS, Xplane, DCS, Elite Dangerous) also have a very high hour count. But for civilian airliners most of those hours are spent AFK in cruise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't we have cool vending machines in the US?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  lol, I only know the selecta ones but I’ll try the wurstaumat next time I’m in the german part of the ruesti.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't we have cool vending machines in the US?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Trust and respect are some of the core principles in Swiss education and society. There are those well known newspapers stands that always amaze tourists. They are not locked nor monitored but people still pay for the newspaper.

  For the restaurants it can be true but most places will know what you had only because the cash register system works like that (like they take the order on a phone that automatically sends everything to the kitchen and till). It’s mostly because all the systems available on the market works like that.

  But as everywhere, things are changing for the worse, there’s more and more violence, disrespect etc.

  Fun fact, I once had French friends visiting and they saw a field where you can take fruits yourself, weight them and pay the according price. No human supervision, no cameras. They were amazed and told me “In France we wouldn’t pay for the fruits, steal the money box AND the weighting machine”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't we have cool vending machines in the US?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That is most likely the right answer.

  I’m in Switzerland and we have vending machines (not as cool as the Japanese ones tho) because we walk past them everyday.

  They are generally on the pavement near post offices, at train stations and other large public transportation places.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Data is a plural⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a French accent so I say data.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you recommend any of the Star Trek games?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not Star Trek but heavily inspired, Starship Simulator seems to be the perfect Star Trek sim with scientific exploration in mind.

  It’s not even an Alpha at the moment but there is a demo that made me fall in love with the project in less than 3 minutes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using the term ‘artificial intelligence’ in product descriptions reduces purchase intentions⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, they wrote “learn” with quotation marks so… 🤷🏻‍♂️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using the term ‘artificial intelligence’ in product descriptions reduces purchase intentions⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know that’s why I’m staying with that brand. I am just looking for another model, I probably don’t need all the fuss features of the top of the line model.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Using the term ‘artificial intelligence’ in product descriptions reduces purchase intentions⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well that’s true. I was looking at a Zojirushi rice cooker

  One of its selling point is: ‘Advanced fuzzy logic technology with AI (Artificial Intelligence) “learns” and adjusts the cooking cycle to get perfect results’

  I immediately said no thanks and looked for another model without that, and probably cheaper. It’s a rice cooker FFS!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grayzone Warfare?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I play it since launch and it is not laggy (if it becomes laggy just change server). It had some connection problems at first but nothing too bad, you just had to retry once or twice.

  The major problems players complained were not enough helicopters spawn use to “fast travel” around the map (leading to queues of people waiting for an airlift or just walking to destination) and some AI having god sight and shooting you in bushes.

  There’s been several updates and the roadmap is public.

  I enjoy the game but I play very slowly, I still haven’t unlocked everything. The missions are nice, I like walking in the nature to enjoy the scenery and snipe people.

  I like that it is PVE or PVPVE. Other players are usually helpful and talks on the proximity chat (at least on pve) so you can be a lone wolf and participate in a more difficult assault with randoms passing by.

  I’d say look at some YouTube reviews but be aware, some of those players finished the game in 48 hours and are complaining that they have nothing left to do (duh) so they want updates (which are coming).

  If I hadn’t already I would definitely buy the game, maybe not on full price.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deep Sports Analysis⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Winning the game should help Canada’s chances to win the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do aircraft carrying live animals have "cabin crew"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ziggurat is correct. The flight ABD4592 was a cargo B747 (registration TF-AMM)

  I can’t find cabin pictures but those cargo are loaded with huge pallets, for live animals it’s the same type but adapted, kind of a big metal box but equipped with a door, probably a window and some food/water. At least one human is supervising the cabin but it could be more according to regulations (if it’s the same as for pax) or simply how much the client is willing to pay ?

  So the pilots knew it via the aircraft intercom. There’s no chance they would have heard the horse in a 30 years old 747 nor feel any change of center of gravity, specifically on autopilot at cruise level.

  Fun fact, the company is bragging about being the Iron Maiden or Olympic flame carrier