pishadoot

@pishadoot@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With regards to cutlery, do you prefer a spoon or a fork for eating cake?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey fuck you buddy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea."⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok well all that is pretty racist but alright

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China claims breakthrough with world’s first ducted eVTOL that can lift nearly half a ton⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Until ads are responsible and don’t carry risks of injecting malware and trackers, I will block them without prejudice.

  Even back in the day they would try to hijack your browser, redirect you to some random page, destroy ability of your back button to take you out, and throw up a ton of popups.

  I don’t think blocking them is an asshole move until ads are served responsibly, without threatening my security or privacy. When, and if, that day ever arrives I will stop blocking them because I understand that most sites subsist solely off ad revenue, at least in this current Internet model we live with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨big facts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly? Without evidence, they’re both equally probable. And believing, or refusing to believe in a god or something, are both faith of equal measure.

  It’s just whether someone thinks their version is faith is more realistic than the opposite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Quidk! I need a chili recipe. What would you add to a pound of hamburger, diced jalapenos, chili powder and bloody mary mix?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Beans, mf

  Fucking BEANS is the answer

  And onion, garlic, tomato, Bell pepper

  But LOTS OF BEANS is the most correct answer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you recommend I carry in my first wallet?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought your post was asking what to carry in your fish wallet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where do I find cool stickers?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey guys anyone know where I can buy some cool stuff? Nah I’m not interested in defining the word cool and what it means to me, you figure it out

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any cultures where kissing is taboo?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have an affection for Bollywood movies and I’m really happy to learn this, thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t NEED tap to pay. I literally never use it, ever, unless I have a card with a bad chip (happened once).

  Forgetting your wallet like a dummy doesn’t mean you NEED tap to pay, it means you need to remember to bring your wallet.

  Also, there is nothing you NEED the Costco app for, an org like that can’t lock things behind an app to function because their customer base is too broad, they will inevitably have old people with T9 Nokia bricks still. It might have been the most convenient way to achieve it, but it’s not a requirement - even if that particular sales associate didn’t know how and would have to phone a friend.

  All that to say I’m not trying to convince you to use gOS; I fully recognize that security is on one end of the spectrum from convenience, and we all choose where we want to be on that spectrum. But I felt the need to counter your claims… Nobody NEEDS tap to pay smh. If you care about privacy at all you wouldn’t be linking cards to apple or Google, adding yet another layer of giant data collection to some of your most intimate data.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rent is theft⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think you realize what you’re wishing for, which is ok if you didn’t live through it as an adult, but the 2008 housing crash was so much more devastating than you probably realize.

  So, so many lives wrecked.

  I want to see more housing inventory come to market and see some price corrections for sure, but the scale of crash you’re talking about wishing for, the only reason you could possibly desire it is from stark naivete of a young person who doesn’t understand the scale of the disaster you’re advocating for.

  We need more housing inventory, less NIMBY blocking it, and stiff taxes on investment homes that disincentivize people or companies from owning tons of homes.

  We want a market correction, not a crash. They’re different.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I'm struggling with depression, I get ostracized as a "loser" that haven't accomplished anything but if I die in a tragic accident tonight, I'm a "young man with a bright future ahead"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What? Ok so I’ll ignore how ridiculous that is and just suggest another resource because talking about being depressed and how people will remember you or not in the same sentence is a big red flag for suicidal thoughts.

  -crisis text line: text hello to 741741

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I'm struggling with depression, I get ostracized as a "loser" that haven't accomplished anything but if I die in a tragic accident tonight, I'm a "young man with a bright future ahead"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Calling someone a loser or saying they haven’t accomplished anything is a judgement on someone’s past and present self.

  Talking about someone’s bright future is recognition of the fact that they had potential and opportunities that will never be realized.

  If you’re thinking about suicide, please call 988 (USA) or an equivalent service in your country. I hope you get well soon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Absolute unit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  HOTCH HOTCH HAAWWWTCH

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are people discovering random subdomains on my server?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re not the same.

  Hiding an unlocked treasure chest in the forest is obscurity. Sure, you might be the only one who knows it’s there at first but eventually someone might come across it.

  Having a vault at a bank branch is security - everyone knows there’s a vault there, but you’ll be damned if you’re going to get into it when you’re not authorized.

  Good passwords, when implemented correctly, use hashing (one way encryption) to provide security. It’s not obscured, people know you need a password to access the thing (in our example)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Innocent African-American child George Stinney executed after being falsely accused of murdering two white girls | 1944⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your reading comprehension is shite.

  The commenter that replied to you meant not to disparage an entire group based off of something they can’t choose, which in context was their skin color.

  So no, an overwhelming amount of people didn’t choose that, they were born with it. You racist ass dingus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone, I'm thinking with multiple accounts, is downvoting EVERY comment I make. Mildly aggravating, mostly sad for someone like that. Can I find out who and just block them?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Who cares

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is with these videos where it's just someone reaction to shit someone else is doing? ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve watched let’s plays of strategy games that I want to be better at, in order to see people who don’t fucking suck like I do. But after I get a better idea on how to suck less, I stop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam winter sale is live. What patient games are you picking up?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m also way more into sci fi than fantasy. But IMO, DF is a much, much better game. I’ve never looked for a mod that does what you’re looking for but I wouldn’t be surprised if it exists, at least for the texture packs. I think it would be pretty challenging to make a mod that redid all the generated flare (like when your dwarves carve stuff up and there’s RNG of the scene they carve) but not impossible. I never cared about any of that crap so I never read it anyways, but lots of people love it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam winter sale is live. What patient games are you picking up?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone already told you this, but I want to elaborate

  Dwarf Fortress was essentially what Rimworld was cloned from. I’ve been downvoted into oblivion by rimworld fans for such heresy, but it’s true.

  For the longest time DF has been free, disgustingly ugly, and getting updates for like 20 years (think you can still download freeware version, but there’s a steam version now you can pay for. I bought it because it’s been a gem for YEARS and devs more than deserve my $20 or whatever it was).

  Rimworld took the DF game, made it sci fi, and made it not absolute dogshit to look at.

  You could always mod DF with icon packs that made it look a lot better but it was still pretty ugly.

  The steam version of DF looks much, much better but it’s not quite as pretty as Rimworld still, I think.

  Either way, if you got any time out of Rimworld and want something similar, Dwarf Fortress is your best choice. They’re both great and are IMO the best in class of whatever genre you’d call it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Construction magic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Big, efficient companies work 24 hour jobs by having 3-4 overlapping shifts with usually at least two general foremen, often more, and a team of PMs. Skilled planners and foremen can manage the jobs, and overlapping shifts helps with continuity instead of a whistle blowing and everyone on site tags out like a wrestling match.

  These are the companies that get the biggest and most expensive contracts. They have all the equipment, they can hire the number of people they need, and they have the experience. They do massive jobs that destabilize entire areas while the work is being done and the customer/city/municipality/government is willing to pay to get it done ASAP because letting the disruption last 2-3x longer is worse than the price tag.

  Some places with harsh winters and short construction seasons also habitually work 24 hours.

  It really depends on what you’re doing and where you are. In general, small to medium sized GCs and companies for single builds will not work 24 hours. Once you start getting to big projects within an urban area or major road construction, that kind of thing, it can change.

  I will say that it’s MUCH better to do construction in natural daylight, full stop. No amount of flood lighting gives you the amount of visual acuity as the sun does for something like construction. We generally always planned to leave easier work for night shifts, not because they sucked, but because it’s just harder in most ways. More dangerous, colder, your best paid people don’t generally want to work those shifts, businesses are closed so you’ve got to deal with on call POCs which slows stuff down if there’s problems… Yeah.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cams, anyone?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can self host Protect. It’s what I did for ages when I was using a few of their cameras. Don’t have to use cloud unless you want to.

  There’s a lot of downsides to ubiquiti (I’ve been dunking on them all over this thread) but there’s a LOT of great stuff too, and being able to self-host their management suite if you choose to do so is GREAT. That doesn’t make me want to invest in their walled garden for cameras, but for people who want to get into a functional ecosystem they’re a great choice. Overall the price:performance curve is not worth it to me, though, but neither are apple products, even though I know they work well also.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cams, anyone?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Their support for ONVIF is, as you said, limited. Being able to add a camera into your protect feed is a good start, but until they make it work better for PTZ, audio, sub stream capture, and everything else it’s not worth note IMO.

  RTSP allows you to check a live feed in another software suite (even just VLC) but again, without the cameras themselves being ONVIF standard you’re missing all the aforementioned features and now you’re really REALLY overpaying for what is essentially a dumb camera.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cams, anyone?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve experimented with ubiquiti cameras and for the most part I find them very overpriced for their quality point. They’re good cameras, but they’re not ONVIF compatible so if you want to get into their (super overpriced and limited) ecosystem you won’t be able to intermix other cameras easily.

  A good example is their doorbell camera. It’s just not good. And they don’t have more than one model, so if you want a good one you’re buying something else, that won’t work in their software, so now you’re using two systems to watch your cameras.

  I’m glad they work for you, but I don’t recommend getting into their camera ecosystem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a blanket statement that doesn’t really hold up.

  Commercial off the shelf cloud service based smart home = control over you.

  Fully self hosted smart home = control over your house.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh it’s definitely easier if it’s on Wi-Fi. I mean, ask 20 people on the street if they even know what zigby is and you’re gonna get 20 blank stares.

  But for people who are into this type of thing either to regain control of their networks, to optimize their networks, or both - it’s objectively the better choice in most ways other than easy mode adoption.

  Personally I have a TON of small Wi-Fi devices that are constantly transmitting (cheap interior cameras for keeping an eye on pets all over the house - all my security cameras are hard wired) so I try to limit new Wi-Fi traffic onto the net if I can help it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s more about having fewer devices on Wi-Fi network IMO.

  Until Wi-Fi 5, only one device could talk on Wi-Fi at a time, and even with 5+ the number of devices is limited by a ton of factors, so the more devices you have chattering the slower everything gets as devices wait their turn to speak, have collisions, time out, try to speak again, etc.

  You can mitigate this through several different methods, but removing randomly transmitting devices will always be a benefit.

  Zwave, zigby, all of those all operate in a different band so it’s better for your internet connection to wireless devices if you can offload stuff into those ranges.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your Kindle Can Finally Be Jailbroken Again. [22:00]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No. But they’re really inexpensive and link up to people’s Amazon accounts so it’s easy to manage your books, if you are a person who likes to use Amazon for that.

  I’ve had two Kindles, the first was before they had touch screens, and I loved it (this was a long, long time ago). Even with the hard case eventually I broke the screen after many years of travel and use, and hated the one I replaced it with. Awful piece of garbage, I wanted to return it and get one with physical buttons but they didn’t make them any more and I was too lazy to do second hand searching. I’ve never used Amazon to buy e books but I got a lot of free ones over the years (mostly cookbooks) and it was handy to be able to just download them directly to the device, but I prefer to manage books over USB and that always worked fine.

  E-ink is amazing. Battery life lasts for ages, which really is what you want for a dedicated reader. There’s other types on the market, but it’s hard to compete with Amazon’s prices and feature set - especially because they sell ones that are ad-supported and that REALLY drives the prices down for people that are willing to have their lock screen be an ad that goes away when they wake the device, which is an easy compromise for most.

  My Kindle just collected dust now, I use a supernote as a note taker and I use it for ebooks also. It was about $500 USD - granted it does way, way more than a Kindle, but yeah. I could probably get an ad-supported Kindle for 1/10 the cost, maybe, not sure what their prices are these days. Not saying that competing dedicated readers are in that price range, they’re not, but Kindle dominates the market due to brand recognition, advertising, and as far as I know they were the first to really offer a product like it in the first place so they’ll always have a big piece of the market, like iPods did in the MP3 player space vs objectively superior competitors that came after it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there an anti- sleep-paralysis device?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  First of all, get a sleep study done. Sleep paralysis can be a sign of underlying sleeping disorders such as apnea, which is incredibly unhealthy if untreated.

  If you study checks out clean and you’re still looking for a way to manipulate something with your fingers then the only thing I can think of that you’d be able to DIY is some kind of Arduino-type button thingamajig that you could strap to a finger that sends a wireless signal to some kind of alarm in the room.

  A D1 mini is small, cheap, and easy to configure. If you have no idea what I’m talking about you’ll need to do some homework and learn some stuff, but as far as projects go it’s pretty simple to set up. Hardest part would likely be rigging something that you could use that doesn’t get triggered inadvertently. Cockpit style toggle switch with a cover, maybe? Lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They say word-of-mouth marketing is the most effective form of marketing. What games did you (not) enjoy that came well-recommended by friends to you, and why did they recommend it to you?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dark Souls 2. A coworker gave me a steam code for it after I told him I wasn’t really a big fan of games where you just have to memorize opponent movesets. He said he’d gift it to me if I gave it an honest try, and I did.

  And I didn’t like it. Didn’t understand the hype, didn’t have any idea what was going on with me dying and transforming or something, or why there were weird ghosts of other players all over the map. Maybe it makes sense if you know the genre but I didn’t like the gameplay and didn’t get any lore/story, so I ditched it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They say word-of-mouth marketing is the most effective form of marketing. What games did you (not) enjoy that came well-recommended by friends to you, and why did they recommend it to you?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah that game was just too much of a grind for me. I really wanted to like it but there was just something that didn’t catch me about it. Super popular, highly recommended by my friends, just not my bag, baby