Being the most financially successful product *could* mean they excel at ripping people off the most. See HP and their printers.
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potoo22@programming.devto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Who is the more idiotic? The idiot, or the one who spends precious time yelling at the idiot for behaving idiotically?19·1 month agoThe saying I heard was “Don’t argue with an idiot. They’ll drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
potoo22@programming.devto Technology@lemmy.world•Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooksEnglish1482·2 months agoNo publisher is going to pay a professional to narrate their audiobooks when they can have AI do a shitty job for much less.
A shitty narrator can get me to hate a book I like. A great narrator can bring the characters to life, enhance the experience, and turn me from a listener to a fan. I’ve searched for books by narrators like Nick Podehl and Jeff Hayes and bought audiobooks I wouldn’t have otherwise.
potoo22@programming.devto Technology@lemmy.world•Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooksEnglish111·2 months agoI wouldn’t support it even if the author couldn’t afford it otherwise. There’s no test to confirm that and knowing profit margines, all publishers will use AI for all their books.
Yes, I’d want smaller authors to have people listen to their books, but without oversight, it’s going to ruin all audiobooks.
potoo22@programming.devto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•To the LGBT and particularly trans people, how are you holding up these days?15·2 months agoIt’s not gay if it’s TSA
potoo22@programming.devto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Where can I get news about today's 50501 protests? There seems to be frighteningly little news about this in the mainstream media.8·3 months agoAlso: https://www.fiftyfifty.one/ Seems like a direct source. You can search for events near you and who is organizing them.
potoo22@programming.devto World News@lemmy.world•BREAKING: Trump Exempts Phones, Computers and More From TariffsEnglish8·3 months ago*Hugs self*
potoo22@programming.devto World News@lemmy.world•BREAKING: Trump Exempts Phones, Computers and More From TariffsEnglish5·3 months agoI would stop following the tarrif news if it wasn’t the headline on everything. Is anything else going on while he’s doing this? Did he overthrow the judicial system or something?
potoo22@programming.devto Games@lemmy.world•Satisfactory now has controller support, so there’s no excuse for your bad linesEnglish11·3 months agoI’m still waiting for the stable release. Mostly because I’m not prepared to lose another 200-300 hours.
potoo22@programming.devto Games@lemmy.world•Satisfactory now has controller support, so there’s no excuse for your bad linesEnglish6·3 months agoI was worried about this. The game has so many hotkeys, I have no idea how a controller would handle them. Lots of contextual button mappings.
potoo22@programming.devto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Has anybody here actually succeeded in getting an online conservative/right-winger to reflect and legitimately and long term shift their views left?4·3 months agoMonty Python and the Holy Grail appeared to have the most accurate representation of anarchy *I* have seen in modern media (that flavor wouldn’t work for a large government though). A fucking satirical comedy no one would take seriously. All other references I’ve seen about anarchy seemed like “fuck the government” was the entire ideology.
potoo22@programming.devto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•I'm a straight guy who wants to be cute, not handsome. Can I still be attractive despite choosing to be unmanly?8·3 months agoThere are definitely women who like and appreciate a partner like that. Particularly, demi-sexual women would absolutely love a supportive and caring partner. Pansexual women could too. Many women may not realize they’re demi or pan and don’t usually advertise themselves as such, but they are there.
I myself don’t act very masculine and don’t relate well with other men. I identify as the gender apathetic flavor of non-binary. Not being masculine or feminine in mannorisms. I appear male, but like you, my mannerisms are gentle and caring. I definitely have had women friends see me “as a little brother” and cared about me in a platonic way… I don’t know if there’s a way out of that 😅… BUT they will help you find a date.
When I met my future wife, I let her know I wanted to date her before being friends but after being aquatinted. She appreciated my politeness and care and reciprocated it back. We’ve been married for 10 years now. Found out later she was demi-sexual. She didn’t find me attractive at first (she didn’t find anyone truly attractive), but she did as she loved me more.
potoo22@programming.devto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Has anybody here actually succeeded in getting an online conservative/right-winger to reflect and legitimately and long term shift their views left?172·3 months agoCome over to anarchism (libertarian socialism). Anarchy isn’t lawlessness; it’s as close as we can get to true democracy. Not this 2 party bullshit. Government AND Corporations and People shouldn’t tread on us. The government should serve the needs of the people and protect their rights from other people.
Side note, if you describe it as Anarchism and avoid saying “left”, “liberal”, or “socialism”. You might be able to reach loosely right-wing people who would otherwise turn off at any of those words.
potoo22@programming.devto Technology@lemmy.world•AI search engines give incorrect answers at an alarming 60% rate, study saysEnglish11·4 months agoWell yeah, they get their information from the Internet. Garbage in. Garbage out.
Okay but 🍒 shouldn’t output 🍉. This is inconsistent and confusing. We have standards.
potoo22@programming.devto Technology@lemmy.world•The Volkswagen ID. EVERY1 is an affordable EV for the massesEnglish171·4 months agoMazda’s Laputa translates to “the bitch” in Spanish.
There’s also Ford’s Probe…
But yeah ID.EVERY1 is a mediocre name.
potoo22@programming.devOPto Programmer Humor@programming.dev•(How to trigger programmers (and make them irrationally angry)2·4 months agoI can’t officially support this fork 😝
What if you don’t have a favorite programming language? I’m a firm believer that each language offers a specific set a features that makes each one uniquely suck and I often find myself at the crossroads of continuing to use this garbage or to learn a new language only to find it sucks in a different way. (/s another way of saying each language has its niche… (but sucks outside of it))
potoo22@programming.devto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What are the democrats actually doing to help?5·4 months agoThe “reasonable” moderate Democrats are hoping to win votes with: “We’ll undo a few Republican initiatives and put our friends in offices, but otherwise keep everything the same.” Can’t imagine why that isn’t getting them votes. In 2024 they ran out of Republican initiatives to undo and their platform was just: keep our friends in office and keep everything else the same. If they had other planned initiatives, few people picked up on them.
I have an USB hub with a Type C to HDMI output. I switch with my laptop, Steam Deck, and Switch 1.
Additionally, when I’m traveling, I prefer to take the small USB hub over the chunky switch dock.
My biggest gripe is how petty it is to disallow it. That’s like HP levels of petty… Actually, they’re really starting to adopt a lot of shitty HP policies.