noughtnaut
@noughtnaut@lemmy.world
Definitely a human.
- Comment on The U.S. Just Ran a Solar Storm Emergency Drill. The Real Deal Would Be a Catastrophe 2 weeks ago:
My sincere apologies, Mexico is definitely on the good list.
- Comment on The U.S. Just Ran a Solar Storm Emergency Drill. The Real Deal Would Be a Catastrophe 2 weeks ago:
…and simply agrees to never, ever, set foot in North America again. I’m not sure how this ploy works work out for our fine fellows in South America and Canada, the ones currently belabored with being the closest neighbours to The Wastelands.
I’m in.
- Comment on Found a brand new, unused Pong console from 1979 in an Edinburgh charity shop for 20£ 4 weeks ago:
Check the capacitors anyway please.
- Comment on All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding | by Dan Fabulich | Apr, 2025 5 weeks ago:
Eh, 80% of what this Dan fellow provides can’t be all that much…
- Comment on UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill. 1 month ago:
Precrime wioll haven be here.
- Comment on UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill. 1 month ago:
It would be hilarious to see random civilians being casually followed by a policeman (policeperson?), overly and cheerfully “nah mate, you haven’t done a thing. I’m just here to watch. For now. Carry on.”
- Comment on Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message? 1 month ago:
Reluctant upvote
- Comment on Exclusive: Microsoft is finally shutting down Skype in May 2 months ago:
My father, who worked for a huge computer manufacturer, was one approached by two young dudes asking for a server for their new startup. He listened to their proposition but couldn’t see how they were going to stay in business, so he turned them down and they went elsewhere for their hardware.
This was the two founders of Skype, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, some 20 years ago.
- Comment on Tinder-alternatives for the Fediverse 3 months ago:
The trouble is that with this sorry of thing you really do need some form of moderation or quality control (of the users, not (only) the platform) because it will be inundated by fake profiles and nasty content.
As much as I’m cheering for Alovoa I don’t see how this is solveable. 🥲
- Comment on 7 months ago:
Man, the SE, ImageWriter, and LaserWriter really were peak industrial design. Ain’t nobody gonna convince me otherwise.
- Comment on Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges 8 months ago:
I went directly from a dot matrix (ImageWriter II ftw!) to a laser. Except for photo prints, I find it immensely practical to be able to print stuff at home.
