SuperSpruce

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English = green

Math = red

Science = blue

Social studies = yellow

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My games: superspruce.org, https://superspruce.github.io/Elemental-Incremental/, https://superspruce.github.io/TheUnscaledIncremental/.

Arguably my YouTube channel, but I am of the belief I don't truly own it because Google is behind YouTube, and they call all the shots on the platform.

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True, but Google could do a ToS change to alter this fact.

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True, I'm probably saying extreme stuff about this, but this stems from my distrust in Google. I don't really feel like I'm in control when it's hosted by Google. My entire YT metrics are based on how many videos of mine Google recommends to others.

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First off, why did this post get downvoted?

Answer alert

The answer is sqrt(2), because sqrt(2)^2^ = 2, and you build the infinite exponential sequence by taking x_n = x^x_(n-1)^.

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I'm no Linux expert, but I've never had any problems with sudo, it just works. Shouldn't systemd have higher priorities on their mind? This feels like change for the sake of change. And if this does happen, I sincerely hope that it just works, like sudo.

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YT members is such a sucky program. 30% of the money goes to Google, which is ridiculous. Only 8% goes to Patreon.

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Except YouTube takes a 4x cut compared to Patreon lol

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Windows 11 is really shooting itself in the foot. Not just the privacy implications of this, but also the CPU and memory usage will surge once again. Why is this important?

I went to an electronics store recently to see the state of brand new laptop performance in 2024. Here's what I found:

  • Laptops with 16GB RAM, an SSD, and a good CPU (3K/13K single/multi thread on Passmark) will run Windows 11 smoothly. File manager, task manager takes about a second to open, while the start menu takes around 400ms. It feels like a truck with 350hp.

  • Laptops with 8GB RAM, an SSD, and a mediocre CPU (2.5K/9K Passmark) will noticably struggle with Windows 11. The file manager takes 3 seconds to open and the start menu takes 1 second, with stutters and hiccups using it. It'll be usable, but quite slow. It feels like a truck with 100hp.

  • Laptops with 4GB RAM, eMMC, and a bad CPU (1.5K/4K Passmark) will be brought to its knees by Windows 11. Task manager takes 27 seconds to open! A web browser takes even longer, and loading my light game somehow took 7 seconds (this game loaded in under a second on the better computers) to open. The CPU, RAM, and storage were pinned to 100% most of the time. Completely unacceptable performance, it's like a truck with 10hp.

  • And a laptop with the above but with a CPU with a Passmark score of 1K/2.5K was so bad that it couldn't open literally anything in Windows 11. It's literally a brick. I cannot believe the store (a giant multinational company) is selling this laptop. It's like a truck with 5hp that cannot go up a moderate hill.

But now, the store also sold ChromeOS laptops. As much as I hate how locked down ChromeOS was, I was delighted by the performance of it. The worst laptop specs I mentioned (4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC, CPU with 1K/2.5K Passmark score) ran actually quite reasonably on ChromeOS. It opens Chrome in about 3 seconds, and my game in 1 second, with some stutters but no freezes. It struggled with YouTube, but this is due to YouTube's own bloat, which is like a 1000lb trailer to a bike with 5hp.

In conclusion, Windows is losing due to its incredible bloat. It'll make every computer--including my friend's 7900X, 4070, 1TB SSD, 64GB RAM, water-cooled beast--sweat, and will make low-end computers unusable. The super locked down ChromeOS is literally more desirable to me on laptops under $400. Yet Microsoft is still deciding to add even more bloat! No wonder why Linux market share is skyrocketing, because Windows can barely run on their computers!

I know you can disable this, but most non-techy people won't even know this exists and won't do anything to disable it, because they just want to browse the web and read emails. But the added bloat by this "feature" will cause them to notice their computers are even slower, and switch away from Windows when they realize they need a $800 Windows laptop to have a smooth OS experience, when they can buy a $250 Chromebook or $1000 Mac with a smooth OS experience.

TL;DR: Microsoft is shooting itself in the foot by adding more bloat to an obese OS, and Windows's bloat is its biggest liability.

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They will buy better computers. Will it run Windows?

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Windows 11 is probably heavier than the original Crysis in all metrics, and more than its sequels in certain metrics.

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The article said "The feature is also said to be exclusive to devices powered by Qualcomm's upcoming Snapdragon X series chips, at least at first.

And even if it requires a PC with at least 16GB RAM, then those computers will feel slower than they should be.

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G Hub is so incredibly bloated that the load time is in the same tier as MS Teams, the new Steam, Windows, and Cities Skylines II. It's also incredibly unreliable, working less often than other notoriously unreliable apps such as Outlook.

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The steady improvement in computer speed and efficiency (unfortunately brought down by bloated software, but in some areas you feel it in absolute terms), storage and memory size, and EV technology. I hope in 2040 there will be cheap powerful e-scooters and e-motorcycles.

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You underestimate the amount of crap (which is mostly porn, whether you like it or not) on the Internet. And resolutions will increase as cameras get better.

But in some metrics, we have already gotten there. You can download the entirety of Wikipedia and it fits in a few gigs. You could download everything (including the 800+ videos which would span multiple weeks long end to end) I made and have it be less than 1TB.

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Also e-scooters are just plain fun. 20mph on an e-scooter feels like 40mph on a motorcycle that feels like 80mph in a car.

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I drive like a German: I only go on the left lane of a highway if I am passing someone.

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Luckily I'm none of those! Yet. That S1000R(R) is looking like a sweet goal to achieve.

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I'm a nerd and I'd give up both motorcycling and gaming for a girlfriend.

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I can tolerate ads as long as it's helping the creators and isn't used to make the platform worse. The first condition is only sometimes satisfied and the 2nd is being straight up violated.

If they can fix how garbage search is and put the dislike count back, I'll happily pay for premium as a thank you for making a great platform. But nope, they just focus on making the UI even worse.

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The irony is if I had real control over the shorts I'd actually sometimes watch them. But currently YT is trying to force them on me, with no control over which shorts I watch.

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I mostly don't like how it just feels like YouTube corporate wants me to watch shorts instead of regular videos. I don't want to be their darling user bowing to the whims of the empire.

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There is a part of me that does want to scroll through short form videos, but they're all run by companies I hate:

  1. TikTok (eeeeeeewwwwww, I won't touch them with a 40 foot pole)
  2. Meta (Just no, why would I want to help Zuck)
  3. YT (I lost my trust in them with so many other things)
  4. Snapchat (this is probably the most plausible, as this company is E-tier while the others range from F tier to M tier)
SuperSpruce ,

I don't hate short form content necessarily. It's a mood thing. Sometimes, I want to see a rapid fire of motorcycling videos, for instance. But other times I want to see 20 minute videos, and other times I'm in the mood for videos over an hour.

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This is the same company that bought up the open source Musescore and brought us Muse Hub: An insanely bloated launcher for MuseScore that was not told would be installed when installing Musescore. Muse Hub takes half as much RAM, storage, and load time as Musescore itself, despite doing 1% of what Musescore does. It also defaults to running at startup, which feels like a sign it might be spyware.

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I read an article headline yesterday claiming that it would generate $6 billion in economic output due to tourism. That would far outweigh the lost productivity.

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If the excess energy cannot be stored, it should be used for something energy intensive like desalination or carbon capture.

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I think I recently saw ~840 somewhere.

To replace the current big tech business, I have a few suggestions:

  1. Use FOSS (Free and open source software)
  2. If this is not possible, try to find software that does not invade your privacy and made by a smaller company
  3. Try to avoid paying privacy invading companies. I'm not saying never pay for proprietary software, but try to only spend the money on ones that respect you.
  4. Spread the word about good FOSS apps
  5. Donate to FOSS
  6. Vote for politicians who are serious about antitrust
  7. If you have the skills, contribute to FOSS or make your own software!
  8. Use adblockers on websites that don't respect you and/or your privacy
SuperSpruce ,

Let's give an example that is more uplifting.

A 16 year old who just got their motorcycle license being able to buy a 200hp superbike capable of doing 180+mph.

For all intents and purposes, this should be illegal, because the teenager (usually) doesn't have the skills and willpower to handle such a powerful motorcycle as a noob.

But it does feel awesome to be able to buy whatever motorcycle you can afford once you get your license in the US, rather than being forced to start on a 125cc that can't even hit 60mph.

SuperSpruce ,

Your provisional rider laws are a lot more fair than Europe's, which limit teenagers to 125cc for the first two year of riding.

150KW/tonne (with the rider) is enough to get a Ninja 400 or Harley Sportster 1200, both of which are plenty powerful for the street. But maybe these calculations don't factor in a typical rider's weight.

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My own work in progress game, an arcade style deckbuilding game with meta-progression.

The current release doesn't include the last part but the next update will introduce it.

It's so fun to try to get a high score, and the randomness gives me the "just one more go" feeling.

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I feel that way about my high effort YT videos that don't even get more views than my low effort ones.

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That's part of what turned me off from YT. I can feel like a neverending treadmill to create content to grow the channel, even when I'm busy doing projects for university.

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Here's a real reason: It's generally more optimized and smooth than the web version. And before you say that's because the websites purposely nerf themselves, one of the best examples to support my statement is Mastodon, which is slow and laggy on the website but fast and smooth in the app.

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Imagine if this rule was still around and you brought a foldable

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I'm sure I can think of more but I remember an assignment in middle school where I could type it out or write it out by pen, but if you wrote it in a pencil, you get a zero.

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My fix to this is to click the "airplane mode" button

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The website doesn't seem to load for me. It briefly shows the info for a split second but replaces it with a white screen.

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What's interesting is that they never mention that even if all gas cars are banned, you could still buy a gas powered motorcycle. (Which is my plan for my future assuming a free market, cheap EV for low-enissions commuting, and a fun gas-powered motorcycle for twisty road tours.

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If I wasn't locked into the Meta ecosystem I'd buy it.

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Incremental game players:

[Replace "you" with "the game"]

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I'm not super knowledgeable on this, but I chose Dynadot because it's cheap and WHOIS privacy is included.

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This guy definitely watches TierZoo.

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Theoretically? 100. It only works in specific, uncrowded areas, and then only sometimes.

Practically, as in 80% of scenarios? Anywhere from 10 to as low as 0.03. It's bad enough that in some places I can't even load a basic website, as I can't even crack 1mbps. I also often get the "connected, no Internet" crap.

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Glassdoor is in my top 10 least favorite companies of all time, right behind Nestle and Big Oil, scoring an overwhelmingly negative opinion by me, meaning that I wish they would crash and burn and I'd be willing to sabotage this sh*thole company wherever possible.

This business is everything wrong with 21st century tech companies. They do nothing good and everything bad. They hide information from the public by forcing an account. You cannot bypass by using uBlock origin's features. When you make the account, they force you to give them literally all of your personal information with zero way to stop them from selling it to hundreds of shady data brokers despite them telling you that you can opt out.

Unfortunately, they got me. I really really wanted to find the salary of a job, and I was forced to make an account. I got irrationally angry, and gave them EVERYTHING, including all cookies. Now they got the loot, I got nothing other than a thousand eyes prying on me.

The door is certainly glass on the bathroom stalls but made of hard steel to reach what should be a library.

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Sure, here are some sources:

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/tiktok-data-app-report/story?id=97913249

https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-data-privacy/

https://www.wsj.com/video/series/inside-tiktoks-highly-secretive-algorithm/investigation-how-tiktok-algorithm-figures-out-your-deepest-desires/6C0C2040-FF25-4827-8528-2BD6612E3796

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https://lemmy.zip/comment/8340091

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Late to the party, I never got FOSAI working until I found LMStudio, but I have 2 questions:

  1. Is there any way I could utilize my GPU, a Radeon RX6800M (12GB VRAM)? I got Mistral-7B doing 5 tokens/s but it's all running on the CPU.

  2. Is there any model specifically for programming questions? This could be of immense help to my projects without having to ask ChatGPT.

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