Ajen
@Ajen@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on YSK: WD-40 is perfect for removing adhesive left behind by stickers 4 days ago:
WD-40 is a jack of all trades but master of none. There’s probably a better product, no matter what you’re trying to do, but everyone has a can of WD-40 lying around.
- Comment on mood 1 week ago:
They not big tobacco, what else is there to say?
- Comment on 2025 be vibin' 1 week ago:
There are a lot of other hobbies though, and not many other careers that pay as well as comp sci. If you can turn a programming hobby into a career, you should. You’ll have enough money to find another hobby.
- Comment on What in the... 2 weeks ago:
GIMP enters the chat
- Comment on where are worker rights parades? why are we focusing on very limited issues? 2 weeks ago:
While the cold war is passing out of living memory, the chill that it left on American leftism for the better part of 100 years is hard to overstate.
The Cold War ended in 1991, what are you talking about?
- Comment on I 3d printed a custom sized keyboard using open source software and hardware designs. 3 weeks ago:
Respectful, I disagree. I’ve learned a lot from people making small comments like that, even when they’re unintentionally blunt.
- Comment on I 3d printed a custom sized keyboard using open source software and hardware designs. 3 weeks ago:
Helpful by sharing information they believed to be true, that they thought you might not have heard/known. I don’t see any malice in their post or any expectation that you change what you’re doing.
- Comment on I 3d printed a custom sized keyboard using open source software and hardware designs. 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think that was meant as criticism, it seemed like they were trying to be helpful.
Awesome keeb, BTW!
- Comment on I 3d printed a custom sized keyboard using open source software and hardware designs. 3 weeks ago:
What did you program your knobs to do? All of the above?
- Comment on Quick fix for cracked plastic clip: thread wrap and superglue 3 weeks ago:
Yes, but temporary fixes are the most permanent.
- Comment on Quick fix for cracked plastic clip: thread wrap and superglue 3 weeks ago:
Looks like the thread is handling most of the force, and the glue is just keeping it in place.
- Comment on I felt sorry for them 4 weeks ago:
There are several ways. There could be a vulnerability in one of the underlying algorithms, in the crypto system, or in the implementation.
I’m not saying signal isn’t secure, but encryption can absolutely be hacked.
- Comment on Mazda false DMCA takedown notice Home Assistant App 5 weeks ago:
Based on its name, I have to assume the EU Data Act only applies in the EU. So this will still be an issue for anyone who doesn’t live in the EU.
- Comment on quick health tip 5 weeks ago:
They’re saying it helps badly roasted/brewed coffee, not that it’s the proper way to make coffee.
- Comment on Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants 5 weeks ago:
Have you seen what he posts on Twitter?
- Comment on Better have done his homework 1 month ago:
Why do you think they’re on the edge of poverty? That’s the most racist part of your post, IMO.
- Comment on Not difficult to understand 1 month ago:
That’s not a gap, you were working for the startup. Even if the company never put a product on the market, you were still working. Doesn’t matter if your didn’t even form an LLC. You should put it on your resume and proudly describe the work your did and challenges you faced when anyone asks about it.
- Comment on OpenAI abandons plan to become a for-profit company 1 month ago:
The billions of dollars the company raised in its last two funding rounds were contingent on successfully removing this limit on investor returns.
- Comment on OpenAI abandons plan to become a for-profit company 1 month ago:
No, those were the terms when the company was “for profit.” Now that they’re “nonprofit” the investors can make unlimited profit.
The billions of dollars the company raised in its last two funding rounds were contingent on successfully removing this limit on investor returns.
- Comment on Until now I thought drying filament wasn't that important 1 month ago:
That’s a good way to keep filament dry, but it takes a very long time to remove moisture from filament that way. It’s a lot faster to use a dryer/dehydrator before putting it in the dry box.
- Comment on To whom it may concern 1 month ago:
No, this is fake. You can put whatever you want in the envelope and send it back, but they won’t deliver a whole package. They only prepaid postage for a letter.
Of course if you send something dangerous/threatening you might get arrested.
- Comment on Smh being fired for police work 1 month ago:
Oh, he did it to another cop. Now I see why he was fired.
- Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly? 2 months ago:
Yes, obviously they’re for communicating with other drivers, what gave you the impression I meant otherwise? I was responding to this in your last post:
Unless you turn your blinker on to let people know your want over how is anyone going to give you enough space to merge in? […] You need to hit the blinker to let others know you want to move then check for space.
There are a lot of times where it makes sense to wait for a gap in traffic, rather than asking people to let you merge. And in those situations you would check for space before turning on your signal. You should still use your signal, even if you know you already have space to merge.
- Comment on Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government 2 months ago:
Or you play a cat-and-mouse game with the authorities in that country as they try to block access to your servers. Depending on your moral values this might be preferable to blindly following the laws of authoritarian regimes.
It’s really the country you’re based in that matters the most.
- Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly? 2 months ago:
LA has infamously bad drivers. In many parts of the country people will slow down and give you space to move over when you have your signal on. They’ll also do a proper zipper merge in a lot of places.
- Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly? 2 months ago:
Yep. If I know there aren’t any other cars within a quarter mile of me then the turn signal is just a formality. At best it tells other drivers the lane change was intentional, at worst it’s a (miniscule) waste of time and energy.
- Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly? 2 months ago:
That only makes sense if you’re driving on a busy road. If seems like half of the commenters here only drive during rush hour, and the other half only drive on rural roads.
If there isn’t much traffic it makes a lot of sense to wait until you have an opening and then turn on your signal, instead of turning it on before checking for a gap.
- Comment on China now faces 245% Trump tariff 2 months ago:
Non-tarrif taxes would apply equally to foreign and domestic goods and can be ignored when comparing prices.
- Comment on Absolutely true! 2 months ago:
You also don’t need a 16h plane flight to travel. It can be MUCH cheaper, and shorter.
- Comment on Absolutely true! 2 months ago:
You don’t have to leave the continent, just getting away for a day or two can do wonders.