Bruncvik

@Bruncvik@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say what you will about Kirk, but he made some great points in his debating⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  But of course it’s happening here, but at least where I’m sitting, there is an overwhelming rejection of this “bullshittery”. Here in Ireland we have small fringe nationalistic parties, which so far only faced outright ridicule, even though recently I heard about outright hostility (a group of such nutcases was beaten up and stripped to their underwear). We are facing political and financial pressures from the US, and so far we dispatched with them fairly easily. And even though our government’s incompetence invites the more radical groups, I’m fully convinced that it won’t happen here, unless we’re directly invaded.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say what you will about Kirk, but he made some great points in his debating⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The US used to export its culture, and people were eating it up. But I actually see an uptick in appreciation of local culture in Europe. As you said, there is lots of external financing to push American culture across the world, but I think that this is just a reaction to people not consuming as much of it as before. I see that here in Ireland as well. So far, we’ve rejected most of it (especially the American religious nutcases who tried to influence our abortion referendum), but it’s a constant struggle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say what you will about Kirk, but he made some great points in his debating⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  By “alien”, I didn’t mean any negative connotations. I meant that I don’t understand it. Ugandan or Japanese cultures, for example, are alien to me, because I don’t understand their nuances and can’t be bothered to learn them. The US, with its proud European “descendants” (so many people claim to be European even though they are the third generation to never set foot in Europe), used to be at least understandable, but it’s shifting towards something where I no longer understand how people think or what motives drive them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say what you will about Kirk, but he made some great points in his debating⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  My silver lining about Kirk: before he got shot, I didn’t even know he existed. After he got shot, I read up on him and his statements. The amount of bullshit he spewed and the amount of people who believed or liked him helped me understand the US better. And to realise that culturally, the US is so diverging from Europe that we should no longer treat it as our offshoot, but an entirely different (and increasingly alien) culture.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨breakfast⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t care about raw milk or blueberries, but that upvote counter confused the hell out of me. I spent way too much time trying to figure out when I upvoted the image.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's an impressive drop. Any ideas why?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  From my personal experience, the 3rd spaces is a huge thing. I’ve met my wife in such a space, and pre-Covid I’ve run a large Meetup group that focused on safe socialization (dinners, cinemas, hiking, art events). I’ve seen countless of hookups and dozens of marriages within that group. Covid pretty much killed Meetup groups on our area, so when we want to socialize all that’s left are pubs and clubs, and there I only see single-gender groups with no overlap. I doubt anyone is getting laid, and even if they do, chances of a meaningful relationship before actually knowing each other’s likes and dislikes, and common interests, are minimal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We all had one⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tangentially related: it is said that you become a true ultra runner only after you finish a race with at least one sock missing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What does this mean?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bankrupt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish i was dilligent enough to do that. Generally, for migration, I use a new hdd for the OS, and mount my previous drive as a documents drive. I also get a separate drive for a full backup. I’ve been doing this for so long that I have uninterrupted personal files since 1997. However, it requires a good cleanup and organisation of all documents since the previous migration, and I’m too lazy to do it until I’m forced to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Still using 8.1 on my personal PC. Once Bitdefeder stops supporting it, I’ll switch to Mint and get a few more years from the hardware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨W.a.m.d.i.i.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Strong and bitter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeah⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Owned by Microsoft. Microsoft recently blocked e-mail access to a LibreOffice dev. Speculation is that they’ll start blocking projects for competing products next.

  (Alternative explanation: Gitlab should be part of IT divestment from US-based services.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU age verification app to ban any Android system not licensed by Google⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is just my speculation, so take it as you will. The EU has been pushing for digital ID cards for quite a while, and this is just another attempt. The last serious attempt was the Covid vaccination passport, but so many people still opted for paper certs, and the rest deleted the app when vaccination was no longer mandatory, that it failed again. So, now the authorities are becoming smart and trying to go through the vector that has a proven record of driving technological change: porn.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dead OS Walking: 30 Days on Windows XP in 2025 Day 5: What Happens Now — fireborn⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a 486, but with MS-DOS 6.2 and Norton Commander as a UI. Haven’t booted it up for about a decade, though, but don’t see a reason why it shouldn’t work. My Win98SE computer (Pentium 100), on the other hand, is still my gaming rig. Don’t need anything better for HoMM2, Master of Orion 2, and TES: Daggerfall.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Corporations are saving the planet!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No idea why they’d want those tethered caps. My speculation (and that’s 100% unfounded, so take it as you will) is that they are lobbying for something simple and cheap (tethered caps, plastic straws, etc), to blind people from the real environmental issues that are far more costly to tackle. Kind of like the plastic recycle logo, which is a total scam, but makes people feel good enough to not further question the big corps’ recycling practices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Corporations are saving the planet!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  An EU regulation that was heavily lobbied for by Coca Cola.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok smartass⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Last year, a middle aged gentleman stopped me on the street to ask me what time it was. I told him “half past one and ten minutes.” Just came naturally to me (I also wear an analog watch, so never really can tell the exact minute). I still remember the confused look on his face, and I imagine he’s been working really hard to convert it into minutes. That made me self-conscious about saying the time, and I noticed I never say time in the hours-minutes format. My kids will be the same, as long as they pick up this habit from me rather than videos and movies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Sad thing to be, nonsensical thing to want to be" 💔🥀💔🥀⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the same nonsense as invoking “the luck of the Irish”. Said by people who have absolutely no idea about Irish history.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Sad thing to be, nonsensical thing to want to be" 💔🥀💔🥀⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One of your grandparents had to be born in Ireland, not just obtained Irish citizenship later in life. If he was born in Ireland, you’ll need his original birth certificate. More info here.

  That said, I have a few formerly US coworkers who did get Irish citizenship by naturalization. That requires life in Ireland for at least 5 out of the last 9 years. Studying doesn’t count, so you’ll either have your current employer transfer you here, or you’ll find a job and move here. Your employer will apply for a 2-year work visa, which can be extended for another 3 years, after which you can apply for permanent residency. If you are employed in one of the critical skills jobs, you can apply for permanent residency in less than 2 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'We're done with Teams': German state hits uninstall on Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Trump’s executive order forced Microsoft to disable access for ICC’s Chief Prosecutor. So, in a sense, Trump is indeed a threat to digital sovereignty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your favorite sport to watch or play?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tennis and athletics (track & field). Both watch and play.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's play this game again⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But only spelling or grammar mistakes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stack overflow is almost dead⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember when it didn’t have a dash. Until people started making fun of the old URL…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ground control to Major Trial: When a $130M aerospace company chooses to endlessly abuse opensource free trials instead of typing git pull, you start to question gravity, or at least common sense.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I work for a company with over 150k employees and 50B in annual revenues. My developers need a software tool, which was already identified as critical for our development. Instead of getting about 20 user licenses, each of which costs about $400 per year, and which would cover all our needs, the responsible manager, in his infinite wisdom, got one license, so that users register with it only when they need that tool. We even had a shared spreadsheet as a wait list. The software provider caught on after a few months, and cut us off. The manager got a good rating in his KPI for saving money with his initial decision, and the software provider was blamed for ending our license. Office politics as usual.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Freezer bags, 4 slices per bag, in a freezer. That way I can take out only as much bread as I can eat before it gets moldy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do it⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Victory in my ass. I like it…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No idea who that is, but I’d love to be her chiropractor. Talk about a repeat customer for life…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Preach on, brother. Just came back from my physio. He did some dry needling on my lower back because it ain’t what it used to be when I was still Wired for Sound.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨90s band alignment chart⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This otherwise insightful chart suffers from the lack of NOFX.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Garmin adds AI and a subscription tier to its app⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My old FR 110 is still working. Since then:

  • Vivoactive HR - 2 years in, the casing broke at one of the points where the wristband is attached. Material fatigue. Out of warranty.
  • Vivoactive 3 - 2 years in, altimeter went haywire. Also, battery life decreased to one day. Just out of warranty.
  • Fenix 6 - 1.5 years in, GPS got really bad. As in, drift of over 200m from route. Within warranty, so I contacted them and they sent me a replacement watch. That one is still working, and I hope it will for a long time.

  By now, I developed a certain expectation of the life of Garmin watches. I divided their price with expected lifetime, and compared that with similar data for Coros. Coros is simply better value for money.