rektdeckard

@rektdeckard@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm Tired of Pretending Tech is Making the World Better⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Author is one step away from the realization that Capitalism is the culprit, and technology is just the vector.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate this image because idiots will see it, not understand what its showing, and make up some crazy shit based on it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The further you look in the sky, the further back in time you are looking as well – there is no way to see what far way looks like “right now”. This image shows the visible universe as it appears from our perspective in spacetime, which necessarily smears together the “where”, “what”, and “when” of it all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Laws only matter if you're not rich.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am not in academia but did participate in published research both in college and in a job as a lab assistant afterward. I don’t really think your analogy holds up. There is literally no cost to such a change; scientists just need to start READING and CITING papers from free, alternative journals for them to be legitimized. The profit incentives of the universities, private industry, and government are not affected by the choice of the medium of exchange of ideas. Only the journals’ pockets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Laws only matter if you're not rich.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok I simply don’t understand how the same means and methods used by the free and open source software community have not been employed here. These are smart people! Just start your own damn free journal service, found a council and tap some industry-leading researchers in some common fields to start reviewing papers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New social experiment⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  /nvim

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mildred⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol, Edith and Mildred are literally my grandmother’s names. Edith is a badass and just turned 99.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m actually surprised at how little they spend on lobbying, even with the recent uptick. It must be the other thing, you know, our representatives are shareholders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, why? Is the TV spying on me any more than my phone, every app I use, my desktop OS, every website I visit, all of my smart home devices, my car, my bank, traffic cameras, and my bottom left molar?

  Can’t I just slap a PiHole on my home network and pretend I’ve done something about it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This was the first result on Google⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I meant to reply to the parent comment

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This was the first result on Google⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I spilled a half cup of 175F water on my hand and got blisters. You absolutely cannot bathe in it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people hyped about RSS regaining relevance?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno, probably very few. I wrote it myself in a week. From a quick glance, Newsboat does not support “open in browser” outside of Linux, and is unconfirmed to even run on Windows. We do. Mocassin’s interface also seems to be better suited to large screens and at-a-glance reading. Other than that they are years ahead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people hyped about RSS regaining relevance?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I love RSS too, but gradually drifted away from it over the years. After the Reddit emigration I started getting back into it, and just published a super basic TUI feed reader if anyone is interested.

  It’s called moccasin

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Leaked Email Shows Elon Musk Demanding "Sub 10 Micron Accuracy​” Cybertruck Parts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Seriously. He can’t NOT publicly repeat every technical term that he hears, usually with next to no actual understanding.