TomMasz

@TomMasz@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  We use Discord in the programming courses I teach, not sure how it’s going to go over with the students.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you want to go back in time when you were a kid?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Up until a few years ago, I would have said “no”. Growing up during the Cold War meant always wondering when the nukes would come. Every day at noon the sirens would wail, reminding you of what you’d hear as you rushed to the closest fallout shelter. Car radios had special markers for the Civil Defense stations you would tune to when it happened. It was a lot for a kid to have to deal with.

  But the nukes never came. The sirens stopped wailing at noon. The shelters, and the signs that advertised them, are long gone. The supplies they were stocked with expired and were thrown away. The great enemy collapsed under the weight of its own incompetence.

  It was an unsettling time, but we didn’t have to worry about being apprehended walking home from school, or having someone from the government break down our front door with guns drawn. The government, to some degree, seemed to have our safety in mind (even if some of those measures would have been ineffective). It wasn’t a golden era, but it was better than what we’re in now.

  So, my answer is “yes, yes I would.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A lot of the laid-off staff from the Washington Post should start a news cooperative. Seriously!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Serious question: What would be the funding model? It seems like the number of people willing to pay for journalism is fairly small, though nowhere near zero.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨do most people really like the taste and smell of eggs?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re tolerable when scrambled and suitably seasoned, but I detest fried or hard-boiled eggs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I could choose to not sleep and still be healthy, I'd still choose to sleep every night.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I like having a break from the thinking and the doing, both of which are starting to feel like too much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google pays $68M to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Google spying on its users? To push ads? Preposterous!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Exploding 🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴🌳⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely did not have this one on the ol’ bingo card.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the color of the Sun was orange, wouldn't the clouds and everything white also be orange? My friend is adamant that 30 years ago the "real" Sun was orange but got replaced with a white LED.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s likely this isn’t the only conspiracy theory he believes in. Time for you to find better friends,.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Student Parking⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I teach at a local university and it provides some free parking in addition to paid parking. Of course, the paid spaces are closer to the buildings, but at least there’s some free spaces, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we have a bunch of ways to say good night, but only one way to say good morning?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No one has the energy to invent new ones first thing in the morning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there no instution or person that Trump go after? Or we are all just screwed?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The only significant opposition has been in a few courts. Everything else is mostly vocal and easily ignored. So, yeah, we are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Doctors told my mom she had a “twisted uterus” and could never have children. My entire existence has been a big Fuck You to medical science.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Get the Oil Flowing': Trump's Own Words Make His War Aims in Venezuela Clear⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They were already clear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just a random image unrelated to anything in particular⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a whole line of auxilliary backup old men waiting in the wings. Thinking it’s just one man is dangerously naive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨that is crazy!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can, but it’s not very comfortable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11’s 2025 problems are getting impossible to ignore⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some of the issues described in the article must be driving corporate IT departments insane. They thrive on consistent installations across machines. Having each one offering different features (even temporarily) is the opposite of that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Winner takes all⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My eyebrows would look like that if I didn’t trim them regularly. It’s a Slavic thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Survey reveals most people are holding onto their phones for a long time, and it makes sense⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, the cameras are marginally better and the CPUs faster, but that’s about it. I don’t need, and certainly don’t want, AI features, which is often the rationale for a new phone now. A user-replaceable battery would be nice, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A swing and a miss⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wooooooosh!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Word.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Survival of the fittest inescapable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's quite impressive that most English speakers across the world understand each other, despite variations in accents/dialects⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  As an American, Scots are the most difficult to understand. Most Brits, Welsh and Irish are fine. Australians and New Zealanders, too. Canadians can be almost indistinguishable to me with the exception of a couple of words here and there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The problem is causing so many accidents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Another one of those signs whose backstory you’d love to hear but never will.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep my FB and Insta accounts only because so many of my friends still use them. Someday I hope they’ll see the light, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hmm⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember her from high school.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Reddit was ruined long ago, this just accelerates the decline.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ELI5 why I logically understand McDonald's food is low quality and bad for me but I crave it like crack?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We evolved for a life of scarcity, but now we live in a world of plenty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do it Sasha!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sasha: How about just one?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Behold and despair!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is evil genius-level, but for good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's nothing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Light up another Marlboro, you’ll be fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good job!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a speaker of this language I can confirm that this is in that language.