voracitude

@voracitude@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Printing minis on an FDM printer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, dude. I’ve been thinking about getting a 3D printer and was leaning towards resin because I heard it was better for minis, and I see how it’s different, but these look perfectly fine and there’s no fumes or toxic sludge to deal with. Since I mainly want it for printing household fixits and ease-of-use is a factor, being able to get back into tabletop gaming (and painting) as well is a very nice bonus. I feel pretty good about going with an FDM printer now!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Printing minis on an FDM printer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m surprised by the quality of the print, I’d love to see other pieces you’re proud of (and some you weren’t so happy with, too)!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I 3d printed a custom sized keyboard using open source software and hardware designs.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I normally use a Kinesis Advantage 2 (but in qwerty, unlike OP), and I can go back to a standard layout qwerty board with just a small adjustment period - I keep hitting “x” when I mean to hit “c”, sort of thing. But it’s an adjustment I can make “mid-stream” so to speak; I just use the board and get used to it again as I go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being a moderator does not make your opinion better than anybody else's.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Consider that it’s not Indian people you hate working for or with, but a particular behavior you’ve noticed and are attributing to people being of a particular race, instead of just them doing stuff you don’t like.

  Don’t come back with “but why is it only them” or something. Just identify the behaviour and remember that is what you don’t like, not the person’s race specifically.

  You get people and habits you don’t like from all cultures; that makes sense, as assholery knows no borders. But if you make it (the things you don’t like, whatever they may be) about race, it’s racist, so stop it. Unless you like the idea of being a racist, which it seems like you don’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you clear a straight line of malfunctioning pixels on a phone with a lighter?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Where did you hear that setting your phone on fire works fix the screen? Out of curiosity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy.zip sucks and the moderators are snowflakes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  …I don’t know what that makes me, for pointing out that people who complain about snowflakes are snowflakes

  Observant?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anthony Albanese says footage of Australian journalist being shot by LA police is ‘horrific’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What was once impossible has become eminently workable. The US is, for now, the bulwark against china. They can build submarines that don’t leak.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israel says to block Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The entire world has been watching the genocide in Gaza, and the unprovoked attacks on Syria, and the reckless violence which has killed so many foreign nationals, reporters, and aid workers, and what consequences to speak of yet? What evidence supports your position?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israel says to block Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If Israel hurts Greta they will lock their pariah state status in for decades.

  That’s the idea of the flotilla, I think.

  I also think bibi doesn’t give a fuck, and that ship is likely toast, and there likely won’t be consequences for decades (if ever).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you're having difficulty figuring out how to pronounce "data," say database.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Instructions unclear, day-tay-boss

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is their any evolutionary benefit to the sneezing reflex when looking at a bright light source, or is it just an evolutionary glitch with no purpose?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting! I’ll update my post, it makes sense there would likely be variability in how it presents due to biology. My experience isn’t necessarily the default.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is their any evolutionary benefit to the sneezing reflex when looking at a bright light source, or is it just an evolutionary glitch with no purpose?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the prevailing theory, yes, but as far as I’ve found there’s not empirical evidence to back it up. The theory does make perfect sense to me, though!

  Also, as a sufferer, I’ve noticed it almost always requires sunlight or something with close to the same frequencies. Most artificial lights don’t trigger it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is their any evolutionary benefit to the sneezing reflex when looking at a bright light source, or is it just an evolutionary glitch with no purpose?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Contrived acronym. I much prefer Photic Sneeze Reflex, it’s easier to remember and doesn’t sound like bullshit 😂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BlackRock is Suing UnitedHealth for Giving “Too Much Care” to Patients After the CEO was Murdered⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can confirm, I was there too. It was an early one and we had to get him up, I remember; that guy could sleep through like fifteen alarms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is about the shittiest argument you could make. Good luck in your search, maybe you’ll find some self-awareness along the way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the ethics behind purchasing a book from an author you don't agree with?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ugh, of course those people would point to any source that supports their current claim, without vetting the source itself. They’ll even tell you that of course they don’t support antisemitism, while spouting that antisemitic Irving shit all day, and that’s okay because they pick and choose only what they agree with out of the rhetoric. As though they couldn’t find sources that support their point without the concomitant antisemitism.

  First and foremost, then, I’d go about this by not denying the genocide in Gaza and not saying stuff such as “I bet you love Palestine” like it’s a pejorative, spacecadet@lemm.ee.

  My second point would be to recognise that there is no moral or ethical reason not to pirate Irving’s works. If you were able to find it at a library, it would be there because someone paid a publisher for the copy and likely some kind of library license. Some of that goes to Irving. There is no way to deny him profit and acquire his work legally. So, pirate it. Fuck that guy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A “victim blaming” row has broken out on social media, after a cyclist uploaded footage of what he described as the “closest pass I’ve ever seen”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Learn to share the road, mate. England’s not that big, you can slow down and get where you’re going with plenty of time to spare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cold Callers phoning during work hours and then not accepting your at work and can't spend 30 mins listening to their script.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I take the view of the social contract: if they won’t respect the rules and are impolite to you, they forfeit their right to politeness back. You’re perfectly justified in hanging up on someone if they’re so rude as that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FYI, You Can Totally Repair an Extruder with Junk.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Junk” really just means “I haven’t found a use for it yet” 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] My Girlfriend Is Big & Cute! / Boku no Kanojo wa Dekkawaii - Ch. 7⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But where will the writers get a full series of content from then?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Hiding Spot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I had gone some length of time without remembering that story, thanks so much for the spike of anxiety.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yikes. How do you handle it - try not to think about it, stay out of the house? Dark humour and fucked up jokes? Do you interact with her much? Any opinions on her?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Delicately seasoned and pairs perfectly with this tall glass of crisp, refreshing schadenfreude. Delicious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ninja sword owners will be paid to surrender weapons before ban⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure they mean this upswept point at the end: Image

  Which I’m also pretty sure means the ones you have are targeted by this law and it’s a good idea to surrender them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People say they prefer stories written by humans over AI-generated works, yet new study suggests that’s not quite true⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I stand corrected, this speaks to my robot soul

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People say they prefer stories written by humans over AI-generated works, yet new study suggests that’s not quite true⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Polished” is a generous word for it. I think you might be mistaking generic plastic gloss for polish, though. AI writing is so formulaic, it’s like looking at a repeating texture in a video game. It writes lyrics like a five year old, too - very simple, entirely conventional, no creativity. Nothing new.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOGE Plan to Push AI Across the US Federal Government is Wildly Dangerous⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s how you know it’s not ready: AI hasn’t replaced a single CEO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google’s ‘Secret’ Update Scans All Your Photos⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand, I was in exactly the same position. Then my battery swelled and wouldn’t hold a charge at all, so I couldn’t restore anything anyway, and my last backup was inaccessible (I know I know, test your backups, but like I started this post with I’m in the same boat of all work and no time for me).

  Losing everything was remarkably freeing. Just switch all your 2FA to Aegis as has been suggested, and save anything you want to back up over the wire, then take the plunge. You won’t regret the switch 😊

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Generative AI Con.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  antithetical to the spirit of silicon valley

  Tell me you haven’t been paying attention without telling me you haven’t been paying attention.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn't phones numbers have a "DNS" servet so we can just type in words like we do with the internet?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I laughed out loud when I read the title of this post. When I’m helping my customers with their domain DNS records, I always analogise DNS to “a phone book for the internet”. I love that we’ve come full circle and phone books are “DNS for the phone system” 😂 (also goddamn does this make me feel old 😭)