chiliedogg

@chiliedogg@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Onion buys rightwing conspiracy theory site Infowars with plans to make it ‘very funny, very stupid’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They should harness the crazy for good. Make conspiracy theory-sounding stories, but make them factual and get people to take positive action.

  “They created chemicals you can inject into the bloodstream that keeps them from getting the Measels.”

  “The overlords in their golden towers want to tell you who you are and aren’t allowed to love.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Because the team that headlines with this guy giving bis to microphones and bragging about sexual assault is worried how things look.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Optimisation is a Slow Process⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It would raise some pretty interesting philosophical questions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨aerodynamics⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey - I ain’t judging nobody.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Calcrelatable⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But sometimes CE is “Clear Everything” and it works exactly the opposite way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amateur Entomologists⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can hear that screenshot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You have 8 seconds.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We have 11 people with clearance and I know them all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You have 8 seconds.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, considering the only elevator I take is to a secure area, I’d ask to see your visitor’s badge and inform you civilians aren’t allowed here unescorted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The grand prize⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You divided by 2 instead of 2000 on your pounds/tons conversion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll share a troubling fact with you if you share one with me⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah: because getting people to get a vaccine during a pandemic that’s killing millions isn’t going to be difficult.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I not be an adorable junkie⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The film?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half as Hot⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just want to chime in and say I appreciate your willingness to absorb knowledge, as well as not doing the “I was mistaken so I’ll delete my comment” thing so that other people can read along and learn as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half as Hot⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But it’s not.

  Celsius and Faernheit are interval scales, not rational scales. The absolute change from one number to the next is consistent, but since you can go into the negatives, 1 is not double 2.

  Kelvin and Rankine are rational because they use an absolute zero.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not allowed to work from home⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s literally in your job description, as it has been in my last several positions, does it qualify?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not allowed to work from home⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Other duties as assigned” is a bitch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump cosplaying⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As much as I enjoy shitting on McDonald’s, I don’t think McDonald’s corporate had anything to do with this. I’m pretty sure this was a franchise.

  That being said, McDonald’s may need to revisit some of the restrictions in their franchise agreements with regard to direct participation in political campaigns. A candidate visiting a location is one thing, but this restaurant directly arranged and participated in this nonsense.

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

  If it doesn’t do it on its own, one of 2 things will happen:

  1. They get bought out, which almost always results in a bump.
  2. The government bails them out, which is an even bigger bump.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Syncthing Android app discontinued⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My Galaxy Note 8 is a backup phone. It was a flagship when it launched, yeah. But even so, it’s 7 years old, the last update for it was over 2.5 years ago, and it’s still chugging along like a champion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Syncthing Android app discontinued⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Smartphone design is mostly a solved problem. Take today’s screens and processors and throw in a few features from the past (removable storage, IR blaster, and headphone jack) and you have a 10-year phone.

  I used to get a new phone every year because phone got way better each generation.

  My phone is top-tier from 2021 (Z Fold 3), and I have had zero temptation from the newer versions. All they really have is faster processing, but since all apps are designed to run well on budget phones from 5 years ago, there’s no reason to upgrade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should you trust that doctor?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The scale goes from “No professional training” to “Doctorate in Medicine.”

  So to be on the far right you need to be an MD, but having a different doctorate will still be above “no professional training”

  It’s a weird scale.

  Also, it’s wrong. Dr Horrible has a PhD in Horribleness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That hurts a little⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I am very upset with you right now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You'll have to use pto time to drown, but make sure it's approved first⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I worked at a major destination-store focused on fishing and hunting products.

  We had a hurricane hitting and the manager on duty made it clear that anyone going home to help out their families would be fired. Then when he got the call that water was rising near his house, he took off.

  I’ve never hated a manager more than in that moment. When I was in management later, I made sure that I took all the shitty holiday shifts so my staff didn’t have to work until 10pm on Christmas Eve and then be back in the building changing prices for the after-Christmas sale at 2am on the 26th.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I just add 1 to the number at the end of my password every time they force a change.

  I’m on 18 right now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re trying to argue that an EULA isn’t valid because they can’t sign away their rights, and thats legally incorrect in this case.

  How much you like a situation is not correlated with legal realities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And that’s the one we can refuse to buy.

  But let’s be honest - people won’t. They’ll buy it in record numbers - just not on Linux.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What rights?

  You’re buying a license to play a game. Rockstar is not obligated to ensure it’s available to you indefinitely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They implemented this 10 years after the game’s release. It’s harder to vote with your wallet at that point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google has been blocking many tools/IP ranges that try to synchronize with YouTube⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If Google takes money to host an ad that’s malware, they should be able to be prosecuted for it.

  This is different than simply hosting community content that they can’t reasonably moderate. They’re being given money to distribute these ads, so they can afford to moderate them.

  Which should be easy anyway. Ads shouldn’t be able to install third-party shit from the advertisers on user computers. Google can easily restrict what can be included on an ad package.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Launches⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine that you’re standing on a train and have a baseball. If you throw the ball off the train, the ball will still have momentum in the direction of the train’s movement.

  If you want to throw the ball to a friend the train just passed, you have to be able to throw the ball faster than the train is moving or it will never reach them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Burning Up⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I cited and linked my source from the 18th century when it was redefined. What’s yours?