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- Comment on [deleted] 9 hours ago:
That’s called, not being aware of your surroundings!
- Comment on 6 days ago:
No you can’t make me! I’m not old!! OK time to go sit down, my lower back hurts already…
- Comment on Male ejaculation travels at an avg speed of 28 mph. How come it doesn't blow the back of a woman or male neck out or cause other serious damage at that speed? 1 week ago:
That’s hilarious
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
K dude. Not worth arguing over. I don’t really care that much
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Chances are, I’ve been using Windows longer than you’ve been alive.
Lmao, OK bro… You must’ve used windows before 3.1 then, cuz I’ve been using windows since 3.1.1 with DOS.
Clean install on most machines involves going to the manufacturer’s site and grabbing drivers.
I haven’t had to do that for any PC in probably close to a decade unless I’ve got a Windows USB installer from media creation tool and config offline on older hardware so there’s no chance to really detect anything. On the Dells, Lenovos, and even a few “custom” hardware, it’s not been a problem for me. It certainly can be annoying, at times, but like you said, you’ve been doing it a long time, so have I. It’s a non issue.
I agree on the RAM hogging reworked Edge Webview BS though. It’s obnoxious to try and just web wrap everything. That’s the latest douchification of any software, but I think the real reason behind it is users’ data to track it and sell it. Anything on the web, through Chrome or Edge, now they get detailed insight on what you do and how you do it. They cry “uniform platform and latest updates”, I say it’s “you will own nothing and be happy”
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Touche on the ms account. During startup, I’ve gotten so used to F10+Shift and typing “oobe\bypassnro” to not require network access not ms account.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
OK, we all know “compatible with everything” was more so software and most hardware. Installing windows is not difficult at all, not like it used to be. A clean install, hit windows updates, 90% of drivers are done this way, no problem. Maybe back in XP days you needed the driver discs and whatnot.
I’m not trying to stick up for Microsoft, but you sound like you just hate the simplicity of it and are looking for the negatives. Windows has long been the “easier is” to use, install, or compatible with software. Most regular people are not going to want to do CLI for software, updates, or other functionality.
Linux is getting easier to install, easier to use (less CLI bs for the masses), and more compatible with applications. So that’s a good thing. Like Mint, you pointed out being very easy, but also it looks functionally similar to Windows which helps with comfort using a new system.
Last thing I’ll touch on. Windows ditched x86 hardware (32-bit) which was necessary, I think, due to RAM requirements. I was a tad disappointed with the 8th gen Intel rule, but that’s easily bypassed even today for older hardware. That’s for the TPM2.0 support, and again, from a security standpoint for the masses, it makes sense.
- Comment on Vroooooom! 1 week ago:
Agreed. Not sure what this guy is talking about. Are they perfect? No. But for an ICE car, it’s really fast. Electric have the benefit of all the torque available without the need to rev.
- Comment on Why doesn't Android save app memory into storage instead of killing the process in RAM? 2 weeks ago:
Idk the Samsung tablet. And yeah it might be device dependent, too. I guess I didn’t think of that being the case.
- Comment on Why doesn't Android save app memory into storage instead of killing the process in RAM? 2 weeks ago:
That’s a lot of read/write cycles to your storage for no real reason. Some phones do this now, though, bc android sucks with being resource heavy. They call it “16GB RAM with RAM boost” and it’s usually 8GB + 8GB meaning that 2nd 8GB is like the ReadyBoost cache in Windows old days. It is using your local storage for extra RAM storage, but, again, that’s a little ridiculous, personally.
My voyager will let me know my comment was recovered if I’m gone too long, so maybe that’s a setting you can tweak.
- Comment on Heh heh 2 weeks ago:
If the landlord doesn’t cheap out at all and “fix it” with some ransom guy he knows
- Comment on It's rigged 2 weeks ago:
I was asking a serious question, not defending the wealthy.
- Comment on It's rigged 2 weeks ago:
But… If there cap is 184k, when you retire and get your SSI check, you won’t get more than the next person if you made 1m vs their 184k.
I think the point is the wealthy people are less likely to be reliant of SSI in retirement. So they don’t want to pay into it any more than they have to. If they paid more, they’d end up getting more, so while temporarily it’d be funded better sooner, SS would just pay more out later and still be broken.
- Comment on It's the spelling for me 2 weeks ago:
🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮
- Comment on The store that sells them is not dumb enough to use them 2 weeks ago:
No, I didn’t even realize they made a robot for that. I thought about a power washer and wet/dry vac next bc I would like a new vac for the cars.
- Comment on The store that sells them is not dumb enough to use them 2 weeks ago:
Kärcher RCV5 ftw and I’m in the US. It’s a German company, and when I saw how good their industrial automated stuff was at work, i was sold! No, I swear I don’t work for them. But of all the automated tech I’ve watched at shows and demos, their stuff was beyond the competition.
For anyone privacy-focused, I also went this route as all communication is done to German servers within the app, not US based, so privacy is a lot better!
- Comment on Is there really no poll function on Lemmy? 2 weeks ago:
Couldn’t you use a 3rd party site and post results? Not ideal, but block is pretty private/anonymous
- Comment on bro got neutered 3 weeks ago:
That’s bc some people made it big on a chance, and others hopped on the bandwagon. I made a little in crypto, even after some losses, still came out way ahead. Took half the gains bought others. Let it sit. Not everyone is/was so lucky.
- Comment on good idea, no downsides 3 weeks ago:
For us it was the $180 concrete counterbalance weight that broke, dented the front panel, and broke the drain tube clean out up front. Hunk of junk.
- Comment on Which gun would you use in a shtf scenario if AI went rogue 3 weeks ago:
Colt willed themselves of into the sunset
Haha true story! Yeah I’ve built my AR from the ground up, and customized several “historic” models, but using alt brands. Some manufacturers from Turkiye like Tisas make a fine 1911, and Girsan make amazing Beretta 92 clones! Often many parts kits are interchangeable for certain designs which is what I love. Its like modding a car, but cheaper (usually) and while I could drop several hundred on ammo alone going to the range, it’s FAR cheaper than brakes and tires minimum after a day at the track!
- Comment on Which gun would you use in a shtf scenario if AI went rogue 3 weeks ago:
Oh gotcha OK. Much better 😅 sorry!! I’m in the US. The Colt is what made it obvious. While it’s an actual manufacturer, I don’t know anyone who owns a modern day one. They’re usually collector’s items from “back in the day” WWI or WWII, or even stuff from 70s and 80s since they were mainly military issued.
I’m a fan, not crazy into it like some, but probably more than most. My wife is also an instructor for women’s self defense, basic handgun, conceal carry, and other stuff, so it’s fun to watch her work and go to the local range and shoot.
I know it’s commonly said the are more guns in the US than people, but they’re often handed down over generations and heirlooms that aren’t used or functional. I’ve got a shotgun from my great great grandfather in ~1890 era. They grew up poor in a VERY rural area, and he hunted often to provide food. My other grandfather was in WWII so we have some of his stuff too. Neither functional, just keepsakes mostly. But I think that’s why numbers are estimated so high.
- Comment on Which gun would you use in a shtf scenario if AI went rogue 3 weeks ago:
For fun, I’ve always said the “I, Robot” movie is the start of AI seeing what we’re capable of as far as bots and intelligence goes. It’s innocent and harmless and we humans are oblivious.
That eventually grows into what’s known as Skynet with the robots evolving into cybernetic organisms, and judgment day in Terminator series. We realize how idiotic we are and it’s too late, an uprising happens.
Finally, after decades of back and forth, Skynet wins, humans are defeated as we cannot reproduce as fast as the machines can, so they take full control. They find a way to keep us humans docile and content by sticking us in a dream world that is The Matrix.
- Comment on Which gun would you use in a shtf scenario if AI went rogue 3 weeks ago:
This sounds so written by AI or someone who had very little idea of actual firearms lol. Good humor read.
- Comment on CrⒶppy birthday to the enemy forever 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Boomers scolding us about how they were able to buy a house working at a gas station... 3 weeks ago:
So…
“Kill capital
istsIsm” - Comment on "Knowing a guy who knows a guy will get you further in life than a degree ever could" 3 weeks ago:
Or just be liked can be enough.
I got my job at random from a recruiter who reached out. I didn’t like the job all that much but they liked me so I took it. It was a little bit more money in a field I like better, plus it’s close to home.
Fast Forward a few years, I had another opportunity but other side of the city + more money. I approached the owners with what was going on bc I felt comfortable doing so since we had good rapport. Told them about the offer, I dug into it to find I’m under paid a bit so I thought if they could pay me more I’d stay… Ended up getting a significant raise after the talk since they appreciated my honesty and wanted to keep me, and saves me the commute too!
- Comment on Who would win? 3 weeks ago:
Oh. Interesting. Had to look it up then, apparently that’s Reels for IG and FB, smh.
Good for Loops focusing on privacy and decentralization.
- Comment on Who would win? 3 weeks ago:
Isn’t loops from Facebook? Absolutely will not click that bullshit
- Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles 4 weeks ago:
Honestly, they can’t afford to. They fucked up in 2012/2013 with the One and have been playing catch up ever since.
You’d ** THINK ** this would be used as an opportunity to leapfrog the competition, but I doubt it.
- Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles 4 weeks ago:
Now watch everyone flee back to Xbox or Nintendo.
It’s truly enshittification at its finest. They think they’ve got all these gamers locked into the ecosystem bc PC building/gaming is pricing people out, Steam box will be over $1000, Xbox is fucking up stuff and cutting back, so it’s a race to fuck stuff up but just slightly less than the competition so they have a “competitive edge”.
