lepinkainen

@lepinkainen@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it really possible to tax the rich?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  In Finland fines are based on percentage of yearly income.

  We’re still waiting for Bezos to come here and get a massive speeding ticket to fix our budget for the next decade

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X rival Bluesky gains 1.25 million users following U.S. election⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Mastodon has protocol level issues that prevent it from being fully mainstream though.

  As long as people move out of Twitter, I count it as a win. Especially when we get official government stuff out of there - which won’t happen for the US, but the rest of us have a chance

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X rival Bluesky gains 1.25 million users following U.S. election⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Twitter started dying when they closed the API

  Bluesky’s is perfectly operational

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the era of remakes and remasters, what niche game would you like to see receive the treatment?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Any game in that genre combined with local and remote multiplayer would be a hit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A Mac is not a Windows PC

  The last time I turned off my Mac Mini was when we moved. The time before that was when my UPS battery died and I had to swap a new one in.

  I do reboot it though, but why would I bother turning it off?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple’s first Mac mini redesign in 14 years looks like a big aluminum Apple TV⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The previous model has it in the back, you can’t even feel it properly because it’s not recessed.

  On the other hand the last time I turned off my M1 mini was when we moved. It’s 100% silent and takes less power than a lightbulb when it sleeps, so why would I bother powering it off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple’s first Mac mini redesign in 14 years looks like a big aluminum Apple TV⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can get cheaper options with 10G nics in the same form factor

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There is only 1 choice⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I choose the Platypus

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clever, clever⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And all maps have fake streets in them so you can tell when someone copied it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cable companies ask 5th Circuit to block FTC’s click-to-cancel rule | Cable companies worry rule will make it hard to talk customers out of canceling⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But usually the retention departments have the most leeway to give you discounts 😀

  Just call and threaten to cancel and suddenly you get 50% off for 6 months or something.

  (Works very well with Audible, the further you go in the cancel flow on the website, the bigger discounts you get - you can repeat the “I quit” threat about once a year.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People should be of legal age before officially joining a religion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re acting like Wikipedia talk pages and especially news site comment sections are some bastions of discourse 😆

  They’re all cesspools of shit that don’t bring any joy to anyone except trolls, pedants and energy vampires

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And Russians are peaceophobea? 😆

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X's idiocy is doing wonders for Bluesky.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Basically it’s “I can’t get ✨ engagement ✨ on Mastodon”

  People want big amounts of likes and reposts you don’t get that on Mastodon, the system is too distributed for that.

  Bluesky gives them the big numbers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Dev Says Big Budget Games Are Failing in Part Because Teams Are Over-Scoping Their Projects⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Check out the leaks from the Sony/Microsoft trial

  There are literally tens of millions of people who ONLY use their PS5 for CoD - a live service multiplayer game.

  A whole generation of people have literally never played a single player game and don’t know how to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Dev Says Big Budget Games Are Failing in Part Because Teams Are Over-Scoping Their Projects⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  People expect all games to be multiplayer with online live ops and events and a steady flow of new content.

  That’s why you need to have a 500 person team. Someone needs to be designing and coding the valentine’s event for 2025 right now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech onto Meta's Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ahh, Glassholes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Altech’s sodium chloride solid state battery exceeds expectations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Grid scale batteries allow for better security by distributing storage across the network and lets us store renewable energy from peak hours.

  Cheap grid storage will be a game changer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Men Harassed A Woman In A Driverless Waymo, Trapping Her In Traffic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Make it AI controlled for good measure

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is martial arts really that useful?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  100m hurdles and Parkour/Free Running are the greatest self defence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The US federal loophole that allows food companies to decide what's safe for you to eat⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d go with the amount of additives compared to the “real” thing.

  Like basic bread is water, yeast, flour and salt.

  If your bread has 20 ingredients - it’s ultra processed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple stands by decision to terminate account belonging to WWDC student winner | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope, not anecdotal. It’s actual industry fact.

  The phone you use combined with the country you’re in is a very good indicator on how likely you are to spend money in an app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Telegram has become a key tool for the Russian military. Why does Moscow continue to rely on a Dubai-based civilian messaging app?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Telegram might not be encrypted, but they’ve also spread their servers and content in multiple jurisdictions. And they don’t give in to law enforcement requests.

  This is why Durov is being charged.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Studios are cracking down on some of the internet’s most popular pirating sites⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Only the few elite ones, mostly the ones with music.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Studios are cracking down on some of the internet’s most popular pirating sites⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The fact that nzbs are old as fuck and not one service has been taken down is weird.

  They bust torrent sites every day and they don’t even host anything.

  News hosters have literally petabytes of warez and nothing.

  And don’t get me started with real-debrid

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DuckDuckGoose⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  20 years of Microsoft stock options is a good pile of money

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But unlike Signal, nobody can see your number

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some game series you would like to see revived? And if possible, which entry should the new game follow from?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Outrun with shadow multiplayer. You could see other players on the same road, but without crashing into them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump promotes family's new crypto platform, 'The Defiant Ones'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He got paid by crypto bros, now he is pro crypto.

  He was anti-EV until Elon paid him to care.

  If he gets elected Putin will pay him to pull US support from Ukraine.

  That’s how he works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sonos CEO apologizes for disastrous rollout of new app⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t even know the app was updated before this post. I only start it when I add new devices, which is never.