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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Las Vegas deploys world’s first Tesla Cybertruck police fleet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess it’s also an easy way to advertise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Las Vegas deploys world’s first Tesla Cybertruck police fleet⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Why would you need a vandal for this though? These cars are known to get fucked up by driving off the lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarter⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The whole “AI” thing is one big grift.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Old School RuneScape is getting its first new skill since it launched, and so the XP grind begins anew⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Most awful idea of a skill. It’s literally a minigame.

  I stopped playing because of how undemocratic their fake “democratic voting” is. Whenever something doesn’t pass they just change a few things around and try again until they get what they want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ANTI PEE PAINT⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Imo they should be funded by public budgets the way libraries, school buses, roads etc are.

  They are, and many low traffic toilets are completely free.

  However, in high traffic areas, some arguments they tend to give against this:

  • Asking for a small amount of money deters a vandalism because people would only go in there to use the toilet. Not many people would pay to go and trash the place or put some tags in there.
  • It’s an easy way to get extra money for maintenance
  • In case of drug users it could help because some of them might already spend all their money on the drugs themselves thus making the small cost bothersome. (Although strong blue lights are a better deterrent because they hide your veins)

  A lot of toilets in Europe in low traffic areas tend to be free. There’s also quite some open air urinals in heavy traffic areas that are free but they smell horrible.

  There’s also some European countries that allow/tolerate public urination but limit it to non-privately owned natural bushes and require you to do it decently. (Not showing any genitals)

  If you gotta pee and you don’t have any Euros on you, what else are you supposed to fucking do?? Literally what are your options at that point?

  In places where they ask for money you can often plead your case and can enter without paying. Many places also ask for money without actually having somebody present or blocking your entry if you do not. I’ve seen a lot of little plates with cash just laying there without anybody being present.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being asked "Have you gotten the tour yet" upon entering a house for the first time is the adult equivelent of the kids asking: "Do you want to see my room?"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s me enjoying getting a tour and giving tours. It’s nice because you include each other in each others life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve casually gut Counter-Strike's billion dollar skins market with a "small update"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ouch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Then I don’t see an issue as I would just pour out coffee in nature too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ISP tricked customers about fiber optics being used in their internet service, German court rules — 'full fiber' customers found to have 'last mile' copper connections⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s two arguments I have against your comment:

  1. Fiber is fiber. If even 1% of the connection is not fiber you can’t claim FULL fiber. That’s just not correct. It’s like claiming a dish is completely vegan, ignoring the fact it includes eggs, which makes it not vegan.
  2. There’s definitely a difference in fiber and copper wiring. Fiber is faster and allows for more bandwidth. For most home connections this is overkill and not noticeable. But an IT guy like me definitely prefers fiber over copper.

  In my country it’s illegal to call it full fiber if it isn’t 100% fiber. That’s why the ISPs found a loophole and now call it “dynamic fiber”. They made me waste a shit ton of time troubleshooting why I wasn’t getting the fiber speeds, only to see a tiny print on the bottom of some KB article that said “only for those who have full fiber” after which I had to waste even more time trying to figure out what type of connection I had. I literally bought the “fiber” pack.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ex PlayStation exec says Sony can't keep "increasing the graphics power" with new consoles after tech plateau, but PS5 has already "made almost every game a better game"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They got tricked into buying a console because of the exclusives. Now that those are becoming less common, they can’t accept this truth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: “Working from home makes us thrive”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But how would my boss and project manager continue to make my life miserable? It would take away all their power over me. They wouldn’t be able to manipulate me into submission anymore. I would be my own person and not an empty shell that can be shaped into whatever they want. I’m sorry but it just seems unreasonable to work from home and be happy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kohler Wants to Put a Tiny Camera in Your Toilet and Analyze the Contents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For that price I can probably hire a Groom of the Stool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We'll never have anything like the DVD screensaver ever again⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You probably already know this but it’s not just for the environment. Screensavers were almost exclusively used to protect your screen from burn in. During the switch from Plasma to LCD this became (almost completely) obsolete. Screens became less prone to burn in, video protocols (HDMI, DP) got support for turn off signals, and detection of content being played got better, thus making screensavers obsolete as well. So I wouldn’t call computers stupid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We'll never have anything like the DVD screensaver ever again⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Showing an ad for a game on a gaming website? Hell no. You bought some pants so here’s an ad for more pants.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Rules Could Force Tesla to Redesign Its Door Handles. That’s Harder Than It Sounds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s mostly because of this: evseekers.com/why-do-tesla-windows-go-down-when-o… (Looks like AI slop but it does explain what I think it’s needed for)

  Many modern car doors do not have a frame around the top of the window. So to not damage the window or seal in the door frame, they temporary lower it a bit using electricity. I’m sure Tesla would be incompetent enough to make it so there’s no decent way to do it without this feature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Many developers leave GZDoom due to leader conflicts and fork it into UZDoom⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At a quick glance the community cares more about him hiding commits and doing other nasty things instead of the actual AI stuff. I think that’s important to know before discussing the AI angle here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've recently turned into a blocker.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s great for your mental state.

  Just be aware of any filter bubble you might create. If you block every person that has an opposite perspective, you’ll fall into your own echo chamber.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t there a saying about this? “Leopards ate my face” or something like that?

  “Leopards at my face” comes from claiming that your face would not get eaten while advocating for leopards eating faces.

  If you would use it in the context of ads, it would be more along the lines of claiming you will not get ads because you are “special” while the thing just straight up says it will serve you ads.

  I don’t think the thing is advertised as something to serve you ads, so it’s not the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am attempting to get into self hosting after a shockingly frightening experience. I am very lost though.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You seem to imply you also want to selfhost some email service. But that’s sadly one of the few things that will always be better at a trusted third party email provider.

  Besides that it seems the most important thing you want is pure data storage, and that kind of selfhosting is not hard. In many cases one would not even consider it as part of “selfhosting” as it can be as simple as a local NAS or external HDD.

  So my question is what do you actually want to accomplish? Because I think for a lot of your concerns you don’t even need to go and host something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Discord Breach Might Be Worse Than We Thought, As The Hacker Is Said To Have Two Million Age Verification Photos⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Besides some countries, people that had their account flagged as possible underage also need to verify themselves.

  I know a French guy that joked about being 12 in a chat, got reported by a troll that got his account locked, and had to send his ID to unlock it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was look into both of these and it really looked like the fork was supposed to be the continuation of the original one. So this news doesn’t come as a surprise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI chatbots that butter you up make you worse at conflict, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That depends. My “filter bubble” on Lemmy is completely by my own making and I’m fully aware I do not receive some other perspectives.

  On social media the filter bubble is invisible and alters your view on reality without your knowledge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the USA ever rewrites their constitution it will likely have embedded ads.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well that’s kind of always the case.

  If you don’t pay your taxes you lose some of your rights, in almost any country.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 10. Hackers Are Celebrating.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If UAC bypasses weren’t left unpatched I would have kept my own one so I could reign chaos as soon as Microsoft drops it.

  You know what, I’m keeping it anyways, so I can prove an argument by telling you about it.

  I’m sure many malware developers have tons of exploits ready for when support is dropped.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In Praise of RSS and Controlled Feeds of Information⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  FreshRSS docker container on my VPS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are Street Racers "bad people"?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Could be advertising by Cracker Barrel too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess it makes the most sense to do what feels natural. In my case that’s pronouncing the name in the language I’m speaking at that moment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australian state bans testing of illicit drugs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good. I’ve been losing customers since they have been able to test my product. Now I can safely lace my products with fentanyl again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3142: -Style Pizza⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is not a meme.