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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This New Android Smartphone Is For Everyone Who Misses the Blackberry⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Seriously. This would be a sweet Linux phone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bye, X: Europeans are launching their own social media platform, W⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate X, but good luck with this:

  The new platform, W, will require identification and photo validation to ensure that its users are both humans and who they claim to be,

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just the Browser: tools to remove AI and other bloatware from Chrome, Edge and Firefox⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I switched from Firefox to Librewoof about a month ago and it’s been wonderful. I can’t imagine what it would take for me to switch back to Firefox. I’ll probably ride Librewolf until the project dies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jensen Huang says relentless negativity around AI is hurting society and has "done a lot of damage"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Respect is earned, not granted. You don’t earn respect by telling people to glue pepperoni into their pizza, or saying there are 5 R’s in strawberry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Death of DeviantArt and the art-site shaped hole haunting the Internet -- Multi-hyphenate⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The modern internet kinda sucks. I wish I could time travel back to pre-2010.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Github Banned a Ton of Adult Game Developers and Won’t Explain Why⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuckin seriously. It’s like they want people to leave.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨200 million records exposed in massive Pornhub data breach — here’s what we know so far⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It wouldn’t have taken much effort to find that gaping back door.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dell brings back XPS laptops — ditches the capacitive touch bar, adds 1Hz display option, and upgrades 14 and 16-inch models⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate the notch, and I used to say I’d rather have a bezel, but after going back to one of my pre-notch laptops, not having a bezel is nice. I still hate the notch though. I wish I could opt for just not having a built in webcam. It’s not like they use it for faceid, and I use an external webcam for work meetings anyway. Plus the iPhone seamlessly works as a webcam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dell brings back XPS laptops — ditches the capacitive touch bar, adds 1Hz display option, and upgrades 14 and 16-inch models⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  but that’s because the OS is designed in such a way where there’s nothing there

  This is not true. There are multiple third party apps that help you get that space back so menu icons don’t just disappear behind the notch. I don’t use those though, and instead blindly drag my menu icons behind the notch repeatedly until the one I want pops out from behind it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man who failed to remove backyard cheese facility told to pay $120,000⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Backyard cheese facility” is one hilarious innuendo.

  “I have to bring in a specialist to help out with my backyard cheese facility”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨using a binder clip as a spring instead of 3d printing one⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wasn’t going to watch but this comment caught my attention. Those were definitely cool transitions, and the video overall was not too long and worth the watch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features - 9to5Linux⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. No longer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox Will Ship with an "AI Kill Switch" to Completely Disable all AI Features - 9to5Linux⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Too late. I switched to librewolf.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  you can sign up to receive updates on our AI Window and be among the first to try it and give us feedback.

  I wonder if we all sign up and tell them we don’t want it if they would actually listen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's ads on an apple⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fucking ridiculous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Enshittification of Plex Is Kicking Off, Starting with Free Roku Users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The current Roku app is so awful that nobody’s going to want to pay for Plex after using it. When I first saw it, I actually thought Plex was trolling Roku by giving them the shittiest possible experience for Plex.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll grant you that, but are you implying that a large fraction, maybe close to half, of my coworkers are disabled? Surely there are other reasons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I hear what you’re saying, but not once have I ever seen somebody with lots of tabs be able to find what they’re looking for in those tabs. They almost always click through several, then open a new tab and navigate to the content they need.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for ARPGs like Ys Origin and older Zelda gamma⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also Crystalis on NES.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That comes out to $1.37 a day. I definitely think hardware should last way longer than that, and I even have computers running at my house that are over 12 years old, but $1.37 a day for something that most people use as much as their phone is not a bad deal. In this economy, that’s like half of a gas station soft drink, or like 10 miles worth of gas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Las Vegas deploys world’s first Tesla Cybertruck police fleet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is straight out of Reno 911

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mini pc for home server?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I also recommend Beelink. I’ve been running a ryzen for almost a year and it’s been awesome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For folks who like this theme, there is lemmy.world/c/fuckcars

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK - the crazy questions all jobs on usajobs.gov now ask⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s why it’s called doublethink.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Software by the Electronic Frontier Foundation that, when linked up with the correct hardware, becomes a Stingray for detecting Stingrays.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What if they have a trace buster buster?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘My buyer’s guilt is insane. It’s $1,300 on trash’: the adults addicted to blind box toys like Labubus⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand this. With $1300 can’t they just buy the thing they are hoping to get? Is a big part of this paying for the thrill of winning, but never experiencing that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘My buyer’s guilt is insane. It’s $1,300 on trash’: the adults addicted to blind box toys like Labubus⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Better luck next time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dogma is the mask one wears to hide ignorance from one's self⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And a bitch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So...how the fuck do I trust *anything*?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Read the book The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. Or better yet, listen to the Carey Elwes (Westley from The Princess Bride) read it on audiobook. It tells all about charlatans and conmen, and how to be skeptical and detect their bullshit. It’s the kind of book you can skip around in too, so it’s an easy read, not too weighty, but with lots of great info and stories.

  Carl Sagan was amazing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon is making it impossible to remove the DRM from Kindle Books⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hear what you’re saying, but I’d still like to see numbers before taking a stance.