yuriy

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Would wearing one of those grounded ESD leashes prevent this? It’s kinda silly, but if it works I’ll absolutely put one of those lil fuckers at my desk.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I feel bad for anyone with no linux experience who bought a steam deck. There’s a good amount of weirdness with the UI sometimes, and modifying desktop mode controls can lead to it ignoring inputs until steam launches on occasion.

I know these issues stem from this being a brand new device with a brand new form factor, using whacky proprietary track pads and shit. But someone who’s only used windows might attribute them to linux and be left with a bad taste.

It’s good that the Ally exists so we can have a windows handheld to compare against.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh for sure! The issue is that one of those meanings can also imply sentience, and news outlets love doing that shit. I talk to people every day who fully believe that “AI” text transformers are actually parsing human language and responding with novel and reasoned information.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago

finally a use for the .fail TLD

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How in the fuck is bluetooth even a competing standard? If it’s “good enough” than so is SD video and VHS tapes.

Bluetooth turns twenty-six this year, maybe we’ll be closer to good integration once it hits it’s thirties.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Hang on, is THAT why call quality is abysmal with practically every bluetooth device?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Idk what exactly causes this, but I definitely have headphones that never do that. I reckon it’s only on my pricier pairs, so maybe it’s a cable insulation thing?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I reckon you could kill it with a pin in a casual enough way, maybe make it look like you’re just putting a hand there to lean? Also you have like 4 other people come throughout the day and get gas at that same pump, and they do a similar casual hand movement around the speaker.

You’d be safe as houses, probably!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Left side, second from the bottom iirc

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago

Yep. Just shell stations around here (so far at least)

They’re super loud and in my experience usually political, think local office smear ads and oil lobbyist propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 7 months ago (21 children)

If the gas pumps have those unlabeled buttons around a screen, try pressing all of em. The pumps around here (nebraska) will mute the audio when you press one of the buttons, it just isn’t labeled. I’ve taken to writing “mute” on the magic-button with a sharpie whenever I pump my gas.

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