I lucked out building a PC mid-2025. 64 GB of RAM cost me something like 370 USD.

The exact same RAM from the same shop now costs over 1,410 USD. I feel damn lucky.

(Prices converted from my local currency; electronics in this country are already way more expensive than they should be)

You mean to tell me you don’t have a CNC machine at home? Even the most barebones of homes must have arc welding gear stashed somewhere, right?

Now you’ve ended up in the Lego builds part of YouTube.

Is it really though? That is not acceptable behavior on personal machines either.

Just yesterday I was required to use a Windows 11 PC for a university thing. I double-clicked a PDF and it opened in Edge by default… Which then REFUSED to close until I go through the whole onboarding process. Accept the privacy policy (literally no way to refuse). Log in to MS account (skip). Import data (skip). Import data from another browser (skip). Pretty sure there was another step or two. Then, and only then, I was able to see my PDF or close the window.

Each step took more time than it should because the option to skip is always hidden with some dark pattern. This whole thing cost me valuable time, and guess what, Edge wasn’t the only MS bullshit I had to waste time on in that time-limited lab class.

Edge is a FUCKING TERRIBLE browser, and if you don’t think so you haven’t used it, or you have Stockholm syndrome. Chrome/ium sucks too but it’s nothing compared to Edge. (And Firefox sucks as well, there are no good browsers, but Firefox appears to be the lesser evil IMHO. I’m also partial to Vivaldi, but I haven’t used it in some years)

Can I downvote you for saying something which, regardless of if it’s true or not, definitely should have been left unsaid?

Women bring their own soap.

(This is a joke but also I kind of almost believe it)

(Also this joke if kind of stolen from the game Life Is Strange)

One thing I think other’s haven’t mentioned yet: US internal politics specifically make headlines worldwide, certainly in the western world. That’s not true of German, Swedish, Israeli, or any other country’s internal politics. This is probably because USA is arguably the only real remaining superpower, or something close to it. Regardless of the reason, US politics are uniquely loud and everpresent, which I guess is why they were singled out.

Edit: I once saw a subreddit’s mod post explaining this better than I did, but I can’t find it at the moment.

Your pedantry is acknowledged and appreciated, but everyone knows exactly what they meant including you. Languages evolve and words’ meanings change and evolve over time.

Merriam-Webster: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ai

Quote, some emphasis mine:

artificial intelligence

[…]

specifically : a program or set of programs developed using tools (such as machine learning and neural networks) and used to generate content, analyze complex patterns (as in speech or digital images), or automate complex tasks

see also generative AI

Kind of exactly like that. They’re not capable of very meaningful conversations, but they can be convincing for a minute or two. Plenty of examples and info on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatbot

Edit: namely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA is a great example.

This is what some not-very-good police do in some places. Arrest someone they don’t like and then dig up some ancient law still on the books that they broke on a technicality. Usually if such a thing goes to court the court strikes it down, if the justice system is remotely functional. But where’s Lemmy’s courts?

I am having a poor user experience with your comment right now. You say you are “an UXD”, but there is no way in which “UXD” starts with a vowel sound, so it should be written “a UXD”.

And everyone at Apple rejoiced. https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/04/gruber-apple-employees-giddy-about-alan-dyes-departure/

Not disagreeing with the benefits, but my gripe with Apple is that they lock out everyone else from even competing with them, which is anticompetitive and ultimately anti-consumer. All of those cool features only with with THEIR phone, THEIR laptop, THEIR smart speaker, THEIR earphones, THEIR smartwatch, THEIR cloud storage, THEIR keyboard, THEIR mouse, THEIR location-tracking tag, THEIR VR headset, THEIR TV box… If you replace any one of those things with a competitor’s product – which might have been better than Apple’s – then you’re locked out of many great features for no good reason.

It’s a good idea, but it’s not backwards-compatible with the system already in use.

What letter do you use for 789431?

yeah I got it

Two possible solutions to this:

1. Always use a single digit for the base. Examples: binary is base 2, decimal is base A (because A=10 in bases higher than decimal), hexadecimal is base G.
2. Use the highest digit plus one. Examples: binary is base 1+1, decimal is base 9+1, hexadecimal is base F+1.

… or we just continue to agree that bases are always written in base 10 decimal unless specified otherwise. By the way, how does the alien speak English?

(I only read the title)

Pretty damn obvious. Yes, it needed to be tested and verified experimentally, but… well, I really mean no offense, but why is this worth sharing?

From my limited understanding, the PS3’s architecture is actually very different from PCs and modern consoles. From a developer’s perspective, it was very different to make games for it, its capabilities and strengths and weaknesses were just different. So it’s no surprise that its games have a certain look and feel to them.

The PS4 and later, OTOH, is a more standard PC architecture which means iterative improvements and less difference between generations.

Disclaimer: didn’t fact-check any of this, would appreciate replies correcting mistakes