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Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (April 2025) — Version 1.4 adds a text size setting in ~tildes
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Comment on What mattress would you recommend? in ~life.home_improvement
Khalos Link ParentI appreciate your comment, but I ended up going with expensive latex based on this and I thoroughly regret it. I got it during COVID so physically going and trying it out was not an option, but...I appreciate your comment, but I ended up going with expensive latex based on this and I thoroughly regret it. I got it during COVID so physically going and trying it out was not an option, but I'd definitely suggest doing that first. We're looking at replacing it soon because it's been so unpleasant even though we spent a lot on the mattress. Not saying all latex is bad (we might have overpaid for bad latex or just not like it) but I definitely recommend trying it out first.
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Comment on Nvidia’s $589 billion DeepSeek rout is largest in market history in ~finance
Khalos Link ParentI'm no economist, but in my layman understanding it comes down to the fact that Nvidia's share price already had a concrete estimate of increased sales baked in based on previous information. A...I'm no economist, but in my layman understanding it comes down to the fact that Nvidia's share price already had a concrete estimate of increased sales baked in based on previous information.
A more optimized product that can make do with a smaller increase in sales means that when you re-run the estimates based on the new information, investors think that Nvidia will sell less than they previously expected. The company will still sell more than they have in the past, but it's "less more" than previously expected.
As to why this doesn't obliterate Nvidia, is that while on paper it's a massive loss, none of this is "real money" that Nvidia actually had any meaningful access to use. It's just a measure of what the market thinks an individual shares are worth, and it's less now than it was, but it's not like Nvidia has to pay anyone 589B. It's just that for the people who own their shares, they'd get that much less trying to sell them now on aggragate based on the new estimates.
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Comment on [SOLVED] How can I hide streams from my YouTube subscriptions page? in ~tech
Khalos LinkI've decided that channels that do this just aren't worth it anymore. I was a Patreon supporter of Second Wind when they first started, but there was a day where 6 of my top 8 videos on my...I've decided that channels that do this just aren't worth it anymore. I was a Patreon supporter of Second Wind when they first started, but there was a day where 6 of my top 8 videos on my subscription page were all from them and none of them were what I really wanted from the channel. I've now cancelled my Patreon and unsubscribed from their channel on YouTube. I still watch every Fully/Semi Ramblomatic and some Design Delves.
The algorithm seems to understand I like those specifically, but not all of their livestreams even though I've unsubscribed.
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Comment on 28 Years Later | Official trailer in ~movies
Khalos Link ParentI don't disagree, and I tend to do what you do too to a certain extent (though I also detest spoilers so I have to be careful about it). I do seem to be the odd one out in a lot of friend groups...I don't disagree, and I tend to do what you do too to a certain extent (though I also detest spoilers so I have to be careful about it).
I do seem to be the odd one out in a lot of friend groups when I bring anything up about a movie we're about to see, which makes me think that most people don't.
I also get what you mean about being upset after doing literally no research into what you're "buying". On the flip side, it also seems like this is a relatively new phenomenon to break movies up into parts so the default expectation to assume you're getting a full movie also seems reasonable. If you're selling half a movie, it would be good to be upfront about that. If anything I think it would be a win-win so people know and they don't come out of your movie frustrated.
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Comment on 28 Years Later | Official trailer in ~movies
Khalos Link ParentI'm like you, but I think we're outliers. I don't think most people do any "research" on movies before they go besides hearing word of mouth, ads, or recognizing a franchise. If it doesn't say...I'm like you, but I think we're outliers.
I don't think most people do any "research" on movies before they go besides hearing word of mouth, ads, or recognizing a franchise. If it doesn't say "Part 1" in the title or in the trailer, they'd have no way of knowing.
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Comment on Former Dallas PD officer ordered to pay $100 million in ~news
Khalos (edited )Link ParentNot that it's the most important thing, but he was eating not wearing vanilla ice cream when he was killed. I'm sure this was just an innocent typo, but it paints a very different picture of this...Not that it's the most important thing, but he was eating not wearing vanilla ice cream when he was killed.
I'm sure this was just an innocent typo, but it paints a very different picture of this poor man's last moments.
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Comment on Everything announced at the Disney D23 entertainment showcase in ~movies
Khalos Link ParentI appreciate it, I hadn't heard of this. Glad to see there are at least a couple new things being tried out which is nice to hear. Hopefully they're enjoyable and can show that people are still...I appreciate it, I hadn't heard of this. Glad to see there are at least a couple new things being tried out which is nice to hear.
Hopefully they're enjoyable and can show that people are still interested in new ideas too.
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Comment on Everything announced at the Disney D23 entertainment showcase in ~movies
Khalos Link ParentReading this and the article, are there any new IPs or is Disney exclusively doing sequels or spin-offs for the foreseeable future? Seems like a very corporate line up which is a bit sad.Reading this and the article, are there any new IPs or is Disney exclusively doing sequels or spin-offs for the foreseeable future?
Seems like a very corporate line up which is a bit sad.
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Comment on NASA says chances are growing that astronauts may switch from Boeing to a SpaceX ride back to Earth in ~space
Khalos Link ParentNot that I disagree with you, but these rockets today are pretty fundamentally different from the ones 50 years ago. The funding was massive before, it was a race, and across the board people were...Not that I disagree with you, but these rockets today are pretty fundamentally different from the ones 50 years ago.
The funding was massive before, it was a race, and across the board people were more willing to risk things to make history.
People died in early rockets and lessons were learned. There's a lot more scrutiny about that now. These are also private companies with PR around deaths to worry about where NASA itself during the space race had more support for that kind of thing than Boeing would today.
Today's rockets are also being built to be re-launchable and are significantly more complex to reach those goals.
Again though, these are things we could address like they were back then.
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Comment on YouTube tests harder-to-block server-side ad injection in videos in ~tech
Khalos Link ParentThe minute they offer a standalone plan at a reasonable rate that doesn't try to leverage their monopoly into getting me to also switch from Spotify to Google Music I'll be a paying customer.The minute they offer a standalone plan at a reasonable rate that doesn't try to leverage their monopoly into getting me to also switch from Spotify to Google Music I'll be a paying customer.
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Comment on Foreign interference probe exposes links to “witting” lawmakers in Ottawa in ~society
Khalos (edited )Link ParentWould the NDP constantly be the 3rd party though in another system? A ranked vote for example would let people choose them first without risking anything because they could still list their second...Would the NDP constantly be the 3rd party though in another system? A ranked vote for example would let people choose them first without risking anything because they could still list their second choice.
I also think that even if they didn't take the #1 spot in a proportional system it would still be an improvement. A plurality or coalition government represents the people best and the parties need to actually come together to legislate rather than to basically issue decrees as a majority until the parties switch and reverse the changes with their own decrees.
This also solves the second problem you describe. It becomes easier for newer smaller parties, split parties, or independents to pop up to replace corrupt parties without a 180 degree turn in ideology.
The other part of the second problem is that I don't believe the Conservatives are any better when it comes to corruption, kickbacks, treason, or any other kind of bad behaviour. So voting for them based on that doesn't solve the problem, since they'll be doing it too. The only real differentiation is what they plan to do.
I'd rather see corrupt Liberals fail to deliver on their goals than see corrupt Conservatives succeed in delivering theirs.
I'd even more rather see another party in power, but FPTP makes that much more unlikely, so here we are, stuck voting between two bad parties. I don't like it either.
Edit: Strategic Voting is definitely organic and not a Liberal conspiracy. The proof is that Strategic Voting is a thing in other countries across the world where FPTP exists. It's an unavoidable consequence of the facts that (1) you can only vote for one single choice and (2) that the choice with the most votes takes all.
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Comment on Foreign interference probe exposes links to “witting” lawmakers in Ottawa in ~society
Khalos Link ParentI honestly think this is a global phenomenon that's inherent to any democracy that uses first-past-the-post for it's elections. FPTP is fundamentally flawed in this way, and it's incredibly hard...I honestly think this is a global phenomenon that's inherent to any democracy that uses first-past-the-post for it's elections. FPTP is fundamentally flawed in this way, and it's incredibly hard to overcome without changing the system.
Making those systemic changes is nearly impossible because it's against the interests of the inevitable two most incumbent parties to do so, and they're the ones who would need to implement it.
In Ontario there was a referendum about it for provincial elections a while back, and the propaganda and fear mongering against it by the biggest parties was disheartening.
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Comment on Foreign interference probe exposes links to “witting” lawmakers in Ottawa in ~society
Khalos Link ParentI'm not sure I'm really who you're looking for on this, but the current state of the Liberal Party makes me sad. My beliefs are to the left of the Liberals, but I sometimes begrudgingly support...I'm not sure I'm really who you're looking for on this, but the current state of the Liberal Party makes me sad.
My beliefs are to the left of the Liberals, but I sometimes begrudgingly support them because of the state of my riding and the badness of first-past-the-post democracy.
I've largely been unhappy with most of what they've done. Trudeau has been a very middling PM with more words than actions. There have been some good initiatives they've done (and most were forced by the NDP), but most haven't gone far enough in my opinion. The most important election promise they made was abandoned very early on.
The problem is, what's the alternative? The NDP doesn't have enough support to win my district, and would be throwing my vote away. The Conservatives are way too far right and would attempt to undo the few good things the Liberals have done and do more damage to our society and working class with their power then Trudeau ever did.
Trudeau should step down and let someone else run as leader, but he won't want to and few will even want to take the position since they're likely to lose anyway and then face immediate replacement after the election.
The NDP is stagnating under Singh, he doesn't have the draw and charisma to pull in new support from the working class into giving them a chance.
The root of the problem is first-past-the-post democracy doesn't have a good mechanism to allow voters to vote against a mediocre-bad party without giving the win to an even-worse party.
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Comment on Turns out the Rabbit R1 was just an Android app all along in ~tech
Khalos Link ParentPerhaps I'm missing something, but at least in the case of the Rabbit the form factor really seems to be essentially the same as a smartphone. There are a number of fundamental differences between...Perhaps I'm missing something, but at least in the case of the Rabbit the form factor really seems to be essentially the same as a smartphone. There are a number of fundamental differences between a PlayStation and Switch/Steamdeck that cannot be overcome by software alone (e.g. having a display, becoming portable). I don't know that I see that between a Rabbit and a smartphone.
If you are saying that the Rabbit is fundamentally different in some way and does something software on a smartphone couldn't do, I'm curious what that is.
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Comment on Turns out the Rabbit R1 was just an Android app all along in ~tech
Khalos Link ParentI agree that just because something runs an ASOP based OS doesn't necessarily mean it's a smartphone (Android set top boxes like a Shield are great examples), but that seems mostly semantics to...I agree that just because something runs an ASOP based OS doesn't necessarily mean it's a smartphone (Android set top boxes like a Shield are great examples), but that seems mostly semantics to me.
The end result here is an additional Android-based portable device with a touch screen and a SIM card running an Android application. If we don't want to call that device a smartphone, I'm not sure I agree, but I won't die on that hill.
The key point to me is that it's still an extra device and additional e-waste for something that could run on your existing device.
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Comment on Turns out the Rabbit R1 was just an Android app all along in ~tech
Khalos Link ParentI totally understand the mindset of wanting to be less constantly connected and having such easy access to doom-scrolling social media. It does seem odd to me though that the solution is just a...I totally understand the mindset of wanting to be less constantly connected and having such easy access to doom-scrolling social media. It does seem odd to me though that the solution is just a second smart phone that's more locked down and has less apps installed.
Surely we can accomplish that through software that limits the use of the existing hardware rather than creating more e-waste.
The light phone at least has some unique features that a smartphone simply doesn't (mainly the e-ink display), but I still wonder why we don't see so much buzz around a "light phone app" that locks your device down and behaves how a light phone does for some period of time.
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Comment on Discord to start showing ads for gamers to boost revenue in ~tech
Khalos Link ParentThis is off by a fairly substantial amount, looking at their own job postings, all of the senior technical positions are listed as $190,000 to $204,000 + equity + benefits. Even at the high end,...This is off by a fairly substantial amount, looking at their own job postings, all of the senior technical positions are listed as $190,000 to $204,000 + equity + benefits.
Even at the high end, it's unlikely regular individual contributors would be getting 5x in equity + benefits of their base salary.
https://discord.com/jobs/7288234002
https://discord.com/jobs/7196383002
https://discord.com/jobs/7215889002
https://discord.com/jobs/7162371002
https://discord.com/jobs/7104449002That's not to say Discord staff aren't highly paid, they surely are, but very few people there would be making $1M. Even their highest position I could find, "Head of Machine Learning & AI" position is $373,000 to $448,000 + equity + benefits, and that appears to be a very senior position.
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Comment on Rooster Teeth is shutting down after twenty-one years in ~games
Khalos Link ParentI was also a fan in the early days, and I mostly agree with what you're saying, but I do wonder how much of it is our tastes changing and us moving on compared to their output changing and us...I was also a fan in the early days, and I mostly agree with what you're saying, but I do wonder how much of it is our tastes changing and us moving on compared to their output changing and us moving on.
I also tried checking out their new content from time to time, and it never clicked enough for me either. Some of it was okay, but not consistently enough for me to stick with it. Though when I went back to their old Red vs Blue early seasons, I still really enjoyed them. Some of that is surely nostalgia, but I don't think that's the whole story.
As they grew and became more corporate they lost some of the spark that made the early content so fun. And I think that early content still holds up.
Overall I think the truth is some combination of our tastes and their output changing.
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Comment on The sins committed in the name of Agile development in ~comp
Khalos Link ParentI think the reason you see so much of this is that for a huge majority of people, Agile (and usually specifically a bastardized version of Scrum) are declared from on-high and individual teams...I think the reason you see so much of this is that for a huge majority of people, Agile (and usually specifically a bastardized version of Scrum) are declared from on-high and individual teams don't have any say in the matter. Process fit be damned.
Add to that that management often doesn't actually respect the parts of Scrum they don't like, so it often ends up a complete mess, and there's a lot of resentment and frustration. That's the root cause of the complaints from my experience.
I can't tell you how grateful I am for the text scaling, thank you!
I've used Three Cheers for quite a while already, but it was the only app I use regularly where I had trouble reading. Today that's been fixed and I'm so happy.