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• When is it justified to use AI-generated images?

  I first dabbled with AI image generation back in 2022 and sprinkled a few such images throughout my worldbuilding project. It was easy to look past all of the flaws with the idea that it was nothing more than a novelty. And I never cared nearly enough about my worldbuilding to pay anyone for artwork of it. Now that I look back at it, those images are obvious slop, which I’ve grown to dislike as much as the next person. But recent comments I’ve seen here and on other sites have made me wonder i...

• How often do you pause to read the release notes?

  Some apps on my phone will pop up with a dialog containing the release notes the first launch after an update. I find myself dismissing them almost immediately since due to automatic updates, I don’t go into an app aware of updates and anticipating changes I have a task in mind when opening the app and just want to get straight to it It’s not always obvious where to bring up the release notes again once they are dismissed. So I wonder, do developers include such popups with the expectation t...

• Post #2718366

  It’s scary to think about it, but I don’t dwell on it since I can’t do much about it without really disrupting my life.

• Battery tray indicator that takes into account power consumption trends, rather than just instantaneous wattage?

  The battery tray indicators I’ve tried on Linux so far only seem to take the instantaneous power consumption into account. Is there one that gives an estimate based on power draw over a longer time window and integrates easily with my desktop environment’s tray?

• Post #1083791

  How odd (and maybe disheartening) to consider that it can be cheaper to fly and expend all the energy need to lift a big metal tube up into the air and back down, than it is to travel along the rails.

• Post #899280

  I could, probably with green more than red

• Post #449144

  When the privacy laws in the US are so weak, it seems like maintaining the effect of data removal requires paying for the data removal service indefinitely. Is it worth it regardless? Are there any cases and criteria where one should pay for data removal, more so than the average person? Interested to hear if anyone here has seen noticeable benefits, beyond the mere fact that their PII have been scrubbed from data brokers and search sites.

• Post #251749

  Middle click failure plagues nearly every mouse I’ve owned, OEM, Logitech, wired, or wireless. I take full advantage of the middle click shortcuts like opening links in new tabs, but I don’t think I’m putting it through undue stress either. As far as I can tell, I’m clicking it with the same force as I would the other mouse buttons and much less frequently than the left click. Failure usually starts with occasional missed middle clicks, which after some point, rapidly progresses until it’s fai...