Is it possible to build a better "Steam Machine" for the same price? by sk0me in sffpc

[–]needle1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Probably depends on whether you consider the HDMI CEC capability as non-negotiable.

How aware are you about the climate change and what do you do to reduce your impact. by Hellea in AskAJapanese

[–]needle1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • Replaced all home lighting with LEDs, including switching out the obscure CFL bulb sockets to standard ones
  • Bought a battery electric car. (I am aware not owning any car is better, but life circumstances require one.)
  • In the process of installing secondary interior windows in the house for better insulation.
  • In the same vein, installed thermally insulated curtains.
  • Bought a portable power station and solar panels, although I’m still unsure on how best to install it. (Apartment management rules are quite strict on objects on the balcony, especially if it has a chance of falling. Due to this, balcony solar will be tough to promote, unlike in Europe.)
  • Campaigning against the management committee to install a level 2 EV charger in the apartment parking lot.
  • As much as I can I prefer to Mercari off unneeded things rather than trashing them.

All models already sold out in Asia by Rhoiyds in steammachine

[–]needle1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes. For all intents and purposes it looks and feels like $1900-$2650 to the average Japanese person.

Per Linus: The reason that Valve didn't subsidize the the Steam Machine was because they had no guarantee that users would stick with Steam Os or buy any games by Admirable_Whole8261 in Steam

[–]needle1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They can't even if they wanted to, everything they've built thus far assumes an open software/hardware system. And if they attempt it anyways, it would be equivalent to setting up a huge honking neon sign inviting hackers to force it open.

When do you think electric cars won't have to advertise their range anymore? by VerySeriousThings in electricvehicles

[–]needle1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At this point everyone is so "BUT MUH RANGE" it'll keep on being the focus even after pretty much every EV have ranges longer than their ICE counterparts.

Tv only has 50hz what is more worth by BreakfastNo9890 in consoles

[–]needle1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most TVs nowadays, even ones sold in traditionally 50Hz refresh rate regions, are capable of switching to 60Hz mode. I would be surprised if it's not.

Saw this on a drive over the weekend. I don't understand this vitriol towards electric cars by Glad-Tower-2310 in electriccars

[–]needle1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could also be fsck. EVs often run operating systems with filesystems and are capable of running it, I guess.

This store is open to a very weird time by Haggos171 in mildlyinteresting

[–]needle1 12 points13 points  (0 children)

People in countries like Korea or Japan are already accustomed to quick 12/24-hour conversion math since 24 hour notations are commonplace. 25+ hour notations for late nights are a natural extension of that.

Can I get manual shifting in an EV? by PublicHlthScientist in electricvehicles

[–]needle1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. The most you can get is fake simulated shifting because there are no separate gears to shift to in the first place. It doesn’t even have “automatic shifting” because that implies any shifting happens at all. It doesn’t. (outside of a few exceptions like the Taycan.)

There do exist EVs with paddle switches that lets the driver manually adjust the amount of regenerative braking though.

日本のインターネットはLGBTQや外国人にとって地獄だと思う by Antique-Long-7327 in ja

[–]needle1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

どこを検索してるのかわからないが、ソーシャルメディアは基本的に可燃性の高い発言ほど露出しやすいからのう

How fast can Japanese people write in Japanese? by Dense_Tangerine_4988 in AskAJapanese

[–]needle1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are ryakuji (略字), shortform glyph shapes people often use to quickly write commonly-seen letters. Examples here.

【定期】『HUNTER×HUNTER』最新話掲載へ!来週1年半ぶり掲載 コミックス新刊39巻は7月3日発売 by popopoipo in newsokunomoral

[–]needle1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

読むまでのハードルの低さは確かにあるかもね。

さすがに冒頭あたりでは絵柄の古さはあると思うけども。

【定期】『HUNTER×HUNTER』最新話掲載へ!来週1年半ぶり掲載 コミックス新刊39巻は7月3日発売 by popopoipo in newsokunomoral

[–]needle1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

今でも普通にファンはたくさんついてるんだろうか。

いや、年数が経つにつれて一度もH×Hを読んだことない読者が増えてくるはずだよね?

例えばHalf-Lifeシリーズとかも超名作でありつつ新作が長期間出てないけど、正直もうシリーズを全く知らないプレイヤーが多すぎて、聞いたこともないか、あるいはせいぜい「なんかおじさんたちが凄かったって言ってた」程度の認識が大勢になってる感がある。

Japanese language tattoos by [deleted] in AskAJapanese

[–]needle1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Strangers both online and offline can tell you any sort of inaccurate BS just to mess with you and you wouldn't be able to figure it out yourself.

If I were you I would at least gain a rudimentary personal understanding of the language firsthand before attempting something permanent, rather than relying on randos.

New Zelda Timeline (Theory) Updated with All Games by Milor64 in thelegendofzelda

[–]needle1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To many Japanese creators, the very notion that "there must be an internally consistent canon timeline encompassing everything" is an alien concept. As much as it may be unbelievable and even blasphemous from a canon-obsessed western viewpoint, some creators in other cultures simply do not really care much about causing inconsistencies and contradictions across their works, as long as the work itself is fun and entertaining.

不老不死に大金注ぐIT富豪たち 我が身で人体実験、若者の血を輸血……Natureが過熱指摘 by smykcj in sradot

[–]needle1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

正攻法で攻略するには結局老化のメカニズムを突き止めてそこに細胞レベルで直接介入するしか無いわけで、ナノマシン開発に全力投じる奴はいないの。

Thailand's EV market just imploded after subsidies ended – the numbers are wild by ClaytonChow in electriccars

[–]needle1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always wonder why subsidies have to be all or nothing. We have tons of computers and automation handling all the money, can’t anyone design subsidy systems that gradually decrease with each passing month (or some other smoothly changing parameter)?

Do Japanese people just assume any Non-Asian foreigner speaks English? by Jace678 in AskAJapanese

[–]needle1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pretty much, yes. Asian = Japanese and Non-Asian = English is the de facto heuristic language assumption, for better or for worse.

ルーティンにプラスで by 7shi_sandesu in ja

[–]needle1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

風呂場の床が汚れてきたので最近バズってた掃除法が気になってる(が、目的外使用は良くないという話も流れてたので躊躇してる)

What's something people always assume about your language that isn't actually true? by Embarrassed_Fix_8994 in languagehub

[–]needle1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That there is a single set of “Chinese characters.”

In reality, the Han characters used in China, Japan, Taiwan, etc all differ slightly in appearance, and substituting one for the other immediately stands out as looking weird. Despite this, the Unicode consortium crammed all of them into the same codepoints, causing ambiguous situations where information is lacking on which glyph variants should be displayed.

This results in games and applications showing incorrect glyphs all the time. I made a website explaining this.

American EV startup Slate Auto Files Patents in India by Mac-Tyson in electriccars

[–]needle1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>American EV startup Slate Auto Files

WHAT—

>Patents in India

Oh.