kari's recent activity

  1. Comment on A Cloudflare outage is taking down large parts of the internet - X, ChatGPT and more affected in ~tech

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    It's been working for me all morning ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (as in, like once 30 minutes ago and just now).

    It's been working for me all morning ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (as in, like once 30 minutes ago and just now).

    2 votes

  2. Comment on The shutdown of USAID has already killed hundreds of thousands in ~society

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    I knew it'd be bad but that's a mind-boggling number.

    I knew it'd be bad but that's a mind-boggling number.

    10 votes

  3. Comment on US Federal Aviation Administration reducing air traffic by 10% across forty ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown in ~transport

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    I mean, I have family there so I wouldn't even mind just driving up, but I'm honestly not sure if they'd cancel my whole itinerary if I just didn't show up for the first flight or what.

    I mean, I have family there so I wouldn't even mind just driving up, but I'm honestly not sure if they'd cancel my whole itinerary if I just didn't show up for the first flight or what.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on US Federal Aviation Administration reducing air traffic by 10% across forty ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown in ~transport

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    I bet, even if they were privatized, they still wouldn't be allowed to strike... cough thanks, Reagan cough

    I bet, even if they were privatized, they still wouldn't be allowed to strike... cough thanks, Reagan cough

    8 votes

  5. Comment on US Federal Aviation Administration reducing air traffic by 10% across forty ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown in ~transport

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    I'm supposed to be going to Japan on November 23rd. Right now, it says international flights won't be affected (aside from regular ground delays, but the plane should be arriving the night before...

    I'm supposed to be going to Japan on November 23rd. Right now, it says international flights won't be affected (aside from regular ground delays, but the plane should be arriving the night before so that should be okay, too, even if it gets delayed a bit), but I have an AUS->DFW connection before DFW->HND. I'm starting to get very stressed....

    When the shutdown started, I thought "surely it won't be still going in nearly two months". Fuck.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on Amazon Web Services crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright in ~tech

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    Aren't Hue bulbs on Zigbee? I guess the app not working when you're away from home during the outage makes sense but I was controlling mine totally fine the whole time (though it was already well...

    the Hue bulbs a collection of dumb glass

    Aren't Hue bulbs on Zigbee? I guess the app not working when you're away from home during the outage makes sense but I was controlling mine totally fine the whole time (though it was already well underway by the time I woke up, maybe it'd been partially fixed).

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Upgrade desktop to win11 when hardware isn’t supported? in ~tech

  8. Comment on Upgrade desktop to win11 when hardware isn’t supported? in ~tech

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    Getting security fixes is pretty much the entire point of the LTSC build. LTSC gets all security patches and fixes for critical bugs, but no feature updates. The only thing is it's not intended...

    I am not entirely sure how that impacts security patches as well.

    Getting security fixes is pretty much the entire point of the LTSC build.
    LTSC gets all security patches and fixes for critical bugs, but no feature updates. The only thing is it's not intended for general desktop use so it's missing a few things like the Microsoft Store (that I honestly assume most people don't care about? but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

    E: and if you can't upgrade to Windows 11 anyways, then you're not missing out on the feature updates because regular W10 isn't getting them either.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk

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    Okay, what about instead of a PAC just an absurd number of cameras everywhere and, whenever they catch someone driving poorly, use more money to create a local-TV ad to include a clip of the video...

    Okay, what about instead of a PAC just an absurd number of cameras everywhere and, whenever they catch someone driving poorly, use more money to create a local-TV ad to include a clip of the video and make fun of them?

    5 votes

  10. Comment on Kalle Rovanperä will quit the World Rally Championship at the end of the 2025 season, pursuing a career in circuit racing instead in ~sports.motorsports

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    I'm honestly pretty bummed about this but I think the writing has been on the wall this year. He already did a partial season last year and definitely hasn't seemed to be as interested during...

    I'm honestly pretty bummed about this but I think the writing has been on the wall this year. He already did a partial season last year and definitely hasn't seemed to be as interested during interviews this year compared to 2022/2023.

    Main reason I'm bummed is that I don't think anyone of his caliber will be left in the sport after this year (when, presumably, Ogier wins a 9th title and finally retires for real), and there aren't any young guys who seems quite so promising.

    Anyways, I digress, it definitely makes sense. Especially when you think about the fact that Ogier and Loeb didn't win championships until they were 29 and 30, respectively, and Kalle is only 25 right now*. He could theoretically do circuit racing for 5 years and still come back to WRC for a GOAT career (though I think the chance of him coming back for any full time drive is effectively nought). He's been rallying for a long time and wants to try dominate in other forms of motorsport, too. I think I'll have to start at least following, if not watching, Super Formula next year.

    I bet Solberg takes his seat next year, though, so that simplifies things for TGR WRT a bit.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk

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    A PAC whose sole purpose is advocating for stricter driving tests in the US? I hate bad drivers but also I think spending $1 billion on that qualifies as ridiculous :)

    A PAC whose sole purpose is advocating for stricter driving tests in the US?

    I hate bad drivers but also I think spending $1 billion on that qualifies as ridiculous :)

    4 votes

  12. Comment on Bluesky melts down over Jesse Singal in ~tech

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    I haven't used BlueSky in like a year or more but any examples? Whenever I was on it was more just "hurr durr, Trump bad" levels of politics, i.e. pretty generic liberal takes (that weren't...

    incredibly extreme leftist US politics

    I haven't used BlueSky in like a year or more but any examples? Whenever I was on it was more just "hurr durr, Trump bad" levels of politics, i.e. pretty generic liberal takes (that weren't exactly interesting or anything, just definitely not extreme leftist takes).

    16 votes

  13. Comment on Tesla influencers tried Elon Musk’s coast-to-coast self-driving, crashed before sixty miles in ~transport

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    Aren't those just in Austin right now (and the video in San Francisco?)

    Kinda crazy how he didn't test Tesla's new Robotaxi service.

    Aren't those just in Austin right now (and the video in San Francisco?)

    6 votes

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

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    I've been playing the RallySimFans mod for Richard Burns Rally. I wish the graphics were better and some of the damage seems a little unfair (hitting small wooden poles on the side of the rode or...

    I've been playing the RallySimFans mod for Richard Burns Rally. I wish the graphics were better and some of the damage seems a little unfair (hitting small wooden poles on the side of the rode or even bike lane separators can total the car) but the physics in general feel the best of any rally sim I've played. I also like the variation in cars a lot.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    Yeah, I like it on my phone (and wouldn't mind on my laptop, if it supported it), but I don't want it on my TV or desktop

    Yeah, I like it on my phone (and wouldn't mind on my laptop, if it supported it), but I don't want it on my TV or desktop

    2 votes

  16. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    I prefer dark mode for most things but occasionally I switch to light mode for a couple hours and don't mind it... until I have to program and remember I despise light mode in the terminal

    I prefer dark mode for most things but occasionally I switch to light mode for a couple hours and don't mind it... until I have to program and remember I despise light mode in the terminal

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Modos debuts an open-source e-paper with a 75-Hz refresh rate in ~tech

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    Yeah, at least on my Kobo Libra 2 it's a setting and you can set how often it should full refresh.

    I think the devices tries to do the full refresh every so many pages, or at chapter breaks, whichever is sooner.

    Yeah, at least on my Kobo Libra 2 it's a setting and you can set how often it should full refresh.

    7 votes

  18. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    And has been deleted now

    Also, there’s at least one comment in this very thread wishing that the shooter had better aim.

    Which was made well after my comment above.

    And has been deleted now

    9 votes

  19. Comment on Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event in ~society

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    Similar to Brian Thompson last year... I find it hard to feel literally any sympathy whatsoever in moments like this. At the same time, I'm worried about how Trump and co. may/will react to this.

    Similar to Brian Thompson last year... I find it hard to feel literally any sympathy whatsoever in moments like this. At the same time, I'm worried about how Trump and co. may/will react to this.

    42 votes