brbposting
@brbposting@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Any swifties here to verify this? 10 minutes ago:
I thought I liked music but thinking I might never be able to connect four different related names to an artist
(Then again suppose I don’t like music enough to be able to review it)
- Comment on The Ensh*ttification of Everything with Cory Doctorow [1:49:08] 23 hours ago:
7 October 2025
Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
This? Nice
- Comment on 1 day ago:
Looks like Russia’s taken some preventative measures
- Comment on Big Brother just got an upgrade. Starting December, Amazon’s Ring cameras will scan and recognize faces. Don’t want to be in their database? Too bad — walk past a Ring and your face can be stored... 2 days ago:
You know details on issues with Apple’s implementation of it, Face ID?
- Comment on Big Brother just got an upgrade. Starting December, Amazon’s Ring cameras will scan and recognize faces. Don’t want to be in their database? Too bad — walk past a Ring and your face can be stored... 2 days ago:
PREACH WTF SERIOUSLY
- Comment on kya 3 days ago:
Ooh great question!
- Comment on kya 3 days ago:
array of six or seven of them that popped up from below, like bread from a toaster
That is awesome :D
(Referring to the polite signs here of course)
Interesting how presumably simply the tech at the time led them to a solution that may still be legal today, vs. the cheap AliExpress stuff that the DOT wouldn’t like
- Comment on kya 3 days ago:
LED = illegal even inside the vehicle if I recall correctly, California
- Comment on kya 3 days ago:
I’ve wanted a polite version with thank you and stuff on it but apparently they don’t want any lighting that isn’t described in the drivers manual, essentially.
So new idea: circular laminated paper driven by a motor. Or that individual one flap per letter design.
- Comment on Good boah 4 days ago:
- Comment on ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’ 6 days ago:
Could the EFF or individuals sponsor apps from devs who refuse to identify to Big Goog?
Dev sends EFF the source code,
EFF registers with Google,
EFF submits the app,
Everybody’s happy except a number of people for obvious reasons but at least the app’s verified
- Comment on AOL’s dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era 1 week ago:
No way. Kind of awesome of them maybe unless ulterior motives
- Comment on "I’m Canceling My Subscription": Xbox Players Call to "Boycott" Game Pass "Hard" Over 50% Price Increase As Microsoft’s Website Crashes from Mass Cancellations 1 week ago:
I buy a physical copy
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You two sound great (would beer)
- Comment on They're coming. 1 week ago:
Positively turbulent
- Comment on String of Hearts gave me a flower 1 week ago:
What a long plant. I like it!
- Comment on true true 2 weeks ago:
Now it just[…]
There’s still something about it though, have never figured it out exactly, but maybe some kinda containerization that occasionally comes with a larger font or at least just a bit of contrast
- Comment on You Turn! - an app that gives you a co-op experience with a friend while emulating (my article) 2 weeks ago:
Hope a couple kids learn this piece of our gaming history from this project! Nice
- Comment on squeeakrub 3 weeks ago:
No WAY that’s the origin, thanks
- Comment on squeeakrub 3 weeks ago:
Hear forty-six minutes of its history though?
- Comment on I AM NOT A TOY 3 weeks ago:
Thank you—too few give tardigrades the respect they deserve
…wow like autocorrect on Apple’s iOS for instance
- Comment on Fuck you in particular 3 weeks ago:
Ya here it is in part
- Comment on Finally setup nginx as a reverse proxy. 4 weeks ago:
Right on & what a coast it is!
- Comment on Finally setup nginx as a reverse proxy. 4 weeks ago:
(not parent commenter) May I word-nerd with you OP? Nice post btw.
OK with your permission, which region? & I believe -
You have a sweet new setup. A sweet new nginix setup! You spent time getting nginix set up. Now you can say you finally set up nginix as a reverse proxy. You’re proud of the setup.
- Comment on WiFi signals can measure heart rate—no wearables needed 5 weeks ago:
Apps watch how we move/rotate devices to understand whether we’re walking, resting, lying down, etc., I assume? (The most popular apps I mean with large data teams)
Wish that stuff could be turned off unless it was e.g. a game that made legitimate use of the accelerometer.
- Comment on YouTube is now flagging accounts on Premium family plans that aren't in the same household 5 weeks ago:
:)
Top web search results for “adblock test”—the top two, both, are usually good to both run (though I’ve never been too scientific about it)! One tries to show ads for your review, the other gives a % blocked.
- Comment on Just a little bit more 5 weeks ago:
Drivers’ Ed ain’t teaching the people right huh
- Comment on Just a little bit more 5 weeks ago:
Other day, noticed a digital air pump warned not to be near the tire while inflating… oof!! Poor guy
Also thanks for not posting the one where the guy tries slashing a truck tire :( want to unsee (ages ago)
- Comment on Just a little bit more 5 weeks ago:
^ great response too
- Comment on Just a little bit more 5 weeks ago:
Do y’all retread? Like gluing new treads I think it is IIRC—IDK if that’s as common today as it was 20 years ago
- Comment on Just a little bit more 5 weeks ago:
People behind wondering why you’re allowing a couple carlengths gap “ahead” of the semi (but in your lane) as you prepare to swiftly pass it, try watching some YouTube silly!
