Otherbarry

@Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How much are additional lemmy instances needed/wanted beyond what we have at present?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  More Tor friendly instances would be nice. Most Lemmy instances use things like Cloudflare that freak out over Tor connections so just registering/logging into the instance is a PITA, let alone browsing. Extra bonus if the instance actually hosts the Lemmy instance in Tor itself (though realistically the rest of the Lemmy instance would still run on the clearnet since it still needs to communicate with the rest of the Fediverse).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What efforts would it take to strip the name Americans from the folks inhabiting the US?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably just need an executive order from the current U.S. president to rename the country “United States of Trump”. Going forward citizens would be called Trumpians.

  Google will happily go ahead and update Google Maps with the new name.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you pronounce "centaur" and why?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Like the other commenter I pronounce it sen-tor. Just like the word “dinosaur” I would pronounce die-no-sor if that makes sense. Both words end in “aur”.

  …though now you’ve got me curious about how you and your wife pronounce dinosaur :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I withdraw/stop putting into my 401k?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Does your employer offer you a match on your 401k contributions? That’s free money regardless of how the 401k is invested so you definitely want to keep that going.

  Even without that generally speaking you’ll still want to continue contributing to your 401k. Remember that a 401k is long term retirement savings, the market will continue to rise/fall during your employment over the next x years. You’re not required to invest 100% in U.S. specific index funds, in fact most people would recommend allocating a mix of U.S. / International / Bonds e.g. the “lazy” portfolio is one of the more famous recommendations www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Asset_allocation

  Or for just set-and-forget you can invest in target date retirement index funds if your 401k offers them (most 401k plans offer those nowadays).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Was Donald Trump ever cool?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In NYC people never thought he was cool, he was just another rich blowhard in the NYC area. He has spent pretty much his whole life desiring some sort of celebrity coolness he never really attained.

  I don’t know about people outside the NYC area, maybe they always thought he was some sort of cool real estate rich guy? Do people down south idolize that type of person? Seems unlikely then again stranger things have happened.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how tf do you warm up plates?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Usually what I do is put the plate in the oven towards the end of whenever I need to take food out so it heats up a couple of mins or so then take everything out. Use oven mitts in case you left the plate in there a bit too long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When Lemmy got named did no one think that the "lemming" association might alienate people?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That has never crossed my mind, I’m thinking heavy metal when I think about Lemmy Kilmister / Lemmy.

  But I do think lemmings are cute, and that old video game was awesome, so it all sort of works for me :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the Standard Operating Procedure for if someone steals your phone while you were using it and its unlocked?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you weren’t already prepared (see other comments) then assume every credit/debit card you had saved in your Google Wallet/Apple Pay has been stolen - That’s one reason people snatch phones while unlocked and try to keep it unlocked.

  Also assume any payment apps you have installed are now compromised e.g. Venmo and similar - that’s another reason people steal unlocked phones and try to keep it unlocked.

  The above assumes you did not have any additional passwords/locking in the apps themselves beyond the phone’s screen unlock - I purposely

  You may be able to remote lock the phone after the fact if you get to a computer or a someone you know with a phone on them to get online and initiate a remote lock.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When would it make sense for someone to get a domain name?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re self hosting services on your own network it’s often easier to use a domain rather than have to keep up with home IP address changes. Same if you need to set up some sort of remote access into your network.

  Also useful for email, you’ll have infinite amount of email addresses you can use on your own domain. Plus if you ever need to migrate to another email provider you simply point your domain to your new email provider, you never lose your email address this way.

  There is also social media that you can use your own domain to show you own your account. e.g. seems to be common at Bluesky.