Dozzi92
@Dozzi92@lemmy.world
- Comment on Best stay away from that guy 8 hours ago:
I didn’t even see your username, you’re all in. Love it.
- Comment on Best stay away from that guy 12 hours ago:
You mean tall, right?
- Comment on kya 2 days ago:
Yeah, driving slow is my solution for just a out anything that someone is doing stupidly on the road. Am I doing it to be petty? Sure. But is it also making the situation safer? Absolutely. So if I can justify my pettiness, you bet I’m going to do it.
- Comment on Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? 1 week ago:
Yes, streaming, for me, is the gateway to new. I do use Spotify and I’ll say what I’ve said a bajillion times: It has shown me numerous new artists, a good many of which I have given money. It seems like a good deal.
- Comment on Taiwan refuses to move half of U.S.-bound chip production to American shores — trade discussion to be focused on Section 232 investigation for preferential deal on semiconductors 1 week ago:
Yeah, I think the whole idea of the US wanting the chips produced inside its own borders makes sense in a vacuum. China fucks around (which, sure, is against their character), chips are safe.
Obviously we don’t live in a vacuum, and the US diplomatic mission is, at best, totally unreadable, and at worst, won’t help anyone but itself.
As with just about any other nation, the US is using what is ostensibly it’s only bargaining chip these days, their massive consumerism, knowing that Taiwan sells the majority of its chips to the US.
This play seems to be Trump’s only play: Demand something outrageous, with some thinly veiled threats overlaying the demand. Get rejected. Receive counterproposal that is far, far less than initial demand. Tout superiority.
- Comment on OK what is your Roman name? 1 week ago:
Minius Cucumberius.
- Comment on Forza Horizon 6 - Official Teaser Trailer | Tokyo Game Show 2025 1 week ago:
I’ll probably catch a little flak, but it’s sad to see the Forza name live on only through Horizons now. Motorsport was a great game.
- Comment on Sump Pump - Part 2 2 weeks ago:
Municipalities by me will loan out radon testers. Obviously varies by location, but worth checking with the town.
- Comment on International travel 2 weeks ago:
The fun part about when someone tells me they’re from a place I’ve never heard of is that I get to ask them about that place now. I enjoy it. I don’t expect everyone to know it, but maybe I do expect them to be interested in conversation.
- Comment on International travel 2 weeks ago:
New York City generally gets folks understanding where I’m from, but I have the benefit of living an hour outside of arguably one of the most recognizable cities in the world.
I get what you’re saying, and I kind of use it as a tool to continue conversation. Any time I meet folks from somewhere else, I tend to ask them about it. I’ve had some long conversations about places I never knew much about with Uber drivers or waiters, and I suppose I project that onto people too, that perhaps they’re interested in the minutiae of life in northeast American suburbia. It definitely pales in comparison to people from war-torn African countries, but it is what it is.
- Comment on International travel 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on International travel 2 weeks ago:
I dunno, maybe it’s just me, but anytime abroad I tell people I’m from Jersey. First and foremost I identify as. New Jerseyan. “American” and “Canadian” are so incredibly broad. Are you from Vancouver? Toronto? Are you a Newfie or from Edmonton? Shit, are you Quebecois? The same applies in the US, I don’t for a second begin to think of any of the regions as being remotely similar. Northeast, Atlantic, Midwest, West Coast, all very different places with very different people. I didn’t include the South because they’re the worst.
So yeah, I’ve kinda always just led with that. Maybe us people from Jersey are just like that though, I dunno. I won’t lie, sometimes it leads me to saying things like “I’m an hour outside of New York.” I leave off “city” because New York State may as well not even exist, it’s essentially a barren wasteland of former mining towns that are in a depressed death spiral of long, gray winters and trips to the finger lakes.
- Comment on Microsoft announces it will automatically install the Copilot AI app alongside desktop versions of 365 products like Word, Excel and PowerPoint this October 2 weeks ago:
Happy Birthday.
- Comment on Best no install ceiling light? 3 weeks ago:
I appreciate the pun. Worked at a lighting store for three months, learned very little.
- Comment on Hmm this "unisex" bathroom seems biased... 3 weeks ago:
I’ve thought of this so many times. I’m fact, I’ve thought about a spring-loaded seat hinge that raises the seat unless there’s a person upon it. If the seat is always up, it is much less likely to be urinated upon. It takes the work completely out of the hands of the user.
- Comment on Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency 3 weeks ago:
I have little to no background in IT or CS, but I always wanted to set up networks with those Ubiquiti antennas that can broadcast out a few kilometers. I got a buddy who just happens to be a few kilometers away. We could set up our own private, albeit incredibly limited, internet. Outside of that, if you’re using a utility or a service, you can’t expect your info to be locked up right. And so you need to keep certain shit offline, or use a HAM radio, or some other kind of private network for broadcasting, which is not feasible. But it would be neat.
Could always have a really long string with cans on either end. Can’t tap that phone.
- Comment on Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency 3 weeks ago:
I use Google suite. Use it for work stuff, general bullshit. Works great. None of the data going over it is of particular import (to me).
There are things that I believe require a better handling, and they’re handled differently, all the way up to physical media.
It just might be naive, in this day and age, to think a company won’t cooperate with authorities. Yes, there are exceptions, but they either fear repercussions or they were never built well enough to keep authorities out in the first place.
- Comment on Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11 3 weeks ago:
Unfortunately I don’t have a receipt in my email for it because I bought it at MicroCenter, got a really good deal on it. So I can’t remember what gen. I think I just need to enable the TPM thingy in the bios, but that it was specifically the processor that was the issue. All this is beyond me, I’m in following instructions mode and not inherent knowledge mode.
A buddy of mine has the same, we bought them together, so I know it’ll work, I just need to do the work.
- Comment on Who plays like that x_x 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, that’s why I played inverted for the longest time. Took a break from gaming for a bit and have since switched to standard.
- Comment on Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11 3 weeks ago:
I’m a little out of date in my tech knowledge, but I built my current PC, built them all, always had enough knowledge to just get my shit going. It’s a 9900k so I got a do the bios thingy to make it work with 11, but I just haven’t gotten around to doing it. I know it’s not a big deal, but here I am. I even did something in the bios not too long ago trying to use Docker to host a Minecraft server for my kids.
And so yeah, if I didn’t have to TPM, it’d be over and done, but I’m just dragging my feet, and will presumably continue to do so. Hey, maybe they announce a moving of the deadline, I feel like that’s been a thing in the past.
And let me just get out ahead of this: I have a proprietary software that only works with Windows. I’m in a niche field. I’m also not so aggressive about the whole OS thing, it works fine for me. I turn on computer (who am I kidding, it’s on 24/7 for literally every) and it starts up quickly, does what I need it to do, etc. I have laptops with 11 and they do the same. I turn off the stupid copilot features, do some light tweaking here and there, as I’ve been doing since XP, and it works.
I am admittedly interested in the Linux, but my interest in using my computer is not what it was back in my teens and early 20s, and so I just don’t care.
- Comment on It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now 4 weeks ago:
I have great gear, I have FLACs, I have 180g records, and I have Spotify, and they all sound fine. Perhaps I come from a time when 192 mp3s were what you downloaded, but IMO if it’s a 320 mp3 or above it sounds the same. Only time I ever noticed and appreciated a difference was when sampling or mixing, and then higher quality can be appreciated, but if I’m just cranking tunes, Spotify, FLAC, or vinyl, really makes no difference, they all drown out the ringing in my ears just fine.
- Comment on Reddit lost it 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, OP’s out here trawling Reddit for stupid bullshit they can post here.
To suggest Reddit is losing it from some niche subreddit nonsense is such typical Lemmy broad brush strokes. And it’s posted in Shitpost because hey, it’s just a Shitpost! Despite the fact it’s clearly more than that to OP.
Shitposts are supposed to be stupid, they’re supposed to mean absolutely nothing, but instead it’s a circlejerk of reddit bad, America bad.
But hey, I’m not a content poster, so I guess I ought to do more contenting before I can complain about the lack thereof.
- Comment on It's efficient. 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, ranitidine and famotidine were both very good to me back when I got heartburn often, and I’ll still hit them up once in a while. There’s even ones that haveimt coating, so any indigestion later at least has an air of freshness.
- Comment on YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household 5 weeks ago:
I’m in a family plan, so when this change hits, going to have to find alternative methods.
- Comment on And they even get a seizure when you take their ipads away 5 weeks ago:
Got a earn that shit. Also gives me something to say hey, get your shit together or no games.
- Comment on And they even get a seizure when you take their ipads away 5 weeks ago:
When I was a kid, we’d get together with family and do our thing. Then we’d all eat a meal, and usually after the meal it was all right, everyone go do whatever you want, and the kids would usually go down the basement and play toys or video games, and adults sit around digesting, having some drinks, etc.
Fast forward to now, I’ll bring my kids tablets or whatever, and when the party is entering the food coma stage, I say do whatever you want, you’ve spent the last couple hours talking to people, or just existing around people who are 30-60 years older than you.
I feel like it always comes to this, but everything in moderation. I played a lot of Nintendo as a kid, and I grew up well adjusted (enough), and I don’t doubt my kids can do the same. For me, the whole tablet thing just stretches out the amount of time I get to hang. Kids get antsy. Shit, I get antsy and I’m an adult, but if letting them do whatever for 30-60m at the end of a party let’s me unwind with my family and friends, it’s fine.
- Comment on Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues 5 weeks ago:
The preexisting condition is having a brain.
- Comment on Let's put ice in the wine and chocolate in the hummus 1 month ago:
See, I would call all those macaroni, that’s the coverall for tube-shaped fork-sized pasta. Spaghetti are the long rounds. Linguine flats. And then all the big guys get their own names, manicotti, ravioli, and just stuffed shells, they probably got a band that ends in a vowel but it didn’t make its way down to me from Grandma.
- Comment on Not stealing 1 month ago:
Yeah, it’s funny. Sometimes my son, 4, he’ll talk to me, but his speech and communication are still in the very basics, and I’ll say, Buddy, I’m sorry, I don’t know what you’re saying, and he’ll get frustrated, which leads to anger, all because I don’t understand what he’s saying.
Turn the tables, I’m like, Dude, go to the bathroom, we’re getting in the car, you go to the bathroom before we drive, and he’ll say NO! And now I’m the one who’s frustrated and angry because he’s now the one who’s not understanding what I’m saying.
As always, communication is key, and breakdowns always cause problems. And so we’re all just along for the ride.
- Comment on Not stealing 1 month ago:
I love hearing other parents have asshole kids, because it reminds me that I’m not alone.
