jqubed

@jqubed@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you done US district court jury duty? What CAN I bring with me to the courthouse?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  OP said it’s US District court, and I think the federal courts tend to be stricter. It might vary from district to district, not sure about that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you done US district court jury duty? What CAN I bring with me to the courthouse?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Was that US or State court?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even Xbox developer kits are getting a big price hike⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand it’s not just impacting US developers, as the price of these development kits is also going up across Europe and elsewhere. That’s likely because those “macroeconomic” conditions extend beyond just US tariffs, with currency fluctuations, production costs, and other elements impacting pricing.

  I’m thinking they don’t sell that many dev kits so maybe the price is going up for Europe also simply because all of the kits ship from China to Redmond and get distributed to the rest of the world from there. Like, I kind of doubt they even build and sell enough in a year to fill a single shipping container.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just answer the question you fuckin' nerd⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Who’s out here deep frying crepes? American county/state fair vendors?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Share your poops!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s why the fancy hotels had phones next to the toilet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does you feel Crash Team Racing was better than Mario Kart?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My experience was only playing at friends’ houses who had Play Stations, but I never felt like one was better than the other. I appreciated the mechanic of upgrading items helped to give a different element to the game instead of it being the same thing Nintendo was doing but with different characters. What we really played a lot with friends, though, was Battle Mode on Mario Kart. I don’t think CTR had that, or else no one thought it was as good. It really hasn’t been as good in Mario Kart either since the Wii version I’d say.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wild Seals⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I now plan to use “the morals of a seagull” whenever I can

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you have any old yearbooks? You might recognize him in there and at least be able to remember his name

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Share your poops!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We used to keep diaries like civilized people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You dont have to answer silly questions⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Discord is really a terrible place to discuss issues and how-to’s. Whatever happened to just having a forum? Topics and threads keep things organized better

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a welcoming party⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Set up a camera and run the video to a nearby viewing room

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Full Story of BOOX: How a Chinese Startup Revolutionized the Global E-Reader Market⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure but I’m trying to look (not very actively right now, though). Amazon seems to keep updates going for 6 years or so but I’d prefer to not be in such a closed ecosystem. There’s certainly an attraction to an Android-based system. Google has been pushing for suppliers to provide longer Android support but it doesn’t seem like many smaller suppliers have been doing that still. Of course, if you disable internet access and only load files over USB then it’s less of a concern, but then you lose out on some of the Android benefits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i hunger⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Who would win? A railroad speed champion or one grassy pile?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Internet email for dummies⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  How old is it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Full Story of BOOX: How a Chinese Startup Revolutionized the Global E-Reader Market⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, that’s my concern with a lot of these interesting devices from small companies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Full Story of BOOX: How a Chinese Startup Revolutionized the Global E-Reader Market⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My concern would be less about features and more security updates

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Full Story of BOOX: How a Chinese Startup Revolutionized the Global E-Reader Market⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Adding to this, how are they at keeping Android updated, especially on older devices?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Wife vs. Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Lock | LockPickingLawyer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  She cut the bottom of the container off.

  Security is only as good as its weakest link.
  —LockPickingLawyer’s analysis

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What time is it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t that have been easier on grid paper? Why use ruled paper?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They have a right to feel smug⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We took my in-laws back to my father-in-law’s hometown in France this summer and it was kind of mind-boggling to me how most of the homes had no air conditioning but also no screens on the windows to keep bugs out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In which ways the dot com craze of the late 90s and the current AI market differ? In which ways are the same phenomena?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tying into this, I feel like in the late-’90s/early-’00s there were a lot of people using the internet every day and some of the benefits and potential were already obvious. Office jobs were extensively starting to use email already and many people at home were checking email at least once a day and looking at online news. E-commerce was basically an improved mail-order catalog, but the improved selection, availability, and prices really were an improvement. Instant communication was an immediate benefit and digital media was showing obvious promise.

  I don’t feel like I see nearly the same widespread use of “AI” today. Some of the things that are getting big money don’t really seem like they have a lot of practical application. I don’t think many people have a daily need to generate images or videos. A lot of the things that seem more promising, like improved translation or voice to text, also might not be very profitable, as in people probably won’t want to pay much for them, and they definitely won’t be unless the astronomical resource costs currently projected come way down.

  I think where they’re very similar is there are a lot of companies rushing to slap the craze into their business, transform the business for the craze, or create a new business capitalizing on the craze, whether or not it actually makes sense to do so and whether or not the technology is actually useful for the stated purpose yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FlatEarthers will work around it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On a globe, yes. If the earth were flat as depicted in the above map with Antarctica as the edge then no. This simply points out one of the many illogical points to flat earth conspiracies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your test for people?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I almost never had a table stack their stuff the way I wanted. Just make sure your spot is tidy, easy to grab, and there are no surprises like silverware or a tiny dish wrapped inside a napkin. Definitely don’t stick a paper napkin inside your cup that still has a drink in it. By the time it gets back to the dish station it will have turned into a paste someone has to dig out and will be cursing you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨whatever happened to in-store coffee grinders?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The only place I ever saw it was at Costco or a little specialty health food store mom used to go to when I was little. I haven’t been to the latter in decades, and Costco got rid of theirs a couple years ago. I think Costco’s reasoning was mostly about them being underutilized compared to the cost. My parents were never coffee drinkers, though, and I started trying when I was dating my wife but also started getting ulcers soon after, so coffee hasn’t been something I’ve really paid attention to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Y = -x²⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for the formula

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opinions on Jurassic Park as a Zoo⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d never considered how much this applies to the general “tech bro” mindset beyond the chaos theory parts of the book

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla Integrates Google Lens for Visual Search in Firefox Desktop⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Upvoting for awareness, not because I’m happy about it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Autism has been announced!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Please drink a verification can”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨whats your dumb purchases?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Does it taste different than what you get in cans/bottles for home use?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's got the juice⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Crabgrass was once a food crop and not a weed?