GreatBlueHeron

@GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US Citizen, joined Army, Peace Corps, professional firefighter-spoke out against the tRump dictatorship while vacationing in Vietnam and may not be allowed back into the country.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And if they don’t like the look of you, or your proof of citizenship, and decide detain and deport you - what recourse do you have?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You should know there's a font designed to make reading easier, especially for people with low vision. It's called Atkinson Hyperlegible Next. It's free for personal and commercial use.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t work for me either. Just reading the text on the page linked here was uncomfortable. It’s not like you describe though - for me it’s like there’s too much white space and there’s this mass of words almost floating around the page and it’s hard to keep track of where I’m up to. I am a bad/slow reader and all reading is like that for me - that font just seems to make it worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Gas stoves cause cancer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I also live in an area with frequent power disruption. We have a backup generator. It is more than enough to power the electronics in our propane gas range, but nowhere near enough to power an electric range.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone remember this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep - me too. I had to go to our “mainframe room” where we had our only Sun workstation - the only thing that would run the first versions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone remember this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a while ago and things are getting foggy, but I recall that the first browsers didn’t even run on Windows - I had to go to the “mainframe room” where we had a Sun workstation that would run NSCA Mosaic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HP ditches 15-minute wait time policy due to 'feedback'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, it’s just evil to their own staff. It seems every time I have to call some call centre these days, when I finally get to a human the conversation starts something like “I’ve just spent 40 fucking minutes trying to get to talk to a person and I’m really pissed off. I know that’s not your fault and I apologise in advance if I struggle to contain my frustrations while we talk. Now…”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gulf of Make a Report to Apple⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m open to suggestions for what else I can do. I’m already not buying anything made in the US.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gulf of Make a Report to Apple⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I get what you’re saying but, as someone observing from outside, stuff like this is all I can do to resist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facebook and Instagram to Unleash AI-Generated ‘Users’ No One Asked For⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is me too. I’m still on Facebook for some family contacts and a couple of useful groups. Years ago I could spend hours a day there. Now I spend maybe 15-30 minutes each morning scrolling for friend/family updates and group content - and hitting “Hide all from …” on every single bit of unsolicited content. I was reporting and blocking them, but I’ve decided it probably doesn’t achieve anything and it was too many taps/clicks.

  Instagram is similar - I used to spend hours there too but now I only go to check if there’s progress on one car build I’m following and scroll for maybe 5-10 minutes and I’m out for the day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨which VPS do you recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Almost a chuckle