LordCrom

@LordCrom@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Universal media server works for me. I run it headless on a small instance. Streams my movies and music just fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Millennials are watching monthly student loan payments skyrocket from $500 to $5000 under Trump: This will ‘crash the economy’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Crashing the stock market may be the plan here. Follow me on this …

  Crashing the market and removing 20 to 30 percent of value.

  Then at the low point invest heavily into the DOW.

  Now support the market and get it back to previous levels.

  Fucking rich fucks just made 30% in 1 to 2 years on that investment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Somehow autocorrect made it funnier too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So property tax I am ok with, in theory. The people with property in a city should pay for services like fire, schools, police, road maintenance… What gets me is when the city wants more and more for stupid shit like iPads for all students… Every 3 years due to forced upgrades or just old style deprecation over 3 years.

  The amount my taxes go up each year is more than any raise I get. Then add on insurance which has gone insane. I paid off my house to avoid a 20k female flood insurance bill because a 1 foot piece of concrete touched a high risk flood zone. A technicality because if I took down a screen patio, then I wouldn’t have to pay.

  It’s insane how expensive owning a house has become

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm Tired of Pretending Tech is Making the World Better⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “In some parts of the city, you can’t even park your car anymore without downloading an app.”

  Omg, this. I left my phone at home by accident and quickly found out that I could not pay a meter on the area I went to … You had to download an app to pay or use you phone to register a phone number and manually enter a plate and credit card.

  No phone…meant no parking.

  Good luck too if your phone happens to run out of battery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The PS2 turns 25 years old today. Crazy, right? Perfect day for revisiting some classics. What are some of your favourite PS2 games?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same result for me. I’m sure I can buy thimbstick caps or something to cover them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The PS2 turns 25 years old today. Crazy, right? Perfect day for revisiting some classics. What are some of your favourite PS2 games?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I went to use my old PS2 the other night after many years. The controllers thumpads had turned into this sticky, rubbery, goo. Gross. I couldn’t play it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Favorite Racing Game Soundtrack?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes thats it. I gotta go find that disk somewhere in my old folders now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Favorite Racing Game Soundtrack?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What was the name of that motorcycle racing game where you also beat up other racers all while racing to Soundgarden… That one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I told people years ago. You don’t own those books.

  I own my books… They are made out of this thing called paper and line the wall of my office. All the volumes I value I have of copy of for myself and future generations of my family

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This was Likely Recently Auto-Installed on your Phone.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In other news, Google wants to scan all your messenger images.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Magnus Carlsen: Chess champion quits FIDE tournament after being told to change jeans⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I usually wore Iron maiden and Judas priest black concert Ts at work. Got written up for it too. Just didn’t give a flying fuck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Joe Biden announces ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The cease fire was only for 60 days anyway. So fighting resumes in Late January regardless. There’s still so much beachfront land to kick people out of

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bat Identification Guide (by @bedupolker.bsky.social )⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Very upset there’s no mention of Batman

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Wasting Pumpkins!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t know this … Good tip. My retired hen is going to eat well tomorrow

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Stop all time wasting’: Woolworths workers tracked and timed under new efficiency crackdown⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I honestly didn’t know Woolworths was even still around

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Devs gaining little (if anything) from AI coding assistants⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I get more benefit from a good IDE that helps me track libraries, cars, functions, grammar checks my code, offers a pop-up with params and options…

  I don’t needcode I would grade as a D- from an AI. Most of what I write comes from my code closet anyway. I have skeleton code for so much, and I trust my old code more than AIs new code

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Edge gets "unfair advantage", browser makers claim⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t give them any ideas