Oaksey
@Oaksey@lemmy.world
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to [deleted] | 2 comments
- Comment on Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media 3 weeks ago:
Since Leisure Suit Larry at least. ;) Since alcohol sales were restricted to adults? Since… ?
- Comment on YSK that there's a better index than the BMI to measure obesity called the Body Roundness Index 4 weeks ago:
Good to see it as a chart but that is different to the results it returns
- Comment on What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger? 4 weeks ago:
Messenger-> Office Communicator -> Lync -> Skype for Business -> Teams. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_for_Business
- Comment on I hate how anything without "world" in its name is just about the US 1 month ago:
“Going in guns-blazing”, lol, some Americans…
- Comment on I hate how anything without "world" in its name is just about the US 1 month ago:
Consequently, Americans generate the majority of English-language Internet content.
False. Yes, it is larger than any other individual English speaking group but accounts for less than a fifth of the total English speakers.
…wikipedia.org/…/List_of_countries_by_English-spe…
I wouldn’t have guessed Nigeria is the third largest English speaking group.
- Comment on Since everyone "liked" the four horsemen of the dogpocalypse, don't forget to Do the Dew Relish©™®! 1 month ago:
I thought that biscuit flavoured cola was probably fake as well, but then I saw a discarded can of it yesterday
- Comment on New polling: half of Australians want gambling ads banned entirely; LNP has big Queensland lead. 2 months ago:
Even for the people who like to regularly gamble, I don’t see why they would particularly want to be reminded to gamble?
- Comment on Is "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words? 2 months ago:
To quote from your source:
8-inch floppy disk, inserted in drive, (3½-inch floppy diskette, in front, shown for scale)
- Comment on Is "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words? 2 months ago:
I was wondering how CD-RW works, if anyone else wants to know:
electronics.howstuffworks.com/question655.htm. They have a layer that can change between clear and opaque that is changed by having different temperatures applied to it.
- Comment on Is "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words? 2 months ago:
Isn’t a diskette just a small version of a disk? Much like kitchenette to kitchen
- Comment on If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"? 2 months ago:
And the w…list?
- Comment on ISP to Supreme Court: We shouldn’t have to disconnect users accused of piracy 2 months ago:
iiNet in Australia used to fight for their users’ privacy until they eventually sold out.
- Comment on CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage | Some of the people said that when they went to redeem the offer, they got an error message saying the voucher had been canceled 3 months ago:
Short-term gifter
- Comment on Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims 4 months ago:
Plenty of items on eBay are just people who buy from China directly and mark up prices. If it is likely made in China and I don’t want it quickly, I’ll buy off aliexpress. That said, alibaba wanted me to upload photo ID which I noped out of. Temu started spamming my email address when I’d never used them. The unsubscribe link went to their website said to adjust your account settings if you didn’t want spam… I never created and account and avoided them completely following that.
- Comment on App development 4 months ago:
The self promotion on obscure forums for a handful of up votes and assumption that you are people’s favourite actress makes this account look more like someone pretending to be Margot Robbie, rather than it being genuine.
- Comment on We all know it's true 4 months ago:
- Comment on Why can't people make ai's by making a neuron sim and then scaling it up with a supercomputer to the point where it has a humans number of neurons and then raise it like a human? 6 months ago:
Was wondering if Robert Miles - Children had a music video with a lot of foresight.
youtu.be/DvyCbevQbtI?si=UZEOYpFxtkQdJtC3 - Comment on All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week 6 months ago:
Netflix have been making a profit since 2003 and only recently introduced ads. They are just trying to squeeze more profit.
- Comment on Does anyone speak hairdresser? I need help communicating. 7 months ago:
I find the “just falls back” on top to be #5 (5/8 inch) for me. It will obviously vary for each person but if you can figure out that number, you can be more specific and it might mean less trial and error for the hairdresser.
- Comment on My opinion on Bone conduction earphones 7 months ago:
I bought a pair and they are ok but for them to be a reasonable volume on my head, they physically buzz too much for my liking and it gets annoying. I just use regular headphones again now. If I am in a situation where I regularly have to talk to others while wanting to listen to something, I might pull them out of the draw again.
- Comment on Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdown 9 months ago:
and recall every car they ever made that can be opened with a remote?
- Comment on Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’ 9 months ago:
The last 4 scanned items listed on screen but “5” items scanned. I’d dare say the fifth items that isn’t shown on screen accounts for the difference?
- Comment on The Hyperloop was always a scam 10 months ago:
Street view link?
- Comment on USA Will Invest in High-Speed Train to Fight Climate Change 11 months ago:
Hasn’t this happened yet because of issues getting enough land in a relatively straight path between destinations? If the curves are too great either the G forces are too high for the passengers or the train isn’t able to travel at a high speed. Elon had his boring machine but I’m guessing the lack of news around that means it isn’t progressing as hoped?
- Comment on The History and Future of Digital Ownership 11 months ago:
Also related is the fact that DVDs and Blu-rays can be region locked. Years ago I bought media from another region as it wasn’t available in my region yet, happily played it on my PC but later when I went to play it in my PlayStation, nope! Even when there was media, they tried to artificially restrict usage.
- Comment on 11 months ago:
Yeah I’ve always thought when they give those stats “how long ago?”. Where people’s ancestors lived could be quite different during different time periods, that I don’t think can be accurately represented by percentages.
- Comment on Google Maps Now Uses AI to Find Where People Are Having Fun 1 year ago:
Search with live view, I think they will harvest that for up to date imagery / street view
- Comment on What did you pay for your democracy sausage? 1 year ago:
Also $3.50
- Comment on Google Flat-Out Refuses to Bargain With Workers, Prompting YouTube Music Strike 1 year ago:
YTM: you have a vague hint of network reception, just wait for me to fail loading what I want to load before I consider letting you play your downloaded music.
