GrindingGears

@GrindingGears@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I refuse to by a new mouse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember taking the balls out and scrapping all the dust and crap off the rollers? It was a guilty pleasure of mine, but some of the mice from that era got pretty dank. I had one in college that was basically a science experiment at graduation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I refuse to by a new mouse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  ICue is the worst

  I totally regret buying that elite LCD that slots over the cooler, and all those Corsair fans + the case. I mean the hardware is fine, everything has been trucking a long for a really long time, the AIO, the fans, I’ve never had a problem with any of it from a hardware perspective. But it also means I’m locked into having that friggin ICue running in the background. The amount of other programs that app interferes with and basically fucks up, is unbelievable. I’m not buying anymore Corsair stuff, and iCue is 110% to blame for that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I refuse to by a new mouse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve bought some sort of no name quasi-mechanical keyboard that came with a gaming mouse as a combo, that was like $60 on Amazon, five years ago. Literally my favourites, both of them. And I’ve had many different keyboards and mice over the years too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NHL Hockey Review - Game Informer Issue #1⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll never forget that game. Unwrapping my Genesis and popping that in, it was the god damn future.

  Then 93 came out, and it was even better. You could put pucks through the glass, and there were even injuries!

  94, hoo boy. There was no going back after 94.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony is reportedly planning a Nintendo Switch-style PlayStation 6 portable | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They didn’t support either VR’s. Most of the titles for PSVR were third party, there was very little AAA support after the first few months around it’s release. Two years later it was dust and echos, just like PSVR2 (Blood & Truth arguably an exception, but I also believe it was still released within that two year window).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony is reportedly planning a Nintendo Switch-style PlayStation 6 portable | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly the biggest failure IMO, was because like usual, they didnt actually support it after release. I’ve fallen for this one too many times with Sony, but no more. Whenever Sony releases something other than their mainstream products, they immediately stop developing for it and basically rely on a bunch of third parties. Who usually give up shortly thereafter when they notice the dwindling support.

  My vita is collecting dust with my PSVR, my PS proprietary headphones, and all the other useless shit Sony has released over the years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China is about to launch SSDs so small you insert them like a SIM card⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even in the non-authoritarian dictatorship countries, one of these is still likely to be prohibitively expensive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨preferences⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Bruh…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did our friends stop posting on social media?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Facebook went to hell when they let our parents and grandparents on. Not that they are to blame, but it was the beginning of the end.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI and UK sign deal to use AI in public services⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  cocAIne

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Is Why Tesla’s Robotaxi Launch Needed Human Babysitters⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My experiences with HW3 and HW4 have been horrifying. I always turn off the FSD trials whenever they push, and the bastards still find a way to enact and screw up my cruise. The car itself is fine, but this FSD shit is a legit scam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Is Offering Top AI Talent⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  AI is just fancy Google. I have yet to see it produce anything actually useful, or at least much more than a simple Google search could produce a decade ago. It’s like the world’s done lost its mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft pushes staff to use internal AI tools more, and may consider this in reviews. 'Using AI is no longer optional.'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m so over this AI nonsense. I use AI as a barometer at work, in that the more they talk about AI, the more I know they are adding fuck all to the organization and aren’t actually doing any work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s official: There are no Nintendo Switch 2 reviews. Here’s what that means for us, and you [VGC]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish them the best of luck at these prices though. I get that the enthusiasts will clamor for it. There’s a couple million people that would buy a half eaten shoe for hundreds of dollars, if only Nintendo stamped their logo on it. Once the dust clears though (and this is a personal opinion and hunch), I bet Joe Public scoffs and it’s the WiiU#2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI hallucinations are getting worse – and they're here to stay⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There ain’t much further to fall down…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GTA 6's delay doesn't mean the games industry's in trouble - it's already dead⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just out for a rip, are ya bud?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘An Overwhelmingly Negative And Demoralizing Force’: What It’s Like Working For A Company That’s Forcing AI On Its Developers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  AI is the 2020s version of Tulip Mania. It’s just fancy Google that elaborates, but you can’t trust the results it gives you, because it lies worse than my five year old on his way back from a late night trip to the cookie jar. It makes funny pictures of Mario committing 9/11 and all sorts of useless funny stuff that has kids smoking cigarettes at McDonalds with hot dogs for fingers. Which is great and all, but I can’t figure the last time I actually needed a picture of kids smoking cigarettes at McDonalds…

  And it sucks and you can always tell when something’s AI because it’s crap. Boomers can’t, but they also can’t do most other things, so I mean that’s not really a reliable metric of its actual success either.

  Boomer fuel is all it is. The new paperless society. It’s going to take my job, except my job will be on my doorstep a month later begging me to come back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT is shifting rightwards politically⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like it’s boomer fuel, this AI. What actual use does it have, like it’s supposed to be changing my life, putting me out of a job, turning all of my hard work into nothing. Robots giving me handjobs and all of that. None of this is happening.

  No, the only thing that is happening, is a bunch of late 50s and 60 year old executives running around at work like a bunch of robots. AI AI AI AI AI AI Beep Beep Boop AI AI AI AI AI AI

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A former Meta employee reviews the new Facebook memoir⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just actually finished this book, not 10 minutes ago. My overarching TL;DR summary of it, in one sentence is this: For being an international lawyer, she’s pretty naive.

  We all know Facebook is a morally bankrupt circus, that’s been well known for quite some time. The Social Network taught us that he’s a pretty selfish terrible person (plus a weirdo). That movie came out in like, what, 2010? If she thought she could single handedly change this, which she pretty clearly does, the conclusions already written that it’ll be a leopards ate my face moment.

  I’m glad she shared her story, no it’s not fair, and I hope it’s brought her some peace. But I have to be honest that it was a slog getting through that book.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yahoo is selling TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s borderline unusable at this point. No one serious uses it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk’s X obtains $44bn valuation in sharp turnaround⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A fool and their money is easily parted. Whoever paid out these kinds of dollars for equity, the rest of the street is lolz at them

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak says Tesla ‘is the worst in the world’ at improving its technology for drivers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t disagree. Their direction as of late is confusing and seems pretty muddled. But that’s what happens when you have a sigma male at the forfront, who kneejerks their directions around like a toddler with ADD. They need to throw the morons and their board full of grifters overboard, and get back to it. There’s pretty clearly some smart people in that company, that is if they are still there, and probably not likely at this point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla's latest decline could be one for the history books - $795 billion since Dec 17 or 53.7 percent⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Even before all of this, with that pay package. WTAF?

  Apparently there’s quite the revolt brewing for their AGM. They probably can’t remove him before hand, because they need to turf the board here as well. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen something like this, arguably if even ever? It’s happened with lots of companies in the past, but not with one this high profile. At least that I can think of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak says Tesla ‘is the worst in the world’ at improving its technology for drivers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They are going down the toilet, because they are distracted. Look, they were the most reliable EV, and they were at the forefront of the EV revolution. They built the most robust and reliable charging network (one of the key reasons we went with Tesla over Hyundai or other options), and flipped the automotive retail marketplace on their head.

  But they also unfortunately have their hard work and progress overshadowed by a complete narcissistic manchild of a CEO. Who somehow controls the company with only 17% of shares held, who has a corrupt and compromised board on his side that will cater to his every little whims. A CEO who gets distracted, first with this Cybertruck nonsense, then X, then SpaceX, who then derails all innovation and future development with everyone focused on this autopilot distraction, and now all this. If I was a shareholder, I’d be furious. As a customer, I’m not sure I can rely on them anymore (could I ever?), so my future purchasing decisions will be made with that in mind.

  What goes up, must come down I guess. Sigh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak says Tesla ‘is the worst in the world’ at improving its technology for drivers⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s nice of you to assume that everyone is as rich as all these virtue signalling celebrities. Yes musk is a piece of shit, no I’m not buying another one until they torpedo his ass, yes autopilot is a scam. But I also happen to like the car, it suits our lifestyle the best, it has a five star safety rating and I’m not a Nazi just because I bought a certain kind of car a couple of years ago. Do what you want to the dealers, go after the corporate people, but leave the innocent consumers alone. None of us asked for this shit either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Inflation’s “sticky”. It took 5 years to get rid of COVID-related inflation, and it went up for quite a while before starting to go down. This is quite a bit more substantial, and it will take a long time for the effects on the overall broader economy to recede. The inflation itself will take about 1.5 years to fully work it’s way through the system, but there’s also going to be a larger scale contraction on GDP, which will very likely put the US and many of it’s trade countries into recession as well. This will likely have a negative impact on wages. The US is also very much going to have a supply problem, which is going to then also put upward inflationary pressures on a lot of products.

  Anytime a government interferes or puts in measures that affect trade, positively or negatively, it throws everything out of whack.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GameStop selling 500+ stores because of "woke".⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nothing to do with the fact there’s three Funko pops to every game for sale, and they price their used games pretty much as high as new ones. Not to mention every time I’ve tried to buy a new game there, they then try to sell it to me without the wrapper taking the disc from who knows where.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk and Wikipedia are feuding⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Facts, amiright!?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't forget to undervolt your gpu and change fan curve⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I undervolted my 5800x3d (each core individually) and it cut the temps by quite a bit, without affecting performance. Actually if anything you could say the performance arguably increased because it was no longer the hot little hog it was ootb.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple to use Chinese giant Alibaba’s AI in iPhones⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah so this is why ol Tim was greasing Trump up. I’m sure this will be a hit. What is he going to tarriff next, iPhones?