Rentlar
@Rentlar@lemmy.world
lemmy.world account for lemmy.ca/u/Rentlar
- Comment on [deleted] 6 months ago:
For playing and downloading the games, SteamCMD.
For viewing the store or community pages, a browser? Maybe you could get the Steam Deck version of the store page?
- Comment on Mozilla.social sent out a slew of account invites to their waitlist 6 months ago:
If your submission does not meet any of the criteria above, you will be BANNED!1!
- Comment on Lemmy v0.19.0 Release - Instance blocking, Scaled sort, and Federation Queue 6 months ago:
Note to app users and alternative frontend users (such as mlmym), there are some breaking changes so you will need to update the app or wait.
- Comment on Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, saying it makes his X rival 'a far more attractive option' 6 months ago:
I think federation with Meta will improve Mastodon, and doesn’t affect Lemmy too much. Threads users will be able to post to our groups, but the discussion will be mostly within communities on existing servers.
The worry is if the bulk of discussion happens in Meta’s space. Yes, people will feel like they are missing out if they are on a Masto server defederated with Meta, but there is enough activity from people outside of that to be engaging. On the Lemmy side, (hypothetically) if Facebook Groups were to become like Lemmy communities, I’d be very concerned that most of the discussion would move away from places like here on lemmy.world and other cool servers to Meta’s. Then by the time Meta decides to leave or do something stupid then people will not have a place to go to.
- Comment on Challenge accepted 6 months ago:
According to Sean Hannity on Fox News it’s Canada
- Comment on Challenge accepted 6 months ago:
You didn’t build the wall fast enough, all the Mexicos illegally came through the border and became states.
- Comment on What does it look like for a YouTube creator when the audience uses something like NewPipe or Freetube? 6 months ago:
Very interesting to see! Thanks for compiling these.
- Comment on Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Their Friends and Family 6 months ago:
“A more affordable way to use Plex [or another subscription service]” is how it always starts…
- Comment on You know who you are 7 months ago:
No
- Comment on GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour 7 months ago:
If it was a dollar an hour, then GTAV would be $1208…
But of course, TV AFKing took up a solid chunk of this time… because of forced waiting periods. Sooooo combine a pay-to-play per hour model and forced waiting periods then you’ve got MTX “Shark cards” with extra annoying steps.
- Comment on Wikipedia Admin Unmasks As Alt Account Of Admin Who Was Extremely Banned In 2015 To The Great Bewilderment Of Everyone 7 months ago:
- Comment on Discord will switch to temporary file links to block malware delivery 7 months ago:
I’d only recently noticed the change, because my multipicture and short video sends were failing less often.
- Comment on The ASUS Eee PC and the netbook revolution 8 months ago:
A close family member had an ASUS netbook… it was real great til it caught fire at the display power hinge…
- Comment on Military Time vs 24hr? 8 months ago:
When it’s unclear I’ll say 7 in the evening, or 7 in the morning, 7pm, 7am. 7 at night, supper at 7, whichever one isn’t pitch dark. There are many ways to go about it.
- Comment on Why do people road rage? 8 months ago:
This video illustrates it well
(loud barking warning)
- Comment on With a Switch 2 looming, Nintendo is sending out the original with a bang 8 months ago:
Is Nintendo really going to stop first party Switch releases the moment they announce/release Switch 2? I can see they wanted to drop the Wii U fairly quickly, but for the 3DS stuff like new Mario Party games came out after the Switch release. Metroid 4 is still in development, presumably targeting the Switch.
- Comment on Leaks confirm low takeup for Windows 11 8 months ago:
People seem to forget about how with 8 Microsoft tried to make everything fullscreen squares, the desktop also being a square but by changing settings you can get away with using the “Desktop” square exclusively.
- Comment on Do any languages have words for left & right that start with the same letter? 8 months ago:
In Chinese/Japanese they may not necessarily start with the same letter but they look kind of similar:
右 vs. 左, might mistake them if you aren’t wearing your contacts :P
- Comment on Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal approved by UK regulators 8 months ago:
- Comment on T-Mobile switches users to pricier plans and tells them it’s not a price hike 8 months ago:
Make sure you call and opt out if you notice anything funny on your bill or account page.
- Comment on X drops headlines from articles, as new report details its bleeding ad revenue 8 months ago:
I’ve wondered, would that be pronounced similar to “Shitter” or “Exiter”?
- Comment on Philosophy meme 8 months ago:
NYEH HEH HEH!
- Comment on 3D-printed carrot does not rely on large areas of land or maintenance costs, can be cheaper 8 months ago:
Carrots with a proper flared base?
- Comment on Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech 8 months ago:
Well, companies can’t hire you if you don’t apply. Do your best and make them all tell you no, rather than expecting it and not trying.
Just know that it’s often not your fault your application didn’t make it through. It’s half an exhausting lottery. I’ve had pristinely written CV and letter with family and career counselors editing it not get anything, and applications where I found spelling mistakes after were interested in interviewing. Companies tend to have hiring seasons where if you apply at a consistent pace, you’ll get no answers some months and many answers at other times.
Even recruiting itself is a hellscape, you see corps getting recruiters, laying them off because “they don’t need em anymore”, then all of sudden they need more staff but way more than the recruiters they have can handle.
- Comment on Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech 8 months ago:
it’s a feature for employers
You’re absolutely right about that.
- Comment on Microsoft CEO says unfair practices by Google led to its dominance as a search engine 8 months ago:
While DDG uses Bing’s results, I wonder how much the two will diverge in terms of results as MS incorporates more AI bullshit in their search, if that will creep into DDG’s results as well?
- Comment on Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech 8 months ago:
Layoffs are what caused the long queues to begin with. Event organization and operation makes it seem closer to an average American Black Friday event than a job conference.
- Comment on Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech 8 months ago:
I think I figured it out… only rarely you’d get immediate interviews, but the idea is you get LinkedIn contacts to chat with later and industry insight, and something to tell recruiters/hiring managers that you did, but you dress it up in a way that shows you look for opportunity like “I met members of [industry/company] at a recruiting conference in [town]”. I found industry conferences to be more useful than jobfairs in this respect, but those can be a little to a lot expensive.
Otherwise it’s pretty much just being told to scan QR codes, business cards and maybe getting a couple plastic cups and pens.
- Comment on Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech 8 months ago:
If we had proper public supports for people between jobs, students and immigrants looking to find a way to live and/or not get kicked out of the country, this wouldn’t be a problem.
The whole job hunt feels like a rat race, it’s practically common recruiter advice to apply for stuff that you don’t qualify for on paper, send out as many applications as possible and take every chance you can get. So I can see how people can apply these ideas to participate in spaces where they aren’t encouraged to apply.
This is compounded by the pressure put on people to even live for short periods of time.
- Comment on Spotify is going to clone podcasters’ voices — and translate them to other languages 9 months ago:
Thanks to AI, I guess Michael Jackson isn’t dead after all…
