LazerFX

joined 1 year ago
[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

No... I don't mind the "Sorry, John" theme, but... not Calvin and Hobbes. It goes against everything they, and Bill Watterson, stood for...

Everyone else is free to enjoy, and this is probably the only time I'll post, but this makes me uncomfortable in a way I don't like. It's not even subversion, just... hollow. Sad. A bit pointless.

[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 week ago

You're using teams. Modern teams is built on Skype, which is why it's shit.

[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Got it on GamePass yesterday. It runs like a dog, and that's on a 10-700k with 64GB ram, 3070 and a Sabrent Rocket 4 nvme. Even dropping to 1080 and low still hovers around 30 - 40fps with random dropouts to <10fps in 'complex' areas. Given this system can run God of War at 4K Ultra (With DLSS Balanced) at 30fps, or Black Myth: Wukong at High at 50 - 60fps, I'm going to say it's not the system at fault...

Wait for a few patches, the performance is currently not up to spec. Which is sad, because the introduction got me super hooked and I want to play more.

[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It was a term coined to describe the step-by-step process modern tech platforms go through:

  1. be good, get customers, grow
  2. get large enough to corner market, concentrate on profits
  3. get large enough to move to politicise their approach, drive out competition through aggressive tactics, and lock in consumers
  4. drive more profit through dark patterns and ensure nobody wins but the stakeholders

It's specifically that, and there wasn't a word that described that process previously, as it's only something that's possible in a modern, "web scale" worldwide platform.

[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

As "three dead trolls in a baggie" famously sung... "Every OS Sucks".

As true today as when it was first penned.

[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 months ago

Getting 1 star on GitHub

[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

And... Wine stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator, too.

[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, exactly. If I had funds, I'd be switching to a heat pump.

[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

How about saying that a normal air con unit, with a few extra valves, can heat as well as cool - in other words, if you've got Aircon, you've got a full heat pump, just without a pipe to do the heating bit. The energy you're spending cooling your house could also be heating your water... For free.

[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

In addition to Turing Complete, which is really good, Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software is a fantastic book that literally goes from two kids trying to talk to each other at night with flashlights, to a fully working Z80 clone, while not being hard to understand and using a really good conversational teaching method. It's how I figured out a lot about CPU design, microarchitectures, assembly and machine langauge and a lot of other things.

[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

That's a bit of a deal breaker for me; I'm constantly swapping tabs from mobile to desktop... Oh well, I'll stick with Edge for now. Might do some more research myself anyway

[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I might have to give it a try. How is cross device sync and android support? I'll often send a group to the mobile...

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