ExtremeDullard
@ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
- Comment on Russia Faces a Wave of Bankruptcies as Borrowing Costs Skyrocket - The Moscow Times 5 days ago:
China did
Oh yeah, China… There’s an economic and societal model I really dig right there.
- Comment on We're Back! 1 week ago:
I suppose the server has to catch up now, right? There seems to be plenty of stale discussions.
- Comment on Meta's new robotic fingertip mimics "human-level multimodal sensing capabilities". 1 week ago:
We’re only a few DOF away from getting Zuckerberg-powered prostates exams. Eww…
- Comment on Are You Pregnant Yet? Chinese officials have begun knocking on doors, asking women about their family planning intentions 2 weeks ago:
Why do all fascists have that weird breeding obsession?
They’re control freaks. The ultimate control is controlling life.
- Comment on Are You Pregnant Yet? Chinese officials have begun knocking on doors, asking women about their family planning intentions 2 weeks ago:
Surely you meant “Chinese officials knock on doors to find knocked up women.”
- Comment on The Worst Apology Video on the Planet 2 weeks ago:
Besides the subject matter, this video makes me sea-sick. I don’t know what it is with this trend of zooming the video in and out to punctuate the narrator’s delivery, but this one really takes the cake. I couldn’t even watch it to the end and had to look away to listen to it instead.
- Comment on ‘Americans just work harder’ than Europeans, says CEO of Norway’s $1.6 trillion oil fund, because they have a higher ‘general level of ambition’ 2 weeks ago:
Here’s my ambition: be there for my family and enjoy life with them for the fixed set of hours I have on this dirtball. Working overtime isn’t compatible my plan. Nobody goes to their grave thinking “I should have worked harder”.
But you do you…
- Comment on A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse | Users own their content, and Loops doesn’t sell or provide videos to third-party advertisers or train AI on them. It will be open source 3 weeks ago:
Not really. Only shaked my head in disbelief.
- Comment on A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse | Users own their content, and Loops doesn’t sell or provide videos to third-party advertisers or train AI on them. It will be open source 3 weeks ago:
Have you ever seen a TikTok video? Why on Earth do we want that on the Fediverse? Not everything that exists deserves to be copied.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Intel is part of a small number of companies that are strategically important for the US to keep posturing in front of China and the EU, like Boeing or SpaceX.
Those companies know the US government will never let them fail: even if they’re driven to bankruptcy by the most stupid management, they’ll get taxpayer’s money - i.e. OUR money - in the form of subsidies to bail them out.
Therefore, to answer your question, they need $8bn in subsidy because they deliberatively placed themselves in a position to request money from us that they know will be granted.
Hell, if I knew however much money I spent, someone would always foot the bill if I ran out, I too would spend like no tomorrow in order to get more money for free. It’s plain logic.
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
Indeed I am not. Like you yourself said, I’m not interested in spending this beautiful Friday arguing 🙂
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
I already know your political positions: you posted a portrait of Mao.
Look, capitalism is broken. It’s a terrible, terrible system - especially the ultra-capitalist society with ultra-billionnaires we have today. My personal opinion is that said ultra-billionnaire should face the pitchfork sooner than later.
But I also know enough history to know that communism is even worse. I don’t know what the solution to capitalism is, but it’s not Mao or Stalin. They can fuck right off.
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
I’m curious: are you also against private grocery stores? Because ya know, eating is also a human necessity.
In other words, you do sound like you’d like someone like Mao in charge.
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
Are you saying the solution to the housing problem is to starve 50 million people to death?
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
Just ban housing.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s legally problematic $1 million voter giveaway 3 weeks ago:
It’s morally problematic too if you ask me.
- Comment on Ding, fries ain't done 3 weeks ago:
With AI coming after everybody’s jobs, by the time you’re out of school, doing the dishes might turn out to have been actual revisions.
- Comment on Ding, fries ain't done 3 weeks ago:
They let all kinds of toxic shit in the kitchen and they don’t even have the power to stop it.
- Comment on Ding, fries ain't done 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Did you know that you could block communities you don't like on lemmy instead of spamming downvotes? 3 weeks ago:
Well yeah, I look at All too, to make sure I’m not missing out on something interesting. But I must do that every month or so.
- Comment on Did you know that you could block communities you don't like on lemmy instead of spamming downvotes? 3 weeks ago:
That escalated quickly
That’s too much credit to the poster.
I’d say it went down the sewer quickly, rather.
- Comment on Did you know that you could block communities you don't like on lemmy instead of spamming downvotes? 3 weeks ago:
Ah right okay.
I only look at the ones I subscribed to myself. Different approach I guess.
- Comment on Did you know that you could block communities you don't like on lemmy instead of spamming downvotes? 3 weeks ago:
Forgive me if I’m a bit of a thicky, but why is there a need to block communities? Doesn’t simply ignoring them work?
- Comment on CNC Kitchen – What is the best way to dry your desiccant? (microwave) 4 weeks ago:
the blue gel was phased out decade(s) ago
But I can still buy it?
Good advice though. That’s why I come to Lemmy: I learn useful stuff all the time.
- Comment on CNC Kitchen – What is the best way to dry your desiccant? (microwave) 4 weeks ago:
not using it with a food microwave
The microwave sits in the workshop and is not for cooking food. It’s strictly to do nasty stuff with materials I work with.
- Comment on CNC Kitchen – What is the best way to dry your desiccant? (microwave) 4 weeks ago:
I wasn’t aware. I’ll look into that.
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
I trust Google a LOT less than I trust Apple
I have zero trust in both. So if I have to choose a dystopian surveillance device, even a stock one, I’ll choose the one that lets me sideload apps anyday, even if the experience is less polished.
And of course, I run a deGoogled OS so the point is moot. I use it for work stuff and I have no issues. I feel no need for a regular Google or Apple piece of spyware.
What you call a prison, I call a system where I don’t have to fuck around to make shit work. Everything Just Works.
So, just like I said, you’re happy in your prison. It’s cool, to each his own 🙂 It wasn’t a value judgment. Me, I’d rather cut one of my testicles off than give a cent to Apple - or Google too for that matter - or let either decide what I can or cannot run on MY device.
iOS is more fit for my purpose than Android.
As long as it does what you want, then it’s fine.
- Comment on CNC Kitchen – What is the best way to dry your desiccant? (microwave) 4 weeks ago:
I use industrial silicagel granules that I buy in 5 liter bottles. The granules are blue when dry and turn purple/red when they no longer absorbs humidity. Then I throw them in the microwave for 5 minutes and the granules turn blue again - and scalding hot too.
It’s not perfect because it gradually turns more and more silicagel granules to dust as they explode like popcorn. So after maybe 10 to 15 cycles, the silicagel becomes ineffective and the blue granules turn more and more to brown, Then it’s time to throw it away and use a fresh batch.
It’s possible to extend the life of the granules by drying them in a regular oven at low heat rather than in the microwave at full pelt but it’s slow and annoying, and silicagel isn’t that expensive, so I don’t bother.
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
That sounds terrible.
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
I was about to post something similar to your reply. But OP says this, which is a reasonable explanation why he needs (not wants mind you) to use Facebook:
[…] Facebook Marketplace. Here in Australia, there’s simply no better alternative if you want to reach a large number of potentially interested buyers (or even buy some stuff yourself). The supermarket noticeboard is no more
As for iOS, OP said he abhorred commercial social media. He said nothing about his feelings towards abusive monopolistic OS platforms, so I assume he’s happy in his Apple prison.
The sad part of this story is that fucking Zuckerberg managed to make himself unavoidable in Australia apparently. That’s the real takeaway from OP’s post.