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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How exactly does one eat 1500 calories a day?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Glad to hear! It really is a struggle but it’ll be worth it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How exactly does one eat 1500 calories a day?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hi op, how has the journey been going? Are you still trying to lose weight?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨28 Years Later: Danny Boyle’s New Zombie Flick Was Shot on an iPhone 15⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  ??? reread it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is Lemmy better than Reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mobile apps, no ads, and no widespread astroturfing. I still use Reddit for product recommendations, but even that has become mostly advertising (oftentimes the link will redirect several times so they get their money).

  I don’t like contributing ad revenue or engagement to a company I dislike. I find Reddit leadership morally reprehensible, and for the free market to work, I must avoid giving them money. Searching up products on ad-free RDX Reddit viewer contributes a view, but no engagement or ad revenue while coming at a very small cost to the company which I’ll accept.

  And honestly, as a person who finds some of Lemmy’s community to be a bit much, it’s still way better than the bottom of the barrel half AI trash Reddit is now. Lemmy reminds me of old Reddit, occasional insufferable behavior and all, and that’s way better than new Reddit. You miss a lot of the personal stories, but in turn you also read less made up or AI generated garbage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey Reddit lurkers! my ad-free, open source Reddit viewer RDX is on Android now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I meant like Alien Blue and Apollo where if you swipe on the comment and not on the edges, Apollo had a full half centimeter of edge space for front and back while AB was more like RDX (which imo is better really)

  No worries if you don’t want to though, just thought I’d ask

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey Reddit lurkers! my ad-free, open source Reddit viewer RDX is on Android now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hi, thanks again for making this app. Any chance of swipe to collapse? I find it takes less effort than double tapping

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey Reddit lurkers! my ad-free, open source Reddit viewer RDX is on Android now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Intriguing, my first reaction is that this must be some accident. On iOS it’s marked as not collecting data, and the privacy policy is a single line.

  I’m sure the dev will swing by shortly, I’m just expressing my surprise at seeing that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Begins Testing 50 Gig Fiber Internet⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Last I recall, Google was trying (they obviously want the money) but was receiving pushback from legacy ISPs and the local governments they have agreements with. Is that not the case?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forget security – Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit | Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah my b, I get captcha’d for VPN use. It’s almost always the “train our self driving car” one, and it tells me I’m wrong all the time too. Very frustrating

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forget security – Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit | Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It might well be if it’s being used, but the site itself still uses v2 a lot. I get the picture one a lot when searching things up.

  That actually makes me feel all the more strongly that it’s just there to extract free labor— they have something else, but still use v2 for what seems like most purposes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forget security – Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit | Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s basically always been outsourcing labor while checking. I guess they don’t want to provide that service for free.

  But now that it doesn’t work, all it does is attempt to source free labor by refusing to show what you want to see. Cloudflare’s verification doesn’t show the puzzle because it’s not trying to make money off you.

  Also, the books one reminds me of 4chan’s attempt to hijack it. Wasn’t a fan of the way they did it, but the intent was interesting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans Are Sharing The "Normal, Everyday" Aspects About The US That Are Actually Dystopian, And I Can't Believe We Tolerate Some Of These⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This part is true but is separate from credit scoring. Banks don’t like unprofitable credit card customers.

  But it’s actually good for your credit, and they’ll keep approving you as long as you’re not churning. Churning can look like the lead up to bust out fraud too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans Are Sharing The "Normal, Everyday" Aspects About The US That Are Actually Dystopian, And I Can't Believe We Tolerate Some Of These⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You won’t find a single source that indicates any of the big three agencies record interest paid.

  Banks already know you’re going to pay interest with auto loans. The credit check is to make sure you pay it back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans Are Sharing The "Normal, Everyday" Aspects About The US That Are Actually Dystopian, And I Can't Believe We Tolerate Some Of These⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. Credit score is simply how much you borrow and how often you repay it. The thinking is that, with a thicker file (more accounts paid), there’s less risk.

  This can cause some real fuckery: they want to see different types of loans, so student loans with no missed payments is good for your credit despite being bad for your life. It doesn’t care if there’s interest. The misconception may occur because with almost every type of loan, there is interest.

  I’ve been fortunate enough to never need a loan and my credit did slightly suffer because of that. That said, any 18 year old can open a starter credit card and get a score of >700 within the year as long as they don’t miss a payment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans Are Sharing The "Normal, Everyday" Aspects About The US That Are Actually Dystopian, And I Can't Believe We Tolerate Some Of These⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is incorrect, of course. Anyone reading this thread, please do not pay interest for nothing.

  First, let me say this is not a defense of the credit score system which is unethical. I hate it too, but for the real reasons.

  Credit score is not determined by the bank. Your lines of credit report to an agency which considers your utilization but not whether you pay interest. Credit agencies don’t care if banks profit, they are already making money by collecting your personal data and selling it.

  I have never paid a cent of interest and do not have anything but credit cards on my file. My score is above 800. I hate to say it, but Lemmy has been consistently worse than Reddit for financial advice, and I’d suggest visiting the cRedit sub for accurate hate on the credit system.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have to say I am too. She’s had a few incidents of odd speech patterns; if not this, the poor soundbites like weirdly explaining things (“Russia is a country” or “do not come”). Trump’s word salad is so normalized that he won’t be scrutinized for it. There will probably be sexist comments on it as well.

  I hope she gets new speechwriters and a bit of training on what to say instead. It’s probably a lot to hope that she can quickly override this pattern, given it’s likely something she’s done all her life, but her duties as VP are relatively minimal and the campaign can afford speech training. She’s better than Trump either way, but being consistently on point would be useful

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have long trusted, alongside polls, Professor Allan Lichtman’s system of keys to the White House. The system uses thirteen true/false questions and asserts that American voters vote for president based on the governing performance of the incumbent party. It has been right 11 times in a row, if you believe that the Supreme Court allowed Bush to win even if recounts were going to turn it in Gore’s favor. It correctly predicted Trump’s 2016 victory along a number of other upsets.

  Per this system, Harris has a less lenient board but is still probably favored at this point. She has lost incumbency and unfortunately does not bring charisma (defined as broad appeal past their party). Nonetheless, if the remaining undecided keys fall as they stand now, she would win in October.

  In my opinion, her candidacy could be better than Biden’s if this allows Biden to focus on securing a ceasefire in Gaza instead of campaigning. This would allow a foreign military success, making up for the loss of incumbency. She may also hurt RFK’s campaign if there are a good deal of protest voters who are simply tired of two elderly men (and thus picked a slightly younger elderly man).

  Because of this system, I was very very worried about Harris replacing Biden. Professor Lichtman’s streak is unparalleled and he has little skin in the game since he is not a pollster doing this for a living. Thus it’s difficult to see it as pure luck. Lichtman himself believes it’s still winnable though, and that has been relieving to hear.

  Outside of the system, I can see how Harris could win. She polls better. She’s younger and can be a reasonably decent speaker. She’s certainly more exciting than Biden, and has more energy and time to campaign. With the media focused on her now, she could get her message out quickly and powerfully. I can see her winning by a significant margin.

  If I’m honest, I’m not totally optimistic, but there are many factors in her favor. I would’ve felt better if she had the charismatic appeal of Kelly or Whitmer. It’s fine though. Her strengths of being a coherent non-fascist that has never been found legally liable for rape should help separate her from her opponent, and she’ll demolish him in a debate if he develops the courage to show up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We might see Microsoft adding ads to BSOD⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Msft could always use it to push Bing or their AI. Microsoft Office? Game pass? Not the most logically sound advertising cause users are likely to be pissed during a bsod but I think I’d bet real money that they focus group it down the line.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam summer sale is on now! What games do you recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  About to finish that one after several years, so I picked up that dev’s latest game. I’ve heard it’s even better, so I’m quite excited. DOSin2 is one of the best games I’ve played.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mullvad VPN: Introducing Defense against AI-guided Traffic Analysis (DAITA)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is my thinking for using .world. I don’t get all my news or interaction from Lemmy or the internet as a whole, and Lemmy is small enough that it has an almost zero impact on broader society. I respect those who try, but if my internet experience was antagonistic or frustrating I’d probably just stop using it.

  I also feel that conversations of that nature are best had in person, where there’s a higher chance of changing minds. I’ve no proof but it feels like internet discussions are taken less seriously and thus merely end before any opinion changing can occur.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Behold, the $400 red pineapple⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Came in here thinking it was some novelty fruit made by a small grower. Were that the case, power to them for taking money from fools.

  Naturally it’s those guys though. Fuck those guys

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So today I finally deleted the bird app⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah same. I first remember hearing it when Apple was planning that amazingly invasive local scanning of user images. Now it seems to be everywhere.

  I’m not against it though. CP could’ve described multiple things and this one is a lot less mistakable when you know. CP wasn’t particularly intuitive either— no easier to decipher, merely that with years of use many people knew it— so it’s an upgrade overall I think.

  Another benefit is that it includes “abuse” in the name. That’s important and ensures the people who seek that stuff out won’t borrow the term like they did CP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨double slit⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a really high quality edit, I’m genuinely impressed. Probably not too much work mechanically but the attention to detail is great and someone who’s never seen it would probably think it was original. If I were a meme edit rater it would rank very high on my list. I don’t know how to make this comment not sound sarcastic or boomer-y but I actually really love this edit and will send it to people. They won’t understand it but that’s fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why has Firefox not removed third-party cookies, despite the fact that Chrome has begun phasing them out?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a relative layman I also have the same question. If you can turn it off, what makes it so bad?

  I’m not saying I trust Google, of course. It just seems like they have a vested interest in screwing over third party advertisers and making them more dependent on Google. If you can then disable the Google part, isn’t it a net benefit?

  (I don’t use chrome and am not familiar with this change, so I may be missing something)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Innovation in Japan: McDonald's installs phone cleaning devices. Kills 99.9% of germs within 30 seconds while customers wash their hands - VIDEO⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh lol. I said that cause I was inclined to believe it due to false advertising laws. Hence, it would be dumb to make such a grand claim and open yourself up to liability [if it weren’t true]. The anecdote after was worded as mostly unrelated because it wasn’t about the effectiveness, but the convenience of the little unit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Innovation in Japan: McDonald's installs phone cleaning devices. Kills 99.9% of germs within 30 seconds while customers wash their hands - VIDEO⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  WOTA claims 99.9% sterilization via UV-C. Does Japan have false advertising laws? I genuinely don’t see how it can be that fast, but like, it would be dumb to make difficult-to-believe claims if you could be sued for it.

  Anyway, mostly unrelated, I used one of these there and I didn’t care if it was that effective. Wasn’t gonna be holding my phone for that span, so any sterilization is nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jeffrey Katzenberg: AI Will Take 90% of Artist Jobs on Animated Films In Just Three Years⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure Quibi didn’t even last three years so I’m not too confident in his predictions

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The full source code for GTA 5 has been publicly leaked⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry for late response, one of the other commenters got it but if you didn’t look it up after you probably don’t know the scale of the search. There are a ton of Easter eggs and a few UFOs hanging around in the game, leading many to think there is a large scale mystery that can be solved. Also hard to describe the Easter eggs— there was a mural on a mountain, an ingame serial killer, a ghost and her daughter, a cult, ingame rumors of UFOs, an alien frozen in ice, three UFOs hovering and one crashed, and a lot more that I probably can’t remember.

  So for years people scoured through the game and decompiled code hoping to find it. The search is actually vaguely still ongoing apparently, even after the leak since it takes time to parse through.

  While there is still stuff undiscovered, it’s most likely that this was part of the cancelled single player DLCs. Which does suck because it was a genuinely interesting idea and it would’ve been cool if R* had managed to hide a real massive subplot in the game.

  Not the best summary cause it’s been a while and I was never that invested, but it was pretty interesting in the first few years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The full source code for GTA 5 has been publicly leaked⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe we can finally end all the hopes for that UFO thing. The people who spent years on it deserve closure, even if it was just hints towards a cancelled DLC

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re explaining because people know DJ to mean radio or in person, and neither are practical in context, so everyone is confused on how it’s relevant. People who use streaming service algorithms probably aren’t looking to go to a bar or event every time they want a recommendation.

  Not to mention that bars and stuff with music usually cater towards upbeat music. If you’re sure these niche DJs exist, why not name some, or at least provide vague instructions on locating one? It would be a lot more useful to provide actionable advice to people looking for recommendations based on their taste