AstralPath
@AstralPath@lemmy.ca
- Comment on FCC explicitly prohibits fast lanes, closing possible net neutrality loophole 1 day ago:
I’m enjoying watching you dig this massive pit for yourself. Lol
- Comment on Mullvad VPN: Introducing Defense against AI-guided Traffic Analysis (DAITA) 3 days ago:
Bootstrapping See the Application section specifically.
FOSS = Free/Open Source Software TCP = Transmission Control Protocol VPN = Virtual Private Network
These words mean a lot actually. Pretty basic terms when it comes to the internet.
- Comment on YouTube's war against third party apps is just as ridiculous as its war on adblockers 1 week ago:
Thirty 30 second ads? Am I reading that wrong?
- Comment on What are these "bass" and "treble" that I see in an equalizer ? 1 week ago:
Bass is the low pitched sound content of what you’re listening to. Treble is the high pitched content. Literally if its something that sounds high pitched to you, that’s treble. Anything in between the low pitched and high pitched content is called ‘midrange’.
A bass drum goes “boom”. A bass guitar goes “bump, bump, bump”. Those all sound like low pitched descriptions, right? A cymbal goes “crashhhhhhhhh” and a wind chime goes “twinkle, twinkle”. Both high pitched sounds. When you adjust bass or treble, you’re adjusting how loud the elements in those ranges of the audio spectrum are in the overall mix of the sounds you’re hearing in your music/media.
If the “crashhhhhhhh” is too loud and hurts your ears, turn the treble down. Similarly if the “boom” is overwhelming, turn the bass down. Just adjust them to your tastes and that’s all you need to know.
- Comment on Meta spent $4.3 billion on its VR division in three months, and made *checks figures* $440 million in return 2 weeks ago:
If all you care about is money, then yeah sure. If you actually give a shit about humanity the return would be absolutely immense for society.
- Comment on Researchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadband 3 weeks ago:
Its not stupid at all. “Broadband” speed is a term that laypeople across the country can at least conceptualize. Articles like this aren’t necessarily written exclusively for industry folks. If the population can’t relate to the information well, how can they hope to pressure telcos for better services?
- Comment on Looks like SEO chuds are now adding 'Reddit' to the titles. 4 weeks ago:
Am I the only one that wants to know more about this Japanese toaster you can fuck?
Surely I’m not alone here.
- Comment on Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection Launch Is a Disaster - IGN 1 month ago:
Dude, imagine you buy a brand new car for a 5 person family and then as you arrive to drive it off the lot you find out its only got the two front seats… Launches like this are completely unacceptable.
- Comment on Reddit's new paid ads look exactly like user posts 1 month ago:
Just ditch Reddit. Seriously. Why bother?
- Comment on An engineer bought a prison laptop on eBay. Then 1,200 incarcerated students lost their devices. 2 months ago:
Thanks for changing that title, OP.
- Comment on What are some good games with *zero* replayability? 2 months ago:
Don’t forget about Limbo!
- Comment on Lemmy Active Users looking good 2 months ago:
Does Lemmy need to grow for some reason? Sometimes I swear I can feel the Reddit community toxicity seeping in and its really disappointing. Honestly, for me personally if Lemmy continued on exactly as it is today, I’d be perfectly content.
That said, if there are benefits to growth beyond the wide scope of mass adoption fucking over the proprietary social medias I’m all ears.
- Comment on Smartphone Keyboard Information Bonanza: What's available and what's best for your needs 2 months ago:
I use OpenBoard. It’s great!
- Comment on How to burn belly fat if I have cervical spondylosis and scoliosis? 3 months ago:
Are you able to walk? Incline walking on a treadmill burns calories very fast. All you gotta do is set the treadmill to max incline (or less, set it where you like, but the more incline the better) and just walk for a half hour or so a few times per week. The more you walk the faster you burn the fat. Sometimes when I run, I wonder why when I can burn the same amount of calories incline walking.
If you do choose to try incline walking, avoid holding the handles or the top of the panel on the treadmill. I see many people doing this. It effectively negates the incline. The whole point of incline walking is carrying your body weight up a hill. Holding a static surface and leaning back reduces the load.
Just walk as much as you feel comfortable with. You’ll notice it gets easier very quickly. Its also quite enjoyable to watch videos or listen to a podcast to pass the time.
- Comment on It is essential to stop using Chrome. Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware. 3 months ago:
Use a Chromium fork instead if you’re having so much trouble. Thorium is a decent alternative.
- Comment on It is essential to stop using Chrome. Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware. 3 months ago:
We can’t forget that a lot of people have absolutely no idea that this is happening or what it means. Many folks just think the Chrome icon is how you access the internet and have no idea that there are other options. Helping to educate those folks is going to be a significant part of minimizing Chrome’s dominance.
- Comment on YouTube demonetizes public domain 'Steamboat Willie' video after copyright claim 3 months ago:
I’m all for piracy of greedy corporate media, but copyright is an essential part of ensuring that artists retain control of their creations. If you throw the baby out with the bathwater, you harm independents who might be supporting meager lifestyles on the income from their art.
This is not and never will be a black and white issue.
- Comment on Twitch allowing more nudity after disproportionately banning female streamers | Twitch confirmed its policy banning nudity was sexist. 4 months ago:
Your comment insinuates that you have trouble finding gamers on the platform, as if there’s a finite limit on creator count and the gamers are getting pushed out by non-gaming creators, which is obviously not the case.
Is it a matter of going to Twitch for games but then getting roped in by the porn instead? If so, that’s pretty funny tbh.
- Comment on How many of you actually use the headphone jack on your phone? 4 months ago:
I use it all the time. I’m holding off on upgrading my phone so that I don’t lose it.
- Comment on What Improvements Would You Like To See In Free/Libre, Open Source Music Software? 4 months ago:
If you are a guitar enthusiast, TuxGuitar could use some features to help it catch up to where guitar pro was at version 4. Not sure how feasible that is.
Arobas has essentially rendered old .gp# tabs obsolete as their playback on new versions of GP is broken AF. Vibrato is weird, markers are bugged, its a bummer. I’ve been on GP5 since it was released and I refuse to update regardless of how “good” the new versions are.
- Comment on Are any self-cleaning cat litter boxes any good, or worth the money? 4 months ago:
I’d like to go on record and state my opinion that the old school manual scoop method is the best and easiest if you do it twice a day. Takes no more than 30 seconds each time and gives you the added benefit of actively monitoring your cat’s waste for any warning signs of digestive or urinary issues.
Having a dedicated garbage pail for litter purposes only right next to the box makes things super easy and dirt cheap.
- Comment on AI Doomerism: Intelligence Is Not Enough -- “The lack of arms and legs becomes really load-bearing when you want to kill all humans.” 4 months ago:
He says as he conveniently ignores the existence of Boston Dynamics.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
I’d also say that it was likely a plane’s contrail. The earth is a sphere. A plane crossing into your horizon at cruising altitude would have a contrail that looks like it came directly out of the ground at 90°. Doesn’t help that you seem to have deleted your post as no one can take a look for themselves anymore.
- Comment on Do guys that tip cam models hundreds of dollars week after week think that model actually likes them? 5 months ago:
Pretty bold assumption you’ve made there.
- Comment on Let's Build a Sequential Shift kit for Sim Racing 5 months ago:
This is amazing. The sim rally community is so cool.
- Comment on Omegle has officially shut down 5 months ago:
Agreed. Very well written. Clearly Leif is a person that should be a leader in the communication space. Its such a shame that we’re losing him to this fight. :(
- Comment on Why is Steam (Windows PC version) the only program (to my knowledge) that natively snaps to windows displays? 5 months ago:
Don’t worry friend. I know exactly what you’re referring to and I wish it was more common as well. I hate having to use that bit of brain power to appease my OCD and have the window be perfectly aligned to whatever edge I push it up against.
- Comment on Why is Steam (Windows PC version) the only program (to my knowledge) that natively snaps to windows displays? 5 months ago:
Steam did this back on WinXP in the early 2000’s as well. To be clear, OP isn’t talking about dragging a window to the very left side of the screen and it snapping in place covering half the screen. They’re referring to any sized window retaining its aspect ratio but snapping to the exact edge of any side of the screen or taskbar.
- Comment on Does anyone drink instant coffee anymore? 6 months ago:
A tiny pinch of salt actually dulls the sharpness of a bitter coffee. Something something chemical reactions when salt mixes with coffee. Try it. It’s great!
- Comment on Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent 6 months ago:
What about Thorium? Thoughts?