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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What websites still feel like the old internet?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep! I did it for a final project, called DANK WEB. We implemented an airhorn counter. We found out the day before that it just stored the value it saw +1 to the DB so a bad actor could reset the count. Then we easily figured out that we could just reference the DB so we fixed the bad actor part.

  We got a 98 on the final. It was the most fun I had on a project in all of college.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Youtube has fully blocked Invidious⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I watch embedded videos all the time. Literally hundreds this weekend. Embedded is not “de facto blocked”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've always wanted to see Seattle.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t love the rain, but I love that it doesn’t get super cold or super hot. We have been loving it up here for the last 2.5 years. We are enjoying Ballard with the breweries next to us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony Increases PS5 Controller Prices in US, Europe, and More⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You were $100 off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Student dorm does not allow wifi routers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember when I was in college running a hackintosh. I was at the end of the hall and had awful Wi-Fi reception, so I just had my desktop emitting Wi-Fi for me and my dorm mate. I pirated some stuff but never seeded. I told my roommate about pirating and whatnot and showed him how to pirate Parks and Recreation. He didn’t turn off seeding. The university banned my MAC address, but luckily I could spoof one and have internet. He had to go to the dean and tell him he was sorry and that he won’t do it again to get my hardware MAC banned so I didn’t have to change it every time I booted up.

  The fact that it was so simple for me to get around this ban was hilarious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluetooth 6.0 adds centimeter-level accuracy for device tracking — upgraded version also improves device pairing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. I fuck with software and device issues all day at work. I don’t want my free time to always be fucking with my phone. I was jailbroken for so long back in the day but it’s just a hassle now when I just want to go home and relax.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluetooth 6.0 adds centimeter-level accuracy for device tracking — upgraded version also improves device pairing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. I just click a button on my laptop and it pairs. Start playing a video on my phone? It instantly jumps to my phone. No lag, no pairing waiting. Didn’t want that? Click the “connect” button on the laptop bc it just noticed that it jumped to my phone. My Apple TV notices when the AirPods are around. Did I ever have to pair them to the Apple TV? No! They’re connected to my account and can see the other devices easily.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm the developer of WalkScape, the RuneScape inspired fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL. We're now accepting more people to the Closed Beta!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is really cool! I just applied. I live in a moderate sized city, so I do walk a bit. I hope to help you out on the iOS side of things since lemmy is very android heavy.

  I really think this will motivate me to walk more, as I really only walk to work and the store when necessary.

  Right before I left my last job, we were looking at using Flutter to dual deploy our app so I’m excited to see it in use by an indie dev!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inflation?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The market is anything but free when the price to entry is so high and the big wigs get bailed out constantly. Yes, I agree that farmers should be subsidized, but if we do that, we do not have a “free market” and we shouldn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nihilist would give him one star⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But really! In Japan, most people do 3 stars for great service. Most good businesses have 2.5-3.5 stars.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The worst pick-up line I've ever gotten⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea, I’m not a member, but I saw a queer artist in Seattle handing out these zines and skimmed it. Super bummed about it because TST seems so good work otherwise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The worst pick-up line I've ever gotten⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hell yea! Us furries are fun.

  I saw you said you’re satanic? Judging by being on Lemmy, do you mean TST? If so, you should check this out: queersatanic.com

  TLDR: TST is run by two guys who are suing 4 former members for criticism on Facebook. They’re also suing news sites for even reporting on this. The leaders of TST are big babies that keep refiling the lawsuit to drain the defendants of money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Telegram says it has 'about 30 engineers'; security experts say that's a red flag⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe I’m just lucky in where I am in a FAANG company, because I’ve only been offered mobility in my job, even directly after a promotion! We encourage work across the organization, but we have like 500 devs in this org.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Switch Is Removing Integration for X, Formerly Twitter⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea, last time I tired, you have to connect to its personal wifi hotspot and download them via the app. It’s so backwards!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Surprised no one has noticed yet⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think either should be banned. We just need data protection laws. The government going after single companies sets a dangerous precedent.

  What the EU did with some of their compliance laws that targeted Google and Apple was set a number of users, so it wasn’t necessarily targeting a single or set company, as it applied to future companies too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord began blocking servers with information prohibited in the Russian Federation⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you not know how to properly search in discord? Sure forums are better but a message in discord isn’t “gone forever” if you’re searching. It’s a pretty fast to search too, which is an insanely impressive feat due to the sheer amount of messages.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FLOSS communities right now⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Come on. That’s not even close to the amount of data that TikTok collects. TikTok needs to know how long you spend on EVERY video so it can recommend more like that. TikTok records EVERY interaction and time associated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FLOSS communities right now⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How the heck slack better or even have any more features than discord? Discord saves all history. Discord has threads that are easier to find than slack threads. Discord voice channels let you just hop in. Discord lets you direct reply.

  I use slack for work, but Discord is great for what it is. The search is amazing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I like women but I also like cock but I'm not otherwise attracted to the male body at all. Wtf is my sexual orientation?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also finsexual. They’re pretty much synonymous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GM Reverses All-In EV Strategy to Bring Back Plug-In Hybrids⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea, that’s not how the older Model 3 works. I wish they weren’t doing that. The blinker and shifter stalk are so easy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GM Reverses All-In EV Strategy to Bring Back Plug-In Hybrids⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  With the Tesla Model 3, most things you need are on the steering wheel anyways. Volume, cruise, skip, follow distance, answer calls, etc. but there is a big infotainment system for everything else. I don’t mind it because I love the customization of where my buttons are rather than the crappy default of however the manufacturer sets up the buttons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Veteran Videogame Analyst: Subscription growth has flattened [in video games]⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For single player games, or multiplayer games where there’s not a bigger progression system, yes, I 100% agree.

  But sometimes this is necessary, like with an MMO. You’re paying for access to unlimited server time for that period (typically month or year).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Six months after the initial reddit surge (graphs)⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I still need to put in the work to sub to all the alternatives. I had hundreds of subs and my front page was so curated. But now on Lemmy, I tried Hot for new/fresh content, but I have to browse Active most of the time due to the amount of just single up vote posts on Hot.

  I just wish we had more people. I’m doing my part of being active though!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AppleTV complete replacement opinions⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh? Use the remote app on your phone. It automatically pops up like a notification when there’s a text box on the screen. So easy. You can turn the box off by holding the power button for a few seconds. To close apps, you double tap the TV button and then it’s an iOS like interface that you scroll over and swipe up on the ones you want to close.

  The UI is very minimal and the same across most all apps, so it’s easy to learn and use. It may be missing some power features, but most things are accessed via clicking of just holding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our Chevy Blazer EV Has 23 Problems After Only 2 Months⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure how many it has, but is only for 4 hours. If you have charging at home, it’s too much hassle to charge at work and fight the crowd. It’s for people that need it. And charging for 4 hours on 240v 40a will be 48kWh, which is 144 miles. You only need that every few days. But it is a huge parking garage in the city. It can definitely handle 200 EVs charging if they wire it up right.

  I’ve only had an EV for 2.5 years. It just works. It’s good and reliable. It’s not “let’s wait”time anymore. I’ve driven to the country in Canada and camped in the heat with my AC and made it back to a charging station. They’re everywhere now. It’s not 2015 anymore.

  The price does need to come down still though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our Chevy Blazer EV Has 23 Problems After Only 2 Months⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  True. But the coolant is for the battery, not for a combustion engine that is constantly hot, so it’s hardly ever changed. I use 120v at my apartment to charge. It gets me about 5 miles per hour. Because I live in a city, I’m not driving all the time, it works for me. I see people using extension cord across the sidewalk on my way to work. Our city, Seattle, is building charging infrastructure. Most work garages have chargers, so it’s still charging at work.

  There are still less moving parts than an ICE though, meaning there is less to go wrong. An electric motor isn’t running from friction like many parts of an ICE.

  An EV isn’t for everyone, but it will work for most people once the price comes down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our Chevy Blazer EV Has 23 Problems After Only 2 Months⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You have less moving parts so there’s also no replacing fuses, coolant, belts, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our Chevy Blazer EV Has 23 Problems After Only 2 Months⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. I’ve had my few issues, but there has been way less maintenance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our Chevy Blazer EV Has 23 Problems After Only 2 Months⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. That’s why I got a Tesla in 2018. It really can go anywhere in the country.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Our Chevy Blazer EV Has 23 Problems After Only 2 Months⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The USA does not have train or bus infrastructure. We looked at it but it would take weeks to get home on a train. It’s just not viable, but I wish it was. I take the bus in the city I live in almost anytime I can.

  I have driven from Mississippi to Washington when I’ve moved and I’ve driven from MS to Denver during COVID to see friends (we did the whole 2 week quarantine before and took many precautions). I am driving back to see family for the holidays because flying is 2x the price plus dog boarding. We’re bringing our dog so we don’t have to pay the $700+ to do that.

  For CO2 emissions: flying 2,000 miles both ways would be 1.2 metric tons of CO2 per passenger (using an online tool I found). We are driving 2,500 miles both ways, and having an extra passenger makes it more efficient per passenger. So for 2 passengers, 5,000 miles in a Tesla is 1 metric ton of CO2 total, which is 0.5/passenger, over half of what flying would do. Sure, I could just not go see my grandpa who has been struggling to breathe and in pain almost daily, but I haven’t seen my family in 2 years, and I miss them.