atrielienz

@atrielienz@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Anyone else feel like they are only floating this idea so that data centers in neighborhoods driving up the cost of electricity and polluting everything looks better by comparison?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SteamOS updates and Decky [Question]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Uninstalling allowed grub to boot Bazzite normally with no errors for me so right now that’s maybe the best we can hope for. I also don’t want to re-install all my plugins.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SteamOS updates and Decky [Question]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you try uninstalling and reinstalling?

  Also, perhaps just checking for updates? When I checked for updates I could see that there was a new update for decky loader but at that point I had decided to uninstall it anyway to prevent future problems.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SteamOS updates and Decky [Question]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So, I’ve been looking into this for myself and it looks like what’s broken is the MagicPods module in deckyloader. If you previously installed that, you can try uninstalling decky and then re-installing it and leave that module out of the reinstall/setup process and see if that works.

  At this point I’m gonna leave decky uninstalled on my system mostly because I’m pretty tired of it breaking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SteamOS updates and Decky [Question]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I normally have to go in ( uninstall just deckloader), and reinstall deckyloader when this happens. There’s no way that I have found to do it otherwise and it’s happened to me at least three times now.

  I’m sure there probably is another way, but I haven’t had success with anything but the uninstall/reinstall method.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve says "the Steam Machine is equal or better than 70% of what people have at home," but I feel like that's missing the point⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So, I don’t know what information this is based on, but I’m questioning it.

  High end gaming rigs come in pre built, for people who want that kind of warranty, or, more often in my experience, the people who own them build them. Which means they’re not super fussed about installing a different OS.

  It’s more likely that some subset of them play games that require windows (VR, some racing sims, competitive online games that require kernel level anti-cheat etc), and won’t switch because of that.

  There may be some subset of the gaming populace who wants that without the fuss, and usually they buy consoles. Computer gaming is what it is because people very often like control.

  I’m a tinkerer at heart, and one of my older brothers used to build custom gaming rigs as part of his business back in the early 2000’s. Most of my family and quite a few of my friends have been computer gamers for decades.

  I’d be willing to wager that a fair number of computer gamers aren’t bothered about the installation process of steam OS, but might be wary of limiting the games they can play using it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google relaxes Android sideloading requirement for 'experienced users'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Developers on Google’s app store still have to register to allow their apps on the app store.

  They haven’t explained yet how they’re going to rework side loading but there’s not mention of having to register to sideload apps.

  For experienced users, Google said it’s working on an advanced flow that lets them accept the risks of installing unverified apps. The flow will include warnings and safety measures “to resist coercion, ensuring that users aren’t tricked into bypassing these safety checks while under pressure from a scammer.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google brings Gemini to the Google TV Streamer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The source code is available from Nvidia directly for the purposes of community built custom OS’s for the shield.

  How long that remains the case? I don’t know. But I also do wonder about trying to run a bunch of AI features on hardware that’s anywhere between 10 and 6 years old.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google brings Gemini to the Google TV Streamer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty glad I didn’t opt for one of these. I kept thinking about buying on to replace my Nvidia Shield and didn’t pull the trigger.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Godfather of AI' says tech giants can't profit from their astronomical investments unless human labor is replaced⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol. If humans can’t make money then they can’t spend money on using your AI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. agencies back banning TP-Link WiFi routers, citing national security risk and ties to China. They have between 30 and 50% market share in the US.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Totally fair. I was trying to hold back on “blaming the normies”. But you’re right. There are a lot of people who don’t change any settings they just plug and play and pretend everything is fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. agencies back banning TP-Link WiFi routers, citing national security risk and ties to China. They have between 30 and 50% market share in the US.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what I use in my house. I don’t understand what the deal is with this besides the fact that some people are ignorant and don’t change any of the factory router settings. You don’t even need to use WRT. Just change the factory passwords and config.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon’s DNS problem knocked out half the web, likely costing billions⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did they defend MS and Cloudstrike?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These nonprofits lobbied to regulate OpenAI — then the subpoenas came⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So basically, Open AI is upset that Musk sued to prevent them becoming a for profit company, and they’re upset that so many tiny non-profit companies are opposing them for various reasons. So they have decided to subpoena and or sue all those tiny non-profits under the ‘assumption’ that they must be funded but Musk in order to further his opposition to the company and their for profit plans. And intimidate these small non-profits, which kills two birds with one stone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Full Story of BOOX: How a Chinese Startup Revolutionized the Global E-Reader Market⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I did figure it out and it’s been awesome although I don’t know what the difference is between high refresh and regal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Full Story of BOOX: How a Chinese Startup Revolutionized the Global E-Reader Market⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I need to figure out how to do that because I’ve been manually refreshing if I need to and keeping the refresh rate somewhere in the middle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Full Story of BOOX: How a Chinese Startup Revolutionized the Global E-Reader Market⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I own the Boox Tab Mini C. It’s fine for reading ebooks. The screen refresh isn’t really fast enough for a lot of apps , especially apps with pictures or things other than text. This causes a lot of artifacting.

  You can read news papers, magazines, ebooks, and comics and it’s fine for that although I think perhaps would be better without the color e-ink for most things. If it had a color setting and a grey scale setting I’d like that.

  But it makes the page illegible if you scroll for too long otherwise, so stuff you would use it for like reading web pages get progressively more difficult the longer you scroll.

  I think the size is good and I also think you’re likely to have the same problem on a Kindle to some extent.

  Additionally, it is android but it doesn’t natively come with a lot of android apps you might be used to. You can remove some of the apps but it’s not as easy as just going to the app store and deleting them.

  It’s nice to see this kind of thing in person before you buy it.

  I recommend buying it from a store where you can return it if you don’t like it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Researchers achieve breakthrough integration of 2D materials on standard silicon chips⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How do they know/how did they measure the 10 year data retention?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phones may come without bundled USB cables in the future, if OEMs have their way⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m honestly not sure (given the price the cable likely adds to the price of the device vs the quality/longevity of the cable) that I want it. Apple has been notorious for selling their charging cables at a premium while making them basically as cheaply as possibly. Other companies have literally made their brand on being better than the OEM cables and chargers you get with devices.

  Other phone manufacturers aren’t exempt from the phone cable failure thing either. It’s crazy to me that they were allowed to sell such shoddy accessories in the first place.

  When you add in the ways that countries are trying to cut down on e-waste I can’t say I’m surprised.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Daniel Ek stepping down changes nothing for the artists boycotting Spotify⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That doesn’t mean the Board doesn’t think that “the CEO stepping down” will make the company look better to the people they pissed off by shoehorning AI into everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Daniel Ek stepping down changes nothing for the artists boycotting Spotify⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably their Board.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 10. Hackers Are Celebrating.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Are they going to be paying for extended support? My job is still on windows 10 (after they tried to upgrade to 11 and ended up having business applications not work as they should), but they are paying for extended support.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure why she’s being banned from criticizing the company? Like she signed a “non NDA” that included a clause about disparagement of the company, I get that, but I don’t really understand how that’s not a violation of her rights and therefore an invalidation of the contract.

  And on further reading it’s claimed that she hasn’t been forced to pay any damages for breach of that contract so how is she on the verge of bankruptcy? Is it that she can’t promote her book?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify peeved after 10,000 users sold data to build AI tools⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, let me get this straight. Spotify uses AI, is developing AI and is allowing (and possibly seeding the platform with) AI generated music.

  And the company [Spotify] is upset that the users are downloading their own data and putting in it trust in a collective for the purposes of selling it to an AI company to analyze?

  And Spotify made it part of their TOS that you have the right to download your own data as a user, but also made it part of the TOS that you can’t use the data you own to train AI (which only makes sense if you don’t own your data).

  Have I got this is right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imgur's Community Is In Full Revolt Against Its Owner⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  s3nd.pics is also a possible successor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imgur's Community Is In Full Revolt Against Its Owner⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  www.imgcat.io is being built by an imgur user but it’s not ready yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says he’ll keep extending TikTok shutdown deadline⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And the people who use Tik Tok don’t see this as a red flag.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta is going to stuff Midjourney AI images into your feed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What feed. Mm y Facebook exists to face tank all the photos my MIL shares. That’s it. I don’t like… Use it. Open it? Scroll the feed? Absolutely not. Don’t have insta. Don’t have messenger.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI video is invading YouTube Shorts and Google Photos starting today⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Most of what I watch on YouTube are science videos, history videos, and cooking videos. I don’t get the “jailbait click bait” and I have never gotten that. My biggest problem with YouTube besides their ad BS is the random right wing propaganda videos that creep in.

  I don’t watch a lot of shorts but if I happen to see one it’s most definitely not “jailbait”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI video is invading YouTube Shorts and Google Photos starting today⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean. Let’s be real here Vine did it before Tik Tok was even a sperm in Bytedance’s ballsac. And it’s not like YouTube didn’t start out with short form videos. It’s just that they didn’t make it a separate video feed until 2020.

  I can certainly understand not liking shorts (I often don’t have that kind of attention/need something more substantial than a 60 second clip). And yeah. Hatred for YouTube. I hear you. I get that too. But like this isn’t a new phenomenon.