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- Comment on YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs 43 minutes ago:
As a Floridian, I have to use a VPN for that.
- Comment on We gotta be more encouraging 2 days ago:
Pretty close to zero multiplied by billions of people yields results sometimes.
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- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
And it might be the only game where I have ever enjoyed proximity chat
Did we play the same Battlebit? I don’t remember much positivity coming out of proximity voice chat. Every match started with a flood of VOIP spam of screaming and loud, shitty music. It seems without fail, I’d spend the first 15 seconds of every match muting everyone that appeared in comms. At least the devs made that super easy.
Battlebit filled the hole I needed it to while I avoided BF2042; quite fun, but the population died off and it started feeling stale.
I might look into the update when it hits, but with a worth-playing new-release Battlefield, I’ll probably just stick to Battlefield.
- Comment on Israeli authorities have beaten Greta Thunberg, made her kiss Zionist flag 3 weeks ago:
They dragged little Greta (Thunberg) by her hair in front of our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her as a warning to others.
She’s still a little kid. They made her suffer.
She’s 22. Young? Sure. Little kid? No.
- Comment on Crap, not again! 3 weeks ago:
Crepe*
- Comment on The absolute WORST 4 weeks ago:
In high school I got an esophageal ulcer from an acne medication pill that got stuck. Do not recommend.
- Comment on need this pic without text please 1 month ago:
Add someone else stated, it’s Kari Byron of Mythbusters fame. Found this on her official Facebook page via Google image search for “Kari Byron.”
- Comment on Harvard dropouts to launch ‘always on’ AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation 2 months ago:
Look into microphone jammers
- Comment on Americans’ junk-filled garages are hurting EV adoption, study says 2 months ago:
We have a one-car garage and two cars. I have a table saw, therefore we have a no-car garage.
- Comment on monthly challenge 2 months ago:
While it did use the greater-than symbol, it was arranged unconventionally. The way it’s written is “500 is greater than steps per day,” meaning don’t walk too much, which fits with the rest of the author’s theme.
- Comment on Big Balls Clapped 2 months ago:
Teenager with a dumb nickname who Elon picked up as a DOGE guy. I think he was the one who resigned after the Internet found social posts in his history that were pretty racist or something. He got rehired right after he resigned.
- Comment on One Angry Man 2 months ago:
A Lion and Prejudice
- Comment on Why doesn't the US name this state? Are they stupid? 2 months ago:
Or “Bay Area” so people can wonder if the speaker means San Francisco, Tampa, Chesapeake, etc.
- Comment on Belkin is ending support for nearly all its Wemo smart home devices 3 months ago:
My first smart home purchase was a set of four Wemo light switches to be able to turn on all four of my backyard lights without walking around the house (wraparound backyard with a light switch in my bedroom, living room, dining room, and kitchen). They’re still working nine years later, and as long as they still function locally with Home Assistant and don’t make a fuss, I’ll keep them in service. If they stop working or give me angry ref lights, I throw in some Z Wave switches.
- Comment on Perspective 3 months ago:
Could be that there’s a door or window that’s contributing a lot of light down low, spilling under the mattress.
- Comment on Genius 3 months ago:
More unbelievable is the implication that the average applicant spends $5-6 in the vending machine
- Comment on Reading is consciousness-altering and a bit toxic. 4 months ago:
I don’t want to alarm you, but we’re now 22 years past your graduation. “Almost ten years” and then some.
- Comment on Hell 4 months ago:
Easier if you send it to me in writing so I can properly digest it instead of having it immediately spill out of my ears.
- Comment on The first weekly What Are You Playing? thread! 4 months ago:
DOOM Dark Ages. I’m about halfway through.
- Comment on The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced 4 months ago:
“All code paid for by taxpayer dollars should be open source, available for comment, for feedback, for people to build on and for people in other agencies to replicate. It saves everyone money and it is our [taxpayers’] IP,” she said. “This is just good government and should absolutely be the standard that government technologists are held to.”"
Nice sentiment, but bad take. Open-sourcing the software that runs our military equipment would be a fantastic gift to the bad actors of the world.
- Comment on Ouch 5 months ago:
Just want to draw attention to the background for those with a lack of attention to detail.
- Comment on What's the worst spelling you've seen? 5 months ago:
Nothing could be worse than X Æ A-12.
- Comment on Mazda false DMCA takedown notice Home Assistant App 5 months ago:
The only text on that page that states the origin of the dev’s code is Mazda’s claim that the relevant code is Mazda’s. If their claim is true, then it would seem to me the DMCA takedown is valid.
The reason the DMCA takedown notice is malicious is that code from Mazda’s official app is not required to develop a tool that works in a similar way. The API of the server is freely accessible and figuring out how to interact with it can be done completely without infringing on anyone’s copyright.
Okay, it doesn’t matter how it could have been done, it matters how it was done, and again, the only claim made on the page is that it was stolen code.
I’m all for actually owning what you buy and being able to integrate it with your other stuff however you please, but distributing someone else’s work is a valid claim for infringement. And as with any other cloud-based stuff, don’t expect it to work forever. Support and push for local device access without the need for cloud services.
- Comment on In heat 6 months ago:
While it’s nice to finally have closure on this, it’s also depressing that they removed that.
- Comment on In heat 6 months ago:
Not just you. I feel like search modifiers like “NOT” or “OR” haven’t been working for a good long while either.
- Comment on If you're still on Reddit... 6 months ago:
“your’re”
Hmmm…
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Eco Tank is a good choice if you print with regularity or need a photo printer, but not if you print maybe once or twice a year. It’s still an inkjet, and the head will still clog if sat unused for a couple months, requiring a lengthy head cleaning cycle and possible replacement of the maintenance box. If you almost never print, but need your printer to just work without fuss that one random day you need to print, it’s gotta be a laser printer.
- Comment on What someone's doing to X right now 7 months ago:
While I can appreciate that it might be getting hit with DDoS, I really hope it’s deeper and causes data loss or something permanent. I want to see the world take everything away from Elon.
- Comment on New To Android? What Apps to Choose? 7 months ago:
I’d say Firefox for your browser. It supports extensions like ad blockers.
- Comment on Framework’s first desktop is a strange—but unique—mini ITX gaming PC 8 months ago:
It’s correct. A product with various options will have each combination of options under a different SKU. It’s a singular number that identifies an exact version of a product.
