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- Comment on Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June - Ars Technica 3 days ago:
skill issue ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Comment on Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June - Ars Technica 3 days ago:
It does for me, but I have auditory processing issues so your mileage may vary. Discord also just has a lot of issues, like audio sources messing up, or calls cutting completely for up to ten seconds for no discernible reason.
- Comment on Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June - Ars Technica 3 days ago:
But even a standard voice server is better quality than a phone.
It really isn’t in my experiences, but maybe it’s different in Australia? As well, other services like Telegram or Signal have way better quality too. Discord just kinda sucks.
- Comment on Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June - Ars Technica 3 days ago:
I mean yea, absolutely, but HD Voice can do 128kbps and comparatively that’s better than Discord. The other person’s comment seemed a bit snarky so I wanted to refute their assertion.
- Comment on Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June - Ars Technica 4 days ago:
Maybe if you pay for Nitro. Without it, the standard call quality is only 96kbps. Meanwhile VoLTE/VoNR and HD Voice have made mobile phone calls typically equal or higher quality. If you only ever call corporate/business/government services, those are typically still narrowband though, so you’re not going to notice.
- Comment on Google’s Sergey Brin Says Engineers Should Work 60-Hour Weeks in Office to Build AI That Could Replace Them 3 weeks ago:
I really think you fail to understand how many engineers there are out there. Or how many disciplines of them there are. Let alone that many come across stand-offish in the fields of say, Civil Engineering because they are ultimately responsible for human life, yet people want to argue with them about “overbuilding” things.
- Comment on Hardcore gaming 4 weeks ago:
Okay you’re right about the one in the image, but I was more talking about a hypothetical here, bc this guy clearly did bring a keyboard and mouse too. Some Sennheiser HD650s would be perfect imo.
- Comment on Hardcore gaming 4 weeks ago:
You’ve never worn headphones with one half off your ear before? Arguably better than just putting one earbud in, because you can still hear the game audio.
- Comment on Hardcore gaming 4 weeks ago:
I mean the headphones make much more sense than the keyboard and mouse imo.
- Comment on German thermostat company Tado locks previously free app behind fake paywall, claiming it's "marketing tests" 4 weeks ago:
As a German who was taught all the dark times of our nation in school, I can confidently say that us causing the second War To End All Wars is almost as bad as this company’s behaviour.
Yikes friend… this reads like a different flavour of holocaust denial…
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: Friday, 14 February 2025 5 weeks ago:
Okay…I don’t think you’re doing a good job of not being arrogant on the internet either though…
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: Friday, 14 February 2025 5 weeks ago:
I dunno, I think we as a society have been restricting the rights of teenagers more and more. I’ve helped a lot of young adults access resources to escape from less than stellar parents unfortunately.
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: Friday, 14 February 2025 5 weeks ago:
I’m sorry but isn’t it a bit creepy that you location-track your child like this? I’m glad that I grew up before that was a thing my parents could do.
- Comment on Framework (2nd Gen) Event is live on February 25th - Framework holding new product launch in 2 weeks 5 weeks ago:
I wonder if one of their existing mainboards would fit in the form factor of something like a Legion Go (which is quite a bit larger than a Steam Deck)
- Comment on I watched Arrival (2016), there was a lot more to it than I was expecting 1 month ago:
Yeah, genuinely one of my favourite original sci-fi movies I’ve watched in the last decade. I did a linguistics course in high school so just really loved that side of it. It also really felt like they did a great job building the tension and making it feel like there were high stakes to her work.
- Comment on Warp Five: The Lower Decks Cast on the Cerritos' Future 1 month ago:
BNW?
- Comment on Colesworth exit gates 1 month ago:
I’ve hit them with my powered wheelchair several times. They’ve also tried to close on my chair but they do seem to pop open if they close on someone/thing.
- Comment on 5 bizarre AI TV features that simply shouldn't exist 1 month ago:
I dunno, I think it sounds good listening to Dolby Atmos with my AirPods.
- Comment on 5 bizarre AI TV features that simply shouldn't exist 1 month ago:
I was confused by the “Spatial 3D sound” one, because spatial audio is genuinely pretty awesome. But yeah, the whole head tracking thing is basically useless and I immediately disable it when I can.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Honestly this just sounds like more conspiracy theory than fact. Remember Occam’s Razor, the simplest solution is usually correct.
Like don’t get me wrong, TikTok is absolutely an extension of soft power, and it’s likely that the Chinese government has access to the huge amount of data the platform collects. But I think anything beyond that is just not likely.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
How did the “[get] played”? Like the poster you replied too said, it was a completely unforced error on their part. It feels like they tried to jump on the right-wing “China bad” bandwagon and it bit them in the arse.
- Comment on low spec gaming looking pretty sunny right now gang 2 months ago:
I’ve never encountered any of the issues you’ve talked about here, and every deck-verified game has worked on my Legion Go. Often better, as many “Playable” titles only have marks deducted for small text, which looks fine at 2560*1600.
As for the lesser used distro, I can understand where that creates issues. However, due to it’s immutability, Bazzite is a consistent target to support with no real variations in system packages.
- Comment on low spec gaming looking pretty sunny right now gang 2 months ago:
Bazzite fixes all of those issues you mentioned in your third paragraph.
- Comment on Luigi Mangione Content Is a Challenge for Social Media Moderators - B… 2 months ago:
Texting your ex that “I’m at your address with a knife with your name on it”, is condidered terrorism.
I don’t think it is in any sane country. IANAL though so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Comment on I'm seriously proud of this 2 months ago:
Most industry awards actually make it 250% of base rate.
- Comment on Shout out to the USS Thunderchild, the unluckiest and toughest ship in Starfleet 2 months ago:
How long did the NX-01 Enterprise last?
- Comment on Labor looks likely to win 2025 Election 2 months ago:
Those electoral funding reforms don’t come into effect until after the next election IIRC.
- Comment on Tawny Newsome Says Live Action Star Trek Workplace Comedy Will Explore Life Outside The Federation 2 months ago:
Is that not Strange New Worlds?
- Comment on Don't sleep on Retroachievements, big competition coming to beehaw & RA soon 2 months ago:
Usually I don’t make these sort of replies, but did you even try and figure it out for yourself? You literally go to the website and type Contra into the search box…
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago: