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[–] HeavyDogFeet 4 points 2 months ago

Totally, but the context is important. Everyone in that environment should (hopefully) understand that when they say silence, they don’t mean literal silence.

The taste of water in c/microblogmemes

[–] HeavyDogFeet 8 points 2 months ago (11 children)

This is a special kind of stupid. They're not recording silence, they're recording the ambient sound of the room. The entire point is that it's not silent, even if it is very quiet.

Musk Admits He Doesn't Fact-Check Himself and Has Two Burner Accounts on Twitter in c/news

[–] HeavyDogFeet 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm gonna guess he has way more than two burners. The dude is an addict, tweeting is all he has.

MFA in c/mildlyinfuriating

[–] HeavyDogFeet 6 points 3 months ago

Often times, yes. I don't want to always have to have a USB key on me, but I always have access to MFA apps via my phone, watch, or laptop. I have no idea why you're typing the code out instead of copying and pasting.

Chance The Rapper & His Wife 'Amicably' Call It Quits After 5 Years Of Marriage in c/[email protected]

[–] HeavyDogFeet 7 points 3 months ago

Does this mean he’s going to make good music again?

Midwesterners looking for something interesting to do on the weekend in c/microblogmemes

[–] HeavyDogFeet 8 points 3 months ago

Sure it does, it doubles back on itself at Ironwood, Copper Harbor, Sault Ste. Marie, and passes through Mackinaw twice. I don't care whether you can drive a similar distance in a European country or not, but you can't just blatantly lie about this route not overlapping when it clearly does multiple times.

Next-gen optical disk can store over 14,000 4k movies in c/technology

[–] HeavyDogFeet 3 points 4 months ago

Not really. A 4K movie means nothing to 99% of people. Is it 4GB? 40? 400? How many can my phone hold? Or my computer?

This only makes things more understandable if you use a point of reference that everyone you're talking to is familiar with. The fact that they had to then explain how big a 4K movie is in the article clearly shows that even they know that this doesn't help people. It's just a big flashy number.

Just for context, I'm a writer, I understand the point of using these abstract measures to give a frame of reference. But in this case, just giving the capacity in GB/TB would have been easier to understand. It just wouldn't have been as sensational of a headline.

Next-gen optical disk can store over 14,000 4k movies in c/technology

[–] HeavyDogFeet 158 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (24 children)

What a useless headline. God forbid they just give the actual capacity rather than some abstract, bullshit, flexible measure that means nothing to anyone.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/technology

[–] HeavyDogFeet 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

But you’re still limited to the opinions of people who post on Lemmy, which, as someone who occasionally posts on Lemmy, is not a shining beacon of quality.

Even if I just went by what I get on the first page of a Google search, I’d expect I’d find what I need much faster using Google than I would using Lemmy based purely on the volume of info Google has access to. And that’s not even taking into account things like Google’s ability to search within other sites.

Unless Lemmy has gotten like 100 billions times better in the last week, this isn’t even a fair comparison.

Edit: lol, just realised you’re the same guy from the Nvidia thread.

Jensen Huang says kids shouldn't learn to code — they should leave it up to AI. in c/technology

[–] HeavyDogFeet 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Nvidia makes some of the best hardware for training AI models. Increased investment in AI will inevitably increase demand for Nvidia hardware. It may boost other hardware makers too, but Nvidia is getting the biggest boost by far.

Maybe I’m being dumb or missing something but this feels incredibly obvious to me.

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What's your wider fediverse setup? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by HeavyDogFeet to c/asklemmy

23 comments fedilink

I've been on Lemmy and Mastodon for a little while but still not super active on either, and haven't really kept up with fediverse stuff as a whole.

With that said, I'm interested, what are you using, how are you using it, and what are you using it on? Do you have a bunch of accounts per platform? Do you try use one account across everything as much as you can?

I'll go first with something of a template that might make responding easier for people:

EDIT: Apologies for the formatting, it seems like some of the markdown stuff is broken/very different to any other markdown formatting I've used and this is the best I can do. Hope it's legible enough.

template

Accessed from:
Platform name
Accounts:
Apps:
Uses:

Accessed from:

Safari on MacOS
Apps on iOS

Mastodon

Accounts: 2 — an anonymous one that I occasionally post from (on an NZ instance) and one under my real name that I basically just use to save my name as a handle (on mastodon.social, cos it seems like the one most likely to endure all things)
Apps: Ice Cubes, Mammoth — I have both accounts on both apps, I like each for different reasons. Ice Cubes is super customisable and open, Mammoth is pretty.
Uses: Following some podcast hosts, keeping up with local news.

Lemmy

Accounts: 1 — just this one I'm posting from.
Apps: Memmy and Mlem. I was a long-time Apollo user and have been seeking out a Lemmy app with that level of polish. Nothing really feels quite the same, but I'm sure with time one of them will get there.
Uses: Trying to replace Reddit as a discussion board for a bunch of topics I my real-world friends aren't as interested in, and for keeping up with tech news.

Pixelfed

Accounts: 1 — under my real name.
Apps: 0 at the moment. I used the Pixelfed test flight app for a while, but it seemed to be hurting my battery life. When it gets a proper app store release, I'll probably grab it again if nothing else comes along.
Uses: Trying to make it as much of an old-Instagram replacement as possible.

Now it's your turn. What other platforms are you on, how are you using them, etc.

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What earbuds do you run with? (self.running)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by HeavyDogFeet to c/running

48 comments fedilink

I'm a sweaty boy looking at getting back into running. I've been using Jaybird Tarah Pros for the last 5ish years but they're not charging reliably and I've been having other issues with them, so I think it's time to look for replacements.

I'm interested in the Beats Fit Pros because of the Apple integration, but the IPX4 rating has me a little worries that they won't last long. I've never run with fully wireless earbuds before, but I'd love recommendations of what y'all are using, models/brands you like, and which ones you hate.

I sometimes run with sunglasses, so I'd rather not have anything with ear loops (I also have weird ear and so loops often hurt me more than they help).

EDIT: Thanks for the recommendations. I got really sick after posting this so my replies stopped dead, but I read all your replies and have a list of models and brands to check out once I can get out of bed again. Much appreciated! 🤙