laxu

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[–] laxu@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

Analog connections are very universal. You don't need to deal with handshakes between devices, sample rate differences, clock systems etc. because each device receives and outputs analog signal via mostly the same 1/4" jacks and plugs.

While a digital signal chain would have overall latency benefits and fewer A/D/A conversions, it just doesn't matter that much with modern hardware.

[–] laxu@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago

So they are bringing back what is left of the units they moved to Ukraine?

[–] laxu@sopuli.xyz 6 points 11 months ago

Movies are unrealistic because they never show the angry stud finder part of punching walls.

[–] laxu@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You ever manage to hack into the Pentagon by furiously typing for about 5 seconds?

[–] laxu@sopuli.xyz 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Some kids claimed you could run faster if you hold your fingers straight, because that's how T-1000 (Robert Patrick) runs in Terminator 2.

[–] laxu@sopuli.xyz 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think you could do almost anything for a day. One day is "Here's Jim, he's new, and we are going to show him how we do things here" stuff where little actual work happens.

A month would be a more realistic situation. I wouldn't want to be military in an active war zone, work for a drug/trafficking cartel, or any other dangerous profession where the likelihood of dying or going to prison is high. Or professions where I'd have to actively harm people.

[–] laxu@sopuli.xyz 6 points 11 months ago

Infinite growth and the shittification of services and products while exploiting labor to make that happen are the real problems.

Billionaires should not exist and companies should be doing what is best for the company, its employees and customers, not what pleases their stockholders.

[–] laxu@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's been a rough year and I came very close to being furloughed. Managed to get a new client just at the right time and now I'm thriving again. I'm thankful for having frankly a lot of luck over the years which has put me where I am today. I'm not saying hard work wasn't important too, but sheer luck has been helpful too.

[–] laxu@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

You would think the Internet and access to an unprecedented amount of information would have made us smarter, more emphatic, and so on.

But it turns out people are easily misled and manipulated. Social media quickly starts to feed you more of the same crap just because you watched one video. Village idiots can now form echo chambers with like-minded individuals, e.g flat Earth believers.

Those who want power will take advantage of people who fall into all this.

[–] laxu@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's surprisingly good. Not sure if the gameplay can carry the whole game but I enjoyed it. Nails the vibe of the movies.

[–] laxu@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's basically Saints Row 4.

[–] laxu@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This fits OP's description perfectly. Great game. It's on PS+ if you play on Playstation 4 or 5.

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