LucidNightmare

@LucidNightmare@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How was it? What was your use-case for it? The software/theme part of the website started to get drowned out by furry stuff, and the occasional live nude models or just scantily dressed models, which is fine but not what I went there for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, man. I remember when I went to this site to get themes for windows cursor, windows themes, and even skins for some of the programs I liked at the time. They went downhill quite some time ago, maybe around 2014 or 2015, as I stopped using that site as much because of the increase in pornographic stuff that showed on the front page. It will be missed though, either way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨iPhone owners say the latest iOS update is resurfacing deleted nudes⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Right, right. I understand that. I was just explaining why the option is good for people like me. I don’t take nudes, and I don’t receive nudes, so I don’t mind if the data is still there or not. I’m just glad the photo of me and my friend was still there when I noticed it was missing from my album after a recent meme deletion spree. lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨iPhone owners say the latest iOS update is resurfacing deleted nudes⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s to prevent you from accidentally deleting a photo you would never want to delete. If you want to make sure it’s deleted, you just go into the Photos app and delete it from the Recently Deleted folder. I prefer this approach, as I have accidentally deleted a photo that I did not mean to, and luckily it was still there. Use cases are different though, so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, the whole point of learning is to ask questions from people who know more than you, so that you can gain the knowledge you need to succeed…

  So… if you try to use these LLMs to replace parts of sectors, where there need to be people that can work their way to the next tier as they learn more and get better at their respective sectors, you do realize that eventually there will no longer be people that can move up their respective tier/position, because people like you said “Fuck ‘em, all in on this stupid LLM bullshit!” So now there are no more doctors, or real programmers, because people like you thought it would just be the GREATEST idea to replace humans with fucking LLMs.

  You do see that, right?

  Calling people fucking stupid, because they are learning, is actually pretty fucking stupid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remedy Has Canceled Codename Kestrel, Its Cooperative Multiplayer Game⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t blame them. Not everything needs to be a freakin’ multiplayer game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Siri for iOS 18 to gain massive AI upgrade via Apple's Ajax LLM⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. That is turned on for me, or else it wouldn’t have answered in the first place.

  The issue is that instead of looking at either the integrated weather app, or the CARROT weather app that I mainly use, it wants to try and look it up on safari.

  The biggest issue about Siri for me has always been that it is inconsistent as fuck about they way you ask it things.

  I swear. One moment, “Play my radio station” works, and the next day it says, “I’m sorry. I can’t do that right now. “ or the weather request earlier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Siri for iOS 18 to gain massive AI upgrade via Apple's Ajax LLM⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Finally. It has been, for the last ten years, almost exclusively useless.

  “Hey Siri, what is the weather like right now?”

  “I’m sorry. You’ll have to unlock your phone for that. “ it says from across the room, as I’m looking at what clothes I should wear for whatever weather it is.

  “You are such a fucking waste of electricity. I don’t even know why I keep trying to use you.”

  “I’m sorry. I won’t respond to that. “

  “You never do anyway, so no change there!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All three remastered Mass Effect games and their DLC are 90% off on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t be like me and buy this on sale, everyone!

  I have never looked at “incorporates third party” part of the Steam page and have now paid for it.

  Until they learn that the consumers chose Steam, because they like Steam, and stop trying to incorporate their third party BULLSHIT, just pirate the game and enjoy the best damn Sci-fi opera I’ve ever had the pleasure of playing.

  (ME3 still doesn’t sit well with me, but oh well)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bitwarden has launched a new authenticator app⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This new Bitwarden 2FA does backup and restore! It was also important to me, as I had a phone stolen one time and without my backed up “emergency codes”, I’d been SOL! :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When I finally learned how do install a different desktop environment, and still use Debian, I was set. KDE!!! KDE!!! KDE!!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bitwarden has launched a new authenticator app⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess for me, it being closed-source and the fact that the Bitwarden password manager and now Bitwarden authenticator are open source. Truthfully, I just see how they handled the desktop version of their Authy software, giving no fucks if consumers wanted it or not, being a big red flag of what could come after. Having used Bitwarden for years now, and giving them $10 a year, makes me more biased and inclined to use their other software, since they’ve never let me down. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bitwarden has launched a new authenticator app⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank goodness! I can finally get the hell away from Authy!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When has the price of anything ever come down?

  I’ve been around for quite some time now, and I’ve seen things get pretty damn advanced, but not once have I EVER seen the prices of something go down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ohio company to sell a ‘flamethrower-wielding robot dog’ called the Thermonator⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Montag has started sweating…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It really goes like this:

  I buy product. Product has no ads, and works really well.

  After updates, my device starts showing ads and works worse than it had before.

  I bought the device. It is my device. I should be able to do what I want with my device, that I spent my money on, the way I like it. If that means I don’t want your shitty ads, then I should be able to avoid or opt out of those by default.

  From your thought:

  You buy cookbook. Cookbook has what you need already, which is why you purchased it.

  The one you purchased it from comes and “updates” your book by scribbling in ads for it’s other recipe books, and they did it really sloppily to boot.

  Now, when you are looking for a specific recipe that you knew was in the book before, instead it is an ad for their other recipe book in place of where the recipe you were looking for was.

  Sure, you can still find your recipe somewhere in the book, but as you flip through the books pages you see more and more and more ads for their other recipe books, and oh, now they are also showing you ads from some of their sponsors.

  You paid for the book. It is rightfully yours to do with it as you please.

  The recipe book company already got your money, yet they are insistent you buy more from them, and have even gone as far as defacing your book.

  You should be upset.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Truth and facts⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And that is just a rock fact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The way I search on all my Windows devices is:

  Install PowerToys.

  Install Everything

  Install Everything extension for PowerToys Search

  Change PowerToys Search to open with Windows key and spacebar

  Best search experience I’ve ever had on my Windows machines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord Shuts Down Servers for Switch Emulators Suyu & Sudachi; Disables Lead Developers Account As Well⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, Kadu! It’s so good to see you again! I have been using the yuzu zip you sent me, and have been playing the hell out of some of my games. I just wanted to say thank you so freaking much, from the bottom of my heart! 🙏

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fallout Bible: a collection of lore documents compiled for use in the development of the original (cancelled) Fallout 3⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To give you something else to think about for Fallout 1, 2, and tactics, there were also not very many people who could afford computers at the time of their releases.

  I wouldn’t attribute the games being any less good than the newer games just because they didn’t sell as much as those newer games.

  Fallout 3 and New Vegas was on PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. That’s also around the time the tech became much more available to the broader audiences. More people than ever had gaming consoles, and gaming PCs.

  Fallout New Vegas has a lot of the charm of the older games, especially the wackiness that many love. Fallout 3 was (in my opinion) a much more focused game, in that it focused on the main story and kept most of the wackiness to a minimum compared to the originals and New Vegas.

  I see what you’re saying, but if the originals did not exist, neither would the newer games. We shouldn’t shit on the classics, because without those classics, we wouldn’t have the show to even begin with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fallout Bible: a collection of lore documents compiled for use in the development of the original (cancelled) Fallout 3⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Plenty of people remember and adore the first two games, and even tactics. Bethesda’s version of Fallout is great, and so are the originals. Get over yourself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨degree in bamf⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you so much for sharing something that you are passionate about. It was awesome to hear about, and I hope you continue to share the knowledge you have with others like myself. 😁

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for letting me know.

  I probably came off strong, but I am majorly disappointed. This was one step closer to how other countries do their taxes, which is mostly just signing and sending it back. As it should be.

  Hopefully we can get something before they shut it down, because I can see a LOT of people seeing that sketchy ID.me and noping out just like I did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was so excited to do this to show interest, and then they brought up the ID. Me.

  Never heard of it, so I go and look.

  You expect me to fucking sign up for some weird 3rd party bullshit, when I would be happy to do that with an actual fucking government supplied way of letting you know I’m the actual person filing my taxes?

  No, man. Fuck that, and fuck your stupid ass way of handling it.

  I had such high hopes for it, but with the embarrassment of ID.me I just went back to FreetaxUSA.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  God, yes! I see updates like this and just go, “Cool, moving on” because I have no idea what it does, and if you’re trying to get me to adopt your cool thing, I’m going to need more then what appears to be some random strings of words. 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Game Awards 2023: List of Winners⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Shit, if that’s the case, I would rather Stardew or No Man’s get it because THOSE games actually added and improved the whole game with each update!

  And this is coming from someone who was able to play Cyberpunk at launch with minimal bugs and actually enjoyed it and still do!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk on X antisemitism controversy: “Don’t advertise. Go f*** yourself”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I really don’t understand this take at all. He just seems like a straight up fool to me. Even if he was coerced into destroying Twitter, why do people seriously go, “Oh no! There is literally nowhere else to have these kinds of discussions or rallying!” When there are in fact PLENTY and could even be MADE for these kinds of situations? Look at the Fediverse for example, but why stop there? You’ve got other silly social media sites that can be used the same way if someone actually tried hard enough. If those don’t work out, you can always find a way IF you truly do care enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple considered switching to DuckDuckGo from Google for Safari - Bloomberg News⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Saved. Thank you for your time and thoroughness!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield’s Planets Are Covered In Thousands Of Dead Creatures⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Red Dead Redemption 2 would like a word with you…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tipping 'nudges' are now popping up on DoorDash. If you don't leave a gratuity, you'll hear about it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with you on your first sentence. The rest is completely ignorant. This isn’t an issue that can’t be solved. It’s as simple as passing sweeping laws across the USA, states rights get fucked, that a person who works a job deserves to get paid the current wage to which they can both pay for a place to live, food, and are also able to put a little bit away for emergencies. You know, that stuff they always told us when we were growing up in the early 2000s? I know people love to sit here and say that these simple things can’t be fixed because… reasons… but it is ignorant and quite childish to view the world like that. All of the world’s problems are manufactured by other humans just like you and I. So, when you boil it down to simple enough terms, if a human can manufacture misery, then surely you can do the exact opposite. Right? So, why is it easier to exploit humans than to lift them up? Start asking yourself these question. Have a good rest of your day.