HubertManne

@HubertManne@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google’s dominance on search is declining – for the first time ever!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  interesting. looks like yandex and yahoo are the ones who took it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the evolutionary benefit of loving a pet so much you melt into a puddle when they are around?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  we have been breeding them for traits we like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is walking away the best way to deal with a work clique?⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I don't even get it. there is a clique at work. so? what does that even mean?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More Americans are financing groceries with buy now, pay later loans — and more are paying those bills late, survey says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  yeah I was at a place with that. The times I did not bring something I took the opportunity to enjoy walking to a place but it was a downtown job so no driving necessary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Instead of Orange Man doing Tariffs would it not have been better for him to talk about shopping locally and so forth. And giving more tax breaks to companies that stay and sell in the US?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  we don't collect enough taxes as is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More Americans are financing groceries with buy now, pay later loans — and more are paying those bills late, survey says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah the place specific delivery is usually not to bad I mean in particular the internet ones like grubhub. Im sorta aware of the discounts but im fed up with that model. I do wonder if it will work for them long term as im not sure how many folks will do it without the discount whereas uber and airbnb that can sorta compete because they are a tax dodge there is no real tax advantage gurbhub and ilk can lean on to compete with folks just picking it up themselves. I think they are hoping to decimate the pizza and chinese places drivers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People whose cooking videos say like, "These are so good I make them every week! I make this dish twice a week! I make these three times a week!..." must eat like 6 meals a day.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There are meals we make that we eat like five times that week so we tend to never make anything once week even. Will make it regularly but take a week break from it at least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More Americans are financing groceries with buy now, pay later loans — and more are paying those bills late, survey says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep on wondering who the fuck has the money to be using things like grubhub. I realize its a non sequitor for this article but I really don't see how these businesses stay in business.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the United States; is it illegal to use a single serve wrapped slice of Kraft cheese as a postcard?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  was going to say perishable was the first thing that came to my mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨42 Free and Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Public Nature of the Internet⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean that is fine as long as its secure and 100% recoverable by the user. I don't see those two being possible without a central authority.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨42 Free and Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Public Nature of the Internet⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah if it can essentially work like email but given another name that is fine to me. I think it should at least have a box that can accept emails from whoevery for general correspondence if you need it but yeah I sorta want it to be different for the security it should have. I just figured there would be like an internal government network part with encrypted connections for that communication and then like the secondary one for banks and such where the institution that use something like a vpn to that area and again is all encrypted and then like a public box that is citizen beware type of thing. I have mentioned this before and I think someone mentioned the denmark thing sorta. At least it only makes one more thing you need to log into as opposed to like a million different agencies and institution portals. There is one eastern europe country too that I recall was doing a lot of things online and I assume maybe they have something like this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do some communities get like 50 members minutes after its creation?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Im not 100% on this but if it is in a piefed topic then I think anyone subscribed to the topic should be subscribed to the community.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨42 Free and Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Public Nature of the Internet⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I was actually thinking libraries would make sense to. Problem is it would be good for something that can stick with you for life no matter where you move. USPS for the us would be the only thing I ccan think of with offices that wide spread.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨42 Free and Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Public Nature of the Internet⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but the crap cheaper online options would still work its just that in the case of an account being taken over or such there would be a way to recover that is definitive in person. Also personally in the modern era my experience with government entities has been great but that just be my state and city. Also in the past it was not so great but they have greatly improved. Like you can make appointments at my dmv's. Also apples to apples I found they have always beat out private. Its hard as their are so few comparison points but like usps has always been a better experience for me than fedex or ups.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨42 Free and Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Public Nature of the Internet⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  you know that is the thing. If we expect the populace to deal with large portions of their lives virtually then they need that support. Support the private industry does not give and quite frankly makes less secure. In addition its part of something that has always been a government task. identity. birth, death, marriage records and basic id.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨42 Free and Open Source Projects Receive Funding to Reclaim the Public Nature of the Internet⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I still feel that certain must haves on the internet should have a government option. Email is something that is very problematic to change. Its your home on the internet. Its the core of the internet identity. I think everyone should have a right to an email address that is already secured for government communications which don't have to leave the internal government system. They don't have to allow for vast storage as the user can pop email off and hold it locally. It should be setup to work with heavily regulated industries like banking so that communication is considered secure. I always get flak on this but its like dudes you can still have your proton account or google or whatever but this would be an email you have a right to but you don't have to use outside of government communications and you should be able to go to the government office if you have issues with it. In the us I could see usps handling if it it was country wide or secretary of state for the state level.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An Alarming Number of Gen Z Ai Users Think It's Conscious⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Its a friend the way the nice waitress is a friend when you go eat out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are popes always really old?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Im not sure if its exactly a requirement but priests have to have a degree and usually an advanced degree. Granted many get it in divinity but they also have to do seminary which can't start until age 25 and it is at least 5 years. So priests basically start out at age 30 and technically a pope could make one a cardinal right away in practice the average age of a cardinal is like 70. Popes can be drawn from anyone but are usually biships. Bishop are required to have a doctorate in divinity and be over age 35. They are also expected to be known for all sorts of good qualities. So figure to be known enough you can add 10 years being a biship. So for all practical purposes its very doubtful someone would be name pope before age 50 and they have usually been 60's or 70's.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Airbnb will now show users the total cost of their stay right away⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  this. it should be taxed like any other hotel/motel

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Airbnb will now show users the total cost of their stay right away⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  yeah I get things like its the only option yet somehow people traveled and found a place to stay before it existed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Glue used to be rare and magical.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  back in my day we used wax or pine sap to stick things together and we liked it. We LOVED it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No matter how crooked a mirror is, it always shows you a straight image.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  or even when I have a lot of toothpaste dribbling down my chin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Musician Who Died in 2021 Resurrected as Clump of Brain Matter, Now Composing New Music⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  that takes me back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals - AUTOMATON WEST⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I really don't think everyone is not an addict because of lack of opportunity. If anything I would say many addicts arise from an attempt to escape a reality that does not meet their needs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals - AUTOMATON WEST⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why we really need a system where people can spend their whole paycheck and still be fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Diablo vs. Darkest Dungeon: RPG devs on balancing punishment and power⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  True but I often felt the push pull of the two groups. Especially in mmo's. PVPers tended to be the challenge minded while PVEers tended more toward the role players. I often would chat about how I was just there to play with dolls.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For me, it's going to be Fediverse or nothing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Given all you have tried the only thing more I could say is trust cafe by the wikipedia guy. Unfortunately its not federated but it does have this neat thing where you can rate everything. Its basically like nuanced subscribe and block. You rate things between zero and 100 and I think zero would effictively be the same as blocking (which you can still do) and 100 would be the same as subscribing (which you can still do). Everything by default starts at a rating of 50. So its like you can be. mmmm. I like this guys post I will move him to 60. Or this guy seems a bit annoying I will drop him to 40 for now. Then over time the blocks and subscribes come out naturally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This was my thought. Im sure there were tank tops in the mix. Sorta depended on the weather and time of class and size of class.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unlike in movies, most smart people aren't good in chess.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  From my experience most smart people learned and played chess at some point but few get the point of memorizing stuff. Especially if they are not good memorizes. Its a great game to teach and play with kids as it does stimulate the mind with the way the pieces move and having to think about the changing board and next move. That being said I was not even aware of en passant until I met a guy in college who actually went to competitions. Heck I rarely could remember how to castle due to how rare it was to get into a position to do so. Really though any type of stimulating activity is helpful. Someone mentioned rubicks cubes and like suduko and crosswords and really any gaming. They all have limitations. I often say crosswords is more about knowing the crossword author than anything else. They all have favorites and biases in their puzzles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I make Lemmy feel less dead?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As others have said it works better in a more general way. I find its better to block things you are uninterested in completely and then browse all. Especially since I find the same communities will pop up again and again under various instances. I sometimes think folks make meme communities just for themselves to make memes. I would love a term blocker where I could dictate to block any community where X appears in the community name or description but like I don't want to block X if it appears in a comment. I think there is some issue with what people are used to from like reddit. Like people are self limiting themselves because they don't want to be going on about one specific game in games and want to instead make a community about just the particular game. Thing is stuff like that has to just be talked about in something like games until it becomes to much. if it is to much its ready for its own community.