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  1. 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
  2. Comment on Upgrade desktop to win11 when hardware isn’t supported? in ~tech

  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. Comment on iPhone 17, 17 Pro and Air announced in ~tech

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    I'm not super into the "small phone" thing or anything but I just got the battery replaced on my 13 Pro. The phone feels basically as good as new now. For me, USB-C charging is maybe the only...

    battery's starting to show its age a bit but that can be replaced

    I'm not super into the "small phone" thing or anything but I just got the battery replaced on my 13 Pro. The phone feels basically as good as new now.

    For me, USB-C charging is maybe the only upgrade I care about on newer iPhones but I'll probably just keep this and eventually switch to a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS (assuming it's still supported) whenever this thing dies for real.

    2 votes
  16. Comment on Why do you like your job? in ~life

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    It's generally fairly low stress and I can slack off quite a bit. I only really work past 5 maybe once every two or three months when something important happens that's specifically my...

    It's generally fairly low stress and I can slack off quite a bit. I only really work past 5 maybe once every two or three months when something important happens that's specifically my fault/responsibility. I'd still prefer if it were fully remote, though, (and I actually 100% used to work harder until they made us switch to 3 days in office instead of fully remote in 2023).

    1 vote
  17. Comment on Dallas Cowboys are trading three-time All-Pro LB Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers in ~sports.american_football

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    Jerry Jones, the owner, president, and general manager of the Cowboys.

    who’s Jerry?

    Jerry Jones, the owner, president, and general manager of the Cowboys.

    7 votes
  18. Comment on How to get a backpack sold by Decathlon in EU to the US? in ~life.style

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    Yeah, my girlfriend likes to order fabric from this company in Canada but they stopped orders to the US* (I think the company, not Canada Post, but still) once Trump ended the de minimis exception.

    The changes to the tariffs have postal services refusing to ship to the US right now.

    Yeah, my girlfriend likes to order fabric from this company in Canada but they stopped orders to the US* (I think the company, not Canada Post, but still) once Trump ended the de minimis exception.

    1 vote
  19. Comment on Do you share your location with your friends? in ~tech

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    Yeah, for me I try to maintain my digital privacy but, in this case, I'm already using Apple's Find My Phone, so this is just giving my location to friends who I don't mind if they know where I am.

    Yeah, for me I try to maintain my digital privacy but, in this case, I'm already using Apple's Find My Phone, so this is just giving my location to friends who I don't mind if they know where I am.

    1 vote