RaoulDook
@RaoulDook@lemmy.world
- Comment on Has "Self-Driving" devolved? 4 weeks ago:
In a non-Tesla car I’ve driven, there was an autopilot cruise control mode that just used cameras. In practice it only works out well if you’re driving long distance on a highway with low traffic. It’s still nice to have (much better than having no autopilot cruise mode) but I don’t trust it around multiple lanes of other cars doing unpredictable shit. Also quits working in the rain when the cameras are obscured.
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- Comment on Ok boomer 1 month ago:
Well I hope you use cash for all purchases and wear a mask that covers your face, otherwise everything you bought is recorded along with your identity in the store systems and potentially sold to 3rd parties like advertising companies, maybe to your health insurance company too.
- Comment on Ok boomer 1 month ago:
I only prefer self checkout when I’m buying rubbers and lube. Anything else I’d rather have the checkout person scan and bag for me.
If you have social anxiety, the checkout person conversation is one of the easiest interactions for you to practice those skills on. “Hello, here are my items, thank you” is about the gist of what’s necessary.
- Comment on There you go little guy 1 month ago:
I don’t want the law changed where I live, because these cameras are prohibited!
Several states in the USA prohibit speed cameras and traffic light cameras, because a citizen must be able to face their accuser when accused of a crime. This is a great example of freedom in the USA, where we do not let machines automatically issue fines against human beings.
- Comment on How come LED Light Bulbs only last for about 2-3 Years? 1 month ago:
My experience has been that they last for more years than I tend to notice which ones are which. I’m not mad at all about their longevity.
I had 2 LED bulbs that I know for sure that I bought prior to 2015 that only recently failed. Those bulbs lasted at least 9-10 years. The rest of my bulbs I haven’t kept up with but those 2 older ones looked very distinctive with aluminum heatsink material for their bottom halves.
- Comment on How Do Archers Resist Firing Arrows At Everyone In The Spectator Gallery? 2 months ago:
Y’all have problems if you think about shooting people whenever there is an option to fire a projectile. This was an Onion article BTW.
If anybody thought this post was a serious question the answer is that people usually don’t want to shoot people.
Actually did some backyard archery practice with my son today. All we wanted to shoot was that bullseye on the foam target.
- Comment on Anon is obsessed with Family Guy 2 months ago:
It would be more believable if he was talking about the Cleveland Show.
- Comment on MSc Mansplaining 2 months ago:
“I’d never pooped a log so big before and didn’t realize it was possible”
- Comment on Anon drives a bus 2 months ago:
You just need to stop telling yourself you can’t do things and do whatever you want. A child could build a nuclear reactor, so what’s stopping you?
- Comment on Elden Ring Player to Sue FromSoftware Over High Game Difficulty 3 months ago:
To beat Malenia I used the Fallingstar Beast Jaw gravity-lightning attack with Mimic Tear doing it too. It slows her down with lots of poise damage and it does high damage. I think I added a magic potion combo of the one that makes you have high equipment capacity (for light rolling) and the one that increases poise damage.
- Comment on Elden Ring Player to Sue FromSoftware Over High Game Difficulty 3 months ago:
Elden Rangus Evangelion conspiracy theory! Far out!
- Comment on Olympic casual GigaChad 3 months ago:
How many medals do you have?
- Comment on Somehow USB disks are still the easiest and most reliable way 3 months ago:
It’s really not if you have the right setup at home, instead of using somebody else’s servers. Like nobody has a NAS or their own servers?
It’s much nicer not worrying about who can get to my files in the cloud, when they’re not in the cloud.
- Comment on "30 minutes or it's free" back then was wild 3 months ago:
Cellular calling and text can still work without Internet, using separate channels wholly owned by the telcos.
- Comment on "30 minutes or it's free" back then was wild 3 months ago:
Plenty of people can still answer the phone and write down orders, and payment systems have offline modes. The Internet is not an absolute necessity even now for food delivery to happen.
- Comment on Eric Andre and the millennial experience 4 months ago:
Danson hit the ranch so hard his hair went white
- Comment on Speed 4 months ago:
What are you doing in the bathroom, Keanu? I thought you were driving a bus???
- Comment on Donald Trump 2024 - Don't let them get away with this 4 months ago:
And bullets barely missed
- Comment on Donald Trump 2024 - Don't let them get away with this 4 months ago:
Trump for prison 2024.
- Comment on How To Prevent Damage to Your DVDs and Blu-Rays 4 months ago:
Good summary. UV light and heat are the long term dangers to optical media, and scratches from mishandling them is the main short term usage danger.
I have music CDs that are 30+ years old that I bought new in the 1990s that still play just fine. Following these rules preserved them.
- Comment on Sitting and shitting on my high horse 4 months ago:
Perfection
- Comment on is this the right way to establish boundaries with my nosy coworkers at the hospital? 4 months ago:
The only one of those responses you listed that might not make people upset is this one:
‘I don’t talk about religion, politics or my private life with coworkers and I hope you respect that’
All of the others are going to go over poorly, if you are concerned about that.
- Comment on Blow dart 4 months ago:
I have actually done this too, I have pics of the darted roach somewhere. I think it took me 3 shots to get one to hit it.
The roach does not die from the dart, it’s just going to keep moving until you pull it down and squash it or something. I wouldn’t recommend it unless you just want to get some live target practice and need to kill a roach.
- Comment on Depending on how you count 5 months ago:
It was not a Bass Pro Shop then. It was The Pyramid, concert venue / arena.
I saw Jimmy Page and Robert Plant play there in the late 90’s. It was totally awesome, they played almost 3 hours of Led Zeppelin and Page/Plant songs. John Bonham’s son Jason was on drums.
- Comment on A fresh install of Signal takes up 410MB, blowing both Firefox and Chromium out of the water 5 months ago:
That sounds like a problem with YOUR phone. Every phone I’ve bought has been faster than the last. Maybe you have too much bloatware?
I use open source Android only, will not use a phone with stock android. Bloatware is a non-issue on AOSP unless you do that to your own phone.
- Comment on A fresh install of Signal takes up 410MB, blowing both Firefox and Chromium out of the water 5 months ago:
What’s so sad about it? You have the ability to securely send E2EE messages for free. I’m very pleased with Signal after using it for years.
If you mean it’s sad about the weed being hard to get / illegal… yeah, I concur. Hopefully Schedule III happens soon and nationwide Medical will be legal.
- Comment on Employees Who Stay In Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less 5 months ago:
Well, it’s different if you work for good companies. I’ve stayed at my last 3 jobs for well over 2 years each and my career is going great, making twice as much money as I need. IT / technical stuff. 6 years at one, 4 years at the next, currently at 3 years with current.
I’ve never lasted that long at any former employer though. My shortest employment was half of one shift at a factory, it sucked so bad I left on my first lunch break. The moral of my story is that it’s OK to stay with a good company, if you can find a good job like that. Experience counts for a lot towards getting hired to these good jobs.
- Comment on It is very therapeutic to garden, though. 6 months ago:
I checked my privilege, and found that it was cool. I don’t have a carbonometer to check the other stuff so you can work on that if you want.
- Comment on It is very therapeutic to garden, though. 6 months ago:
I can’t stand the produce from Walmart. They have to be doing something bad to it for it to taste so bland and go bad so quickly.
