biggerbogboy
@biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Australia will impose a ‘digital duty of care’ on tech companies to reduce online harm. It’s a good idea – if it can be enforced 2 days ago:
The fact that whenever I open myGov on my iPad, and immediately see “connect your digital ID” makes me never want to do that. They also want me to use this ID, which is linked to my Medicare, citizenship, voting, etc., which instantly rings alarm bells in my mind, the government and corpos knowing that I am exactly who I am, and that I am likely not able to disconnect it from myGov nor the social media platforms it could regulate.
- Comment on Tag your lab-mates 6 days ago:
That’s literally so flatulent of you
- Comment on Apple’s first Mac mini redesign in 14 years looks like a big aluminum Apple TV 2 weeks ago:
I’d just get two toothpicks and make a seesaw to press it, although I pretty much never turn off my computers so I still wouldn’t mind too much
- Comment on Sadam Hussein is everywhere 2 weeks ago:
Image FTFY
- Comment on 'Electric Plastic' Could Merge Technology With the Body in Future Wearables and Implants. 2 weeks ago:
Facts, gotta pump those numbers up chumps
- Comment on Google plans AI browser assistant "Jarvis" to automate web tasks. 2 weeks ago:
It’s always the cool fictional AI companions that become irl slop, Cortana for instance…
- Comment on Day 101 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 2 weeks ago:
Exactly, some games are just too damn beautiful
- Comment on Day 101 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots 3 weeks ago:
Ngl these would go nicely as wallpapers
- Comment on Advertising 3 weeks ago:
Never thought I’d find this many fellow melbournians on Lemmy!
- Comment on sometimes it's just easier 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on It's a matter of perspective 3 weeks ago:
'bour tree fiddy
- Comment on Microsoft Edge gets "unfair advantage", browser makers claim 1 month ago:
I went to the widgets pane on my w11 laptop once, clicked an article and to my horror, all of my data had been synced from chrome to edge, including passwords, history, open tabs, extensions, pretty much everything.
I even went as far as to report it to the ACCC (the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) since I’ve never seen it from other browsers, and that I found it pervy the fact they did it without consent, although I doubt the ACCC would be enough to change this shitty practice, and others like it.
They’re not even trying to trick the user anymore, they’re forcing them.
- Comment on It's Wednesday, my dudes. 1 month ago:
bog moment
- Comment on Make this thread look like it's your first day on the internet 2 months ago:
macbook pro /e free
- Comment on Cords 2 months ago:
If I ever buy one of these, I’d only ever use it to encase in resin and put on a shelf as a comedic ornament.
- Comment on Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon 2 months ago:
Any bet the control panel is the only thing holding my dad back from switching to Linux for home use, because he absolutely hates the windows 10 and 11 settings apps.
- Comment on Hacker dad who faked death to avoid child support sentenced to prison 2 months ago:
Not excusing his actions but, as an Australian, I find child support a predatory system, the fact it basically cyphons people’s finances, hurts their potential for growth and rehab, and the fact that I’ve heard so many stories of the parent never using the funds on their kids, but on their own greed and self fulfilment, which is just horrific, although I don’t believe I know enough about this topic to have a truly well thought out opinion.
- Comment on I always order Popular Problem. 3 months ago:
Beans, Gentlemen
- Comment on Some bad code just broke a billion Windows machines 3 months ago:
I doubt it’s too much of a stretch, since even here in australia, we’ve had multiple airlines, news stations, banks, supermarkets and many others, including the aluminium extrusion business my father works at, all go down, scale this do hundreds of countries with populations tenfold of ours, it puts it into perspective that there may even be more than a billion machines affected
- Comment on Massage 3 months ago:
Based and VICpilled response
- Comment on Is Batman TAS Amoled friendly? 3 months ago:
bro I thought it meant Tasmania, Australia
- Comment on 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok 6 months ago:
I do understand that fact, but I used it as an example since you can utilise android apps with the same or similar user experience as a smartphone, I’m more using it as an example of form factor compared to chip architecture, as the latter wouldn’t be fitting at all. Apologies for the confusion.
- Comment on What is Windows 11 'AI Explorer'? Everything you need to know about Microsoft's upcoming defining AI PC feature (including it always watching you) 6 months ago:
I appreciate the help, I was asking as my school laptop runs horrendously slow on windows, but when I utilise a Linux live environment, it’s suddenly bearable.
- Comment on 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok 6 months ago:
im just giving an example that has the same software, im not saying its better or that you need it.
- Comment on What is Windows 11 'AI Explorer'? Everything you need to know about Microsoft's upcoming defining AI PC feature (including it always watching you) 6 months ago:
yeah I just realised that fact, currently I use chromium and it is quite fast on my system so I don’t think there will be issues there. aside from that, how fast are windows programs compared to ordinary windows?
- Comment on 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok 6 months ago:
no, I’m not confused at all, I am meaning that the smartphone is the most accessible way to utilise social media, meaning due to its formfactor, it is the most convenient way to access it.
are you more likely to use a desktop PC using android x86 or use a smartphone? its almost like using a smartwatch to use Photoshop, its not the same as using a desktop, you know what I mean?
- Comment on 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok 6 months ago:
well since social media can affect attention spans negatively, as I’ve observed with myself recently, I don’t think the effects of such would translate positively into social or educational circumstances, arguably the most needed situations in a child’s life at that time, even if they are almost an adult.
sure, alcohol and drugs do still affect a child quite intensely, though I’m saying that, is social media and the endless dopamine harvesting NOT a drug? if you think about it, it extracts, makes a person want to come back for more, causing addiction, further extracting more, losing its effectiveness and making it almost impossible to quit from there.
people may say it isn’t addictive, but its just that it isn’t as noticeable since it is a society-wide phenomena which is seen as positive.
- Comment on What is Windows 11 'AI Explorer'? Everything you need to know about Microsoft's upcoming defining AI PC feature (including it always watching you) 6 months ago:
what specs do you have? im wondering since im planning to install it on my school laptop (lenovo thinkpad 11e 4th gen, 4gb ram, 128gb ssd, intel celeron, integrated graphics.) and in wondering if it would work somewhat fast, especially at web browsing.
- Comment on 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok 6 months ago:
I turned out perfectly fine without a phone until age 15, and I’m 17 now, I don’t really use social media other than reddit, Lemmy and YouTube on my phone and I barely use it, since I’m more likely to use my iPad at home exclusively.
I feel as though more parents need to do the same mine did, restrict access to smartphones until ages the kid is more likely to explore the world more, specifically for safety, but still teach them to concentrate on stops while on public transport, on where they walk, etc. and not use their phone on the go apart from when time is able to pass and be stationary.
I cringe at the fact kids a third or less my age are allowed phones, I shouldn’t even be allowed since my brain is still developing, i cant imagine the levels of braindead these children will be when they get to my age, since people my age are already horrific enough…
