Retro_unlimited
@Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world
- Comment on The Trump Administration is Building a National Citizenship Data System; State and county election officials can now check the citizenship status of their entire voter lists. 4 hours ago:
So if you vote against him, you lose citizenship and he gets 100% off the votes?
- Comment on No JS, No CSS, No HTML: online "clubs" celebrate plainer websites 3 days ago:
Just earlier I was reading about this website hosted on solar power and the extremes they went through to get the website to be simple so very little data is transmitted to save precious watts.
The website solar.lowtechmagazine.com/…/the-solar-website/
- Comment on Iran’s internet blackout left people in the dark. How does a country shut down the internet? 4 days ago:
But Elon shut off Starlink to Ukraine at the worst time… he can do it to you too.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I was fine with pre-roll ads and mid roll ads. Then YouTube became ultra greedy during Covid when tons of people watching, they went from 1-3 ads per video to 30 ads for a 30 minute video (2 ads every 2 minutes). What the fuck.
I installed adblocker because they did that. YouTube was not watchable at all. Sucks, because I didn’t mind supporting the platform and creator, but their greed ruined that.
- Comment on Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers 1 week ago:
That’s my problem, you have to be logged in if you pay and that’s just more data for them to suck up. I watch not logged in. If I want to comment I use a different device.
- Comment on Plex has paywalled my server! 1 week ago:
I just wonder if plex will ever sell the list of movies and IP address of everyone. Many people have the ARRs to auto download, even stuff still in theaters. What good is a VPN when plex knows your email and IP.
- Comment on what would it take for you to take back a partner who cheated on you ? 2 weeks ago:
Relationships are built on trust. Cheating breaks that trust. That trust will never fully come back 100%. There so always be doubt and it will never be the same.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I would much rather have legal immigration be easier, cheaper, faster.
Let them in, let them work, let them pay taxes, let them be free and part of the country they want to be in. They want to be here so badly they are willing to commit the crime of being here illegally and working hard for very little money. it’s gross how often they are taken advantage of.
- Comment on Google confirms more ads on your paid YouTube Premium Lite soon 3 weeks ago:
I used to watch YouTube with ads since they added ads. It wasn’t too bad.
Then during the start of Covid tons of people watched YouTube and googles greedy eyes lit up… they went from 1-3 (skipable) ads per video to ads every minute of video. I was like WHAT THE F&$@… then installed unlock.
I couldn’t believe their greed.
I also spent Covid downloading (yt-dlp) every video I wanted to archive for offline, I’m worried for a time we loose YouTube. 99% of the things I loved about the internet is dead now, someday it will happen to YouTube too.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
If my face is in the AD, then fuck you, Pay me.
- Comment on Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out 4 weeks ago:
So this is why I got an email that was completely wrong.
I told a guy I used to work for that I moved and it’s the perfect place to help him and his company.
He replied that he hopes I found a house where I used to live.
wtf it’s like he never read the email at all, now that this AI trash was added, the email makes sense.
I guess he is fucked and doesn’t get the help he needs for his company.
- Comment on 'End of 10' to Windows 10 Users: The Environment Wants You to Use Linux 1 month ago:
Wow you may have played older versions than me. But I did play the console version too, lol to that version too.
- Comment on 'End of 10' to Windows 10 Users: The Environment Wants You to Use Linux 1 month ago:
Yes the game is awesome, I have played almost 700 hours so far. Offline and online, I ran a few servers too, lots of fun playing with others.
- Comment on 'End of 10' to Windows 10 Users: The Environment Wants You to Use Linux 1 month ago:
When I installed the Linux version of “7 days to die” the graphics were washed out and bad. I switched to the Linux version with proton and it fixed the game.
- Comment on Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 1 month ago:
That’s sad. People blind to the abuse and deal with it or ignore it.
- Comment on YouTube's new ad strategy is bound to upset users: YouTube Peak Points utilise Gemini to identify moments where users will be most engaged, so advertisers can place ads at the point. 1 month ago:
If you pay premium, then you have to be logged in and tracked and spied on and even more four data get sold. You pay them to sell your data!
- Comment on Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 1 month ago:
They try to grow AS revenue but they will loose subscription revenue lol
- Comment on [Weekly thread] How is everyone doing with their home improvements? 1 month ago:
lol and 2 months later I’m making gravel for the driveway.
- Comment on Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use 1 month ago:
Back on the mid 2000s I had a PSP, it was awesome. I hacked it and ripped all my games to the memory, so I can have all my games with me. I didn’t like having to bring the delicate UMD, so hacking it really made the device ultimate for me. Also I mostly collect physical games, really don’t like digital only. This gave me the ability to have both.
- Comment on Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use 1 month ago:
So happy I went with a steam deck
- Comment on Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout 1 month ago:
Maybe they are poking a hole in the lithium battery
- Comment on US Border Agents Are Asking for Help Taking Photos of Everyone Entering the Country by Car 1 month ago:
I thought they did this nation wide, there’s cameras everywhere and I see license plate and face cameras along the roads and highways everywhere.
- Comment on Telepathy will be real once we master brain computer interface 1 month ago:
You really think these companies are inventing this stuff for your benefit? They will read your mind and force ads into your head so they can profit. It’s all about their profits.
- Comment on 13 Creepy Things Your Smartphone Knows About You 1 month ago:
Off really isn’t off anymore, more like standby and it can still send data.
- Comment on Moving servers and rack equipment 1 month ago:
I just moved across states.
I took everything apart, packed the equipment in boxes using tons of padding. Any extra space in the boxes was filled with extra cables and more padding. Rack mounts that I have come completely apart.
My main servers have hard drives, so I used a lot of foam all around the server and added trackers (air tags) to the servers and my camera stuff.
I’m now off grid so not really in a hurry to setup all this stuff, but happy it seems to have made it here in great condition. Eventually I will setup the rack mounts just to hold the equipment and maybe I will power on things here and there as I feel like playing with them again.
- Comment on Snapchat scraps ‘simple’ redesign as it loses users in North America 1 month ago:
They lost me when they discontinued snap cam on the computer.
- Comment on List of Alternatives to Adobe Programs 1 month ago:
I use krita way more than gimp
- Comment on Microsoft's AI Secretly Copying All Your Private Messages 1 month ago:
I agree completely, but I did read something tried to be sneaked into an update, and you never really know, software is complicated and maybe some roundabout way to have an exploit using code that looks like it’s intent was something different.
- Comment on Microsoft's AI Secretly Copying All Your Private Messages 1 month ago:
I was reading how the us gov tried to plant something in an update.
- Comment on Microsoft's AI Secretly Copying All Your Private Messages 1 month ago:
For all we know, Linux could be just as compromised…
