SuperSpruce @ SuperSpruce @lemmy.ml

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I'm not the most knowledgeable on this subject, but I'm curious to learn more.

Why do various toolkits have major releases that seem to reset the features of the last one?

GTK 3 seems like GTK 2 but slower to me, and before the transition was even complete GTK 4 showed up, which just seems like GTK 3 but a bit different. Qt 5 works really well and is efficient on resources, so why are we switching to Qt 6? It seems like reinventing the desktop over and over again.

I understand updates for the kernel for compatibility, small to medium updates to all software for bug fixes and new features, and major updates to toolkits when there are big problems with the current release (X vs Wayland for example). Or if the current release was unreliable and bloated, which I heard was what happened with Qt 4 and why they switched to 5. But I also heard Qt 3 was really stable and lightweight, so why did they switch away from it?

I have a crazy idea for Epic. Instead of paying a fortune for exclusives, leverage the lower 12% cut and have game publishers sell for less (so that the publisher makes the same amount on Steam and Epic)

I was at a HD dealership recently trying to find out why so many people like Harleys. I test rode a Sportster 48, and then the salesperson tried to direct me to a Nightster. I think I sat on it but I declined to ride it because I didn't want to be riding a 93hp bike after just a month of experience riding a slow 250. Definitely want to try one out sometime next year though.

Israel managed to get rid of Netenyahu for a year or two but then he regained power.

What motorcycle is that?

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Wow. I was just taking a break from an ethics assignment whether Copilot is ethical to use while developing code, and then I see this post.

I believe Copilot is mostly ethical to use in development, as a tool. This is just Microsoft trying to force Copilot into a place where it wasn't meant to be and will lead to so much wasted electricity.

It's like taking the MVP in Baseball and forcing him to play Tennis and expecting good results against Tennis pros. Stop shoehorning good AI tools into the wrong places that are better equipped using different tools.

I understand that they need the money to host the videos, but I won't directly pay them considering how they treat viewers and creators. I'm pretty sure they would be $100+ richer from me if they didn't remove the dislike count.

I unironically use the 3rd option to support creators. I still use adblock if the creator isn't monetized or it's content that probably shouldn't be getting monetized (eg. rips of game OSTs not by the game dev)

Krastorio 2 is the recommended overhaul mod after a vanilla playthrough. It makes the game somewhat harder than vanilla, although I don't really know what it contains as I never played through it.

Industrial Revolution 3 is another good choice.

Or you can jump off the deep end like me and start a Angels+Bobs map, but this is quite difficult dealing with many byproducts and thousands of recipies. Also, you don't need many trains to beat it, I beat the modpack with 3 train lines, but if you want to scale up trains would be useful.

*$396/yr

Over-ear for me (both for wired and wireless). In-ear devices will fall off my ears every 5 minutes.

For a specific recommendation, I'd recommend the Monoprice BT600-ANC. It has really good ANC for just $100-$150, good battery life, and the sound quality of it is on par with my $70 wired headphones. You can also use it with a wire (albeit without ANC) if the battery dies.

My big interest right now is motorcycles yet I still recently failed a motorcycle captcha

I see absolutely insane numbers on Google docs, 10000+ blocked. My total per year is now over 5 million. A lot more intense than a few years ago, where it took multiple years to reach 3 million.

10k gets you a brand new Yamaha MT-09: A sick-looking naked motorcycle with a 3 cylinder 118hp engine. It's really frickin fast.

I had higher hopes for this when I saw the picture. It looks like an electric Grom, so I thought it would have 7500W or more of power. If that was true, that would be a fun bike.

I currently use Monoprice BT-600ANC headphones. They're not too expensive and the ANC punches way above its price class, can be used with a wire if you want, have great battery life, and most importantly don't require an app.

They dropped it in the newest Xperia 1 V. Still kept all of the other great features though.

My demands in Cities Skylines 2 is just endless low density sprawl. My citizens don't want anything else despite them whining over high rent while the low rent zoning stays empty. How do you have actual demands for larger buildings?

Factorio

Cities Skylines

Antimatter Dimensions (this one led to the growth of my YouTube channel)