There’s a 50/50 chance I just got myself fired for standing up for myself at work, I’ll find out on Tuesday when I go back in, I guess; it really doesn’t matter to me anymore, I wasn’t happy there, just stressed. If I’m not, then that’s cool.
This is definitely the most euphoric I’ve felt in years, I think I’m going to celebrate with a trip to the beach and maybe look for some spots to skate. I think I’ll start self advocating for myself more, too. I like this feeling.
Had a mental breakdown over the weekend. Ended up spending a day on self care, and I think I’m going to start working towards making some changes in my life, cause this isn’t working for me.
I think that’s from mastodon users, and how mastodon works when replying. I haven’t personally used mastodon though, so someone please correct me if I’m wrong.
For Pride this year, I’ll be basically be topless (nipple tassels/pasties). That will be fine once I’m at the march/fair, but I’ve realised that I have no idea how I’ll go actually getting to Pride....
I’m sorry I can’t really answer your question itself; I’m really not qualified to, but could you wear a long sleeve shirt/light jacket, then tie it around your waist when you’re done with it? Or would that still be in the way?
Just cleaned out mt garage, closet, and attic. No clue why I kept every single box of anything electronic/tech based in the last ten years. I just tossed boxes for phones I haven’t had in years, old CPU and heat sync boxes, boxes for 100mbps nics, old modems I don’t have anymore. I’ve never needed any of these and have...
Thank you for reminding me to purge boxes again; It’s probably time._ I will admit I do like to keep the ones with fancy artwork_.
The little plastic trays things come in (fans especially) though, those are worth their weight in gold. I always keep them for sorting things like twist ties, small wires, and tiny extra screws, etc in drawers.
I don’t know a lot about biology or things like that, and this is probably a bit of a mess of a thought, but a lab grown brain in a jar could have some really interesting implications if given, say, a computer, as it’s sensory inputs and ways of interacting with the world.
Would it know what it was? How might it socialize? What would it do on the internet? Would it understand the difference between real human controlled characters and AI characters in a video game? How effective might it be at learning our languages, and communicating with us in them? What might be the most effective way/medium for it to learn a language?
I think it would be really interesting to study, and I don’t imagine there would be many ethical issues?
I've just rediscovered my childhood Gameboys, I grew up in the 90s and had an original, a color, an advance and an sp. My game collection has whittled down over the year to the usual suspects, Pokemons, Zelda's, Mario's and some other standards. But I want to dive into some games that 7 year old me would have brushed over. So...
Platformers to me always felt like the best suited games to handheld games, and I love the bright colorful art styles. Drilldozer is definitely my all time favorite. If you can find a copy, I'd highly recommend it! The rumble pack cartridge is so cool.
It's not that I disagree with you entirely. It's just personally, knowing how to solder, and having had to replace batteries for both external and internal battery laptops recently, I'd rather not have this extend to laptops. As it is now with modern laptops, you just open up the housing, desolder the old battery, get just about any lithium battery from anything (those cheap USB power packs are great), and solder some wires from that to the control board. Going back to detachable batteries means having to deal with every single manufacturer's proprietary awful housing and pinout slots. You either buy an OEM part from the manufacturer (if they still sell them) or risk a fire with third party batteries in awful housing. Detachable batteries is also how you end up with things like Lenovo using firmware to disallow third party batteries from charging on their laptops.
I feel it's more important that housings should be user openable with normal tools (guitar pick, razor blade, screwdriver) without damaging the housing. HP is genuinely awful for this on laptops.
Oh wow, I went and looked up the MacBook Air, it looks like you could snap it being so thin. I'll have to keep an eye out for one of those at the junk stores, I've not disassembled a laptop nearly that thin yet. Personally, I'd probably just end up taping a battery to the bottom of that if it came to it. Most of the laptops I've got are at least an inch thick, so it's generally not a problem finding some space in them.
I recently picked up a T430, which turns out is an absolutely awful crapshoot with third party batteries that may just not charge thanks to Lenovo, or that just might stop holding any charge after a few cycles, or at worst manage to catch fire. Lenovo no longer sells new OEM batteries for these older machines, and as they get even older, finding new third party batteries will only become more difficult.
I think I might have left my thoughts a bit unfinished in my original comment. I think where I was trying to go with my issue with laptops being included in here is that requiring the batteries to be easily detachable won't stop manufacturers from trying to lock you into something evil, something along the lines of a battery subscription like it's printer ink. If anything it may encourage them to, and that's a scary thought. What happens when they stop producing batteries for your locked down hardware? Can't use "non-genuine" batteries, they won't be allowed to charge. The average user is likely just going to toss it and buy another one, creating more e-waste.
What I feel should be regulated is the interchangeability of parts like batteries, similarly to how USB-C has been enforced. Innovation is great, but proprietary major components that are destined to fail prematurely to the rest of the device from normal wear and tear don't benefit repairability, even if they are easily replaceable. Eventually that part will no longer be manufactured, and a consumable part that no-one else is allowed to sell to your users encourages you as the OEM to design that part to have a mean time to failure that's as short as possible.
Sorry if this reads a bit disheveled, I wrote it kind of sporadically.
the big stickied thread is getting cluttered with lots of new people and the "how was your week" thread isn't a great fit for introductions, so it seems about time to make this a dedicated thread of its own so peoples' posts aren't getting lost....
Late 20s Cherokee in the southeast. Love books, storytelling, art, music and figuring out how things work and fixing them when they break. Oh and also hats, tools, things tools go in, I could probably be here all day.
I spend a good chunk of my spare time working on mechanical things like car parts, machinery, electronics, whatever I can find in my own little lab that I set-up. Always love learning new things. Most recently I've been trying to learn as much as I can about audio equipment and how all that works.
how's your week going, Beehaw
it’s week 2 of 2024 and Holy Fuck Is It Windy Out There right now, oh god
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Tesla warns that a federal probe into whether it exaggerated the range of its cars may lead to a 'material adverse impact on our business' (fortune.com)
I'm sorry I just.... Forgot you existed (startrek.website)
Indecency laws?
For Pride this year, I’ll be basically be topless (nipple tassels/pasties). That will be fine once I’m at the march/fair, but I’ve realised that I have no idea how I’ll go actually getting to Pride....
You Don't Need to Keep Every Electronic Box!
Just cleaned out mt garage, closet, and attic. No clue why I kept every single box of anything electronic/tech based in the last ten years. I just tossed boxes for phones I haven’t had in years, old CPU and heat sync boxes, boxes for 100mbps nics, old modems I don’t have anymore. I’ve never needed any of these and have...
X rule (beehaw.org)
Lab-Grown Human Brain Organoids Go Animal-Free (neurosciencenews.com)
what's your favorite Gameboy game that isn't Pokemon or Mario?
I've just rediscovered my childhood Gameboys, I grew up in the 90s and had an original, a color, an advance and an sp. My game collection has whittled down over the year to the usual suspects, Pokemons, Zelda's, Mario's and some other standards. But I want to dive into some games that 7 year old me would have brushed over. So...
European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries (www.techspot.com)
What are you reading? (June 2023)
Hey Beehaw, whatcha reading right now?
a more formal beehaw introduction thread
the big stickied thread is getting cluttered with lots of new people and the "how was your week" thread isn't a great fit for introductions, so it seems about time to make this a dedicated thread of its own so peoples' posts aren't getting lost....