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Follow me if you read descriptions about people. I do code. I despise round corners in UI styles. Founder of @Quantonium.net . May live stream again at @quantum.quantonium.net (live streams here would be neat)
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OpenAI doesn't deserve its name if it can't be run offline. There's little to nothing that's open source (what the open in OpenAI implies) about a cloud-dependent application. At the end of the day it's just a funnel for US tech to invest in a volatile technology.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

I can't decide which is the new worst star trek movie: Nemesis, Into Darkness, or Section 31

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

If SpaceX and Tesla had any dignity their board would fire Nazi Musk without a second thought.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

I decided to break my rule on Twitter where I would never post again, to post this: x.com/andyman12222... (please view it, it's visibility limited for saying cisgender)

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Why can't there be a Windows for ARM laptop for $500 or less? I'd like a lightweight tablet running Windows (and by extension WSA). Android's desktop experience has been mediocre at best, but I'm looking for a lightweight note taker and e-reader, not a full productivity laptop which I already have.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Years of academic writing preparation didn't prepare me for the downvotes just for posting a wall of text in a Reddit comment

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

"Global warming is a hoax" people when their home in LA burns down in a massive fire IN THE WINTER...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you FOSS developers for creating open source enteprise grade software solutions to get my business up and managed well without breaking the bank. Without stuff like Authentik, OpenProject, and now Psono, things would be a lot more messy under the hood at @quantonium.net

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Disabled the Horizon news feed on my new quest 3, one step closer to an enjoyable experience without any stupid metaverse bloat. Now I just need to figure out how to unpin the useless apps I disabled and remove all those entries in the library... @meta.bsky.social lol jk why would they use bsky

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

I never realized how short Linus from LTT was until I got their precision bit screwdriver not long ago. Bit of a small screwdriver...

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Proper update pipelines: make patches download quickly and small. Make major updates larger to download, but wrap up previous patches into that big update. It's best to keep the overall disk space used to a minimum, so eliminate redundant files where possible.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Airplane mode needs to stop turning off WiFi and Bluetooth as if it's 2005 and WiFi doesn't exist on flights. Also I want to see better tools on phones to explicitly disable cellular without airplane mode (not disable data; turn the radio off entirely)

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

I think it's a common misconception that memory cleaning applications don't do anything. Sometimes yes they don't, but for the ones that actually do there's real logic behind clearing page lists- typically not actively used memory which might be used for caching, that programs won't exactly let go.

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

All these leaks about switch 2, meanwhile Nintendo is probably getting ready to release the Nintendo Toothbrusho or something else stupid

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

All these drone sightings are really just hiding the fact that the FAA is more incompetent than we thought in enforcing airspace and UAV policies.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Enterprise had a good ending... The Terra Prime arc was very well done, a great way to end with a new (and bittersweet) beginning (These are the Voyages, what's that, bonus content?)

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Death of controversial business practice CEO shows just how louder actions speak than words

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Working so late on a class assignment I miss the lecture for said class

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

If you're writing a TV show, either make a 2 part cliffhanger at the end/start of the season, or wrap up the last season's arc. Watching Enterprise, and having watched Agents of SHIELD, this idea of starting the next plot right at the end of the last episode is too stressful and undermines the arc.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Reddit ads for no reason recently: sports replays disguised as irrelevant advertisements I check why I'm weeing this ad, its like "interest in sports". No clue what sort of analytics came up with thst conclusion. If I have to see ads, I want to select the type of ads I srr. No algorithms.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

The disastrous launch of MSFS 2024 demonstrates the importance that not everything should be shoved to "the cloud", despite Microsoft's wishes. However the opposite is also an issue- files are getting too large to store reasonably on computers...

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment