StupendousMan

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"Police guarding grocery stores while folks are denied the opportunity to purchase baby formula after losing everything is pretty indicative of where we are as a country." in c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
[–] StupendousMan@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

What, cops do useful work? Don't be absurd.

Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] StupendousMan@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Steve Gibson recently created a small utility to test USB drives to see if they work and actually give you the store space they claim.

https://www.grc.com/validrive.htm

Hackers steal NFTs worth millions. In other news, NFTs worth millions. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] StupendousMan@lemmy.world 98 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (8 children)

Sounds like a great way to make an insurance claim on a bunch of NFTs worth "millions" that you could not convince anyone to buy.

Steam Deck and Dock Are On Sale for Steam's 20th Anniversary in c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
[–] StupendousMan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It does have a micro SD card slot. It is also possible to replace the main M.2 drive with a larger one, I have 2TB in my Steam Deck.

Everything has LEDs now and they drive me nuts in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] StupendousMan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I regularly take nail polish and paint over these infernal LEDs in layers until they are at a brightness that I find acceptable. Red are not so bad, but blue LEDs area nightmare. I have a cheap Chinese headlamp were the blue battery indicator is brighter than the red led for illumination, and the blue reflects off my glasses into my eyes.