VibeSurgeon
@VibeSurgeon@piefed.social
- Comment on Is my laundry machine broken? 3 days ago:
This is not true in large parts of the world.
- Comment on AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary. 3 days ago:
I haven’t seen any reason to believe that’s the case.
- Comment on AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary. 4 days ago:
It’s been tried before, but the fundamental limitations on networking- not to mention the compute you have to spend in data centers to run it - makes it pretty unlikely to happen, especially as a means of preventing piracy.
- Comment on AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary. 4 days ago:
Decompilation offers you the possibility of cutting out network-required features, if you dream a little bigger.
- Comment on Over half of workers regularly skip lunch on the job due to high food costs, increasing job pressure 5 days ago:
Skipping a meal is free.
Only in monetary terms. I’d assume that the overall cost is negative.
- Comment on AI Driving Game Players Are Burning Through So Many Tokens Its Developer Had to Take Out a Bank Loan to Keep It Running 1 week ago:
The solution being a huge monthly subscription. Or massive token rates if you’re a big customer
- Comment on I despise laundry. How can I make my life contain less of it? 1 week ago:
I used to dislike laundry in the past, until I figured out that the part that I disliked was the monotony and lack of mental stimulation. This could be solved by listening to podcasts or audiobooks while doing the laundry. Now I no longer dislike it, because it’s really only an opportunity to listen to podcasts for 30-40 minutes (hang-drying/folding time)
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Rest and relaxation seems like an appropriate vacation activity
- Comment on No, you can't keep your 20 year old dictionary password 1 week ago:
Just use a damn password manager already
- Comment on Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power 1 week ago:
Blanket-against policies against nuclear are not helpful.
Blanket-against policies for subsidising nuclear - including on insurance - is helpful.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I’m playing Majora’s Mask using 2 Ship 2 Harkinian. It’s quite nice.
- Comment on Palantir CEO Alex Karp has mental breakdown in front of reporters 2 weeks ago:
Truly one of the strangest people in tech
- Comment on Name me country which has better food than England 2 weeks ago:
It’s bait
- Comment on The reason the right are so anti Mamdani is obvious: they don’t want you to see what your tax dollars being put to work the right way would actually look like. Then everyone would want it everywhere. 2 weeks ago:
That’s a different story then. I could only really go off of the fact that the image said “converting”.
- Comment on The reason the right are so anti Mamdani is obvious: they don’t want you to see what your tax dollars being put to work the right way would actually look like. Then everyone would want it everywhere. 2 weeks ago:
They have windows, yeah. They also tend to have way more internal space than your average residential high-rise.
I’m all for reclaiming unused office space, but sometimes it’s just better to build a new building on the lot, that is fit for purpose.
- Comment on The reason the right are so anti Mamdani is obvious: they don’t want you to see what your tax dollars being put to work the right way would actually look like. Then everyone would want it everywhere. 2 weeks ago:
There’s a transcript here: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/551-office-space/transcript/
But really, I recommend you give it a listen.
My conclusion from it was that, sad as it may perhaps be, it’s probably better if we replace these buildings with actual purpose-built apartment buildings. The juice is not really worth the squeeze for these retrofits, in most cases.
- Comment on The reason the right are so anti Mamdani is obvious: they don’t want you to see what your tax dollars being put to work the right way would actually look like. Then everyone would want it everywhere. 2 weeks ago:
Office buildings are generally unfit for apartment conversions since they have so much interior space that isn’t really appropriate to use as homes - there’s usually a requirement that you get an actual window in your apartment, something I don’t think is particularly unreasonable.
A great podcast episode on the topic: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/551-office-space/
- Comment on Types of Game Developers 3 weeks ago:
Holy shit, someone’s competing for the most cringe meme ever created
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
I wouldn’t know unfortunately, I’m in Europe.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
You’ll be surprised to hear that U.S washing machines have the same setup, and this is why they talk about “wash cold” or “wash hot” instead of having specific temperatures on their washing programs like 30 C, 40 C, 60 C etc.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
It’s correct if in a country where the dishwasher lacks its own water heater.
Dishwashers in the U.S don’t have water heaters and therefore it’s beneficial to purge lukewarm water from the hot water line before starting the dishwasher, such that the water in the dishwasher is on average hotter and as such more effective at washing the dishes.
Dishwashers in Europe have water heaters and as such it’s entirely irrelevant to do it there
- Comment on If I only have space/money for one exercise machine, what should I get? 5 weeks ago:
That’s what I was thinking about, yeah!
- Comment on If I only have space/money for one exercise machine, what should I get? 5 weeks ago:
Barbell and rack is what I’d go for with static equipment.
An indoor bike would be another option I’d look for if I wanted some cardio equipment, but in all honesty I just prefer running/cycling outside
- Comment on the tech billionaires have lost the plot 5 weeks ago:
Presumably they wouldn’t want to build the data centers in the national park depicted in the photo, but rather in the larger desert part of Argentinian Patagonia which is basically vast stretches of nothing whatsoever.
It’s maybe the least offensive place to put a data center in for that reason
- Comment on This had to be a terrifying way to go 1 month ago:
And when they catch you, they will bonk you.
Or poke you with a sharp stick
- Comment on Now we're cooking with gas! 1 month ago:
It’s literally a psyop
- Comment on In-between 1 month ago:
Cannot relate, it’s still summer here. Except it’s actually pleasant and not scorching
- Comment on NOOOOOOOyeah that feels goodNOOOOOOOO 1 month ago:
Horrifying
- Comment on I subsist on caffeine alone 1 month ago:
You’re right, my comment was an oversimplification.
- Comment on I subsist on caffeine alone 1 month ago:
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine.
It’s a medical device used to prevent sleep apnea, a condition where your breathing stops during sleep, which causes the lack of oxygen (or CO2 build-up? I can’t remember which) to trigger you to wake up, disrupting your sleep. This leads to sleep deprivation, even when you may have thought that you managed to get a full night’s sleep.
The machine treats the condition by continuously pushing down air down your airways, which makes the breathing interruptions impossible, leading to less sleep interruptions.
Over time, the condition may lead to complications that are more serious than mere sleep deprivation, such as heart disease.
One of the symptoms people near you may notice is snoring. Another is constantly being tired, sometimes to the point of for example falling asleep while driving.
It’s a condition that should be treated quite seriously. If the symptoms line up particularly well for you, then a sleep study might be a good idea.
The treatment isn’t exactly fun, but I can tell you from personal experience that it will change your life. Being treated actually gave me the energy to take care of the problem of overweight that I had, which was the root cause behind the sleep apnea. I have been symptom-free for many years now.