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New comment by alamortsubite in "Firewood Splitting Simulator"

alamortsubite — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:00:06 +0000

It's perfect because the kind of people who will enjoy it shouldn't be allowed near an axe, anyway.

As someone with a wood stove, for my first few chops I rotated the log to orient the checking. Then it dawned on me that the simulation likely wasn't that sophisticated, and I came here to meet up with you guys.

New comment by alamortsubite in "Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time"

alamortsubite — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:33:14 +0000

The next step is virtualization, which will save everyone a lot of time and money.

New comment by alamortsubite in "Car headlights don't have to be this blinding"

alamortsubite — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:02:02 +0000

I think the problem is even worse because the mentality quickly extends from "more bright = more safe" to "drive faster."

New comment by alamortsubite in "Humans prefer to walk anticlockwise, scientists find – but reason is unclear"

alamortsubite — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:45:07 +0000

If most people are right-handed, and right-handed people tend to have larger left feet, then couldn't the difference in foot mass account for the tendency to turn left? The article says the researchers considered biomechanics, but didn't elaborate.

Seems like it'd be easy to test.

New comment by alamortsubite in "The Pirate Bay Remains Resilient, 20 Years After the Raid"

alamortsubite — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:24:44 +0000

There's an easy fix for that if you use a player like VLC that has an audio compressor: https://lifehacker.com/how-to-fix-movies-that-are-really-qui...

New comment by alamortsubite in "I love my Bluetooth keyboard"

alamortsubite — Mon, 25 May 2026 13:05:51 +0000

Termux on Android is truly phenomenal in its capabilities. Unfortunately, nothing even close to it exists on iOS. Termux from the App store is completely unrelated, and essentially a scam.

New comment by alamortsubite in "Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit"

alamortsubite — Sun, 17 May 2026 14:52:11 +0000

You're probably thinking of VeraCrypt, which is a fork of TrueCrypt. I don't think BitLocker is related.

New comment by alamortsubite in "WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global health emergency"

alamortsubite — Sun, 17 May 2026 14:46:37 +0000

Definitely, but the hantavirus incubation period ranges from 1-8 weeks after exposure.

New comment by alamortsubite in "Beware of Drunk Deer, French Police Say, Announcing Season of Inebriation"

alamortsubite — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:23:08 +0000

I once came across a buck lying in the middle of my driveway. It was curled up in a weird way with one of its legs wrapped behind the back of its neck. Since it was only a few meters off the road, I assumed it had been hit by a car, and I got out of my vehicle to drag it to the side so I could pass. As I approached, I realized its eyes were open and it was breathing. Suddenly, it struggled to its feet, then very clumsily bounded into the woods. It was funny to watch it run away in its state. Even wasted those things can move. It was also a relief not to have to deal with the corpse. I've "buried" more than one deer before.

New comment by alamortsubite in "AI coders are carrying half-open laptops through airports, offices, ice rinks"

alamortsubite — Thu, 14 May 2026 13:37:02 +0000

It usually only takes a few minutes to pull the bezel and remove the magnet that interrupts the hall sensor.

To all the clever "AI" engineers reading this: don't ever leave a laptop running in your bag (or anywhere without adequate ventilation).

New comment by alamortsubite in "Spain has become one of Europe’s cheapest power markets"

alamortsubite — Mon, 11 May 2026 12:39:21 +0000

Even within the U.S., there's a correlation between obesity and climate control preferences. Spain's obesity rate is half ours.

New comment by alamortsubite in "Am I the only one who hates delivery robots?"

alamortsubite — Sun, 03 May 2026 16:12:04 +0000

In case anyone has trouble visualizing that, try picturing this many cars moving so quickly and efficiently:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEpjPRs4Iio

Also, the woman with the roller bag.

New comment by alamortsubite in "Am I the only one who hates delivery robots?"

alamortsubite — Sun, 03 May 2026 16:00:55 +0000

If this were true, car-centrism would not be the dominant kool-aid.

New comment by alamortsubite in "Tesla owner won $10k in court for Tesla's FSD lies. Tesla is still fighting him"

alamortsubite — Sun, 03 May 2026 15:17:30 +0000

Your car also has a safety feature that the others upstream lack: a curb weight of only 2400 lbs. Which is already an order of magnitude more mass than necessary to move a few human beings around.

Also, by having some skin in the game, my guess is you're a lot more likely to drive it responsibly, which is probably the most effective safety feature of all.

New comment by alamortsubite in "California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws"

alamortsubite — Sun, 03 May 2026 13:51:48 +0000

The easy way to accomplish that would be to go after the businesses that employ them. At this point, however, I think it's safe to assume it's not the real objective, and the economy would crash into a ditch if policy was anything but theater.

New comment by alamortsubite in "Your phone is about to stop being yours"

alamortsubite — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:11:43 +0000

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I use Android and iOS regularly and while Android's ugly, it's slightly less ugly.

New comment by alamortsubite in "When the cheap one is the cool one"

alamortsubite — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:30:13 +0000

Porsche killed the 944S Turbo because it was accidentally faster than the Carrera and 930, and that was taboo. Its successor, the 968, was the awkward compromise.

New comment by alamortsubite in "When the cheap one is the cool one"

alamortsubite — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:23:48 +0000

Dell took a stab at colors with the Mini netbooks circa 2008.

New comment by alamortsubite in "When the cheap one is the cool one"

alamortsubite — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:21:58 +0000

The G3s were cool when they came out but they didn't have swappable case covers, nor were there as many colors as you remember.

New comment by alamortsubite in "When the cheap one is the cool one"

alamortsubite — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:14:30 +0000

I don't think many people blindly hate Apple, but it's fair to point out your Catalina install is obsolete.

If I could install Linux on the Neo, I'd probably buy one. My daily-driver is also from 2012 (XPS L321X). It's not hobbled by the OS like your Air or the Neo, however, and happily runs the latest release from Debian.