richieadler

@richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky, the Fediverse, and the future of social media⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  For many people, learning things and reading are anathema.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky, the Fediverse, and the future of social media⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t coexist peacefully in life, why would they do it here?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Static site generator for an idiot who doesn't want to learn a new templating language just to have a blog?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My preference is Nikola.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why 🤷‍♂️ do users 👨‍💻 dislike 👎 the use ✅ of emojis 😀 on Lemmy 🐭?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I don’t care anymore. I just use a few smile emoji, and the facepalm one, because I never found a satisfactory emoticon for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why 🤷‍♂️ do users 👨‍💻 dislike 👎 the use ✅ of emojis 😀 on Lemmy 🐭?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same as emoticons did, now with Unicode Consortium approval! 😁

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is Lemmy better than Reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m trying to think of a funny way for Ryan to misunderstand Lemmy, but nothing comes to mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Data from deleted GitHub repos may not really be deleted⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You mean Forgejo?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New youtube layout?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think he was very polite, considering.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The justices of the supreme court ruled that Trump was immune and effectively above the law while being president. What is now stopping Biden from bringing a gun to the next debate?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I always think these movies end being used as instruction manuals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNA⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I knew my first long distance gf on ICQ. I remember also having that service in Miranda IM along Yahoo Chat, MSN, Google Chat (back when it was based on XMPP) and Jabber.

  Messages from my current gf are announced with the classic ICQ “Uh-oh!”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use that sound for notifications to this dy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As someone who is aging. Late thirties. How can I keep my finger on the pulse of current trends, particularly in music?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So I’m wondering what I can do to keep in the loop with my younger brothers and sisters?

  The question is completely weird to me. Why do you care? Why do you think that is important?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m childfree and think that too many idiots procreate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  to promote stability and perpetuate humanity

  🤮

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do arranged marriages persist in many cultures?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand in theory the benefits. But I practice for me It would be a nightmare. Being unable to get away from toxic family members would be horrible. And being the outsider… I’m dating you, not your family. I find the idea of “entering a new family” worrisome and distasteful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And you seem USian, so please, kill each other once for all and stop destroying other countries for profit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t click in unexplained videos, sorry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Who said anything about networks?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope. I don’t have a panic reaction when I go outside (and now I go daily to the office, because it’s near and more confortable than my house). I just don’t have the Nature fetish some people do.

  In my country I went to see the Iguazú falls and my reaction was “Huh. Nice.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You really don’t think electricians, contractors, plumbers etc aren’t problem solving on the daily?

  General problem solving, probably. Deep thinking? Nah.

  And besides, I doubt most electricians need to apply Kirchhoff’s Law on a daily basis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t specially dislike it, but everybody talks about the outdoor like the thing they cannot live without. I… actually thrived during COVID, I wasn’t force to tolerate idiots and I didn’t need to leave my house. I didn’t really feel the need to see the external world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Please enlighten me about the deep thinking challenges involved in fabricating a chair. I’ll wait.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, you can deploy and maintain an app, but you can’t reach out and touch it, smell it, or move it.

  I’d say that tactile fetish for objects is fitting coming from a society that frowns upon physical contact with people.

  and challenge yourself to think in new ways.

  I find that the wish is actually thinking as little as possible. That’s a nightmare for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have another impression about romanticizing trades: there’s a deep anti-intellectualism and an exaltation of not having to think. For me that idea is pure hell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have an outdoors job

  Not for me, I despise the Big Blue Room.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s satisfaction to be found when labour results in a tangible and lasting result.

  Nothing human is eternal. But you’re speaking in absolutes and I challenge that. Give me intellectual challenges, I couldn’t care less about making a nice chair or a sculpture.

  Too many jobs at startups

  That’s the problem. You can try elsewhere, maybe?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I will never understand why burned up people in IT is so intent of changing a work where you may have intellectual challenges but you don’t need to make strenous physical effort for extreme physical labor. I wouldn’t be caught dead doing one of those jobs, and the idea of wanting them is unfathomable to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Post your Servernames!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use names of known computers or androids in fiction. My main computer is always Ralf (the compute built by Richie Adler in Whiz Kids), and my main phone is Lal (Data’s daughter). My girlfriend uses other franchises (GlaDOS, Wheatley, Marvin).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft wants to hide the 'Sign out' button in Windows 11 behind a Microsoft 365 ad⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  🤮

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK: Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They aren’t.