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- Comment on McDonald’s posts biggest decline in global sales in four years 2 weeks ago:
Makes sense. The one by me is in a nice area without any other drive throughs within 5-10min of it. No need to discount there.
- Comment on McDonald’s posts biggest decline in global sales in four years 2 weeks ago:
I tried the app. It offered “free medium fries” every now and then, but that was pretty much it. Wasn’t even worth installing.
- Comment on There is only 1 choice 2 weeks ago:
Damn bro. Start with mosquitoes. Always start with mosquitoes.
- Comment on YSK that there's a better index than the BMI to measure obesity called the Body Roundness Index 3 weeks ago:
I found a website that said your waist is halfway between your bottom rib and the top of your hip. That was pretty close to my belly button. Got anywhere from 34" to 36" using a metal measuring tape, which could have been part of the issue. But 6’2" with 34" waist should be considered thin, right?
- Comment on YSK that there's a better index than the BMI to measure obesity called the Body Roundness Index 3 weeks ago:
Wonder if I’m doing it wrong? I have an athletic build similar to a soccer player, surfer, etc.
It puts me in the average range but close to obese. I have a six pack LOL.
I’m interested in other people’s experience with the tool.
- Comment on Nintendo Targets YouTube Accounts Showing Emulated Games 1 month ago:
I think it’s how your first comment was phrased. It’s not 100% clear you are saying you wonder if Nintendo has taken down your videos.
On first read it’s as if you wonder whether Nintendo haters will remove your videos. The benefit of the doubt is scarce on Lemmy, so people seem to have misunderstood your comment.
- Comment on Nintendo Targets YouTube Accounts Showing Emulated Games 1 month ago:
Nintendo is going after a lot of their biggest fans. It’s so obviously stupid, but they just keep doing it.
- Comment on The two types of jobs 1 month ago:
I feel like it’s just the opposite.
Try designing something without instructions or a template. You’ll run into a thousand little issues you didn’t realize needed to be considered.
That’s true of software, sure. But it’s also true if you want to make a wooden dresser without plans or build an rc airplane from scratch.
In my experience, things are rarely as simple as they first seem.
- Comment on English Ivy 1 month ago:
Yeah the only kind of wallpaper I’ve encountered was old and did not peel away. You had to steam it, scrape it, burn it… I’m glad it’s easier to work with today.
- Comment on Marques Brownlee says ‘I hear you’ after fans criticize his new wallpaper app 1 month ago:
It’s cool for people with lots of extra cash I guess. I like that 50% of profits go to the artists.
That said, I am certainly not one of those people with extra money to spend on wallpapers. Seems like we’re not the target demographic.
Maybe that’s part of this guy’s problem here. His channel has a broader appeal than the app, so the people outside the app’s target demographic got irritated.
- Comment on I have no idea how to react to this. 1 month ago:
He only bangs white dudes… he promises.
- Comment on DuckDuckGoose 2 months ago:
You should say “This is how something looks” or “This is what something looks like”, but don’t put the “how” and the “like” in the same statement.
That is not how it should look like.
- Comment on I'm so sorry 2 months ago:
Didn’t live up to expectations.
Probably not the video’s fault though. The meme is just too epic. The video never had a chance of beating that hype.
- Comment on 7% ABV 2 months ago:
Drink IPA without letting any air into your mouth and keep your tongue somewhat pressed against the roof of your mouth. It seems to block off the taste buds on top of the tongue and lets the beer wash around the sides of the tongue instead. This reduces the in-your-face bitterness and allows the secondary flavors to be noticed. At least that’s how I started appreciating IPAs.
- Comment on Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon 2 months ago:
Thank you for the recommendation!
- Comment on Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon 2 months ago:
Ah. Thank you!! I was planning to disconnect the computer from wifi next month until I got around to setting up Linux. Nice to know there is more time.
I used Mint like 15 years ago trying to set up retropie on a cheap netbook. It felt really smooth, but I couldn’t get something to work and just never had time to research a resolution.
I’m sure it’s more user friendly now or at least the tools are more successful on first install. Going to find out sooner or later. I really just use that old PC to store pictures and play retro games, so it shouldn’t be hard to convert with a little time for research.
- Comment on Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon 2 months ago:
I have a PC at home that works perfectly fine. Browses the internet, emulates GameCube and Dreamcast, runs any app I need.
It’s not eligible for Windows 11. In about a month MS will just stop supporting my PC, and it will not have the option to be a Windows PC despite still having plenty of service time to offer.
Microsoft is basically forcing that PC to run Linux instead.
- Comment on YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers 2 months ago:
I agree with that… somewhat. Except they are providing a service.
The content is not produced by YouTube, but it is made available by YouTube. There’s a cost to provide that service and value to the consumer for having videos available to watch.
I doubt you want to pay for the service, so how is it supposed to work? What pays YouTube’s costs so we can all keep watching videos for months and years to come?
I get that this comes across as someone simping for YouTube. I’m not trying to do that though. I’m just intrigued by this worldview and would like to understand if there is more to it or if you believe YouTube should not be compensated some other way.
Is it a “Fuck you. I got mine.” mentality where people watching ads and paying premium cover the cost for you to use the service for free? Or is there some nuance I’ve missed?
- Comment on Anybody tried one of these RPi based N64 cart dumpers off Aliexpress? 2 months ago:
Absolutely not
- Comment on Should we consider Jesus a zombie? 2 months ago:
You really just need one Catholic for a post communion dissection.
- Comment on A new report finds Boeing’s rockets are built with an unqualified work force 3 months ago:
Boeing was one of my accounts back before the pandemic. I had to respond to RFPs where my employer sold services to Boeing. They sucked to work with and just didn’t understand really basic things about the services they were requesting in their own RFPs.
Disney and Walmart on the other hand were great. They were not pushovers, but they were consistently friendly, and they always knew their shit.
- Comment on Technically Correct 3 months ago:
sudo laugh-get [audible]
- Comment on Alexa Is in Millions of Households—and Amazon Is Losing Billions 3 months ago:
Thank you for this
- Comment on Alexa Is in Millions of Households—and Amazon Is Losing Billions 3 months ago:
I have several throughout the house with a couple hooked up to stereo systems. It’s really nice to be able to stream music to all speakers or to specific groups of speakers like “downstairs group”.
It’s also fantastic for keeping a grocery list. You can then pull it up on the app while shopping or have it text the list to someone else. IMO it’s by far the most useful feature.
You can also use it to check in on kids at the house if they don’t have a phone. You can use the app on your phone to “drop in” on any Alexa in your house and have basically a phone call or a video call with Alexa Show devices.
I’m one of the few that loves having these devices. But as soon as Amazon tries to charge a subscription I will be looking into jailbreaking them.
- Comment on The overworked IT person who just happened to quit his job on 18 July 2024 3 months ago:
Why would you burden me with this?
- Comment on Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says too many carmakers are copying Tesla 3 months ago:
I’ve never looked up the price. Someone should say what they cost for those curious enough to wonder but lazy enough to not look it up. I offer them one vote of approval redeemable nowhere.
- Comment on Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says too many carmakers are copying Tesla 3 months ago:
Saw a post on YT yesterday by a guy who had put 150k on his rivian truck doing real truck shit - towing, hauling stuff. Two years in and he still loves it. It comes with a great warranty.
- Comment on If I had a time machine I'd rather go back to the beginning of my vacation and live in that loop 4 months ago:
You have children don’t you?
- Comment on How’s the progress of (insert retro game title) going? 4 months ago:
Slowly playing through Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga for GBA. I wait too long between sessions and forget where I was supposed to be going.
Same for FFIX. Currently on disc 4.
- Comment on Truly. 4 months ago:
They were bred as food for Aztec royalty and served like cornish game hens. Their ancestors are in their instincts telling them about us.