boonhet

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[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah, but Elon's self-driving cars aren't self-driving, nor are they necessarily as safe a good driver.

There are people out there who shouldn't be able to drive, and in sane countries many of them don't manage to get their licenses. But in the US for an example, apparently you can't get anywhere without a car, so until the public transit situation is solved, drivers licenses need to be given out like candy :/ Exception being some cities with awesome public transit. The only one I've been to is NYC, where most people don't really need to drive. I'd say the transit there is better than in my country.

And the worst part is that even once real SDCs exist and can be bought, not everyone can afford them. Or maybe they'll be more like Uber or Bolt in that you hail one from an app and it picks you up - but then people in rural areas are still fucked without being able to drive themselves.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

It looks to me like the center part is thicker than the edge so the corner might not be flat against the desk. But I'm completely sure if it's enough.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

So does anyone's desktop PC that they're too lazy to power off and I can guarantee those will waste even more.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

It IS an 8 year old game at this point though - many games don't get fixes beyond the first patch or 2.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm exactly the same, if I was getting a new laptop I'd be completely torn between Framework and Apple, the polar opposites. Part of me wants freedom, upgradability, repairability... And part of me wants a super high quality aluminum body, a trackpad so good you don't even need a mouse, and whatever magic they do to make their screens look so good even if some PCs have higher resolutions nowadays.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They've often been on par with competitors tbh.

The X1 Carbon isn't much cheaper than a Macbook Air and ditto for Dell XPS vs Macbook Pro. The Macs have better build quality usually, but the PCs would get better specs. RAM, at least.

The Galaxy S series stars in the same range as iPhones do, though you get a better screen. But in the Ultra and Pro Max versions the screens trade blows and the iPhone is apparently cheaper.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

I also switched after about 10 years of dunking on iPhone users for accepting locked up phones with inferior hardware.

Turns out the software experience is a lot better and if you want access to your banking apps, you have to keep your Androids locked up nowadays anyway. I'd always ran custom roms, but one day I couldn't anymore so I thought long and hard and in the end just went to the nearest Apple store and bought an iPhone.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

So… basically everyone but Firefox (and maybe Safari?) are based on Chromium to some degree?

Technically Chromium is based on Safari to some degree, but they split ways a long, long time ago.

Ladybird is eventually going to be a brand new browser on its' own engine, hopefully.

Servo is being worked on again, so that's something.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

Wow, POV is used correctly for a change!

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 12 points 4 weeks ago

Marketing campaign seems to be on point because I hadn't heard of Kick before this. Or the streamer. Or the contest.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Facebook and TikTok and such ARE the next gen of news distribution. Anyone can distribute their news now.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 18 points 4 weeks ago

I always figured it would eventually have decent use cases, just not doing office work from home and joining meetings and shit like they marketed it initially. There are jobs out there in the physical world where easier, more streamlined access to information is godsend.

I do hope they won't kill it off.

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