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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft announces the Proteus Controller, a gamepad for Xbox gamers with disabilities⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Microsoft does a lot of bad things, but I got to give it to them here. Their push for accessibility in gaming is definitely a good thing. They’ve been pushing multiple modular controllers in order to allow people with disabilities to play games in a comfortable way. Having the support of a major player in the gaming market like Microsoft will definitely help with support for these products.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mhhhh hagelslag⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand how other countries manage to remain civilised without eating a broodje hagelslag regularly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Euro bottles are so much better now⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmmm yeah, now that you mention it I do remember a few occasions of launching soy milk throughout the kitchen. Still I prefer it over the second one though. After it’s been opened once, it’s much less in the way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Euro bottles are so much better now⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Many of the new bottle caps I encounter will actively push back into the closed position, meaning I have to keep them out of the way when pouring if I don’t want to pour over the cap. Since I tend to encounter them on drink cartons rather than bottles, because I don’t drink soda etc, it becomes even more annoying. Bottles you can turn whichever way, but drink cartons need to be kept at a certain angle for optimal pouring. Quite often the cap is in the way and there isn’t really a nice place to put it.

  This is even more frustrating because I never lost these caps anyway, I always threw them away with the packaging. I understand that it probably helps in the bigger picture, but for me personally it solves nothing and is incredibly annoying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day one and done⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess it’s similar, but here in the Netherlands we have “fresh” pizza’s at the supermarket. They’re kind of in-between frozen pizza’s and a pizza delivery in terms of price, but imo they’re actually by far the best. For 6-7 euros you get a pretty big pizza with fresh toppings, that’s done faster than a frozen pizza or waiting for delivery, and also tastes really good. In the Netherlands it’s common to live very close to a supermarket, so for me it’s be like a 2 min bike ride to get myself a pizza.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a more politically and ideologically diverse alternative for Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hexbear are also far left. They’re just so far left that they hate the west more than China or sometimes even Russia for some reason. Afaik all far right instances are luckily defederated. Most of Lemmy leans heavily left. I considered myself left wing, and I’m also very much left wing nationally speaking, yet here on Lemmy I constantly encounter people who are so left wing that I pretty much completely disagree with them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1950s teenage girl's audio letter to her parents⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, it’s so weird hearing the kind of rebellious teen mind in a voice and culture from so long ago. She sounds so mature, so aware of what’s going on. I remember thinking how hypocritical adults were, wanting to break free of all these stupid rules, yet also wanting guidance. But I never put it this eloquently. And yet I suspect that her rebellion wasn’t fully positively received, despite how nicely it actually was put.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When Hexbear finds out Nazi stands for National Socialism⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tankies are definitely also authoritarian, and they also oppose anything western and democratic, but that doesn’t make them Nazi’s. Don’t forget that the Soviet Union also murdered a lot of people out of the name of communism. These two ideologies oppose each other in many ways, even if the end result in both cases is horrible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spelling wasn't part of the curriculum⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Where can I enroll for the non-binary nap time?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ask ChatGPT to pick a number between 1 and 100⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not a hundred percent sure, but afaik it has to do with how random the output of the GPT model will be. At 0 it will always pick the most probable next continuation of a piece of text according to its own prediction. The higher the temperature, the more chance there is for less probable outputs to get picked. So it’s most likely to pick 42, but as the temperature increases you see the chance of (according to the model) less likely numbers increase.

  This is how temperature works in the softmax function, which is often used in deep learning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify plans to raise prices this year and introduce new plans - GSMArena.com news⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How is Spotify a scam? I can probably at most buy one CD per month for the same price as Spotify. Yet Spotify gives unlimited access to good quality versions of almost every song out there. Even with raised prices it’s still a way better deal for most consumers than buying music directly.

  Personally I tend to also buy a few albums a year, because I like owning them and I like supporting the artists. But the convenience of having every track at your fingertips is hard to beat

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's discuss: Tetris⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I kinda suck at Tetris. We had a “LAN” last year where we played some battle royale Tetris game, and there was one girl who absolutely demolished everyone. After that I feel like a kid playing (and failing) with one of those block shape matching toys whenever I play Tetris. It’s a cool game though. Nice simple gameplay, but high skill ceiling. I respect people who absolutely destroy me at a game due to pure skill

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cassette Beasts Showcase 2024⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Multiplayer update hype! Also love that acoustic version of Arrow of Time at the end

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jan Smit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The Dutch John Smith. Very common first and last names here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not buying a shaver from Philips again..⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t it to make sure that you’re not mixing two incompatible chargers? I have 2 Philips chargers that do fit (as far as I can see), but are not the same voltage. I’ve previously also had something like this where 2 fitting chargers were completely different electrically, one 12V AC and the other 9V DC. One time a family member mixed them up, bit luckily the extra voltage didn’t fry anything. I don’t mind having to get an extra charger of it prevents me from doing something dumb and frying my electronics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meat.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah because everything in the world is binary and there can’t ever be nuance.

  I’m reducing my meat intake, but I do still eat meat every now and then. When I do, I tend to consider the impact on animal welfare and the environment. Eating meat from an animal that has lived relatively free and happy life is a lot better to me than one that has been locked inside for most of it’s life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amsterdam testing system that can remotely slow e-bikes down⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t have the data to back it up, but as someone who lives in the Netherlands I can tell you that e-bikes definitely seem like a problem. People who ride a normal bike to go somewhere definitely don’t go faster than 15 kph on average. You totally can do so if you want, just like you can run everywhere instead of walking, but then you might arrive sweaty and out of breath. E-bikes allow people who don’t usually have the physical strength to cycle that fast to suddenly go 25 kph without much effort. Especially children and elderly are a problem. The bikes are heavy, meaning that they’re hard to control for these groups. And children and elderly also both often lack the awareness of their surroundings needed for driving this fast. I’ve seen many dangerous situations where these groups on an e-bike yeet into a crossing, suddenly have to brake due to other traffic that they failed to account for, and then almost fall over or crash.

  E-bikes have a way too large speed difference with normal bikes, and imo they’re definitely a danger. Anything that makes them slower is imo a good thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you live a fulfilling life with autism?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That really depends on the how it affects you and what you consider fulfilling. I’m autistic and I think things are going pretty well. I work as a programmer, which I usually like and where my qualities can shine. Because of this I managed to buy a place to live and never really have to worry about money too much. Compared to many NTs my life may look boring, because I tend to stay pretty close to home and usually spend a lot of time at home, but it’s how I function best. I enjoy my hobbies and “charge” my energy for the occasional event where I do leave my “bubble” for a festival or something. I’m not sure how the future may look, and I definitely don’t have everything perfectly managed yet, but overall I think it’s definitely going well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This shouldn’t be normalised⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ridiculous. How can someone write “we value your privacy” and then share data with 807 partners. If I share anything with 8 people I pretty much consider it public information already, unless I have a very good reason to trust them. Sharing something with 807 companies is probably less private than taking all that data, putting it up on a billboard, and placing that billboard next to the busiest place in town.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly I don’t feel like it’s right to post this with their face and name on the internet. I know that they put it on tinder themselves, but the reach of tinder is very different compared to Lemmy (and Reddit, judging by the watermark)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Valheim is also great with friends by the way. We’re currently playing DRG, but we played Valheim quite a while back and it was a lot of fun together.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Singleplayer I’m playing Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty, which is imo a stellar experience so far. I’m also playing Cassette Beasts on the Steam Deck, which is also a great experience. Like Pokemon, but also different in many ways.

  Multiplayer it’s still Deep Rock Galactic, and I’ve returned a bit to AoE 4.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨have you been doing crime?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The tenty-second

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure how well known it is, but on a friend’s recommendation I bought Cassette Beasts. I just got a second hand Steam Deck and it’s a fun combination. It’s basically a Pokemon-like game, but with its own charm. Instead of pokeballs you record monsters with cassette tapes. It’s quite a goofy game and I’m enjoying it so far.

  If you do get it for the Steam Deck, you should play it with compatibility mode set to Proton 8, because then it somehow uses 40% less battery or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's up with Epic Games?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The issue is that I miss features when using Epic. Additionally, games from Epic are not visible in my steam library which leads to me forgetting that they even exist. And also nobody uses it, so there’s no community feeling like I have with all my Steam friends.

  I don’t mind it for free games though. If they give me a game for free, they deserve me using their launcher for that game haha.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's up with Epic Games?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally my main gripe is their aggressive strategies to force people into their garbage-tier launcher. Compared to Steam it’s just miles behind, and it’s yet another app to run on your PC. All my friends are also on Steam, and Steam had Linux support. However, if all you want to do is launch singleplayer games, you don’t mind the Epic launcher, and you get a good deal, then do whatever you want to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Truly inspirational⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was already wondering that. Whether they’re Americans or British, they seem to have the same fear of using logical measuring systems like metric

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Truly inspirational⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  21 stone?! I swear you guys will use anything instead of metric

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do AI image generators have a stroke when they try to generate text?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Generating meaningful text in an image is very complex. Most of these models like Dall-E and simple diffusion are essentially guided denoising algorithms. They get images of pure noise, and are being told that it’s actually just a very noisy image of whatever the description is. So all they do is remove some noise for many steps in a row until a clear image emerges. You can kinda imagine it as the “AI” staring into the noise to see the image that you described.

  Most real-world objects are of course quite complex. If it sees a tree branch in the noise, it also need to make sure that the rest of the tree fits. And a car headlight only makes sense if the rest of the car is also there. But for text these kind of correlations are even way way harder. In order to generate meaningful text it not only needs to understand how text is usually spaced, and that letters usually are written in a consistent font, it also needs to learn the entire English language. All that just to generate something that is probably overall of less influence to it’s “score” on images form the dataaset than learning how to draw a realistic car.

  So in order to generate meaningful text, the model requires a lot of capacity. Otherwise, since it’s not specifically motivated to learn to write meaningful text, it’ll do whatever it’s doing now. Honestly I’m sometimes quite impressed with how well these models do generate text, given all these considerations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who’s continuously tired after tanking mono and COVID, I’ll take the mask. Heck, I’d even take it if it gave me 8 hours of restful sleep. Just anything to wake up and feel rested for a while