xthexder

@xthexder@l.sw0.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slice of ketchup anyone?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Out of all the best burgers I’ve had, the best ones have been very juicy and made a huge mess of my plate / hands. It’s a worthy sacrifice in my opinion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slice of ketchup anyone?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t heard of dip packets, maybe they’re better. The little squeeze packs you have to tear open and put in something else to dip are just a mess, and I don’t like having to open so many packets just to finish my fries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slice of ketchup anyone?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably the packaging company branching out into yet another type of individually packaged single-use plastic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slice of ketchup anyone?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If your burger isn’t leaking juices out the back when you bite into it, I think there’s room for improvement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hope this clears things up⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want to be pedantic, WD-40 is a brand that also sells lubricant. And they advertise their general use WD-40 as several things including a lubricant. It’s not a good long term lubricant compared to oil or grease, but it is a lubricant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is the dark souls of games journalism⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Impressive, Very nice. Now let’s see Paul Allen’s card.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crazy how it does that⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, no, it clearly states Russia can only fit inside itself multiple times if rotated INCORRECTLY. Like, opps, I fell through a 4D wormhole while rotating Russia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Science is iterative⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not quite the same thing, but Porsche has their eTurbo tech in road going cars now: porsche.com/…/porsche-explained-porsche-t-hybrid/

  They’re effectively capturing exhaust gas energy straight into a battery, just with a different system.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Science is iterative⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We actually do. F1 engine’s have something called the MGU-H that recovers exhaust gas energy and turns it into electricity that can be used to recharge the hybrid system: racecar-engineering.com/…/tech-explained-formula-…

  Technically any turbocharger is doing the same thing except it’s hooked up to a compressor for the intake air instead of a generator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Servers go Brrrrrr⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m in the PNW and pay about US$0.17/kWh at home, but for the data center rates, they charge based on peak usage because that’s how they size cooling and generator backups. Guaranteed redundant power and networking is just a lot more expensive than residential power.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Servers go Brrrrrr⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been measuring my server rack’s power usage, and it usually sits at around 500W with a 1U + 2U server (and GPU). My plan for the 1U has been to colocate it, but it’s an extra $25/month for each 100W increment, so I’ve been trying things like lowering the CPU power limit to save some money. Apparently turning my 200W EPYC CPU down to 150W barely makes a difference in my workloads, but that 50W is enough to save me quite a bit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Servers go Brrrrrr⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably closer to 800W based on OP’s usage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Real⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think a lot of it is humans are used to maps formed by tectonic plates shifting, glaciers forming and melting, storms and other weather, etc… When it’s just an RNG heightmap it’s missing all those familiar features like rivers, mountains, and dry lakebeds

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More than a dipper⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It is I, Arthur, King of the Britons!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨optimal amount of syrup⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I should put “Bachelor’s in Waffleology” on my resume

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨optimal amount of syrup⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If the squares are half the size, you get 4x the number of squares, assuming you’re measuring side length and not area.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s things like this that make me glad I’m still renting. Anything that breaks is the landlord’s problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The green lean mean killing machine⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a whole wild mushroom farm going on my front lawn earlier this winterImage

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI retired its most seductive chatbot – leaving users angry and grieving: ‘I can’t live like this’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The classic:

  Somebody: “I like pancakes.”

  The crowd: “Oh, so you must hate waffles then? You monster.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨17 years*⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  10 Gigawatts is actually a conservative estimate considering one of the figures I found for 2023 was “In 2023, bitcoin consumed about 121.13 TWh”, or about 14 Gigawatts 24/7

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why I gave up electronics club⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Most circuit diagrams do not draw current flowing in any direction at all. It’s just labeled + and -. I don’t see anything wrong with this. Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cant Decide 🤖⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If all we were seeing is the prompt used to generate the video, then there wouldn’t be a problem. Human-written fiction is generally valuable.
  Instead we’re getting single sentences masquerading as “a picture worth a 1000 words”, or worse with video. Only 1% of that is actually the valuable part (the prompt), the rest is filler words and hallucinated slop.
  A video or picture of reality is inherently more informative than any AI generation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[meme] choochoo⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you know how many cities are out there that have completely useless public transit? I don’t think anyone’s suggesting we build a train out to every farmer’s front door so they can get into town without a car.
  There’s plenty of areas where additional bus routes and train lines would be a huge benefit, but the entire budget is being spent on car infrastructure.
  (Like the Premier of Ontario who wants to build a tunnel for cars under Toronto instead of finishing the light rail projects that have been under construction for over a decade)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mama!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  traveling at a million light-years per millisecond

  You’re only off by a factor of about 30 quadrillion.

  Light (famously a type of radiation), travels take 1 year to travel a light-year, hence the name.

  If you want to make it sound impressive, then astronomical units aren’t the right choice. The sun is only 1 AU away from us after all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Troll physics⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also prop jumping in Source games like Portal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dutch students create modular electric car "you can repair yourself"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, it’s physically impossible to capture more energy from burning hydrogen and oxygen than it takes to separate it. Combustion engines are only something like 30-40% efficient in ideal operating conditions.

  Building a repairable car on the other hand is very much possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beer is for GIRLS⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s actually so little actual Rye left after distillation that whiskey is gluten free. (Beer is not)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't believe them⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess not every place does this, because I swear the last few times I’ve been on hold I got transferred 2 or 3 times and had to re-explain my entire issue all over again to each person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think to a lot of people “political” means specifically picking sides between Republican/Democrat unfortunately, not talking about actual policy. That seems to be how they were using it here, considering they tried defending the claim by saying they’ve worked with Trump’s organization in the past.

  I definitely agree though, people have every reason to get political these days, and it’s generally justified.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Every soldering iron I’ve ever used has been a desktop station that plugs into the wall.

  Apparently portable soldering irons in general are quite a new concept (1984): portasol.com/about-us