DarrinBrunner

@DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla In 'Self-Drive Mode' Hit By Train After Turning Onto Train Tracks⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t wait to hop in a Robotaxi! /s

  What’s that? They’ll have human drivers in them? Still maybe no.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your TV Is Spying On You⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess I’ll stick with my 2012 Toshiba 55" dumb TV.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They had a good run. It was fun while it lasted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spicy food never affects my gut and everyone thinks it's really weird. How unusual is this and what could be happening to explain why spicy food doesn't affect me?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Same for me. As long as I don’t eat it. If I eat it, then hoooo-boy!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good ending⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  suq ma

  suck my

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say hello if you see this more than 6 hrs from posting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hello.

  (I saw this when it was posted, but waited till now to say “hello”.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Google will never get a cent out of me, willingly.

  If it gets annoying enough, and FreeTube stops working, I’ll find something better to do with my time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube rolls out more unskippable ads that make viewers wait even longer to watch videos - Dexerto⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ask ChatGPT and get back to us with the answer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are You doing right now ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s about time to go for my evening walk. I’m drinking some iced coffee, and waiting for the UV index to drop before I head out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You wake up and the internet is permanently gone. What’s your next move?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a few things I do on my computer that don’t require the internet. I write, I do archviz, and 3D printing, for which, I can make my own models in Blender. I could pick up photography again. I have games I play that don’t need internet access to run.

  I also sew, as a hobby, which I could do on my hand-cranked Singer sewing machine, which doesn’t even need electricity. I also have a few home improvement projects I’ve been dragging my feet on.

  I’d miss it, but I’d be fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Only $50?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  First thought: “Who would buy this?”

  Followed by the immediate realization that there is a certain subsection of our society who would definitely buy this. Sure, they’d lowball the offer, then try to get free delivery, but they want the couch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are you here and not on Reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My concern is the extensive data Reddit collects and stores, and I’m sure will hand it over to whichever government agency wants it, and probably already have. They even keep track of what we upvote and downvote, including comments.

  I feel less exposed here, I don’t know if that’s true, but it feels that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would alcohol be as popular if it weren't a beverage?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When people say, “I don’t use drugs”, almost never do they include alcohol in that. Alcohol, which is a drug, is always referred to separately, in large part because it’s a beverage. Most people, if asked, will agree that alcohol is a drug, but it’s not really categorized as one in their mind on a day-to-day basis. No one has a glass of wine at lunch and thinks, “I’m doing drugs now.” But, if alcohol as a liquid simply didn’t exist, but exactly the same effect could be had in pill form, I don’t think people would be taking a pill with their dinner, and washing it down with water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google confirms more ads on your paid YouTube Premium Lite soon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When options like uBlock and FreeTube no longer block ads, I’ll stop watching YouTube. They’ll never get a cent out of me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s such a relief to not need to go to a job I stopped liking many years ago, to work with people, half of whom I did not get along with. My job was a job, I did it for money to put food on the table, and keep a roof over my head. I liked it very much for about 10 years, then for the next ten years… not so much. The tasks never “defined” me. I traded my most precious thing, my time, for money–and never nearly enough.

  I’m happy to be done with that, and have been for over five years now. I don’t miss it at all.

  I’m happier, more relaxed, and healthier than I’ve been in 30 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you are too young you really missed out being able to do this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I recall at least one movie scene where the hero beat the bad guy with one, and we all knew that would definitely work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am not a builder… but that does not seem right⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Engineered roof trusses have made most interior walls non-load-bearing. 24" on center is fine for such walls. Exterior, load-bearing walls are still 16" OC, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self-Driving Tesla Fails School Bus Test, Hitting Child-Size Dummies… Meanwhile, Robo-Taxis Hit the Road in 2 Weeks.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Texas releasing these things in public is horrifying. Tesla is last in this field, and refuses to add LIDAR, which is obviously what is needed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Little miracles⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Complicated history” of bikers aside–and we CAN toss it aside because this is today–TODAY, wearing such iconography is inexcusable. This guy 100% knows what that SS symbol represents TODAY, and chose to wear it where he did. Stop making excuses for Nazis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aggressive negotiations⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t have a hostage situation, if the hostage is dead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨George Floyd Murdered (2020) On this day in 2020, a Minneapolis cop murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. Floyd's death became the catalyst for protests around...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I, like many, watched live streams of the NYC protests. Once, in the fast-moving chat, because there were thin blue-line-idiots yakking, I asked “Are you saying you value property over life?” Sadly, I got back three clear responses that, yes, they did. Of course, there were Agents Provocateur in the protests stirring up violence, and the boot-lickers were IAmVeryBadAss talking about how they’d shoot anyone trying to break into a store.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨100% people who drink water die⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “100% people”?

  Are there 50% people? What is the other half? Wait! Centaurs?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Full-Self Driving Veers Off Road, Hits Tree, and Flips Car for No Obvious Reason (No Serious Injuries, but Scary)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It got the most recent update, and thought a tunnel was a wall.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digg founder Kevin Rose offers to buy Pocket from Mozilla⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Final nail in the coffin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duolingo deletes all its TikTok videos after AI backlash—and then returns with a strange message⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is Elon consulting for them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And gay men. I'm sorry. I'm weak for it⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love iced coffee.

  Instant decaf dissolves just as well in cold water as it does hot water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every toddler becomes a hackerman when they find a tablet⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t give your kids velcro shoes after about age three. Deal with teaching them to tie them for a few months. No, it’s not convenient, but you’re doing it for them, not you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is for a coat, something with thick layers of fabric. You can skip the raising and wrapping the thread around underneath for a shirt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is putting AI actions into the Windows File Explorer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No one asked for this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 for me⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In the Winter, 1, plus heavy socks and sometimes with a sweatshirt. I keep the thermostat set at 50F at night, in the Winter.

  In the Spring and Fall, 3, sometimes with socks.

  In the Summer, 18 or 20, never with socks.