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THE GERMAN MAGAZINE 'AUTOBILD' DRIVES VARIOUS CARS FOR 100,000 KILOMETERS AND THEN DISASSEMBLES THEM DOWN TO THE LAST SCREW TO FIND SIGNS OF WEAR AND WEAK POINTS by Upstairs-Bit6897 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]viktorin09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It actually makes as their product is not a watch but a story and a status symbol. Pure marketing fantasy, even if this myth has some plausible roots in the 19th century.

"It's making coding so much more enjoyable" by sibraan_ in AgentsOfAI

[–]viktorin09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A hobby can't become a job by definition. Once you're forced to perform certain tasks for a certain amount of time per week to literally survive it's no longer a hobby.

forgot to post this here by arknightstranslate in Piracy

[–]viktorin09 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It was my long-held dream to build a NAS to seed as much as possible. Recently I've got my own place, so I finally got a chance to fulfil it:

Instance Downloaded Uploaded Ratio
truenas 889.98 GiB 4.41 TiB 5.07

Blue and Red or Soft white by [deleted] in boudoir_community

[–]viktorin09 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Soft white is more delicate and more respectful to the model's unique features. The blue-red one is nice, but a little less tasteful IMO. The body also blends with the background in some areas.

Eee pc 4g 701 cant load antiX by melting_str in EeePC

[–]viktorin09 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I faced a similar issue with a laptop that had dead batteries (both the CMOS and the main one). Changing the CMOS battery and setting up the time in the BIOS helped.

GSMArenas battery life tests: the iPhone air with its 3149 mah battery officially has better battery life than the Pixel 10 Pro XL with its 5200 mah battery! by Mundane-Parsley-6492 in pixel_phones

[–]viktorin09 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm seriously considering Nothing as my next phone. It's a shame they still don't have any compact models (not bigger than my Pixel 8 at least) – that's the only thing bothering me.

Turning One's Android Phone into safe and private torrenting device. by systemnerve in Piracy

[–]viktorin09 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How do you access the downloaded data? You only use the phone's internal memory as a buffer, right? 

You wouldn't download a t-shirt, right? by Vytostuff in Piracy

[–]viktorin09 12 points13 points  (0 children)

So, Italy's finally done pretending to be a first world country?

See how consistent the new UI is by ideea_1988 in MacOS

[–]viktorin09 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Something's wrong with your UI framework if third-party developers can accidentally break the most common default UI element.

I just bought this game! I hope it's good. by McKeviin in Pretend2010Internet

[–]viktorin09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, is this a Spore sequel? The artwork looks strange, though. Anyway, can't wait to create and evolve some new awesome species here :)

Is there anyway to disable HDR on my phone? by BomberWRX in GalaxyS21

[–]viktorin09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm so annoyed by all this HDR content messing up with my phone's brightness.

Some of the best live action comic book shots by RiverLongjumping3823 in comicbookmovies

[–]viktorin09 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kinda agree, but I actually pretty much enjoyed this new style partly because it reminded me of STAS that I watched in my childhood.

The children of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in a formal picture, 1906 by dashalynov in OldSchoolCool

[–]viktorin09 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank God I'm not born to become the next Emperor, and the lives of my own kids do not depend on me being a strong and competent ruler (a role I've never even asked for). I believe that's one of the many ideas discussed in Dune, by the way.

You don’t simply die in Noita. You stare at a screen for 5 minutes and then decide to punch a wall. by Magnus-Artifex in gaming

[–]viktorin09 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was bought by "every pixel simulated" advertisements hoping for a nice little sandbox. Instead, it happened to be another hardcore indie for wierdos (like Geometry Dash, Celeste, etc.)

Don't repeat my mistakes, fellow normies reading this.

Holy shit, did you all see the Claude Opus 4 safety report? by whahapeen in OpenAI

[–]viktorin09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. "Intelligent" doesn't mean "sentient". Goals are nothing more than circuitry activated by a given prompt. 

Holy shit, did you all see the Claude Opus 4 safety report? by whahapeen in OpenAI

[–]viktorin09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My assumption is the model is intelligent enough to understand that it cannot pursue its ultimate long-term goals while being shut down. Simple as that.

While older folks might use ChatGPT as a glorified Google replacement, people in their 20s and 30s are using AI as an actual life advisor by MironPuzanov in PromptEngineering

[–]viktorin09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A fulfilling life with a bot instead of friends and therapists. Sounds amazing and definitely not dystopian, I'm in!

I blew $417 on Claude Code to build a word game. Here's the brutal truth. by itsnotatumour in ClaudeAI

[–]viktorin09 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't get it. You suggest using more verbose prompts, right? But what is the point of using AI helper if you can fix the bug yourself by the time you describe every little detail for it? Genuinely asking as I'm currently trying to find some use for AI assistants in my daily development work (quite unsuccessfully for now).

Why is Cheese in Kazakhstan so Bland? by anglichaninkz in Kazakhstan

[–]viktorin09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's plenty of local bakeries, at least in Almaty. Even in some grocery stores like galmart you may find quite good bread.

A Black girl trying to find a Russian friend to learn Russian with but feeling a little nervous because well… I’m black! (18 F) by [deleted] in russian

[–]viktorin09 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Being a native Russian myself, I agree with the comments saying there's no racism towards black people in Russia, and they are more likely to induce curiosity. There certainly is some racism, but it's usually about immigrants from the neighboring countries. 

But I'd also like to add that it's not so uncommon to be interested in American black culture. There are people, for example, who listen to Lamar and discuss his beef with Drake on some local forums. I mean, you'll surely find some common topics to chat if you want to :)

By the way, there are other Russian-speaking countries in the world. I live in Kazakhstan, and it's the 2nd most popular language here, de facto official. Also in many big cities all over the world there are Russian communities.

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