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Comment on Please recommend me an anime to watch? in ~anime
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Comment on ASUS demonstrates a pattern of scammy, questionably-legal practices to deny customer RMAs in ~tech
ButteredToast LinkIt’s disappointing, because ASUS stuff can be great. I’ve had a great experience with a few of their motherboards and have a couple of monitors of theirs which are still going strong after around...It’s disappointing, because ASUS stuff can be great. I’ve had a great experience with a few of their motherboards and have a couple of monitors of theirs which are still going strong after around a decade.
It feels like the number of computer hardware manufacturers that have proper customer support is shrinking. How much longer before computers are like printers where everything, even machines you build yourself, are some degree of garbage?
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Comment on Florida man worries about his ruined reputation after pulling gun on Uber driver dropping the man's daughter off at their house in ~transport
ButteredToast Link ParentThis underlies the difference between someone keeping a firearm as a last line of self-defense as compared to someone keeping one as a comfort blanket of sorts. The former may be justifiable in...This underlies the difference between someone keeping a firearm as a last line of self-defense as compared to someone keeping one as a comfort blanket of sorts. The former may be justifiable in many parts of the US while the latter is a situation that shouldn’t have ever been allowed to happen.
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Comment on Chevrolet Malibu heads for the junkyard as GM shifts focus to electric vehicles in ~transport
ButteredToast Link ParentSome people who had an iCloud account back when iCloud was still known as MobileMe still have a @me.com email address, so go.com is not alone in being a 2-letter domain.Some people who had an iCloud account back when iCloud was still known as MobileMe still have a @me.com email address, so go.com is not alone in being a 2-letter domain.
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Comment on Chevrolet Malibu heads for the junkyard as GM shifts focus to electric vehicles in ~transport
ButteredToast (edited )Link ParentPracticality may factor in too, and hatchbacks of any sort (SUV, wagon, or otherwise) are considerably more practical than sedans due to their larger, less restrictive cargo space and increased...Practicality may factor in too, and hatchbacks of any sort (SUV, wagon, or otherwise) are considerably more practical than sedans due to their larger, less restrictive cargo space and increased roof rack area. For vehicles that have both sedan and hatch versions (e.g. Mazda 3), the hatches tend to be a bit shorter too which can also be desirable.
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Comment on The land that doesn’t need Ozempic in ~food
ButteredToast Link ParentCertainly possible that things like sugars and fillers being less ubiquitous makes a difference, though the degree of that is uncertain with the quantity of rice and noodles (both carb-heavy and...Certainly possible that things like sugars and fillers being less ubiquitous makes a difference, though the degree of that is uncertain with the quantity of rice and noodles (both carb-heavy and thus sugar-heavy) consumed if eating locally.
I don’t have any experience in US campuses to compare, but my hunch is that students in Japan still walk/bike more than students in the US by virtue of more being accessible. It’s not just the areas surrounding campus and dorms, but the whole of Tokyo that’s at one’s fingertips even without a car (and thanks to extensive rail, all of the rest of the country’s metros).
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Comment on The land that doesn’t need Ozempic in ~food
ButteredToast (edited )Link ParentPeople living in Japan on average also move a lot more. Even many sedentary office workers walk or bike more in a day than some of their American counterparts do in a week. This was very apparent...People living in Japan on average also move a lot more. Even many sedentary office workers walk or bike more in a day than some of their American counterparts do in a week.
This was very apparent during my time at a university in Tokyo. Nearly all the American students I knew lost significant amounts of weight within the first month following arrival, even those who didn’t obviously have a lot of weight to lose, because the amount of walking they were doing was suddenly many times what it had been in the US.
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Comment on A big new facility built to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere opened up in Iceland. It's a stepping stone to bigger plans in the US. in ~enviro
ButteredToast Link ParentAnother way to improve the situation is something I touched on in another thread, and that’s the incredible amount of low-hanging fruit in commercial aviation. People aren’t going to stop flying,...Another way to improve the situation is something I touched on in another thread, and that’s the incredible amount of low-hanging fruit in commercial aviation.
People aren’t going to stop flying, especially in large countries with bad rail coverage like the US, but it would be relatively simple to cut a large amount of waste out of the system. Tons of flights take inefficient routes because some airports are much cheaper to fly out of or connect through, for example (particularly for international flights) and some airlines are using much more inefficient planes than others are. Just addressing those two things (the former easier than the latter) would likely bring down aviation emissions by a double-digit percentage.
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Comment on In streaming milestone, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery team on bundle featuring Disney+, Hulu and Max in ~tv
ButteredToast Link ParentMost of the things I pay for subscriptions to watch are sci-fi (Paramount for Star Trek, Apple TV+ for For All Mankind, etc) and anime (Crunchyroll but these days several others). There’s...Most of the things I pay for subscriptions to watch are sci-fi (Paramount for Star Trek, Apple TV+ for For All Mankind, etc) and anime (Crunchyroll but these days several others).
There’s definitely good stuff to be had on YouTube but it’s not really the kind of material I’d watch to relax.
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Comment on A big new facility built to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere opened up in Iceland. It's a stepping stone to bigger plans in the US. in ~enviro
ButteredToast (edited )Link ParentJust to reinforce the idea of usage of atmospheric carbon a bit, it’s the backbone of any serious plan for long-term human presence on Mars since there’s copious amounts of readily available CO₂...Just to reinforce the idea of usage of atmospheric carbon a bit, it’s the backbone of any serious plan for long-term human presence on Mars since there’s copious amounts of readily available CO₂ in the Martian atmosphere but absolutely no oil. If we’re capable of manufacturing things like plastics from CO₂ in such an extreme environment as Mars, there’s no reason we can’t do it much more easily on Earth too.
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Comment on Reddit shares soar 14% after company reports revenue pop in debut earnings report in ~tech
ButteredToast (edited )Link ParentEven a few months before the API got closed off, bots were all over the place. The most common I saw was the type that’d copy a comment word for word from another comment in the same thread or...Even a few months before the API got closed off, bots were all over the place. The most common I saw was the type that’d copy a comment word for word from another comment in the same thread or some other thread on the same subject, and like in your example, would be upvoted some several tens of times more than the comment that got copied.
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Comment on In streaming milestone, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery team on bundle featuring Disney+, Hulu and Max in ~tv
ButteredToast Link ParentYeah the biggest problems with cable in my eyes were getting stuck with an ocean freighter’s worth of channels I never watched to have access to the handful I did along with the inflexibility and...Yeah the biggest problems with cable in my eyes were getting stuck with an ocean freighter’s worth of channels I never watched to have access to the handful I did along with the inflexibility and ads of broadcast TV (though I fixed this with a TiVo back in the day).
I won’t argue that the services are overpriced, but they’re much more flexible than cable/satellite are, and these days the quality of the video offered by most services is better than what you’d get over cable too which makes the price sting a little less. I’d say my chief complaint with streaming is bad apps in the cases of a few services.
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Comment on Reddit shares soar 14% after company reports revenue pop in debut earnings report in ~tech
ButteredToast Link ParentIt makes perfect sense to me that writing subreddits in particular have suffered, for two reasons: Reddit’s text editing experience has never been great and has only gotten worse, which was...It makes perfect sense to me that writing subreddits in particular have suffered, for two reasons:
- Reddit’s text editing experience has never been great and has only gotten worse, which was previously being patched up by third party clients
- Subreddits that are less friendly to casual engagement (e.g. not as likely to show up on front page or popular) and more geared toward active posting in general had higher populations of third-party client users for the numerous quality of life features those had
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Comment on The FAA investigates after Boeing says workers in South Carolina falsified 787 inspection records in ~transport
ButteredToast Link ParentI get the point you’re going for, but even washing machines should be manufactured with care: Samsung recalls 2.8m washing machines after reports of explosionsI get the point you’re going for, but even washing machines should be manufactured with care:
Samsung recalls 2.8m washing machines after reports of explosions
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Comment on Faulty valve scuttles Starliner’s first crew launch in ~space
ButteredToast Link ParentIt seems that those decades of cost plus contracts completely destroyed their ability to get things done for any fixed amount of money. They became too used to being able to burn through cash at...It seems that those decades of cost plus contracts completely destroyed their ability to get things done for any fixed amount of money. They became too used to being able to burn through cash at will because they were always able to ask for more, and the congressmen in their pockets were always happy to oblige.
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Comment on Hey GM: If you want to beat Apple, give people the buttons CarPlay can’t in ~transport
ButteredToast Link ParentSpotify seems generally bad at integration with any third party products that aren’t part of their own programs (Spotify Connect). As for the shuffle button lagging and causing loss of focus when...Spotify seems generally bad at integration with any third party products that aren’t part of their own programs (Spotify Connect).
As for the shuffle button lagging and causing loss of focus when pressed, it sounds like it’s reloading the whole screen which probably isn’t necessary. Not really surprising though because their client apps on all platforms have some dodgy engineering in them.
To me it’s a wonder they’re as popular as they are.
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Comment on Hey GM: If you want to beat Apple, give people the buttons CarPlay can’t in ~transport
ButteredToast Link ParentAhh yeah, fixed.Ahh yeah, fixed.
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Comment on Hey GM: If you want to beat Apple, give people the buttons CarPlay can’t in ~transport
ButteredToast (edited )Link ParentThe thing is though, distinct is not always good. Most car infotainment sits somewhere between terrible and barely passable, and that’s for the short window of time in which they’re properly...The thing is though, distinct is not always good. Most car infotainment sits somewhere between terrible and barely passable, and that’s for the short window of time in which they’re properly supported… all of them age like milk.
For cars like that it’s a significant value add to be able to ignore the junky infotainment and let your phone take over and do a better job.
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Comment on Big data reveals true climate impact of worldwide air travel in ~transport
ButteredToast Link ParentThe main kink in this is if the destination is reasonable to exist without a car in or not, which determines if you’ll need to be finding parking, potentially getting parking tickets, etc. Getting...The main kink in this is if the destination is reasonable to exist without a car in or not, which determines if you’ll need to be finding parking, potentially getting parking tickets, etc. Getting around San Francisco without a car for instance is feasible but other cities not so much, so if I could rent a car in my origin point that I turn in after reaching the destination city that wouldn’t be so bad, but I wouldn’t necessarily want to be burdened with a car for my whole trip.
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Comment on Big data reveals true climate impact of worldwide air travel in ~transport
ButteredToast Link ParentThinking about selecting flights for lowest emissions, one thing that is without a doubt preventing more people from doing this is the significant differences in cost between originating airports,...Thinking about selecting flights for lowest emissions, one thing that is without a doubt preventing more people from doing this is the significant differences in cost between originating airports, particularly for transoceanic flights.
For example, for people living on the pacific coast of the US, it’s frequently cheaper to fly to east asian countries from Los Angeles than it is other pacific coast international airports, such as those in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Diego, even factoring in the flight from those airports to Los Angeles. This is not only unnecessarily increasing the number of flights between pacific coast airports, but encouraging travelers coming from interior states to connect in Los Angeles instead of geographically closer airports or choose less efficient multi-stop flights over more direct non-stops.
Perhaps some kind of price control/normalization on flights exiting the country would be beneficial to nudge buyers towards options with reduced emissions.
Can’t speak about Outlaw Star (still need to watch that), but if I recall correctly Trigun was a somewhat cheap production compared to Bebop, and that shows in its art and animation.
The Bebop show looked pretty great and its movie was one of BONES’ earliest works after splitting from Sunrise and looks even better.