Hamartiogonic

joined 2 years ago
[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

The classic “I didn’t have the time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead” excuse doesn’t really apply any more. Ramble as much as you feel like and let the LLM worry about refining it into coherent communication. Minor tweaks are also welcome, if the original post is short enough.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah well, passive components are nice, but occasionally you just need to spend some energy to keep the components doing its thing.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Can confirm. I usually swipe so aggressively that weird mistakes sneak in. Plus, I tend to ramble, so having an LLM clean up the mess I leave behind is genuinely helpful. Even this message was proofread by one to fix all the silly errors I tend to make. Before posting, I still double-checked to make sure the core message matched what I intended. Sometimes they tweak things too much or throw in something unexpected.

You can tell it was rewritten, can’t you? All that fancy language just doesn’t feel quite natural.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is that a problem though? As long as the new camera is better than the old one, it should be fine.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

I get my American slang through Hollywood and Internet, so the curriculum may not be entirely comprehensive at times.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Oh. That's a new one for me.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 months ago (11 children)

Had to look at my keyboard to translate that.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 months ago

It can be a rocky ride if you happen to have hardware that hates Linux. AMD video cards and intel wifi cards are well supported, so sticking with those is like playing this game in the easy mode.

Every OS comes with compromises. With Windows, things generally are well supported, but you get a bunch of annoying features. It's a package deal.

With Linux, you get a different package with different compromises. There will be new things you need to get familiar with, and that can feel annoying. On the other hand, there's no bloat or spyware preinstalled on your system. You have free rein to do what you want, and that can feel awesome and terrifying. With the right hardware, things just work out of the box. With the wrong hardware, some tinkering is required, and some hardware will never work. It's a very different kind of package deal when compared to Windows.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

If the airflosser was more effective, I would definitely like to use it instead.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Had one of these. Bought it “used”, but it was completely new and still in the original box. It lasted less than two years until it just randomly stopped working. Wasn’t impressed.

IMO it was fine while it still worked. However, my dentist, told me it didn’t work as well as actual floss and a tiny brush.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People prefer to drive at the speed dictated by the road design. If it feels natural to drive at 60 km/h, people will do exactly that even if it is illegal. if it's a narrow cobble stone path with poor visibility, it feels much more natural to slow down to something like 20...40 km/h. The legal speed limit might be higher, but people just don't feel comfortable driving faster, so they won't.

In rural areas you can find some absurdly tight bends that have been there for at least a hundred years and were probably designed by cattle or sheep. The speed limit could be 80 km/h, but there's a warning about a tight bend and a recommended speed. You slow down to 60 km/h, but it feels kinda dangerous. You slow down to the recommended 40 km/h but it still feels uncomfortable. You finally pass the bend at 30 km/h and that felt like you barely made it.

Every now and then, you'll also find some fearless people, who usually end up wrapping their car around the nearest tree. They are immune to speed limits and only mildly resistant to good road design. These concepts don't apply to the people who are striving to win the Darwin Award, but they are still relevant to everyone else though.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

The older parts of town definitely seem that way, although those streets weren't really designed in the modern sense of the word. In suburbs though, you do have intentionally narrow sections and bump, occasionally even combined to a brutal choke point. Either way, people don't want to drive there unless it's absolutely necessary, so they'll take the PT instead. Seems to be working.

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