el_abuelo
@el_abuelo@programming.dev
- Comment on do no harm 1 day ago:
Having just gone through something…I can attest to the fact that when you see no end to the pain, the mental anguish is immense. For some people that means a couple of points.
For me when asked, I always think “could it be worse?” and having never had my balls trampled by a herd of elephants, or been hanged, drawn and quartered…I could never give a 10.
- Comment on U.S. Tech Layoffs Hit Two-Decade High in October 1 day ago:
AI can do that.
- Comment on Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagships 1 week ago:
I’ve not run into any of these issues…but as I went from iPhone to samsung perhaps its all just a matter of perspective. Perhaps the Pixel is superior.
I check each year what the reviews are saying and the Samsung always seem to edge out on top for what I want - a large device (i get the Ultra) with a premium build and great camera. I also have a samsung watch so the integrations work quite nicely. I found the google wallet on the watch constantly asked for my pin while the samsung wallet only would the first time since I put it on. Oh and you have to unlock your device to use Google Wallet as your travel payment…with samsung wallet I can just tap and go which is much more preferable to me as it means my eyes are up and paying attention to my world, not looking at my phone unlocking it.
- Comment on Reddit’s CEO Debuts As A Billionaire 20 Years After Cofounding The Company 1 week ago:
That’s not evidence. That’s just making stuff up to fit a narrative of your choosing.
I’m no fan of billionaires either, but they do plenty of evil without us having to just make shit up. That only serves to dilute your (our) credibility.
- Comment on Reddit’s CEO Debuts As A Billionaire 20 Years After Cofounding The Company 1 week ago:
Convinced by what evidence?
- Comment on Promised myself I will support them after they go stable. They kept their promise and so did I 1 week ago:
I dont get the “server” vs “individual” support levels? Im an individual and I have a server…but presumably everyone buying immich has a server? Otherwise it’s pointless? Or is it expected that I buy a server package, plus an individual package for each and every user?
I know it’s OSS and so any and all donations are voluntary - just the naming here confuses me.
- Comment on GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation 2 months ago:
S3 seems like a really expensive way to backup personal data. Are you doing it to achieve the offsite backup?
I currently dont have an offsite and im weighing up having a NAS at my parents place.
- Comment on Does anyone else find it suspicious that there wasn't any criticism on here about Stop Killing Games until after it hit 1.4M signatures? 3 months ago:
Excuse the ignorance, what’s the difference?
- Comment on "You can't just have Geralt for every single game" says his voice actor, and if you think The Witcher 4 making Ciri the protagonist is "woke," then "read the damn books" 5 months ago:
The protagonist is a woman.
- Comment on "You can't just have Geralt for every single game" says his voice actor, and if you think The Witcher 4 making Ciri the protagonist is "woke," then "read the damn books" 5 months ago:
Tomb Raider. That’s all I’m gonna say.
- Comment on 7 for me 5 months ago:
What about a foggy day?
- Comment on People have private conversations on speaker phone but if I participate then I'm the crazy one 5 months ago:
The other day a dude was using his phone on speaker in the gym. Just sat there on the machine casually having a conversation on the phone and not doing a whole lot of working out.
I asked him if he could use the phone normally and made the “hand to face” gesture and he just mumbled a “yeah” and took it off speaker.
Now if he had considered my request outlandish, presumably there would have been a little friction in this exchange? But no…he knew exactly what he was doing, why it was annoying, and immediately how to remedy it.
Why the fuck are people using speakerphone instead of the God damn normal speaker to have their conversations? They know it’s annoying.
- Comment on End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? 5 months ago:
Thank you that’s very helpful! I’m pretty handy with software so not troubled by that, but I am lazy outside of work so I’ll likely follow your envision advice! But still sounds like a fair bit to do so I suspect I’ll kick it down the road till WMR finally goes.
Thanks again!
- Comment on Please consider supporting Lemmy development 6 months ago:
Thank you for the insight. I’m glad to have the opportunity to have this discussion and gain some new understanding of the world outside my usual.
- Comment on Please consider supporting Lemmy development 6 months ago:
Thank you. No sources required, and I already try to do those things…hence my questions! I hope that my questions don’t cause harm, if they do I would like to find a way to learn without harming.
If they had said “biological male” then this would be okay? Sounds equally as hurtful to me…what is the correct term use? Trans woman?
The only thing I see them denying is that the same group of people spreading trans rights are also the ones spreading transphobia…which sounds logical to me?
I appreciate that this sounds like I’m defending them but I’m really not, I suspect from what’s said in this thread that they have a storied history of being hurtful on this topic which i think is indefensible. But I am out the loop and have very little idea who this person is.
- Comment on End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? 6 months ago:
How are you getting on with VR? I have a Reverb G2 and if I can play Elite and DCS on Linux I’m basically sold at this point.
I really want a new headset but nothing beats the G2 right now, without giving money to Meta which I refuse to do.
- Comment on Please consider supporting Lemmy development 6 months ago:
What would be the correct way to voice opposing views about these issues?
Genuinely asking as to my ignorant eyes this looks like a reasonable way of discussing the issues, so I must have some kind of wrongthink here and would love to be guided back to a place where people can discuss opposing views safely.
- Comment on Post your setup. no matter how uggo 11 months ago:
I have a pi4 and been very happy with the dimensions and low power usage. What could I get for the same price and power use?
Genuine question. Im looking at a pi5 right now.
- Comment on Post your setup. no matter how uggo 11 months ago:
Care to elaborate? What’s wrong with “hosting” on a rpi?
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 11 months ago:
Exactly, bad PR.
Waste isn’t actually much of a problem - it’s just been portrayed as one.
- Comment on Anon questions our energy sector 11 months ago:
Funny how people think waste is why we don’t use nuclear power.
You noticed how we’re all fine breathing in poison and carcinogens? Still haven’t banned burning fossil fuels.
It’s a money problem and a PR problem
- Comment on The Great Migration to Bluesky Gives Me Hope for the Future of the Internet 11 months ago:
Yeah, what’s stopping the richest guy in the world just buying blue-sky as well?
- Comment on Optimisation is a Slow Process 11 months ago:
Maybe I’m misreading your tone, but I’m not trying to argue with you - I’m genuinely curious about this and if you have superior knowledge I’m open!
My understanding from a quick skim of Wikipedia citations suggests we understand what’s involved (particles and receptors) but the actual mechanism around encoding of signals seems to be theory.
We also can’t teach a computer to think, but we still have quite a good idea of how it works.
- Comment on Optimisation is a Slow Process 11 months ago:
Science shit?
I dont know…but I wouldn’t say that’s a good reason to doubt it, for example I don’t know how they proved black holes exist but they seem pretty confident.
- Comment on Optimisation is a Slow Process 11 months ago:
That’s how they kill the germs…very clever really.
- Comment on Optimisation is a Slow Process 11 months ago:
Isn’t smell just particulate matter hitting receptors not dissimilar to how taste receptors send taste signals to the brain? I thought science had this stuff nailed down now?
- Comment on You have a bad friend if he isn't willing to help you bury a dead body or if he is willing to help you. 1 year ago:
Must every use of a singular pronoun be called out? This isn’t offensive, it’s slip of the tongue. Get out your own arse and give people a break.
- Comment on I'll share a troubling fact with you if you share one with me 1 year ago:
Every day is a school day! Thanks
- Comment on I'll share a troubling fact with you if you share one with me 1 year ago:
Wtf is smegma
- Comment on New largest prime number discovered by former Nvidia software engineer 1 year ago:
I wouldn’t bother arguing with this person. They’re either trolling or intentionally ignorant - either way, you will lose to their vast experience.