kari's recent activity
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Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2025 in ~games
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Comment on Statement from Mozilla's new CEO in ~tech
kari Link ParentYeah, that's how I feel, too. Like, the work he's doing is really impressive but I don't really want to support a project where the leader spews great replacement bullshit.Yeah, that's how I feel, too. Like, the work he's doing is really impressive but I don't really want to support a project where the leader spews great replacement bullshit.
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Comment on Statement from Mozilla's new CEO in ~tech
kari Link ParentI mean, sure, but as far as I know they've never of them have gone on explicitly racist/far-right rants about myths like white genocide like Kling has. To be honest, I don't really know of...I mean, sure, but as far as I know they've never of them have gone on explicitly racist/far-right rants about myths like white genocide like Kling has. To be honest, I don't really know of anything too controversial about Linus and most of the rms stuff I know is just that he's kind of a dick sometimes? but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Comment on Statement from Mozilla's new CEO in ~tech
kari Link ParentBut it's also run by a guy who's problematic, to say the least.Ladybird is a modern browser written from scratch by a relatively small team.
But it's also run by a guy who's problematic, to say the least.
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Comment on Statement from Mozilla's new CEO in ~tech
kari Link ParentFrom everything I've ever read, the costs that people pay are still not remotely profitable.It seems AI is the one area where some people are willing to pay
From everything I've ever read, the costs that people pay are still not remotely profitable.
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Comment on What's your favorite RSS reader? in ~comp
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Comment on System76 launches first stable release of COSMIC desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS in ~tech
kari Link ParentYeah, it's really annoying. I tried out the nim programming language a few years ago and actually liked it a lot, but their BDFL (or whatever title he has) has gone on multiple rants about things...I swear, it is impossible to use any kind of project where someone in the pipeline isn't a dickhead.
Yeah, it's really annoying. I tried out the nim programming language a few years ago and actually liked it a lot, but their BDFL (or whatever title he has) has gone on multiple rants about things like gender ideology when it wasn't relevant at all to the conversation and it just puts me off using it. :(
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Comment on System76 launches first stable release of COSMIC desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS in ~tech
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Comment on Can I hope to defeat telematics in a new car? in ~transport
kari (edited )LinkFrom my understanding, you can disable it on Toyotas as long as you are fine with not being able to use start/stop in the app or use navigation in the car. Also, Volkswagens as of my 2018 GTI, at...From my understanding, you can disable it on Toyotas as long as you are fine with not being able to use start/stop in the app or use navigation in the car.
Also, Volkswagens as of my 2018 GTI, at least, still used 3G and the promised free-upgrade to LTE got cancelled so... they don't have any connectivity since since the US 3G network was taken down. I don't know when they stopped using 3G, though, and not sure if 2018 is too old.
E: Regardless, I found this website vehicleprivacyreport.com last week where you can put in a VIN and it'll tell you what data gets collected by the car and how/where to opt-out.
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Comment on A Cloudflare outage is taking down large parts of the internet - X, ChatGPT and more affected in ~tech
kari Link ParentIt'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).
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Comment on The shutdown of USAID has already killed hundreds of thousands in ~society
kari LinkI 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.
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Comment on US Federal Aviation Administration reducing air traffic by 10% across forty ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown in ~transport
kari Link ParentI 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.
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Comment on US Federal Aviation Administration reducing air traffic by 10% across forty ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown in ~transport
kari Link ParentI bet, even if they were privatized, they still wouldn't be allowed to strike... cough thanks, Reagan coughI bet, even if they were privatized, they still wouldn't be allowed to strike... cough thanks, Reagan cough
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Comment on US Federal Aviation Administration reducing air traffic by 10% across forty ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown in ~transport
kari LinkI'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.
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Comment on Amazon Web Services crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright in ~tech
kari Link ParentAren'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).
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Comment on Upgrade desktop to win11 when hardware isn’t supported? in ~tech
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Comment on Upgrade desktop to win11 when hardware isn’t supported? in ~tech
kari Link ParentGetting 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.
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Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk
kari Link ParentOkay, 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?
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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
kari (edited )LinkI'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.
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Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk
kari LinkA 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 :)
I'd love Slay the Spire (my Steam ID is
KariLehtonen)!A nice holiday memory I have is when I was ~10 ish, some family friends we'd met while both living in Switzerland came and visited us in Texas from Canada for New Years! We lit off lots of fireworks, chilled in the heated pool & hot tub, and had a general blast. It's the first time we'd seen them in like 2 years at that point, and we still try to see each other once every couple of years even though it's ~20 years since we met them in an entirely different continent.