GluWu

@GluWu@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨34% of the US population doesn't vote. Why do polticalitcians cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If you worked a job that withheld taxes but you still didn’t make the minimum then you would absolutely want to still file because you would get 100% of that back and have the original amount your employer would have paid you. They can only refund you if you already gave them money.

  If you’re self employed/gig work/contactor and don’t make more than the minimum you don’t need to file because you don’t have to pay tax. Assuming you didn’t have any other liability such as capital gains or sales taxes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do some communities get like 50 members minutes after its creation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen a few reasons.

  New communities are created, a very specific and relevant post is made(which is likely the reason for making the new com), and it rides naturally through new/hot/all.

  New communities are made as a direct discussion in a com or instance so people already know where to go as soon as its made.

  And then some are made as alternatives to others due to conflicts so there’s a side that stays and a side that leaves to the new com immediately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨34% of the US population doesn't vote. Why do polticalitcians cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If you make less than $11,600 in 2024 you don’t file taxes because there’s no federal tax on that. So yeah, take away peoples voting rights because they’re poor. Great fucking idea, so progressive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caution urged as UK supermarkets check out facial recognition⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Every Walmart/target/major retailer in the US has been using facial recognition since 2020-2021. ClearView provides the services to both corporations and law enforcement, combing the data from both of those into profiles of every citizen. The US has as much if not more surveillance than China, its just not upfront about it. And its also without a doubt illegal so in can’t be used as a primary source in convictions and is usually not even mentioned to retain secrecy about the level of data collected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What Eddy Burback got wrong about his phone... [Discussion of Fediverse as an alternative within]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think he made a good video but I couldn’t stop thinking about this new “anti-consumerism consumerism”. So many “I needed my phone to do x, so I bought this to do that.” Even without the immediate ability to buy anything anywhere he is fundamentally locked into this mindset of “I need so I buy”.

  Could have used parental controls(like so many “adults” need to have their friends set on their phone) and locked your phone as only a phone. Delete every app that isn’t essential. You can make your phone useless when you’re bored, you can pick it up but nothing will be there to give you “relief”. No distractions, no ability to install distractions. Your phone is yours, you can have it do whatever you want. I guess some people are just so addicted they can’t even be near it. They’re like people that stop smoking just to get addicted to vaping. Still addicted, just not to the old dirty style of getting your fix.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just waiting for daddy gabon to release steamos. If not I swear I’m going to just use the most windowsxp distro available. I thought I was being simple by going with mint and KDE. Dare me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This poor llama is dealing with a lot lately⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Haha jokes on all you dumbies that have money. I’m broke an unemployed so none of this effects me.

  BTW ya’ll got any spange, I need beer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨390 Million Faces: Clearview AI's Secret $750,000 Attempt To Buy Your Mugshot⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’ve been inside a Walmart or target or many other major retailers in the last 5 years, you’re already in the database.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨>:3⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can I be #5?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are probably fediverse instances being run by governments for surveillance purposes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dear Feds, My name is Walter Hartwell White. I live at 308 Negra Arroyo Lane, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104. This is my confession. If you’re reading this comment, I’m probably dead- murdered by my brother-in-law, Hank Schrader. Hank has been building a meth empire for over a year now, and using me as his chemist. Shortly after my 50th birthday, he asked that I use my chemistry knowledge to cook methamphetamine, which he would then sell using connections that he made through his career with the DEA. I was… astounded. I… I always thought Hank was a very moral man, and I was particularly vulnerable at the time – something he knew and took advantage of. I was reeling from a cancer diagnosis that was poised to bankrupt my family. Hank took me in on a ride-along and showed me just how much money even a small meth operation could make. And I was weak. I didn’t want my family to go into financial ruin, so I agreed. Hank had a partner, a businessman named Gustavo Fring. Hank sold me into servitude to this man. And when I tried to quit, Fring threatened my family. I didn’t know where to turn. Eventually, Hank and Fring had a falling out. Things escalated. Fring was able to arrange – uh, I guess… I guess you call it a “hit” – on Hank, and failed, but Hank was seriously injured. And I wound up paying his medical bills, which amounted to a little over $177,000. Upon recovery, Hank was bent on revenge. Working with a man named Hector Salamanca, he plotted to kill Fring. The bomb that he used was built by me, and he gave me no option in it. I have often contemplated s-icide, but I’m a coward. I wanted to go to the police, but I was frightened. Hank had risen to become the head of the Albuquerque DEA. To keep me in line, he took my children. For three months, he kept them. My wife had no idea of my criminal activities, and was horrified to learn what I had done. I was in hell. I hated myself for what I had brought upon my family. Recently, I tried once again to quit, and in response, he gave me this. [Walt points to the bruise on his face left by Hank in “Blood Money.”] I can’t take this anymore. I live in fear every day that Hank will kill me, or worse, hurt my family. All I could think to do was to make this video and hope that the world will finally see this man for what he really is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk and Taylor Swift can now hide details of their private jets/// Private aircraft owners can now ask the FAA to keep their registration information out of the public eye.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How about drones? If you don’t want all of your information avaible online and don’t want remoteid to directly tell anyone and everyone where you live you can request not to do any of that stuff, right? Oh no, this is just for rich people flying in private jets that can transport humans and tons of cargo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My vr driving Sim rig just works in windows, the most I’ve ever had to do is map my shifter in game. Steamvr, hardware drivers, the actual games, it all just works without doing anything. Plug and play. I’m sure I can get it all working in Linux, eventually. I was(trying to) gaming on Ubuntu 10.04 with wine. I was first batch steamdeck and the amount of progress with gaming I’ve seen thanks to valve and proton means I’ll be coming back. But I’m just waiting for steamOS to be open release. But I am a KDE head so honestly I’ll end up whatever distro that does proton and KDE by the end of this year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm old⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I played so much Minecraft with the clit mouse on a old dell laptop. Its was awesome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luxury bones? In *this* economy.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People born in the 50s bought properties they didn’t need or use and didn’t sell them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hungy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t wait until June once I finish paying off those 2 pizzas I ordered for Christmas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TALLY HO!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I miss the YouTube rabbit hole so much. I would genuinely pay to have the 2010 YouTube algorithm, or lack of, back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Late 1900s⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everything before 9/11 is fake news.

  Computers, never invented.

  AIDs and the cure for it, never happened.

  Bill Clinton, I mean cmon, doesn’t fucking exist.

  I’m old enough to remember when they were making all this stuff up. Like 2 whole world wars, yeah, right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How it feels wandering into different bubbles sometimes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m immune to propaganda because I consume all of it. Can’t taste anything when everything is blended together.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Romantic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll stick my tongue in your mouth at the same rate my turd is coming out. You’ll know exactly what my sphincter is doing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am a meat crayon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re supposed to go at least 2 knuckles deep to make sure the chute is clear.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's so negative. He's so weird.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And, upon this day, it was proclaimed, deez, deres, and all of deys nuts shall be fat and got. For our shared burden, and the sag of our scrotums, is a blessing bestowed by the Uncle, The nephew, and my friend Jeff who you guys don’t know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Saw this posted in a ADHD com a few days back. Every comment was just like “oh no…”. I opened it and like 20 minutes later realized, oh no. I can and have spent many entire days just reading Wikipedia and following linked subjects. So much so I run out in areas. I can’t handle a lot of visual and audio stimulation, short form content is such a nightmare for me, can’t watch it. But give me pages of the most dense info and I’m hooked. I just need the option to download every paper referenced from every Wikipedia page I visit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Old-fashioned love⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does a 98 Toyota corrola count as a house?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yay⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Even though it pains my soul, I close all my tabs at the end of the day at work. That way I get paid to find the same stuff the next day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SAD⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Reported for misinformation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bae?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think bananax sounds better

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨human anteaters⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t say I can smell if there’s a single ant in the other room, but I can absolutely smell if there are ants. And I hate if I have to sweep them out do anything because they really pop off in distress. Its crazy how such a tiny thing can smell so bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨But I wanna⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I did like 2 hours of work today and spent the other 8 reading about aromatic polyamide synthesis. The IT guy also walked past my desk an unusual amount. The DEA you can’t have fun list did come up during research. I fucking hate the war on drugs, because I can’t make plastic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wow! Doom really can run on anything!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I appreciate your intentions my friend. But I guarantee to you that nopale graffiti is not a problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wow! Doom really can run on anything!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  These are cultivated nopales. They grow lots of new pads every year for harvest. This is like scratching a picture on a apple.