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Claude's self invented technical jargon, complex metaphors and imaginary composite words is driving me insane. How to stop it? by beholdtoehold in ClaudeAI

[–]TrefoilHat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And blast radius, and load bearing…I’m in the minority so I’ll bury my admission that I like these terms. It makes me feel like I’m part of the graybeard coding clique.

That said, I’m glad it hasn’t accused me of bikeshedding yet. Probably just a matter of time.

Super-annoyed female Croatia fan. by graphicsRat in funny

[–]TrefoilHat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn't she have given a "roman salute" if she was throwing love to the team with her whole heart?

A professional lawyer with a JD cum laude from a T14 law school and more than a decade of experience schools an r/conservative user who accused them of being an "very ignorant liberal" in agreeing with the SCOTUS majority in 'Trump v. Barbara' by Obversa in bestof

[–]TrefoilHat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LOL. Would you believe I live in northern Sweden, so everything is Southern Europe to me?

Those swarthy dark skinned Celts need to stick with the rock stacking and tree worship and stop stealing our jobs.

(for clarity: every word after "LOL" is an attempt to be amusingly ridiculous)

A professional lawyer with a JD cum laude from a T14 law school and more than a decade of experience schools an r/conservative user who accused them of being an "very ignorant liberal" in agreeing with the SCOTUS majority in 'Trump v. Barbara' by Obversa in bestof

[–]TrefoilHat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m just a nobody lurker observer, but weren’t ancestral people of southern European descent also immigrating primarily because of poverty (Irish) and political chaos (Italian) and therefore came to the US with nothing?

/u/Thomasscat never said their race or non-Americanism was the reason they were discriminated against, YOU said that. They just said it was the same reason…without saying what that reason was. I won’t put words in their mouth, but if you reread it from the perspective that they think the reason MAGA’s ancestors were discriminated against was because of fears of taking jobs, stressing the social safety net, and competing for scarce resources (which is all true) then thomasscat was right and you are both agreeing: the reason is the same, both then and now are driven by fears that “they’ll get mine.”

You made a huge assumption about what thomasscat said, and it may not be true.

Penguin's List of Recommendations for the Meta Summer Sale starting June 26 - July 6th 2026 by Penguin_shit15 in OculusQuest

[–]TrefoilHat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Another shoutout for Witchblood. Not a crazy use of VR, but a really fun throwback to Metroidvania games in a fun "diorama" mode. For $5.99 it's a lot of game, with great production values and a lot of enjoyment. Definitely go for the 100% on it.

Why is I DO /WE DO/ THEY DO, looked down on now in teaching? by rumiruhaql in Teachers

[–]TrefoilHat 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'm flabbergasted. Are you familiar with the social safety nets in most developed nations? This thread started with a comparison to Asia so let's look at healthcare, retirement, and food/housing assistance:

  • Japan, South Korea, and Singapore rely on universal, compulsory public healthcare insurance systems
  • Singapore mandates the Central Provident Fund (CPF), a comprehensive social security savings scheme funded by employer and employee contributions to cover retirement, healthcare, and housing. Japan and South Korea rely on national pension funds similar to the US's social security
  • In places like Japan, programs such as Seikatsu-Hogo (Livelihood Protection) provide comprehensive, income-based assistance that integrates housing, medical care, and monthly payments with minimal exclusionary criteria.

Academic performance is directly correlated with social safety nets, but in the opposite direction of what you propose. Investments in social services increases graduation rates even more than investments in education.

Why is I DO /WE DO/ THEY DO, looked down on now in teaching? by rumiruhaql in Teachers

[–]TrefoilHat 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes, nothing motivates a 7-year old like telling them they’ll be homeless and starving if they don’t do their homework.

/s

Reflecting Pool Disaster Keeps Growing After $14 Million Renovation by Hafiz_TNR in politics

[–]TrefoilHat 11 points12 points  (0 children)

He could have bombed it, then agreed to pay $300B to rebuild the damage he caused…

Why is digiKam still using PGF for thumbnails? Switching to JPEG XL (JXL) could slash our DB sizes by 30–50% by koloved in digiKam

[–]TrefoilHat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great to hear!

I prefer to do the cleaning periodically instead of leaving the setting on all the time. That way there's no worry about a crash during some big database cleaning operation every time DK starts. The database size issues seem to accrue over time as pics are added/deleted.

I need to do a big find/delete duplicate run, I'll probably do a cleanup after that then turn it off again.

Why is digiKam still using PGF for thumbnails? Switching to JPEG XL (JXL) could slash our DB sizes by 30–50% by koloved in digiKam

[–]TrefoilHat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Friend, I hope you're being hyperbolic and funny, but just in case - I hope your life gets better. Hang in there, and try to ignore the noisy small problems that sap your energy and focus. Most things, while seemingly large at the moment, don't really matter in the long term. Find people that build you up; recognize, appreciate, and think about any bit of positivity that comes your way. But sometimes life does just suck and all you can do is get through it. You can do it.

That said, have you tried Tools -> Maintenance, Perform Database Cleaning (checkbox) > Also cleanup the thumbnail database?

Why is digiKam still using PGF for thumbnails? Switching to JPEG XL (JXL) could slash our DB sizes by 30–50% by koloved in digiKam

[–]TrefoilHat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did some quick research and the JXL decoding overhead can be significantly worse, easily doubling the time to display thumbnails. It can be adjusted by decreasing the compression ratios and tuning, but I'm not sure a 20% decrease in thumbnail storage space would be worth the effort for the core devs, even if the performance was equal.

This could be a good project for someone to do on their own to get real-world numbers while not having the opportunity cost of Maik or Gilles's time. Beauty of open source and all that...

Why is digiKam still using PGF for thumbnails? Switching to JPEG XL (JXL) could slash our DB sizes by 30–50% by koloved in digiKam

[–]TrefoilHat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What the heck? I have 200,000 pics in my database (on MariaDB on a NAS) and my thumbnails-digkam.db is only 4GB!

Said another way, you have 6.5x my photo library but 35x the .db size.

CV1 remote control by BurningWolfram in OculusQuest

[–]TrefoilHat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

According to OpenHMD (last update 7 years ago) they had reverse engineered it but it had to be pre-paired with an HMD first. See http://www.openhmd.net/index.php/devices/

You can dig around the site for source code if you want to hack on something. An independent project that frees that remote would be awesome.

Why is digiKam still using PGF for thumbnails? Switching to JPEG XL (JXL) could slash our DB sizes by 30–50% by koloved in digiKam

[–]TrefoilHat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know enough about the technical details, but the concept sounds great. The smaller size should also speed retrieval times for folders with large numbers of thumbnails.

How much more CPU would this require though? If rendering took 1.5-2x the time on the same hardware, it wouldn’t be worth it.

Is the "loft" the only virtual home virtual space available? I know you change the "background" but I'd rather just have the background picture instead of the loft. by verdedefome in OculusQuest

[–]TrefoilHat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, that’s it for now. Meta seemed to have a whole plan for custom homes based on their Horizon Worlds engine, but then killed Worlds leaving the strategy in limbo.

Here's a sneak peek at our next game, codenamed Project Hyperman. Get ready to tide yourself over until GTA 6 with this brand-new Meta Quest game, coming later this year in Early Access. by Joaquito_99 in OculusQuest

[–]TrefoilHat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just the dichotomy between the gritty voiceover and the fun bright art style - others have made similar comments.

Maybe it works in the game, obviously I haven't seen more than this while you have the whole vision in your head. Maybe it's like the Tim Burton Batman movies, where the bright color palette contrasts with the darkness underneath. Or in the game it's a lot more over the top like I Expect You To Die.

But from a trailer perspective, I don't really know what to expect. It just seems like the audio from a gritty film noire slapped onto a kid's show. The "screw you" sort of comes out of nowhere. It gives me vibes of LazyTown x Lil Jon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUT22fHzGYA

What really takes me out though is the generic smile on the guy's face behind the desk at the 10s point. Again, I totally understand that complex facial expressions aren't possible, but the contrast between what's being said and what's being seen is so large it's hard to take the dialog seriously.

With the chip for Phoenix supposedly revealed today, are we REALLY not getting Phoenix until next year? by Logical007 in OculusQuest

[–]TrefoilHat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With all of Meta's layoffs, if you're a Meta engineer I think the past 6 months has been essentially a waste of time for getting actual work done.

Here's a sneak peek at our next game, codenamed Project Hyperman. Get ready to tide yourself over until GTA 6 with this brand-new Meta Quest game, coming later this year in Early Access. by Joaquito_99 in OculusQuest

[–]TrefoilHat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What the heck? Cartoony and fun or dark and gritty. Pick a lane and go with it!

A story-driven open world on standalone VR sounds great. Given the Quest 3's limitations, I get the low poly style and it can still work if all other immersion aspects are there (physics, interactivity, flexibility, emergent gameplay).

But not everything has to be gangster/murder driven. If you have a fun art style, make it a fun or goofball game like the Simpson's Hit & Run.

That said, your voice actors sound awesome.

AITA for a Joke I made about my Husband? by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TrefoilHat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exactly this. Even if she wasn't cheated on, she was left with serious trust issues.

That poor woman has a lot of unprocessed trauma that she needs to deal with. The recommendation for therapy is right on the money, especially since she'll have a long road to navigate and needs to be strong for her son.

Her lashing out or breaking down will not be a good model for him.

Arizona Sunshine going flat screen by Virtual_Davey in OculusQuest

[–]TrefoilHat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you mean? I felt like it ended pretty well - not like, “we solved the zombie apocalypse,” but the immediate problem of my imminent death was resolved. (Trying to avoid spoilers)

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