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Comment on US House passes bill to ‘ditch the switch’ and make daylight saving time permanent in ~society
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Comment on US House passes bill to ‘ditch the switch’ and make daylight saving time permanent in ~society
Liru Link ParentSo You Want To Abolish Time Zones is a classic blog article that I keep saved just for stuff like this and why it's not really a good idea.The best solution is permanent UTC for everyone and forget about the clock having anything to due with the sun.
So You Want To Abolish Time Zones is a classic blog article that I keep saved just for stuff like this and why it's not really a good idea.
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Comment on How long can I go with an obsolete phone? in ~tech
Liru LinkFor your use cases, it should be fine to switch over. The issue may come when certain apps update and lock you out because of BS reasons, or if some external force necessitates that you use a...For your use cases, it should be fine to switch over. The issue may come when certain apps update and lock you out because of BS reasons, or if some external force necessitates that you use a "standard" smartphone.
There was an article posted on Tildes a long time back that talked about how it's getting harder to actually go without a smartphone. I even commented on my experience using a Windows Phone instead of something good, which may as well have been a dumbphone with all the use it was getting. It may be worth reading the article, the comments, and thinking about what apps you may actually use.
Nota bene: I've had several other instances where using a dumbphone would have caused me inconvenience since then. Openpath, especially, is a bitch and a half. Why the hell should I need a phone to open a door?
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Comment on Japanese translation request - achievement stickers in ~humanities.languages
Liru Link ParentIt was me being tired and trying to find some other funny way of saying "this is the same horse uma/skill pun yet again" (similar to the comment on the meat pun in the same row), sorry if that...Is the horse emoji mp3 a reference to a meme?
It was me being tired and trying to find some other funny way of saying "this is the same horse uma/skill pun yet again" (similar to the comment on the meat pun in the same row), sorry if that caused confusion.
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Comment on Mark Zuckerberg's increasingly bizarre war on whistleblowers in ~tech
Liru Link ParentI've never had to sign anything similar to these, bar a generic IP nondisclosure thing (ie "don't leak our non-open-source code")This is pretty standard in tech employment contracts and handbooks, I’m not sure you can get a job in that industry without signing something similar.
I've never had to sign anything similar to these, bar a generic IP nondisclosure thing (ie "don't leak our non-open-source code")
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Comment on Japanese translation request - achievement stickers in ~humanities.languages
Liru LinkDisclaimer: This is just a rough translation/transcription, but I'm fairly confident that most of this is correct or at least close enough. Row 1: Row 2: Row 3: Row 4: Row 5: Row 6: Row 7:- Exemplary
Disclaimer: This is just a rough translation/transcription, but I'm fairly confident that most of this is correct or at least close enough.
Row 1:
A1: "びえ〜〜んかんげき！" = "Waaah, I'm so moved!"
B1: "やはりムテキ" = "As expected, unbeatable/invincible"
C1: "おぬし... やりおるな" = "(?) ... Not bad!" (Don't recall what onushi means, maybe it's a pun? Probably "Well done". A lot of those here)
D1: "ニクいほどすてき" = "You really nailed it! Wonderful!" (wordplay: "niku" means meat, "nikui" =~ "You nailed it")
E1: "さすがレジェンド" = "As expected from a legend"Row 2:
A2: "さすが! イカしてる!" = "As expected! So cool!" (ika = squid/cool)
B2: "さいこうにイカしてる" = "Super duper cool" ("The peak of cool", maybe as well, but that gives a different vibe in English from this)
C2: "にほんいちイカしてる" = "Coolest in Japan"
D2: "イカす! イカしてる!" = "Awesome! So cool!"
E2: "ひゃ〜! イカしてる〜!" = "Whoa~! So cool~!"Row 3:
A3: "まさにレジェンド" = "Truly legendary"
B3: "とってもウマくなったね" = "You've gotten really good!" (uma (horse) = skilled in this context)
C3: "さすがムテキ" = "Truly invincible/unrivalled" (kana version of 無敵)
D3: "きみは... てんさい？" = "Are you... a genius?"
E3: "ニクいね! ノッってるね!" = "You nailed it! You're on fire!" ("Nikui ne" =~ "You nailed it/Very clever", another meat pun)Row 4:
A4: "森のタヌキにほめられた" = "Praised by the forest raccoon"
B4: "ヒツジ [やるじゃないか]" = "Sheep: 'You're not bad'"
C4: "森のネコにほめられた" = "Praised by the forest cat"
D4: "タヌキ [よっ！にほんいち]" = "Raccoon: 'Yo! #1 in Japan!'"
E4: "森のヒツジにほめられた" = "Praised by the forest sheep"Row 5:
A5: "ほれてまうやろっ！！" = "You'd fall for this!!" ("cutesy" Kansai dialect)
B5: "まさにムテキ" = "Absolutely invincible/unrivalled"
C5: "いよっニクいね！" = "Yo, you nailed it!" (meat/"niku" pun here again)
D5: "がんばった! かんげき!" = "You can do it! Seriously!" ("Kangeki"'s context might be different here, probably a better translation)
E5: "おぬし... できるな" = "(?)... you can do it" ("Onushi" here again, starting to think it means "well done")Row 6:
A6: "ニク [いよっニクいね]" = "Meat: 'Yo, you nailed it'" (I think there may be a meat pun here but it's extremely difficult to tell, it is a mystery)
B6: "ゆうしゃどものさすが やで" = "Even heroes would be impressed"
C6: "ブラボー!! ブラボー!!" = "Bravo!! Bravo!!"
D6: "すごい! ウマくなったらね" = "Amazing! You got really skilled!" (horse emoji dot mp3)
E6: "ゆうしゃさま つよい..." = "Hero-sama, you're so strong..."Row 7:
A7: "やはり... てんさい？" = "As I thought... a genius?"
B7: "がんばりに かんどう!" = "Moved by your hard work!"
C7: "さいこうに クール" = "Very cool" ("The peak of cool" more literally, again, different vibe)
D7: "ほうしゅうを てにいれた!" = "Got the reward!"
E7: "もはやムテキ" = "At this point, truly unbeatable/invincible" -
Comment on Formula 1 British Grand Prix 2026 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports
Liru Link ParentAbu Dhabi 2021 PTSD intensifiesBecause Idk why Ferrari thought it was smart to bring in Lewis with such a tiny margin.
Abu Dhabi 2021 PTSD intensifies
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Comment on British cities are a game design nightmare in ~transport
Liru Link ParentThe title hid the surprise, but it was changed for some reason.The title hid the surprise, but it was changed for some reason.
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Comment on What are your gaming idiosyncracies? in ~games
Liru Link ParentThis is why I can't play Diablo or any other ARPG. It took me way too long to realize that other people didn't pick up the junk items to sell.Also, i have to loot everything. Games take me a very long time to finish because of this.
This is why I can't play Diablo or any other ARPG. It took me way too long to realize that other people didn't pick up the junk items to sell.
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Comment on If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you in ~tech
Liru Link ParentEvery few months, I load up a few models with a mini test suite with a few simple questions to see if they improved. I haven't encountered a model that gets above a 2/10 without the help of the...Every few months, I load up a few models with a mini test suite with a few simple questions to see if they improved. I haven't encountered a model that gets above a 2/10 without the help of the internet, or 4/10 with; one of the correct ones in both cases is a code sample, which should be a given these days, and the other is a simple question about a popular game. The rest should ostensibly be simple and not considered trick questions in any way, but most models fail horribly at them.
A bunch of questions still make the models
hallucinateget shit wrong when there are actual valid answers, so I completely buy that they also get shit wrong when fed bad information and expected to correct based on that. -
Comment on Tildes Survey #6: Vote for the next four surveys we do! (Results) in ~talk
Liru Link ParentAlso requires a followup of "do you have a cat, dog, or similar animal".Also requires a followup of "do you have a cat, dog, or similar animal".
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Comment on Tildes Survey #5: Pineapple on pizza? (Results) in ~talk
Liru Link ParentJalapeno pairs extremely well with pineapple, from my experience.Jalapeno pairs extremely well with pineapple, from my experience.
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Comment on BeagleBadge by BeagleBoard in ~comp
Liru LinkThis seems like one of those things that looks super cool and I want to order one, but I have no idea what to actually use it for. I feel like I need to learn embedded/low power stuff to truly...This seems like one of those things that looks super cool and I want to order one, but I have no idea what to actually use it for.
I feel like I need to learn embedded/low power stuff to truly understand what I can do with things like these. I've had an MSP430 sitting around in my desk for roughly 15 years now, and I could never think of what to do with that, either.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #3: What country were you born in? (Results) in ~talk
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Comment on Dubmood - Fighting Words (Razor1911) (2026) in ~music
Liru Link ParentAlways has been. Up until circa 2010.It turns out cybercrime is cool actually.
Always has been. Up until circa 2010.
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Comment on Dubmood - Fighting Words (Razor1911) (2026) in ~music
Liru LinkAlternative title may as well be "Razor 1911 - Razor1911". Live Demoparty versionAlternative title may as well be "Razor 1911 - Razor1911".
Razor 1911s eponymous demo celebrating 40 years of activity on the scene.
Placed first at the Revision 2026 demo compo & the publics choice award.
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Dubmood - Fighting Words (Razor1911) (2026)
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Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech
Liru LinkPop OS on my main laptop Vanilla Archlinux for my external and home miniserver Whatever comes by default with Synology machines on the NAS. I wanted to use Gentoo on the laptop back when I first...- Pop OS on my main laptop
- Vanilla Archlinux for my external and home miniserver
- Whatever comes by default with Synology machines on the NAS.
I wanted to use Gentoo on the laptop back when I first got it, but I needed to fiddle a bit too much with it for my liking to get it working with the laptop hardware. Pop OS seemed like a decent thing to look into. The initial plan was to switch to Archlinux afterwards, but Pop turned out to be acceptable in many ways (and annoying in a bunch of others).
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Comment on I worked as a professional video editor until 2014. How much has changed since then? in ~tech
Liru Link ParentAnother high-effort shitposter here. KDenlive is good for free software, but it has some extremely rough edges that appear in the weirdest of places. "Sturdy" isn't a word I'd use to describe it,...Another high-effort shitposter here. KDenlive is good for free software, but it has some extremely rough edges that appear in the weirdest of places. "Sturdy" isn't a word I'd use to describe it, either; I had it crash just from scrubbing through a video, or adding in a few solid-colour frames. I also had to work around it due to odd audio playback/rendering glitches.
I don't think I was trying to do anything "extreme" with it, either.
That being said, if something quick and dirty needs to be done with video, I'd still recommend it.
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
Liru LinkNothing huge, but I've gotten around to plotting/writing a story idea I've had since an old TiMaSoMo. The good news is that I seem to be up to over 20,000 words already. The bad news is that I'm...Nothing huge, but I've gotten around to plotting/writing a story idea I've had since an old TiMaSoMo.
The good news is that I seem to be up to over 20,000 words already.
The bad news is that I'm still in the "outlining" stage, just noting down the various beats, the moods, and sample dialogue as it comes to me.
This may be a mess.
I've mentioned it in another comment here, but So You Want To Abolish Time Zones basically lays out why that's not really a good idea.