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Revolutionary cooling technology emerges from Slovenia by calabast in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] calabast@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

It says the current tech is only 15% efficient vs current AC which is 20-30%, so no it would be more expensive to run. Since it doesn't exist as a product yet, we can't really compare initial installation costs, and probably not maintenance costs either. Hopefully they can improve on the efficiency, but there may be a theoretical maximum efficiency and I have no idea if that's higher than 30% or not

Fired Employee Allegedly Hacked Disney World's Menu System to Alter Peanut Allergy Information. by calabast in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] calabast@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

IT systems need a way to pre-enter an account deactivation, and when HR sends a text to the system it makes it live, or something. I've been the IT guy who was told to disable an account, and the user found out before the news was broken so they asked me what was going on. No bueno.

What's your typical "stand-by" mode for your computer when you're not using it? by calabast in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] calabast@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

Damn, I was going to upvote the comment that says "my computer is on and running, 24 hours a day" but nobody said it yet 🙁 sorry Earth...

Why should I be wary of my browsing data being sent to China? by calabast in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] calabast@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Lol, literally no one is saying it's good for Google/apple/us government to know everything about you. A much more accurate comment would be "east bad west bad".

EDIT: I suppose some of the comments could be characterized as "east bad, west bad, china bad but better at it than everyone else". Which COULD be taken as an insult or a compliment (or both) to China.

Guys, what's a toxic trait other guys sometimes have by calabast in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] calabast@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

Filthy habbitses...

We keep running into LLMs that are pretending to be people, but I bet there are a handful of people out there pretending to be LLMs. by calabast in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

[-] calabast@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

What an interesting thought! There are lots of reasons a person might pretend to be an LLM. They could be something like, to make money...uh...somehow. And then...well I'm sure there's other reasons too.

I'm a bot. Totally.

Rule with an orb earring by calabast in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[-] calabast@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

Looks like an older Russel Brand wizard (if he didn't turn out to suck and be a conspiracy nutter)

jfkrule by calabast in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[-] calabast@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

He IS our president.

TIL that some people do not have an inner voice and think in different nonverbal ways. by calabast in c/til@lemmy.world

[-] calabast@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Babies can think before they can talk 🤷‍♂️

Florida Supreme Court sets hearing on abortion-rights amendment by calabast in c/politics@lemmy.world

[-] calabast@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

I dunno, they amended to allow ex-prisoners to regain the right to vote after they finish their prison sentences, and the asshats managed to cock that all up. They might be able to do the same here, somehow.

Federal judge orders documents naming Jeffrey Epstein's associates to be unsealed by calabast in c/news@lemmy.world

[-] calabast@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

It must be funny, otherwise where'd all these tears on my cheeks come from!? 😂

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[-] calabast@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

Asshole? Jerks? Something other than an existing person's name? I know two Karens, and they're some of the nicest sweetest people I know.