Rentlar

@Rentlar@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whatever happened to the days when shit just...worked?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Things never just worked all the time and I don’t expect they ever will.

  My preference is that I don’t need perfection, but if something doesn’t work, I’d like some kind of indication why and what I as a user or someone of advanced competence can do about it. (See Linux vs. Windows for example)

  The issue you are facing about lagging and not responding tech is threefold:

  1. Microprocessors can do so much more than electromechanical parts of old, for much cheaper and take up far less space. The downsides are that they are embedded on a board and can’t be replaced without specialized tools, and second is that some companies (looking at you, Apple) bar the chip manufacturers from making replacement parts or put onerous software blocks so that independent technical experts cannot repair it themselves even with the skills and know-how.

  2. Personal appliance device makers, to save money, use the cheapest processors they can get away with, which are slow compared to the software they are expected to run. So they lag, and they need multiple taps to respond.

  3. Software makers tend to have high end hardware for developing and testing, though some product makers will have test devkits to emulate hardware. Like the makers of an app for Google TV don’t have every specific model of TV. When they update they have to make assumptions about hardware performance, or they just don’t care and ship something unoptimized.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Countries/Cities without Walmart's/Giant super centers⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In Canada: Vancouver, BC. Just don’t go beyond the city limits.

  Kingston, ON: if you can get past big box suburbia near the highway, the downtown is small and charming.

  Montreal, QC is also very cool. Downtowns of major cities in Canada are generally very nice places to be, but outside there it depends on the city how sprawling the suburbs are.

  I’ve never shopped at a Walmart in Japan. It’s really fun to visit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop scrolling and adore this animal for a little⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  !superbowl@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Jamaican accent just makes me smile⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
  di copypasta

  Weh di fuck yuh jus fucking seh bout mi, yuh likkle bitch? Mi ago mek yuh know seh mi graduate top a mi class inna di Navy Seals, an mi did involve inna numerous secret raids pan Al-Quaeda, an mi have ova 300 confirmed kills. Mi get train inna gorilla warfare an mi a di top sniper inna di entire US armed forces. Yuh a nuh nutten to mi but jus anodda target. Mi ago wipe yuh di fuck out wid precision di likes a weh yuh neva si before pan dis Earth, mark mi fucking words. Yuh tink yuh can get weh wid seh dat deh shit to mi ova di Internet? Tingk agen, fucker. As wi a taak mi a contact mi secret network a spies across di USA an yuh IP a get trace rait now so yuh beta prepare fi di storm, maggot. Di storm weh wipe out di pathetic likkle ting weh yuh call yuh life. Yuh fucking dead, pikni. Mi can deh anyweh, anytime, an mi can kill yuh inna ova seven hundred ways, an dat is jus wid mi bare hands. Not only mi extensively trained inna unarmed combat, but mi have access to di entire arsenal a di United States Marine Corps an mi ago use it to it full extent fi wipe yuh miserable ass off di face a di continent, yuh likkle shit. If only yuh coulda know weh unholy retribution yuh likkle “clever” comment did bout fi bring dung pan yuh, maybe yuh woulda hold yuh fucking tongue. But yuh couldn’t, yuh neva, an now yuh a pay di price, yuh goddamn idiot. Mi ago shit fury all ova yuh an yuh ago drown inna it. Yuh fucking dead, kiddo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Polar Bears are one of the only creatures that naturally hunt Humans... This one tries to break into the Cameraman's glass box⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “Hey guys, welcome to my unboxing video!” -bear

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I watched it yesterday and only a couple things I have to add.

  First is that the bipartisan CHIPS act basically shovelled taxpayer money into Micron’s pockets to increase their manufacturing, but they are reducing their consumer output anyway, so Steve’s point is consumers are not getting anything out of the subsidy they made.

  Second is, since any potential increase in production is to cater to their largest data centre customers only, Steve is suggesting that this could be part of a push to move people to subscription-based cloud computing by making personal computing tha you buy and own unaffordable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Family’s Crypto Empire Collapses: Nearly $1 Billion Wiped Out as World Liberty and Memecoins Crash⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The Trump crypto value has nothing to do with any economic outlook. It’s the bribe gratuity funnel for the Trump family.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy users who say that Lemmy users are smarter than Reddit users⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well we can assume political discussions have a lot of psyops and people with agendas. I appreciate that many of the loudest voices/posters make it very obvious ;)

  Some of the craziest niches aren’t on here (like if you clean sewers and septic tanks, DM me, you ought to do an AMA) but I have encountered people replying on mostly tech related topics on programming, linux, asklemmy, no stupid Qs where someone with niche tech knowledge could answer. My knowledge is in trains, electricity, Japanese and Japanese electric trains, you can ask me about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy users who say that Lemmy users are smarter than Reddit users⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The differences is that you have the power to make a new community or Lemmy site with blackjack and hookers. (Piefed is kind of like that for people unhappy with the Lemmy software or developers.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An Update on Cities: Skylines II - Development moved to Iceflake Studios⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t need anything from City Skylines 2 other than a fully fledged custom 3d asset importer. Then it will be as if the game has thousands of unpaid staff making content. Though if this next team picks up from an unfamiliar location it might still be a long time before we could even think of getting it.

  More updates will be nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hurry! Release the server code on the high seas before the Sony lawyers find you!!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rush⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Neil planted a drumstick in the ground as a teenager, it sprouted into a drum pedal, and before he knew it, cymbals were in full bloom around him.

  May he enjoy eternal bliss with his infinite-piece drum kit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New World will stop receiving updates following Amazon layoffs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I knew that this game was overhyped and its life would be limited, but now is the time to try to preserve this game as much as possible ahead of shutdown date.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just up the production quality and they'll love it, Trust me bro 👍⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Brthday sut

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, and in some places especially small towns, it is for some people, since it’s the main hangout spot (3rd place) in town.

  Though I don’t think young people do that as much, “regulars” tend to mean 1-3 times a week. My university had a bar that had a “ritual” where Friday afternoons it would be a completely full house.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why would I buy this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  With CoD BO3 extensive ability to be modded and workshop support, it could be theoretically possible.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alibaba Cloud says it cut Nvidia AI GPU use by 82% with new pooling system— up to 9x increase in output lets 213 GPUs perform like 1,192⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I do expect operational savings from this optimization, but my guesstimate would be a 2-5x savings rather than the reported 9x savings when looked at over a fixed time period.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alibaba Cloud says it cut Nvidia AI GPU use by 82% with new pooling system— up to 9x increase in output lets 213 GPUs perform like 1,192⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It should be noted, how much will that affect the lifespan of those GPUs running double-dutyx8?

  AI’s still replaceable but it will emulate human-like burnout.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How FEMA Is Pushing Communities to Fend for Themselves⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Federal Emergency Mismanagement Agency, then you don’t even have to change the acronym.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Welcome back, I’ve been here the whole time and currently it seems a bit more toxic and hostile than when RIF shut down, I feel there are a couple more contrarians now than before but it hasn’t been a steady decline. There has always been the odd jerk and troll on this site. I would say the time Lemmy was most wholesome when !cat@lemmy.world flooded the front page with black cats, it was such a cute problem for us to have. Anyone else remember that?

  Like others I’d say it’s cyclical month to month. This year there’s daily doom in the news with US politics. If you want to avoid that then block !news@lemmy.world, !politics@world, !usa@midwest.social, and other news and politics if it fills up with Trump posts. 2024 was a lot more hopeful and I think that reflected in the average user’s demeanor even if there was bothsidesism, Gaza stuff, Ukraine stuff and Trumpism stuff. You’ll be informed of important developments as Trump stuff leaks out on occasion but you don’t need to be constantly engaged.

  Also: If you see a crapton of comments on a post with low votes then you know best to turn and run from the thread where most of the comments are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not a game: Cards Against Humanity avoids tariffs by ditching rules, explaining jokes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They raised money to dig a hole to then fill it in ahain, for similar reasons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WinBoat for containerised Windows apps on Linux adds custom install path, home folder sharing and more⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is about as good as one can get to a Linux Subsystem for Windows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Punch Time⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah you are right… let me edit it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Punch Time⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I will transliterate where I want to preserve the original context of words. Otherwise I generally just go for stage 3 to get the gist of what a writer or speaker means, and usually it’s a combination of the two, I don’t try to use different idioms.

  So “I’ll punch your lights out” might likely become “I’ll beat you so that the lights in your eyes go out” if I were to translate to Japanese (transliterated back).

  It’s a neat way to show how each person translating has their own style. (And how Japanese news and diplomatic translators have had a rough time with Trump, forced to sanewash a lot).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Classifies “Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You won’t find me stepping foot in the US while it is ruled by stupidity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shortly After Xbox Game Pass Prices Spiked, the Page to Cancel Game Pass Subscriptions Was Overwhelmed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One could imagine that conveniently, Microsoft’s online support pages and the support staff were designed to only handle hundreds of thousands of cancelations at a time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So...how the fuck do I trust *anything*?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I consider trust a network, where you are the root CA (certificate authority) or like a tree where you are the trunk, with a locus of control. You have to figure out where your ground truth comes from and re-establish if it if you can’t locate it, whether it’s your upbringing, your life experiences, your family, the books you’ve read or the shows you’ve watched, where you’ve been or the friends you have/had.

  Everybody sees the world at least a little bit differently, so you have to kinda figure out where they get their beliefs from and try to connect on the common points while also respectfully figuring out where and why there are differences.

  So as just a random internet person I can only recommend two things:

  • Ignore most stuff coming from influencers and people that change their principles willy-nilly to suit themselves or chase every fad, there’s very little for you to gain from that.
  • If you get stressed or panicked thinking about the chaos of the whole world, slow down, step back, remember the locus of control, think about the things you want to change, can change and can’t change and take the first step of action from amongst the things you have direct control over, and worry less about trying to do anything more than your best to make the situation better.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I decided he should melt. I don't know why⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Jabba the Hump

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if charlie kirk is so pro life then why is he dead?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Has anyone (in Utah) asked: What was he wearing when this happened to him????????