scytale
@scytale@lemm.ee
- Comment on Alternative Mobile Front-ends: A list of privacy-respecting front-ends to popular online services, including social media, streaming and information services. All of the options here are mobile apps 5 days ago:
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rdxfor reddit. - Comment on I kinda feel like if I had one good fart, that'd really sort things out for me right now 3 weeks ago:
As I get older, I noticed that around 50% of the time, if I have a slight headache, or don’t feel right or comfy for no reason (i.e. not sick), it’s because I need to poop. Even if I thought I was done for the day, sometimes there’s just some that remains that when I go for that last round, I’m suddenly 100% feeling ok and fresh.
- Comment on It would have been interesting 3 weeks ago:
Lol sorry people not getting the joke are downvoting you.
- Comment on Treat taking a dump like a sport 4 weeks ago:
TIL some people don’t poop before exercising.
- Comment on We like music because our brains crave pattern recognition. 4 weeks ago:
Prog music lovers in shambles.
- Comment on My attempt at explaining the fediverse in a way that is more fun and engaging 4 weeks ago:
The best analogy for me would be to use something the person you’re explaining to already uses. For example, if they’re a reddit user, I just say imagine everyone has the capability to create their own reddit website, and everyone’s reddit sites can be interconnected and you can choose to join whichever site you want and see content from the other sites. If they’re coming from twitter, just change the it from reddit to twitter. It’s much easier than using the email analogy.
- Comment on I never realized this 4 weeks ago:
Where they were born or conceived or something.
“Hi there, Mr. Dumpsterbach.
- Comment on Tintin, Popeye, Hemingway among US copyrights expiring in 2025 4 weeks ago:
Get ready for B-movie horror Popeye and Tintin.
- Comment on Ever since I've started running like a penguin with it's butt on fire I've saved so many precious calories 4 weeks ago:
See? Zion is just conserving energy.
- Comment on circuits 2 months ago:
Not circuits related, but this is me the second I finish the certification exam I’m taking tomorrow
- Comment on A new generation of cheaper batteries is sweeping the EV industry 2 months ago:
So the cars will become cheaper right? Right?
- Comment on Mastodon Follow Packs 2 months ago:
The Mammoth for Mastodon app has curated smart lists and a For You feed. It can also suggest people to follow based on your interests. I think that’s an easier way to get new users started vs importing a csv file which the average internet user will be too lazy to do.
- Comment on Why do the majority of women still take their partner's last name? 2 months ago:
It’s tradition in my country but not mandatory. The archaic government system is also easier to navigate through if a married couple have same the last name. Because it’s so common for a wife to take her husband’s last name, it immediately raises eyebrows when people claim to be married but have different surnames. In our case, my wife took my last name because she just likes it better than hers. It’s neutral and easier to pronounce.
- Comment on America's Next Health Secretary Enjoying A Meal With His Future Boss and Colleagues 2 months ago:
That’s not what people are afraid of. It’s his antivaxx stance and other extreme stuff that people are against. If only he pushed for just the sane stuff like banning/regulating additives, dyes, HFCS, etc.
- Comment on Casio made an Oura Ring alternative that's everything but smart 2 months ago:
You can now give someone the finger and tell them that’s the only time you have for them
- Comment on The Great Migration to Bluesky Gives Me Hope for the Future of the Internet 2 months ago:
Because most people switching don’t know (or care) about the fediverse and decentralization. They are regular internet users who just want to get away from the cesspool that is twitter, so they go where other people are going.
- Comment on Among apps vying to replace Twitter, Bluesky may have the news and innovation edge 2 months ago:
The posr about Stephen King moving to Threads says otherwise. But to be fair, it’s Threads and not Bluesky, which I guess people here hate more.
- Comment on Why BlueSky Isn’t the Alternative to X (Formerly Twitter) You’re Looking For — and Why Mastodon Is the Better Choice Over X, Threads, and BlueSky 2 months ago:
Not really. I mean, sure it’s the same concept, but email has been getting semi-centralized between the big players now, with gmail and maybe icloud getting the largest chunk of users. That would be similar to letting users choose between .world or .ml to sign up with, which is against the fediverse principle to spread the load as wide as possible.
When you present the lowest common denominator internet user with hundreds of instances to choose from and requiring them to think further than clicking through a sign-up page, you lose user interest pretty quickly.
- Comment on AI Elections 2 months ago:
I know Texas is a joke keeping Hot Wheels and Rafael in office, but do we really deserve to become Iowa?
- Comment on Respect 2 months ago:
And ants. I see all the crawling things on the grass/ground when I do yardwork at home, how much more in an open field.
- Comment on pump up the jamz 2 months ago:
Inb4 Opeth - Ghost of Perdition. Also, Sardaukar throat singing.
- Comment on THANK YOU 2 months ago:
It’s “less” frightening when you realize those red things aren’t the eyes, like the other pictures in the comments that show them better
- Comment on Whenever I see someone walking around in clothes with big, visible branding, I can’t help but think they paid a fortune to wear an advertisement. 2 months ago:
Lol I know the feeling. Sometimes I just say “Oh we already use your product…mind if I grab those socks?”.
- Comment on Stop Wasting Pumpkins! 2 months ago:
The version I know is that they will only live if they can stick the fruit/vegetable in their ass without making a sound, and they were shot because they couldn’t stop giggling because they saw the third guy carrying <whatever large produce>.
- Comment on Whenever I see someone walking around in clothes with big, visible branding, I can’t help but think they paid a fortune to wear an advertisement. 2 months ago:
“free” for me. My job has conference/training budget that is use-it-or-lose-it, so might as well go for it. You can also talk your way through getting swag without giving up your contact details, or just provide fake ones.
- Comment on Whenever I see someone walking around in clothes with big, visible branding, I can’t help but think they paid a fortune to wear an advertisement. 2 months ago:
The only other type of clothing with clear, visible branding I own aside from band shirts is tech vendor shirts from conferences. But those I get for free, so I didn’t exactly pay to become their billboard.
- Comment on Why don't we just gather up all the ocean's trash and all the nonrecyclables, put them in a rocket, and launch it into the sun? 2 months ago:
I also have this incredibly stupid idea to build a very long pipe that goes all the way outside earth’s gravity pull, then launch all the garbage through it with a mechanism similar to a railgun. It doesn’t have to be thrown directly at the sun, just enough to launch stuff out of orbit.
- Comment on How are scammers getting my email address? 2 months ago:
Someone who you’ve corresponded to over email had their address book compromised and it was used in a mass phishing email campaign. It’s not necessarily targeted at you. I actually have experience of this happening. I had an email address that I used only to correspond to a single person. I never gave the email to anyone else and never signed up for anything. Well that person’s email was compromised and I started getting spam/phishing emails shortly after that.
- Comment on Support local bands 2 months ago:
I always buy merch as it’s worth more than any amount a band earns from streaming. I wish more bands have shirts that aren’t just black though. I’d estimate only a quarter of the artists I’ve seen have shirts of a different color.
- Comment on The Genesis of a joke. 2 months ago:
As a fellow prog enjoyer, you’re all good and I appreciate you sharing your own insight on the Genesis eras.