uniquethrowagay
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- Comment on In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud 1 hour ago:
Ugh, in the guitar community there’s this myth that the wood type, body shape etc. of an electric guitar influences the sound. If it does, it’s immeasurably small. It’s almost entirely about the pickup circuitry and string position relative to the pickups.
- Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month 2 days ago:
Kartoffeln is just short for Kartoffelnachtschattengewächs, so it doesn’t really count.
- Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month 5 days ago:
Fun fact: Einwohnermeldeamt is the shortest German word beside “Ja”, “Nein” and “Wadenbeinfraktur”
- Comment on i mean 6 days ago:
On today’s standard controller layout, it’s easy to use both D-Pad and left Joystick without a third grip. I don’t see how that wouldn’t have been possible in 1996?
- Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month 6 days ago:
Our (privatized) mail service offers an identification process to third parties where you either walk into a post office with your physical ID card or you make a video call with a call center and show it to them. I don’t think they transmit any more data than “over 18 yes/no”. So while data hording might often be the reason, I don’t think it’s the only one ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month 6 days ago:
Yeah that was the language barrier speaking. ID of course. You know you can get a new card at your local Einwohnermeldeamt (for a fee)?
- Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month 6 days ago:
It’s called AusweisApp:
- Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month 6 days ago:
The German passport (and I’m sure many others) has a NFC chip in it and you can use it with an open source app to securely prove your identity online. In cases like this, the only information pulled from your ID would be “over 18” or “not over 18”.
It’s one of the few things my government did right in the digital space. And yet almost nobody in the private sector uses this. I’m tired of being asked to upload a photo of my ID for age verification.
- Comment on Veganuary 1 week ago:
If you plan to reduce your meat intake, you don’t have to consider anything, really.
If you plan to eat fully vegan, you should look up B12 supplements and make sure to get some proteins (beans, lentils, tofu etc). The whole nutrition thing is not as big a problem as you think it is, though. If you’re unsure, maybe get a blood test done after a few months.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
How do they list Nextcloud as an alternative to Google Drive but not to the Google office apps? LibreOffice is not really a substitute, Nextcloud Office/Collabora is.
- Comment on The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K 2 weeks ago:
Yes I do. I want an actual smart TV with a practical, open source, TV-optimitzed Linux OS. It’s not that software on a TV is a bad idea in itself. It’s how it’s ruined by for-profit companies.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I’d much prefer if the majority of people was driving too careful. Being 5 minutes late is not a problem. Speeding is.
- Comment on Fake moo 3 weeks ago:
How so?
- Comment on you're doing ReSeArCh rong!! 1 month ago:
Also all of the insects covered in Roundup, making ecosystems collapse
- Comment on Honestly how????? 1 month ago:
Somehow
Autism is how he did it. Seriously, look up his daily routines if you’re intrigued
- Comment on THIS is a real test of how old you are. If you score 20 your future is short 1 month ago:
I’m not even thirty and have like 10 points though
- Comment on Raspberry Pi 4B 1 month ago:
Why would I want a x86 machine if all I need runs so well on my Pi and uses like under 5 Watts?
- Comment on Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100 2 months ago:
Nobody knows if this company will be around in a year. The watches will continue to be usable and versatile. The ring won’t.
- Comment on How do you sleep at night? Please respond with a number 2 months ago:
10 is highly illegal
- Comment on They have no idea that you welcome this behavior 2 months ago:
Wife bad
- Comment on Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser? 2 months ago:
I don’t save tabs between sessions because of my ADHD. Otherwise I’d drown in them. This way I’m forced to use bookmarks for things I really need and the useless clutter gets removed once I close my browser.
- Comment on Trump's Big Beautiful Bill 2 months ago:
Y’all are so occupied by this whole Epstein thing that you forget to riot every week because your government is literally dismantling what is left of US democracy.
Okay a couple rich people raped children. That’s horrible, but does it really matter now? Do you think the MAGA regime will just stop their fascist plans once there is hard evidence? Trump is above the law and his followers only believe what he says.
- Comment on Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame 2 months ago:
Those contribute to Linux, but not Desktop Linux and not at all gaming on Linux.
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 2 months ago:
Trackpads give options. Sure most first person games have controller support. Coming from mouse and keyboard, I still can’t stand playing those with a stick though. Trackpad + Gyro is an absolute game changer, I prefer that even over a mouse now.
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 2 months ago:
Yeah he could hand over a couple billion dollars, that would make up for it.
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 2 months ago:
The first one was a collaboration with HTC I believe.
- Comment on opencloud - I migrated from nextcloud. Screenshots and docker-compose-compose.yml included 3 months ago:
Is it? My instance only has a handful of users, but it runs on a Raspi 4 and RAM or CPU are never a problem
- Comment on As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity 3 months ago:
We can all agree that ME was a complete clusterfuck, though. “What if your desktop was also a Webpage and what if it crashed about every hour?”
- Comment on At 1% 4 months ago:
I used VGA up until maybe 2012, 2013. Even longer at my job.
- Comment on We don't use the word 'fascist' because we wish harm on anybody. We use it because words mean things. 4 months ago:
I am German. We don’t call it that. Nobody says Nazipartei, it’s NSDAP. Nazi Party is an English expression and has nothing to do with the etymology of the word Nazi.
Nazi is short for Nationalsozialist. de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi (the english version of this article points to the ideology of nazism, the original is about the term. Use a translator if you’re interested.)
It was coined in the 1920s and it’s not an American term. You call the party Nazi Party because it was the party of the nazis, not the other way around.