Paranoidfactoid

@Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The AI boom is so huge it’s causing shortages everywhere else The $700 billion AI spending spree has few precedents. Good luck finding an electrician or a reasonably priced smartphone.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Can confirm: There’s a lot of money in machine room planning, setup, and building-out right now. If you have experience with electrical, cooling (water or forced air), cabling, and rackmount machine installation and sysadmin stuff, you’ll make good money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia might not have any new gaming GPUs in 2026 — and could be 'slashing production' of existing GeForce models⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want to do work with the GPU you’re still buying NVIDIA. Particularly 3D animation, video/film editing, and creative tools. Even FOSS tools like GIMP and Krita prefer NVIDIA for GPU accelerated functions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters— Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Substack is a very useful platform. Both in that you get all the email addresses of your subscriber base, so they don’t lock you in there, and the monetization they have set up.

  The fediverse should target it to replicate much or all of its functionality. It is MORE than a mere blog. It has a big ecosystem one blog can’t replicate alone. The payment system would be particularly difficult to copy well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LG joins Sony and TCL in abandoning 8K TV market⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  These days 12k at 14-16 bit is the norm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Choose another payment method. Choose another platform - web based? - where these fees don’t apply. Hell, buy a throwaway droid phone to keep your money from apple’s greedy hands.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025 | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And their portfolios.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025 | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Guess Elon chose the right time for his cash payout then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to store GPG encrypted files in google drive. But then I noticed bitrot in the stored files which made them impossible to decrypt. So I started adding CRC redundancy through DVDisaster. Which worked but became a PITA. So I finally gave up.

  They really want your data.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are americans taking health advice from a former heroin addict ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Uh huh. Apply for a security clearance sometime and see how far they sniff up your ass before you’re granted access to that scif you need to do your job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are americans taking health advice from a former heroin addict ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You can’t get a security clearance with a history of narcotics addiction. NIR can you join the military. Because the addiction compromises you and your judgement.

  There is no such thing as a ‘former addict’.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best free version of word?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is Overleaf an Interleaf clone? My lord that’s ancient.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if portals are invented, will I be able to eat out myself?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One possible interpretation is that OP intends a three course meal, eaten from the wrong end, as soon as teleportation portals are invented.

  I think OP is using us to develop her secret restaurant idea!

• ⁨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:

  I’m old. This is the same sun we always had. The sun did not change color. Your friend is delusional.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Free law enforcement access to my private security system? Seems like a bad idea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Librarians Are Tired of Being Accused of Hiding Secret Books That Were Made Up by AI⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I got all hot and bothered by, “Of Mice in Glenn: an ER Doc’s Story”, which turned out to not be the porn I expected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple announces more ads are coming to App Store search results⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Run GrapheneOS and Linux right now. They’re a PITA but work well enough. No way would I go back to an iPhone or a Mac.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we produce so much porn?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure they greys, mantids, and reptilians will get right on that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we produce so much porn?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Aliens will be as interested in our sex lives as we are interested in the sex lives of spawning fish. There may be detached scientific curiosity, but no alien boners from human porn.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re based in the United States.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Where are those alternative servers?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to just trade in their PC for a newer one, because how hard can it be?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Linux/BSD blah blah blah

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Candy canes and free showers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky Social surpasses 19 million users as more celebrities leave X⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. They’re abusive assoles. Fuck them. We’re outa there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Comcast, Disney, and IBM Are Among Advertisers Returning to X After Ad Freeze⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  He’ll get advertisers just as actual people leave.