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- Comment on Oligarchy is worse than you think 1 day ago:
Just remember, for scale:
1m seconds = 11.5 days
1b seconds = 31.7 years
1t seconds = 317 centuries (31,709 years)
While I know it’s not cash on hand and it’s net worth, it’s still the principal that he’s allowed to be CEO of ~5 businesses while others are shamed and called out for “over employment”, and so many around the world struggle, while he gets to use his money to influence politics, and change things to benefit himself at the expense of others.
- Comment on What is a game that you know is bad but really enjoy(ed)? 1 day ago:
For anyone who doesn’t like YT
- Comment on What is a game that you know is bad but really enjoy(ed)? 1 day ago:
HOLY SHIT yeah I forgot about the credits!! Lmao 😅
- Comment on What is a game that you know is bad but really enjoy(ed)? 1 day ago:
I don’t know that anyone will understand, but, Rogue Warrior on the Xbox 360.
A game about Dick Marcinko and is voiced by Mickey Rourke. Its gameplay and movement dynamics were trash, but the storyline, vulgar language, and achievements were fun to work on. Because it was so poorly received, hardly anyone played online, so I’m still missing 1 achievement 😓. But I made some good friends on Xbox live during this days.
Plus, I got to learn about SEAL Team 6 and its history. I’ve also meet Adm William McRaven who’s spoken well of him and his accomplishments.
- Comment on Remember when the power grid couldn't handle electric vehicles, but now data centers are essential....... 𝗣𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀. 3 days ago:
Yes, but some data centers have their own power source… Like xAI using 35+ jet turbines in TN/MS for power. Surely the fuel is cost effective! (Methane gas-FYI they’re considered temporary therefore bypassing air quality safety laws too)
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- Comment on I can't use heated seats on my BMW unless I pay a monthly subscription 3 days ago:
Wasnt Mercedes paywalling full throttle use if you wanted to go fast(er)?
- Comment on What if men only shot one really big sperm. I bet that would be a scary first experiment for young Billy.Especially if it flopped on the ground like a fish and you had to stomp it to death. Every time 3 days ago:
Gives a new meaning to “cock fighting”.
Now on polymarket, UFC sperm fighting matches!
- Comment on What do you think happens if I stop using AI for a month? 5 days ago:
I’ll look for a resource, cuz idk off the top of my head, but some article did the math on a “Google search” vs the same inquiry using AI. Because the servers running AI are a lot more intense, a regular search consumed a few ounces of water vs AI was something like several gallons. I could be off, so lemme see what I can find.
And by consumed I meant used for cooling as the inquiry caused a spike in heat from the energy used.
- Comment on Does Forgejo's UI customization offer Github-style UI 1 week ago:
Check out hosting with Codeberg which use Forgejo but you don’t have to host yourself of you don’t want.
- Comment on Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized: How companies are gaming the chatbot internet 1 week ago:
I’ve noticed search results getting WAY WAY worse to make AI summaries and other AI appear to be smarter in comparison. You can’t fool me, I’ve been around long enough and watched peak web usefulness decline for almost 15 years now.
I would bet peak internet was 2012, before Facebook acquired Instagram, Snapchat was brand new, and Twitter bought Vine. Ever since, Zuck has been in a data hoarding rampage to make sure Meta “is the best” whatever that means, and data mining progressively got so much worse to today’s levels. Windows 7 was the top, so the OS wasn’t enshittified or crammed with ai code, and Xbox live was still affordable. The biggest threat to home privacy was the Kinect.
- Comment on Xbox Plans Significant Layoffs as It Transforms Under New CEO 1 week ago:
Hard to say, but at least by next quarter they’ll turn a bigger profit, and that’s all that matters is the shortsightedness of next quarter’s gains.
- Comment on Is the Glock 17V any good? 1 week ago:
But why Glock?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I think people are still too unaware. As businesses push to use it, people are afraid to speak up about not using it bc "everyone is using it"and they don’t want to be left out.
Most still don’t understand its environmental impact either. If you’re a muscle car guy, you probably don’t understand ballet, or if you’re an artsy person you likely won’t understand most sports and why people are so into them. It’s not that people are dumb, is just not their area of interest outside of (likely) misinformation about how good it is. So because they’re repeatedly told “it’s good and helpful” they just assume that’s how it is, without any real info of behind the scenes.
On most forums or like-minded sites like Lemmy, Reddit, or other similar platforms, it’s way more obvious as is constantly brought up and talked about.
- Comment on If internet means wires, then how come my mobile phone gets connected to the internet ? I'm roaming everywhere with it inside my pocket. 2 weeks ago:
Wow, OP posts to “no stupid questions” but still gets ripped…
This is turning into Reddit Jr with all the hive-minded people that don’t like to be helpful, just talk about how they’re right. God forbid anyone have a real curiosity or question.
- Comment on Are Independents just embarrassed Republicans like Libertarians Apolitical and Moderates? 2 weeks ago:
I might get hate, but who cares. I’ve recently discovered the Forward Party, and while no party is perfect, I feel they have the most logical approach.
They have an ethics statement, values section… I mean, who cares “how” you lean, because it seems like they’re just trying to help clean up the trash in politics now.
- Comment on stony tony 2 weeks ago:
To get to the center of that Tootsie Pop, of course!
- Comment on Can't wait. 2 weeks ago:
Dang!
- Comment on Can't wait. 2 weeks ago:
Yeah I never understood that one myself
- Comment on Can't wait. 3 weeks ago:
English can certainly be difficult! It can understood through tough thorough thought though throughout the learning process.
- Comment on Why have we as a society just accepted the increasingly blinding bright lights of cars? 3 weeks ago:
Smh, more automated shit to break and be less for people to pay attention to and control…
- Comment on Why have we as a society just accepted the increasingly blinding bright lights of cars? 3 weeks ago:
Hell I’d take Xenon lights over LED. Xenon have a more defined line at the edge of the beam whereas LED is more dispersed or scattered, so it’s more blinding.
Wouldn’t be so bad but some idiots can’t figure out how to aim their newly lifted truck’s lights downward and instead install a bunch of LED light bars to light up half the neighborhood!
- Comment on Why have we as a society just accepted the increasingly blinding bright lights of cars? 3 weeks ago:
This probably sounds stupid, but I have a simple solution.
Headlights are aimed straight out in front of the driver-which unfortunately is also the oncoming driver’s line of sight. Why not cross their aim of lights so driver aims towards passenger and vice versa.
This takes the drivers light which is directly blinding and aims away, then the passenger light is also slightly aimed more away. Still illuminates the whole front of the road and car, maybe better peripheral even. The only negative is right as they pass each other, the passenger light his the oncoming car, BUT should be way shorter exposure and more indirect so less blinding…
Idk, just my $.02
- Comment on How are you using your laptop (with internet) that still runs Windows10? 3 weeks ago:
Interesting! This does a lot of what I’ve always done by hand lol. What a time saver!
- Comment on Online child safety campaigners call for US inquiry into Roblox 3 weeks ago:
Dude fuck this platform! It’s insanely addicting and they’re full of shit to say it’s not designed that way! My own kids have issues with this and I have noticed my daughter gets upset if she can’t play or her play gets interrupted. It’s absolutely like an addict, feigning. My wife is starting to agree it’s not healthy nor safe like they claim!
- Comment on Xbox Player Voice Quickly Reveals What Players Want Most 4 weeks ago:
Consoles are typically loss leaders. They make money on the games, accessories, etc. If Microsoft dropped exclusives, it means more money making games with less money losing consoles… It’s purely a business profitability move, not a gamer move.
Sony probably realized people would much prefer Steam and PC overPS and saw a drop in console sales which hurt game sales. So they’re back tracking to exclusives to being back money.
See Microsoft is software where Sony is hardware. That’s why Xbox is dying. Like Sega. Just focused on software and IPs…
- Comment on Utah tells porn sites to take the P out of VPNs, and it's their fault that they can't 4 weeks ago:
Do people not know about Quad9? DoH & Quic
- Comment on How is RAM size measured? Why doesn't it match the marketed size? 5 weeks ago:
OK, you might go into the BIOS and check to see if you have a hardware reserve for internal graphics. Sometimes it’ll default to something small like 64MB, by you can configure it up to 2048MB on some Intel motherboards iirc, maybe AMD is higher because it’s an “APU” which will reserve some in the same way.
- Comment on Name one 5 weeks ago:
Brooklyn 99. Terry Crews is happily married, drives a minivan, is neurotypical.
- Comment on Over 92,000 tech layoffs in just 5 months of 2026: AI replacing jobs faster than expected as Meta, Microsoft, Amazon job cuts trigger fear in US 5 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Tattoo 1 month ago:
Wouldn’t the letters be backwards then? Or the watch on the other wrist? I feel more like “photoshopped” to be swapped