KrokanteBamischijf

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[–] KrokanteBamischijf 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nuclear powered- or nuclear capable submarines? Though I guess in nuclear powered submarines the "batteries" are actively unglueing themselves, which is what powers them in the first place.

Fission power in phones when?

[–] KrokanteBamischijf 28 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Unfortunately we still see too many people push the "but my IP rating" narrative without realising that engineers are perfectly able to design gaskets for all kinds of applications.

Some phones with removable batteries even had them and were (to a certain degree) waterproof.

The ONLY reason phones are no longer servicable is profits. Why extend a product's lifespan if you can just frustrate the consumer to the point where they will just buy another one?

[–] KrokanteBamischijf 19 points 1 year ago

Can confirm, society needs more women in tech, for equality reasons of course. Definitely not for any other reasons...

Joking aside, one step up from a woman troubleshooting her own tech problems is a woman troubleshooting my tech problems.

[–] KrokanteBamischijf 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Let's not pretend this guy might actually turn out te be a secret sith lord. He might be promoting radical ideas like Jar-Jar was in this scene, but let's not give him that much credit.

Besides he's not goofy enough. If anyone gets to be Jar-Jar it would be Thierry, he ticks all the boxes:

  • he talks funny
  • he has had his fair share of clumsy oopsie moments
  • his interactions are generally awkward
  • no one in their right mind takes him seriously
  • he is shunned by his people
[–] KrokanteBamischijf 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think anyone here is against this per se. It's just that this store was probably intended for other purposes than providing an infinite supply of digital waifus that will actually respond.

I'm all for degeneracy, everyone has a right to get naughty, just like everyone has a right to friendship, love and happiness. Which is why it is a good thing these exist. I just don't think they intended for them to be here, and in such large numbers.

[–] KrokanteBamischijf 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly what I was thinking. The whole AI hype has been cringe so far and this just confirms it. Seems that the ratio between legitimate use cases and fucking around is kinda skewed towards the meme side of things.

Or it might just signify our population has a HUGE lonelyness problem (for a myriad of reasons).

[–] KrokanteBamischijf 6 points 1 year ago

Have you seen the amounts of chaos farmers are able to cause?

Examples in France, the Netherlands and recently Germany?

You do not want that shit in the USA, because your farmers are not only equipped with heavy machinery but firearms as well. If they start blockading critical interstate or transit roads just to make a point, I think it is likely to end in deaths.

We've had one situation where a moment of panic resulted in a police officer opening fire on a kid driving a tractor. No one got hurt but because of how our law works, every time a firearm is used by regular law enforcement, a criminal investigation is opened. And the officer was charged with attempted manslaughter.

Would this have happened in the states, I'd have expected a different outcome.

[–] KrokanteBamischijf 9 points 1 year ago

Not necessarily a bad thing though.

Think of it this way: There's value in having access to a list of curated content others have deemed "worth reading or looking at". But there is just as much value in engaging in some banter, provided it doesn't lead to outright war in the comments.

I admit, it is tiresome trying to seriously discuss a topic when people haven't actually read the article, but there is still an upside to a topic triggering at least enough interest to where people actually want to engage.

[–] KrokanteBamischijf 6 points 1 year ago

Especially Germans, and your cousins who live in the swamp next door.

We can't help the fact our languages just arent't that elegant, no need to apologize for it.

[–] KrokanteBamischijf 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Weee-wooo weee-wooo weee-wooo... Sir, I've noticed that you've missed the cart return. That's okay, it's kinda hard to find. See, the cart goes over there."

cue incoming verbal violence.

For anyone missing the reference: CartNarcs Absolute treasure trove of comedy gold featuring entitled shitty people.

[–] KrokanteBamischijf 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Had the exact same experience the other day. Fuck these machines, fuck printers, fuck microwave ovens, fuck software updates and fuck time estimates in general.

[–] KrokanteBamischijf 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From personal experience working in a Microsoft ecosystem, it's mostly a matter of being able to hire the right people.

There is a near-infinite source of IT workers that have some expertise with Microsoft software and services. And those kinds of numbers simply don't exist for the Linux world, especially with all the different configurations out there.

Medium-sized organizations have to employ a strategy of throwing enough idiots at a problem in order to keep things running. This also creates some of the issues they need the idiots for because no one has detailed knowledge of how things work.

My attempts at proposing a linux-based application server have been met with all sorts of "but our domain policy", "we can't guarantee continuity", "none of my people know how to admin this stuff" type responses.

It definitely is a matter of mindset, but there is also a big commitment to make if switching systems to Linux. And that is a choice managers will only make if the benefits are clearly illustrated in a businesscase.

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