waddle_dee

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THE CRAZY PILLS⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Per Gizmodo, not the best source, but whatever, the Tiktok in question was from a Russian propaganda account. The woman in the video took two, read that, two Tylenol. The account claims she’s an associate professor at Columbia, but this is not verified as of yet. This is clearly just a brain rotted, worm ridden, old man’s paranoia.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Personal data storage is an idea whose time has come⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Agreed! I’m working on converting my wife and the rest of my family to Linux. I got a nextcloud server set up, alongside Grocy, Jellyfin, and a few others. So far, it’s made our lives better! It works better than our Google calendar. Everyone has their own accounts and things are rarely breaking. It’s so nice.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2025 Self-Host User Survey: Open for Submissions⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I actually just had to deal with this! So, I ended up spending time troubleshooting and rewriting some .conf files for Apache.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2025 Self-Host User Survey: Open for Submissions⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I appreciate the response! When I set out to self-host, I made the decision to install everything separately, because I heard about docker and it sounded like, “plug in code and run”. And that’s something I didn’t want, only because it was a hobby and I wanted to learn more from a hands on experience. I learned a ton, sorting through those errors! If I did it over again, I’d probably use docker, based on your explanation, but I feel like that is an endeavor, in and of itself.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2025 Self-Host User Survey: Open for Submissions⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Why is this? I’ve never used docker before and when I set up my server a couple years ago, I installed Debian, Apache, and MariaDB and got everything set up relatively easily.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Well, I guess we’re done debating. It’s a shame, I hate ending debates in a draw. That’s on me, though. I got too emotional, because this is a topic that is deeply personal to me. Oh well, win some, lose some, and draw some. I enjoyed our debate, no matter what it may have seemed like. I really am shameful that I came out the gates smoking. There were much better ways to argue my point and I failed in that regard. Hope you have a great day and rest of your morning!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Are you arguing that using the pronoun, they, is equivalent to someone harming themselves? Friend, you need to argue better. You are arguing like a college dropout. You’ve re-contextualized the argument in it’s entirety. Try again, or don’t. But stop coming at me with your weak ass, bullshit talking points. In the illustrious words of our dear leader, SAD!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Oh my gosh, you’re being pedantic. It has been used for “gender” ambiguity for quite some time. If you choose to be ignorant, then that’s your dill, pickle. At the end of the day, you get to choose whether you make someone happy, or sad. Why is that difficult? Why can’t you comprehend the concept of providing joy to someone? Why can’t you just be nice? That’s what this whole thing is about, right? You can either choose to be nice, or not. And I’m so tired of arguing with people to be nicer. Why can’t people get it through their thick skulls, that people just want to live and be considerate of each other. That’s what we all want, right?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Thank you for agreeing with me! Singular they is only used for gender ambiguity! So, trans folks, or non-binary folks, who choose to go by an ambiguous pronoun, use it. You got it! Unfortunately, I am older than 30, my knees might be older, haha. Also, I’m not from GB/UK. I know grammar school nay have caused some ambiguity there, but grammar school is used in many English speaking countries. Usually, to refer to elementary, primary, or grade school.

Regarding your last diatribe, I didn’t even invoke transphobia. For someone so adamant on literal, linguistic definitions, you seemed to overlook the word bias. You have a predispositioned outlook towards trans people, because of your feelings on linguistic definitions. You inherently disregard hundreds of years of evolution in the English vernacular. Words have changed, evolved, and adopted different meanings throughout time. Do we need to cast out the word gay, because it now also means homosexual, when it originated as happy? Do we need to cast out the word terrific? You know, the word that was a synonym for horrific? I understand that you are ESL, but every language has different dialects, vernacular, and idioms. It’s why a thong in Australia is vastly different, than a thong in America. You can either adapt your knowledge of the language, or choose to emotionally hurt people on the premise of being “right and literal”. There is no need to create something new when society has deemed it acceptable. Just because you don’t, doesn’t mean everyone else is wrong. The question you must ask yourself is, “Do I care more about being right, or emotionally supporting another human being?”. If you have trouble answering that, well, we all have our answer then, don’t we? Cheers, mate. Hope you find, or have found, peace, love, and happiness.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I always found this argument funny because how would you use pronouns for someone whose gender you do not know? They. It’s they. E.g. you are given the sentence: Jordan went to the store to buy apples. And you want to ask a followup question regarding how many, you reply: How many apples did they buy? It’s not that complicated. They has been used for gender ambiguity in everyone’s lives since grammar school. People just have an inherent bias towards trans folks and it’s incredibly depressing and sad.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify Add Lossless Audio(24-bit / 44.1 kHz FLAC) for Premium Subscribers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Oh, damn. Thank you, my data was outdated then. I guess I’ll have to move things to Qobuz, which was a pain last time I transferred a library.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify Add Lossless Audio(24-bit / 44.1 kHz FLAC) for Premium Subscribers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Cool, I’ll still be using Tidal, as they pay their artists the most, I believe.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flipper Zero, Car Thieves, and a Brewing Security Crisis: What’s Really Going On?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I feel like this is mostly fluff. 404media had a better report on this.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We Investigated Tesla’s Autopilot. It’s Scarier Than You Think - More Perfect Union⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Another whole hearted agreement here. I’ve been watching their videos for a couple years and especially like their decline of quality clothing video. They provide a down-to-earth, simple explanation for a specific circumstance. And I love that they have a ton of sources, more often than not.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We Investigated Tesla’s Autopilot. It’s Scarier Than You Think - More Perfect Union⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Downvoted for shitty, clickbait comment.

I already know that this comment is a nothingburger, because if it was something then they would have watched the video and have actual critiques.

Probably just going to be some guy trying to make people angry by getting very ignorant in all of his arguments and practically begging the audience to agree with him.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn't the US name this state? Are they stupid?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I love that New Hampshire and Vermont are mislabeled lmao
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google confirms more ads on your paid YouTube Premium Lite soon⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Well, I’m still happy that my grandfathered $7.99 plan from the GPM days still holds up, fully ad-free.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla is banned from Canada EV rebate program, gov freezes suspicous $43 million in rebates⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Hopefully, this amounts to a fraud investigation and shareholders dump their stocks and cause Musk to fall below the margin call and then he liquidates and Tesla goes to rock bottom.