doctordevice

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[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Agreed, I loved Below Zero. It was very much a small step forward from Subnautica, and I think people were expecting a bigger step forward. But it was always a glorified DLC for the original. Knowing that, it's extremely enjoyable. I've played it through twice and I do love it in it's own right.

This teaser has me hopefully that Subnautica 2 will be a true sequel. More polished, a bigger improvement on the original. Maybe I'm naive, but I'm gonna choose to be hopeful.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I sincerely hope you never test this theory. I think many people in this thread are severely underestimating how little noise is needed to be disruptive in the early morning.

My local noise ordinance sets the maximum permissible noise in residential areas during off-hours (10pm - 9am on weekends) at 45 dB. That can be exceeded by 5 dB for 15 minutes, 10 dB for 5 minutes, and 15 dB for 1.5 minutes. Lawnmowers are an exempt source of noise during day hours only. I guarantee if you were my neighbor your mower would be in violation of noise ordinance at night.

Plus, assume some people are sleeping with their windows open. Especially in mowing weather. Windows open overnight may be the only way they keep their house bearable during hot days.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Based on the design I think this is the one I have: https://www.ryobitools.com/products/details/46396037169#

It does say "brushless" but they've got a fair few different varieties. I don't know, I mean like I said it is significantly quieter than a gas mower. It's a good mower. But I don't think it's anywhere near quiet enough to consider using it during off hours.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

My car insurance went up like 20% from last year to this year. Exact same shitty "coverage" as before.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 months ago (6 children)

What lawn mower do you have that is that quiet??? I have a Ryobi electric push mower that I bought last year and while it's way quieter than a gas mower I would feel incredibly rude using it early in the morning.

And noise is different depending on time of day. Ambient noise is a lot lower in off-hours, so your mower would sound louder than it does during the day.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 30 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Using racial slurs isn't only damaging and insulting to the person being directly talked to or about. I suggest adopting a blanket position against racial slurs in any context.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Getting screenshots or videos off the Switch is laughably arcane. Nintendo is so weird about modern tech conveniences.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

I disagree that that's what it means, IMO "shuffle" explicitly means each track exactly once. Pedantry aside, what I meant was a truly randomized order when you shuffle a playlist. It's a major critique of Spotify among users and has been for a very long time.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I really don't get it. Users have been begging for a true random shuffle for years. It's not a hard thing to implement.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The ways of compression artifacts are mysterious.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 40 points 6 months ago (6 children)

As I said in another thread where this was posted, that original post has the distinctive voice of ChatGPT. Could be another similar model, but I'd bet money that was written by an LLM.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago

I get the joke in the image and the reference in the title, though not the connection between the two.

Running water never grows stale, so you gotta just keep on flowing.

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