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- Comment on Why are plug sockets region locked? 1 week ago:
Most modern electronics (as in laptops, game consoles and smartphones) support dual voltage and frequencies but their default plug type is region locked, so if you’ve bought a PS5 in the UK importing it into the US (the default cable is Type G that comes with the packaging when plugging into a TV) unless you swap cable for a Type B plug but it’ll work fine.
And most appliances are designed in such a way that the swapping is extremely easy - no soldering, just unplug the bad one and plug in the good one. And this secondary plug is so effing standardized that you probably already have a suitable cable lying around.
Why is there no unilateral plug type that’s “region free” when discussing plug types found in appliances.
The EU plug is one attempt. I believe that includes the UK.
- Comment on Why are so many new programming languages being developed? 1 week ago:
And now suddenly it seems that a host of new programming languages have appeared
That’s your perception of course, but I think new programming languages have always been appearing. The thing is that the old ones do not necessarily disappear, so there’s a cumulative effect.
I was looking for a graphical representation, but this wikipedia article shows it better imho. I didn’t count, but it doesn’t look to me like the last 2 decades are overpopulated.
- Comment on I took this today in San Francisco 2 weeks ago:
I just want to point out that the MAGA admin has put a hold on most legislation/regulation wrt anything AI for 10 years.
TBF I have no idea if this would be legal otherwise, but in any case: companies like this one are encouraged to get more and more brazen.
Also see data center pollution near residential districts.
- Comment on I took this today in San Francisco 2 weeks ago:
What does it really mean though? Neither wikipedia nor urban dictionary seem to be able to tell me.
- Comment on I took this today in San Francisco 2 weeks ago:
It did apologize profusely though.
- Comment on My Local Public Tennis Court Requires Online Registration 2 weeks ago:
I agree that the first half of this system makes sense.
People underestimate vandalism and carelessness wrt anything that is free, public, anonymous.
But the 3rd party shit is insane, and would not fly under the laws of my country.
- Comment on What is with America and the #9? For example stuff cost something like 9.99 or 3 payments of 39.99 or 9 out of 10 doctors or dentists or whomever agree? 2 weeks ago:
It’s not just America.
Part of it is what this comment says, and on an even more basic level: the decimal system!
- Comment on Is there a way to make a recovery USB just in case shit happens? Will it still work without a recovery moment? 3 weeks ago:
True. C: is not a computer thing, it’s a Windows thing. And it’s not a “drive”, it’s a partition.
- Comment on Is there a way to make a recovery USB just in case shit happens? Will it still work without a recovery moment? 3 weeks ago:
all comps are set up to read the c: drive
That’s not true. You can choose wich storage device to boot from.
- Comment on How come cops who are trained in guns shoot to kill all the time? Even people who have no gun. Why not go in with your hand on the taser, and ready just in case to shoot someone in the leg? 3 weeks ago:
Assuming USA: For newly recruited officers, basic training, commonly referred to as police academy training, serves as the initial and foundational phase. This phase typically spans 12 to 24 weeks (approximately 3-6 months).
So just to clarify: in some states it’s only 3 months. IIRC even less, at least if you’ve been in the military. Yes, you read that right: having learned how to indiscriminately kill is considered a boon for this job.
I find that un-fucking believable - both the duration and the closeness to the military.
- Comment on How do I deal with children following me around in video games? 4 weeks ago:
Kids being kids on Minecraft 😇
(yeah I know it’s Luanti)
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 4 weeks ago:
If that’s your measure of success good luck ever getting succesful in your life.
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, so?
Once again: you have to understand how bad the Ancien régime was.
- Comment on What's a word for "I actively endorse it for others even though I dislike it”? 5 weeks ago:
Realistic
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 5 weeks ago:
And the US government is doing anything to hold them accountable
I think meant “nothing” instead of “anything”?
Anyhow, yes, all this is very much the product of the current US admin.
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 5 weeks ago:
Doesn’t the GPL cover shit like this? There should be mass lawsuits
I hope it’ll happen eventually.
Currently the USA (and that’s where most of this shit comes from) is aggressively pro AI to the point of breaking the law with government support.
BTW what OP says has happened to Linux (at large) through Google/Android, too. The GPL hasn’t stopped them but surely put some limits on their exploitation of FOSS
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 5 weeks ago:
Don’t discount the message though. After all we’re interacting with a screenshot of a tweet. It doesn’t make me a fan of this guy.
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 5 weeks ago:
The French Revolution was succesful. What the king & nobles did before that was much, much worse.
It just wasn’t a socialist revolution. The bourgeoisie won.
It also didn’t happen just like that, it took 10 years - Wikipedia calls it “a period of political and societal change”. I think it’s fair to say it wasn’t completely unplanned.
- Comment on The way this egg peels in infuriating 5 weeks ago:
Much better, thanks for asking!
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
@entrapranure
- Comment on Found one in the wild on Lemmy 5 weeks ago:
🤘 RAMAGE THE MAIN! 🤘
- Comment on Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero? 5 weeks ago:
Point taken. I guess I should completely amend my argument; the real point is that Snowden blew the whistle exactly on what makes the NSA so bad (nowadays).
- Comment on Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero? 5 weeks ago:
Government institution = fascist services. Nice. Remind me to not march beside you when we finally take down the oligarchs.
- Comment on Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero? 5 weeks ago:
He didn’t flee to Russia - he was going somewhere else and got stuck in Moscow on a layover because the US revoked his passport.
That said, I don’t like him staying there either, but maybe he really cannot leave.
I completely disagree about “facing the music” - it would have been a guaranteed and long prison sentence.
- Comment on Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero? 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero? 5 weeks ago:
He was in 2013. And that’s what counts.
- Comment on Why do most comedians have different drinks to drink? Most have water, Ricky usually has beer, some have whiskey and such. I get the lights make them thirst. But why not all water or something? 5 weeks ago:
Yeah I wouldn’t buy anybody drinking whiskey on stage. Sipping beer, maybe.
- Comment on I Played Piano with My Washing Machine 1 month ago:
especially refrigerators
I moved into a flat that already had a Samsung fridge in it, tall thing with a freezer at the bottom. The noise it makes (gurgling, rattling, vibrating…) is just unbelievable. I also think the temp regulation is not working quite right, I can’t seem to adjust it. But I like my fridge very cold, so I guess that’s OK. I complained to my landlady and she answered: “so, is it so bad that we have to throw it away?” Apparently repairing is not an option. Even if I don’t have to pay for it, I don’t like the idea of throwing away a perfectly usable appliance. So I installed a door and keep my kitchen closed now.
WTF is up with Samsung?
- Comment on A long while ago I heard of an Asian country, I think it was Japan, that could make you disappear. Is this actually possible? They don't murder they just remake your life an image online. How? 1 month ago:
Maybe you’re thinking about the Man from Taured?
In 1954, a Caucasian man was arrested at the airport upon entering Japan because they couldn’t classify his passport and didn’t know the issuing country.
When he is shown a map so he can tell where he is from, he points to Andorra and calls it “Taured”. He cannot understand why no one knows about this country that, according to him, has existed for 1,000 years.
He is taken to a hotel and two police officers guard his room while the case is further investigated. When you go to visit him again, the room is empty and there is no trace of the man from Taured. Did he come from a parallel universe?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
On the other hand, my boyfriend loves sitting back and watching his wife and me put on a show for him.
that’s not really being lesbian.
