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@hobovision@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s better than dealing with whatever terrible nonsense they put on LGs and Samsungs. I was really close to getting an LG because everyone says it’s the best looking but I just couldn’t imagine going back to completely unmodifiable TV OS, so I got the Sony instead which still looks absolutely fantastic and I have my custom launcher on it set exactly how I want it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨But yes.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  More like a steam turbine (which is way cooler cause it’s like a jet engine). Steam engine makes me think of a piston engine like on a train.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I screen, you screen, we all screen for I screen.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Buy 3 bicycles! 1st an electric commuter/cargo bike so you can run errands without a car. 2nd a road/hybrid bike for fun and exercise on paved paths. 3rd a mountain bike so you can enjoy more nature. (an eMTB if they’re allowed on your local trails can combine all 3 bikes if you want)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people impressed with SpaceX?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think they mean the “superheavy” (somehow a more stupid name than starship) booster rocket is the most powerful. I’m pretty sure by thrust metrics it is. It’s just that the superheavy-starship system can’t put much up in LEO because the starship is huge and heavy on its own.

  If you put an expendable second stage on top of the superheavy booster instead of a starship it could put a lot more up to LEO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Piss™⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fr tho the hydration obsession is marketing wank you get you to buy Gatorade, fancy water, water bottles, etc. If you’re thirsty, drink water. If you are doing exercise, drink extra water. If you’re drinking alcohol, too bad, you’re getting a hangover even if you drink a shitload of water because you’re in your 30s now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i need it, soz⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That part of Chile is almost 100 miles of desert. Croatia is only like 10-20 miles wide in that area!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did Call of Duty get to this point?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That has to be a meme post. Black Ops SIX? You’re joking. This is a picture from 2018.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to decide what kind of controller one should purchase?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Ultimate 2.4 has right now bluetooth and hall effect sensors as well. I couldn’t get it to pair with the switch though I didn’t try super hard. It works on Bluetooth with my Android TV but for whatever reason ignores the customized buttons (I keep accidentally pressing the wing buttons on the bottom) so I use the dongle on the TV.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bryony Page⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  [insert article about how onlympic athletes are tragically underpaid and most struggle]

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Employees Who Stay In Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Clickbait.

  Article is nearly 10 years old.

  Article contains no studies or surveys showing this result.

  The 50% figure is calculated by assuming a paltry annual raise and consistent large pay bumps by switching companies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate leaf blowers with the passion of 1000 suns.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t do shit about the sound and smell of the two stroke motors. That’s the sound that pierces noise canceling headphones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lots of times the restaurants won't even have milk⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  MiLK Is fOr bABieS

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Limericks⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair. Logs are natural unless otherwise specified. You wouldn’t put log(37) if you wanted base 10, you’d do log_10(37).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Take-Two Interactive shuts down the Studios behind Kerbal Space Program and Rollerdrome⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Man that’s been the case with these sequels to games I really loved. Happened to Cities Skylines as well, and at first it seemed like that’s happened with Helldivers but it turns out it was so good it just ruined the servers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good luck out there⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Shit man I wish this had been posted this morning. I left to go for a ride about an hour away and traffic got so bad it was gonna take 2+ hours so I turned back and didn’t get to ride.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rock a bye baby on top of the tree, When the wind blows the cradle will YEET ♪⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The meme is fucking wrong.

  Catapults and ballistas are different, not because of how they store the energy, but how the throw the projectile. A catapult throws it off a holder and a ballista shoots in down a track.

  It’s a goddamn catapult. I will not tolerate factual inaccuracy for the sake of a funny meme.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ROCKSMITH 2014 LEAVING STORES - Ubisoft⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  My guess is the record companies refused to renew the perpetual license for a cost that Ubi could justify in order to keep the one time purchase model. Everyone wants subscription model from the top to the bottom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A contract for 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers expired. Historic US health care strike could start Wednesday⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The HMO format of insurance is not uncommon, but Kaiser does have a somewhat unique implementation of it. Most HMO insurances contract with healthcare providers (network) and you are only allowed to go to them. Kaiser is not the healthcare provider but it is a consortium with the medical groups, hospitals, and insurance, such that they appear as one big entity. This can create conflicts of interest, but it also creates some huge efficiencies. Everyone from GPs to specialists to pharmacy is all in the same system, so there are not issues with communication between different companies and hospitals. The also have more incentive than most insurance companies to keep you healthy to prevent you from using the more expensive types of care. In my experience, for the same premiums, KP tends to have the lowest out of pocket max and no/low deductibles compared to PPOs like Cigna or Blue Cross/Shield.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bosses and workers still can’t agree on whether the commute is part of the work day, and it’s creating a $578 billion productivity problem⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This idea that to be stable or put down roots means buying a single family home in the suburbs is one of the biggest problems in America. Because of this idea, there’s so little high quality medium density housing designed for families in cities, which only reinforces this idea. It causes people spread out, they isolate, they use more energy to live and commute, they don’t have experiences with a diverse group of people.