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@blitzen@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Is Kagy web browser worth it? 3 days ago:
It’s an optional service, not baked into the core product.
I’m the “anti-ai” person in my group of friends. Which isn’t strictly true, I’m bearish on AI, not wholly anti. I find Kagi’s separation appropriate, and actually finds some use (and better results than ChatGPT) with their AI assistant. It’s particularly useful for me debugging simple scripts and excel formulas.
It isn’t perfect overall, but well worth the few bucks each month. It’s one of the only subscriptions I’m not actively trying to get rid of.
- Comment on Where is modern Punk? 1 week ago:
That’s a banger, I like it. Had not heard of him, but I’ll seek more out. Thanks.
- Comment on Pronouns history 1 week ago:
How young do you think boomers are?
- Comment on Where is modern Punk? 1 week ago:
I have some hope we’ll see it in young progressive “traditional country” artists.
- Comment on Restroom Location 1 week ago:
CCR has to be the band most unexpectedly from where they are from.
- Comment on As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity 2 weeks ago:
I’m dangerously close to moving my gaming pc to Linux. What’s the consensus for the best distro for gaming?
I’m comfortable enough with *nix, as my daily is MacOS and I have a home lab/server.
- Comment on Tesla reintroduces 'Mad Max' Full Self-Driving mode that breaks speed limits 2 weeks ago:
The fact that this FSD mode comes with “more frequent lane changes” means it isn’t just keeping up with traffic. It’s designed to go faster than traffic. Stop making herr Elon’s points for him.
- Comment on Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors 3 weeks ago:
Not EU based, and not free, but I’ve been loving Kagi.
- Comment on Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors 3 weeks ago:
Or better yet, ditch Google altogether.
- Comment on Trump says TikTok should be tweaked to become “100% MAGA” 1 month ago:
They were forced to sell to a us based group.
- Comment on Cable management is an art form 1 month ago:
I don’t think I’d count that as explicitly a physical bodily function.
- Comment on Cable management is an art form 1 month ago:
Tear ducts, sure. But eyeballs?
- Comment on Cable management is an art form 1 month ago:
What other functions do the eyes do than seeing?
- Comment on What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025? 1 month ago:
I’m not implying anything. I’m explicitly saying just to use the website.
- Comment on What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025? 1 month ago:
Your bank doesn’t have a website?
- Comment on But also, the correct answer is Devil's Due 1 month ago:
It’s such a weird choice to put “ships councilor” on the bridge.
- Comment on Are Cars Just Becoming Giant Smartphones on Wheels? 1 month ago:
Or the fully electric small truck Ford is working on.
As proof of concept, Slate is cool. Up against a vehicle from an actual truck manufacturer, it’s probably a hard sell.
- Comment on No words 1 month ago:
Thank you for that context.
I stand by my points that his comments were vile and inexcusable, and that he’s spend the better part of twenty years also feeling that they were vile and inexcusable.
- Comment on No words 1 month ago:
And I’m not trying to excuse the words or his behavior on stage. Only trying to acknowledge his behavior since the day after the incident and for the last 20 years as steadfastly apologetic. His words were wrong, and importantly he thinks so too.
- Comment on No words 1 month ago:
It looks to me like what they’re referring to is Michael Richards tirade being uncomparable to Jerry’s comments that were supporting the genocide. That’s how I read it, anyway.
That’s what I’m saying too. Seinfeld’s comments were made in a more calm matter, but were way way way worse than Richards’.
But I mean he (Richards) was talking about lynching the guy at the Laugh Factory, so even as far as racism goes, that’s pretty fucking up there.
I don’t recall the lynching comments, only the several utterances of the n word, but I could be wrong. In either case it was vile and cannot be excused. What’s more telling to me is his behavior since; he was immediately apologetic and he has remained so for 20 years
- Comment on No words 1 month ago:
Is it [Seinfeld’s comments] even close to publicly supporting a genocide? Hell no.
- Comment on No words 1 month ago:
So you excuse Seinfeld here, but still hold Richards 100% accountable?
- Comment on No words 1 month ago:
I’ve posted this elsewhere, I don’t think Richards is a piece of shit like Seinfeld.
The Michael Richards incident was a literal one time event, albeit a terrible one. There were zero instances before and zero instances after that suggest Richards is racist. Everything since then Michaels has done suggests he’s exceedingly remorseful over it.
I am not excusing it in the least, but I don’t think it’s even close to fair to compare him to someone currently supporting the genocide in Palestine.
- Comment on Big Tech: Convenience is a Trap 1 month ago:
May I ask how you use RSS? In an app? (If so, what one). Something else?
- Comment on It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now 1 month ago:
I find it funny that I have those examples in my “huge library of physical media.”
- Comment on Big Tech: Convenience is a Trap 1 month ago:
And I guess what I’m saying is it’s not a trap, it’s explicitly not even convenience. Yes, it’s full of dopamine producing trinkets that make you want to stay on the site, but don’t mistake it for convenience. Convenience is the wrong word.
- Comment on Big Tech: Convenience is a Trap 1 month ago:
Ya, I disagree that it makes things more convenient, and I disagree it brings “everything” under one umbrella.
It makes some communication easier. That’s about how far I’m willing to go to describe its positives.
- Comment on Big Tech: Convenience is a Trap 1 month ago:
“Everything”
- Comment on Big Tech: Convenience is a Trap 1 month ago:
What is explicitly convenient about social media?
- Comment on Been seeing a lot of posts about replacing Spotify and such, so I wrote up a guide on how I did just that 2 months ago:
It was a bit of a shitstorm even in the English world. Plex definitely could’ve written the requirements more clearly.
I’m glad a full open-source stack works for you; I wish I could. There’s a few of my Plex users who just couldn’t make the jump to something like Jellyfin (and I’m unwilling to be their tech support), and honestly for me PlexAmp is so good as to make the problems of Plex overall be worth it.
Take care, friend.