knotthatone

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[–] knotthatone@lemmy.one 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Klingons oversell their whole honorable warrior schtick, especially to outsiders. They're not a monoculture but it's far less "cool" to be a nerdy scientist in Klingon society than, say, Starfleet, but they've still got them. They're just not celebrated to the same degree. They pay for that by being a bit behind the tech curve, imo.

[–] knotthatone@lemmy.one 17 points 2 years ago

Interesting customer retention move for a service that hasn't been able to make much new content for the past six months and is about to see its new releases dry up.

[–] knotthatone@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago

They share it amongst themselves via third party consulting firms already. This just gives the public visibility.

[–] knotthatone@lemmy.one 74 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It makes some sense for business & enterprise stuff, but not for household/consumer computers & devices. That's just rent-seeking and forced obsolescence. There is no good reason a home computer from the past fifteen years should have security patches withheld because the manufacturers want people to throw them away and buy and brand new ones.

[–] knotthatone@lemmy.one 32 points 2 years ago

Honestly, a bit of both. It probably gets more hate than it deserves but there's a lot of pointless change just for the sake of changing things. It's better than Win10 on a Surface, touch screen and pen support have improved. But beyond that, I don't really see a reason to jump to it until they force the issue by ending support for 10.

[–] knotthatone@lemmy.one 15 points 2 years ago

They're being so vague with the numbers that I really doubt how mature any of this is. Given some of the examples (photos, music, War & Peace) I'm guessing 3TB or so, but it's a fluff article, so who knows.

[–] knotthatone@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Yup, a friend recommended them to me and I'm really happy with them. I haven't quite gotten the hang of gauging my own speaking volume when I have them in at a loud bar or something but I'll figure it out with more practice.

[–] knotthatone@lemmy.one 8 points 2 years ago

Yes, this is totally a symbolic move and nothing has meaningfully changed at Unity. Riccitiello is probably walking away with many millions of dollars and the rest of the leadership team who were fully onboard with the new licensing plan are still there. Once the negative press dies down, Unity will try something equally shitty again.

Developers would be foolish to trust this company ever again.

[–] knotthatone@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Usually not, but I finally live somewhere with an Alamo nearby and those are a nice experience and they enforce good behavior. We don't see a lot of movies in the theater, but when we do, that's where we go and we've been going more often as a result.

[–] knotthatone@lemmy.one 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I also find that a lot of theatres are too loud now, but maybe my ears are getting old.

I do too and I've probably damaged my hearing in my youth by being careless & invincible. I bought a set of fancy concert earplugs ($30ish) that protect hearing without muffling the sound and they were well worth it. They fit in a little capsule on my keychain so I've got them if I wind up someplace unexpectedly loud.

[–] knotthatone@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

So is fish sauce, miso paste, yaggi, marmite, better than bouillon, parmesan, mushrooms, tomato paste and many many more things.

And anytime you see hydrolyzed soy or wheat protein on an ingredient label.. that's just slightly less refined MSG.

[–] knotthatone@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

If you'd rather avoid liquid smoke try using smoked paprika instead. Store bought does the job but if you can find the good stuff at a local farmer's market, it's worth it.

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