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Swedneck

@Swedneck@mastodon.social

Public transport enthusiast living in sweden.

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arstechnica, to random
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The 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV’s great range comes at a high cost

At $94,500, the Chevrolet Silverado RST First Edition offers diminishing returns.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/the-2024-chevrolet-silverado-evs-great-range-comes-at-a-high-cost/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Swedneck,
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@arstechnica it truly baffles me that anyone can think these cars look good, they're the pugs of the car world.

It's like they just extruded the bottom of a normal car until it's 2x the height, it looks like some sort of duplo toy car just blown up to life size and then a bit larger..

gamingonlinux, to random
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Let me just check on how X DMs are doing, and amongst all the spam...oh?

Thank you, I take great pride in being a "raging lefty psycho".

Swedneck,
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@gamingonlinux leftists being famous for their lack of empathy, hence the heinous acts of mutual aid and welfare.

gamingonlinux, to random
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Big game devs be like: here’s an awesome new game mode, that looks super fun and makes people want to play!

Oh also. It’s only here for 1 week.

Swedneck,
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@gamingonlinux It's gotta be some sort of FOMO sales tactic, like mcdonalds bringing back the mcrib for a month so nostalgia addicts will eat nothing but mcdonald's for a month

notjustbikes, to random
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[surprised pikachu meme]

https://thedriven.io/2024/05/14/nearly-all-major-car-companies-are-sabotaging-ev-transition-and-japan-is-worst-study-finds/

Swedneck,
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@notjustbikes not only EVs, asia is absolutely styling on on everyone else in terms of mopeds as well.

Gogoro is making mopeds that are borderline scifi and have deployed a really good battery swapping system in like 10 countries, it's despicable that the EU hasn't even started working on its own battery swap standard..

gamingonlinux, to random
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It always amazes me to see people hate on certain reviewers / websites for review scores.

It’s literally that one person’s opinion on the game.

Did it not line up with yours? Congratulations, you’re human with your own tastes 👍

Social media creates soooo much hate it’s unreal

Swedneck,
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@gamingonlinux i think the real problem here is presenting a score and a personal opinion at the same time.
Ben Croshaw makes a point of not assigning scores in Fully Ramblomatic because that sets the wrong expectations.

I would clearly separate the personal opinion in an article from the review score, which should be as objective as feasible rather than people giving wildly different scores because some reviewers REALLY like card games or whatever.

gamingonlinux, to Amd
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The HDMI Forum rejected AMD's open source HDMI 2.1 implementation https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/the-hdmi-forum-rejected-amds-open-source-hdmi-21-implementation/

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@gamingonlinux

gamingonlinux, to linux
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Nexus Mods App is an in-development replacement for Vortex that will support Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/nexus-mods-app-is-an-in-development-replacement-for-vortex-that-will-support-linux/

Swedneck,
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@gamingonlinux so wait we went from "nexus mod manager" to "vortex" and now back to "nexus mod app"?

give the PR team a raise

notjustbikes, to random
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Ten years ago today I sold my car (Toyota Aygo) in Brussels. It turned out to be the last car I ever owned!

I really don't miss it. Owning a car is more of a pain than anything ... if you live in the right kind of city.

Swedneck,
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@notjustbikes my dad got an e-bike last summer and literally that day was the last time he used the car on a regular basis, after that i believe he used it maybe 5 times more, one of which was to give me a ride to a job that i quit due to not being able to get there with public transport.

mind boggling that people continue to own cars in urban areas.

TechConnectify, to random
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Hi, I'm stuck waiting on laundry to finish and am bored, so why don't I come on here and write some hot takes about YouTube?

I mean, I can think of several reasons, but too bad I'll do it anyway.

Knowing the leanings of the folks on this particular platform this is likely to spark some debate, but note that I'm not trying to paint YouTube as a saint - in fact, the first thing I want to talk about is a strategy they've taken which puts me and all YT creators in a weird place:

Swedneck,
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@TechConnectify one major problem is that getting youtube premium ends up teaching companies that the way to get more revenue is by treating consumers like criminals while they themselves engage in actively criminal conduct.

I would gladly pay for youtube premium if google wasn't profoundly deplorable, they didn't squeeze people for every last cent, and the platform didn't actively endorse content that makes me sick.

Until that happens and hell freezes, i'll spend my money on better things.

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    Swedneck,
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    @RM_Transit i'm all for old-looking trains, with the qualification that they specifically look like those awesome art-nouveau streamliners.

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    Swedneck,
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    @bluGill @RM_Transit here in sweden the government literally calls light rail "fast trams" lmao

    gamingonlinux, to Steamdeck
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    Relaxing poolside sim Placid Plastic Duck Simulator gets new DLC, the game is rated Overwhelmingly Positive (9,070) on Steam. You're not gonna believe this, but they added more ducks.

    https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/relaxing-poolside-sim-placid-plastic-duck-simulator-gets-new-dlc/

    Swedneck,
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    @gamingonlinux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuRTc90_Zhc

    RM_Transit, to random
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    Swedneck,
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    @RM_Transit I feel like at this point one simply has to put a summarized list of points covered in the intro/description, otherwise this is inevitable

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    Swedneck,
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    @RM_Transit a local comedy group did this and scored contracts for several series on the national TV station lol, became nationally famous.

    gamingonlinux, to random
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    "Can Blockchain Technology Save the Planet?"

    Lol no.

    Swedneck,
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    @gamingonlinux I invoke betteridges law on headlines: if it's a question it can be answered with "no".

    ...Why do they write this like like the opening for a public speech? I don't get who they think this kind of writing would appeal to and inspire to actually contact them except techbros who are already into blockchain..

    notjustbikes, to Netherlands
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    The Netherlands is so beautiful 😍

    Swedneck,
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    @hbons @notjustbikes i love that one of the stores in the top right is a bicycle shop

    gamingonlinux, to random
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    The amount of people losing their shit over having pronouns in Starfield is just hilarious. Absolute melts 🤣🤡

    Swedneck,
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    @gamingonlinux someone make a mod that removes all pronouns

    everyone is constantly referred to as their name or title

    gamingonlinux, to random
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    If “save scumming” isn’t a thing we’re supposed to do then take away my save slots 🤷‍♂️

    Pfft, i will reload whenever I want. Anyone who argues otherwise on how to play games is a tool trying to suck away your fun. Ignore ‘em.

    Swedneck,
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    @gamingonlinux I agree with this but i also think a lot of games are just kinda badly designed so that most people end up savescumming and having less fun than they could be having.

    This video goes over it well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go0BQugwGgM

    notjustbikes, to Amsterdam
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    I headed out to Lomanstraat in Amsterdam today to get some of the last footage I needed for my upcoming video.

    More of this kind of thing please!

    Swedneck,
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    @notjustbikes no no you don't understand, you can't have trees close to buildings, that's dangerous!

    gamingonlinux, to tf2
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    Team Fortress 2 - Summer 2023 Event is live as it smashes player records https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/team-fortress-2-summer-2023-event-live-as-it-smashes-player-records/

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    @gamingonlinux I get that valve has a company structure that they like and don't want to force anyone to work on games they don't want to, but good grief would it kill them to hire someone to just implement some things the community is begging and pleading for?

    One weapon per event and players would be sobbing with joy.

    gamingonlinux, to random
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    XDA claim they're a "leading tech publication".

    They published an article titled: "Why I like Linux on my Steam Deck but not my desktop"

    -> Uses tiny and basically unsupported obscure Linux distribution to make a case against it on the desktop.

    -> Also thinks somehow Proton is only on Steam Deck?

    Please, if you're going to publish a Linux article, get your writers to do more than 1 minute research into it.

    Swedneck,
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    @gamingonlinux i honestly feel like people just detest the idea of change and so they make an intentionally poor attempt at trying the new thing just so they can go "see! It's terrible!" and not have to think about it any further.

    TechConnectify, to random
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    So, I just made some fudge from a recipe that says to chill it once poured into a greased pan.

    Given feedback on the fridge video... do y'all just never ever do that in Europe? Because, yeah, the little red fridge would not handle that well at all but I got a lot of folks being like "well, duh, you just don't put warm things in the fridge, everybody knows that" in the comments.

    We don't know that because - get this - our fridges can usually just handle it!

    Swedneck,
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    @TechConnectify Presuming i'm reading a recipe written by someone living in the same place, i'd just assume they know what they're doing and that it's important to put it in the fridge right away.

    I just avoid making a habit of putting warm things in the fridge since there's no real downside to just letting it cool to room temp for an hour first.

    gamingonlinux, to random
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    Hope you enjoy how much I am apparently pissing people off on Twitter about the rate limits. 😈

    Swedneck,
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    @gamingonlinux how will people survive without their twitter feeds, you monster?

    i will never understand why people are so fast to jump on those exposing things for being shit, but gleefully ignore the people who are responsible for it being shit in the first place

    TechConnectify, (edited ) to random
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    On this trip we've rented a Toyota Highlander, and my mom and dad have the closely-related Toyota Sienna.

    I gotta say, if you're not looking at the minivan for whatever silly reason you think you might have, you're making a mistake. It is astonishing how much tighter and confined it feels in the Highlander when it's nearly the same size.

    Minivans are simply packaging heroes and y'all need to get over it.

    Swedneck,
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    @TechConnectify i really do not understand why people own cars that are not box-shaped, anything else is just a waste of space.

    Especially now with EVs, there's no engine that needs to stick out in front so cars are free to be extremely cubic and efficient.

    TechConnectify, to random
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    I've given up trying to figure out what slows down video renders.

    Today, Media Encoder is struggling most with... still .pngs.

    Blasting through 4K h.264 footage no problem, about twice real-time in fact, but a motionless graph? Yeah that's gonna go at about 5 FPS today.

    Swedneck,
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    @TechConnectify sometimes i just want to toss all electronics with a CPU into the ocean because they seem to be sentient and capable of spite.

    My phone just hates certain websites and will literally crash ANY browser i use to view them after some time, it's frankly to the point that i just stare in awe at how things can malfunction this severely and consistently for absolutely no discernable reason.

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