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[–] thesorehead 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I've found Copilot helpful for some research and queries where I'm not really sure what I'm looking for, or when I'm sure something exists but not its exact form, or exactly where it is.

It's unclear what you're intending to use Copilot for. I wouldn't trust it for anything unattended eg answering an email for me.

I used an original iPod in 2024, and it was pretty fun in c/technology

[–] thesorehead 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Get a cheap used phone with a headphone port and sd card slot?

American Taylor Swift fans are flummoxed by the MCG's lack of parking. But Australia still has way too much of it in c/[email protected]

[–] thesorehead 0 points 8 months ago

Imagine believing in stand on road genes.

Solving the supermarket: why Coles just hired US defence contractor Palantir in c/[email protected]

[–] thesorehead 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Anyone else getting Manna vibes?

Microsoft sets 16GB default for RAM for AI PCs – machines will also need 40 TOPS of AI compute: Report in c/technology

[–] thesorehead 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Google doing away with cookies also conveniently shifts away most ad processing from their servers into Chrome (while killing their competition).

OOTL, what's going on here? Distributed processing like Folding@Home, but for serving ads to make Google more money?

Everything I need is still in in the old settings windows that haven't changed in 23 years in c/[email protected]

[–] thesorehead 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've just started to daily drive Mint, after finding Fedora confusing and Ubuntu somehow slow and stuttery.

Every few years I try out Linux desktop and this is the first time I've found it usable enough for me. For the first time I'm not delving into forum posts from last decade to get simple stuff working.

What distro would you recommend that does desktop usability better than Mint?

A huge battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant in c/technology

[–] thesorehead 3 points 10 months ago

Pkcell for sure. Just be careful with your dingus!

Gandolf vs Balrog - 30+ Versions in c/ai_art

[–] thesorehead 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Love the child's crayon, but too much awesome to rank even a top three. What did you use to make these?

Steam keeps on winning in c/games

[–] thesorehead 12 points 10 months ago

I agree with all your points... but... IMHO some things keeping Steam honest are services like GoG and if course the High Seas, but more than that there's the plethora of other entertainment options.

This isn't housing, air, or water. A person can just not play if it's too much hassle or too costly. If Steam or any given entertainment option isn't worth using, people just won't. There's no shortage of things to do other than play games, much less use Steam for gaming.

I agree that we shouldn't imagine Steam will never change, nor should we blindly worship or glorify Valve/GabeN. I just think that games and entertainment generally is an arena where market forces actually work to benefit the consumer.

Of course employment practices and company culture is a whole 'nother thing...

Truly a moment of all time in c/[email protected]

[–] thesorehead 9 points 10 months ago

3 sad better than 2. He lost me at 4. The Dinobots deserved so much better.

What are your"too lazy to cook" recipe ? in c/[email protected]

[–] thesorehead 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I love chickens, they're just not non-perishable! :)

What are your"too lazy to cook" recipe ? in c/[email protected]

[–] thesorehead 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Have you tried powdered eggs?