Wolf314159

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[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

For running, I got a smartwatch that can store some music locally, so I don't need to be connected to listen. Still not perfect, kind of a hassle to use, and doesn't always work perfectly. Almost miss those tiny iPod nanos. I feel like portable dedicated music players have gone backwards in features and usability with the rise in popularity of perpetually connected Internet devices and streaming services.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Postcard aesthetic isn't good enough?

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, the touch screen is awful, but just try finding a decent induction range without one and without spending twice as much for the privilege. (It seems that induction ranges are the most popular for this unfortunate design trend.)There's not really any choices out there. You can lock the screen, which is great for cleaning. Just don't do that while you're using the oven or range because it turns everything off and cancels the bake.

I do love everything else about my induction range though. Cold searing stuff is faster and easier to get right. I can bring a pot of water to a rolling boil in about 4 minutes.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I tried Govee outdoor lights.

The app has some ridiculously invasive permissions required to operate that have absolutely nothing to do with turning a light on/off and changing the color. Goodbye privacy.

The lights were also VERY far from permanent, they lasted through a couple months of mild weather and light use. No snow, no flooding or heavy rain, no direct sun, no extreme heat, no evident physical damage. In my case it wasn't just one light that went, it was the whole strand and the way it failed left me feeling worried that it was a fire hazard. Their outdoor lights are not well made enough to be left outdoors for long. I would not recommend Govee lights to anyone.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago

Same, but CADD packages. Every UI is different for each app. Users each have unique configurations of buttons, ribbons, and task windows. Some apps even use completely different terms for identical concepts. Long ago I stopped remembering button and tool placement in autoCAD and just memorized commands because the GUI would completely change with every update and sometimes after a crash.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 3 points 3 weeks ago

That's the joke.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 12 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

They let Larry Niven write some episodes of Star Trek: The Animated Series, so now the K'zinti (cat people Niven originally introduced in his Ringworld stories) are canon in the Star Trek Universe. The producer (or maybe director, I don't really remember) of those cartoons was color blind and as a result, those cat like aliens became cannonicaly purple.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Do you realize that every bit of your comment just validated everything the other person said?

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds like you eat trash. Most of what I buy from the grocery store is fresh or frozen, pretty much everything else is a slow boring flavorless heavy salted death. I haven't found a service that can automate my grocery shopping to my satisfaction and frankly I wouldn't want to. My weekly meal planning happens in the vegetable department based on what in season, available locally, looks appetizing, etc.

It also sounds like you live alone, not having to contend with other people's changing schedules and laundry needs.

You're automated "easy" life sounds like an empty void. I'm not convinced you're "living" your life at all, just killing time.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

Nah, let the computers do the things that they're good at, like calculating time differentials. And let people reference something real, like the sunrise and sunset. The whole daylight savings time vs. standard time is dumb, and political timezones are unfortunate, but any time system becomes meaningless when it becomes too decoupled from the way people actually experience time. I don't care when noon is in Europe, noon will always be roughly midday for me. I don't expect that's an unpopular opinion for anyone that spends any significant portion of their time outside.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

Hedwig sings a song about this myth, Origin of Love.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

In the US it must be Springfield because there's so fucking many of them that they ~~named~~ made a TV show after it.

Stupid sexy autocorrect.

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