AlecSadler
@AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over 1 day ago:
Well, I deleted my account so that won’t work. But that’s crazy if that’s true (not doubting you).
- Comment on Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads 1 day ago:
Guess I’ll cancel my free trial.
- Comment on Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over 1 day ago:
This. I have to go out of my way to even see my wife’s posts (well, before I deleted Facebook).
2/3rds of my feed are ads.
This metric is bullshit because they fucked up the waters.
- Comment on Do you understand how many people 350 million is? How did this worm ridden ball sack float to the top? 1 day ago:
Except his ancestor was a Democrat.
- Comment on Chinese Factory Worker Can't Believe The Shit He Makes For Americans 2 days ago:
Damn, you just reminded me I need taco holders.
- Comment on Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down 2 days ago:
lol what, Discord enshittified years ago.
- Comment on One size fits all 2 days ago:
holy crap we had one of these growing up. now I kind of want one.
- Comment on 1994 white Kevin 5 days ago:
Honestly in some areas of town late at night, I would totally make use of a service like this…
…but I’d also expect the service be abused by people seeking people to harass.
- Comment on When a bee arrives on the scene 1 week ago:
I learned today that bees don’t have lungs.
- Comment on Are Nintendo's $80 online game prices a result of tariffs or is Nintendo just using them as an excuse to price gouge as corporations do? 3 weeks ago:
Based on what little I know that goes into video game development, $80 seems cheap - assuming no mtx.
But if it’s $80 + mtx? Fuck that.
- Comment on Oracle hid serious data breach from customers, now hacker has it up for sale 3 weeks ago:
Maybe in some cases. This particular company at the time had revenue of $5M, with a much lower net, so $2M want even feasible.
- Comment on Oracle hid serious data breach from customers, now hacker has it up for sale 3 weeks ago:
The number of clients I’ve worked with who are “stuck” with Oracle passes the 50% mark and I’m just one person.
One company said that Oracle offered them a de-obfuscation tool to migrate elsewhere for a mere $2M. Absurd.
Fuck Oracle.
- Comment on YSK that a new internet/account bypass during Windows 11 installs already exists. Here is a 7 step guide. 3 weeks ago:
It’s not even viable for me. I simply cannot use Linux daily because all my jobs require software that doesn’t have a Linux version, or it does but it’s lacking necessary features, or there’s an alternative but I have to burn extra hours making it work with their systems/setup - hours I don’t have.
Or I have to use internally configured Remote Desktop profiles over a VPN (not to be confused with RDP), and you can’t do that specific use case on Linux because it requires using the company’s internal Windows Store with specific Remote Desktop installation.
Or I have to use a specific Outlook instance, locally installed, because somehow they’ve blocked web access (I still haven’t figured out exactly how they set this up).
After a 12 hour day, sure, I can switch back to my dual boot Linux instance and spend 1-2 hours for personal use. But the ratio is still Windows-leaning no matter how you slice it.
- Comment on IRS braces for $500bn drop in revenue as taxpayers skip filings in wake of DOGE cuts 4 weeks ago:
That’s fine. I’d rather pay a recovered government than the current one…if that happens.
- Comment on IRS braces for $500bn drop in revenue as taxpayers skip filings in wake of DOGE cuts 4 weeks ago:
I am one of those skipping filing to see what happens.
Delay, deny, dispose [of the IRS letters].
I’m taking that money and donating it to local charities and helping people in my community.
- Comment on "Tesla protesters are planning their “biggest day of action” yet, aiming for 500 demonstrations at Tesla showrooms across the world on March 29th..." 5 weeks ago:
I love this. I love this so much.
- Comment on Filing: DOGE broke Treasury policy with unencrypted email 5 weeks ago:
Must not be looking very hard because they’ve been all over my general lemmy feed every few days and span multiple states, cities, and even countries.
- Comment on Filing: DOGE broke Treasury policy with unencrypted email 5 weeks ago:
On the protest side, Americans are turning out in droves across the nation regularly. At capitol buildings and Tesla centers and more. Our media just doesn’t over it because they’re trying to squash the efforts.
Despite that, I’m still making plans to leave the country.
- Comment on Filing: DOGE broke Treasury policy with unencrypted email 5 weeks ago:
They start being hunted down.
- Comment on Battery tech really does move fast 1 month ago:
Yeah but Americans are stupid and thought a 1/3lb burger was smaller than a 1/4lb burger. I fully expect they’d think 5Ah is smaller than 1000mAh.
- Comment on Activists vandalize Trump golf resort over his comments on emptying out Gaza 1 month ago:
I support this and will gladly help fund future acts.
- Comment on Thankfully I am not forced to be in earth forever. My shift on this planet only lasts 80 years. 1 month ago:
Keep in touch. I’m not doing amazing myself right now, but there is some upward light at the end of the tunnel and I feel like helping others when I can only makes sense.
- Comment on Thankfully I am not forced to be in earth forever. My shift on this planet only lasts 80 years. 1 month ago:
But seriously, if things are that rough, keep in touch. I’ll do what I can, while it might not be much, it won’t be nothing.
- Comment on Thankfully I am not forced to be in earth forever. My shift on this planet only lasts 80 years. 1 month ago:
I’d recruit you.
- Comment on Michael Sheen buys £1m worth of people's debts 1 month ago:
Where I live it’s $150 to register a business, so I guess add whatever lawyer fees you might need but otherwise it doesn’t seem like it should be too hard.
- Comment on Michael Sheen buys £1m worth of people's debts 1 month ago:
Anyone know the intricacies of how to do this? I’m down to try.
- Comment on Fatigue 1 month ago:
Possibly both?
- Comment on Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals 1 month ago:
Going to be honest, didn’t realize my Brother laser printer got firmware updates, lol.
In 7 years I’ve replaced the toner cartridge once, given that the stater cartridge isn’t very full I imagine it’ll be awhile before I have to replace it again, at least.
- Comment on Why's everyone freaking out about Firefox Terms of Service? Isn't it Open Source? 1 month ago:
We’re all keyboard warriors with opinions.
I’ll get downvoted to hell for this, but I honestly feel like right now it is a nothingburger.
Will I continue to keep an eye on the things they do? Yes. Does their CEOs work history bother me? Yes. Will I keep using it and just keep tabs on settings and extensions? Yes.
- Comment on The science is divided 1 month ago:
If you read the Wikipedia article (or other articles) about “all horses are the same color”, it is really just about an inductive fallacy that can occur.