Arghblarg
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- Comment on Elon Musk’s Optimus Robot shuts down after reproducing the gesture of its human operator removing their headset 21 hours ago:
Maybe it was trying to end its tortured existence like those prototype replacement models in Robocop II…
- Comment on WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron [GN] 3 days ago:
This really is a new front in the war on general-purpose computing for regular people. The EU or some entity big enough that’s outside of the US needs to fund new memory fabs ASAP and get this industry out of the hands of the present cartel.
- Comment on Question: Is it possible to put Linux on an x86 Chromebook? 1 week ago:
Neat, saw this just after I posted. Gonna bookmark this!
- Comment on Question: Is it possible to put Linux on an x86 Chromebook? 1 week ago:
I’ve heard Chromebooks are such a pain to put alternative OSes on due to their BIOs. Are there efforts to just reflash these things so they aren’t beholden to Alphabet? That would be the most libre-resistance move: “Un-Chrome” the device permanently.
Hmm as I was typing this I did a quick search: libreboot.org/docs/install/chromebooks.html
…but that’s only for ARM Chromebooks.
- Comment on "It's extremely frustrating and also f*cked up" - one of the world's best indie studios is facing shock closure following confounding Steam ban [Eurogamer] 1 week ago:
This just shows that Valve/Steam is way too powerful in games distribution. Another example of over-centralization in our modern world. My initial thought of course was “just move to itch.io or something”, but they claim no one will give them investment funds to develop games unless they can be on Steam, which is just insane.
- Comment on Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken 2 weeks ago:
Yup I use it, when I must use Windows. So much better than the default, I sometimes forget I am using Win11.
- Comment on Why isn't it considered vegan to harvest animals who die naturally? 2 weeks ago:
I’m gonna be that “acktually…” guy for a sec here. Oil & gas (mostly) are not dinosaurs… the vast majority of petrochemicals are from compressed dead algae, planktom and plant matter long pre-dating the dinosaurs: chevron.com/…/explainer-where-do-oil-and-gas-come…
- Comment on Rush 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on New Year? In this economy? 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Rockstar Just Fired Over 30 Employees From UK and Canada in an Attempt of Union-Busting 5 weeks ago:
Of all segments of the software industry, games seem to be the most exploitative. So sad, for what should be fun. Business execs taking advantage of those who cannot resist working on their passion. Unions need to get in that industry so very badly.
- Comment on Android/Phone Alternatives? [Discussion] 1 month ago:
As long as you verify the model of OnePlus you use works in your country, you could give them a try with lineage OS. My OnePlus 5T ran it great. However, in Canada Rogers just recently nerfed their Network so that my 5T no longer worked – 4g, LTE or 5g required now, and voLTE on Rogers apparently wasn’t compatible with OnePlus models. I’m trying to work up the courage to install graphene OS on my new pixel 9.
- Comment on DOdodo DODO DOdodo DODO Dodododo DODO DODOOOOO🎶🎵🎶 2 months ago:
I used to see swarms of grasshoppers every summer as a kid (80s), now a single one is a rare sight.
- Comment on Samsung brings ads to US fridges 2 months ago:
Ah, thanks for the correction!
- Comment on Samsung brings ads to US fridges 2 months ago:
If I want my fridge enshittified I’ll bag up my own poop and put it in the freezer, thankyouverymuch
Didn’t George Carlin have a bit about how all marketing people should just kill themselves?
- Comment on The Bog 3 months ago:
Great idea! Float out some ‘life rafts’ for the critters to gather on first, then tow them to shore before sending the workers in.
- Comment on redwoods 3 months ago:
/c/dadjokes
- Comment on The Bog 3 months ago:
Why don’t they put sone long planks leading up and out of the bog for a day or so before the harvesters go in? Give the spiders a time window to migrate to the shore…
- Comment on Broccoli Blooms 3 months ago:
Related, but kale blooms look similar and I like the florets a lot in pasta (esp. mac & cheese).
- Comment on Anon learns a new spell 4 months ago:
- Comment on I just dont seem to ever learn 4 months ago:
Use a straw if available…
- Comment on It really works! 4 months ago:
Ironically, ionized particles tend to stick together (trying to become neutrally-charged) whereas unionized particles tend not to interact as strongly; so a group of chemists ‘binding’ together to form a union would actually be ‘ionized’ not ‘unionized’ … metaphorically :p
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Look up the “buy, borrow, die” strategy (spoiler: it’s only possible for those who are already rich, go figure).
- Comment on AI is eating up Pennsylvania's power, governor threatens to pull state from the grid — new plants aren't being built fast enough to keep up with demand 4 months ago:
Just using “LLM” is also a bit over-specific, however, as it’d exclude text-to-image models, and others.
Fair point. I haven’t heard of an equivalent to LLM for, as per your example, text-to-image models. Hmm.
- Comment on AI is eating up Pennsylvania's power, governor threatens to pull state from the grid — new plants aren't being built fast enough to keep up with demand 4 months ago:
Oooh, Iike that one.
- Comment on AI is eating up Pennsylvania's power, governor threatens to pull state from the grid — new plants aren't being built fast enough to keep up with demand 4 months ago:
Please everyone, consider calling “AI” something more accurate – they’re not intelligent, though definitely ‘artificial’ as in man-made. I personally like the terms “stochastic parrot” or even just “LLM”.
- Comment on My spoon is too big. 4 months ago:
It’s Tuesday, did you bring your raincoat?
- Comment on 5 months ago:
if jobs had living wages
But but billionaires would be slightly less obscenely rich then, oh no!
- Comment on US Politicians praying inside the House of Representatives 5 months ago:
They shouldn’t cluster so closely together, it’s a risk. Not that I’m suggesting anything.
- Comment on Thanks to the "you need to buy a new PC for running W11" bullshit, scammers are selling ewaste at full price to inexperienced people 5 months ago:
Thank you.
If you’ve ensured your home network’s firewall is sane first, there’s no big issue.
If you dual-boot to Windows occasionally to run that one stupid program that can’t run under Linux, and you aren’t downloading stuff willy-nilly from the wild internet, and you haven’t previously installed all sorts of dodgy call-home programs, you can still be safe running while you’re in Windows. Hell, I have a Windows 7 box that runs just fine from my home network to the internet, thankyouverymuch. I even download stuff from there gasp, but I check the files first! Imagine that.
Most people aren’t knowledgeable enough to maintain proper security however so I guess I should just stop commenting on posts like this, as I always get flak from people stating it’s impossible to run an OS more than 2 weeks old on the Internet without being instantly hacked :p.
- Comment on Thanks to the "you need to buy a new PC for running W11" bullshit, scammers are selling ewaste at full price to inexperienced people 5 months ago:
Just block W11 updates entirely.
www.sordum.org/9470/windows-update-blocker-v1-8/
It’s mostly bullshit that one absolutely needs the latest Windows updates; if you use uBlock Origin in your browser and don’t download/run random .EXE/.MSI shit from the internet you’ll be fine. Keep Windows Defender up to date once a month just in case as well.
But really the best option is to switch to Linux.
