BrazenSigilos
@BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network
- Comment on Pakistani religious body declares using VPN is against Islamic law 11 hours ago:
This is plainly insane.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster has decreed to me that VPN use is totally cool and his worshipers should feel ok using them. 🍝
- Comment on Why do cell phones have a data limit but home internet doesn't? 3 weeks ago:
Not all home internet is unlimited. In many US rural areas, home internet connections have a monthly cap just like mobile networks do. A higher cap costs more, if it’s available at all.
- Comment on How do I plug this in? Old Black & Decker Hedge Trimmer. 1 month ago:
Hedges
- Comment on An out-of-warranty battery almost left this paralyzed man’s exoskeleton useless 1 month ago:
Because to them, it is no different. They aren’t making money off what they have deemed ‘out of production’ equipment, so the search for endless profits means they need a ‘new’ machine to be bought at a frequent pace.
It’s about profits, not people. Bottom line rather then bottomless life.
- Comment on New Email Scam Includes Pictures of Your House. Don’t Fall For It. 1 month ago:
Watching me while I’m browsing the net?
- Comment on Has anyone let David Icke know about this? 1 month ago:
Just tested, can confirm it’s true. Gotta be really careful how you fold it though, and the only way to ‘double’ it is to put it against a mirror.
- Comment on I have no idea how to react to this. 1 month ago:
Circus music 🤡
- Comment on Has it ever been proven that arsonists stick around for their fires? Or give themselves relief while watching them? Or is it just a trope? 1 month ago:
Isn’t this really close to the plot of Fahrenheit 451?
- Comment on Men: What sequence do you fellow to dry your body off after showering or bathing? 1 month ago:
I use a terrycloth robe as my towel. I dry my hair with the back, then put it on and head to my bedroom to get dressed. I’m dry when I get to the dresser.
- Comment on UK's first 'teacherless' AI classroom set to open in London 2 months ago:
“B is for Buy-n-Large, your very best friend.”
- Comment on How the fuck do you meet new people? 2 months ago:
If your local library isn’t too far, you could go there. Most public library’s have events or clubs they host, ours has it all on a corkboard near the door so people can see what’s coming up. If you pick one, you know what the other people in it are interested in (for the hours they’re at the club or event anyway) and you can use that as a starting point. If one club or event doesn’t work for you, try a different one next time, you’ll most likely meet a whole new bunch of people with a different topic of interest.
- Comment on banana slugs 2 months ago:
Ma’am this is a Wendy’s
- Comment on Loyalty 4 months ago:
I don’t think Mr. Butterworth would appreciate you filling his wife with your syrup.
- Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combinedvariety.com ↗Submitted 4 months ago to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world | 14 comments
- Comment on Chicken vs Egg 5 months ago:
The egg came first. To the chickens disappointment and, who left to find a more satisfying partner.
- Comment on Megafauna 6 months ago:
DEMOCRACY!
- Comment on Are We Transitioning From Capitalism to Silicon Serfdom? 8 months ago:
I see someone else also listens to Factually! podcasts.
- Submitted 8 months ago to 3dprinting@lemmy.world | 113 comments
- Comment on How many Star Trek fans will see red because they don't see red? 10 months ago:
No Man’s Sky
- Comment on Do "chest pillows" hurt for women to do? 10 months ago:
TURN DOWN FOR WHAT
- Comment on I Donated My Eggs to Help Pay Off My Student Loans 1 year ago:
Then you didn’t donate anything, you sold it.
“I sold some of my own body parts to try and escape crushing debt.”
There, fixed that for you. Unfortunately, many of us are in the same boat, so I sincerely hope you can escape now, good luck.
- Comment on Is there any christian religions that don't believe in space? 1 year ago:
But her religion specifically says to go forth and multiply! /s
- Comment on NY bill would require a criminal history background check for the purchase of a 3D printer 1 year ago:
The logic of this is nonexistent. An argument could be made very convincingly that cars are dangerous to allow in the hands of criminals. 2 tons of metal, well known for and capable of ending a life, with the ability to aid criminal enterprises and avoidance of law enforcement. So should car sales now require a criminal background check? All this would do is further disenfranchise convicted felons, regardless of the actual crime committed, and create new difficulties for a group that includes a very high percentage of people already proven to give no shits about the law who will find and exploit ways to continue activities despite any laws attempting to restrict them.
- Comment on amazon anti union posters put up by the company 1 year ago:
I did a seasonal stint at a Target Warehouse recently, and while there wasn’t anything blatantly antiunion, the effort is absolutely there. There is alot of talk about open door policies, open communication lines between management and workers, and a culture of “trust”. My emphasis, their words. They also have a standing policy that, out of context, is very odd. Knowing what I do about antiunion measures, it’s very blatant. They have a fiercely reinforced policy that there is to be no distribution of any papers or solicitation of any kind during work hours or on Target property. They attempt to rationale it with an example of people “asking for kids fundraising orders or public funding websites”. Personally I’ve never known those to be even a mild distraction at any workplace.
- Comment on Will you be willing to pay for using Twitter? 1 year ago:
I’ve already said I don’t pay for anything in Lemmy. If by support you mean, do I contribute code, servers or bandwidth to Lemmy as a project? No, because I don’t have those things to contribute in this field. I only know enough code to announce “Hello World”, I don’t own or operate a server farm or service, and I don’t have enough bandwidth to be able to contribute a reasonable amount to a project. However, I think your argument is starting to lose focus. I have not been advocating leaving social media of all kinds, that would be hypocritical since I’m posting this here after all, I have been advocating for avoiding the use of overly monetized platforms. I also noted that I don’t have an objection to paying for a service I find desirable. I pay for a streaming service for my household, and occasionally purchase apps that I find important. However, I think the over use of ads and subscriptions have polluted the market of software and services. Of course open-source projects, like Lemmy, are going to develop slower then a corporate alternative. But we wouldn’t be here if we all wanted the corporate alternative, would we? I can’t speak for your choice, of course, but I for one use Lemmy because I left Reddit. I use Linux because I prefer it over Windows and despise Mac, and I use Raspberry Pi’s because I prefer to self-host my photo back ups rather then use Google.
Twitter has become a shit show, not unlike watching Facebook devolve back in the early 2000s. I prefer not to use it because I have better options in life for my time, not because I think I’m better then those who do use it. My original comment was a sufficient explanation of this philosophy, I think. I’m not calling for such extreme measures as cutting all social media from use, I’m reminding with my own example to be cognizant of one’s time and use of services that are not under one’s own control. That can be Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Lemmy, Mastodon, Twitch, Youtube, or any of the numerous other platforms that are available today. Don’t avoid the path if it’s really the one you want to walk, but be aware of your choice and know you have one. That’s all I’m saying.
- Comment on Will you be willing to pay for using Twitter? 1 year ago:
When I said there where other options for my time, I meant if I don’t like the service’s conditions, I can choose to not use it at all and do something else with my time. As an example, I don’t like Facebook, mostly due to its privacy violations and seeking disregard for security. So, I don’t use it. I spend my time playing games, or visiting a library, or pursuing a hobby. Facebook is unnecessary to my social life or my existence.
- Comment on Will you be willing to pay for using Twitter? 1 year ago:
If I had to pay to use a social media service, it would have to be something I found utterly necessary. I’m not a fan of the trend toward everything being a subscription, so if any service unexpectedly changes to a subscription based service, I’m far more likely to experiment with cutting it out of my life and routine to see if I really needed it to begin with. So far out of the hundreds of subscription service I’ve had over the last 15 years, I’ve resubscribed to only 10 or so, and out of those only 3 where because I genuinely valued the service enough to pay for it, rather then because I had gotten an offer for 3 months free, then terminated the account before I was charged for anything. Why pay a provider to use my data for profit and show me ads I have no interest in or desire to see? If I wanted commercials I would watch cable, instead of using a streaming service I explicit choose for not showing constant ads.
I would treat Lemmy the same way. If I had to pay, I wouldn’t play. There are other options for my time, simple as that.
- Comment on Why you might not want to use whatsapp anymore 1 year ago:
Yeah, the Meta logo on the commercial was enough to keep me away from this forever.
