Lost_My_Mind
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- Comment on Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 - Ars Technica 4 hours ago:
Boycotting Logitech is easy moving forward; Don’t buy their crap.
You’re like 5 years too late on that for me. I bought a mouse in 2019. And in 2020 the mouse died. Wouldn’t even turn on. Wouldn’t charge. Dead.
I call up logitech, and ask what my options are. Basically my options are “fuck you”. Couldn’t even send it in for repair at all.
Compare this to 2005. I had a mouse in those days I paid $200 for. Which in those days was quite a bit. My then girlfriend broke my mouse. So I called logitech to ask how much it cost to fix. I had the mouse about 2-3 years at that point. So I knew it wasn’t under warrenty, but I figure maybe repair is cheaper than buying a new one.
Guy on the phone says “Nah, I’ll just ship you one”. And I was confused. I asked “Oh. How much is that?” And he says “Don’t even worry about it. Lets just send you a replacement.”
Week later I had a free replacement on my doorstep. Instant recurring customer.
But now? Between deminishing product quality, disappearing customer service, and enshitified policies, I no longer feel like I’m a logictech customer for the past 5 years. This after being a huge cheerleader of theirs since the early 2000s. Maybe late 90s.
These companies do not seem to get that the easiest way to generate consistant revenue is with repeat business. I’m no longer a logitech customer, but I still have a lot of logitech products. Whenever they die, they’ll be replaced with something else.
- Comment on Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 - Ars Technica 4 hours ago:
9.5 years is ancient in smart home devices.
Note to self. Don’t buy smart devices. 9.5 years is like a sneeze to me. I still have a Nintendo NES from the late 1980s still in working order. I mean, I modded the video out, and replaced the pin connector. But it works.
- Comment on Can a person who is a convicted felon/ rapist even get nominated for the Nobel Peace Price? Extra points if you can ELI5 that. 4 hours ago:
Funnily enough, he DOES qualify for a jail cell. 34 times actually.
- Comment on important 5 hours ago:
In her house!
- Comment on Can Mac apps be emulated and run on Windows? 6 hours ago:
Can Mac apps be emulated and run on Windows?
There is a translation layer for running MacOS software on Linux
McDonalds discontinued the Super Size option in 2004 after a falsified documentary painted them in a bad light in the public eye.
…what? Oh, are we not replying with unrelated statements? I thought that’s what we were doing since he was asking about Windows, and you replied about Linux.
- Comment on wish 7 hours ago:
Me with that superpower:
My boss: “Where the hell is he??? He can teleport instantly! HOW is he still late to work every day???”
20 minutes later
Me: “Sorry I’m late, but traffic was a bitch!”
Boss: “You have the ability to instantly teleport, and you DRIVE to work?”
Me: “Oh…no. No no no no no. I didn’t drive. Public transportation actually.”
Boss: “YOU TOOK THE BUS???”
Me: “Well, yeah. If I don’t support our cities public transportation infrastructure, who will? You know they they keep getting their funding cut, right?”
- Comment on paint job 7 hours ago:
Oh thank god. I was legit getting furious.
- Comment on please please 17 hours ago:
They were looking for fingerprints, and then Prince (the musician) falls into her arms, and she says something like “Finger…Prince??? (And he gives this inviting smile) EEEEEWWWWW!!!”
And then Yakko says “Goodnight everybody!” (Indicating something innappropriate was said)
- Comment on please please 17 hours ago:
My god…I remember that joke from 30 years ago. I didn’t get it then…I get it NOW!!!
- Comment on Texas National Guard arriving in Chicago 1 day ago:
They don’t even lightly jog.
- Comment on Is this the best place to post questions about these retro emulation handhelds? 1 day ago:
Is that R2D2s cousin?
- Comment on Why is it "shower thoughts" and not "shitter thoughts"? 1 day ago:
My shitter thoughts are “HUUUGGHHHHHHHHHH!!! pant pant pant HUUUUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!! SPLASH!!! OH THANK GOD FINALLY!!!”
- Comment on What possible evolutionary advantage is offered by my ears suddenly sprouting tons of hair? 1 day ago:
Also your car smells funny.
- Comment on What possible evolutionary advantage is offered by my ears suddenly sprouting tons of hair? 1 day ago:
Man. I hit that age around 7 years old. They told me PeeWee Herman wasn’t going to be on TV anymore because he had fun in a movie theater. Tried asking why that was wrong. No adult would tell me. So I put two and two together and decided that this world is pissing me off.
To be fair, I’m 41, and stand by that to this day. PeeWee did nothing wrong, even AFTER knowing the full story.
- Submitted 1 day ago to retrogaming@lemmy.world | 2 comments
- Comment on I suppose it's better to find this out 35 years later than never at all. 2 days ago:
That’s what I was thinking.
- Comment on Let's be honest about this 2 days ago:
My school had a rumor that Marylin Manson had 14 year old girl groupies that sucked his toes and did his grocery shopping for him, for free, just for a chance to be around him.
We also had the removed a rib story.
We also had a rumor that Andy Richter (Conan O Brian’s sidekick) was Marylin Manson’s brother.
- Comment on Is this the best place to post questions about these retro emulation handhelds? 2 days ago:
That’s the other thing. WHO is coming up with these names???
Playstation has a reasonable naming scheme. Nintendo usually has a fun naming scheme, switch 2 aside. Xbox is just all over the road.
But Xbox seems real easy to learn compared to the Ambernic X5842R. Hooooo boy, that’s a catchy name!
- Comment on When you say you don't like linux on Lemmy 3 days ago:
Welp. That part I didn’t know.
- Comment on Is this the best place to post questions about these retro emulation handhelds? 3 days ago:
Discord won’t let me log in because my account is tied to hotmail, and hotmail sent me a security verification 2 years ago to log into my yahoo account, and since I never log into yahoo, they sent me a security verification which is linked to…my hotmail account.
I want something on Lemmy. I do appriciate the info though.
- Comment on When you say you don't like linux on Lemmy 3 days ago:
Jesus christ! What the hell is wrong with people???
I’m on ZorinOS, but I gotta say, this is the dark ages of PC. Windows is full on dog shit, Mac always has been expensive as fuck, and Linux just doesn’t have the userbase to rely on companies making their programs available for the format.
On top of that linux has ALWAYS has had a very terminal based culture.
I’ve always said and continue to believe that linux CAN BE good for the average nontech minded folk. The way this happens is Flatpak becomes the dominant format in program installation. Terminal doesn’t have to change, it can still be used exactly as it is, but it takes a backseat in terms of how the system is presented to newbies.
If I look up how to fix X problem on linux, I should by default find a GUI based solution. YOU can still use terminal to do whatever you do. I myself don’t get it. The average user doesn’t get it. I find solutions online. They say “Put this command in terminal”. I do that, it goes as expected. And then “ok, now run these commands” and the first few go as expected. And then it will spit out some error that I don’t understand. “ERROR THE L LISTS AREN’T COMBOBULATED TO THE FCAP COMPORRIUM” or some shit. What the hell??? What am I supposed to do with that??? So you copy the error, ask online what it means, and they say “Oh, your L Lists just need to be updated to the new repository. Just sync your flabarts to the chukchuk.”
And thats about the time I lose my temper and decide to just get really drunk and watch the big bang on over the air tv, because what the hell does any of this matter anyways if I can’t even install a simple program, and update some drivers?
Now. Let’s rewind. What if linux, regardless of distro had the same flatpak store, the same interface for it, and some under the hood settings that are standard across the board? The rest of the distro can be whatever, but you should have a reliable way to change and update basic shit.
And for those of you like the guy in this threads photo, who are going to bombard me with death threats and insults, just consider this. People have been saying Windows is unusable dog shit since the 90s. Mac has always been unaffordable for most people. And Linux is free, and supposedly 1000% more stable in every way. Yet last time I looked, Linux, on the rise, had an all time high user base sharehold of 5.49% of the PC market. If you think I’m wrong, explain why Linux isn’t not just the leader, but the dominant leader. Being free AND better should make it the obvious choice, but it’s clearly not. There’s a reason for that. And it’s terminal.
Right now we’re living in the dark ages of PCs. We got windows at it’s all time worst, mac expensive as always, and linux still pushing users away by far.
- Submitted 3 days ago to retrogaming@lemmy.world | 19 comments
- Comment on Microsoft reportedly estimated that Game Pass led to $300 million in lost sales of Black Ops 6, with 82% of copies sold being on the Game Pass-less PlayStation 5 3 days ago:
You are not going to believe this! I have a great bridge, sturdy bridge, fantastic bridge actually. The government wants to tear it down because I don’t have the $100 dollars to fix a minor problem. You know how it is. Avacado toast price just keeps going up…
Point is, I could sell you this bridge. It’s in your neighborhood, and it normally has a value of 1 million dollars. I’m just looking to get rid of it. So I’ll sell it to you for $100. This sale isn’t meant to be public, so don’t tell anyone, otherwise they might offer me more money. And this sale is just for you! Because I like you…
- Comment on Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions! 3 days ago:
That’s the thing. PS2 at one time was the best selling system of all time. I forget if that record still holds up. I know the DS oversold it, but thats not a tv console.
Point is, with any console that had that big of an impact on gaming, it’s going to have a ton of bangers that still hold up 20+ years later.
And boy howdy if that ain’t true!
I’m honestly surprised there aren’t independant projects releasing new PS2 games today, in the same way you see occasional new releases for NES and Game Boy Color.
- Comment on Why aren't those into bondage and S/M called "leatherosexuals"? 4 days ago:
New band name!
- Comment on Why do we still joke about setting up old wooden guillotines? 4 days ago:
I remember these specials from the 90s. They also did one with secrets of pro wrestling. Except the pro wrestling secrets were all very outdated and no longer being used.
- Comment on Smoothie stealer 4 days ago:
Me, never having had a smoothie: “Is smoothie theft a common problem in the smoothie drinking community? Huh. I never knew. I do want to steal that Ostrich though.”
- Comment on Open Printer is a fully open-source inkjet with DRM-free ink and no subscriptions 4 days ago:
Are you talking to me? Oh, you weren’t? Then who were you talking to?
Who? Who? Who? Who?
- Comment on Careful folks 4 days ago:
Well this just goes back to the ancient arguement of when a surface goes from being wet to becoming water.
Is water wet?
- Comment on 'No one can find him': Trump drops from public view again after 'slurring' military speech 4 days ago:
I’m going with Big Mac attack.
*checks notesĵ
Oh, sorry. I’m pronouncing that wrong. I meant to say heart attack…from eating Big Macs.