DragonAce

@DragonAce@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I have learned thru my years of gardening that wasps and hornets are a good thing to have around, not just bees. Not only do they help pollinate flowers, they are predators to some of the most annoying garden pests. I think I’ve counted at least 7 different wasp species in my garden this summer, they’ve done a great job keeping the larger pest populations manageable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DuckDuckGoose⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I quit my job as a sysadmin about 2 years ago and started turning my backyard into a massive garden. I’m currently trying to figure out places to sell large quantities of hot peppers and I’m about to start selling matted and framed photos of flowers and wildlife from my garden.

  Fuck IT.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The overworked IT person who just happened to quit his job on 18 July 2024⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, I quit my IT job 2 years ago and I haven’t looked back. So glad I got out when I did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple fans are starting to return their Vision Pros⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Found the Apple marketing person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Walmart in talks to buy Vizio for more than $2 bln, WSJ reports⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Kinda like the fucking TV screens they have on gas pumps for the sole fucking purpose of shoving ads down the throat of captive audiences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  IIRC, they have UV sterilizers for central HVAC systems. So while it may not sterilize surfaces, it will kill all airborne pathogens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Soap⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon made $1 billion through secret price raising algorithm -US FTC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  profit =/= revenue

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This airBNB was supposed to be a "relaxing retreat" but now I need therapy after this shit.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  My guess is whoever lived there before had a much larger TV mounted on the wall and then an entertainment center under it for peripherals (hence plugs on the ends down below). Current owner slapped the cheapest/smallest TV they could still mount on the wall thinking it would cover the old cable management setup

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Google would have to burn the browser market to the ground before I’ll consider subscribing again.

  They’re sure as fuck trying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactors⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, and the system has a limited number of face combinations when generating NPCs, which is why doppelgangers exist

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We've been jammed!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  LONE STAAAARR!!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨iPhone 15 overheating reports, with temperatures as high as 116F⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If you read the article its the entire phone that gets hot not just the “insides”. While a slight increase in temp under heavy load is normal, becoming too hot to even pick up, is not.

  I mean come on, this is a design flaw without question, you can easily get burned by a 115°F metal case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Those assholes should have never pushed the shit in the first place. Giving people the freedom to work from home and still live their life at the same time, then trying to snatch it away and force a return to the office, is clearly going to cause some serious push back. But these fucks were more worried about justifying their expensive office leases, than actually listening to and respecting their employees. They got what they deserved, empty offices, weakened workforce, and less overall productivity. Good job assholes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This was exactly my thought. Every student with access to a smartphone has almost the entirety of human knowledge in their pocket. Yet our education system is still using printed books and standardized tests written by for profit corporations. US students spend more time taking standardized tests than they do actually learning subjects and engaging with their teachers.

  Our entire education system, like many current systems in place in our society, are antiquated and in dire need to be reimagined/redesigned for the 21st century. Trying to make school more about babysitting and less about education is not the way to go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Any company that obfuscates all their security practices, refuses to give statistics on security risks and counter measures, and boils their product security down to “Trust us, bro.”, doesn’t actually give a fuck about your security. They’re just the last company who keeps everything secret so they can make shit up as they go along. Apple’s security is a joke and they’re just as bad as any other manufacturer on the market, the only difference is they have successfully kept their shit secret for all these years.

  I still remember a few years ago having a conversation with a coworker about her iphone and she bragged about Apple never being hacked, on the same day I had just got done reading an article about a large scale hack. Apple never said a damned thing about it. Did you know that most celebrity phone hacks are thru apple accounts?