Once I’m at that point I wouldn’t really be looking for that kind of precision. Just something roughly in that range.

Every so often I stumble across cables that are a tad thicker than others (usually they came with cheap electronics) so I know they are floating around out there. They’re just not labelled as being this way.

Hell yeah. I tried to train one to feed me misinformation and encourage bad habits like drinking and driving and it was a lot more fun and lively than anything else I’ve seen

Thanks for the response. I guess I didn’t really considered the amount of light that would be required to get a decent glow on. The mid-level light someone might have while using their desktop computer followed by just the light of the monitor might not be great for it.

Where did you get your stickers?

Of course on both accounts. I imagine it would gradually fade out over the course of around an hour or so.

I mentioned it in my post and another comment but I thought it would have been an occasional novelty you would see online. Maybe in an weird Ali Express device.

I know it fades. I’m not talking about bringing back the radium girls here.

What do you think I am misunderstanding?

I mentioned an LED solution probably being cheaper because of things like that and the ThinkLight.

Like I said it’s more the novelty aspect of it that I think people might like. Kind of like transparent shells/cases for devices.

I could see mainstream large companies like Apple and Microsoft not doing it because there are better solutions out there but I figured it would at least be more present in the hobbyist side of things at the very least.

I say backlighting but I’m talking about either having the characters on the keys or the entire key lighting up. Mimicking the purpose of backlighting

Yeah I feel like having control over the things you use is definitely a big part. Something that really hampers my enthusiasm for AI is that so much of it is out of my control and generally disconnected from me.

Having AI that I can modify and run locally on my devices seems a lot more sci-fi than something that can relies so heavily on the Internet and rigid responses.

I find it’s a lot of those ideal use cases I find futuristic. The RISC V architecture and Briar are kind of similar. They’re really neat and I could see some cyberpunk style uses for them but the drive for their adoption and the level of it just doesn’t seem to be there yet.

I’m glad they aren’t planning on releasing incrementally upgraded devices.

Retroid makes a lot of handheld emulators that are decent quality but it feels like they release a new model every few months that’s just slightly better than the last. It’s an easy way to feel cheated and hesitant about what you’re buying.

I feel like that really depends on how you view futuristic.

I think things with colored e-ink displays, USB C chargeable AA batteries, handheld emulators, 2230 NVMe drives, and USB C power portable displays are really cool but I feel like their availability these days has made them lose a bit of their futuristic luster. They would have blown my mind when I was a kid.

More niche products like Meshtastic and ESP32 Marauder devices are things I view as futuristic (and can be found for under $100).

Yeah. I feel like the headline also misrepresented the extent of what happened.

But the firm rejected claims about the extent of the damage caused by the unnamed individual, saying they “contain some exaggerations and inaccuracies”

Is probably the key takeaway and a good summary of what the article is about

Yeah that’s pretty much it. I get that it’s not a good idea but I could see myself using them for old electronics that have just gotten worn down after cleaning them like you mentioned. Stuff I’m probably not going to invest time or money into repairing.

Like a micro USB cord with larger and more aggressive clips for example.

It’s kind of like dealing with a bolt that doesn’t want to loosen by adding more force. It might work or make things a lot worse but it’s a “right now” solution

Carol and the End of the World is a show I just started and I seem to like it so far. I’m not sure how I didn’t hear about it. The animation style seems similar to others on Netflix but I can’t put my finger on what shows specifically.

I also watched all of From. It was okay but really gave me typical Netflix drama vibes. Like Dark and Yellowjackets. I don’t mind it. I’m kind of just along for the ride but twists and plot progression feel kind of forced or awkward. It’s a bit hard to explain

Valent is a KDE Connect Client for GTK desktops and I want to see if I can get it to work with my living room PC. It’s basically so I can use my phone as a mouse.

I’m also reinstalling all my Starred Valley mods on my Steam Deck after I installed Bazzite GNOME on it. There’s about 50 I think and there’s a lot of dependencies that apparently prevent me from just downloading them all from my Nexus Mods download history page and raw dogging them into my mods folder.

For those that want some additional details Brodie Robertson created a video on what was happening 3 weeks ago on how things were going into the lead up to this. Here’s the link. It’s 16 minutes long and kind of funny. It shows how mismanaged things were from the beginning

Was that recently?

It’s more the need aspect you mentioned that I’m talking about. People living with what works or is good enough. I feel like it can be totally be intentional. I imagine a lot of people just sleep with a mattress on the floor because they don’t feel like a bed frame is necessary for example.

Where people draw the line is one of the things I’d find interesting if that makes sense

What would be something homey but not presentable?

I get you. I rarely have other people over. I feel like if I had to start over, like if my place burnt down, I would live more like that