Treczoks

@Treczoks@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has Fast Food Gotten Worse, or Am I Just Getting Old?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Fast food is called “fast food” because it’s fast, not because it’s food.

  Apart from that, there is probably no production chain that has profited better from making things the cheaper way than anything related to food.

  So this does not just concern fast food, but the HFCS loaded soda you drink, your bread swimming in dough raising and stabilizing chemicals, or your tinned soup made from water, starch, food coloring, flavors, and preservatives.

  Just because of the masses produced and sold, any cent saved on a single Burger quickly adds up to a million dollar in extra profits. Don’t expect them to waste that money on better ingredients or flavor, as long as you keep buying that stuff, they keep on making it worse to save yet another cent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Britain will rejoin the EU within 15 years, former Brussels chief predicts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think we’re waiting for a bunch of very stupid and very stubborn people to … what do they say? … “age out” of the voting pool.

  Sounds like it. It is harsh, but probably necessary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Britain will rejoin the EU within 15 years, former Brussels chief predicts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can see the UK rejoining the EU in the future. It just makes sense for both sides. And 15-20 years might be a sensible time scale to get over Brexit, too. BUT: I’m not sure if the UK can afford to stay out of the EU for that long.

  The problem is pride and British exceptionalism, like Polish people in the UK are “immigrants”, while English people in France are “expats”. Those expats form close-knitted communities, buy in their own shops, don’t like to converse in the native language of the country, don’t integrate well with the natives - exactly what the leavers said about e.g. the Polish people in the UK. Pride and exceptionalism made the “Project Leave” work. It was a “blue passport”, “our fish”, “souvereignity”, “we can trade on our own”, “they need us more than we need them” that powered the “independence” movement.

  So the UK citizens need to overcome that and realize that one state fighting alone in a world of ever-growing Blocks is bound to fail. Any rational person knew this all along - but they were called out as “fear-mongers”. And any rational analysis of Brexit must state that leaving was a monumental failure. But admitting that one has f-ed up on a big scale is probably one of the hardest things one can do. Especially as there are nearly as many people who voted “remain” and will tell the leavers “told you so”.

  I expect that the UK needs the time to realize how bad things can get outside the EU, and whatever makes the UK realize this must be harder than the hurt pride of admitting failure. And the UK will have to deal with some points that will hurt - not because the EU is out to hurt, but because things have changed since the UK joined the first time. And quite a lot of those things were actually started by the UK when they were still members.

  I wish you guys all the best, and I want you back in the EU. And in the tiny little corner of the universe where I can help I’ll surely do that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the era of remakes and remasters, what niche game would you like to see receive the treatment?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m outing me as ancient:

  • M.U.L.E.
  • Load Runner
  • The Castles of Dr. Creep
  • Seven Cities of Gold
  • Paradroid
  • The Sentinel
  • Hanse / Kaiser / Fugger
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the era of remakes and remasters, what niche game would you like to see receive the treatment?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Second that! Worms was great fun when hanging out with friends.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you like/dislike about lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What I like: It is definitely nicer than Reddit was.

  What I dislike: It lacks some of the communities I was frequenting in Reddit when it was good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whenever I see someone walking around in clothes with big, visible branding, I can’t help but think they paid a fortune to wear an advertisement.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This reminds me of “Back to the Future”, where Lorraine calls Marty “Calvin Klein”, after she had seen his underwear…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the argument for making poor/working class folks shoulder the burden of taxes?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem is creative tax application AKA tax evasion. Somehow, rich people manage to pay way below what one would expect in relation to their income.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK needs cyber security professionals, but won't pay up⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  While they might need one, they surely don’t look like they want one with that kind of payment offer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK needs cyber security professionals, but won't pay up⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The German equivalent did the same. The list of requirements was as long as an arm or two. from memory: The person should be a team leader with 10+ years of experience, know Windows, MacOS and Linux, networking, security, hacking, etc, pp, and have knowledge of the legal issues regarding this stuff on top of the technical knowledge to boot.

  They offered ~€2500/month. Some guy with a company in that business said that he would rent out someone with that level of knowledge (minus the legal stuff) for more than that per day.

  They pulled the ad after a few months.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It still applies. If you cannot X, but X is required, don’t do it.

  If you cannot read books, higher education is probably not your thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨REPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, there are differences in certain x86 command sets. But they actually have a market. RISC-V is just a niche, and splintering in a small niche is making the support situation worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨REPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And it does not concern you that this RVA profile is version 23? Which means there are a number of CPUs based on lower versions, too, as they don’t just update on a whim? And they are incompatible, with version 23 because they lack instructions?

  So a compiler would have to support at least a certain number of those profiles (usually, parts in the embedded world are supported for 10+ years!), and be capable of supporting the one or other non-RVA extension, too, to satisfy customer needs.

  That is exactly what I meant with “too many standards”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨REPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Several differing extensions of the RISC-V core machine instructions, for example. A pain in the rear for any compiler builder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨REPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll wait and see. RISC-V is a nice idea, but there are way too many different “standards” to make it a viable ecosystem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not really into the stock market, but I would not buy Boeing at the moment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit says it is not covered by new Online Safety Code as it has moved its jurisdiction to the Netherlands⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is always the issue of “x applies” and “x is enforcable”. Think of Signal or Telegram here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit says it is not covered by new Online Safety Code as it has moved its jurisdiction to the Netherlands⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The moved their jurisdiction to the Netherlands? In the EU? Wow. Now the GDPR can be used to really kick their butts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japanese firm demos tech that makes any object a capacitive touch surface — stuffed cat on display, works with wood, ceramic, and plasterboard, too⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  While it is not shape-shifting, I’ve experienced a touch screen where you actually could “feel bumps”. Depending on your fingers position, it vibrates in a way that makes you “feel” a bump or ridge. It was amazing.

  Like entering a PIN: You close your eyes and put a finger on the screen. The code centers a numeric keyboard at this position so you are on the “5”. You can move your fingers up, and you can feel a “ridge” when moving to the “2” field. You move left and feel a ridge when moving to the “1” field. If you move back to the “5”, you can feel the “bump”, and it differs from the feel of the “ridge”. Once you are on the right field, you lift your finger and bring it down again to select this number. If you leave it off a bit longer, it just re-centers the keypad to the “5” position.

  Of course this only works with one finger, but it is absolutely amazing how convincing this is, especially if you close your eyes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Efficient Seed Extraction⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t need to see the background to know that this must be in a hospital somewhere. Perfectly executed!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨18 treated for severe nausea in Stuttgart after opera of live sex and piercing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And at 25€ a ticket this doesn’t just serve the elite.

  Have you ever seen the people who go into the opera?

  The cost was spread over several years.

  Yes, if you would spread it over 30 years, it would still be €300-400 per ticket.

  Find better excuses for wasting taxpayers money on a handful of peoples entertainment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨18 treated for severe nausea in Stuttgart after opera of live sex and piercing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And this relatively small amount of spending

  This money is not provided by the federal government, or even the state. It is paid for by the city of Cologne.

  1.5B€ is quite a burden on the finances of a city. Even if it is a large city. All for the benefit of a small elite, as normal people don’t watch operas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨18 treated for severe nausea in Stuttgart after opera of live sex and piercing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And, as usual, those opera tickets are taxpayer-subsidised with €200-300 per ticket. That is the normal going rate for opera houses in Germany. The guests only pay €20-50.

  Worst case of opera subsidies in Germany will be Cologne - they are currently renovating the opera house. It should have been finished ten years ago for 250M€, now they hope to finish renovating next year, for a whopping total of 1.5B€. All paid for by the tax payer. Which, if distributed over 30 years means that each ticket is taxpayer-subsidised with €300-400 just for the cost of the renovation of the house.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump calls for prosecution of Google over search results he says favor Harris⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, he cannot afford SEO or placing paid ads anymore? Is he fianlly broke by all thoe costs for lawyers and lawsuits?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why isn't apple a popular ice cream flavor?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  While that is the case, modern industrial ice cream rarely contains the actual fruit. Just take standard Neutro mix, regenerate it with water, not milk, and add some food coloring (a light green), an acidic component like citric acid, and “natural” “apple” flavor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Home Depot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That is not limited to Home Depot. I once saw two ladies trying to fit three trollys full with an IKEA bedroom (bed, frame, mattresses, and a stack of PAX wardrobes, plus a heap of smaller items) into a compact car. A very compact car…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SMTP provider⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I know. I was there, before Sanford Wallace invented the email spam and forced any sane SMTP server into password protections and whitelists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SMTP provider⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Low volume” vs. “A few hundred mails per month”

  OK, what of the above?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes, what looks like fake sign language is actually foreign language sign language. Because sign language differs from country to country.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Never encountered a Logitech mouse or keyboard that didn’t work out of the box with Linux.