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- Comment on Celebrate 50 years of Microsoft with the company's original source code. 11 hours ago:
Because, while they did so in a scummy wayz they revolutionized home computing and office computing.
- Comment on The swimming carnival is nearly over and will cost lives 5 days ago:
I’m quite surprised by this. I grew up in Ireland. There is no swimming lessons in school. My kids who are growing up here had lessons for most of their lives, except where not permitted during covid. They also do nippers.
Most other kids I know do swimming lessons (privately) weekly ongoing, whereas I grew up learning to swim with weekly lessons in bursts of a few weeks. Nippers is less common unless you live near a surf club.
I’m sure it’s dropped as the article suggests, but I’d say it dropped from a high starting point.
- Comment on Issues 23/3/25 1 week ago:
I noticed something was up. I’d seen some meta posts about other instances updating so I wondered if it was a bug or federation issue but obviously not.
- Comment on Germans no longer see US as trustworthy partner 3 weeks ago:
What’s forgotten, is that the USA did it for their own interests and became extremely wealthy in doing so.
Fast forward to now and assisting Ukraine is not just about preventing larger ambitions for Putin’s Russia, but helping Ukraine become a valued partner to EU, USA and Ukraine s benefit.
Trump is simple in his logic and very transactional. He doesn’t have a master plan and doesn’t understand long term gain for both parties. His actions make him seem compromised by Russia but I don’t know that it’s knowing on his part or just that he makes an easy asset to control by surrounding him with other more directly controlled assets. It’s odd, as he is so unreliable, that you would need a constant rotation of Russian agents. So, I wonder if the compromise is less transactional, but more a deeper psychological one. It’s pretty clear he’s got lots going on in terms of pathologies, but nobody is assessing him clinically in public.
As the USA burns all bridges, people are starting to wake up to not having America as a trusted ally. The consequences are significant and I imagine most countries will start to pivot away from the US, which will be damaging to the USA. Already Trump has blustered about those in bricks that pivot away from using the dollar. That will just be one aspect. I imagine us bases worldwide will be reduced or closed. China will step in to fill the gap for many. The EU will likely step up to do it for themselves. However, they will likely reduce USA trade and increase regulation on US software and hardware that will be viewed as a security risk, just like chinas is now.
The middle east stability is going to be the most unpredictable. In a post petrol world, will the USA continue to support Israel and Saudi Arabia? Trump seems to want to but he’s also unpredictable and racist.
- Comment on Canada suspends imports from biggest US pork processing plant 3 weeks ago:
I’m imagining that where there is some interpretation of quality and rules, American suppliers will find all countries stricter while their government plays chicken with trade wars.
- Comment on Trump considers pulling troops out of Germany 3 weeks ago:
Why doesn’t the rest of the world realised that hosting American troops no longer has a benefit. Lock them out of Germany, south Korea, Japan, Poland etc.
They no longer have your back so why let them project power?
- Comment on Trump could scale back Canada, Mexico tariffs Wednesday, Lutnick says 4 weeks ago:
What a clown show.
- Comment on why was 1995 video games console very pixel art graphics but music was high quality and images were great??, 4 weeks ago:
With old games, it was a case of the quality of processing and speed of processing on consumer grade devices. Look at Toy Story, released in the 90s. It looks dated and less well animated than a current video game. Each frame took hours to process and a current video game does it on the fly.
Analogue sound can and has been recorded for many decades. The mp3 codec existed in the 90s as did other formats. Recording high quality video and sound was very doable. Mixing was less easy than now, but still possible. Images could also be stored lossless. Video was broadcast at low definition. Many of the recording were only made in that low definition format. That’s why old video looks dated. Some were recorded in better quality for the dvd or bluray market. They appear better.
- Comment on What is wrong with the architecture of the Internet? 1 month ago:
That it’s based on trust.
- Comment on The Hitchhiker's Guide to Online P̶r̶i̶v̶a̶c̶y̶ Anonymity 1 month ago:
No, DON’T PANIC.
- Comment on Here’s why some people still evade public transport fares – even when they’re 50 cents 1 month ago:
As in, their connections rather than just simple trips? Why is that necessary for buses and not for cars?
Remember our whole transport network and all others worldwide used to be plan services prior to centralised tracking. Most would think services have worsened, not improved despite increasing population density and worse car traffic making public transport more attractive.
So, the tracking they already do doesn’t seem to be improving service. However, that’s subjective.
- Comment on Here’s why some people still evade public transport fares – even when they’re 50 cents 1 month ago:
It doesn’t need facial recognition. If it’s for statistical purposes, it only need numbers in and off, not to track us. That’s the point.
- Comment on Here’s why some people still evade public transport fares – even when they’re 50 cents 1 month ago:
They could quite easily do this with a driver manually counting on and off passengers. It wouldn’t need to be accurate, they could ballpark any numbers above 5. It could also be done with surveys are stops or on board, or with security camera footage. All without the infrastructure need. We also seem to be able to plan roads and spend even more than in public transport, without any need for registering trips.
- Comment on Blahaj? I'd be curious what led to this decision. 1 month ago:
Yes, my interpretation of what they said was that it wasn’t a meta posts, but I agree, it was likely on a different instance. However, I also asked for clarityabout what was said and the user hasn’t clarified. I couldn’t find the comments they were talking about in their history of their first weeks. I did see other bans, from beehaw, but generally a pretty normal post history.
So, the mystery remains.
- Comment on trump puts 25% tariffs on Aussie steel and aluminium 1 month ago:
Just American ones. There are multiple non us alternatives.
- Comment on Blahaj? I'd be curious what led to this decision. 1 month ago:
Great, do you want to clarify what happened? I’m sure it was innocuous, but it may not have been, from their perspective.
- Comment on Blahaj? I'd be curious what led to this decision. 1 month ago:
I interpreted differently. I assumed the thread was on blahaj but was not a meta thread about blahaj. However, you’re probably right.
If they were on another instance and just had a disagreement with a blahaj user about the term, then I’d say that’s over moderation to block them unless they were being abusive, or a dick about it.
I could also see how a mod could block him and accidentally block him from the instance if it was a year ago as mod tools weren’t great. Although I don’t use them.
However, as you say, depending on what the comments were, it could be the blahaj user was the one being the dick here.
- Comment on Blahaj? I'd be curious what led to this decision. 1 month ago:
It may not be a gendered term for you, but it is for some. Standing your ground means being asked to stop by people who found it offensive, likely by feeling misgendered. I’m not surprised you were banned when you go to what’s meant to be a safe space and misgender people despite being asked to stop.
That’s kind of the point of federation, though. They can have their space with their rules of moderation and language. Someone else can have a more open experience. Those that want a more complete experience but push their values on other instances will be banned from those instances. Blahaj has great content, but it’s often niche, and can be a little too moderated sometimes, but better to err on side of caution when many of the community have less ptions for where they jump to.
- Comment on PlayStation Network Currently Suffering Major Outage 1 month ago:
It’s back up for me in Australia.
- Comment on Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn’t ‘sustainable’ 1 month ago:
While I don’t disagree, I’d say gamer culture is pretty misogynistic and unwelcoming for minorities. So, it’s more of a risk than in other communities.calcukated risk, I’m sure.
- Comment on Why are energy bills going up, if there is more green power? - BBC News 1 month ago:
Is this in an imaginary world with no power from anywhere else, including international interchange? Total battery power is a society ending event. It’s hard to speculate on a power situation that doesn’t exist.
Costs are based on supply and demand. At current demand battery power back up is cheaper than non environmentally friendly forms of energy. Should that change due to supply issues, we can recalibrate.
Howevwrx the smart money, which happens to also benefit the environment, is on green energy.
- Comment on Why are energy bills going up, if there is more green power? - BBC News 1 month ago:
Cost for wind and battery back up is cheaper than nuclear Similar for solar. So when people talk about the need for back up they don’t mention that the cost including back up is still cheaper than nuclear, which is cheaper than fossil fuels.
- Comment on what are “female jocks” called? 1 month ago:
Cheerleaders if you mean like a subculture clique?
- Comment on Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Devs Just Removed DRM From Their Failed Game 2 months ago:
It was free on ps+ and I haven’t played it.
- Comment on Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin blames 'dinner party classes' for pubs crisis 2 months ago:
Certain foods and drinks considered essentials don’t attract vat. Hence Jaffa cakes arguing they were not in fact a cake. Any prepared food is considered a luxury item, which would include drinks that are served.
I think alcohol should attract vat in supermarkets, not reduce vat in a pub.
- Comment on Microsoft bundles Office AI features into Microsoft 365 and raises prices 2 months ago:
Hopefully lots of people cancel which makes other companies wary of trying similar.
- Comment on ByteDance to sidestep US sanctions by renting Nvidia GPUs in the cloud 2 months ago:
No, they didn’t want tik tok scooping all the data up for the Chinese government. Facebook and Instagram and WhatsApp are meant to do that for the American government.
- Comment on Facebook and Instagram to Unleash AI-Generated ‘Users’ No One Asked For 2 months ago:
I think employment is based on those seeking work. So if you take time off, you wouldn’t be counted. It’s a balance in the market that stops wage rises and inflation when there is unemployment. It’s obviously not desirable for the individual.
- Comment on The loyalty tax shoppers willingly pay despite push for supermarket competition 3 months ago:
Aldi don’t stock niche products. You don’t need to buy canned products like that weekly. Their entire business model is less stock, higher turnover and own brand for most things to control the supply chain more.
In a cost of living crisis, you can olan your shop around what’s in store. If you save, what looks like 25% at Aldi, if enough people shop there, it puts pressure on Cole’s and woolies. Personally, I shop in Aldi, and can get most things there, ut if they don’t have something, I pop into another shop. I had the same experience with woolies and Cole’s. Woolies has a wider selection but it’s still not infinite and store dependent. They might have 5 types of things I never buy, but they don’t necessarily have what I need for my recipe.
- Comment on Tsunami alert after 7.0 quake off California coast 3 months ago:
The warning is no longer in effect.