slumberlust
@slumberlust@lemmy.world
- Comment on EV Tax Credit Ending Dec. 31, Effectively Increasing Prices Up to 28%. See How Popular EVs are Impacted. 1 week ago:
Are you referring to taxes aimed at funding road repairs that is currently accounted for in gas taxes?
- Comment on Mom sues porn sites (Including Chaturbate, Jerkmate, Superporn and Hentaicity) for noncompliance with Kansas age assurance law; Teen can no longer enjoy life after mom caught him visiting Chaturbate 1 week ago:
It’s a framing tactic to paint the opposition as ‘for this awful thing’ when in reality the issue is the further erosion of privacy under the guise of ‘safety.’
- Comment on ‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game 2 weeks ago:
What don’t you like about it?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Dr. Who famously not British and few seasons.
- Comment on Are we the dark timeline? 4 weeks ago:
I usually give an example of existing internet goodness with the website Ian’s Shoelace Guides. It exists, with good resources, and minimal ads, as al gore intended.
- Comment on Apex Legends and Star Wars: Jedi Dev Respawn Cancels Another Incubation Project, Lays Off Unknown Number of Individuals 5 weeks ago:
They overtuned controller aim assist to the point that 99% of pros swapped to it to remain competitive.
- Comment on Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones 5 weeks ago:
The way I’ve heard it is that it’s not just coincidence nor microphone scanning, but just the effectiveness of targeted ads in general. You could be within wifi range of other users who are searching for pickle stuff or you yourselves have a history of pickle purchases, etc. This stuff is scary specific already.
- Comment on Lenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installed 5 weeks ago:
They are, but likely not passing the savings on.
- Comment on When I wake up and check the time to find it's 4:04am I immediately think "sleep not found" 1 month ago:
You might enjoy these then ’ shop.eff.org/products/http-code-playing-cards
- Comment on Path of Exile 2's disastrous new update reveals the core tension at the heart of its design: How do you make a game with meaningful combat when everyone just wants to blast monsters? 1 month ago:
I’m enjoying this patch. Let the devs cook and stop trying to minmax the fun out of every game. Join us in g69 in game!
- Comment on Last Epoch Season 2 delayed by two weeks - New Launch Date: April 17th 2 months ago:
POE2 looks lackluster at best. One class, no acts, econ reset.
- Comment on Starlink is now accessible across the White House campus, which was already served by fiber cable, after service was “donated”, as some cite security concerns. 2 months ago:
Mark Klein showed us this was true years ago.
- Comment on Google Hijacks Restaurants Booking System Leading To No Reservations Being Available. 2 months ago:
Tried calling a new Indian place in town and they wanted a credit card to book a reservation. Didn’t end up going.
- Comment on E-waste or Linux? Charities face tough choices as Windows 10 support ends 2 months ago:
There are extended security options for win10. Might be worth it to consider kicking the can a bit farther down the road. 0patch.com
- Comment on FCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’ (read: multi billion contract with Musk) 2 months ago:
How many gloves are in there?
- Comment on You knew it was coming: Google begins testing AI-only search results | This version of Google won't show you the 10 blue links at all—Gemini completely takes over the results in AI Mode 2 months ago:
Problems exist, but there’s never been a safer time to be a homosapien on Earth. A book called Abundance helped me gain a little perspective in these gloomy days.
- Comment on YouTube launches a $7.99 per month, ad-free Premium Lite subscription 2 months ago:
It varies by org but yes verticals are usually product silos that serve certain types of customers or needs.
- Comment on We are becoming the first digital grandparents 3 months ago:
Just like our grandparents, check engine light can turn on if you cut the wire…
- Comment on Reddit Blames Google Algorithm Changes For Not Hitting User Growth. 3 months ago:
120%
- Comment on This was Likely Recently Auto-Installed on your Phone. 3 months ago:
What about LineageOS?
- Comment on Reddit is purging NSFW subs as well as trans-related subreddits 3 months ago:
LTT had a few videos on degoogling your life. Provides some alternatives to each service.
- Comment on We're not going to terraform Mars, but we're doing a good job of venusforming Earth. 6 months ago:
I used to think this way too, or hand wave away all the inconvenients as lessons to be learned, but there is a very valid argument to make that the best thing we can do as a species right now, is to focus inward here before we move out there. Wall before you run type thing. The book mentioned earlier covers a lot of these topics in detail and if you are interested I’d highly recommend as it reshaped my view of the current options. godpseed
- Comment on We're not going to terraform Mars, but we're doing a good job of venusforming Earth. 6 months ago:
Yes it is! Right now no one can hurtle an asteroid at earth to end it instantly. When space mining takes off that’s a very real threat.
- Comment on We're not going to terraform Mars, but we're doing a good job of venusforming Earth. 6 months ago:
This is not risk free. When you give people access to space and still have terrorism and wars, things can end badly quickly.
There’s also a valid argument around where to best focus those resources now. We are nowhere near ready for space colonization on any scale, let alone sustainable ones.
A City on Mars by the Wienersmiths dives into some of these challenges if you are interested.
- Comment on I can imagine the "will you be using the mobile app?" question to get cheaper food is going to devolve into the Mark of the Beast and someday no one will be able to buy anything without using the apps 7 months ago:
I already eat way less fast food since they started hiding all the ‘deals’ behind the apps. Win win imo.
- Comment on U.S. Copyright Office rejects DMCA exemption to support game preservation 7 months ago:
The only reason we still have Shakespeare is preservation.
- Comment on Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back. 7 months ago:
In case you are not just trolling, you need to do way more to stay anonymous in the modern area.