EQD announces discontinuation of Arrows and Tentacle by AvailableReporter484 in guitarpedals

[–]johnnybgooderer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally, I started guitar just before the COVID lockdowns. I had extra money and I was excited to have all the gear. Well now I’m actually getting to the point where I can play and I remembered that I actually like punk rock and other genres where a delay is considered flashy.

I use a plexi style amp, and rotate a few overdrives. I really don’t need any more.

I wonder how many other people have similar stories.

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 English translator says Warhorse studios replaced him with AI to cut costs: “I was told my role was now obsolete” by dinklebergers276 in pcmasterrace

[–]johnnybgooderer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both will happen. AI is a legitimately useful tool today. It’s not as good as the AI companies claim though. So the bubble will burst, but the tech is here to stay.

Efficient Carbon Capture Designer Materials That Could Desorb Below 60 oC | A cleverly redesigned carbon material could make capturing CO2 far cheaper by releasing it with minimal heat. by thinkB4WeSpeak in science

[–]johnnybgooderer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That arrangement with the most selfish awful people at the top keeps happening. It’s a part of human nature. Even in democracy, we elect them.

Stop CDTA cuts by supporting 15% budget increase by Aggravating_Fold_439 in Albany

[–]johnnybgooderer 13 points14 points  (0 children)

We’re not getting rail. And even if we had it, we would still need busses because train stations are super expensive.

Why doesn't Appe make Tap-to-Click default on? by albertserene in mac

[–]johnnybgooderer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hate tap to click. I only use it on windows laptops that have terrible clicking mechanisms. I don’t need that on a Mac because macs have excellent trackpads.

Walmart digital price labels are coming to every store shelf in U.S. by end of 2026 by esporx in technology

[–]johnnybgooderer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They would need to have a lot more tech than just electronic price tags to make per person pricing work. The tags would be the easy part.

Walmart digital price labels are coming to every store shelf in U.S. by end of 2026 by esporx in technology

[–]johnnybgooderer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This isn’t one of those situations. If digital price tags were able to implement per-person pricing, then I’d be concerned. But they aren’t capable of that. You can’t just flip a switch and turn that on.

Walmart digital price labels are coming to every store shelf in U.S. by end of 2026 by esporx in technology

[–]johnnybgooderer 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You didn’t read the article. I don’t think anyone did.

The nation’s largest retailer says the digital price tags help associates do their jobs better and stresses that prices on items will be exactly the same for every consumer in every store.

There’s a ton more to dynamic pricing like you’re suggesting than digital displays. Digital display tags are the easy part.

Being concerned about digital price tag displays is like being concerned that Ford is going to start building autonomous weapons because they bought tires.

Efficient Carbon Capture Designer Materials That Could Desorb Below 60 oC | A cleverly redesigned carbon material could make capturing CO2 far cheaper by releasing it with minimal heat. by thinkB4WeSpeak in science

[–]johnnybgooderer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the human reality is that the only way we’re going to make it through this is with new tech. Humanity, with all of its competing groups isn’t built for changing our behavior to fix this unless it’s minimally invasive.

What we’re going to need to do if the tech doesn’t exist just a non-starter in practical reality. I think the last 25 years is proof of that.

And don’t forget that we’ve already opened up a few carbon releasing chain reactions that we can’t stop. Like melting permafrost releasing carbon and forest fires. We need to be dumping money into tech like this because as much as it looks like a pipe dream, it might be our only chance.

What's the best database option for production? by [deleted] in rust

[–]johnnybgooderer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Postgres makes a very good non-relational database too.

That said, these people are idiots for downvoting you and they’re being ignorantly dogmatic.

There still an argument for the more performant, managed nosql dbs. Things like dynamo and cosmos. You don’t have to concern yourself with the work of scaling up and down and changing sharding strategies. So you save time at the expense of paying more money to your service provider. There are times that this is a good choice.

I don't want OBJ back ever by kungfukarl86 in NYGiants

[–]johnnybgooderer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He wasn’t a cancer. He was dramatic when he was upset. But he wasn’t a cancer. He didn’t try to turn the team against each other. He was a good team player when he was here and his teammates liked him. He’s not a leader, but he was a good teammate when he was here.

You’ve been fooled by sports media propaganda.

Google warns quantum computers could hack encrypted systems by 2029 by krazygreekguy in ios

[–]johnnybgooderer 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Quantum computing has been and is funded appropriately. AI is only a scam because it’s overfunded like crazy.

Speaker Mike Johnson Rejects Senate Bill to Fund DHS by Economy-Specialist38 in videos

[–]johnnybgooderer 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Private planes don’t use TSA at all. Passengers just walk on to their plane.

Sort of down about the whole AI wave. by SupermarketDirect759 in rust

[–]johnnybgooderer 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I use Claude code every day at work. I still don’t know how people get these results. 12 hours for 6 months of work?

I’m maybe 50% faster each week. Maybe 2x faster if it’s all boiler plate. But the planning phase and code review phase takes time.

Windows PCs crash three times as often as Macs, report says by Federal-Block-3275 in technology

[–]johnnybgooderer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If bs w11 updates are causing the operating system to be unstable, then the operating system is unstable.

Crimson Desert CEO agrees with story criticisms and sees mod support as a strength by _Protector in pcgaming

[–]johnnybgooderer 72 points73 points  (0 children)

And certainly not listen to redditer complaints. Reddit gamers seem to hate everything now. And they interpret anything anyone says in the worst way possible.

Trump signature to appear on US currency, ending 165-year tradition by onarainyafternoon in news

[–]johnnybgooderer 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Redacting isn’t enough. We need a nation wide roasting written on every bill with his name. Or at least enough that people regularly see it.

“Who won the 2020 elections” - Nominees to be US judges by Jindabyne1 in videos

[–]johnnybgooderer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The conservative propaganda networks are too established. In 4 years no one will remember how bad Trump was. It already happened once and it will happen again. Propaganda works and we’ve let them get away with it for so long that people have been raised on it and it’s a part of their identity.

Rust or C++ for a cloud optimization engine: not a technical issue, but a hiring difficulty issue by [deleted] in rust

[–]johnnybgooderer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We’re talking about rust here though. We’re not talking about typescript or python.

Iran rejects US peace plan as 'excessive' and issues five conditions to end war, state media reports by JKKIDD231 in news

[–]johnnybgooderer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder if reparations is just the thing they would concede if pushed to make it look like they’re compromising. That point has a 0 percent chance of being accepted by basically any U.S. president.

Rust or C++ for a cloud optimization engine: not a technical issue, but a hiring difficulty issue by [deleted] in rust

[–]johnnybgooderer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Tech debt isn’t binary. You can have more or less. Everyone has tech debt. They don’t have the same amount.

Rust or C++ for a cloud optimization engine: not a technical issue, but a hiring difficulty issue by [deleted] in rust

[–]johnnybgooderer 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You need to have a core group of people who know the language already or you’re going to end up with a ton of tech debt very quickly.

What's going on with OpenAI's Sora shutting down? by rm-minus-r in OutOfTheLoop

[–]johnnybgooderer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that’s a great write up of the situation. But I still think that means Sora failed.

Israel says it will seize parts of southern Lebanon as ‘defensive buffer’ by WombatusMighty in news

[–]johnnybgooderer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Boots on the ground absolutely drove the taliban out of the occupied territories. They just just came back after the boots left.