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- Comment on A real question about trans athletes and records 5 weeks ago:
I clock off in half an hour
- Comment on A real question about trans athletes and records 5 weeks ago:
I never got to vote for Cheryl Kernot
- Comment on A real question about trans athletes and records 5 weeks ago:
If Joe Rogan was researched and prepared instead of what he says off the cuff with his room temperature IQ, old mate can’t even read a graph, maybe he’d have some credibility.
Oliver’s team have given him the references to support what he’s saying, you not liking him doesn’t change the contents of the report you referenced
- Comment on A real question about trans athletes and records 5 weeks ago:
Yet here you are, caring.
I’m waiting for code to compile if I’m being honest
- Comment on A real question about trans athletes and records 5 weeks ago:
that is a pathetic way to try and kill a discussion, especially when your source was repeating conservative echo chamber nonsense and the section of the video I linked was literally talking about your stats, in a clear concise manner, something your article never took the time to do
- Comment on A real question about trans athletes and records 5 weeks ago:
do you remember the part where I said I’m not an expert, not invested or care about sport?
Who has the energy to care? assuming you’re a seppo, your country has a shit tonne more to worry about than how good someone’s chromosomes make them at putting a hockey stick in a basket from the other end of the pool
- Comment on A real question about trans athletes and records 5 weeks ago:
IIRC this is the study that counted medals multiple times
But I’m glad you have your culture wars to fill in your day
- Comment on A real question about trans athletes and records 5 weeks ago:
Weight and height classes exist
The near absence of trans people in sport, tends to indicate this really isn’t much a of a thing to begin with
hyperbole much?
- Comment on A real question about trans athletes and records 5 weeks ago:
Not an expert, but have read news long enough to notice a few things get overlooked
there are cases where it would be a disadvantage. If the athlete went through full male puberty their skeleton is going to be larger and heavier than someone who went through female puberty, after enough time at typical female hormone levels muscle mass generally decrease to be inline with cis women. On the otherside of the coin, more recent transwomen may not have gone through male puberty due to the use of blockers.
People also tend to focus on transwomen, but conceivably there are sports where transmen might be at an advantage, where a typically lighter smaller frame may be a win. There are also so few trans people competing at a competitive level that as someone who lives outside the american culture wars and tends not to give a shit about sport, it always seems like an such a waste of effort to make a drama out of it
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
in the case of Android, it comes down to the proprietary driver modules that are compiled for certain kernel versions. As newer versions of android are released with newer kernels, the closed source modules fall out of step. If the drivers for these components were open source anyone could recompile them for any Linux kernel. It’s usually up to the device manufacturer working with the likes of the chip makers to release newer module versions for their hardware. OEMs dont want to support their hardware beyond few years, so you’ll hopefully buy a new phone.
The postmarketOS community (and some of the android community) works pretty hard trying to bring mainline kernel support to devices, which enables them to run generic Linux kernels, or conceivably newer versions of android than the OEM has released. But this involves reverse engineering support for this hardware.
- Comment on If you are too young you really missed out being able to do this 3 months ago:
good to know next time I am waiting at my local bus stop
- Comment on If you are too young you really missed out being able to do this 3 months ago:
Free WiFi only if you are a Telstra customer for your home broadband
- Comment on Video apps like Hulu “cannot be used on Nintendo Switch 2,” says support page 3 months ago:
perhaps the kernel is not widevine certified
- Comment on Yes 4 months ago:
before this one, I had a Windows 2000 Professional one with the local education department’s VL key
- Comment on ‘Avengers’ Delayed: Marvel Pushes ‘Doomsday’ and ‘Secret Wars’ to December 2026 and 2027 4 months ago:
Rumour was brand new day take place after Doomsday, I wonder if Sony will bump spiderman 4
- Comment on RIP obsolete tech 4 months ago:
I still rip blurays, so reading them is go
Every now and then I have a reason to archive something at work, its probably like once a year tho
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 5 months ago:
If you run it in a rootless container, expose it through a reverse proxy and keep it updated there’s very little risk
- Comment on Cinema has a physical media problem and it just keeps getting worse 5 months ago:
Disney (and all the studios it owns) doesnt release media here in Australia any more. Although I am currently subscribed to Disney+, I used to also buy the movies from them I liked the most. Other studios have reduced their releases, or we don’t get the 4K releases and in some cases only the DVD! Guess they don’t want the money from me for my archival copies any more… yarr
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 5 months ago:
Windows 11 has better image quality? I’m sorry what?
- Comment on I’m Tired of Pretending Physical Media Isn’t Still Better Than Streaming Digital 8 months ago:
Here in Australia physical media releases are becoming more rare, or we don’t get the 4k releases. Disney and Disney owned studios are gone, and paramount is becoming rare. I understand we are a smaller market, but it still a pain, I subscribe to Disney+ but the day might come when I dont want to, and only want the movies or shows I actually want to watch again. I understand there is a component of manufacturing and shipping in a reduced market, seriously just sell me the file DRM free, if ebooks and music can do it, what makes TV and Movies so special - but that’s it, its about control
- Comment on Saint Luigi 8 months ago:
in this type of artwork, that depicts a halo, not the sun. The AI actually got that right
- Comment on Half-Life 2 peaks at 52,000 concurrent players, 20 years after its release 10 months ago:
Alyx was pretty fun
- Comment on Git good, son 10 months ago:
not a doctor, but its probably the change in hormones that cause the refactory period that changes the response for round 2
- Comment on Git good, son 10 months ago:
As a chronic premature ejaculator, just get good with your tongue and pushing past the refactory period to go for round 2 (which lasts ages 👍)
- Comment on Commie trek 11 months ago:
only on a starship, earth is mainly soul food restaurants and vineyards
- Comment on Square! 1 year ago:
It’s hip to be a…
- Comment on Is Physical Media Getting Too Expensive? 1 year ago:
The number of optical discs that have been gouged sliding around in those shitty wallets back in the day. I wouldn’t trust a fragile medium in one
- Comment on Is Physical Media Getting Too Expensive? 1 year ago:
I’d say we’re ready for the next generation of home media - I don’t want optical anymore. Give me some sort of SD Card, that I can store in a storage wallet that doesn’t take up half my house and can’t get scratched. I’m sure they’re going to want some sort of new DRM scheme, so change up the media format at the same time!
- Comment on Why don't electric car manufacurers put solar panels on the car roofs? 1 year ago:
on the roof doesn’t make much sense. What I did see the CSIRO testing was a portable solar array that you could roll up and store in the boot. IIRC they drove a Tesla across a large swath of Australia stopping and only charing on the portable array as needed
- Comment on DOOM: The Dark Ages | Official Trailer 1 (4K) | Coming 2025 1 year ago:
Anyone remember when Doomguy was a Space Marine?