ByteSorcerer

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[–] ByteSorcerer@beehaw.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Natural hydrogen deposits do exist, but they've only been mapped out quite recently and it is still unknown if it can be extracted in a safe and economically viable manner.

[–] ByteSorcerer@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

There are probably more remakes/remasters that do use AI upscaling for background assets than those that don't.

[–] ByteSorcerer@beehaw.org 7 points 1 month ago

I think the problem is that, while the model isn't actually reasoning, it's very good at convincing people it actually is.

I see current LLMs kinda like an RPG character build with all ability points put into Charisma. It's actually not that good at most tasks, but it's so good at convincing people that they start to think it's actually doing a great job.

[–] ByteSorcerer@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago

Oh sure I'm "reading airline propaganda".

If you want to claim any counter-argument is some evil company's propaganda, then please go back to your echo chamber and I am no longer interested in discussing with you. Goodbye.

[–] ByteSorcerer@beehaw.org 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

During long-haul flights (which is the case for trans-atlantic flights), planes average about 100g CO2 per passenger-kilometer.

Ocean-worthy passenger ships are frequently in excess of 200g CO2 per passenger-kilometer for basic passenger transport vessels. Cruise ships are much worse even, frequently emitting >400g CO2 per passenger-kilometer.

So, how would boats be better for crossing the Atlantic?

[–] ByteSorcerer@beehaw.org 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Passenger boats are far worse for the environment than passenger planes.

[–] ByteSorcerer@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago

This is true, and when people talk about recycling aluminium cans they're actually only talking about recycling the aluminium in those cans. The liner is not recycled.

However it's a relatively small amount of plastic, and burning it while melting the metal does prevent it from ending up as plastic pollution. So aluminium cans are still better than non-recycled plastic packaging.

[–] ByteSorcerer@beehaw.org 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The enshittification of Duolingo has already been going on for quite a while. It has really gone downhill in the last few years.

[–] ByteSorcerer@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Depends on viewing conditions. As of yet there isn't an objectively superior display technology.

OLEDs have the best contrast in a dark room as black pixels can be fully turned off, but they are generally less bright and use more power than comparable LCD TVs or monitors (especially when you compare models of a similar price range).

LCD based monitors and TVs can get brighter and can actually achieve a higher contrast in a well lit room as the black pixels on an LCD are less reflective than black pixels on an OLED, and when viewing in daylight the ambient light is more than enough to drown out the backlight bleed.

There are also other smaller pros and cons. OLED for example has a better pixel response time, while IPS LCDs are more colour accurate. Text rendering and other fine graphics also generally look slightly sharper on an LCD than on an OLED display (when comparing displays of equal resolution / pixel density) due to the subpixel layout.

[–] ByteSorcerer@beehaw.org 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Any guesses how long it will take for someone to use this jailbreak to get Doom to run on just the CPU?
In theory, at least some of the affected processors should have more than enough cache to run it directly from there, right?

Though I have to admit that I don't understand CPU internals well enough to know if the microcode even has enough control over the chip to make that physically possible.

[–] ByteSorcerer@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It was successfull for a while up to 10 years or so ago, when it was the main free option for video calling. But nowadays there are plenty of alternatives, pretty much all of which do a better job than Skype ever did.

Skype has now been pretty much obsolete for years so I don't think it's too bad that it's ending.

The Google approach would have been to already have killed it in 2004 before it ever even had a chance to be successful.

[–] ByteSorcerer@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Most electric cars are pretty much computers on wheels, and voltages, currents and temperature are constantly monitored. It totally should be possible to log battery health and diagnostic information and generate a battery health report for when the vehicle is sold. But standards would need to be put in place for that to force manufacturers to implement it and to make sure the results are actually meaningful.

Unfortunately Tesla's specifically really don't feel like they're designed to last when looking at their materials choices and build quality (either that or my manager just bought a particularly bad sample, I have to admit it's the only Tesla I ever been inside of) so I don't think having a good reseller experience or longevity is really a part of their business model.

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