BagOfHeavyStones
@BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social
- Comment on There are too many cases where this applies or is going to apply 5 days ago:
Not a problem in the forest. The parrots eat the all.
- Comment on Be nice 6 days ago:
You're welcome! I like my floss to stay the same price.
- Comment on Be nice 6 days ago:
Most cryptos are deflationary. That seems to cause hoarding.
Having no inflation sounds good to me if paired with no growth in population, but I know little about economics.
- Comment on Eurythmics straight-up kills that guy 1 week ago:
Who am I to diss a brie?
- Comment on Lemmy is a tech literate echo chamber 1 week ago:
Reminds me of my senior teaching days 15 years ago. Solitaire, same.exe and saddam.exe and whack.exe soon had those oldies clicking, double clicking and dragging.
Didn't think then that the situation could reverse.
Same still exists on Android and is still a brain twister.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.kubilayerdogan.samegamel
- Comment on UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill 1 week ago:
Couldn't people just hire a VPS in another country and VPN with that using Wireguard etc, or even use RDP etc to it? Is it even a VPN if you're remotely operating a computer in another country?
- Comment on Can no longer access my old instance (lemmings.world) because I'm from the UK. I made several communities there. Is there any way I can mod them again or do I move them to this instance? 1 week ago:
I've not had any issues with them. It's a pretty user friendly VPN app, and having a small allowance you can test it with before buying is pretty handy. Most other VPNs you have to pay up before you can test them AFAIK.
- Comment on Can no longer access my old instance (lemmings.world) because I'm from the UK. I made several communities there. Is there any way I can mod them again or do I move them to this instance? 1 week ago:
Tunnelbear has a free 2GB a month one - not enough for a lot of use probably, but an easy to test if a paid VPN will do what you need.
- Comment on cold 1 week ago:
Well, it works with ice cream.
- Comment on What is piefed? 1 week ago:
Others have covered most.
For me the one killer feature is grouping of duplicate articles over multiple instances into one post, with comments from all istances listed therein.
This takes away the ghost town feeling of Lemmy, and the frustration of seeing the same post multiple times while scrolling.
The one bad thing is we can't upload images to posts or comments, so it's several steps forward, one step backwards.
- Comment on What would happen to the US if it denaturalised and deported all non-whites? 2 weeks ago:
#FFFFFF
- Comment on Caption this. 2 weeks ago:
Complex head.
- Comment on WhatsApp is dropping its native Windows app in favor of an uglier web version 2 weeks ago:
I never installed their app on Windows. I figured it could just randomly watch what I was doing, log keystrokes, view websites and history etc. I don't know if I'm misunderstanding how much Windows apps can spy on each other - they don't seem to ask for permissions etc.
- Comment on LibreOffice calls out Microsoft for using "complex" file formats to lock in Office users 2 weeks ago:
Not entirely sure. Was probably a brain fart.
I guess quantum computers? A million monkeys and a million terminals can create a docx.
- Comment on How active is too active while being on lemmy? 2 weeks ago:
You'll become a microwave, an ICQ flower, or a name in boxed letters :)
- Comment on LibreOffice calls out Microsoft for using "complex" file formats to lock in Office users 2 weeks ago:
I'm thinking more of pattern matching and rapid testing of variants etc, not the LLM stuff.
- Comment on LibreOffice calls out Microsoft for using "complex" file formats to lock in Office users 2 weeks ago:
I wonder if this is something AI could figure out. Some sort of file converter that can load the doc in office 365 and 'figure out' how what tomfoolery was used this time.
- Comment on Why do people hate coldplay? 2 weeks ago:
It wasn't a real question :)
I was having fun with the lyrics"look at this photograph
Every time I do it makes me laugh
How did get eyes get so red
And what he hell is on Joey's head?"I was also lazy and didn't look up her name so I could try to rhyme the 'head' line.
- Comment on Why do people hate coldplay? 2 weeks ago:
Well done with that quick photoshop job!
How did their faces get so red?
- Comment on Why do people hate coldplay? 2 weeks ago:
It was only a tribute?
- Comment on Why do people hate coldplay? 2 weeks ago:
Now it's Empire of the Sun who rule the world...
- Comment on Why do people hate coldplay? 2 weeks ago:
Because they're not Nickelback?
Hehe
- Comment on Are password managers secure to use? 2 weeks ago:
I let Chrome deal with it, but wonder what happens if someone steals %appdata% these days.
- Comment on Jell-OH MY GOD! 3 weeks ago:
Serving suggestion: Mars bar.
- Comment on Two Orange Mushrooms, Not Sure What Kind 3 weeks ago:
Erin has entered the chat.
- Comment on I think I broke my laptop 4 weeks 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 5 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 5 weeks ago:
I thought it was a weird version of Elton John's Too Low For Zero.
- Comment on ⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ 5 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. 1 month ago:
What what?