SreudianFlip

@SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the best answer in the thread. Add in eye contact and eyebrow gesture.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux Prepper (federated podcast) - episode on system monitoring, terminal tools, local AI tools, NixOS, Kubuntu 24.10⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe ‘digital resilience’ is a more accurate, less sensationalist term?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Europe is looking for alternatives to US cloud providers⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Word has been broken since v.5.1a. But you’re right about Excel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm gonna be really pissed if my chtistofascist parents were right⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s all just food prep for the Archons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trans is Trans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep but that’s a separate issue, geopolitics at play. Fascists and conservatives support each other internationally. I guess you can only assassinate character with a meme lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trans is Trans⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I see this misguided gripe all the time, people forget how important cultural and political messaging is for organizing and motivation.

  I interviewed an old guy who fought in the spanish civil wars and he had this massive collection of pamphlets and leaflets and newsletters and posters from that period and, let me assure you, other than design, style, and medium, the messaging was consistent with current sarcastic memes and even shitposts. That stuff is important.

  Effective resistance strategy incorporates many tactics. You look to your expertise, and draw strength from others where you can.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, there is plenty of evidence to the contrary, such as the way Costco mostly operates. Being the good guys has a lot of brand value. With a little nurturing of the vast propaganda machine known as advertising, that could be improved.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is reportedly killing Skype⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  One of my clients is a small company that has been running with seven staff working from home, scattered around the globe, mostly rural. Since 1999. Everything has been held together by skype: chat, video, audio.

  Should be interesting finding the right new workflow!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The next scandal involving Musk should be called Elongate.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ewww, no, not even with a 10-foot rapier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Sentenced to…Nothing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Rule of Law! Oh wait…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tawny Newsome Says Live Action Star Trek Workplace Comedy Will Explore Life Outside The Federation⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You mean like SNW which is peppered with regular jokes about the captain’s appearance, especially hair? Especially the musical episode where the Klingons aggressively sing and dance “why you only call me / when you got your problems”. Took that one pretty far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tiger Predators⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Eating a tiger liver would probably kill you with Vitamin A poisoning, particularly painful.

  Easy to just avoid eating entirely, even if the rest of it is safe enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Apple doesn’t want people using the mouse with the cable attached because it would cost them a fortune due to failed charging ports within the warranty period. It’s a wireless mouse. Using it plugged in will fuck it up.

  I fix computers and an apple mouse with a bad charge port is just a throwaway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple’s first Mac mini redesign in 14 years looks like a big aluminum Apple TV⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mac Mini M1 when it was released was a good deal compared to same form factor machines at similar prices. Same for the M1 MacBook Air, despite the base RAM.

  That advantage lasted a while, too, considering battery life and build quality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can corroborate that it gets crazy even in courses expecting high literacy. I had the painful experience of teaching a 3rd year course in communication studies that was part of the media production stream. It required writing preproduction documentation and a script. There were a lot of questionable attempts but there’s always a range of interest and skill, right? One student, and let me remind you this is third year at a university, I called into office hours. I’m a fan of poetry, so I just had to be sure that she wasn’t cleverly lampooning Gertrude Stein in some ironic way. Sadly, no, she just had no fucking clue how to write ANYTHING coherent. Amazing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beware Hollywood’s digital demolition: it’s as if your favourite films and TV shows never existed⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the suggestion is that if they leave the content available, they can still write it off.