TommySoda
@TommySoda@lemmy.world
- Comment on Microsoft's ad-supported version of Office only saves to OneDrive 1 week ago:
Just use LibreOffice. It’s basically on par with what Office was 5 years ago. The average person won’t even notice a difference.
- Comment on Projected DOGE savings now near $110 billion, or over $700 per American taxpayer. 1 week ago:
And defunding things that help people just because you disagree with it isn’t corruption? Even when you know all this money they are “saving” is just going right back into their pockets? Lemme know when you get your check in the mail and maybe then I’ll believe you.
- Comment on Projected DOGE savings now near $110 billion, or over $700 per American taxpayer. 1 week ago:
And y’all really think you’ll see any of that money? Or that your taxes will go down because of all the new savings? Like I get it, the government wastes money. But if you think this helps the average American in any way you are extremely naive.
- Comment on For those of us that can spot the URL for "Never Gonna Give You Up" at a glance, we are getting rickrolled without ever clicking the link. 2 weeks ago:
Its been stuck in my head since I thought of this.
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- Comment on Elon Musk says millions in Social Security database are between ages of 100 and 159 2 weeks ago:
It takes a five minute google search to figure out why. But I guess getting spoonfed what you wanna hear already takes less effort.
- Comment on Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books 2 weeks ago:
The optimist in me says they’re doing this to avoid piracy.
The pessimist in me says they’re doing this so they can purge books because of the Trump administration.
Either way, I can’t say I’m a fan.
- Comment on Trump says US prices ‘could go up’ as he threatens new tariffs on trade partners 2 weeks ago:
Will* go up
And in the end he’ll just say “they made me do it because of their tariffs.”
- Comment on YSK: This meme is not a porno. Just a random Instagram Post. So, Stop asking for sauce. Thanks 2 weeks ago:
Sauce?
- Comment on Did UCLA Just Cure Baldness? 2 weeks ago:
As someone that has also been bald since I was a teenager, I’ve also gotten used to it. I’ve accepted my fate and I’m fine with being bald.
But at the same time do you ever have those dreams where you have hair again and get super excited about it? Like straight up Jesus hair.
- Comment on Did UCLA Just Cure Baldness? 2 weeks ago:
That’s the problem I’ve always had with baldness remedies. Shaving my head every other week takes less effort and saves money. Plus I’ve been bald since highschool so I’m kinda used to it at this point.
- Comment on Google will use machine learning to estimate a user’s age 2 weeks ago:
This just sounds like an excuse to get more training data. Like those companies that use AI to guess someone’s age based on a photo while their website is covered in AI images.
- Comment on no words, much feelings 3 weeks ago:
I think I remember someone predicting this on reddit back in the day.
- Comment on Elon Musk-led-team submits $97.4B bid for OpenAI 3 weeks ago:
$10 says he’s gonna use all that government money they’ve been cutting. I’d say he’s just going to try and we’ll have to see if he will, but I think it’s safe to say they’re gonna let him do whatever the fuck he wants.
- Comment on YSK, that on most smartphones, if you press the power button 5 (or more) times in quick succession, you can quickly call emergency services. 3 weeks ago:
I almost started hitting the power button before I read the rest of it. That woulda been awkward.
- Comment on Reddit Refugees 3 weeks ago:
Don’t forget the potash.
- Comment on Reddit Sub Ban Wave 3 weeks ago:
They’re making sure the system works for when they need to hit it for real. Just like all the other social media platforms that “accidentally” censored anything that wasn’t pro Trump.
- Comment on Heroes of Might and Magic is the best Might and Magic 3 weeks ago:
Everyone always praises 3 but I grew up playing 2. I have nothing against HoMM 3 and enjoy it quite a bit, I just prefer HoMM 2 when I wanna get that nostalgia kick.
Still, amazing games.
- Comment on FLASHBACK: FAA turned away qualified air traffic controllers based solely on race 4 weeks ago:
Yeah but where’s the actual proof? This is an opinion piece.
- Comment on Russia | Taking Cue From Trump, Russian Historian Suggests Renaming Gulf of Finland 4 weeks ago:
“It’s a big
clubcirclejerk. And you ain’t in it.” - Comment on Google Play adds a 'Verified' badge for trusted VPN apps 4 weeks ago:
That almost makes me want to specifically avoid those given Googles track record on privacy. That’s like asking your mom who her favorite kid is. They’re just gonna give you the answer you want to hear so you feel better.
- Comment on Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram explode after Meta ends fact-checking 1 month ago:
As someone that deleted it 5 or so years back, after a while you won’t miss Facebook anymore. And I used to be on that shit along with Reddit daily for hours on end. Now I don’t use either and you’d be surprised how much better it is when you get used to it. Sure I’m on here a lot but it’s not even close to how much time I wasted before.
- Comment on Thousands flee as Los Angeles wildfires burn out of control 1 month ago:
Funny thing is I’m literally one of the surveyors that has been doing hydrographic surveying on the Colorado river so I’ve seen first hand how absolutely fucked it is and have the data to back it up. And lemme tell ya, it’s absolutely fucked.
- Comment on Thousands flee as Los Angeles wildfires burn out of control 1 month ago:
Oh come on… This is supposed to be a summer time thing. If we start doing this year round we might run out of California.
For real though this sucks. It’s kinda disappointing how normal it is that at least once a year the west coast bursts into flames and devastates thousands of peoples lives.
- Comment on Meta’s AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well 1 month ago:
I wonder how advertisers feel about this. If these bot profiles have all the same access as regular users I’m sure they’d interact with advertisements in some way but aren’t even real people.
- Comment on 'Ending that completely': Facebook gets rid of fact-checkers in wake of Trump's election 1 month ago:
Honestly surprised people still use Facebook besides old people. Most people I talk to around my age or younger say they don’t have it at all, only use it to keep in touch with certain people, or use it for business related reasons. My nieces and nephews straight up think it’s just a site for old people. If Meta didn’t have other sites like Instagram they probably wouldn’t nearly be as big as they are.
- Comment on Developer of WalkScape (the fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL) here again. We're accepting new players and have a Lemmy community! 2 months ago:
Hey! I almost forgot about this when I left Reddit. I was so excited to see it come to fruition some day. I’d love to beta test but I’ve moved to an office job since then so I probably won’t be able to help much.
- Comment on FBI recommends coming up with a 'secret word or phrase' to make sure your family know you're you and not some hellish AI copycat 2 months ago:
Let’s not do anything about the unregulated technology that can spread lies faster than ever before as websites get absolutely flooded with believable bots that outnumber the actual users. Let’s make secret passwords and handshakes like we’re in a clubhouse.
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 2 months ago:
Like I said, making exceptions is always a bad idea. It’s how these fuck heads even get away with it. But at the same time I can’t agree with exceptions even if I agree with the reason behind it.
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 2 months ago:
Exactly. :)