Onomatopoeia

@Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Will Be Ending Support For This Popular Software In October 2026 - SlashGear⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I still use Publisher - for simple page layout (think label print jobs) it’s way better than word, even with templates.

  I thought they’d dropped it years ago, haha - I’m still using a 2016 version. Those offus who use it have been a tiny minority since before it was a Microsoft product (I was using Publisher about 2 years before MS acquired it).

  Definitely not a “popular piece of software” - never was.

  Shame it’s going away though, I’ve always tried to get people to use it it instead of word when they’re trying to do page layout.

  MS never really promoted/exposed it to consumers. It was never really a part of office, for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendation for Android File Manager⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I used ES File Explorer for 10 years before finally giving up on an old, pre-enshittified version, and switching to Mix.

  I don’t love it, but its the best out there today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Katy Perry is using a sexualized version of the Romulan uniform?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t you mean “What is a”?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm gonna need a walk-in shower soon enough⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: The Lethal Danger Of Combining Welding And Brake Cleaner⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  To be clear, brake clean isn’t removing any rust.

  For welding, some kind of grinding is definitely occurring.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does each country have a book/library of the laws of the land that a commoner can consult to check if they're about to do something illegal?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t that partly because the US has like 52 sets of law (50 states, DC, Fed) and maybe more (County/Parish, etc)?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Password managers...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sync it to a cloud

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recommendations for data backup solutions ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t trust the disconnected drives. They fail more often when offline than on, in my experience.

  Granted it’s your 3rd backup, so it’s a smaller risk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ideas for deadspace behind fridge⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure that floor is the same as the rest of the house, as floor is built first, then walls atop the floor.

  So wouldn’t worry about the loads it can handle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People around the world are trying to learn English because it's the Lingua Franca, but imagine if the Lingua Franca of the world was a Tonal Language and the writing system was Logographic.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Tonal and Logographic didn’t become Lingua Franca because they’re more difficult to learn and standardization is even more difficult than with Alphabetic languages.

  This is like language 101 stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They do?

  Think we need some examples

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Snapchat manipulates its users through notifications⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How mobile apps manipulate users via notifications.

  Off is my default for notifications from all apps.

  Fuck, Dominoes (the solo game) wants to send me notifications. WTF for?

  Guess what dominoes, I run rooted so your dumb ass can’t even run in the background (or get network), and you get automatically get killed a few minutes after I stop playing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA: Don't use nextcloud's auto upload on the android app as a backup⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Syncthing or Resilio Sync for photo/file backup from phone. Both work amazingly well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a uBlock Origin filter or extension for LLM slop in search results⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see anything like this in search, even DuckDuck.

  What do you have on that you see this? (Or what have I turned off?)

  I do use Ublock and Noscript, but they don’t list anything to block on search engines, really.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whats a good and proper alternative google message thats clean but better with privacy? - for texting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Almost any messaging app is better, the question is what do your friends use, and can you get them to switch.

  I’m a fan of XMPP because it’s an established protocol you can host yourself (if you wanted) - this removes untrustworthy providers.

  It’s really what’s your goal?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to answer someone who accuses you of being a bot because they don't like what you have to say?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok, bye.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Community Rule: "No low-effort posts. This is subjective and will largely be determined by the community member reports."⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem is they are almost never good, as everyone can read the same info 4x faster than someone can present it (best case), and 10x faster isn’t unusual.

  Source: Former technical trainer - I’ve read a lot about instructional methodologies. Video is the lowest common denominator that’s all. It can be useful for things that have a visual component, and self hosting has very little of that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Community Rule: "No low-effort posts. This is subjective and will largely be determined by the community member reports."⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems there are 2 kinds - video links with almost no text, just farming visits, and video links with a wall of text.

  Both suck. Videos, in general, suck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And quickly realizing they could be used for more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that Apple makes hundreds of millions of dollars with personalized advertising. If you have an iPhone, you should turn it off.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And this is part of why I root.

  Only certain apps get network access, and only certain apps get to use Google services.

  They’ll complain, some won’t work.

  Next phone won’t have Google services at all, and untrustworthy apps will be sandboxed in their own profiles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that Apple makes hundreds of millions of dollars with personalized advertising. If you have an iPhone, you should turn it off.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Like, turn off the iPad or iPhone?

  Agreed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I not kill my Iomega ZIP drive I just got? (The experiences I've heard of scare me)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  *throes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I not kill my Iomega ZIP drive I just got? (The experiences I've heard of scare me)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, who ever though zip was a good idea for this? Lol. Well, you gained a lot of experience.

  We were using cd’s in the mid/late 90’s for imaging already.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Best way to browse and share files between hoarders?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Define share?

  Keep all files in sync between two points?

  Enable ad-hoc access to all files, or a subset?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that giving kids a laptop doesn't improve their academic performance.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Businesses repair laptops every day.

  I’ve replaced 2 keyboards in my family in the last year, and 2 batteries.

  I’ve replaced fans in laptops. Recently replaced the cpu paste in one.

  Just because you never see it because everyone you know buys shitty consumer laptops, doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. Business-class laptops are maintainable, and they cost more because of it.

  In the last year my friends in the SMB space have replaced half a dozen keyboards, numerous batteries, etc. And these are in companies that have regular replacement cycles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dealing with an old sink and looking for help.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the answer.

  Also, just buy a faucet that integrates the sprayer into it - get the tallest one that will fit, it makes everything easier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK about SearXNG - an open metasearch engine⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  DDG has gone completely shitty for me recently.

  Such a weird thing to be seeing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tattoo Ink Moves Through the Body, Killing Immune Cells and Weakening Vaccine Response⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Human immune cells”, not cells in humans.

  That’s not to say this doesn’t happen in humans, it very well may. It’s intriguing research, but it’s still only demonstrated in mice. Important to always keep that in mind until we get better information (which this research is at least leading us to).

  Lots of stuff happens in mice (or pigs) and we find doesn’t replicate to homo sapiens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is hatred/dehumanization of the working class so prominent in the UK, when about 60% of the UK population is working class?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Quit posting this nonsense under different accounts.

  Chav is NOT a derogatory term for working class folks.

  This is what I’m going to reply every time you post this garbage.

  The Cambridge English Dictionary defines chav as “an insulting word for someone, usually a young person, whose way of dressing, speaking, and behaving is thought to show their lack of education and low social class.”

  dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/…/chav

  It’s based on behaviour.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And you don’t know basic writing.