felbane
@felbane@lemmy.world
- Comment on Do you think The Boys is an accurate representation if real people had superpowers? 2 days ago:
No, no, John Ennis was the guy who wrote the play Boys Boys Boys after working as a roadie for Mötley Crüe. You’re thinking of Jed Ennis, who published the first blog called The Boys back in 1848 before the web even existed.
- Comment on Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid 1 week ago:
I always found this argument funny because how would you use pronouns for someone whose gender you do not know? They. It’s they. E.g. you are given the sentence: Jordan went to the store to buy apples. And you want to ask a followup question regarding how many, you reply: How many apples did they buy?
And that’s not how English was taught to me or 99℅ of the population (including English as a second or third language) 20+ years ago. Singular they was only used for situations where the gender (read as superficially visible sex) was factually unknown. You see a forgotten umbrella and never saw who forgot it: “Somebody forgot their umbrella.” As soon as you only got a glimpse on the person forgetting it you would make a guess about he/she.
You’re contradicting yourself here. You’re saying you were taught to use singular they when gender is unknown, yet claim that “How may apples did they buy” is wrong based on how you were taught English.
Does it matter whether gender is unknown or just unresolved? Not really, singular they is clearly intended to be a gender neutral pronoun and works in any situation where gender is ambiguous. It’s not wrong for people to adopt it as a pronoun to refer to themselves any more than it is for a trans man to adopt “he/his” or a trans woman to adopt “she/hers.”
At best your refusal to use it makes you sound like one of those people who gets offended at the word “literally” gaining a colloquial meaning that differs from its original definition. At worst, it presents as transphobia to claim “language purity” as the reason to be so adamantly against something that the trans community has largely adopted.
- Comment on [Help] Media Server + *arr stack: Follow TRaSH guides or my own setup? 1 week ago:
Thank you for the detailed write up. I’m going to give this a shot and see if I can save myself some space.
- Comment on What would happen to the Earth if it got booped by a giant asteroid going super slowly? 1 week ago:
lmao gottem
- Comment on [Help] Media Server + *arr stack: Follow TRaSH guides or my own setup? 1 week ago:
Subscribe.
I’ve got TrueNAS running on a reasonably recent PC but not a ton of space on the drives. I’d love to transcode the handful of 8GB+ movies and 40GB+ seasons sitting around taking up space. How complicated was it to set up tdarr and how long does it usually take to transcode?
- Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds 1 week ago:
Only when viewed from the north.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well known is this: Never go in against a septuagenarian when blindness is on the line!
- Comment on Samsung brings ads to US fridges 2 weeks ago:
“I can’t see the value in this thing for myself, therefore it’s stupid.”
Some people use a whiteboard or notepad magnetically stuck to their fridge to keep track of things: shopping lists, to-dos, notes to other members of the household. Some people stick photos to their fridge. This has been a thing since John Fridgemagnet stuck the first magnetic plastic letter to his icebox in 1968.
Putting a screen in the fridge serves a similar purpose, with the added benefit of integration with modern online calendars, remote access to the whiteboard/notepad (in case you forgot the shopping list at home), it displays a rotating slideshow of photos, and adds things like weather and news reports that you can quickly check while you’re grabbing the orange juice.
It’s not a stupid idea for the people who would use that functionality, but the product itself becomes stupid when the company starts forcing ads into the system or intentionally hobbles the software that was available af time of purchase (yes, Samsung did that too).
I’d never buy another Samsung fridge, but only because the ice maker still doesn’t work after three warranty replacements/upgrades to a “fixed” design. My family uses the screen feature all the time.
Aside: I really enjoyed your pun. 9.5/10
- Comment on Between Codeberg, Forgejo, Gitea, etc., which do you prefer and why? 2 weeks ago:
forgejo.org/docs/latest/user/actions/overview/
Actions supports using runners, and there are also webhooks that are useful for triggering e.g. Jenkins. I use the latter, works great.
- Comment on EU Chat Control: Germany's position has been reverted to UNDECIDED 3 weeks ago:
I’m not sorry. We had it coming. A surge of white-hot atonement will be our wake up call. Hope for our future is now a stillborn dream.
- Comment on xkcd #3142: -Style Pizza 3 weeks ago:
If they called this anything other than pizza, it’d just be weird quirky regional meme food.
It’s the fact they’re trying to pass this off as pizza that turns it into an abomination. An affront to all sentient and/or algorithmic creators of this universe. A blasphemy so heinous that evil itself shies away. Ș̶̡̧̢̻̳̖̙̲͍͓͍͚͌̓̉͒̐̾͗́̀͘Ť̴̗͊́͗͋̐̓̔̃̄͆̐̒͝͠A̶̩͙̤̠͍͔̰͈͎̠̜̞̪͈̺̅̑̀̈͑̓͌̐͆͂̐̚̚̚͜N̵̨̹̞͍͍̅D̷̡̨͇̯̙̪͚̜̜̝̀͜͜ Y̶̧̛̛͙͚̬̣̣̬̞̮̯̬̝͎͖͔̰̻̪̱͐͒̅͌̈̓̂̀̐͗̏̌͆͑͆̀̂̔̊͋̔̉͑̆͑̓̎͐̚̕͜͜͝E̷̡̧͍̦͖̻̘͍͚̩̼̰̯̮̪͓͚̣͑̈́́͌͑͋̽͗̓́̍́̍̇̒̇̑̿͋̀̿̏͗̀́́͗̀̊͋̽̔́͊͋͌͐̂̍͘̕̚̚͜͜͜͝͠͝͝͠͠͠͝ ̷̧̨̨̢̡̨͎̬͖͍̝̠͚̦̥̬͙̮͈̻̙̘̰̹͕̥̦̦̦̞̹͈̤̹̘̟̳̖͙̞̖͖̬͕̯̖̘͉͍̗̹̘̹͔̜̳̤̂̎̄͋̍͆̈́͌̎̇̈́̑̑͊̓̀̿̅̂̅̄̿̎́͂͑̅͒̀̃̔̄̃̆͊̇̈͘͘̕͜͠͝͠ͅM̷̢̡̡̢̢̡̢̛̼͚̮̻̦͔͚̠̦̥͉̺̥̻̠͔̦̭̬̹̠̲̥̟͕̺̫͉̩̗̮͇͇̬̱͉̯̞̦̱̬̼͔̘̝͛̋͂͌̓̅́͜͜͜ͅO̷̧͙̩̱̿̈́̏̒̓͋̈́̀̇̆͘Ŗ̴̛̛̯̗̅̈́̉̏̓̅̌̓̎̔̽̌͑͋͐̈́̌̌̀͒̂̋̐̌́̈̏̍͂̋̇̽͛̿̏̉̇͊̈́̏̕͘̕͘͘͠͝Ţ̴̨̧̛̛͚̳̖̞̪͇̞̘̱͕̲̺͚͙͚͓̦͇̞͎͔͓̟͍̱̩͉̬̪̻̳̜͚͇̖̺̼̥̤̙̠͍̖͉̻̱̗͇̮̬̦̻̥̑̅͆̂͗̀͌̌̈͗̔͊͛̎͛̓̅͋̽̐̈̇̉̐̽̃̆̆̈́̅͊͂̓̂͒̒̎̈́̿̑̿̀̂͛͒̿͐͘̕͘͜͝͝͠ͅA̵̧̢̡̧̛̰͎̼͙̭̦̱͔̻̫͙̟̪̳̤͉̯̠͇̟̘̲̜͈͔̣̦̘̹̦͇̞͖̼̐̀̄̈́̊̄͌̿̀̆͂̃̈͋̍́̐̔͐̋̽͆̍͛̐̌͗̎̔̀͋̍́̇͊͘͜͜͜͝͠͝ͅL̵̡̢̛̥̙̥͙̟͙̻̤͍̟̙̜͕͈̜̭̦̰͓̠͓͖̺̩͙̯̝͖̟͖̫͖̲̫̤͉̗̗͙̥͚̭̪͇͓̮̗̟̩̘͙͚̗̓̒́̊̏̋̐̃͊̅̔͆̃͑̎̒̈́̾̆́̍̽̋͋̇͐̑̾̂͋̒̏̋̊̓̾̅́̆͌͒̀̇̒͐́̔͑̆̋̑̈́͐͊̄̽̚̚͘͜͝S̵̢̧̡̨̛͖̞̯͎̜͎̱̝̤͎̻̤͓͇̲̼͔̲̪̟͕͍͇͕̩͙͙̖͔̱̟̦̺̳͓͔͙̮͕̪͆̔͊̅̽̃̊͑̄̀͊͋̽̄̃̀̃̽͋͋̾̌͒͋̈̈́́͒̆̄͊͊͑́̂̆̌̍͋͌͗̋̔̓̋̈́̑͐͛̇̎̅͠͠͝ Ạ̸̢̡̨̢̧̡̢̧̨̧̧̨̧̨̧̨̨̡̢̧̥̬͕͕̱͈͙̠͇̟̯̗̯̞͇̝̱̙̺͍̙͕̣̙̠̤͉̤̜̬̪̗̞͇̭̥̬͖̼̻̠̫͉̱̱͚͕̩͕̪̩̭̟̲̞̗͇̦̱̬͎͓͚̝͇̜̻͉̝̘̩̗̠͙͙̻̳͈͕̲͇̼̮̞̠̘̤͍̮̜͚̦̹̹̤̣̹̯̘̝̱̤̤̩̜̦͖̙̥͓͖͔̜̠̬͍̞̯̜̟̣̫̗̦̻͍͎̮̥͖̤̪͍͎̞̼͕̬̻͈͋̈̔̓͗̐̏̂͑̈́̍͌̈́̆̈̋̆̿̿͊̓̇̀̂͋͑̀̎̿̎̐̑̅̃̔̑͂̈̽̍͛̈͂̈́͒̊̉̍̑͌̾͑̍̔̉͛̊͒̒͌̈́̌͒͗̎̃̑̾͐̃͂̐͆̍͐͑͋̈́̇͑̐̂̈̚̕͘̚͘͘͜͜͜͜͠͝͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅͅͅͅN̶̨̨̨̨̨̨̧̛̛̛̹̬͇͈̯͍͍̟̗̥̬̤͉̹͍̜̭̖̬̬̬̪̖̤̜̬̤͎͚̘͍͎͍̦̣̳̟͖͈̝̭͕͍̦̝̘͕̳̪̤̦̫̣̙͎͒̉̊͊̎̀͛͂̏͛̽͐̇̓͑̋͛̍̆̆̄͆̌͌̈́̉̾̈̓̐̑̾̄̓̆͂͗̀̎̐͂̀͊̾̽̂̊̉̃̋̋̽̄́̎͊̓͂̏̽͐͌͆̏̊͊͋̈́̉̈́̔̉̃̊́̅̊̎͊̽̆̒̈́̂̊̀́͑̏͐͌́̂͌̈̀̂̑̑͋̓̿͆̓̿̿͌́͊̋̑͐̄̉̀̑̐̽͆̕̚̕͘̚͘͘͘̚͜͝͝͝͠͠͝͝͝͝͝͠͝͝ͅĎ̷̨̢̡̧̢̛̛̮̮̜̺͕͔͖̣͇͔̳͓̻̖͚͚̺̺͍̖̳͖̮̟̱̣̜͎̥̳̟̱̺̝̼̘͚̟̹̬̪͍̻͎̰̯͖͖͕̈́̐̄̄̑͂̓̎̈́̈́̽̿͒̉͂̋͐̑͛̌̔̈̂̔͑̽̽̒͊̈͛̑̏̇̑́̊́̋̓͒͂̿́͘̚̚͘̚͜͠͝ͅͅ ̵̡̢̨̡̡̡̛̳̝̖̠͖̘̯͇͖͎̺̰̹̼̬̙̙͔̜̜͖̟͎̰̞͎͍̺͙̯̹̗̝̪̻͔̰̪̖̜̬̱͈͉̤̩̙̲̬̥̟̹̝̹̗̱̗͑̃͂̾̉̀̄̑̋́͌͌̀̌̆̂͗̾͌͗̓̀̅̈̊̈̈́̈́̅̍̆̾̔̏̓̋͘̚͘͝͝͝͝͝͠R̶̨̨̧̧̢̨̧̨̧̢̧̧̨̢̨̧̧̡̡̡̬͔͔̬̭̺̻̦̖̖̩͍͔̩̦̩͖̟̥̦̘̹̳͕̮̲̩͙̝̙̩͕̤̹̗̥̙̭̹̲̼̻̝̠̺̜̰͎̟̺͉͔̮̤͓̖͇͎̘̜͈̲̜͙̲̘̲̱͕̯̱̲͕̜͖͚̙͍̬̩̠̹͙͔̖̠̖͕͍̥̣̙̣̥͕͇͕̥̭͈̰̠͎̰̰̞͔̥̦̮̲̳̼̖̹̰̦͓͍͈̙̤̟̙̙̘͈͖̣̻̘̺̙̪͕̪̙͔̫͍̻̼̤͔͎̞̩͓͕̖̮̹̯͕͉̤̹̟̣͉̞͙̗̥͉͚̘̹̠̯̻̋͑̈́̈̋̈́̍͐͊͒͊͑͗͂̀̈̉̈́͗̏̕͜͝͝ͅͅͅȨ̴̢̡̧̛̛̠̪̹̲̗͇͖̪̙̙͎͚̣͙̲̬̳͎͕̳̙͍͎͈̹̲̫̹̙̫͎̫̱̖̯̜̲̻͍͔̻̩͉͉͉̖̲̗̻̟̠̘̹̦̻̱̫͈̻̣̻̟͇̝̓̑̓́̏̍̈́́͂̎̌̓̆̎́̌́́͐́̾̔͑̂̆̎͌̉̽̾̐̈́̂̀̍͒̉̏̉̆͗̄̎͗̑͌̓̿̓̅̔́̇͌́̈̔̔̇̈́̊̅̋̓̿̂̃̏̋̏̐̀͋͂̂̈͋̌́̄̆͒̔͆̀̿́͂̒́̐̎͂̿͆̌̌͛̓͌͌̈́̏̓̉̓͒͑̈̃͐̈́̎͌̾̈́̉̄̓̒̆̏̿̈́̀͑̿̌̔̽̄̽͛̌̒̈́̃̀̊̅̑̀̋̔̅̿̉̀̓̂̒́̈́͊͂́̔͑̉̉̀̃̄̈͘̚̕̚͘͘͠͝͠͝͝͝͠͠͝͠͝͝͠͠ͅͅͅP̴̧̢̡̨̧̡̧̧̛̛̛̛͇̣̣͚͎̹͓̘̤̗͍̳͈̟͇̘̘̮͚̹̫̬̩̘͇̱̤̘̩͕̬͕̣̖̯̣̹͚͎̫̹̦̬͍͈͉̦̤͓̥̭̻̰̠̬̐͊̽̈͒͛͂͌͊͂̊͐̃̎͑̉͌̑̿́̒̀͌̔̊̾̋̇̅̿̽̍͂̏̓͒̎̈́̈̂͛͆̒̒̈́̉̿̔̋̈̃̎̉̃̊̾͑̿̄̔͆̏̽̃̂͊̏̿͒̋̔̍̐̓̅̅̋̔̉̆̀͌̃͑̑̿̓́̃̈́͌́͂̐̉͑̇͑̉̓̍̌̾̈́̾̀̐̐̈̊̎͗̆́̀̓͂̉̔̇̇̃̃̌̎̽̓̒͌́̈̆̓̿́̍̒̈́̎́̌̌̂̾̌̊̏́̓͊̋̀̑̏̓͌͗̈́͗͑̉̂̈̑̇̆̌̌̀́̿̍͒̇̅̿̓͂̈́͘̕̕̚͘͘̚̕̚̚͘̕̕̕̕̚͜͠͝͝͝͝͝͠͠͠͝͝͝͝͠͠ͅĘ̷̨̡̡̨̨̡̡̨̨̧̨̢͇̤̰̥͖̗͔̼̰̪̮̳̺͙̬̤̯̻̮̯̯͈̩̱͖͚̘̖̙͇̮͉̥̹͈͓͕͉̳͍̱̦̦̺̼̗̫͎̪̣̥̙͓͕͕͙͔̣̘̟̳̳̬̙̳̲̫̠̯̥̼̪̳̳̬̫͙͕̦̞̟̮͉̝̤͈͈̱̩͚͎̳̥̖̺̣̗͚̲̲̦̰͎͙̗̠̦͔̱̟̬̻̥̗͇̹͍̯̫̰̳̩̩͈̟͔̟̹̍͜͜ͅͅͅͅͅN̶̨̢̢̢̢̧̡̧̡̧̨̨̨̢̨̢̡̨̢̧̨̛͇̳̟̪͕͈̣̞̦͙̣̰͈͕͎͙̼͍̰̠̹̹̪͎̠̮͍̼̟͖̭͇͎͎̟̟͈̫͓̞̹̥̻̹̹̠̥͉̞̯̘̲͈̱̯̘̺͖͎͖̭̼̭̟͖̗̹̼͓͍͓̰͍̣̲̟̗̫͍̥͎̘̘͉̫͓̣͇̮̩̮̹̞͈͕̬̟̣̥̲̣͖̠̖̼̪̜̮̣̫̖͚͕͓̝̬̱̮̺͚͓̣̯̪̯̫̖͙̜̠̠̜͚̝̲̖̹̱̭̦̬̝̝̯̫̦̟͕̬͖̙̹͍͓͔͓̜͕̤̟̱̬͎̱̦̹̲͔̗͚͈̣̹͚̗͍̹͍̲͔̝̰̫̬̻͎̞̈́̀̈́̒́͐̓͋́́͆͌̄̐̆̈͂̔̉͋̀̉̆̽̌̃̏̈́̔́͂̌̒̽̒͒͑̇̍͑̌̊̈̈̋́̅͌̆̒̈͑͆͊̒́̽̋͛̒̊̒̅̉̈́̎̀̄̃͒̈͆̈́͛̋̂̏̽̋͂̇̋̑͌̅̐̏̓̿̿̈́̽̊̐̐͌̽̎̀͊̐̊̀̏̏̈́͋́̇͗̒̓̃͛̓̔͌̉̍̌͌͌̇̽̐̑̈́̈́̔̑̈́̈̎̐̏́̎́̏̃̑̑͂̓͌̿̎͘̕̕̚̕̚͘̚͘̕̕͘̚͜͜͜͜͠͠͝͠͝͠͠͠͠͠͝͠͠͝͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅͅͅT̵̡̡̛̛̛̛͇͇̫̗̤͕̲͙͚̺̑̈́̍̀̂̿̽̾͛́̋̓̂͑̓͂̈́̾͑̓̈́͑̄͆̓̔̏̊͒̿͂̓̿̊͂͂̔̊̀͂̈̔̌̀̀̋̿́̌͗̕̚̚̚͠͝͝͝
- Comment on Indoor lettuce growing in 3D printed pots 5 weeks ago:
Many 2k epoxies aren’t food safe, hence the recommendation of food-safe resin as a sealer.
- Comment on I'm on the spectrum. How do I live the rest of my life? 5 weeks ago:
Thank you, I thought I was going crazy. Reading through this post and comments had me convinced I’d read it all before: the OP, most of the comments, etc… to the point that I thought the whole thread was just bots reposting old data to each other.
- Comment on The US government could get even more Intel stock if the company ends up losing control of its chip manufacturing business 5 weeks ago:
I’m happy to see ARM gaining enough traction these days to be a solid alternative to x64. I’m happy to run it for server workloads but I’m skeptical it’s ready to replace my AMD PC desktop.
Granted, I haven’t been paying super close attention to the state of the art for the past few years, but from what I gather Apple was a major catalyst in the uptake of ARM for the desktop. Ironically, we have Intel’s abysmal Skylake QC to thank for that 😅
How is Linux ARM support these days? Any particularly outstanding distro that shines on ARM?
- Comment on The US government could get even more Intel stock if the company ends up losing control of its chip manufacturing business 5 weeks ago:
You understand it fine.
Intel thought they could get away with their usual MO of “make a leap forward in technology and slowly meter it out over time” forever. Now that we’re running into physics limitations, AMD has fully caught up and even sprinted past Intel for certain workloads.
I used to prefer Intel+nvidia for pc builds, but when the last generation of the Core lineup fell a bit flat I built a Ryzen+Radeon setup that’s been kicking ass for years.
I’m content to just let Intel hang themselves with their own rope.
- Comment on TikTok plans to lay off several hundred of their moderation team in the UK in favor of AI content moderation 1 month ago:
Welcome to Costco, I love you.
- Comment on Docker or Proxmox? Something else entirely? 1 month ago:
It’s not worth the headache IMO. Just run a docker VM and use lxc for the one-off systems that you want to experiment with.
I have a “production” docker VM and a “sandbox” docker VM and prod only ever runs compose files that I’ve vetted in sandbox. Super stable, basically bulletproof, and still has the flexibility to experiment and break stuff without affecting my core services.
- Comment on Hundreds of thousands of Grok chats exposed in Google results 1 month ago:
This comment made me physically ill
- Comment on Chrome VPN Extension With 100k Installs Screenshots All Sites Users Visit 1 month ago:
Chrome = virulent nonsense at this point
When they changed the behavior of the android version to only allow google password manager or a third party manager, they lost my interest completely (and they were already on the cliff’s edge because of the adblocker bullshit).
Exported all of my gpass passwords and switched fully to vaultwarden and Firefox mobile.
The internet is steadily regressing.
- Comment on On Black Holes... 1 month ago:
It is impossible for anything with mass to travel at light speed. Even if it were possible, entities traveling at light speed (1) do not experience time, at least not in the way that a sub-lightspeed entity does, and (2) are effectively unable to communicate with sub-lightspeed entities. In fact, the only thing they can “communicate” with is the thing they’re going to collide with due to relativistic beaming.
So given the above: if you imagine that you were traveling at light speed toward a black hole, you’d have to think of it as experiencing your whole existence simultaneously. Your creation, crossing the event horizon, being stretched by tidal forces, and collision/absorption into whatever exists inside the sphere… all happens at once.
- Comment on On Black Holes... 1 month ago:
That’s not entirely true for a sufficiently large black hole. It’s possible to cross the event horizon before tidal forces are strong enough to cause problems. You’ll definitely be ripped apart eventually, but you’d at least be able to see the inside before you become atomic spaghet.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Turns out the old gag “You can’t get there from here; You have to go somewhere else and start” is actually true for btrfs’s RAID support.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Bro The RAID Fuckin’ Sucks
ZFS for “RAID” is fine. Btrfs for a single disk (or on top of mdraid or hardware raid) is also fine.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
In my experience, Pulumi can best be described as a waste of time.
- Comment on Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display 1 month ago:
They already answered that.
- Comment on So GOG going to relist Devotion? Seeing how they're about freedom to buy games. 2 months ago:
This entire controversy is from 2020. Spoiler: GOG did not, in fact, relist the game. Red Candle sold it on their own storefront, and both Steam and GOG retained a tally in the “bends over for CCP” column.
- Comment on What would happen if I just drove straight south to Mexico? 2 months ago:
Maybe he didn’t want to risk driving gay south, especially through states like Texas where they’re fragile about such things.
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 2 months ago:
Switching to Hannah Montana Linux made me hear The Best of Both Worlds again.
- Comment on Are password managers secure to use? 2 months ago:
I just see
*******duck - Comment on Ted Cruz's plan to punish states that regulate AI shot down in 99-1 vote 3 months ago:
I think this is my favorite GOP quote of all time.