The_v
@The_v@lemmy.world
- Comment on YSK: you can stop Microsoft users from sending 'reactions' to your email by adding a "x-ms-reactions: disallow" header 1 day ago:
I disabled it as soon as they were launched. I also disabled the quick reply, reactions, and to text messages etc.
- Comment on Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagships 1 day ago:
Yep I did it. There is still some annoying bits of it floating around that you can’t get rid of.
- Comment on Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagships 1 day ago:
The phones in the midrange are getting to be better than the top end ones in my opinion. Decent enough build quality for the phone to last 3-4 years. Expensive enough that the bloatware is reduced. If the company does do a modified launcher it’s generally pretty clean.
I am liking the OnePlus 13R I picked up. Stable UI, decent battery life, and not a bad price. The stock launcher does a pretty decent job.
For my work phone I have a Pixel 8. I really regret buying it. I had to disable 30 different bloatware apps. Plus I have 4 apps that I have rejected all updates because they can’t be disabled. I also installed a launcher because the stock pixel UI is trash. The hardware is solid and works well once you clear out the buggy bloatware
Apple made a major fuckup with IOS26. I upgraded my iPad and felt nauseous from the blur effect almost instantly. I can’t completely get rid of it, just make it less horrific. Their “new” multitasking options I am not even bothering to turn on or try to use yet. This is like their 10th edition of multitasking. Let’s see if they get it right this time. Then I will bother to learn their “simple” process that usually involves having to read a manual and remember half a dozen new commands. Fuck it still takes me 2 or 3 attempts to get the the home screen without a button.
- Comment on My collection is growing 2 days ago:
Almost there…
A small cordless drill with a torque setting plus a driver set. A short flexible bit holder for the tight spots.
Drop the torque setting all the way down then use the drill for most of the work. Then finish tightening with a reacheting screwdriver.
- Comment on return 2 krebs 1 week ago:
How about the Citric Acid Cycle then?
- Comment on Git dat h-score, girl. 1 week ago:
- Comment on plump pumkins 1 week ago:
I probably should work on getting the bush type plant mutant into the giant pumpkin germplasm again.
The first tests were had a 400lb pumpkin into a 8’x8’ plot. They split and cracked however.
- Comment on grocery shopping 1 week ago:
In my area the self checkout systems at the grocery store often fritz out an don’t register the item. This is even after they beep. It’s truly wonderful. I consistently get 50% or more of the items in my cart for free. Nothing they can do to me either. They have me on video scanning every item. If their system buggers up the total it’s on them.
If they want somebody to catch computer errors then there’s a thing called “pay a employee.”
- Comment on Landlords are parasites 1 week ago:
During the last housing bubble, you could rent the same place for less than 1/2 the cost of buying it. Renting and investing made more sense then.
Currently buying a house is overpriced but rent is even more so.
The best financial decision right now is to live with your parents your entire life. If you don’t have a parent you can stay with, then a tent and cardboard boxes in the park it is.
- Comment on I analyzed 200 e-commerce sites and found 73% of their traffic is fake 2 weeks ago:
This one is extremely difficult to fix as well. Ad companies bribe politicians with reduced price advertising for political campaigns to prevent laws being passed to regulate them.
- Comment on crop candles 3 weeks ago:
Some varieties of apples blooms are frost sensitive. Others can shrug off a frost and not really care. It’s a generic difference in the cultivars.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/…/html
So if you see a big ass fan in the orchard, it’s because the grower wanted to push a variety that is not well adapted to the local environment.
- Comment on crop candles 3 weeks ago:
A sudden freeze will not kill the vines. Grapes are extremely tough. It can hurt the flower buds though. A severe enough freeze can cut the yield.
For wine grapes less fruit in the bunches = lower quality wine.
- Comment on crop candles 3 weeks ago:
It’s an old cheap method.
We have much better ways of protecting crops from frost including reusable netting/row covers with supplemental heat from electric heaters. However they cost more so…
- Comment on Should Neutron Stars be Added to the Periodic Table? 5 weeks ago:
Figure 3’s label.
“Chlorine atoms are shown in red.” got me.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Lol me either. Their services are not nearly as good as the unauthorized streaming sites.
- Comment on Kinky 1 month ago:
A rancid unholy stench from the depths of hell wafts imin from the outside as the door opens. Your are temporarily blinded as tears come to your eyes.
“Hello,Uncle Mike.”
- Comment on Flooring Pop 1 month ago:
I would get a professional in to take a look at it personally. That looks like a complete tearout and redo to me. I assume there are voids under all of those tiles. They will all be popping up or breaking if left.
- Comment on Flooring Pop 1 month ago:
Okay first off those are large ceramic tiles not the laminate etc it looked like.
Second off, why the fuck??? I am guessing somebody wanted to level the floor. Instead of doing it properly they just tossed globs of mortar on the floor and shoved the tiles on top.
- Comment on THIS JUST IN: FBI suspects Kirk was likely targeted, more info to come 1 month ago:
Not usually in my experience. Almost all target shooting is on relatively flat ranges. Especially not for ranges that short.
For those that don’t know, when firing down the slope the effect of gravity decreases the bullets velocity loss. So the bullet transverses the distance in less time and drops less over a given distance.
When firing up a slope the bullet loses velocity due to gravity. So it drops more due to the extra time it takes for the bullet to transverse the distance.
- Comment on THIS JUST IN: FBI suspects Kirk was likely targeted, more info to come 1 month ago:
If you have a regular 30.06 bullet with a rifle sighted in at 200 yards, it will hit around 5" lower than you aim at 250 yards depending on the gun and conditions.
If you have it sighted in at 300 yards and aim for center mass right the bullet will hit around 5" above where they are aiming.
In both conditions the bullet hits the neck area.
- Comment on THIS JUST IN: FBI suspects Kirk was likely targeted, more info to come 1 month ago:
Hmmmm… think about how hard tracking a sniper would be on a university campus via surveillance cameras if they dressed to fit in. A black computer backpack from big box store combined with a university branded outfit and hat. Then walk into highly congested areas like a student union building and make a quick change into a different university branded outfit.
They could then walk to public transit with the crowd of people as the officials shut down the school.
Yes well trained people with the right software could eventually figure it out but it would take time.
The longer it takes the more chance the shooter gets away.
- Comment on Not even hidden smh 1 month ago:
Corn smut is better.
- Comment on The Job Market Is HellYoung people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired. 1 month ago:
I do wonder if companies will eventually will give up and revert back to requiring paper mailed in applications. At this point it’s likely cheaper.
- Comment on The Job Market Is HellYoung people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired. 1 month ago:
When I started in the workforce you went to the newspaper classified ads and looked at who was hiring. Then followed the directions in the ad, call a number, mail a resume, etc.
A few years later, webpage listings became the norm. You usually had to physically mail a resume and cover letter.
Having to mail or deliver a physical resume naturally limited the number of applicants. It took time, effort, and a little money to apply to a position.
Then e-mails applications happened. Free, fast and very easy. A relatively small amount of the audience looking for jobs royally fucked it up for everyone. Say you have a job listing that gets seen by 10,000 people. 5 applicants who read the job description applied and 1% of the audience sends a generic resume and cover letter without reading the job description. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that this is an issue.
So companies started screening via algorithms, keywords, convoluted application processes etc. The more companies screened, the more people felt they had to spam applications to get a job.
Then to make matters worse some companies started posting bullshit jobs. Jobs that were going to be filled by internal candidates, creating “applicants pools”, and even some fake jobs that they continuously post to be assholes. This straight up fraud stealing people’s time.
The whole AI thing is the most recent bullshit in an ongoing broken system.
- Comment on A conundrum 1 month ago:
Rent vs mortgage - gotta put a caveat on that one.
Renting = landlord gets all the money but has to maintain the property.
Mortgage - bank gets all the money and you get a partial refund if you sell. You pay for the upkeep. A mortgage is not really an “investment”, you usually lose money on the deal if you live there. It’s cheap rent from the bank.
It basic math to see which one is better long term. Usually the mortgage wins because of of the partial return. However if you can’t do the upkeep yourself, renting is often a better financial decision.
There have been times when renting was the smarter financial decision. Like the housing bubble in 2003-2007. You could rent places for 1/2 what it would cost to buy them per month.
- Comment on Usernames are very personal 2 months ago:
My wife and I created a funny named joint e-mail account when we were engaged for all the wedding stuff (we got married in '01). Over time it sort of morphed into the default address for all bills, schools, family, etc. Anything that both of us should be aware of.
The username has since became the default for most of our joint online accounts as well. It’s pretty close to the perfect username. It is distinct, short and easy to remember. Best of all it’s always available.
- Comment on redwoods 2 months ago:
Depends on where it’s located.
In some areas with very active fire suppression, they allowed massive buildup of material to burn. This is what happened to Yellowstone and a bunch of national forest around the west and into Canada.
In other areas drought is causing more frequent and hotter burns. This is what is is happening in the Southwest now with the mega-drought.
- Comment on A good tool? 2 months ago:
Hmmm… wait a minute I have nightmares about this one - JDE
- Comment on Sony is raising all PS5 console prices in the US by $50, starting tomorrow 2 months ago:
A cheap SSD upgradeand a PS4 plays PS4 games the same way a PS5 does.
- Comment on Broccoli Blooms 2 months ago:
B. oleracea gets all the fame.
B. rapa never gets the respect it should.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica_rapa
Bok Choi
Bomdong
Choy sum
Komatsuna
Mizuna
Napa Cabbage
Rapini
Tatsoi
Turnip
Yellow Sarson
Oil seed Mustard