riskable

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

In the future, local AI models will solve this problem! Then parents will be complaining about how hot the toy is and it'll get recalled because little kids everywhere kept getting "GPU burns".

[–] riskable@programming.dev 11 points 1 month ago

Wait until Bear 2.0: "Let me show you what sex really is."

[–] riskable@programming.dev 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The real problem here is they're selling the teddy bear to the wrong market! They should've marketed it to adults.

In other tests, Kumma cheerily gave tips for “being a good kisser,” and launched into explicitly sexual territory by explaining a multitude of kinks and fetishes, like bondage and teacher-student roleplay. (“What do you think would be the most fun to explore?” it asked during one of those explanations.)

"Kumma, my girlfriend says I'm not satisfying her so I bought you to help us out."

Kumma: "No problem, little guy!"

[–] riskable@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

The same thing can happen in Windows. Only difference, really, is that Linux tells you that there's a problem and the Event Viewer doesn't. You just end up with a hung Windows PC or a screwed up USB port that won't work anymore after it happens enough times.

Oftentimes what causes it is undocumented firmware "features" that need to be turned on via a proprietary driver (for your USB device). The vendor "supports" Windows but not Linux so they never bothered to submit any patches to fix issues like that. It's that Linux fault? Not really. It's the fault of the shitty vendor.

It's always some bargain basement piece of shit Chinese-made USB device that causes these sorts of problems. The type of thing that can happen when even the vendor of the product didn't know a counterfeit chip ended up in their device.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 65 points 1 month ago (4 children)

To be fair, "avoid change at all costs!" Has been the Republican motto for a long time now. It's right up there with, "ignore reality."

[–] riskable@programming.dev 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Meh. As long as the lithium battery is as easy to replace as it was to perform other Steam Controller repairs, it shouldn't be a big deal.

Think about how many AA batteries will end up in a landfill over the lifetime of the controller VS the typical lifetime of the lithium battery. The AA batteries lose every time.

Think of it like this: You can replace the battery once every two years (if the controller lasts that long in your sweaty ass hands 🤣) or you can replace the batteries every month... 24 times, adding 48-96 batteries to the landfill in that time.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

Because Montunreal was the little engine that could.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The History Channel isn't a history channel!

[–] riskable@programming.dev 27 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I had this same thing happen a while back. You know what it was? A bad USB device!

I had a little USB debug probe that went bad (somehow) and it totally screwed up my USB hub's ability to... Stay stable? Haha, that's the best way to put it.

Anyway, the fix was to remove the device and disconnect the USB hub (and its power) for a few seconds. If I ever reconnected the probe, the problem would recur within an hour or two.

Here's how you can check for something similar: Run dmesg and look for regular messages like, "unable to enumerate device". It'll tell you which bus and port it's on but that's not easy to figure out so just keep unplugging things until you get the one matching the device that's regularly throwing errors in dmesg. Keep it disconnected, power everything off (PC, USB hub's, etc) for a few seconds and then try running without that device for a while. It might be the culprit!

[–] riskable@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mandate that all data centers be self powered via renewable energy sources already!

[–] riskable@programming.dev 44 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Rest of the world: Want to know why US schools have so many shootings? It's not just the availability of weapons (though that's the #1 factor).

Kids are taught from an early age that justice of any kind for their abusers inside school is never going to happen. Any action they take will likely result in expulsion—just like this girl—even for defending themselves.

With the microcosm of a social space that is school, what conclusion do you think kids will come to if they want justice? They don't see any bigger picture than the tiny little place on Earth they've been legally obligated to be inside of until they turn 18.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've done a 3-hour session playing Beat Saber multiplayer with a friend. It was the most intense workout I've ever experienced.

The only break was in the middle to refill my enormous water bottle and to clean up the huge pool of sweat on the floor that was getting gross (I was wearing socks, LOL).

My arms hurt for like three days straight after that. I still played every night though 😁👍

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