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[-] laxu@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

Analog connections are very universal. You don't need to deal with handshakes between devices, sample rate differences, clock systems etc. because each device receives and outputs analog signal via mostly the same 1/4" jacks and plugs.

While a digital signal chain would have overall latency benefits and fewer A/D/A conversions, it just doesn't matter that much with modern hardware.

[-] laxu@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

So they are bringing back what is left of the units they moved to Ukraine?

[-] laxu@sopuli.xyz 6 points 9 months ago

Movies are unrealistic because they never show the angry stud finder part of punching walls.

[-] laxu@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

You ever manage to hack into the Pentagon by furiously typing for about 5 seconds?

[-] laxu@sopuli.xyz 14 points 9 months ago

Some kids claimed you could run faster if you hold your fingers straight, because that's how T-1000 (Robert Patrick) runs in Terminator 2.

[-] laxu@sopuli.xyz 9 points 9 months ago

I think you could do almost anything for a day. One day is "Here's Jim, he's new, and we are going to show him how we do things here" stuff where little actual work happens.

A month would be a more realistic situation. I wouldn't want to be military in an active war zone, work for a drug/trafficking cartel, or any other dangerous profession where the likelihood of dying or going to prison is high. Or professions where I'd have to actively harm people.

[-] laxu@sopuli.xyz 6 points 9 months ago

Infinite growth and the shittification of services and products while exploiting labor to make that happen are the real problems.

Billionaires should not exist and companies should be doing what is best for the company, its employees and customers, not what pleases their stockholders.

[-] laxu@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

It's been a rough year and I came very close to being furloughed. Managed to get a new client just at the right time and now I'm thriving again. I'm thankful for having frankly a lot of luck over the years which has put me where I am today. I'm not saying hard work wasn't important too, but sheer luck has been helpful too.

[-] laxu@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

You would think the Internet and access to an unprecedented amount of information would have made us smarter, more emphatic, and so on.

But it turns out people are easily misled and manipulated. Social media quickly starts to feed you more of the same crap just because you watched one video. Village idiots can now form echo chambers with like-minded individuals, e.g flat Earth believers.

Those who want power will take advantage of people who fall into all this.

[-] laxu@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah it's surprisingly good. Not sure if the gameplay can carry the whole game but I enjoyed it. Nails the vibe of the movies.

[-] laxu@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

Galaxy Fold 4. The default is Samsung Internet, but the one I use is Vivaldi, which I also use on desktop.

[-] laxu@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Exactly. The amount of /r/adviceanimals level pure shit content on Reddit is high, paired with the bots that repost things until they start hocking some crypto bullshit links.

But I have kept using Reddit for years because every once in a while, you see someone write thoughtful posts about some niche subject you didn't even know existed. That's always interesting.

Lemmy is at a state where it needs more users writing about things that interest them.

Relay Pro just went to subscription, so the last 3rd party Reddit app is gone. I will probably read Lemmy much more on mobile from now on and hope it picks up steam.

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