Hot take, I don’t mind it - my drawer of questionably compliant OEM cables is overflowing. Less plastic waste is a win, as long as everyone sticks to USB-C.

We improved our tracking algorithms to more accurately monitor your every move.

We found an unpatched microphone exploit that let’s us listen in on all of your conversations.

You do you - anything is technically possible, and from a purely engineering perspective a Steam Deck is an impressive little piece of hardware.

That said. I would advise against getting it for any sort of productivity. Having to haul out it, a separate keyboard, and mouse, just to take a quick note in class is cumbersome and distracting, even if we assume everything works on the first go every time (it won’t.).

As others have pointed out, Linux is nice until it isn’t - maybe you can partner up with a friend when your chemistry lab needs you to reference their archaic software to find some material property, but its a risk you’re choosing to take on. Will it pair with the campus printers? What if you need to run Solid Works? Ansys? The drivers for a digital microscope? Collaborating on group projects in Microsoft Office (the web apps aren’t the same.)? The list goes on.

Additionally, something like the Steam Deck is built for gaming. Meaning every time you pick it up, it reminds you it’s time to game. As someone with ADHD who struggled to stay on task in college, having a constant reminder of distractions at my fingertips would have been overwhelming.

That’s before we factor in the ‘cool’ factor of being that person in the class.

Get a laptop.

A couple of people mentioned sparkling water, and I want to join the train.

I got an off-brand sodastream. That and some Aarke flavor drops (https://aarke.us/collections/flavor-drops), and I have an infinite supply of la croix-esq bubble water.

I keep 2 bottles of (fridge-filtered) tap water in the fridge at all times and when I get the “I’m bored and don’t know what else I want” pangs, I go there first.

I also generally try drinking more water, especially at the start of a meal, to push back against the tendency to over eat.

Finally there’s the “just buy healthier snacks” but I struggle with that one the most

If i did mean to rape children, it’s all of your faults their fault for “dressing that way” or whatever

FTFY. 100% think he’ll go the “asking for it” route like most rapists.

You can edit titles on Lemmy :)

What I’m shocked about is there’s a $14M black market for rhino horns and they’re principled enough to not just sell dried glue shavings and call it rhino horn.

The news is he was responding to a question about his favorite flavor of ice cream.

Nothing like the slop of a rain drenched tennis ball on pavement

What’s the alternative, let the red states gerrymander and then just hope and pray that our new Republican-run house does the right thing and outlaws their one advantage in governing?

Newsom isn’t doing this in a vacuum, California has had a really well liked nonpartisan districting committee. Texas and other red States have gone with the nuclear option and CA is responding in kind - even more importantly, this is something that has to be voted on by the residents of CA in a special election, rather than by a set of politicians already benefitting from gerrymandering.

I absolutely hate that it has to be done, but as a CA resident I will be voting for it, and I will be pressuring my elected representatives to work towards passing federal legislation outlawing the practice and bringing things to a more even playing field.

The do-nothing alternative is not an option.

And hence, range anxiety is overblown.

And some fava beans.

This is not at all surprising, and anyone with half a brain cell would know not to trust these reports but I appreciate these reporters for taking the time to document this for the record.

It will not change the administration’s actions, but it provides a consistent and reputable source of debunking when that one uncle starts spewing horse shit on Facebook.

Hot take - everyone is hitting on nostalgia, but personally I think there’s more to it than just that.

Low-res games invite the player to use their imagination, something that gets lost in the pursuit of hyper-realism.

Unlike most modern AAA games, games like Stardew Valley, Minecraft, or BOTW/TOTK invite the player to use their creativity - not just in problem solving, but also in how they view the world.

This was just an inherent feature of older games, due to the limitations of technology, but now it’s a luxury in a world that’s increasingly trying to script or control how you think and interact at every turn.

I could keep my windows open all night and by morning it was still over 30 degrees inside, the heat would just never leave. I think because the wind would blow along the side of the house instead of directly at it so I got no airflow.

(Assuming it’s cooler outside at night) the fix here is to induce the airflow you want by opening windows on opposing ends of your home and then placing a fan indoors ~1m away from one of the open windows blowing air out of the home. Outside of a custom-built solution, this is the most effective way to draw outside air in through the opposing window.

If there is a prevailing breeze along the path of airflow, use it to your advantage. Otherwise, draw air in through an occupied space you want to cool off the most, exhaust through a less occupied space.

(I get that corporate environments are often off the table for this).

FYI in case anyone needs to hear this, but Firefox can be installed as a user in windows if you just decline the admin prompt when installing.

Who the fuck doesn’t like NPR?

Absolute code amateur here, but my guess is “generic headers” are just a copy/paste job from another program (or vibe code), and declare a bunch of really common functions that never actually get utilized in the code.

Sorta like copying the same import statements in Python, whether you’re using numpy or not

We created a totally secure and definitely unguessable (Probably Unique)™ identifier system - an MD5 hash of FirstnameLastname-DOB

Oh also with this new totally flawless system, you’re now legally obligated to recite I’m full your (Probably Unique)™ 32-character hash to any ICE agents who request it. Failure to do so will result in detainment.

For immigrants, we will happily tattoo your (Probably Unique)™ hash on your wrist for your convenience.

Not excusing the ignorance, but if you click the link to the vendor’s page from a US IP it offers to redirect you to their US page, which is completely flooded with Fender X Teufel co-branded products:

https://us.teufelaudio.com/?delivery_country=US

There’s literally nothing but Fender co-branded products in the US. Kinda sad actually because I want this open source speaker