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  • Yeah it was odd to read that description being presented as an oddity - that sounds like most households I know. If you have a wife, kids, or roommate and don't enjoy being holed up in your own room the whole time you play (and those sharing your house don't just want to watch you game all night) then in house streaming is a huge boon.

    I PC game, but most of my gaming is done on the couch, streamed onto my phone. I've been very tempted to buy a dedicated streaming device lately to avoid draining my phone battery while playing

  • Right... and no generation since has ever seen the value of owning property, right? Lol.

    Are you under the impression that modern renters are choosing to rent instead of own?

    60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck making saving for a down payment impossible for over half the country, and with rates being what they are, mortgages are expensive af.

    People are renting because it's the only way to live, not because they think it's neat. People are getting upset at you not because you're pointing out that rent is a scam, but because you're implying it's the fault of the victims

  • Except smart phone cameras will also improve - if anything, I'd say that over the last decade, the average smart phone camera has improved at a much faster rate than your average computer monitor.

    Combine what I said with all the other Metadata that will be collected, and I'm quite skeptical that you could fool an actual professional with your scheme.

  • Using our world as a template, it probably would be illegal to revive a convict, but itd be an open secret that a few well placed bribes and a bit of influence is all it'd take to bend the rules

  • With your current phone, go ahead and take two pictures - one normal, the other a picture of a picture of that thing

    Now look at the two, and tell me you can't tell in a split second that one is a picture of a picture. There's a reason that it's a running joke on the internet that people need to learn to take real screenshot instead of taking a picture of the monitor - there's always annoying and obvious artifacts.

  • I don't even know if I agree with that tbh - I've yet to see anything that actually shows that AI voiceovers can replace human ones. Oh they can make realistic speech, but they can't voice act. A voice actor isn't just a person who reads a script in a monotone, they're an actor.

    AI will probably eventually get good enough to understand the context of the dialogue and add the appropriate inflections and such - but nothing today comes even close

  • Just did a 5k for cancer research this weekend and we got a medal for it 🤷🏼‍♂️ hell, my wife and dog (yes, my dog got her own medal, it was adorable) got one for one walking it 😅

    Ultimately it's just a piece of cheap metal, not like it's impractical to give them out willy nilly

  • I doubt they even hope the judge will agree, they're just doing it for the sake of his base. It's been his prime defense the whole time - the fact that it's bullshit doesn't matter, because as far as his base is concerned, if Trump said it, it's true

  • Dissappear? No, of course not

    Fall out of repair, and be unable to be repaired effectively without tools, resources, or knowledge that are no longer accessible?

    Abso-fucking-lutely

    Take a deep sea oil rig. How long do you think it'll be operational without maintenance with all that sea water? After not too long you won't be able to repair the damage without serious industrial capabilities, and that's assuming you even know how to fix it.

    Really even as relatively little as a few decades of total chaos and disorganization would be enough to make crawling back really hard. A century and more and it really could be impossible, or at least improbable - especially given that the humanity that comes out of the other end of the crisis is the same one that got us into it. So the remaining pieces of major valuable infrastructure left will probably get wrecked as the survivors fight over them

  • I'm kind of the same, I rarely wear deodorant, and it's basically never an issue (believe me, my wife would tell me if it was)

    But some days even I'm like "holy fuck I reek" - I think it's probably a diet thing

  • LoseIt: Lose the Fat @discuss.tchncs.de
    bitsplease @lemmy.ml

    First post here - 2 months in and 26 pounds(12kg) down so far!

    This is my first time posting here, so I'll give a bit of background,

    Start Weight: 303 lbs/137kg Goal Weight: 220 lbs/100kg

    Height: 6'4"/193cm

    My whole family decided more or less together to get our shit together and start being healthy, my brother was the first, and he's almost 40lbs down now, then my parents joined him, then my wife, and finally I got off my butt and joined them

    My routine has changed a lot from the start, but where it sits now is this

    Workout Sun-Thurs - alternating gym days and running 5km - at the gym I do 35 mins on the stair stepper doing interval training, basically just doing the highest level I can manage without cheating, currently at 100 stories in those 35mins, then weight training afterwards. My 5k times are currently clocking in around 40mins, I'll be running an actual 5k next month and my hope is to get down to 35mins by then, but we'll see!

    Nutrition - On a typical day I aim for around 2k calories with a macro ratio of 40% protein and 30% carbs

    ErgoMechKeyboards @lemmy.world
    bitsplease @lemmy.ml

    Moonlander and Trackball with 3d printed tent kit and riser for maximum ergonomics

    Took some getting used to - but after only a day I'm already back up to my usual typing speed and loving this setup!

    Kensington Trackball Riser: https://www.printables.com/model/263594-kensington-slimblade-stand Moonlander Tent Kit: https://www.printables.com/model/385536-zsa-moonlander-tent-kit

    Fantasy @lemmy.ml
    bitsplease @lemmy.ml

    Was the intended story for the the Discworld's City Watch sub-series different than what we got? [Spoilers for City Watch Series)

    I'm re-reading the City Watch series via the new audiobook (pro-tip, listen to them at 1.2x-1.3x - I really disliked them when I listened at 1x, but speeding it up a bit really improved them). And I can't help but feel like STP went into the series with an entirely different expectation of what he was going to be writing about.

    I'm talking, of course, about Carrot. Now obviously, anyone whose familiar with Sir Terry Pratchett's writing style knows that Carrot was never going to be crowned King of Ankh Morpork. His story was, right from the get-go very clearly supposed to be a subversion of the old "Long lost king from humble origins saves the city and comes into his crown" trope.

    I still do get the impression though, that Carrot was planned to be the main protagonist of the series, and that Pratchett just fell in love with Vimes as a character early on and pivoted. It sure seems like the original plan was for Carrot to eventually wind up as the commander of the City Watch, with Vimes

    Lemmy @lemmy.ml
    bitsplease @lemmy.ml

    Do your part, try not to lurk!

    Right now the user count Lemmys is comparatively tiny when held up against reddit - but the user count isn't the thing that makes a social media site, it's the engagement

    So even if you're used to lurking, try to get a little more active! Post memes, vote on posts, talk in the comments, whatever!

    If people come here and see activity, content, and discussions, they're more likely to stay and contribute their own - if they come and see a ghost town, they'll just go back to reddit

    DIY Music Gear @lemmy.ml
    bitsplease @lemmy.ml

    A Marimba I built last year - took me a bit over half a year to complete. 61 keys made of Padauk, all hand-tuned, on a frame of Red Oak and Walnut

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1184436

    Woodworking for All @lemmy.ml
    bitsplease @lemmy.ml

    A Marimba I built last year - took me a bit over half a year to complete. 61 keys made of Padauk, all hand-tuned, on a frame of Red Oak and Walnut

    Woodworking for All @lemmy.ml
    bitsplease @lemmy.ml

    A pool cue rack that i made for my brother as a birthday present! Made from Pau Ferro and Walnut

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1185961

    Woodworking @lemmy.ca
    bitsplease @lemmy.ml

    A pool cue rack that i made for my brother as a birthday present! Made from Pau Ferro and Walnut

    Another of my projects!

    Woodworking @lemmy.ca
    bitsplease @lemmy.ml

    A Marimba I built last year - took me a bit over half a year to complete. 61 keys made of Padauk, all hand-tuned, on a frame of Red Oak and Walnut

    Was suggested to crosspost this here! Happy to see a woodworking community on Lemmy!

    Do It Yourself @beehaw.org
    bitsplease @lemmy.ml

    A pool cue rack that i made for my brother as a birthday present! Made from Pau Ferro and Walnut

    Lemmy doesn’t seem to have any popular woodworking subreddits, so I thought I’d post here. Just deleted my reddit account and want to contribute some content here!

    Do It Yourself @beehaw.org
    bitsplease @lemmy.ml

    A Marimba I built last year - took me a bit over half a year to complete. 61 keys made of Padauk, all hand-tuned, on a frame of Red Oak and Walnut

    Lemmy doesn't seem to have any popular woodworking subreddits, so I thought I'd post here. Just deleted my reddit account and want to contribute some content here!