dryfter
@dryfter@lemm.ee
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 4 days ago:
I can guarantee you I would again waste countless hours just spinning stuff around again if I tried using it now 😆
- Comment on The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback 5 days ago:
While that sounds cool to me, it kind of defeats my main purpose of switching to an e-reader in the first place. I have trouble holding physical books for a long time due to hand pain. I had a similar issue with the e-reader, just not as bad, until I put a PopSocket on the back of it. Now I can hold it with the PopSocket resting in-between 2 fingers and can read significantly longer.
- Comment on What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts? 5 days ago:
Man this is a trip I remember Beryl and when it turned to Compiz. I spent way more time than I care to admit just spinning stuff around and playing with effects than accomplishing anything of meaningful value.
- Comment on This is real 5 days ago:
I didn’t notice who posted it on X until I read your comment and I just…I’m shocked I am shocked by this because I feel like I’ve been getting numb to the stupidity of the last ~4 months
- Comment on LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions 6 days ago:
I want one too! Only because I love Lego 😆
- Comment on LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions 1 week ago:
Jokes on them, I have facial paralysis!
- Comment on ICE Just Paid Palantir Tens of Millions for ‘Complete Target Analysis of Known Populations’ 1 week ago:
- First they came for the “illegals” (i.e. anyone not born in this country or born to someone not born in this country) via database of green card and visa holders and other immigration databases and then disappear them
- Next they come for SSDI and SSI recipients (not retirees) via the that database and they put these people on the DMF and then disappear them
- Then they come for the protesters that are arrested or have been arrested at protests and then disappear them *Then they get health insurance companies to share their databases and come for people identify as a different gender than they were born with and disappear them
And now I have to stop because I’m making myself depressed even more.
- Comment on Apple shipped five plane-loads of iPhones and other products in three days to beat US tariff deadline 1 week ago:
That’s good to hear, because back then that wasn’t the case. I know no matter what model iPhone I get, if it’s new then support is the same for every model from that year.
- Comment on A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy 1 week ago:
- Comment on Apple shipped five plane-loads of iPhones and other products in three days to beat US tariff deadline 2 weeks ago:
The only good thing about most Android phones is that you can install a different version of Android devoid of all things Google and get an interface that isn’t Samsung. That’s my plan when this subscription crap comes around or the phones are too expensive that I can’t afford them anymore. I’m too tied into Apple’s ecosystem with mail, iCloud, and Music.
Also, buy some other brand that’s cheaper because Samsung makes garbage and don’t support their hardware unless they’re flagship. Admittedly, it’s been almost a decade since I’ve had anything but an iPhone, but I had a couple Samsung Android phones were an update broke the phone and Samsung wouldn’t release a fix because it was an update from Google. One in particular was a Samsung Moment on Sprint where it would enter into airplane mode silently and still look like it was connected to services until you went to use said services. They refused to provide an update to resolve the issue.
- Comment on New modelling reveals full impact of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs – with the US hit hardest 3 weeks ago:
> Fuck
That’s an understatement, more like
spoiler
Forget about a recession, the U.S. is headed directly towards a possible depression and bringing Canada down with it if those numbers are even remotely true. That’s almost 1-2 months salary wiped out for 1/3 of households in the US when most of those people are living paycheck to paycheck.
- Comment on 90s band alignment chart 3 weeks ago:
I’m apparently blind as a bat 🤦🏻♂️
- Comment on 90s band alignment chart 3 weeks ago:
I was about to make a comment about how blatantly stupid this chart is leaving out many bands (Nirvana, Tool, Pantera, etc) and getting alignments completely fucked up (NIN, No Doubt, L7…). Then I looked at the community it was posted in.
Well played @ickplant@lemmy.world. Well played. 👏🏻
- Comment on You are not living in reality if you do not see the huge difference between THEN and NOW 3 weeks ago:
If there is a country that will take me I’d go in a heartbeat. But I am unable to work and don’t have the financial means to just up and move. The ones that do have the ability to do that are either doing that already or are in the process of destroying the US.
- Comment on You are not living in reality if you do not see the huge difference between THEN and NOW 3 weeks ago:
No clue what my parents’ house could be worth, they’re still living in it too. I do know they paid something like $30,000 for it in the 70’s and it might be worth 5-10x more than that now – if not more due to inflation. Cars were also $5000 or so then, and now the average price of a car is $30k-$50k on the low end.
Due to…several traumatic issues and for my own mental health…living with them isn’t an option and now that I’m on SSDI I can’t really take any of their money or it messes with my SSDI and I went through too much for too long to do anything to risk it within my control (government shenanigans these days might leave me without income and a home but that’s out of my control now). I have one sibling who has a family of their own much like how it was when we were kids but they are struggling to make ends meet in this economy too.
- Comment on You are not living in reality if you do not see the huge difference between THEN and NOW 3 weeks ago:
LOL I was born into a middle class family with at least one generation on each side born in the US. Dad worked at the local factory, mom was stay-at-home, had a dog, nice house, and two cars – living the American Dream.
Then all the factory jobs went away, I couldn’t handle college, and I job hopped for a while and got lucky landing a decent paying gig that lasted for 13 years until I went on disability. Up until then I was barely making ends meet living in a studio apartment with a used hand-me-down car that I got when my grandfather passed away.
Now I’m on SSDI and live in a subsidized studio apartment and rely on the city bus for transportation to appointments. Living the dream.
- Comment on DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse 3 weeks ago:
I’m on SSDI (and Medicaid and HUD housing) and have been having insane anxiety the last month and a half to the point that I’m wondering if I’ll even get paid in April. I regularly check my SSA account online to make sure my direct deposit is still freaking scheduled. Missing a payment could mess up all of my other benefits as well.
I know the fuck up is coming, but I don’t know if I can handle another few months hoping they don’t fuck up the migration if they don’t fuck up just paying people first with all that’s been going on.
I’m pretty sure Im not the only one in this situation who can’t handle the stress of this bullshit.
- Comment on You are not living in reality if you do not see the huge difference between THEN and NOW 3 weeks ago:
Back when I was working, I had a job that paid close to 3x what McDonald’s was paying at the time. I could barely afford a studio apartment. And that was 5-10 years ago, it’s even worse now here in the US.
- Comment on You are not living in reality if you do not see the huge difference between THEN and NOW 3 weeks ago:
Meanwhile Gen X:
- Comment on Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account 3 weeks ago:
Ok, so this solidifies my desire to never buy a Windows PC/laptop and why my switch to Mac was a good choice a few years ago. However Mac gaming is nowhere near where it should be right now and I was thinking about getting a cheap Windows laptop for games that aren’t available on Mac.
I remember a push a few years ago to get some linux distros pre-installed on some OEM hardware but I didn’t hear much of anything past the hype. Anyone have any good OEM brands that have linux installed instead of Windows and are relatively affordable?
- Comment on Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying 3 weeks ago:
I’ve set up a community specifically for release updates from the Rayhunter Github at !Rayhunter@lemm.ee if anyone is interested
- Comment on Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying 4 weeks ago:
Does this detect only Verizon bands or does it work for AT&T/T-Mobile towers too? I’m tempted to get this just out of curiosity but if it’s only Verizon bands it’s not really useful to me unless the fake towers attach to any device regardless of carrier.
- Comment on “Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen 5 weeks ago:
I just got an HDHomeRun that I use with an antenna and love it. I use Mac and they are one of the only boxes that works on Mac.
They don’t have a native Linux client, but you can use VLC supposedly: info.hdhomerun.com/info/linux
