Gobbel2000
@Gobbel2000@programming.dev
Same person as @Gobbel2000@feddit.de, different instance.
- Comment on I don't actually read the news. I surmise the news based on memes that begin popping up for which I have no context. 11 hours ago:
In glad that you acknowledge the problem, because it really is dangerous. Memes are often totally detached from reality, misleading sometimes by intention or at least through hyperbole. As a format they leave no room for nuanced or fully rounded thoughts.
That said, memes can be fun if you are aware of the context and understand what is true and what is not. At least, before taking away relevant information from a meme, check the story from a proper news site, for example Reuters.
- Comment on Europe’s $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard Has Begun 1 day ago:
That’s just a different proprietary app though.
- Comment on Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face 3 days ago:
The restrictions don’t seem very limiting. Why would I ever do this?
- Comment on This is a really cool clock 2 weeks ago:
There are much longer versions on the YT channel of Ivan Miranda who built it: www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3cDM_hQMtIEJvEW1BZugg
It works by pushing out wrong marbles in the elevator so only correct ones for the current time make out to the queue.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
We need to collectively realize that both Celsius and Fahrenheit are mostly arbitrary and not more than practical conventions to assign numbers to temperatures. Kelvin makes more sense but is impractical for daily use. It’s just US-Americans distracting from the fact that most of their units are objectively bad compared to Metric by pointing out that Celsius is only marginally better.
- Comment on If the United States of America was renamed, what should it be? 2 weeks ago:
The Empire
- Comment on E-Mail with own domain 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, that’s kind of what I thought, and if dynamic DNS is a problem then that already rules out self-hosting for me.
- Comment on E-Mail with own domain 2 weeks ago:
Thanks, the docs you linked really made it clear how the domain is connected in practice.
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- Comment on groceries 3 weeks ago:
Is the point that they are just bots trying to appear natural?
- Comment on This meme is super funny, Especially for people in the UK 2 months ago:
That’s absolutely hilarious! Can somebody from the UK confirm if this is actually true?
- Comment on AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone 2 months ago:
Nope, can’t ruin it for me because I have left this cursed place.
- Comment on pwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned" 2 months ago:
Wait, it’s not pronounced pffned?
- Comment on Self hosting Sunday! What's up, selfhosters?s 3 months ago:
Did an oopsie. I never realized that after upgrading the OS, my
certbot renewservice to renew the HTTPS certificate always failed. So now I had an expired certificate. At least it was an easy fix by reinstalling certbot. - Comment on I love when I see representation in video games 3 months ago:
It’s from the Draconic Evolution mod.
- Comment on Velma can't math. 3 months ago:
You’re probably on the right track. Every hunk of symbols is probably a valid type expression in some system. Including a square root type.
- Comment on Velma can't math. 3 months ago:
Okay, but even if we assumed (x=b) to be a very small equivalence relation, it should appear in the denominator position to form an equivalence quotient.
- Comment on Velma can't math. 3 months ago:
Wrong formula aside, what is the meaning of dividing an entire equation? (x = b) / a
- Comment on Framework supporting far-right racists? 3 months ago:
I’m keeping a large distance to hyprland, I have not heard about Omarchy or dhh before, but it does seem very sus from these descriptions. It is disappointing to see Framework sponsor such projects, but we have to take a step back and realize that this is not as important as the 800+ forum replies make it out to be. These really are small details. We need to more often unite around smaller sets of shared values and not hold everything to the absolute highest standards, although having such standards is important in itself.
- Comment on IF YOU TAKE ENOUGH YOU CAN SEE *THE PATTERN* BRO 4 months ago:
Ah, from the picture I thought he would reach us how to read barcodes, but it’s just some boring simulation stuff.
- Comment on "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership 5 months ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJpZjg8GuA&t=18
Just use the subscriptions tab (yes, this video does talk about it).
- Comment on I just ate a little bag of popcorn without getting any bits stuck in my teeth/throat. ask me anything 5 months ago:
Which lottery numbers are you picking?
- Comment on Meta is Adding AI-Powered Summaries to WhatsApp 7 months ago:
And just like that, end-to-end encryption vanishes again.
- Comment on Is it weird to juggle in the park? 8 months ago:
Sounds really cool. Weird? Not at all.
- Comment on If it's good enough to keep your house warm, it's good enough to keep your insides warm 9 months ago:
Ads disguising themselves as regular posts (e.g. the “LPT”) is bad. It gets worse when someone screenshots and reposts the ad, presumably even for free. But why does the R****t ad make it all the way to Lemmy!??
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 9 months ago:
Yes! It’s an absolute must-have on any of my devices, and the only game installed on my phone
- Comment on [deleted] 10 months ago:
Maybe 3x faster, but because Energy = mass × speed SQUARED, you die 9x harder.
- Comment on [deleted] 10 months ago:
Just the right speed for high-speed trains.
- Comment on Ukraine isn’t invited to its own peace talks. History is full of such examples – and the results are devastating 11 months ago:
The article only summarizes it shortly, but the parallels to the Munich Agreement from 1938 are really scary.
Hitler’s aim was to take over all of Czechoslovakia by breaking it apart. The subject of the Munich Agreement was the Sudetenland, the region bordering Germany. Before there were some votes and local political forces expressing the wish of the German minority in the Sudetenland to create an independent state (See the parallels with DNR, LNR and Crimea). This was used by Hitler to justify taking over the region. Suddenly it wasn’t about independence anymore, but about inclusion into Germany.
The Czechoslovakian government in Prague obviously hated the idea, but they were not invited to the talks in Munich. Only afterwards were they made aware of the decision that would be imposed on their nation. Who was invited was fellow fascist Mussolini from Italy, as well as France and UK, who gave in and signed this agreement, giving international support to Germany just taking over parts of neighboring nations.
Their reasoning was, if they were to disagree, Hitler would assert his will by force and take Czechoslovakia militarily, starting a large European war (that is also the reason Prague was forced to accept the decision: the alternative was a war they could never win, they could not count on any outside help). This was the so-called appeasement policy by the UK. They bought “peace” in exchange for territories they didn’t own but felt the right to decide over. We all know how this heavily-priced peace turned out. At most it gave the allied forces one more year to prepare for WWII.
- Comment on Witcher 1&2 are probably worth playing 1 year ago:
I actually agree that I enjoyed playing the first more than the second. In the second, the story just didn’t feel very gripping, progression was slow and gameplay ended up quite complicated with weird mechanics. But in the first game, the atmosphere, story and more distraction-free gameplay made up for the overall age of the game.