Quibblekrust
@Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club
- Comment on What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality 1 week ago:
The term you’re looking for is “Extra Medium”.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I don’t understand the question. Why wouldn’t you put a space after a question mark? You did so yourself twice in this post.
- Comment on Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers - Ars Technica 3 weeks ago:
I feel like that’s all you need. You don’t have their apps installrd, so the problem is already solved. If you use uBlock Origin to block their trackers, the problem is solved. So you’ve solved it twice.
- Comment on Its gotta suck to be the guy who has to text out all the two-factor authentication codes. 4 weeks ago:
How do you know my Lemmy password?
- Comment on Chicken breast steak medium-rare is the best kind of steak 4 weeks ago:
Chicken sashimi is a thing in Japan. It’s slightly cooked on the outside.
- Comment on Adobe turns subscription screw again, telling users to pay up or downgrade 4 weeks ago:
Deception? I asked what you thought GIMP was missing and then you went and made huge assumptions about me. That’s on you. I only replied the way I did because of what you said. Next time maybe just answer a question instead of insulting someone for even asking. Or don’t answer it. That’s fine, too.
- Comment on $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen" 5 weeks ago:
Yet I played it so much I can hear it in my head right now.
- Comment on $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen" 5 weeks ago:
In today’s dollars, my local video game store in 1991 was selling Wizardry for the NES for $141.
Fuck, the average AAA Atari 2600 game was $99 in today’s dollars. Games like Pitfall and Pac-Man.
Just some perspective. I’m going to go yell at a cloud or something, now.
- Comment on Adobe turns subscription screw again, telling users to pay up or downgrade 5 weeks ago:
Name a few features in Photoshop that cant be done in GIMP?
- Comment on Does the average person know markdown? 5 weeks ago:
It’s all perfectly[^1] intuituve.
[^1]: for certain definitions of perfect.
- Comment on Does the average person know markdown? 5 weeks ago:
Maybe?
Nah
- Comment on Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online 5 weeks ago:
There’s literally no difference. Each Discord server is like a tiny chunk of Reddit. If anyone expected any privacy on these servers, they’re nuts.
- Comment on We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard. 5 weeks ago:
I definitely did!
- Comment on Stack overflow is almost dead 5 weeks ago:
Question closed as off-topic.
Removed as duplicate of #264826376: "Question closed as duplicate."
Sometimes my jokes need explaining...
I’m pointing out that questions on SO too often get closed as duplicates of adjacent (but distinctly different) questions, and I did so in the most confusing, recursive way possible.
- Comment on Stack overflow is almost dead 5 weeks ago:
That’s why I only post questions for bleeding-edge languages and code libraries. I have to answer them myself.
- Comment on We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard. 5 weeks ago:
lemmy is just gobbling it up every day. It’s so tiring.
Are you fucking serious? All I ever see on Lemmy is prople saying “AI Slop” over and over and over and over again… in every comment secrion of every post. Whether it’s a picture that was actually hand-drawn, or a photograph that was definitely not AI, or articles written by someone “sounding like AI”. The AI hate on Lemmy is WAY overpowering any support people on Lemmy have for AI.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Why did you add like a hundred spaces in front of the list of states? That makes it a code block that requires tons of horizontal scrolling to read. I didn’t even recognize it as such at first.
You know Lemmy has spoiler syntax, right? If that’s what you were going for?
- Comment on Every single UK citizen should carefully read this article. It reveals how political power really works in Britain. 5 weeks ago:
If Lemmy loves anything, it’s A.I. (/s) so here you go:
Summary
The article discusses the challenges faced by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, particularly following the resignation of Health Secretary Matt Hancock due to a scandal. Amidst political turmoil, Johnson attended a gathering with wealthy Conservative party donors, where they expressed dissatisfaction with his cabinet and economic policies. The event was organized by Ben Elliot, the Conservative party’s co-chair, who has been instrumental in fundraising for the party. Elliot, known for his connections with the wealthy elite, has transformed the party’s fundraising culture, emphasizing access to government in exchange for donations. Johnson, who struggles with personal finances, relies on Elliot to maintain the party’s financial health as they prepare for the next election.
Johnson’s financial struggles are compounded by his recent divorce and the costs associated with his lifestyle, including a controversial renovation of the Downing Street flat. He initially sought to set up a charitable trust to cover the renovation costs but ultimately paid out of pocket. The article highlights Elliot’s role in securing significant donations for the Conservative party, particularly from property developers, and his influence over party finances. Despite recent controversies, Elliot’s fundraising strategies have been effective, and Johnson is expected to benefit financially after leaving office through lucrative speaking engagements. The article concludes by noting that while Johnson’s personal finances are precarious, he has a capable ally in Elliot to manage the party’s financial needs.
Some figures:
£17.9m Amount that donors with property interests and links to development have given the Conservative party since Johnson became prime minister
£275,000 Annual earnings as a columnist at The Daily Telegraph, penning articles on a weekly basis
£4,250 Monthly rental income from Grade II-listed cottage in Thame, Oxfordshire
At least £88,000 Amount Johnson received as an advance for his book ‘Shakespeare: The Riddle of Genius’
£250,000 Exact amount eight Tory donors gave in 2020
£37.4m Amount the Tory party raised in ‘large’ donations in the year running up to Johnson’s 2019 victory
£2.7m Johnson’s outside earnings over his eight years at City Hall
£1.2m Purchase price of Johnson and Symonds’ house in Camberwell, south London
£157,372 Prime minister’s annual salary
£830,000 Amount Johnson earned in his last year as a backbench MP before becoming prime minister
£450,000 Earnings for 21 hours of public speaking in just over seven months in 2018-19
£58,000 Donation from Tory patron Lord Brownlow, allegedly to pay for Downing Street refurbishments
Notable quotes
- “They’re fed up with all this state intervention,” reflecting the donors’ frustrations with Johnson’s economic direction.
- “Ben squeezes the pips from the donors,” describing Elliot’s aggressive approach to fundraising.
- “Boris would come down and complain about how much it was all going to cost,” highlighting Johnson’s concerns about the renovation expenses.
- “I suspect he wishes sometimes he hadn’t got involved at all. Boris is quite demanding,” indicating the challenges Elliot faces in managing Johnson’s financial issues.
- “His financial problems will be sorted out in a week after he leaves office,” suggesting confidence in Johnson’s future financial success post-premiership.
- Comment on What techniques do bad faith users use online to overwhelm other users in online discussion and arguments? 5 weeks ago:
“Thought-terminating clichés”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_cliché
Also… I don’t think it has a name, but dubiously claiming any of these examples in an argument. Maybe it’d just be called “deflection”.
I’ve seen so many valid arguments shutdown as whataboutism, sealioning, concern trolling when they were valid arguments. It’s just as much bullshit as actually doing any of those things.
- Comment on Nintendo Updates Its User Agreement To Crack Down On Emulation 1 month ago:
MK with its new open world
Now I want open world Mortal Kombat.
- Comment on Nintendo Updates Its User Agreement To Crack Down On Emulation 1 month ago:
Just get a proper emulation handheld. It won’t have Joycon’s that will drift in 12 months. The Switch doesn’t do anything special versus an emulation handheld. There are a million to choose from at every price point.
- Comment on Why is there steam coming out of the streets in New York 2 months ago:
Rat farts.