BagOfHeavyStones
@BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social
- Comment on Jell-OH MY GOD! 1 day ago:
Serving suggestion: Mars bar.
- Comment on Two Orange Mushrooms, Not Sure What Kind 3 days ago:
Erin has entered the chat.
- Comment on I think I broke my laptop 1 week ago:
Not sure of your model. Have a look at the power button. If it's not part of the keyboard, check how it connects to the mainboard. It might be a small flex cable that slides under or into a socket on the board, and might have come out.
- Comment on A very curious situation indeed 2 weeks ago:
Glue a gecko to my taint?
- Comment on WhatsApp Deploys AI, for Those Incapable of Comprehending Straightforward Messages From Their Friends and Family 2 weeks ago:
I thought it was a weird version of Elton John's Too Low For Zero.
- Comment on ⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ 2 weeks ago:
Took me a little while to find the phone model - the keypad was familiar.
- Comment on Don't tell me what to do. 3 weeks ago:
What what?
- Comment on Tesla Robotaxi Freaks Out and Drives into Oncoming Traffic on First Day 3 weeks ago:
Hehe got it in one.
Some people will find him unbearable or a bit repetitive, but he really enjoys himself.
Favorite phrases of his seem to be
Apocalyptic Dingleberry
His name is John Sena
Woa Woa Woa.
Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
NPC move.
Need to know when to pull out.
You're not in the UK now. - Comment on Tesla Robotaxi Freaks Out and Drives into Oncoming Traffic on First Day 3 weeks ago:
To quote AVCH, "His controller disconnected."
- Comment on spicy one 3 weeks ago:
Couldn't they just tow them out of the environment instead?
- Comment on The strenghts and weaknesses of atproto and activitypub. 3 weeks ago:
Hmm.
PieFed is ActivityPub compatible, but has some features that Lemmy doesn't. I'm just wondering if it has any differences that might go into your strengths and weaknesses assessment as a result. It's a bit life how kbin / mbin are similar to Lemmy but not quite the same.
- Comment on The strenghts and weaknesses of atproto and activitypub. 3 weeks ago:
Does PieFed vary much from your Lemmy / AT analysis?
- Comment on everywhere last night 3 weeks ago:
I sense a new Holy Grail remake.
- Comment on Managing individual app notifications using macrodroid + island 3 weeks ago:
Island is an app that lets you install apps in a second 'profile' on your phone - for example a second copy of Messenger, WhatsApp etc. You can switch on and off the "Work" (Island) profile, making it easy to turn off those apps outside of business hours etc.
- Comment on Managing individual app notifications using macrodroid + island 3 weeks ago:
No worries. I think I was using it with WhatsApp - was muting conversations on WhatsApp but letting it alert in specific cases. Best wishes for your quest.
- Comment on Managing individual app notifications using macrodroid + island 3 weeks ago:
Maybe try the alertify app?
I used to use it for something similar, but it's been discontinued on the app store.
I can only find it at https://alertify.en.aptoide.com/app
- Comment on YSK: WD-40 is perfect for removing adhesive left behind by stickers 3 weeks ago:
It's also great for shitty faded headlights. It's not a long term fix but it's an immediate fix when applied. I redo every few months.
- Comment on Check your energy rates! 3 weeks ago:
Will be.
For our radio transmission site it was actually the best plan available given the constant load and solar fed in.
I doubt it will be after the change though. Back to Red Energy probably. Business plans are way worse than residential.
- Comment on Check your energy rates! 3 weeks ago:
Yep. Waiting for the prices to update then it's shopping time.
Momentum did us the dirty...
Your current rates and charges
GST Inclusive
Daily Supply Charge ($ per day)
4.2845
Peak usage ($ per kWh)
0.3344
Off Peak usage ($ per kWh)
0.2464
Tariff timings:
Peak Usage : 7am-10am & 3pm-10pm Mon-Sun. Off Peak Usage : All other times.Your new rates and charges effective 1 July 2025
GST Inclusive
Daily Supply Charge ($ per day)
5.05623
Peak usage ($ per kWh)
0.441826
Off Peak usage ($ per kWh)
0.324726
Tariff timings:
Peak Usage : 7am-10am and 3pm-10pm Mon-Sun. Off Peak Usage : all other times. - Comment on Meta rolled back protections. Now hate is surging. 4 weeks ago:
A bit of both I think.
As a Facebook group administrator I get to see a fair bit of definite fake stuff. Any time someone posts anything with the word stolen for example, a number of fake accounts will attempt to post with names of people who 'can help get your things back'.
They recently got a bit more advanced and will either use 'I'm new here" type posts to try to trick the admin into letting them into the group. It's a public group, hence a juicy target.
That said, we have a fair share of legit nutters, rednecks, NIMBYs, homophobes etc as well - I just suspect some of the EV and renewable energy hatred on Facebook is manufactured.
- Comment on Meta rolled back protections. Now hate is surging. 4 weeks ago:
I'm not convinced that much of it is real. Many accounts have to be fake. Surely people can't be as stupid as they appear. I think it's AI's funded or designed to be so stupidly biased.
- Comment on Announcing: Piefed.zip - our new Piefed instance! 4 weeks ago:
Scared of snakes?
- Comment on Why Denmark is dumping Microsoft Office and Windows for LibreOffice and Linux 5 weeks ago:
Hehe - sounds similar to my case. On my PC if I try to log in as the work account, it asks for a code from an authenticator app, but rejects it. Still working on my phone though. Microsoft being Microsoft.
- Comment on Why Denmark is dumping Microsoft Office and Windows for LibreOffice and Linux 5 weeks ago:
Today I tried to get some files from Teams that I hadn't used in a year or so.
Error.
Something went wrong [7q6ck]
Works ok on my phone for now though so at least I got past that road block for today.
- Comment on We have launched a PieFed instance! 5 weeks ago:
Very tasty compared to the blue default :)
- Comment on Why do so many people delete their posts? 5 weeks ago:
Aah that's kind. I didn't know that one. Thought it was some sort of formatting gone wrong.
Thanks, I appreciate it.
- Comment on Why do so many people delete their posts? 5 weeks ago:
Are you mad, Jo?
- Comment on We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink 5 weeks ago:
I think if you consider the cost to manufacture then bury a fibre optic cable for everyone who lives 10km from a town centre, I think it's still a net positive. It's not great for sure, but amortised over a huge population it's probably the best option we have at this time.
- Comment on Do you care about up/down votes? 5 weeks ago:
It's much the same. Lemmy and PieFed talk to each other no worries.
It does all the same things but has some additional features as well. The killer feature for me is merging duplicate posts so you only see them once but with all the comments stacked underneath.
- Comment on autofocus glasses 5 weeks ago:
As a driver with short sight and glasses, if my glasses fall off I'm not suddenly blind - I just can't read license places or signs. Traffic lights, other cars etc are still pretty obvious.