TheAlbatross
@TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- Comment on Kopi Luwak 4 days ago:
Dude in the last panel looks like they’re a little picky about which animals shit they brew into coffee
- Comment on RedNote may wall off “TikTok refugees” to prevent US influence on Chinese users 2 weeks ago:
That seems to be the vibe. I’m mostly looking at the food content and one thing I really like is when someone posts a video or photo of a dish they’ve made, people reply with pictures of their own versions of the same thing and heap compliments on each other.
You, like, absolutely need to use a translator. There’s no in app translation and it’s primarily Chinese people posting and replying in Chinese. But Google Translate works almost perfectly. I have had a number of back and forth conversations and while I’m sure “my” Chinese looks off, I’ve never had a conversation break down because a reply doesn’t make sense.
- Comment on RedNote may wall off “TikTok refugees” to prevent US influence on Chinese users 2 weeks ago:
That would be a shame. I’m really enjoying the app, sharing pictures of food and recipes with people half a globe away is really cool. And there’s a lot of interest in fishing in China, it’s cool to see their techniques, what they do the same, what they do differently.
And everyone is just so nice! They’ve built a really positive community and culture on RedNote and it’s unique to be able to see that kind of thing work, at least compared to American social media.
I get why they don’t want US influence and what-not and I could see how a bunch of Americans treating it like Tiktok would be problematic for maintaining the vibe they’ve cultivated, but it’s a really refreshing change of pace from other social media.
- Comment on Watching Enterprise for the very first time 3 weeks ago:
What’s so odd about those scenes is that the camera is far hornier than the actors. The crew is mostly very professional and chaste about decon, but the camera is leering at their bodies as they do it.
- Comment on Watching Enterprise for the very first time 3 weeks ago:
Enterprise is a lot better if you assume the crew is supposed to be inept, inexperienced and kinda stupid.
That makes zero sense considering humans have been exploring for centuries and already come up with protocols to handle the situations that seem to repeatedly cause issues for the NX-01 crew, but maybe thinking isn’t helpful for enjoying the show.
- Comment on The $1999 Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 makes the rest of the RTX 50 series look suspiciously sensible 3 weeks ago:
Hey that’s how pricing models work!
Fuck buying that expensive shit, cheaper shit will do everything you want anyway.
- Comment on ‘Lower Decks’ Series Finale “The New Next Generation” Review, Plus Mike McMahan Interview 1 month ago:
That’s the end of Lower Decks?
Paramount doesn’t know how to handle the wonderful IP they own…
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Yah the question fits but the title should be edited.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
The word is trans woman. What you’ve said is fairly derogatory.
In short, yes. Longer, there are some factors at play that can determine this. Some women taking estrogen lose some function in their penises and obviously women who’ve undergone vaginoplasty will face other challenges impregnating someone else.
- Comment on Has Fast Food Gotten Worse, or Am I Just Getting Old? 2 months ago:
That’s fair. I meant cost as in cost to me, the consumer, which is the price, but I think what you’ve said here is a valuable thing to consider when wondering why it’s so expensive and yet shit now.
- Comment on Has Fast Food Gotten Worse, or Am I Just Getting Old? 2 months ago:
The feeling bad part is aging.
Quality has absolutely gone down, though, while cost has gone way up.
- Comment on New Star Trek community 2 months ago:
It kinda feels like you’re dancing around saying anything truly pertinent to the conversation
- Comment on New Star Trek community 2 months ago:
It’s a crazy belief to say fascism is bad? I’m, like, utterly confused on how this is congruent with enjoying a show about a post-scarcity socialist utopia that promotes infinite diversity in infinite combinations.
- Comment on New Star Trek community 2 months ago:
What crazy political beliefs do you see being pushed there?
- Comment on New Star Trek community 2 months ago:
You’re concerned about what?
- Comment on Fortnite Chapter 2 Remix and Black Ops 6 nuketown this weekend, which will you be playing? 2 months ago:
Factorio!! This work week has been hell and I have a week PTO starting Monday. So time to put in some effort in an asynchronous multi-player game with a friend.
I’ve been playing Papers Please in the 30 min or so I have for gaming in the evenings lately. I might play more of that to see if I can get all the endings.
Unless the weather is nice. Then I’m going fishing.
- Comment on How do I tell Pennsylvania I no longer live there? 2 months ago:
I don’t think you can stop the calls or texts, elections are a product just like everything else here and those are the ads.
They got your info and you can’t take it back now
- Comment on Veganism is pro-fossil fuel 3 months ago:
The bitch of this world is that most any activity is pro-fossil fuel because of the way our infrastructure is built.
This isn’t much of a gotcha, but it’s a sad observation of the state of the globe.
- Comment on Block Factory is basically a LEGO factory automation game with diorama building 3 months ago:
Looks rather similar to Shapez 2.
- Comment on Could Someone give me the list of Ai based job Portals & Tech job portals in canada? 3 months ago:
AI job matching… what a stupid hellscape we are building for ourselves to be crushed under
- Comment on Retro Mahjong and your preferred games 4 months ago:
My boyfriend and I play riichi mahjong via phone app (just called Richii Mahjong on the Play Store on Android) and it’s solid. I know that’s not exactly what you’re looking for, but hope it works in a pinch!
I think there’s “sexy” versions in the same way you can find porn poker or shape matching games, if that makes sense.
- Comment on New Email Scam Includes Pictures of Your House. Don’t Fall For It. 4 months ago:
I’ve gotten a few of these, but I just moved so it only included Google maps images of my old apartment, and I guess the data scrape didn’t get my phone number, so it included language like “I bet you wouldn’t like it if I called you at 0000000000, would you?”
I’m savvy enough to laugh and delete, but I’m sure this would be very effective against some older Americans.
- Comment on English Ivy 4 months ago:
English ivy may grow better in Kentucky soil than Kent chaulk, but I’m not familiar with that in the way I am kudzu.
- Comment on English Ivy 4 months ago:
I think the vines in the second photo are kudzu tho
- Comment on Would it be weird if I took something my neighbor put out for trash? 4 months ago:
This is totally kosher where I am and I’ve done it before, but if I think I’ll be observed I’ll ask my neighbor. They’ve always responded with some variation of “oh of course, I consider it trash” and sometimes explain reasons they’re getting rid of it that dissuaded me from taking it that weren’t immediately obvious.
- Comment on I think Sims is a dead franchise now 4 months ago:
Life by You’s cancelation was a big disappointment to hear. I figured if any studio had an understanding of emergent intercharacter storytelling in the way a Sims game needed, it was Paradox.
That said, Para-Lives is still in the works and looks quite promising.
There’s still hope. Just not from EA.
- Comment on Why do phone manufacturers use in-display fingerprint readers instead of fingerprint readers on the power button? 4 months ago:
Yo whaaat? I can still do that on my Note 20 ultra. That’s part of my workflow
- Comment on Why do phone manufacturers use in-display fingerprint readers instead of fingerprint readers on the power button? 4 months ago:
I miss when it was on the back, right around where you put your finger when you pick up the phone.
The underscreen one is a major downgrade and I gotta fumble with it a few times to get it to work, usually.
- Comment on EA confirm that Respawn’s next Star Wars Jedi game will be the series’ “final chapter” 4 months ago:
… did someone mess up the AI prompt to generate the thumbnail? Maybe I didn’t read carefully enough but why is it Stargate instead of Star Wars?
- Comment on What impact will AI have on video game development? 4 months ago:
A whole new kind of low quality, unimaginative, worthless crap is headed our way. Hurrah!