grrgyle

@grrgyle@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I miss myspace⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We also didn’t rely on the internet as much as a resource. Like of course you would do some of your research online, but if you were really working on something serious, you went to the library!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I miss myspace⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah the internet now is so much nicer. And I don’t just mean the corporate spaces with the edges sanded off, but the indie web, fediverse, and random forums. There used to be this incredibly toxic masculinity that crept into everything.

  A lot of us have also grown up. I know because I’m still in a forum with people I’ve known online from 20+ years ago, where we used to post the most heinous, edgy shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I miss myspace⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Look up “indie web” and just start clicking links until you see URLs you’ve never heard of before.

  Congrats, you’re surfing the web. Let us know if you find anything cool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kindle Is Making It Harder to Switch to Rival eReader Brands.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  C’mon United States, do the anti-trust thing! You used to be so good at it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The one change that worked: I set my phone to ‘do not disturb’ three years ago – and have never looked back⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  there’s also a settling somewhere to let a call through if it’s like the second of two in a row

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The internet is bad ux, everybody. There's too many choices.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh my god it really is. This looks specific to mobile data, thankfully. But I could see this being the foot in the door

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The internet is bad ux, everybody. There's too many choices.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Worst case, could have regional intranets. Like people just connect their routers with eachother. Sneakernet over large media between disconnected regions.

  But that’s me getting way ahead of myself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says | Reddit executives also discussed how they might introduce more ads into the social media platform⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I was proud of them for those subreddit blackouts, but when communities started to come back online after the mods were threatened with replacement - I knew I had to get out of there for good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Career day⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh wow I did not even think about that possibility. So glad I went to school before all this stuff kicked off

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Calendar removes Pride Month and Black History Month⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I cannot believe this is the first time I’ve heard this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s like what vaping is to nicotine addiction.

  Better than the alternative, buttt

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gottem. :)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Who would leave their sound on in the middle of the night?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨imagine⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m the guy on the left just because until for-profit corporations are reigned in I don’t trust them with control of anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to redefine open source so badly⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But at least that way they get to power trip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uncanny sandwich 2⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just what am I looking at here

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thanks Duo, I don't know how I'm supposed to feel about a coquettish green owl-unicorn⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what it is

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you use for notes?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. I’m addicted. I literally have 5 strewn about me right now.

  I use a brand called “decomposition” books, I guess because they’re made with recycled paper.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We still have three eggs up for auction.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m just wondering, is it not common to have backyard chickens in the US? Where I’m from, it seems like every 1 in 12 people have a few chickens clucking about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why the Left needs to watch Star Trek: It has lessons for today's techno-optimists⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed that hope is Defiant (pun intended), but disagree with assertion that replicators are the backbone of post-scarcity (yes I know it’s a work of fiction by many writers, but hear me out).

  Under capitalism the invention of replicators would just lead to the introduction of artificial scarcity, in order to maintain the current power structures. We know this because everywhere in the world already exists the technology for all to have plenty, yet somehow these obvious needs aren’t met.

  In a nutshell: tech won’t save us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Justin Trudeau resigns as Canadian prime minister - live updates⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That is interesting, thanks

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t track or rank joy like that, but discovering the dark world in The Legend of Zelda a Link to the Past is definitely up there. Just realising the world had this whole extra dimension to it.

  I still love dimensionality / hidden depth in games.

  I mean, who doesn’t?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the greatest joy you have gotten from a video game?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow that does sound incredible

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Justin Trudeau resigns as Canadian prime minister - live updates⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn that’s sad. So is Jack Layton like our Bernie Sanders? You can’t get three Canadians together without them pining over how Jack could have fixed all this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LG and Samsung are adding Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant to their TVs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of the advertisements for DVDs that would play on VHS tapes, like… I’m watching this on a VHS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta’s AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Haha I’m not familiar with that stereotype, but that’s understandable. My family is full of more of the out-of-sight out-of-mind types.

  Apologies on my “infiltrate” joke. I meant it in like an anti establishment way rather than an antisemitic way!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta’s AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Damnn are you folks trying to infiltrate every Commonwealth country or what? Impressive spread you got there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple CEO Tim Cook Donating $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural Fund⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah that’s what I was trying to imply: that he’s not supporting a bigot empowering fascist leader to save his actual skin, but to keep his personal business running smoothly.

  Whereas queer folk without money are existentialy threatened by this administration and those it emboldens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta’s AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Finally someone said it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta’s AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Heard that. I hear people complaining about being forced to use WhatsApp to keep in touch with “boomer relatives.” Man I wish WhatsApp was the worse tool I was compelled to keep an account on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple CEO Tim Cook Donating $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural Fund⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m really not sure what the threat to him is though. Does “die” in this case mean lose out on money? One would think he already has his walk away money.