dfyx @ dfyx @lemmy.helios42.de

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The thing is that the way you phrase those questions sounds like you are seeking confirmation rather than clarification.

From a physics perspective, devices that create heat are by definition 100% efficient. Where else would the energy go than into heat?

I don’t want to be rude but the way you phrase your questions sounds a lot like you have a certain opinion about Russia and China that you want us to confirm.

I don’t think we have an expert on Russian and Chinese law here so all we can do is google stuff for you.

From the Wikipedia article it seems like at least Russia has a functional legal system (though one that works slightly differently from the ones we might be used to). The expectation that the government decides who is guilty regardless of the truth sounds like an exaggeration born out of an „us vs. them“ argument, similar to „democrats kill babies“. I‘m not an expert though, so don’t listen to me and instead look for independent sources.

Wikipedia has an article about this topic. In both China and Russia, the conviction rate is over 99% although this seems to be a quirk of the respective systems. In both countries, it seems to be common to dismiss a case (before or during a trial) when an acquittal is likely. For Russia this brings the overall conviction rate down to about 70-80% which is similar to the US. I‘m too lazy to find numbers for China but I’m sure if you follow the sources in the article you can get there.

For those who want the old tabs back: under settings -> appearance, you can set the ui density to compact (sorry, can't tell you the exact name, I have my system set to German)

That‘s the reason for elderly French pirate. The people involved didn’t just disappear because privateering ended.

The expectation that people in office jobs can be productive for 8 hours per day.

I get it when it's a 20+ year old game where the remake just has modern graphics, some quality of life upgrades and maybe content that was cut in the original. That way, the new game feels more or less like what we remember from back then.

What I don't get is remakes of games that are less than ten years old, still run well on modern platforms (i.e. PS4 games on PS5). Often it's a matter of taste which version looks better and the new one has bugs and performance problems that the old one didn't have. Looking at you, Until Dawn remake...

Honestly, this whole thing is a mess... first a countdown, then a website with basically no information and that's only the start.

More than 24 hours after signing up, I finally got an email with just about zero information:

Hi @dfyx,

We're thrilled to welcome you to Loops.video!

We're in the process of onboarding all our new users, and we can't wait for you to experience the magic of short looping video.

Keep an eye out for another email from us later tonight or tomorrow (depending on when you signed up). It will have all the details you need to get started, including how to create your first Loop.

Welcome to the Loops community!

Regards, The Loops Team

And from some random comment that dansup made on pixelfed I found out that this beta is only for Android. Apparently, iOS will come later and there is no info on a browser-based version. That info should have been on the website. Also, what about selfhosting? This is the fediverse after all...

Probably a cheap 3D printer

Hours? I would give up a week of lunch for them to only cancel stuff that I needed hours to code. My personal record is over a year.

Kind of. All it shows for me is a registration form. When I submit it, they promise me to send an email with further instructions. So far, I didn't get anything. Honestly, they wouldn't have needed a countdown for that.

Fun fact: aspirin and heroin were developed just a few days apart in the same lab.

There is definitely a large difference between ABS-like resins and flexible resins. The latter are much closer in consistency to the miniatures you get for example from CMON board games. I have some printed miniatures with swords and spears and I can easily bend those weapons 20-30° without breaking them which in my opinion is a huge plus for things that get handled a lot.

I would say I miss some specific people or groups, both on Lemmy and on Mastodon, rather than generally "more" people. Friends of mine, certain people I used to follow on Twitter that haven't made the jump, some communities about specific hobbies, that sort of thing.

Overall, I enjoy the fact that I can get a rough idea about who is who instead of interacting with a mass of faceless strangers.

I highly doubt the overall validity of that data, even where it's available. You want to tell me that in 12 of the 48 countries on the list, the average person is not intelligent enough to harvest vegetables? (compare Alan S. Kaufman, IQ Testing 101, p. 126)

I would assume that either the tests were mostly performed on young children or presented in a way that's not suitable for the demographic. Someone who can't read isn't necessarily less intelligent but they will have trouble completing a test that includes written instructions. Same for a general familiarity with the most common forms of geometric logic puzzles which is what IQ tests mostly seem to contain.

• Some places show me the same ads over and over, sometimes even back to back. No, Super Car Insurance 2000, I wasn't interested the first time and I'm not interested the tenth time. I don't even have a car and showing me your ad again won't make me buy one just so I can get your insurance.
• Telling me what I can save without telling me what it costs. Number 1 offender is Hello Fresh on German podcasts. Apparently I can save 150€ on my first three boxes... which makes me wonder in what world the regular price can still be a good deal. Groceries are expensive but sure as hell I don't spend that much on dinner alone.

When reading a long text, disconnect from the internet as soon as it has loaded so you don't pay for the time you spend reading.

Seems to be a framework to build your own custom fediverse stuff.

While what you're saying is true, getting the raw text is only a tiny part of the job. More importantly, for good subtitles you need to:

• account for bits where the actors and editors have deviated from the script
• decide if lines need to be shortened (reading is sometimes slower than listening)
• decide if long sentences need to be split into multiple subtitle lines (so not too much text is on screen at the same time and information isn't given too much ahead of what's happening on screen)
• decide if background conversations, music and sound should appear in subtitles
• get the timing right (everyone who has subtitled even a short youtube video knows how much work that can be)
• probably more

I haven't worked in the industry myself so I don't know how these tasks are distributed between multiple people but I think you get the point.