“4k” is supposed to be a term for cinema widescreen resolution, but got taken over because it’s short and marketable because “4k is 4x as many pixels as 1080p”

What makes it worse is that then 1440p becomes 2k because “it’s 2x as many pixels”

The flip flop irks me

They deal with parents, helicopter parents, and helicopters. neat

Nine lifetimes? Must be a cat

Might take that long for a cat to learn to write

I find that chatgpt and claude try to give you one answer and sounds mildly to very certain about themselves without giving references.

Perplexity actually gives reference links for each claim it makes, which I find better because I can check it’s work and fork off and explore further myself at any point along it’s reasoning.

As a definite AI Hater, I find it to be a good middle ground LLM / search engine

An American worker spending 1hr each way commuting to an 8hr+1hr lunch job is spending 2 out of 7 of their free hours in this machine. It’s understandable that the demand for their vehicle to not be an oppressive environment would arise.

But I do agree that not all cars should be packed with these superfluous amenities

AI is a tool. Or more exactly, AI is an accelerant. There are things you could have done yourself, but the AI can do it in seconds and now you just have to verify it and modify it. When used to create things within your skill set, more power to ya. Companies are shoving it into their products with no understanding of this.

“a supercut of the whole show” mf those are called episodes lol

Do you use the *arr apps? Radarr lets you set profiles that can prioritize file size as well as codec. Then the process of acquisition is more automated but still prioritizes your preferences

I like Pocket Casts, I don’t think it’s owned by big tech.

Though I’m not liking their pivot to subscription, I still think it’s a good app

Is this a common enough occurrence that you’d pay a subscription for an app to do this? I can’t think of many use cases

That’s rather cool, glad to hear it worked. My experience with it is often:

Where can I find this setting to change for *this thing*? “Gladly! I know how frustrating this process scan be! First, open the settings page, find the page that says “*\thing setting* and change it there” There is no page like that " You’re absolutely right!”

So texting a coworker on an unmonitored phone is also out of the question?

I’ve recently moved away from Spotify and to Pandora, ironically.

Pandora premium let’s you play whichever track you want, they are not longer exclusively stations, but their station algorithm is the reason I decided on them over other spotify alternatives

Nope. At some point spotify forced FREE users to shuffle play playlists. You couldn’t pick which specific song you’ll hear first. And with ads, obviously.

My understanding is that prison is waaaay worse. Needlessly cruel, you might say

This $8k tv has no bezel and no cables /s

Love this one, use it on my SO often

Can I use my current google speakers with homeAssistant? Can they still do the ‘grouped speakers’ things? Can I still ‘cast’ media?

CF panel? Your light bulb??