twinnie

@twinnie@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone’s scared of Reform getting in and yet Reform are the only ones promising to reverse all this. All this is done based off the back of a 2016 survey where parents said they were worried about kids watching porn on the internet, but the survey gave no indication of what a solution would look like and gave no online age verification and banning VPNs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How do these sites even know ads are being blocked? What’s to stop the ad blocker just downloading the ads and simply not showing them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Giving birth is the easier part. At least you’re surrounded by doctors. When you get home and you don’t have a clue, that’s relentless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I replaced my truck's rusted out muffler⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have to replace mine soonish. One of the brackets on it has broken and I’ve never gotten round to replacing it, even though it’s only £100 for a new one. What’s with the angle grinder and drill? Aren’t they just bolted on?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My new laptop chip has an 'AI' processor in it, and it's a complete waste of space⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I expect we’re eventually going to start seeing AI in more sensible places and these NPUs will prove useful. Hopefully soon the bubble will burst and we’ll stop seeing it crammed in everywhere, then it’ll start being used where it actually improves a product rather than wherever an LLM will fit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank God we’ve got the government here to protect us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vibe check!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  BCDC

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify to raise prices in September⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see why people hate Spotify so much. I used to go out and pay £10 for an album decades ago, multiple times a month sometimes. Now I can basically listen to anything for the price of an album a month. Plus, you can play Spotify on just about any device, even all the open source solutions that Netflix blocked like 15 years ago. On top of that it’s Swedish rather than American.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Im genuinely curious as to what themes and DE you’re using that looks better. In Windows everything is slick and polished, stuff slides and bounces around, the colours are consistent and work together, it’s all pretty elegant. I’m using KDE right now and all that I get is the start menu thing changes shade when I hover the mouse over it. I also use Gnome and XFCE, Gnome is pretty good and XFCE is obviously really basic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the easiest types of internet videos to make that are not slop?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Reaction videos I guess, but a lot of people are doing that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I say this as a Linux user, Windows is still considerably easier to use and it certainly looks a lot slicker.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The end of the road? What The Salt Path scandal means for the nature memoir⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The couple claimed that their house got repossessed by the bank and that’s what inspired them to do this big walk that the book’s about. Turns out that when the author was unemployed a friend helped her out by getting her a job at the company run by her husband. The author then went on to steal loads of money over the next few years and nearly drive the company bankrupt; causing loads of grief for the company’s owners and causing lots of mental problems like depression, etc. The author eventually got busted and had to agree to a payment plan which they didn’t keep up with, and that was the point their house got repossessed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 381 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I liked this game but the combat really killed it for me. The enemies just move too quickly and in a game about conserving ammo it was way too hard to reliably hit them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fiber⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds amazing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don’t Turn That Old System On, First Take It Apart⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Labour knew Palestine Action posed no violent threat, but banned it anyway amid lobby pressure⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They jumped onto a base and sabotaged a piece of military equipment, of course they had to ban them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple sues YouTuber for alleged iOS 26 trade-secret theft⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If he’s on the Photos team he probably deserved to be fired. The new Photos app is dogshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hot take: 3D printing toys kinda sucks⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I printed one of those octopuses with flexible tentacles and my daughter still plays with it like 6 months later. I think she broke the rest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨came across some family heirlooms today, hahaha!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I always thought ME was okay. I think it just wasn’t that much different to 98.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Killing Games' proposals would make online-only games "prohibitively expensive to create", argue EU lobby group⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Aren’t they only being asked to open source the servers at the end of a a game’s life?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨11 Bit confirm that they used generative AI for The Alters "in a very limited manner"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t really care that much. I’m quite happy for AI to be used to create more content in my games wherever it’s appropriate. If a company can use AI to create all the mundane background content that nobody really wants to make then who cares? It doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re going to fire people, it might just be the same people making more content.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We are not the same⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Who’s ask Grok?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mario Kart World Faces Massive Backlash After Update, Online Racing Experience Ruined⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not even clear what changed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta is Adding AI-Powered Summaries to WhatsApp⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds like it might be useful for some people who get lots of messages, like businesses at least, but I just don’t trust Meta.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Robotaxi Drops Off Passengers in Middle of Intersection… Handpicked Riders Say the “Performance Was Great”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are these cheaper or is it just Uber etc trying to maximise their profits by cutting out the salary bit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump’s EPA to “reconsider” ban on cancer-causing asbestos⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t realise it wasn’t already banned. It’s been banned in the UK since 1999.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex has paywalled my server!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is just some glitch. They’ve not said anything about watching stuff locally becoming a pay thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll probably keep using it and see what happens. To be honest I’ll just go where the content is, and if the new people fuck it up it’ll likely go elsewhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First server: Buying hardware in a developing country⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I spent a few years living in a developing country in Africa so I have some appreciation of what you’re going through. I used to find lots of technology shops on Google Maps, etc, then when I got there they just sold phone covers and SIM cards and knock-off iPhones.

  I can’t really offer much advice but have you considered just making something based on a second hand laptop? A lot of them are still pretty powerful just with old batteries and they’re designed to run efficiently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IPv6 for self hosters⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I always thought it’s kind of odd how frivolous we are with IPv6 addresses given the problems that gave us with IPv4. US DoD has like 200 million IPv4 addresses and they probably only use a tiny fraction of that. There’s also a bunch of old companies like HP, IBM, and Apple, that have entire /8s, so that’s 16 million IPs each. I know IPv6 is ridiculously bigger but we’re talking about giving IP addresses to our lightbulbs now at a time we’re also looking to inhabit other planets.