vithigar

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[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

AA but having a swappable battery tray

Microsoft did something like this with xbox controllers. There are additional contact points inside the battery chamber for a li-ion pack, so you could use a pair of AAs or their rechargeable pack that just fits into the same space.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I disagree about the batteries. Give me replaceable AA cells any day over a built-in Li-ion. Rechargeable AAs are readily available and quickly swappable if you keep hot spares. Much better option for long term serviceability.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

I've been waiting for someone to do this for years.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

I can't speak for other manufacturers, or even in other countries, but Mitsubishi Canada at least has an opt-out for data collection. You need to call their customer care number and they will remotely disable it.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

When cruise control is on, yes, but it's extremely gentle. The slightest bit of resistance from the driver will overpower it.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

Can't also for Toyota, but yes, my Mitsubishi has the option of simple cruise control without lane keeping.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 days ago (15 children)

I've never had any issue with the lane assist in my Mitsubishi. It's absolutely built as an "assist" and not something that will actually try to take control from you. It's trivial to "overpower" it manually and turn out of your lane without signaling if that's what you want to do, but does a perfectly reasonable job of steering on its own when left to its own devices.

That said, I wouldn't be driving a vehicle new enough to have the feature yet either if I hadn't been rear ended a couple of years ago and had my 2012 Lancer written off. :(

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

With imagery, or in abstracts. I have an internal monologue but not everything is a monologue. If I'm working on a project of some kind I'll usually keep a mental model of the current piece I'm working on in my head. There's no monologue attached, it's just a "working copy" of my current task.

Or for example if I'm reaching somewhere I can't see to plug in a usb port or something I'm visualizing in my head what my hand is doing, but I'm not talking myself through it.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Same. I learned this was a thing just the other day.

I don't use them often but do find them nicer for parenthetical remarks sometimes.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

A friend of mine is albino and turned down a job offer in South Africa around that time. The thought of even being on the same continent with that going on made him profoundly uncomfortable.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

To sell the narrative of cutting waste. The fact that people will be hurt by this doesn't factor into their consideration in the slightest and they need to stay on message.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

On top of that they say that these sorts of behaviors only arise when the models are "stressed", and the article also mentions "threats" like being unplugged. What kind of response do they actually expect from a fill-in-the-conversation machine when the prompt it's been asked to continue from is a threat?

 

I made a post here a few days ago complaining about content all being elsewhere, which was nice to vent, but doesn't really help the situation. Now I've decided to be the change.

Let's actually talk a little. What games do you all play? Tell me what you like about them!

Personally I've always been big into Street Fighter. I enjoy almost any fighting game, but the SF series is the one that I have by far put the most time into. I'm having a blast with SF6, even if I am just a diamond rated scrub. :D

 

Just venting, but if you want to avoid Twitter it means missing out on easily 90% of FGC activity, and the remaining 10% is almost all Discord and Reddit.

RIP SRK.

 

I can't wait.

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