Zink
@Zink@programming.dev
- Comment on Good boi 19 hours ago:
lol yeah, it would be a race to see what makes his elbows hit the ground first: his arms collapsing under his weight or the little points on the ends of his arms piercing through the earth!
- Comment on Good boi 20 hours ago:
It’s a beautiful image, but it is still undercut by being unrealistic.
There’s no way Trump’s arms could physically hold him up like that.
- Comment on Is there any hope for Ukraine to survive as an independent state now that trump is desperately wishing for a peace treaty with Russia, even bypassing Ukraine? 1 day ago:
If this shit is what qualifies as the “end times,” we are all going to be standing around in the afterlife looking like
- Comment on Do most people still use computers, or do people only use a smartphone as their main/only device? 1 day ago:
I think a big majority of the general population are phone-only on their own time, and a bunch of those use a PC just for work.
Personally I just use all the computers. I use my phone plenty, and I’m on my work machine all day. Then at home I just put together a nice setup with the desktop’s monitors on arms attached to a big table next to the couch. So I can just be chilling in the family room and swing a monitor over in front of me. It’s made me use the PC a lot more.
- Comment on Do most people still use computers, or do people only use a smartphone as their main/only device? 1 day ago:
Probably the old assumption “there’s money in computers” is still guiding some people into the wrong field.
- Comment on Basic courtesy 2 days ago:
It affects other people if you leave your shit in the way or damage their car.
Plus it’s just nice to not have parking lots full of visible indicators of people being too lazy or self-centered to do the smallest courtesy for others while nobody is looking.
I don’t see it as an issue for the employees at all. I did cart collection at a first job decades ago. Screwing around outside is awesome for a working teenager. By all means, park far away for your own health, and return your cart to the furthest corral from the store to give the workers more fresh air.
- Comment on I miss myspace 2 days ago:
I love it, but in these wonderful united states where myspace was based, let’s just say bludgeoning people over the head with a direct reference is usually more effective than a more subtle approach.
Plus I would hate to drag all of Germany into our hypothetical corpo-hell by another name, even though MeinSpace is definitely the best sounding option. Even something like HeilSpace might not be direct enough.
- Comment on meirl 2 days ago:
My wife and kid love watching stuff on Plex. We might even watch some Dog Man tonight if we have time, then maybe I’ll get to continue The Expense with my wife after the kid goes to bed.
I set some stuff up automatically, but still do a bunch more manually because it’s easy enough. Once I’ve set it up, the user experience and the A/V quality are excellent.
I’ve even started putting a bunch of FLAC albums into Plex to use it for my music streaming. We Get YouTube music for free but it can get obnoxious to actually use throughout the day.
- Comment on meirl 2 days ago:
Yeah. I just moved my Plex server to my newly rebuilt and Linuxized old gaming machine, a 9700K (8 core Intel) with 32 gigs of ram and a GTX1080 GPU. It is so nice having all that performance available, especially the GPU if somebody needs to transcode while watching.
I can use that machine like normal without affecting anything streaming from the box. Next time I need to encode a video I’ll have to try watching something 4K transcoded to lower bitrate 4K/1080p at the same time to see if I notice anything.
- Comment on It'll happen to you! 6 days ago:
Hell yeah. My secondary monitor is a 1080p120 shitty TN panel from 2011. I remember the original stand had a big “3D” logo because remember those NVIDIA shutter glasses?
Connecting it is a big sturdy DVI-D cable that, come to think of it, is older than my child, my cars, and any of my pets.
- Comment on Might be fun idk 1 week ago:
The bottom half of the pie chart is the reason I can manage to watch it. It doesn’t demand constant attention, and offers occasional moments of focused action and excitement during your conversation/meal/game/doomscrolling.
The Live TV and ads are the worst part of trying to watch any sport live though, so I don’t actually watch much. Just a couple games the entire year. Actually I bet the superb owl was the first game of the year I watched beginning to end without interruption.
With other sports like Hockey, I can work up the excitement to watch some games if I hear the team is good and they’re already deep into the playoffs, lol.
- Comment on I miss when you could get a flagship phone that could fit in your hand 1 week ago:
I have definitely wondered that, since my “normal” phone is already too big for real one-handed use, should I just get the big/plus/max version just so it’s a bit more like a tablet? If I am typically going to be using it with two hands, seated at my desk or on the couch, maybe I would like that better.
- Comment on I miss when you could get a flagship phone that could fit in your hand 1 week ago:
The “why” is that you seem to want one of those phones. Having a cable specific to it seems like a small burden in comparison.
- Comment on White House Faith Office 1 week ago:
I would honestly rather not see how bad the foreign bad actors gets, especially with the current administration. The “find out” phase has so much more to go.
- Comment on Seasonal depression 2 weeks ago:
Well, I keep my vitamin D levels high for actual MD reasons, and I guess I’ve been enjoying the winter weather.
Good vitD levels don’t get rid of other types of being fucked up, unfortunately.
- Comment on Seasonal depression 2 weeks ago:
That’s a pretty neat map. And what do you know, the center of humanity is Switzerland!
- Comment on Patch this Bish! 2 weeks ago:
This needs the confused screaming meme with KERNEL PANIC text, haha
- Comment on Anon finds a hidden message in Shrek 2 weeks ago:
Why did somebody take a perfectly good photo of Luigi and change it to Shrek?
- Comment on I liked Star Trek before it got woke. /s 3 weeks ago:
You need good characters to make a good show regardless of the setting, and also to help the viewers relate to the “big” stuff going on around them.
Don’t get me wrong, I think I like the stuff you like. I’d happily watch a documentary about all the made up technology and new science & life they discover, with zero need for conflict or personal growth or “feelings” or whatever. But that wouldn’t be the TV show, which is experienced largely through the eyes of the crew.
- Comment on It really is like this 3 weeks ago:
You do realize the US has the biggest prison population (also used for forced labor) in the entire world?
Textbook whataboutism. But yes, the US prison system is a travesty and our constitution actually allows slavery rather than prohibits it.
Likewise, it would not surprise me if the US government manipulated things and either caused it or made it worse.
- Comment on It really is like this 3 weeks ago:
Your first link describes how well they treated their captives. They are practically saints!
The U.S. State Department’s Office of the Legal Advisor concluded earlier this year that China’s mass imprisonment and forced labor of ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang amounts to crimes against humanity—but there was insufficient evidence to prove genocide
- Comment on Feelin free 3 weeks ago:
Which is funny and sad because keeping the fruits of your labor instead of contributing to some collective is the argument for capitalism and against socialism in standard American politics.
- Comment on Feelin free 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, like I’m a white man too, see? Now I can’t cover my heart when I pray to the flag, and I can’t wave hello and goodbye to my oodles of real life friends? So much for FrEeDoM oF sPeEcH!!
…~/s~
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Pretending it was an accident and everybody is actually against it is part of the fun for them.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Oh well good to know his intentions are pure and targeted and easily applied fairly.
- Comment on Darn it 4 weeks ago:
Those of us who remember The Oregon Trail also dwell in dark corners.
- Comment on S̵̢̡̠̣̜͍̘͍̈́̿͒̈̎̉͌͂̎̾̓Ḩ̶̡̛̯̰̤̻͖̹̝̼͍͔̰̃̅̋̍̈̆̋̋́̔͝Ǫ̴̺͔̫͈͉͎̤͎͗͂̅͒̀͒W̶̛͖̺̰̠̙̲̓͆̋̉̌̆̂͛̀̒̕͘ ̷̨̦̤̇̀̓̉́̅͒̄͝M̶͓̗͚̩̬͈͎͗̓̈́́͜͜Ẹ̵̢̢̺̞͓͓̤͙̙͖̈́̈̉͝ ̶̧̡̲̺͓̮̰̘̮͚͉̝͈̝̀͒́̎̾̓͜͝͝͠T̷̡̟̘̫͋͋̑͊̓͐̊̐̎H̸̪̋͛̓̀̍̂̐̂͐̾̈́̒̃É̵̛̾̅̀͛̃̄̏ 5 weeks ago:
Agreed, and I think there are tons of hazards out there that would be mitigated if more people cared to learn how the world works.
But when it comes to energy in general and electricity in particular, 10x it. Typically energy is more useful when it’s more concentrated, and any potent energy source that can do a useful type of work can also do a thousand destructive types of “work.”
- Comment on S̵̢̡̠̣̜͍̘͍̈́̿͒̈̎̉͌͂̎̾̓Ḩ̶̡̛̯̰̤̻͖̹̝̼͍͔̰̃̅̋̍̈̆̋̋́̔͝Ǫ̴̺͔̫͈͉͎̤͎͗͂̅͒̀͒W̶̛͖̺̰̠̙̲̓͆̋̉̌̆̂͛̀̒̕͘ ̷̨̦̤̇̀̓̉́̅͒̄͝M̶͓̗͚̩̬͈͎͗̓̈́́͜͜Ẹ̵̢̢̺̞͓͓̤͙̙͖̈́̈̉͝ ̶̧̡̲̺͓̮̰̘̮͚͉̝͈̝̀͒́̎̾̓͜͝͝͠T̷̡̟̘̫͋͋̑͊̓͐̊̐̎H̸̪̋͛̓̀̍̂̐̂͐̾̈́̒̃É̵̛̾̅̀͛̃̄̏ 5 weeks ago:
Honestly I think you gave the experienced adult answer to what was a high school or even middle school science question.
- Comment on S̵̢̡̠̣̜͍̘͍̈́̿͒̈̎̉͌͂̎̾̓Ḩ̶̡̛̯̰̤̻͖̹̝̼͍͔̰̃̅̋̍̈̆̋̋́̔͝Ǫ̴̺͔̫͈͉͎̤͎͗͂̅͒̀͒W̶̛͖̺̰̠̙̲̓͆̋̉̌̆̂͛̀̒̕͘ ̷̨̦̤̇̀̓̉́̅͒̄͝M̶͓̗͚̩̬͈͎͗̓̈́́͜͜Ẹ̵̢̢̺̞͓͓̤͙̙͖̈́̈̉͝ ̶̧̡̲̺͓̮̰̘̮͚͉̝͈̝̀͒́̎̾̓͜͝͝͠T̷̡̟̘̫͋͋̑͊̓͐̊̐̎H̸̪̋͛̓̀̍̂̐̂͐̾̈́̒̃É̵̛̾̅̀͛̃̄̏ 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, maybe it needs a Hedberg-ism to get it across to people.
Electricity takes the path of least resistance. It takes the other paths, but it takes the least resistance path too.
