boonhet

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[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You can also use a distro with more up to date packages. But not if you need Debian's stability of course.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Oh I thought it was already implied that Ubuntu is shit lol

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Absolutely. I hate Ubuntu now, but Karmic Koala was my gateway drug. I was scared of partitioning so wubi meant I could still try it out.

Then Unity happened and I no longer cared for Ubuntu.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Debian can be annoying if you want to install a newish version of something from the package manager. It's why I can't use APT to keep Rust up to date and have to use Rustup instead, for an example.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Commercial ones would work I think, but viewing angles can be off on at least outdoor models.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Well thing is, they all track you to some point.

Specs wise, LG still makes some of the best TVs. You want 4k 120Hz, they've got you. But if you feel morally unable to support a company that has opt-out tracking like this, you're a bit more limited. I thought maybe Sony's better, but nope. There's instructions on how to disable ACR on their TVs too. Philips comes with Roku or Google TV, both of which snoop on you, but I don't know if they do the automatic content recognition thing.

Dumb TVs exist, but good luck finding one with a decent resolution AND price.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Honestly, it's been pretty good for me once I say "Hmm I don't think this workflow works with this version"

I think the 4o model might just be better than 3.5 was at this.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You sound like the kinda person who mixes coca cola and fanta together

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Which LEDs have you seen that are equivalent to some incandescent lamps?

Last car with LEDs I had, made the road completely visible with the low beams, something which no car with halogens has done for me. It also had an extremely clear cutoff so as not to blind oncoming traffic, whereas many incandescent headlamps have no real cutoff line, so they can actually be more annoying for oncoming traffic.

When I turned on the high beams, they'd automatically black out the parts where there were other cars (both oncoming and ones driving in front of me), while still keeping the sides of the road illuminated much further than low beams would, so if a deer decided to commit sudoku, I'd at least get a heads up. But I was nearly never flashed to drop down to low beams. And I live in a country where everyone knows to flash when they're being blinded - and to drop to low beams when being flashed.

I can tell you that good visibility has saved me from getting expensive venison more than once. I can also tell you that in any car I've had with good low beams, I've switched off my high beams exceptionally early when there's oncoming traffic, so really, there's LESS glare for other drivers.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

for what that is worth

A lot if you ask me. Unfortunately this will mostly be LLMs and image generators using this power probably.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah. Case in point: Ghost riders in Motorcycle racing.

Motorcycles also tend to fall down when stationary, yet stay upright without the rider at speed.

Also makes me wonder if just the bike crossing the finish line would be enough to win if you fell off in first place just before the line.

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