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- Comment on The Discord Breach Might Be Worse Than We Thought, As The Hacker Is Said To Have Two Million Age Verification Photos 1 week ago:
They enforced the verification, but discord was supposed to delete the images right after.
- Comment on Why doesn't anybody get notified about warrants for their arrest? 1 week ago:
if anyone got that notification, there could be chances that they’d run
That right there. People who forgot to update their address and got unpaid traffic fines and stuff will settle them when they are eventually found, but the flight risk for serious criminals weighs much more.
- Comment on Open Printer is a fully open-source inkjet with DRM-free ink and no subscriptions 2 weeks ago:
Yup. I’m on my second now because of an international relocation, but the first one is still going strong at my dad’s. Bought that thing 14 years ago, was the first series that came with network enabled printing instead of USB (though it has a port).
- Comment on Portal and Portal 2 are 80% off 2 weeks ago:
They were both good, but not really looking. I got portal one and two as a bundle and completed them in a single Saturday.
- Comment on Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia 2 weeks ago:
Thanks, maybe time to try again. I used it years ago but the results were not great.
- Comment on Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia 2 weeks ago:
What are you using now? I’ve been toying with kagi for a while, but the idea of having to use an account that ties all my searches to me doesn’t sit well with my sense of privacy, and none of the others get results remotely close to google.
- Comment on Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop 2 weeks ago:
You think? That generation will have kids who buy the same crap and won’t listen to their parents, just like the kids now don’t listen.
- Comment on Watch first, then wipe: Some China’s restrooms put toilet paper behind paywall 3 weeks ago:
China is prosperous, don’t let anybody fool you. But people are deeply, inherently selfish and love money more than everything (yay, communism!), so if they can save 30 cents by taking a roll of toilet paper home, they will.
- Comment on Watch first, then wipe: Some China’s restrooms put toilet paper behind paywall 3 weeks ago:
As someone who lived in China for 7 years, the alternative is that the next best person who enters the bathroom takes all available paper home.
In my entire time there, I can count the number of times where paper was available on a single hand, with spare fingers.
Naturally, everybody carries a box of tissues at all times.
- Comment on Google just broke *all* third-party web clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required. 3 weeks ago:
NewPipe as well, without any update either.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
What’s that supposed to be? Never seen those before, and I’m in my 40s.
- Comment on do you use non violent communication at the workplace? 3 weeks ago:
It’s a nice concept for interpersonal relationships regardless of the setting, but it’s got limited applicability in a results driven setting.
- Comment on TikTok To Be Sold To Trump’s Right Wing Billionaire Buddies And Converted Into A Propaganda Mill 4 weeks ago:
Nice, another of those shit platforms nobody needs is dead.
- Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds? 4 weeks ago:
You’re only seeing the colds that made it through the defenses, without having any means of measuring the ones your immune system successfully blocked or kicked out before they could take hold.
So your statistics are flawed.
- Comment on Samsung brings ads to US fridges 4 weeks ago:
Patience, young Padawan. Patience.
- Comment on Things are going so well.... 1 month ago:
It’s a raffle for gift cards of their member organisations. Also called an advertising deal. If said member is a food chain, what else are they going to advertise with? Kittens?
- Comment on Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users 1 month ago:
Huh? Downloading an apk and clicking open with -> package installer is nothing but straightforward.
- Comment on Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs 1 month ago:
Some Xiaomi TVs have root exploits, so you can manually disinfect the OS, but it’s cumbersome to get done since you need to enter adb commands over the remote control to get there in the first place.
Easier to just use an external device and the TV as a screen only. Personally I’m using the Nvidia Shield for 5+ years now and regret nothing.
- Comment on Under-16s to be banned from buying high-caffeine energy drinks including Monster 1 month ago:
…explain please?
- Comment on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann 1 month ago:
Can you install generic apks on UBports, or only precompiled .deb packages and other native Linux applications?
- Comment on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann 1 month ago:
You can get Android phones with reasonable specs around $200. No need for the so called “flagships”.
- Comment on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann 1 month ago:
I’m wearing my smartwatch as a wristwatch. All notifications are off, but I see the temperature, UV index, step and calorie counters, which is nice. And if I ever want to review my sleep data, pulse, sPO2 saturation and location history, I got it available just in case. And for the very rare case that my phone is charging and I want to access messages from another room, I can do that manually.
- Comment on Imagine if the only thing limiting your dreams was a livable income 1 month ago:
Fully agree, and I do reward people based on performance, but as you rightfully mention, attendance alone means nothing.
- Comment on Imagine if the only thing limiting your dreams was a livable income 1 month ago:
I rather block lefties coming out of the woodworks, cleans my frontpage up nicely.
- Comment on Imagine if the only thing limiting your dreams was a livable income 1 month ago:
Yes. Doesn’t mean the ones who don’t are special in any way.
- Comment on Imagine if the only thing limiting your dreams was a livable income 1 month ago:
Curiosity? I clearly said “controversial”. Learn how to read before insulting people.
- Comment on Imagine if the only thing limiting your dreams was a livable income 1 month ago:
I’m running my own business and make more than my dad, but thanks.
- Comment on Microsoft Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward 1 month ago:
I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad idea. Too many people are still not backing up their data, and the article says “…automatically save to OneDrive or your preferred cloud destination”.
As long as they really give users full freedom to choose any cloud service, I consider that a win.
- Comment on Imagine if the only thing limiting your dreams was a livable income 1 month ago:
Yeah, so? I took days off when I was sick, as per my contract.
He either didn’t get sick (and fulfilled the contract as intended) or went to work sick (in violation of health and safety requirements).
I still don’t see how that demands praise.
- Comment on Imagine if the only thing limiting your dreams was a livable income 1 month ago:
Controversial take, but why would someone deserve recognition for carrying out work duties as per contractual agreement?
He did what he was paid for, no more, no less. Being sick or not is by and large outside of someone’s immediate control and should receive neither reward nor punishment.