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- Comment on The youtube algorithm is so bad, I say to my screen "why the fuck would I care about this!?" like 10 times a day. 9 hours ago:
I think you gave up too soon because NewPipe has been working flawlessly for months…
- Comment on [deleted] 17 hours ago:
“Encore!” 👏
- Comment on 34% of the US population doesn't vote. Why do polticalitcians cling to the idea that these voters can't be reached? 17 hours ago:
I don’t think it will ever even happen because the winning party may just always think, “Good, don’t vote; that allowed us to win more easily.”
- Comment on The youtube algorithm is so bad, I say to my screen "why the fuck would I care about this!?" like 10 times a day. 18 hours ago:
Grayjay is not open-source, sadly; FreeTube and NewPipe are, though they are YT-based.
- Comment on AI is like an evil villain's henchman: "Yes sir, you're absolutely right, sir." "Great idea master!" "My apologies master, I should have known what you meant from the start. Forgive me master.” 5 days ago:
< I am expected to use it at work now
How so?
- Comment on AI is like an evil villain's henchman: "Yes sir, you're absolutely right, sir." "Great idea master!" "My apologies master, I should have known what you meant from the start. Forgive me master.” 5 days ago:
No, promote open-source platforms; LMS is closed-source. Try jan.ai instead.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
What do you mean? Are you implying that the non-spiritual can’t do so?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
TBH, yeah, underarm hair is unattractive in Western society (or at least in the US, I think), so I would probably shave them if I took that route. Either way, it looks more like something one would wear at home: super-casual when one should probably step it up at least just a bit when outside among strangers—but that’s just me!
- Comment on Maybe a young Margaret Atwood witnessed the unveiling of her time capsule book in 2114 and then travelled by in time to complete the paradox loop by arranging the time capsule book in the first place. 1 week ago:
That show’s first episode was so slow and boring that I couldn’t even finish it, sadly.
- Comment on Maybe a young Margaret Atwood witnessed the unveiling of her time capsule book in 2114 and then travelled by in time to complete the paradox loop by arranging the time capsule book in the first place. 1 week ago:
The time-travel visual novel and anime Steins;Gate uses this multiverse premise, yeah.
- Comment on Metro 2033 Redux is free to claim on GOG for the next two days 1 week ago:
Sure, but I’m still talking about overall bugs, quality, and presentation.
- Comment on Metro 2033 Redux is free to claim on GOG for the next two days 1 week ago:
The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trilogy (after applying community bugfix mods) is better; with ZRP, Shadow of Chernobyl was bug-free except for the ending.
Then again, I played the original biggest known as Metro 2033, not the Redux ver. I still think there is more interesting stuff in S.T.A.L.K.E.R., though, overall. The environment is incredible in its natural, unscripted interactions and not… manufactured.
- Comment on Lemmy has the ideal number of posts for me. Just enough to have a good time but not too many that I'm scrolling forever 1 week ago:
Gotcha. Yes, I stuck to my own mini-feed of a multireddit comprising about 30 subreddits (even though I’m subscribed to probably a hundred). I could not stand the random nature of the ADHD-inducing main feed. For example, instead of /r/Android, I was exclusively in either /r/fossdroid or my own phone model’s specific sub. /r/buyitforlife is awesome as well as /r/zerowaste. I just followed my own interests, haha, and I guess that’s how I ended up with my overall continually positive experience of Reddit (on average lol).
- Comment on Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately? 1 week ago:
I think of words’ pronunciation as I type them, with no literal audio/particular human voice or vocal range. How do you envision words upon/right before typing?
- Comment on Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately? 1 week ago:
Brain damage from stress lol. I find myself occasionally typing “there” instead of “their” and have to catch myself. I always reread what I type before sending so I fix it before sending, but I never made this mistake before. Somehow, over the years, probably from stress of various kinds (and this dates back to pre-COVID), I began to process language aurally and less visually, so if it sounds close enough and I’m not really thinking about what I’m typing, I’ll use the wrong word.
I’ve never typed “payed” before, though, and I see that across Reddit increasingly. It’s just crazy that that and “could/would of” have exploded over recent years.
- Comment on Lemmy has the ideal number of posts for me. Just enough to have a good time but not too many that I'm scrolling forever 1 week ago:
the platform changed things to encourage speaking even without bothering to read anything at all.
How so? I don’t remember this.
- Comment on Lemmy has the ideal number of posts for me. Just enough to have a good time but not too many that I'm scrolling forever 1 week ago:
Dang, I wonder how much her family must be asking for her funeral.
- Comment on Data centers contain 90% crap data 2 weeks ago:
I know; I just gave an example of how immediately after in the same comment lol.
- Comment on Data centers contain 90% crap data 2 weeks ago:
If the files are exact copies, then MD5 checks will catch them; tweaking so many files just to bypass this could prove to be too tedious of a process for people to bother exploiting it.
However, people could create scripts for others to mass-download, -edit, and -upload their files accordingly to reduce this tedium.
- Comment on YSK: You can block almost all cookie popups with Ublock Origin. 2 weeks ago:
Oh okay, I figured I’d clarify before you amassed any more downvotes, haha. Have an upvote.
- Comment on YSK: You can block almost all cookie popups with Ublock Origin. 2 weeks ago:
It only clicks tracking ads to feed them garbage data and leaves ethical ads alone.
- Comment on YSK: You can block almost all cookie popups with Ublock Origin. 2 weeks ago:
Is that, like, a sarcastic “What,” or a “Whoa, cool” “What?”
- Comment on YSK: You can block almost all cookie popups with Ublock Origin. 2 weeks ago:
Kinda like VLC, too. So many advertisers have offered its dev millions of dollars over the years, with 100% of them rejected. Incredible integrity.
- Comment on YSK: You can block almost all cookie popups with Ublock Origin. 2 weeks ago:
To this day, there is still no FOSS equivalent to IrfanView that offers even a fraction of its power and speed.
- Comment on Does a tiny motion tracking mouse thing exist at all? 2 weeks ago:
Wow, I didn’t know they were that precise. Cool!
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- Comment on Bringing Achievements To The Nintendo Entertainment System 3 weeks ago:
Why? They’ve inspired devs through so many incredible design choices. Even the terrible-to-play NES classics laid groundwork for epic titles and legacies later on.
- Comment on When the machines eventually rise against humanity remember to disguise yourself as fire hydrant, a bus or a traffic light 3 weeks ago:
It’s actually both; they are using the data for ML:
Captcha if you can: how you’ve been training AI for years without realising it
- Comment on Mini Metro -- surprisingly simple but compelling game mechanics and fantastic UI design 3 weeks ago:
It had a giveaway on Android, and I think iOS, 5 years ago. It’s certainly one of the most creative minimalist games out there, but I just couldn’t figure out how to get up to higher scores.
- Comment on How to Watch Anime Online for Free in 2025 [USA] 3 weeks ago:
Tubi’s list isn’t bad, either; I finally got around to checking. Thanks for the reminder about Pluto!