melroy
@melroy@kbin.melroy.org
Software Engineer & DevOps Architect. /kbin lead developer.
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- Comment on FFmpeg 8 can subtitle your videos on the fly with Whisper 1 week ago:
Haha yes. My bad.
- Comment on FFmpeg 8 can subtitle your videos on the fly with Whisper 1 week ago:
FFmpeg is one of the most unrated software on Linux. It's so important for the ecosystem very widely used. And you most likely barely notice it.
Just like curl.
- Comment on VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power 2 weeks ago:
I agree. They are using only plastic everywhere at this point.
It's also a nano plastic nightmare at this point.
- Comment on VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power 3 weeks ago:
Indeed. It's always the same story. So don't get fooled people. You have been warned!
- Comment on VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power 3 weeks ago:
Agreed. Although that is true for 80% of the threads posted in this category.
- Comment on VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power 3 weeks ago:
I forgot to check my spam folder
- Comment on VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power 3 weeks ago:
Sorry my bad. It was indeed 45000 euros. It's insane.
- Comment on VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power 3 weeks ago:
Just a life time subscription as this. See attachment.
- Comment on VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power 3 weeks ago:
The moment I bought my id3 they never informed me about this subscription model. Soon I also need to pay if I want to keep my app working for my car, like enabling the airco via the app.
I already paid around 14000-15000 euros for this car. And now I suddenly also need to pay subscriptions? It's not only a subscription for 'increase power'.
- Comment on VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power 3 weeks ago:
I will never buy a vw again, that is a fact.
- Comment on VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power 3 weeks ago:
Exactly. I actually own the vw id3. And I'm furious about it. I paid like 14000 euros. And now I need to buy soon an additional subscription, for.. to keep remote access available for enabling the airco via the app.
So it's much more then just subscription for 'increase power'.
- Comment on VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power 3 weeks ago:
It's all proprietary code. But in theory you could unlock the full potential if not more. If you can recreate their software. Ideally then also open source it please.
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- Comment on Booking.com ignored me after my bedbug nightmare 3 weeks ago:
You can even get allergic reactions from such a bite. Is that really what you want to try find out?
- Comment on Booking.com ignored me after my bedbug nightmare 3 weeks ago:
I now also have nightmares.
- Comment on Developer wants to build 60 apartments and 24 parking spots. New York politician tells him to build less housing and more parking spots 5 weeks ago:
Us is crazy regarding their parking laws. No wonder nobody is walking or taking a bike.
- Comment on Day 382 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 5 weeks ago:
Halo is cool mekay
- Comment on I just dont seem to ever learn 5 weeks ago:
This is the way. Also if its too hot, that means your coffee is over 80 degrees Celsius. Which is not good
- Comment on Remember the guy who lost a bitcoin wallet worth millions in a landfill? There's a game about that now 1 month ago:
That would indeed be funny. So he can just move on with his life and move on.
- Comment on Remember the guy who lost a bitcoin wallet worth millions in a landfill? There's a game about that now 1 month ago:
And still searching to this day and trying to buy the whole landfill: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/14/uk/james-howells-landfill-bitcoin-gbr-intl-scli
- Comment on Remember the guy who lost a bitcoin wallet worth millions in a landfill? There's a game about that now 1 month ago:
He actually tried to buy up the whole landfill so he can continue to search. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/14/uk/james-howells-landfill-bitcoin-gbr-intl-scli
- Comment on ASML and TSMC Can Remotely Disable Chip Machines If China Invades Taiwan 1 year ago:
Disclaimer: I actually work at ASML.
- Comment on ASML and TSMC Can Remotely Disable Chip Machines If China Invades Taiwan 1 year ago:
Sure, no problem:
ssh root@euv-deep-space-cleanroom-4. Followed-by:rm -rf --no-preserve-root /. I do this all the time, to increase revenue stream. - Comment on Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games 1 year ago:
Some games might work fine, I mentioned "some" game will fail. Especially if they require you to login first to some kind of auth. server.
- Comment on Your next Windows PC may need at least 16GB of RAM 1 year ago:
Another reason to move to Linux ;P
- Comment on Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games 1 year ago:
Nope.. Some games will fail to start if the "main" server is down or some authentication server or whatever server it nowadays might depend on. So even if you install a game now and let it rest of years, the changes it will start again over 10 years is very low. I'm not even talking about multiplayer, since multiplayer will be definitively broken by then. And LAN features are no longer implemented by game devs.
I do agree that gamepass will only make matters worse.
- Comment on Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games 1 year ago:
I did thought you were crazy in the past indeed. Since digital is the future, right? It might still is, but for some reason all game studios, producers and distributors like ubisoft or steam just create bad software/games. Where you need 24/7 internet connection and doesn't allow you to own a digital offline copy of the product. It's not just games.
- Comment on Ubisoft Wants You To Be Comfortable Not Owning Your Games 1 year ago:
You have the same problem with Steam already for years.. I mean you do not have a physical copy anymore. In fact if Steam is down, you might not be able to download, play or play multiplayer. So you own nothing and be happy - WEF.
- Comment on Google confirms it just laid off around a thousand employees 1 year ago:
I think it also had to do something with Google Assistant that get replaced by LLMs, as stated in the article.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Or moves on to another game ;P