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  1. Comment on Slate Truck preorder starts at $24,950 in ~transport

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    Honestly cheaper than I was expecting. I'm not in the market for a vehicle, but I think Slate has done a great job in sticking to their principles and delivering on what they have promised so far....

    Honestly cheaper than I was expecting. I'm not in the market for a vehicle, but I think Slate has done a great job in sticking to their principles and delivering on what they have promised so far. Quality remains to be seen, but I'm hopeful that this will be a success project.

    Their add-ons don't seem ridiculously priced either, but I just briefly skimmed through them.

    26 votes

  2. Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech

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    Thanks; and you're essentially right for my case as well. There's niche communities (be it for my city, or PC sales, etc.) that are just not replicated else where, and that's primarily what I...

    Thanks; and you're essentially right for my case as well. There's niche communities (be it for my city, or PC sales, etc.) that are just not replicated else where, and that's primarily what I check Reddit for at this point.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Not saying the upgrade is not worth it, but the Switch 2 isn't rendering BOTW at 4K and definitely not at 120 FPS, it runs at 1440P upscaled to 4K and at 60 FPS. DLSS is excellent however and I...

    The $10 Breath of the Wild upgrade for the switch 2 is so worth it. 4k graphics, 120fps, and other things!

    Not saying the upgrade is not worth it, but the Switch 2 isn't rendering BOTW at 4K and definitely not at 120 FPS, it runs at 1440P upscaled to 4K and at 60 FPS.

    DLSS is excellent however and I doubt anyone can tell the difference at this point.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech

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    I actually may be one of the few people who do understand this, because I live in one of the few countries that are physically bigger than the US lol. I do understand that there is a relatively...

    For people like you that are outside of the US, one of the things that tends to get lost in the conversation literally just how physically big the US actually is.

    I actually may be one of the few people who do understand this, because I live in one of the few countries that are physically bigger than the US lol.

    I do understand that there is a relatively remote population of American citizens that live in their towns/villages with not a care in the world (exaggerating to prove a point), but don't the vast majority of Americans live on the East or West coast?

    4 votes

  5. Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech

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    In theory, I would strongly agree with you. Personally, I'm not a fan of political discourse in person or on-line because most of the time, it's a waste of time and most people don't have the...

    I think it all comes down to the fact that 99% of one's life is not political.

    In theory, I would strongly agree with you. Personally, I'm not a fan of political discourse in person or on-line because most of the time, it's a waste of time and most people don't have the humility or grace to admit they're wrong or that their mind has been changed, so what was the point of stirring everyone's emotions and potentially losing a relationship out of it?

    On the other hand, I think politics are almost engrained in everything you do. From the food you purchase, to the family you interact with, to where you want to travel, to the medicine you consume etc. And most likely, you want to interact with people who have a large degree of overlap with your own political world views as well. I know for sure I have lessened communications with family members based on their own beliefs (such as an immediate family member believing vaccines are a scam).

    Now, I'm not saying that these things will change your day to day life, I'm just saying that a lot of choices people tend to make are political to some extent, as minor as they are.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech

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    Definitely can be true, ironically I almost want to say this comment is as well, seeing as you have no posting history other than on this one post lol

    Definitely can be true, ironically I almost want to say this comment is as well, seeing as you have no posting history other than on this one post lol

    18 votes

  7. Comment on How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really? in ~tech

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    I'm not sure; you tell me what kind of message does that send? That goes for pretty much all social media, and reddit is still one of the lesser offenders.

    I'm not sure; you tell me what kind of message does that send?

    As far as I'm concerned reddit is an utter cesspool and I wouldn't trust anything I read there.

    That goes for pretty much all social media, and reddit is still one of the lesser offenders.

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  8. How much of an echo chamber is Reddit/the internet, really?

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    This post is mostly going to be incoherent rambling, but I hope this does make some sense and gains engagement from my other fellow Tildes users on here. I, like many others, participated in the...

    This post is mostly going to be incoherent rambling, but I hope this does make some sense and gains engagement from my other fellow Tildes users on here.

    I, like many others, participated in the Reddit exodus to a degree after the API changes some years ago. I've been using tildes semi-regularly ever since, but I still frequent Reddit just as much as I used to (however, being much less active in terms of commenting/posting) simply due to the sheer size of the user base.

    Of course, since January 20th 2025 (the beginning of Trumps second term), the world has definitely seemed to be in an increasingly state of turmoil ever since. De Minimis exception rules, non-stop changes on tariffs to different countries, the war in Iran, capturing the Venezuelan president (for better or for worse), trying to unite the Western hemisphere under the American flag, unveiling of the Epstein files, Isreal still attempting to ethnically cleanse Gaza, and countless other disputes that have been ongoing such as Russia v. Ukraine, China v. Taiwan, etc.

    None of this is relatively good news, nor am I really a fan of any of these actions above, save for perhaps capturing Maduro.

    Whenever I scroll through r/worldnews or r/news, it just seems that present day society is literally going on the brink of collapse. I'm just wondering, am I in the wrong to think that most people are living their lives the way they always have, and just hope for the best and they stay relatively unaffected?

    I am someone who travels to the US semi-regularly, and if I were to take the word of the average redditor on there, I would safely assume that I am about to be shot on sight by ICE or be captured and waterboarded (slight exaggeration, I hope). And yet when I arrive, people are living their life the way they always have. Perhaps there is a tad more mistrust between citizens, and perhaps a bit more individuals feel more free to be openly racist (these are all assumptions, not stating them as fact), but everything is mostly just functioning the way it always has.

    My question is, should I be more on the side that there is going to be significant political and economic reform in the world, or will things play out the way they always have for the 21st century, where everything gets, very slowly, shittier by the day, but things remain decent enough to quell the suggestion of a civil war?

    Thanks for reading anyone, and appreciate any thoughts on the subject.

    P.S I have no idea how to tag this, so thanks in advance to whoever does end up tagging this post.

    50 votes

  9. Comment on What internet discussion sites remain? in ~tech

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    Wow, seems to be almost a direct copy if anything, was not aware of this project until now, thanks for letting me know! I wonder which one has the more active user base lol.

    Wow, seems to be almost a direct copy if anything, was not aware of this project until now, thanks for letting me know! I wonder which one has the more active user base lol.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on What internet discussion sites remain? in ~tech

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    I forgot where I found this site, maybe it was tildes itself, but this site called Surikata looks pretty cool. Seems to be another site that is trying to bring back the 90's/early 2000's era of...

    I forgot where I found this site, maybe it was tildes itself, but this site called Surikata looks pretty cool. Seems to be another site that is trying to bring back the 90's/early 2000's era of internet socialising

    2 votes

  11. Comment on We heard you: the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro in ~tech

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    Too busy at the moment to add my own text, but here's what the YouTube description says: The Framework Laptop 13 Pro is a ground-up redesign of Framework Laptop 13, built from seven generations of...

    Too busy at the moment to add my own text, but here's what the YouTube description says:

    The Framework Laptop 13 Pro is a ground-up redesign of Framework Laptop 13, built from seven generations of iteration and feedback. It features 20 hours of battery life and a 74Wh battery, Intel® Core™ Ultra ​Series 3 Processors​, and LPCAMM2 modular LPDDR5x memory. We also introduced a custom 13.5” high-resolution touchscreen display, an improved haptic touchpad, and a new CNC aluminum chassis.

    Framework Laptop 13 Pro was designed for Linux from the start, with broad distro support, upstream contributions, and for the first time, Ubuntu certified pre-built configurations.

    9 votes

  13. Comment on Sekiro: No Defeat | Official trailer 2 in ~anime

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    You probably don't need to, but there is a 'cool factor ' in playing/watching the source material before seeing an adaptation. Can also be a better judge with how you found the anime, but...

    You probably don't need to, but there is a 'cool factor ' in playing/watching the source material before seeing an adaptation. Can also be a better judge with how you found the anime, but sometimes ignorance is bliss and you can like something that a lot of people didn't for whatever reason

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Sekiro: No Defeat | Official trailer 2 in ~anime

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    You can definitely beat him - if you care enough to, try to watch a video of other people facing him, it can help a lot with understanding his attack patterns and what windows you can parry his...

    You can definitely beat him - if you care enough to, try to watch a video of other people facing him, it can help a lot with understanding his attack patterns and what windows you can parry his attacks, and what you would prefer to run/avoid.

    I think this boss fight was the biggest obstacle for a lot of people minus the final boss fight in the good ending. That fight took me a whole weekend of attempts before I finally beat him

    3 votes

  15. Comment on New Firefox features: Built-in free VPN, split view, tab notes in ~tech

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    I've been using Firefox for a decent while at this point, and I think this is the largest update I've seen for Firefox since they released Firefox Quantum all the way back in 2017. Seems to be a...

    I've been using Firefox for a decent while at this point, and I think this is the largest update I've seen for Firefox since they released Firefox Quantum all the way back in 2017.

    Seems to be a lot of user-friendly changes! I'm a big fan of the split view and tab notes features (not sure how often I'd use it however), and looking forward to trying out the smart window. Navigation improvements in settings is always nice to see as well.

    10 votes

  16. Comment on open_slate: private and powerful 2-in-1 tablet in ~tech

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    Wow, that really helped a lot in terms of clarity. Because this will be an external facing product with consumers, I am guessing that these developers would opt to include things such as a package...

    That's fine, and installing a kernel driver isn't necessarily hard, but if your production process is to flash your final product with some off-the-shelf embedded Linux OS, then install your kernel driver onto the hardware, that's going to be cumbersome and error-prone at-scale.

    Wow, that really helped a lot in terms of clarity. Because this will be an external facing product with consumers, I am guessing that these developers would opt to include things such as a package manager, networking, etc, correct?

    I'm guessing a product like this would be super lean on resources as well right, seeing as you customized it just for the hardware, so should be slightly more performant than a typical x86 tablet/computer equivalent or something like that?

    Provision your system with custom A/B partitioning.

    This was the one concept I was familiar with when you were originally writing about, but it is nice to reinforce that my knowledge about it is correct!

    At my job, I wrote a hook into our Yocto distro that, when we compile our OS, grabs the encryption/decryption keys out of our 1Password vaults, and encrypts the final payload, rather than making that a manual process.

    That's really cool! Slightly off-topic, but how different is working embedded systems on a day to day basis compared to traditional hardware? I'm guessing you have more knowledge of low level code such as assembly? Is it something you can transition into, or something you mostly learn through schooling?

    Thank you again for taking the time to explain all that!

    1 vote

  17. Comment on T-shirt manufacturing and design, from yarn to factory in ~life.style

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    Been watching this channel on and off of for the past two years, some really interesting information here. I highly recommend for those interested to take a look at their breakdown for the Canada...

    Been watching this channel on and off of for the past two years, some really interesting information here. I highly recommend for those interested to take a look at their breakdown for the Canada Goose jacket, and it's quite interesting and goes into the effort it takes to construct such a garment.

    3 votes

  18. Comment on open_slate: private and powerful 2-in-1 tablet in ~tech

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    Unfortunately I did not understand most of what you said lol, I guess my technical skills are woefully lacking - but it does still sound cool to me!

    Unfortunately I did not understand most of what you said lol, I guess my technical skills are woefully lacking - but it does still sound cool to me!

    1 vote

  19. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I think REmake is going to turn out to be my favorite in the series as well. It has such a charm that the other games lack a bit of. I'll definitely be trying out the originals 2 and 3 at some...

    I think REmake is going to turn out to be my favorite in the series as well. It has such a charm that the other games lack a bit of. I'll definitely be trying out the originals 2 and 3 at some point. Really glad they're on GOG, but I heard the SourceForge version or something like that is the definitive way to play the game?

    I bought RE7 on sale, but not sure if I'm getting to that any time soon. You're definitely not a wimp if you're playing that in VR lol.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on open_slate: private and powerful 2-in-1 tablet in ~tech

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    Other than the first two items, why would the rest of the features make it unfeasible to attain a $650 price point? Does making a device modular increase the cost? For the record, I'd be surprised...

    Other than the first two items, why would the rest of the features make it unfeasible to attain a $650 price point? Does making a device modular increase the cost?

    For the record, I'd be surprised if they kept their $650 price target as well, but mostly because I doubt their MOQ will be enough to get it that low.

    3 votes