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- Comment on A weight to bear 3 days ago:
I’ve found that while shorter people often wish to be taller, tall women actually hate being made aware of their height. Even if it’s framed very positively.
I think they’re aware that some people (idiots) think it makes you less feminine. Usually due to their own insecurities.
- Comment on Microsoft shuts down email account of International Criminal Court chief prosecutor 4 days ago:
Munix was by all accounts a success on a technical level that could be replicated by any European administration.
The problem was, of course, political. The incoming conservative admin needed to paint the progressive competition as incompetent, and do the usual corruption of course. So they jumped on one department’s complaint about an issue with one piece of software to cancel and roll back the entire fucking project.
A few months later, Microsoft opened up their new European headquarters in Munich. By sheer coincidence I’m sure.
- Comment on Microsoft shuts down email account of International Criminal Court chief prosecutor 4 days ago:
It’s still preemptive compliance by Microsoft.
Trump loves this shit because if it blows up, he can just say “I never ordered this.”
- Comment on Nextcloud cries foul over Google Play Store app rejection 1 week ago:
Pixels are known for their outstanding camera quality and you can get GrapheneOS on them.
- Comment on Nextcloud cries foul over Google Play Store app rejection 1 week ago:
The GrapheneOS dev wrote a wrapper / sandbox for the Google core services that spoofs some “required” APIs, and it allows full control over permissions.
- Comment on Android updates: thanks I hate it. 1 week ago:
The average user doesn’t give a fuck about security. They use whatever manufacturers put in front of them because the alternatives are not known or reasonably available to them.
- Comment on Android updates: thanks I hate it. 1 week ago:
My dad bought a new tablet. I spent over an hour debloating it with ADB just to get it to a usable state.
I really don’t know why people love their products. Even the performance out of the box is utter shit until you disable the virtual RAM.
- Comment on TikTok fined $600 million for China data transfers that broke EU privacy rules 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Chances for the fediverse? Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves 2 weeks ago:
For most people it’s unfortunately just " is it like Twitter" - both in terms of accessibility and algorithmic content suggestion.
- Comment on Microsoft's AI Secretly Copying All Your Private Messages 2 weeks ago:
Or just used an auto-upscaler.
- Comment on Microsoft's AI Secretly Copying All Your Private Messages 2 weeks ago:
I guess it is nowadays compared to PWAs.
- Comment on World of Goo 2 is out now on Steam and a great pick for puzzle game fans 2 weeks ago:
Is the soundtrack as good as the first?
- Comment on Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion's level scaling was a "mistake", says designer, so why is it in the remaster? 3 weeks ago:
You call it unrealistic when that’s what every single one of my characters did.
- Comment on PewDiePie: I installed Linux (so should you) 3 weeks ago:
Dragging them on Mission Control hasn’t worked for my apps. I’ve had to exit fullscreen, move screens, then reengage fullscreen.
The double-click to maximize often doesn’t work. Many windows either do nothing, or resize only to a specific size, or maximize only vertically. Totally not infuriating.
Rectangle is the tool I use to make windows behave.
- Comment on PewDiePie: I installed Linux (so should you) 3 weeks ago:
M4 Pro user here. “Full screen” on Mac means turning the current App window into a new temporary virtual desktop, which is placed after your normal virtual desktops. It also turns off the status bar / app menu, even though you don’t get that screen space back because of the camera notch.
How many virtual desktops you have and which one is active is specific to each connected display, so I hope you’re good at remembering their order and purpose and don’t mind performing several gestures to get back to your app.
You might just want to maximize your app window instead. Though you do need third-party software to do that properly.
I wish I was kidding about any of this.
- Comment on Trump tells Canadians to Elect the guy who'll make them the 51st State of US [Canadian elections today] 3 weeks ago:
But I thought we were pretending to care about states, not individual voters.
- Comment on Elon Musk's Social Platform X has filed a lawsuit agains Minnesota, challenging a law banning political deepfakes 3 weeks ago:
Noo we just want this specific instance of deregulation because… uh, it theoretically might help small businesses!
Also why would you even care about anything other than short-term GDP increase. Are you some kind of communist?!?
- Comment on World of Goo 2 is out now 3 weeks ago:
The first one holds up completely to this day.
- Comment on Tesla's "Predictive" Odometers Had 9+ Drivers Complaining of Inaccuracy Before Lawsuit. We Even Found Video! 3 weeks ago:
It’s likely not your average car owner, more like your average shady used car salesman.
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 4 weeks ago:
Rectangle, AltTab, LinearMouse and noTunes off the top of my head. And homebrew underneath of course.
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 4 weeks ago:
pdfSAM. OBS. Veracrypt. A bunch of macOS usability tools that I am definitely taking for granted at this point.
- Comment on zoomers are the new blooners 4 weeks ago:
For the past 5-10 years it would have been his Insta addy.
- Comment on Tesla odometer uses “predictive algorithms” to void warranty, lawsuit claims 4 weeks ago:
Let’s use the Smelloscope!
- Comment on Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish government 4 weeks ago:
We should call whoever sends these PMs The Fediverse Dick.
- Comment on Are there any Lemmy/Mbin instances by women for women? 5 weeks ago:
This isn’t about recommending an instance but a community.
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 5 weeks ago:
Not just to drivers.
There’s nothing more annoying as a pedestrian than a vehicle whose driver has seemingly decided to run into you because they 1) didn’t think to use their signals and 2) mostly just checked for car traffic until you’re right in front of their bumper.
- Comment on History never repeats itself but it rhymes 5 weeks ago:
It just actually looks like shit.
- Comment on Silksong release date confirmed for 2025 1 month ago:
Exactly like that.
- Comment on Furious at the FCC, Arkansas jail cancels inmate phone calls rather than lower rates 2 months ago:
Yes. Politicians and lobbyists.
And we allowed it because “who cares, they’re criminals”.
- Comment on John Oliver promoted alternatives to big tech in last night's episode, including Mastodon and Pixelfed 2 months ago:
Oh I agree. I’m just not there because twitter was never my thing. Keep up the fediverse propaganda, comrade.