BassTurd

@BassTurd@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: If you set up a Lemmy instance, and follow the Docker setup instructions to the letter, it will send lemmy.ml your admin password during the setup process⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You could do it to. Be the change you want to see, or be a dick. Your choice I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: If you set up a Lemmy instance, and follow the Docker setup instructions to the letter, it will send lemmy.ml your admin password during the setup process⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Or OP is spreading the word to get it out there. Now it’s got eyes on it thanks to OPs work.

  Jesus. Some of you people just want to shit on someone for doing a good thing for no reason. Have you put in a pull request yet or are you just showing your dark side on top of being a dick to OP who did something good?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My world is so much better because of immigrants⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  For sure, it is. But, if they do have one, they are likely paying taxes. They could be filing exempt, but I do feel that may be even riskier. Obviously if they are cash under the table, then it’s only on purchases, not income.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Do you have documents to prove you are a US citizen? If not, here's how⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, I see we have an Alantian in our midst.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video game actors' strike officially ends after AI deal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Unless AI has another meteoric rise in performance and reliability, there zero chance it will be able to produce even the turdiest of games. I’d love to see a big studio try and fail though, like Microsoft.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My world is so much better because of immigrants⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I loath people that claim immigrants aren’t paying taxes and just taking free money. If they have an official job, they’re paying taxes and every time they make a purchase, taxes are paid, just like everyone else that’s not rich.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My world is so much better because of immigrants⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Southern blues really were the catalyst that brought about rock and country music. There are some good clips of people playing rock solos in a jazz form. The chord progressions and phrases are the same, they’re just played with a different feel. There’s one guy on YT who’s short I’ve seen a lot of that does it fairly frequently. A bit clickbaity title like, “rock guitarist plays a jazz gig” and then he’ll solo something like slipknots psychosocial over a jazz backing. It’s pretty awesome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Do you have documents to prove you are a US citizen? If not, here's how⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  At least if they were to send me to my country of origin, or that if my ancestors, it’d be Germany or Ireland. But we know it would be El Salvador, or the new concentration camp, Alligator Auschwitz.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Do you have documents to prove you are a US citizen? If not, here's how⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I hadn’t heard of this and now I need to look into it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Do you have documents to prove you are a US citizen? If not, here's how⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s rarely actually on me, but it in the same general location that I’m in in case I need it, but I agree with you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Do you have documents to prove you are a US citizen? If not, here's how⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure as shit never unlocking my phone if asked, but I’ll show ID if requested in official capacity. If an unmarked person asks, I’ll tell them exactly where they can shove their request.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Do you have documents to prove you are a US citizen? If not, here's how⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep mine in my work backpack at all times. That bag sits next to my desk when I work at home, next to my person when I’m in the office, and converts to my go back when I go on vacation. It’s with me almost always. I’m a white guy who can trace his family back to ellis island, so my risk is significantly lower that many others, but I’m also very outwardly critical of Nazis, so it’s not no risk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is possible to learn to swim, just by reading a lot about it?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  For sure, swimming and practicing swimming is the best way. Reading about it won’t likely help you in an emergency situation. In a controlled environment, I think that someone could probably survive if they’ve only read about how to swim. Not thrive, but knowing what to do would help.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is possible to learn to swim, just by reading a lot about it?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Being put in a situation meant to induce panic with restrains, gear, and objectives is very different from surviving if someone falls into a body of water.

  Sure, reading a book probably won’t do much if you capsize in rough waters or have tread water for minutes to hours. I think that if someone were to have a controlled drop in a deep pool, they would have a much higher chance of success if they’ve read about basic water survival techniques vs someone who hasn’t. Panic is still for sure the biggest factor, but having any amount of knowledge is still better than having none.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are some people just unable to become fluent in a foreign language?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. I started learning French from English, and my experiences from software development have made learning a new language easier. I also took Spanish almost 20 years ago, and while I don’t speak it, I have a better understanding of how languages are structured so learning congregations is easier since I understand the concept better. Perhaps the specific words I’m learning don’t stick in memory as easy as a child, but learning a new language is like 30% vocab and 70% sentence structure and congregation. The hard part is the “logic”, if you will.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former and current Microsofties react to the latest layoffs⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Man… I really want to kick this guy right in the dick.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The thing is either that license model changes, or those other companies selling the code cease to exist when nobody buys something they can’t use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s no requirement that the open source code released after EoL has to be pretty or maintained, just functional to meet legal requirements. Using other 3rd party code would be a hurdle to get over I suppose. It would definitely take a different approach to design, but after the initial shock of changing, it wouldn’t be more difficult to do long term.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Why would coding something with less restrictions take more time and money?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe so, yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually, it is. Anecdotally, I’ve never had an issue with my Nvidia card playing any games. Nvidia is certainly not as good as AMD, but it’s not as bad as the memes make it seem. In the past year they’ve worked more with Linux developers to provide better drivers. Not perfect, but it’s at least stable.

  Installing the Nvidia drivers on Linux isn’t anymore difficult than it is on Windows.

  If you haven’t used Linux within the last at couple of two years, then your experience is outdated and not relevant. There have been huge QoL improvements over that time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You may have disabled copilot, but it installed and integrated into the Win 11 operating system. It takes 1 update to re-enable it without your consent. If there weren’t precedent, that wouldn’t really be a valid argument, but it wouldn’t be the first time it’s happened.

  Linux Mint is easier to use out of the box than any version of Windows. It is 100% usable without typing a single terminal command. If you learn apt-get, it extends functionality and is basically 1 command, which again, is optional.

  To install applications it’s as simple as opening Software Manager, selecting the app, and installing. The app store is better than whatever windows has installed by a country mile.

  On a fresh install it has a full libre office suite, all of the basic apps like calculator, and many others. If you don’t want that, it can be prevented at installation.

  It is inherently more secure, and updates won’t revert settings or install malware like Windows updates.

  Major version updates will always support old hardware. There will never be a situation like Windows 11 not supporting older hardware.

  The only thing the Windows has over Linux is proprietary apps for a lot of products. For the average and most above average users, that’s irrelevant. There are options for most fields but not all. For most people, life exists in a web browser, and that works better on Linux.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There is no way to install windows fresh, have all of those items disabled, and have all of the bloat uninstalled without creating a custom image.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol, I did butcher it. I only Lemmy from my phone, so I’m far more inclined to have typos. When I typed that I remember starting it and clicking on the suggestion to auto fill, but I must not clicked where I thought.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If those people didn’t have hippcrasy, they’d have nothing… Well, they’d still have racism, bigotry, and a bunch of other shitty attributes I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There a very few notably religious people that I associate with. I have a coworker that was a pastor for years and is still religious. He approaches it in the way I think it should be. We discuss religion as a theory, he doesn’t push or tell people what to believe. His belief is that God has his plans and that’s between him and each person. If every religious person lived like him, I’d have a lot less issue with it. I don’t agree with many of his other beliefs that are born from his religious background, but he’s not trying to impose them on anyone or prevent anyone from living their lives.

  Other than him, and even still sometimes him, I agree with you. It’s like a scarlet letter that was put on volunteerily to say, “hey, I’m a dick and my beliefs are correct and apply to everyone.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Celebrating America hasn’t been something to be proud of since before 2001. We had a couple of high points during Obama, but nothing that tipped the scales.

  I’m personally disgusted by this place, and anytime I see someone with an American flag anywhere on their person or property, I immediately assume they’re a conservative and I think lesser of them. I know that this isn’t a reality, but that is what the American flag means to me, and I assume quite a few others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I learn how to "photoshop" images without PhotoShop^TM and also on my iPhone?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a ton of image manipulation options out there. Free would be inkscape and gimp. I’m not proficient or even mediocre at either and perhaps one would be good enough, but I’ve used both for various production elements I’ve created or modified. I don’t use iPhone, so I’ve got nothing for you there. I know that Pixel phones have built in editing tools, so I assume there’s an iPhone option that will more or less hold your hand through some level of manipulation.

  The knowledge behind the fundamentals of editing images is fairly equivalent across platforms. Things like layers and some common tools exist everywhere, it’s just knowing which button to use. There will assuredly be resources out there for what you want. Think of specifically what you want to do, and search for solutions…when you come across a solution that mentions something that you aren’t familiar with, open a new tab and dive down the rabbit hole. Eventually, things will start to click and your ability to absorb new information will go much quicker since you have built a solid foundation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Colleges spend Millions to catch plagiarism and AI. Is Turnitin faulty and expensive tech that require students to let the company keep their papers forever, worth it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This all feels like there’s a simple solution. Have scheduled and consistent closed note (or hand written) quizzes and essay style tests. The people that use AI to do all the work will bomb or they will have learned what’s necessary, and the homework was just busy work anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You're not alone: This email from Google's Gemini team is concerning⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a clarification from Google in he article that I don’t believe was there when I first posted. It still by default allows Gemini to have access to things I don’t want it to access, which is anything. It can be blocked through the Gemini apps activity, but I don’t think that was clear in the OG text.

  None the less, they claim that it will be completely offline and that no information will be used to train their models. I believe that’s probably true in the short term, but I don’t trust them as far as I can throw them, and I’ve got fucked up shoulders. I’ve little doubt that they will change policy in 6 months to a year so that some data is sent anonymously.

  I just want it so if I say don’t allow this thing at all, ever, that stays true and they don’t make me later opt out of that thing.