XTL

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon takes the horsepill⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds like a huge cost, though less money is used to abstract it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon takes the horsepill⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I doubt that owning horses has ever been cheap either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They do. And you can generally trust banks to try and sell you what’s most profitable to them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are laptop adapters so much larger than phone adapters of same power rating?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  same watts and volts but more amps

  Laws of physics: defeated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Question me not⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ping the E char. E Hot. El jefe impressed. Demo success.

  It’s just cut off a bit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's stops one from scavenging the best parts of old phones and putting them into a new one?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You won’t have any of the electrical or software info for any of the components unless you’re a manufacturer and most parts aren’t really salvageable separately but are essentially one big glob on the board. Even with the skills, you’d need to reverse engineer some of the most complex and hard to use components ever manufactured for consumer use and somehow fit them in places they were never meant to fit.

  And yes, software. The board support for the SOC, mostly. Maybe starting off with a pinephone or something might help, but I doubt even that is open and usable enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if you quit a job you didn't like or was toxic, didn't the financial hit scare you?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do the math. See how rational the fear is. Whatever the result, admit you’re afraid and decide if you also want to be brave and act despite the fear. Make a plan. Start working on it. Hopefully things are better on the other side, but either way that fear will pass.

  Fear is a natural part of human life. Often useful, but also often not. But as long as you can manage to act despite your fear, it won’t harm you.

  Ok, cortisol and stress exist, but you have bigger things to worry about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't fret, check your spam folder⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I apparently also need the most comfortable chair ever. Which just makes me think of this C&H www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHKiGl02NmU

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honey⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That rule might not come from English language and what was translated to “meat” doesn’t necessarily mean all animal flesh. Even English had words like “beef” and “pork” and “poultry”.

  If you want to gotcha lawyer culture or religion, you’ll need the actual sources. I’d suggest avoiding that, since it will just make you behave like an asshole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon misses his German Sheppy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess now is a good time to go scratch behind those greying ears again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are we building homes when so many are standing empty?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And how many of those houses are mouldy, rotten, or otherwise non habitable?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today you like it⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I tend to like the days not wearing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Badgers⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Finnish name for dachshund is literally badgerdog (mäyräkoira) btw.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tests something⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Want to be a nacho nacho man

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon finally touches grass⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  As if anon would call those conversations normal or pleasant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lalalaaaAAAAAA⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No idea. Maybe someone can read the Klingon.

  But the tune and numbering (fingers, 1 high on left, low on right hands part) makes me think that’s for piano.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon listens to dad-rock⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that’s the joke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  TV pixels were also generally not square. And if the device was a TV and not an actual video monitor (both were used with home computers), it was a little slow and blurry. And overscan existed. There’s a lot of things that will be a bit different when you look at an emulated display.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What prevents Linux from being installed on mobile devices?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In practice? Constantly changing hardware with soc vendors that publish nothing and device manufacturers that (have to) keep pushing out new models on a short cycle. Plus many of them have extra shenanigans to keep the bootloader locked so you can’t install a recovery (presuming you had a working one) so you could replace the os. There are some rare exceptions, but the hardware is rare and tedious and not many people can or will work on installable Linux on them.

  If you just want to run some Linux userland, there’s ways to do that on top of android, though. Want to get to a Linux like system or run a program? Might be as close as installing a terminal or running adb shell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Year Two of the AI Horde!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a post this contains nothing but a headline and a link. It is a bad post unless you’re only interested in the link. There isn’t even any relevant discussion or comment from OP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon tries to give a compliment⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely not zero moderation. That wouldn’t last long these days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jackhammer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fungi.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clueless about Biology⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ve probably all heard the speech at some point. Except those born at Zion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BBC Science⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But it’s the target audience (people who might subscribe to BBC notifications) as smart as a little 12 year old?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon finds the secret to losing weight⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, $20 is $20.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon entertains himself at work⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yar

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon drives a bus⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. These are extremely rare. Some models, like iirc a galaxy note and MacBook Pro have been singled out.

  There was actually a house fire a while ago not too far from where I live that forensics said was started by a device in a charger at night.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon drives a bus⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not much more difficult to accommodate than wheelchairs or prams. Actually easier in many cases because the operator or probably more fit and the object more insensitive to placement.

  The shape can be unwieldy because of the length, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon drives a bus⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also cellphones, laptops, power tools and just about everything.

  Gasoline? Don’t let it inside in the house. Ever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has a sketchy teacher⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Computers are cheap. Even free if you keep an eye out. Old stuff gets thrown out all the time. Even the school probably upgrades now and then, though they might have a recycling contract.