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sky , 9 months ago to technology in Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users.

Yeah, it’s so inconvenient that people in online comment sections can install an operating system on my computer and force me to use it!

sky , 10 months ago to linux in Linux 6.6 To Better Protect Against The Illicit Behavior Of NVIDIA's Proprietary Driver

This is a fair point, and I’m not trying to defend NVIDIA’s behavior. I use an AMD GPU on Linux for a reason 😅

The progress on Asahi Linux has me considering a M1 MacBook Air for real.

sky , 10 months ago to linux in Linux 6.6 To Better Protect Against The Illicit Behavior Of NVIDIA's Proprietary Driver

Yeah, you’re just running an entirely proprietary GPU that only Apple makes proprietary drivers for. Don’t see how that’s a win in any way?

sky , 10 months ago to technology in Qualcomm's Next Smartphone Chip Will Be Built for Generative AI

Google and Apple have been putting more serious machine learning accelerators in their devices for a bit now. It enables some nice features, like on-device speech-to-text and improved photo processing.

At least when the generative AI hype dies down there will still be legitimate uses for the hardware.

sky , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to technology in Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’

there’s a couple EVs that can go that far. I rented a Tesla Model Y Long Range, which cannot. I did not leave with a full charge and didn’t arrive with one either. You don’t need to.

I charged 3 times on the way up the coast, for 15, 10, and 20 minutes. The last one was was only longer because I ran into target to get something.

That’s… 9%.

What car takes an hour to charge?? I used to have a Chevy Bolt, the slowest charging EV you can buy. and it didn’t take an hour.

Go play around with A Better Route Planner if you want to see that assuming 3 hours of charging for an eight hour trip is ridiculous.

Edit: 50mph on the highway is laughable, I was going 80-85mph. It’s a bit over a 500mi drive.

sky , 10 months ago to android in Realme GT5 unveiled with 150W and 240W versions, up to 24GB RAM

that’s… so much memory? my pixel has 12GB and that seems excessive to me. I’m used to iPhones and their running incredible on like 6GB lol

sky , 10 months ago to cooking in I made breadsticks to go with my leftover pizza sauce

these look so good omg

sky , 10 months ago to technology in Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’

Used EVs can be a great deal! I’ve had my eyes out for a good deal on a leaf for ages, but not many pop up in my rural area.

sky , 10 months ago to technology in Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’

it was a rental car lol

though you’d be surprised to learn there’s EVs under $80k! not that anyone can afford new cars anyway.

sky , 10 months ago to technology in Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’

I spent under an hour charging on a 8 hour drive. I barely had time to pee or eat before the car was ready. Have you road-tripped an EV?

sky , 10 months ago to asklemmy in What have you witnessed or seen that would sound like a conspiracy theory if someone else told you?

I will say that maybe Philips’ regular LED bulbs are bad, but I have Hue bulbs I’ve been using since 2015 without issues still. They’ve been extremely reliable.

sky , 10 months ago to piracy in Block YouTube Ads on AppleTV by Decrypting and Stripping Ads from Profobuf

Too bad most other streaming boxes suck ass and are full of ads. Begging Android TV manufacturers to use a decent SoC for once.

sky , 10 months ago to lemmyshitpost in Kevin doesn't share though

Airpods!

sky , 10 months ago to linux in Accent colors are now a standard preference for Linux

Nice! I recently switched to Android and the Material You adaptive coloring through the system is so nice.

Anything that makes customizing a Linux desktop a little easier is good in my book.

sky , 10 months ago to technology in [Cathode Ray Dude] Qosmio: The Portable TiVo of 2006 [53:30]

I particularly enjoyed the rant about Digital OTA TV. I have not had a good experience with it ever myself. I’m close to putting a serious antenna on my roof to get decent reception, but what a pain!

In an ideal world it would be more reliable and we would have had tuners built into phones and tablets, streaming TV on the go without using data would be sick.