CompactFlax
@CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on This fell off my car, can I just rip it off and not care? 20 hours ago:
It’s not critical, but it keeps things clean, keeps salt/snow off in winter, and contributes to fuel economy and ride quality.
Stretching an oil change is a bigger concern, especially if the oil change interval is a long one. Learn to do it yourself, it’s really simple and depending on the car you may be able to do it without ramps or a jack if you’re creative in parking eg over a dip or one wheel (securely) on a curb. Ensure you don’t spill oil into a drain.
- Comment on Can deliberate noise harassment still be a crime if it's done every day from 7:30 AM till 10:30-11:30 PM? 1 day ago:
Somehow I read it as your brother having schizophrenia and got really confused.
Continue to involve authorities, but u fortunately mental health funding keeps getting slashed. There may be a social worker centre you could reach out to for more information.
- Comment on 'King of the Hill' Voice Actor Jonathan Joss Fatally Shot in Texas 2 days ago:
I thought I just read about King of the Hill. discuss.tchncs.de/post/37633255
- Comment on Windows 11 Start Menu Revealed as Resource-Heavy React Native App, Sparks Performance Concerns 6 days ago:
I wonder if the new right-click menu is also part of this “improvement”, because it too is slow. Actually, a lot of stuff that used to be really fast in Explorer is now not nearly as fast.
- Comment on WHERE ARE MY PRECISION SCREWDRIVERS 6 days ago:
If it needs to be tight, Robertson or Torx is the only way. The benefit of Robertson over Torx is that it is pretty much immediately clear if the bit fits properly or not. I have stripped too many Torx that were in a place that required a human with an extra elbow and a second wrist to reach, that I thought were t20 but were t25, for example. I keep thinking I’ve learned my lesson.
I keep meaning to buy sets of Phillips, Pozi, and JIS, but never manage to time a stripped screw with a sale.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
JK Rowling is a piece of shit, but these actors are kids. Let’s keep that in mind.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Or slinky catsuits. I bet they’re comfy, if perhaps stinky with the polyester/elastane combo. I remember reading that the TNG outfits were not at all comfortable, but that was 1980s tech. We have lululemon now.
- Comment on Microsoft is putting AI actions into the Windows File Explorer 2 weeks ago:
Because explorer is already so performant in windows 10+.
- Comment on The AI Hiring Pause Is Officially Here 2 weeks ago:
After they laid off the senior people a couple years ago, AI’s terrible ideas are indistinguishable from the terrible ideas their
juniorsenior PMs come up with. That, and MS is trying very, very hard to make AI a thing, because they totally missed mobile, invested insane amounts into OpenAI, and don’t have any other ideas. - Comment on What are some examples of series that only have a good first season, and should be dropped after that? 2 weeks ago:
Weeds
- Comment on House to be demolished after 'binding and final' court ruling finds roof is 36 centimetres too high 2 weeks ago:
In 2014, a German pensioner was ordered to take down her home because it had been built in 1939 without planning permission, due to the chaos of the Second World War breaking out.
This is some level of stupid.
- Comment on Why is coal and fossil fuels still used? 3 weeks ago:
I recently set up some solar panels. Turned them on very close to noon. Well, look at that! So much power! Four hours later, i was getting 10 percent of that number.
I know that solar power levels change throughout the day. But when it’s put into concrete terms like “I can run my refrigerator on this … oh, only for 2 hours a day” it helped me really understand.
So to answer your question - we use fossil fuels in the grid to as a disposable battery to handle changes in demand and times when renewables aren’t available.
As for EVs - many train routes aren’t electrified. EV trucks are impractical for long-haul, and the infrastructure is nowhere to be seen. Even in EV friendly areas, it’s hard to find a charger that is easy to reach with a heavy-haul truck. That’s before we talk about whether there’s trucks to drive, and the cost of the truck. For individuals, an EV is simply beyond the finances of many people. Road trips are an edge case, but some people travel a lot for work and can’t afford to stop every 3 hrs for 30-60 min, if the charger is available, and twice as often in winter.
- Comment on If it's good enough to keep your house warm, it's good enough to keep your insides warm 4 weeks ago:
Ugh, I resemble this comment. I need to wear more PPE around the house.
- Comment on Seriously Jesus, who was doing that for that to be added 😭 4 weeks ago:
Milk-braised veal is a thing; perhaps it is tasty.
- Comment on Duolingo said it just doubled its language courses thanks to AI 4 weeks ago:
I am not a biscuit.
The owl has a menu. I do not have a menu.
How much worse can it get?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
It can be disabled.
You need the PIN.
You’ll also need to leave the Apple Family.
- Comment on Do you hate French people too? If so, why? 1 month ago:
Cheese-eating surrender-monkeys, the lot of them!
But don’t impugn Captain Picard.
- Comment on Even his doctors are full of it 1 month ago:
There’s no way he’s 100kg.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
The 1 year chart puts it in perspective. DJIA 1 year chart
- Comment on Do people really think setting up domestic manufacturing in the USA is easy? 1 month ago:
In both scenarios the profit margin is removed, or the customers are bearing the significant increase in cost. Hence the recession - the stock market plummets or inflation goes up. Or both.
- Comment on We should talk more about air-conditioning 1 month ago:
Sure, let’s just gloss over the cost of heating - which relies heavily on fossil fuels or smog-producing fuels, or both.
Datacentre thermal management (especially for AI)isn’t even in the same ballpark as cooling for homes. One produces pretty charts for management, the other keeps people alive.
- Comment on ‘Snow White’, Poisoned By Controversy At Box Office, Won’t Have A Happy Ending With $115M Loss: What Went Wrong 2 months ago:
The original movie was made very much with an audience from 100 years ago in mind. Boomers have nostalgia for it, so can’t change the script too much. Meanwhile, millennials are socially aware and see the problems with the story. Disney tried to make everyone happy, and generate a little bit of free press, and failed to make anyone happy.
This was a remake that should never have gotten off the ground.
- Comment on Sony Closes Simon Pegg & Nick Frost’s Production Outfit Stolen Picture 2 months ago:
Sony took full control of Stolen Picture in 2022 after originally buying into the outfit in 2017. As part of the 2022 deal, Pegg and Frost resigned as directors and have since stepped away from day-to-day operations.
- Comment on I hate the modern web 2 months ago:
They’re there, but harder to find. And some are closing. I’ve had two or three in the last couple years that closed, in the reasonably popular world of cars.
- Comment on I hate the modern web 2 months ago:
That’s the problem isn’t it? We used to have forums where people discus things and blogs where people share what they’ve learned, now it is all Reddit and discord and absolute trash in between.
- Comment on What TV shows have aged the best, and what TV shows have aged the worst? 2 months ago:
Some parts of MASH hold up pretty well. Some parts do not, but I think they’re the minority.
Battlestar Galactica (new) - just watched this the first time through with my partner, second time for me. It’s doing really well.
- Comment on Russia strongly condemns Israeli attacks on Gaza 2 months ago:
Stopped clocks and black kettles and all that
