ChairmanMeow
@ChairmanMeow@programming.dev
- Comment on Hmmm 2 days ago:
IIRC that’s disputed to not actually be Stalin.
- Comment on Could machines develop consciousness just like we did? 4 days ago:
Yeah but that’s exactly what I mean when I say that defining consciousness as a scale brings us no closer to the (poorly defined) questions we have about these things. We don’t even know if we should define it as a one-dimensional number.
“When is something conscious?”
“Well it’s a scale so once it has a high enough consciousness number”
“Okay, so at what point in the scale do we consider it conscious?”
“Well that depends on how you want to define ‘conscious’”
So you get stuck with essentially the same question. And I think that expressing it as a scale also runs into the problem of “how do you measure it then?” which basically requires answering the original consciousness-question again.
- Comment on Could machines develop consciousness just like we did? 4 days ago:
Although I think it’s probably not a bad idea to think about it this way, it does create the next unhelpful question of “when is something conscious enough?”, so it kinda dodges the hard question. So it simultaneously is useful and useless to think about it in this way.
- Comment on And Miss The Opportunity To Tap That Ass? 1 week ago:
Hey man don’t kinkshame
- Comment on Love is Love 1 week ago:
Lemmywinks!
- Comment on Anon meets Jigsaw 1 week ago:
And that waiter?
Albert Einstein.
- Comment on Man, 28, charged with murder of former UK MP Ann Widdecombe 2 weeks ago:
She wasn’t quite retired, she was the spokesperson on justice and immigration for Reform.
- Comment on B O N K 3 weeks ago:
Was he the first to die or the first to be murdered?
- Comment on lust vs love 3 weeks ago:
That’s where the Serbian army was. I think the people from Kosovo have forgiven NATO though, if you’ve ever been to Prishtina the multi-story Bill Clinton tribute banner is quite noticeable.
- Comment on Political rivals vow to boycott byelection after Farage quits as MP 4 weeks ago:
If he runs unopposed it doesn’t mean anything. If there’s no candidates running against him there might not even be an election.
- Comment on Data from the 2023 Insomniac leak showed that most first party Playstation games sold more physical discs than digital copies 5 weeks ago:
Not quite. It says that FY2021 had 60% digital sales. The physical sales largely seem to come from 2020 and earlier (which puts the net total at 60% physical, but that’s mostly the PS4 games).
It’s 2026 now, I doubt the trend to digital has reversed in that time.
- Comment on UK Doctors’ Union Drops Israel-Backed Definition of Antisemitism 1 month ago:
The IHRA definition is massively antisemitic as well. It essentially holds Jewish people worldwide accountable for the genocide in Gaza perpetrated by Israel.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
They did not go for an ITX build but an mTX build. Ultimately you only lost HDMI CEC and some of the gazillion antennas in the Steam Machine, but that did not seem to matter that much. It’s a cheaper build, but not one using problematically cheap parts imo.
It also wouldn’t cost much to get slightly better parts to fix the shortcomings of their version. You’d go over the budget, but end up with a pc nearly twice as powerful. That’s what I was referring to with the odd price/performance ratio the Steam Machine sits in.
If your requirements are that it has to be ITX and it has to have HDMI CEC, then the Steam Machine is likely the best option. But if you just want to couch game and don’t mind clicking a button first before you pick up a controller, it’s just a really expensive cube.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
That’s the thing, I do care about all of that. But it’s still a very expensive deal for what you get. That’s why I was very interested in it, but the price/performance scared me off.
The only thing hard to match right now is the small form factor. But honestly, that’s not the primary selling point of this thing that most gamers care about when they’re happily purchasing consoles or pcs several times the size.
Everything else it offers is matchable or handily exceeded with a pc build you put together (or let someone put together for you). Just today LTT put out a budget build video that doesn’t do anything complex to reach essentially double the Steam Machine’s performance, for the same price. If you want to fix the minor things they compromised on you end up maybe paying 100/200 more. Sure it’s a tiny bit more expensive, but when you get twice the performance out of it it’s an easy deal to make. Especially given that it means you’ll make the build last much longer, and it’s more easily upgradable making it much cheaper in the long run. And you still get all the benefits that you mentioned that the Steam Machine offers (especially if you install SteamOS on it, which ended up running better than on the Gabecube as it showed an apparent bug with quick-resume).
The comparison to consoles makes the Steam Machine a bad deal for those who just want a console-like experience. For those who care more about PC gaming, it’s a bad deal due to the bad spot it sits in in the price/performance curve. This narrows the target audience to a very small sliver of gamers, who then need to be willing to shell out that much money on an already dated system that will be harder to upgrade in the future.
You don’t really get enough performance for the AAA games, and there’s cheaper out there if you’re just an indie enthusiast. Given the pretty overwhelmingly dismissive response from the community, I doubt this thing is going to sell very well.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
A PS5 pro blows this out of the water for a lower price. This thing has less performance than a base PS5.
Valve targeted a price/performance point that did not exist anymore. They advertised 4k/60FPS, you’re just not getting that with this box. They ended up targeting 1080p. As component prices got more expensive they ended up compromising on performance to keep the cost somewhat manageable, but ended up in a very unfavorable part of the price/performance curve. That’s why it’s so underwhelming to people.
You can build an equivalent or more powerful pc for slightly less than this. But if you’re willing to shell out a couple hundred more, you get a multiple of the performance this thing offers. It’s outcompeted on both price and performance.
I was quite hyped to get one of these but I’m not shelling out that money for what you get right now. I’d rather spend a little bit more to get something that will actually last and stay relevant for a few more years.
- Comment on Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero? 1 month ago:
Yes, but mostly because he got into conflict with the Ecuadorian authorities iirc.
- Comment on Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero? 1 month ago:
Not sure he had a better deal than Snowden tbh.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
It is.
Girls are made fun of for everything.
Oh so boys don’t get made fun of for everything?
That’s not what was said at all.
- Comment on Apple that makes eunuchs 1 month ago:
For those curious, this apple does exist (though it’s more of a very dark purple) and it grows at high altitude in Tibet. The altitude gave it its colour.
- Comment on Aha! 1 month ago:
I’m not saying you shouldn’t do it (it won’t harm you), but it’s not strictly necessary and there’s much more effective techniques to use to prevent plaque buildup (if you’re sensitive to such things).
- Comment on Aha! 1 month ago:
No, this is a government recommendation based on scientific evidence. If you don’t believe the US government (which is fine), the Belgian government for example stopped recommending daily flossing as well.
Btw, the belief that flossing is very important is quite antiquated. We now know for example that plaque and general oral hygiene actually isn’t correlated with the formation of cavities(!). It’s various strains of streptococcus bacteria that do. Brushing helps, but diet is actually far more important (which is why there’s people who never brushed in their life and don’t have a single cavity). It’s why some areas or countries are known for poor teeth, even if they brush more than average.
There are mouthwashes you can do of course, and brushing your teeth does help prevent bacteria from growing in your mouth too much. But it doesn’t altogether prevent it either. Removing plaque through flossing is just inefficient, use a toothpick instead. Far more effective!
- Comment on Aha! 1 month ago:
A proper toothbrush has bristles for that specific purpose… Proper toothpaste gets into those areas too to help remove any plaque. If you maintain it properly, there’s no reason to floss in addition.
In fact, flossing is a terrible way to remove plaque. The wire itself doesn’t provide enough friction to remove just about anything. It’s why the US government hasn’t recommended daily flossing since 2016. It’s nice you can get a wire in between your teeth, unfortunately you’re not really cleaning anything with it there.
If you find you’re still building up plaque even after brushing thoroughly, use a toothpick instead, that is a more effective way to clean it.
- Comment on Aha! 2 months ago:
Some people somehow just don’t get plaque for some reason so in that case it’s maybe pointless, but most people do.
Brushing twice a day, properly (with good toothpaste and a good electric toothbrush) basically eliminates the need for flossing.
- Comment on Call me ,maybe... Or not. 2 months ago:
- Comment on An 82-year-old YouTuber grandma was raided by police and SWATs during her live stream last night where she plays Minecraft to raise money for her grandsons cancer. Authorities brought 20 police cars 2 months ago:
It’s some kind of thing were if she goes afk, chat can decide what the player should do. In this case they decided to mine ores.
- Comment on An 82-year-old YouTuber grandma was raided by police and SWATs during her live stream last night where she plays Minecraft to raise money for her grandsons cancer. Authorities brought 20 police cars 2 months ago:
You’d be surprised at how many old people request to be arrested by the police, it’s like a thrill ride for some of them.
- Comment on crap 2 months ago:
It’s likely a combination, the original picture is in there pretty exactly. But the parts that are obscured in that picture were added in using AI most likely. Interestingly, his pinky got cut off because of that.
The hand with a palm of fingers just looks weird, it’s the same in the original.
- Comment on SpaceX Is Conducting a Giant Chemical Experiment on Our Atmosphere Without Realizing 2 months ago:
Wouldn’t surprise me if they’re that stupid tbh
- Comment on SBA #119 maths 2 months ago:
It can be both depending on how you handle operator precendence.
PEMDAS definitely doesn’t result in 1, but in 9, since under PEMDAS multiplication and division have the same priority (and thus should resolve left-to-right). So, you should resolve to 9 (6/2(2+1) => 6/2(3) => 6/23 => 33 => 9).
However, there’s also PEJMDAS, which suggests that implied multiplication has an operator precedence greater than regular multiplication/division (J for Juxtaposition). This version says you should do 6/2(2+1) => 6/(22 + 21) => 6/(4+2) => 6/6 => 1.
The issue is that there is no universal agreement on which is correct. Most textbooks don’t even use the / operator, but instead rely on writing out the full fraction like ⁶⁄₂₍₂₊₁₎ or ⁶⁄₂(2+1). This removes any ambiguity there might be, and thus they don’t touch on which one is actually correct.
Most (but not all) calculators these days will treat implied multiplication the same as regular multiplication, so you get 9 in the given example. Most programming languages do the same, or outright disallow implied multiplication because it only confuses people. Academics won’t ever use the ambiguous notation and will make sure to remove any ambiguity by either adding parentheses or using a notation like ⁶⁄₂₍₂₊₁₎, which makes things much more clear.
Neither 9 nor 1 is wrong, the question is just stupid.
- Comment on Spicy Air ☢️ 2 months ago:
Nuclear is a bad fit for that, because it’s too expensive and has poor “reaction times” compared to other energy sources.