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- Comment on Russian electronics forums registration forms be like 5 weeks ago:
IDK… I would have liked to visit in the 80’s or something like that; peek Soviet propaganda, factories still churning out Nixie tubes by the truckload because it was part of the last 5 year plan. Jr. Highschool history teacher visited, said they employ old ladies in the Moscow subway just to watch the escalators just because everyone needed a job.
So uh… what Soviet electronics forums should we be visiting OP?
- Comment on Hollywood and Netflix Report Piracy Threats to the EU, Call for 'Intermediary' Action 2 months ago:
I just sent it to the two friends that are always whining for me to grab them a CAM :-)
- Comment on Hollywood and Netflix Report Piracy Threats to the EU, Call for 'Intermediary' Action 2 months ago:
Nice little list of piracy sites that Hollywood is having a hard time shutting down at the end of the article ;-)
- Comment on Inaccuracies 2 months ago:
For sure. And ultimately they gave credit where it was due, which is nice but it was a bit jarring. I think that means the filmmakers did their job well and crafted a character I could identify with.
- Comment on Inaccuracies 2 months ago:
Um… I don’t think it matters to me what the characters gender was, but it seemed like the least I could do since I wasn’t going to go back and look up the characters name.
I think you’re reading something into my comment I don’t intend? Strictly referring to a character Ulana Khomyuk from the HBO miniseries here.
- Comment on Biology Class 2 months ago:
Sounds exactly like the names I would come up with breathing 20% nitrous oxide for a few hours…
- Comment on Inaccuracies 2 months ago:
Couldn’t hide my disappointment at the end when they were like [strong female character] was created from the stories of over fifty different scientists…
- Comment on Commentary, behind-the-scenes features, bloopers: What did we lose when we said goodbye to DVDs? 2 months ago:
The return of the Disney vaults… I admit I’m concerned, but I’ve watched so much soulless bullshit at quality levels that do nothing but make the flaws easier to see… it’s not as much of a concern as it used to be. We’re whitnessing a spasm, it’ll pass. Good content comes from people that give actual fucks about what they are creating. They will always want you to experience the best version you can.
- Comment on Commentary, behind-the-scenes features, bloopers: What did we lose when we said goodbye to DVDs? 2 months ago:
I’m not even sure how long MQA took, but the audio world came around and developed a
losslessformat that runs oncommodityhardware and features awideselection of popular… sound.Yeah, we’re boned.
- Comment on Commentary, behind-the-scenes features, bloopers: What did we lose when we said goodbye to DVDs? 2 months ago:
It’s definitely nice to have exactly the copy you want. Plus (and decidedly more on topic) you can rip any extras you want… although the naming scheme is a bit of a headache, that’s the part that really delights me.
- Comment on Commentary, behind-the-scenes features, bloopers: What did we lose when we said goodbye to DVDs? 2 months ago:
Good news! You can pirate high quality blueray rips from the internet and since you already own a license to the content it’s not even a crime ;-)
- Comment on Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say 2 months ago:
That was my take on it too. The vague sense that you’re just going to end up with nothing but circle-jerks if you implement all these suggestions. I could also just be whooshing an attempt a levity, something obvious to a seasoned community moderator.
Hopefully my shitty attempts at socratic method rate a bit better then trolling, but I often doubt it :-)
- Comment on Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say 2 months ago:
People who downvote more than upvote tend to be the ones who get in fights a lot and say snarky, inflammatory and negative things.
Summed up my whole sense of humor in half a throwaway sentence ;-)
Seriously though, interesting read, thank you kux… you can really feel the author’s frustration and yet I can’t help but feel that they are interested in a certain kind of idealistic online community. Reddit but with a really restrictive HOA where everyone has the exact same color mailbox.
- Comment on P.E.N.I.S. 2 months ago:
Not quite the clip I was hoping for, but it’ll do :-)
- Comment on Donald Trump has fully embraced sharing AI generated images of Kamala Harris. 2 months ago:
Obviously AI! Just look at his hands, they are normal sized.
—Q
- Comment on B O N G 3 months ago:
True… but probably much more substantial in the theater. Maybe it was just because it ran for like a year, but more than any other film I remember hearing Titanic from the hallway while walking to see other movies.
- Comment on B O N G 3 months ago:
Truly just the relevant 3 seconds. Thank you stranger :-)
- Comment on B O N G 3 months ago:
I’m trying to remember if the movie actually had that sound effect… anyone?
- Comment on Out of curiosity why is BeeHaw defederated from shitjustworks? 3 months ago:
First time I’ve heard that expression and I love it :-)
- Comment on What are some things you can do to maintain your teeth when you don't have health insurance and can't afford dental care? 3 months ago:
A toothpaste that restores your enamel. It’s prescription in the US but you can get Apagard Premio off Amazon.
It’s probably a good idea to get some extra fluoride since the Apagard doesn’t have any. I use purple Listerine, but I kinda hate it, so find something you like.
You should floss, which I’m shitty at, so I use a water pick a few times a week. All kinds of nasty crap comes out, even after brushing, so it’s gotta be better than nothing.
I use a Philips Sonicare toothbrush, no need to get the fancy ones, it’s mostly extra accessories. There are probably less expensive ultrasonic toothbrushes out there that work well… doing it twice a day manually is probably better for you than once a day with a fancy toothbrush.
Hang in there, clinical trials of a drug that regrows teeth are underway and the results are promising.
- Comment on Why are weather apps so bad at telling you the current weather? 3 months ago:
LOL. Thanks for your service. I think you should let yourself off with time served ;-)
- Comment on Forget security – Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit | Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them 3 months ago:
I tried to order some components on Digikey a few months ago and I’m still mentally scarred. Probably did a few hundred of those things over the course of 2 weeks.
- Comment on HP forced to ditch popular printer range following user backlash 4 months ago:
What else ya’ got under that rock? Cuz’ these things brick themselves if you miss a monthly payment on your ink subscription.
- Comment on Raspberry Pi OS Brings Labwc Wayland Compositor As Optional Alternative To Wayfire 4 months ago:
Off to see if it supports a touch screen properly… 🤞🏻
- Comment on Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims 4 months ago:
Code Name: Go Fish!
- Comment on Jack Dorsey claims Bluesky is 'repeating all the mistakes' he made at Twitter 6 months ago:
I’ll have to dig it up tomorrow, but that was an illusion to a mountain climbing injury he sustained at some point earlier in life (to an arm) that left him in constant pain. He was able to function by mentally mastering the discomfort which he credited to meditation or something like that.
I believe it was an interview that aired on NPR at least 5 years ago.
I’m with you. When I saw The Saint as a kid it seemed like the perfect plan. Do crimes and retire when you hit 5 million ;-)
Seriously, I think it’s a widespread addiction. You see your nest-egg turn into millions and then billions… it’s got to be a rush.
- Comment on Jack Dorsey claims Bluesky is 'repeating all the mistakes' he made at Twitter 6 months ago:
It’s length does indicate he’s a successful man of means…
- Comment on Jack Dorsey claims Bluesky is 'repeating all the mistakes' he made at Twitter 6 months ago:
Wasn’t this guy hired to be some kind of poster-boy CEO because he has a highschool masturbation related injury that causes one of his arms to constantly ache? Why is he giving everyone business advice now?
- Comment on Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT 6 months ago:
Which is why I used the former as an example and not the latter.
I’m not trying to make a general case for AI generated code here… just poking fun at the notion that a few errors will put people off using it.
- Comment on Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT 6 months ago:
[…]will only take a few hallucinations before no one trusts LLMs to write code or give advice
Because none of us have ever blindly pasted some code we got off google and crossed our fingers ;-)