DirkMcCallahan
@DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world
- Comment on Windows 10 support has ended, but here's how to get an extra year for free 1 week ago:
I am SO glad that I don’t have to deal with bullshit Microsoft workarounds anymore.
- Comment on Personal data storage is an idea whose time has come 3 weeks ago:
Or how about the radical idea of not relying on someone else for your important files?
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, but then your father sends you a bunch of pro-bigotry, pro-fascist memes and you wonder if he’s actively trying to trigger you or if he honestly thinks he can convert you to his regressive way of thinking.
- Comment on AOL’s dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era 3 weeks ago:
File this under “things that I assumed happened decades ago.”
- Comment on Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? 3 weeks ago:
Fuck streaming. All I need is my local library and an .mp3 player with tactile controls.
I do not understand how people are OK with being reliant on some other service to listen to their music, and how they’re OK with having to deal with a touchscreen if they want to skip tracks or otherwise navigate the library. Not to mention that they don’t even have full control over their playlists, or that songs can disappear…
Conversely, with a dedicated player and knowledge of your own library, you can skip between albums with your eyes closed, and you never have to worry about losing a playlist or song.
- Comment on Microsoft announces it will automatically install the Copilot AI app alongside desktop versions of 365 products like Word, Excel and PowerPoint this October 5 weeks ago:
Laughs in LibreOffice
- Comment on Samsung brings ads to US fridges 5 weeks ago:
But can I remotely control it with my phone? You know, because when I’m at work, I might want to remotely open the door.
- Comment on makes more sense than this shit 2 months ago:
I’m now a firm believer in this theory.
- Comment on It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes 2 months ago:
A worthy successor to the 65535 Excel bug.
- Comment on Forget Netflix, Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription 2 months ago:
I eagerly await cars that require subscriptions for air conditioning, sound system access, etc.
- Comment on Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK 2 months ago:
I’m not convinced. Look at how Netflix made bank on killing off “sharing is caring.”
People are lazy, and if they want their easy Spotify fix, I fear they’ll hand over their information and move on with their day.
- Comment on Lemmy is a tech literate echo chamber 2 months ago:
It seems like a lot of people almost delight in their tech illiteracy. And the big corporations are laughing all the way to the bank.
- Comment on Human civilization won't last forever; someday there will be a last movie ever made 2 months ago:
One thing’s for sure: it will be part of Disney’s IP.
- Comment on Why do we humans love music so? 3 months ago:
Why do we like reading? It’s just arbitrary characters, really, in a sequence.
- Comment on ICE raids on US farms leaves crops rotting 3 months ago:
Make America Famished Again
- Comment on Trump social media site brought down by Iran hackers 3 months ago:
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
- Comment on Here's your first look at the rebooted Digg | TechCrunch 4 months ago:
I’m looking forward to the “Here’s your first look at the rebooted Reddit” articles in 7 years.
- Comment on Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers 4 months ago:
I feel like this has been happening for a while, but maybe it’s just that YouTube’s website is shite.
- Comment on Reddit will help advertisers turn ‘positive’ posts into ads 4 months ago:
How better to celebrate the 2-year anniversary of Rexit?
- Comment on lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this month 4 months ago:
What happens to the communities there? Is there a way for them to automatically migrate to another instance?
- Comment on HBO, Which Was Always HBO, Is HBO Again 5 months ago:
Hey, maybe Elon Musk should have focused on cutting waste in the HBO corporation.
- Comment on In a Boon for Tesla, Feds Weaken Rules for Reporting on Self-Driving 5 months ago:
Serious question: If I get hit by one of these death machines, who can I (or my next-of-kin) sue? Has that been established in court?
- Comment on Google is killing privacy sandbox in Chrome. 5 months ago:
Do
noevil. - Comment on This speaks for itself 7 months ago:
TBF, the latter is a much better reflection of how lifeless and awful their food is.
- Comment on Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals 7 months ago:
It’s like every company that wasn’t complete shit just suddenly decided to…go to complete shit.
- Comment on Economist warns that Elon Musk is about to cause a "deep, deep recession" 8 months ago:
c/noshitsherlock
- Comment on For those of us that can spot the URL for "Never Gonna Give You Up" at a glance, we are getting rickrolled without ever clicking the link. 8 months ago:
Maybe the next generation of Rickrolling should involve providing a link to a real video but disguising it to look like the Rickroll link?
- Comment on Hate speech on X surged for at least 8 months after Elon Musk takeover – new research. 8 months ago:
Wasn’t that part of the point?
- Comment on Defaults are crucial for good UX and getting more users on the Fediverse 8 months ago:
Yeah, if I hadn’t been so committed to Rexit, I doubt I would have stuck around long enough to find a UX that I liked. Just to name one, it’d be nice if MLMYM were a default skin.
- Comment on Apple, Microsoft Joining Google Using Gulf of America in Maps Programs 8 months ago:
Not sure why anyone is surprised…they’re all bootlicking corporations that don’t want the mob boss to fuck with their mergers and/or investigate them for their various crimes.