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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Though please be aware, generally when a link shows up on Facebook and gets formatted with a picture and a paragraph underneath it. This feature is controlled directly by the external sites integration with Facebook or social platform, and they can choose how much of the link is condensed or shown.

  This is what seals the deal for me as the news companies being in the wrong here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨34% of the US population doesn't vote. Why do polticalitcians cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  your options are shite and I refuse them all is a valid vote, why make it harder for someone to choose that than necessary?

  The only way that’s communicated is by officially declining the ballot. And I agree with the other commenter that it should be easier to do this.

  By not voting, you’re communicating “They’re all fine; I can’t be assed to pick”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨34% of the US population doesn't vote. Why do polticalitcians cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t actually have to fill out the ballot. You can tell the voting officer that you decline it, you can write profanity on it, or you can vote for your dog.

  It’s a minor civic duty. Much less onerous than jury duty, lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo seeks default judgement and $17,500 in damages from pirated game streamer who ignored court summons⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, broadcasting to the world that you’re playing a game that hasn’t been released yet isn’t a great idea. Particularly when it’s Nintendo. It’s pretty common knowledge how petty they are even with stuff that’s less flagrant

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move - ServeTheHome⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn’t become useless, it just misses out on a bunch of useful features for the drives.

  Still ridiculous, of course

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is there a community for asking specific questions such as “is this user a troll”, “why do people act this way,” “what should I do”, etc.?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. There’s the .ml instance. If they’re from there, they are a troll!

  /kidding

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The plural of Kleenex should be Kleenices.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, I forgot about index and didn’t know about indices.

  I’ll continue to use the plural “tissues”, though! Lol

  It’s funny to me to see someone simultaneously prescriptively linguistic enough to use a Latin pluralization but not pedantic enough to use the proper non-genericized term for tissues, haha

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The plural of Kleenex should be Kleenices.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What other word follows this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  its far to iphone(esk) in design

  It’s far too iPhone-esque in design

  “It’s” has the apostrophe because it’s “it” + "is

  “too” has two o’s when there’s an excess of something. More stuff = more o’s!

  “esque” is uh…just how it’s spelt

  iPhone capitalization is just their branding.

  I only commented to help with “esque”, but saw other things I could help with. Knowledge is power!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fairphone 5 price has been dropped to €499. The phone is designed to be the most advanced environmentally friendly smartphone.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My decent Bluetooth headphones have the option to plug in a headphone cable to use them wired. I use it occasionally so I can reduce audio latency, which can be useful with gaming…and essential with rhythm games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Because they display (or even host, potentially) content that’s “illegal” in Turkey.

  What they should probably be doing is just hiding said content from users in Turkey…and encouraging users in Turkey to use VPNs, lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump reportedly suspends Nvidia H20 export ban plan after $1 million dinner with Jensen Huang⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, there will be consequences. Things will get better for those businesses!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What is a Personal Pronoun?

  A whole bunch of angry Americans would fail to answer that question correctly these days…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Switch 2 GameCube controller is only compatible with GameCube games, Nintendo says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To clarify, I don’t think the writers did anything wrong. The headline will be misleading because Nintendo’s being somewhat misleading.

  I don’t know how much the headline could be improved, if at all.

  Nintendo says NS2 GC controller will only “officially” support GC games

  Or if they can’t quote “officially”, they could quote “only”. Which could arguably be more clickbaity, but also clue in a casual reader that there’s more to what Nintendo officially says.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Switch 2 GameCube controller is only compatible with GameCube games, Nintendo says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s somewhat misleading. It’s not providing the additional background information, and it leads the headline with the claim (not that Nintendo is making a claim).

  I don’t think it’s a bad headline. It’d be hard to include all the information in the headline. But if someone only reads the headline (something like 73% of people), they could end up with a mistaken conclusion. And those people will have been lead in that direction (so, mislead).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I sue my apartment management company?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t this kind of depend on where you live? Lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo president responds to Switch 2 price increase fears amid Trump tariff fallout⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The games don’t drop in price, but the consoles do. There’s even a chance the price could go down for the holiday season, even if it’s something miniscule. This launch price is the early adopter tax.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you answer the question "What's new with you?" when nothing happens in your life?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “But I haven’t seen you in over a decade!”

  I said, SAME. OLD!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately, I use some software that’s Windows-only, and can’t be bothered to set up a VM or anything

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Found money. What do?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  $100 could be a week of grocery money too. $50 for a frugal individual, even.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨European police say KidFlix, "one of the largest pedophile platforms in the world," busted in joint operation.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I imagine it’s easier to catch uploaders than viewers.

  It’s also probably more impactful to go for the big “power producers” simultaneously and quickly before word gets out and people start locking things down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Canadian here: What’s the difference? /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bernstein Posits That A 10 Percent Baseline US Tariff On Raw Semiconductors Is "Not Going To Do All That Much," But PCs, Servers, And Smartphones Are About To Get Pricier By ~40 Percent⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure how related it is, but in Canada, I’m seeing HDD and SSD prices generally being “on sale” for the regular prices from last year (same specs and everything!)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t drive. Where I live, you can really only “not drive” in cities. And even then, it can be hard at times.

  At the same time, I live within reasonable commuting distance of multiple friends and family members. I can walk to a few of them. I don’t need to be closer to my community.

  I might want to retire someplace quieter, but I like being able to hop on a train or a bus to get to somewhere fun, or to be able to walk across the street to a store if I need something. Heck, I can even easily get takeout if I don’t feel like cooking – I don’t even need delivery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American and British English spelling and pronunciations⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, and bathroom suggests that there are baths or places for bathing.

  Water closet really is the right thing to call it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American and British English spelling and pronunciations⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. I use whatever feels best, which is usually American words, British spelling (except for the -ze instead of -se for words that end in a “z” sound).

  Also, there are our own Canadianisms, like “washroom”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  200,000,000 KRW is something like $200,000, to give some context to others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have I Been Pwned owner, pwned.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why is there a comma in the, title?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have I Been Pwned owner, pwned.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  …did you think there were perfect people in the White House before this? Or at any point in your life? Haha

  (Maybe as a child would that make sense…)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have I Been Pwned owner, pwned.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Only just today?