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- Comment on 7 hours ago:
I just realized something: When I search for something in Lemmy and get zero results, I sometimes go to Reddit and search there.
It would probably be better to make a new post in Lemmy about the thing I’m searching for. It would add content to Lemmy, and the content would be newer and fresher than the Reddit results that are sometimes 10+ years old.
- Comment on Make me feel like a man 5 days ago:
Have you considered immunotherapy (“allergy shots”)? That was life-changing for me
- Comment on Make me feel like a man 6 days ago:
I can read some of it. The text on the front of his jacket says “tsingtao”. Hope this helps!
- Comment on My Religion 1 week ago:
🤔 I understand this more like “Don’t practice the religion as a way to show off. For example, don’t make a YouTube/TikTok/whatever video giving a homeless man $100. Just give the guy $100 and STFU about it. Also, stop posting prayers in comment sections on social media, you look silly.”
I’m not a bible guy though, so idk
- Comment on Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline 1 week ago:
Yeah, good point. Owners of Samsung “smart” refrigerators started seeing ads on them recently.
I’m sure there was some sort of legal terms that users had to agree to to enable that, but it still feels like a scam. Some amount of those fridge owners would not have bought the fridge if they knew there would be ads on it at any point in time.
- Comment on Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline 1 week ago:
I wish companies would at least offer a “no data collecting/selling” price option. Like, how much would they make from selling my data? Just give me the option to pay that extra amount so I can buy a vacuum without thinking about how it’s spying on me.
- Comment on Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead 1 week ago:
My phone recently offered to summarize a text message for me. I’m talking about SMS, the messaging system that already has a character limit.
Also, when I last checked the weather in my area, there was an AI summary. It was an entire sentence or two, and offered zero additional details over what was already visually indicated by the raincloud icon and the number representing the temperature.
I’m looking forward to installing GrapheneOS when their support for my phone stabilizes.
- Comment on Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn 1 week ago:
I mean places that don’t care about any laws at all. Places that might only be accessible on the dark web, etc. There’s terrible stuff out there
- Comment on Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn 1 week ago:
🤔 I’m not sure that lawmakers really understand what they’re up against. If most VPN locations all eventually require government ID for porn, then some people will likely seek porn from places/networks that are… Less legitimate.
- Comment on The President of the United States of America 1 week ago:
Maybe we’ll consider electing someone who isn’t a senior citizen, next time. Three terms of the two oldest presidents in US history seems like enough.
- Comment on Why do some Americans "feel ashamed" for being American even when it's not their fault? 1 week ago:
American tech companies created algorithms that happen to boost videos and news articles of fringe/extreme occurrences that take place here. The mainstream news networks also prioritize content like that, for the same reason: It’s very profitable. Boring news/content just doesn’t make much money.
People who have never visited the US seem to have a very distorted understanding of what everyday life is like here. We display a pretty embarrassing caricature of our country for the world to see.
And to make things even more embarrassing, we made our government ridiculous, and made our politics become pop culture (yet also very tribal) over the last ~15 years.
- Comment on Well, when you frame it like that it sounds absurd. But yes. 2 weeks ago:
He pays them?
- Comment on Feeling that groove 2 weeks ago:
It’s also interesting that it has made somewhat of a comeback after some newer technologies have faded away
- Comment on Someone should put the 63 actual humans who are still MAGA on suicide watch after this past several days. 2 weeks ago:
Ohhh I see. I suppose it’s all about the setting. For some reason I was imagining people wearing them like a fashion statement or something 🤦🏻♂️
- Comment on Someone should put the 63 actual humans who are still MAGA on suicide watch after this past several days. 2 weeks ago:
🤔 I don’t think I’ve seen a bandage on anyone’s ear in my area (at least not in any recent years), and there’s no shortage of MAGA people here. Where was this happening? It sounds like it would have been funny lol
- Comment on Screw it, I’m installing Linux 3 weeks ago:
If you’ve never used the terminal before, how do you know what to type?
Start pushing buttons. Start typing things, try pressing tab variously. Look up guides, introductions, help.
Sure, but my point is: I don’t think I’ve never seen a terminal present those instructions when you open it. Unless it’s immediately shown in some MOTD or something, the average user isn’t going to take the time to figure it out if they don’t have to.
If my grandmother wanted to draft a letter on her computer, she’d use something that looks more like Notepad and less like Vi.
- Comment on Screw it, I’m installing Linux 3 weeks ago:
Eh, I think it’s just about ease of use and discovery. When you open a terminal, it just shows a blinking cursor. If you’ve never used the terminal before, how do you know what to type?
In a graphical desktop environment, you see icons, menus, etc. If you open a GUI application, you usually see buttons and things to click, and maybe even some guidance on how to use the app.
A lot of people just want to use their computer without too much of a learning curve. Most people are not powerusers.
- Comment on I hate it when people use pictures showing the condiments only on top of a hot dog. 4 weeks ago:
lmao
- Comment on I've heard New Yorkers are devastated 4 weeks ago:
🤔 I wouldn’t guess that “commies” are the demographic that would go to a Kid Rock show
- Comment on Bacon 4 weeks ago:
How did the pig use the dog?
- Comment on Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDs 4 weeks ago:
Why? And which coins are good?
- Comment on Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race 5 weeks ago:
How would a surveillance state even prevent that?
- Comment on So sad to see a really old guy driving an expensive sports car 5 weeks ago:
Why sad?
- Comment on OPNsense Bare Metal vs Virtualization 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on OPNsense Bare Metal vs Virtualization 5 weeks ago:
Sure! It’s completely solid-state; no fans or other moving parts. The case is designed to dissipate the heat. The CPU is some low-power Intel Pentium. I don’t remember exactly which model.
I ordered a pre-built one from Protectli because I needed it fast, but you can save quite a bit if you prefer to build one. These little motherboards and cases can be found pretty easily online.
- Comment on OPNsense Bare Metal vs Virtualization 1 month ago:
I went with a dedicated mini PC with one of those motherboards that are designed for building a network appliance. It has been running very smoothly for a few years, and I just log in occasionally to run system updates.
I want my Internet connection to continue working, regardless of my tinkering with home server stuff.
- Comment on An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit 1 month ago:
If I had to guess, maybe they already had a surplus of energy. I read the book years ago though, so I don’t really remember.
- Comment on An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit 1 month ago:
I suppose so. Maybe the concept could work with other forms if electromagnetic radiation, and visible light was just the one used in the book. Idk, I’m no physicist 🤷♂️
- Comment on During the lead up to the Holocaust did the N... regime just kidnap people who they even thought were Jews? Kind of like ICE is doing to citizens today? 1 month ago:
I’m genuinely curious: Why censor the word “Nazi”?
- Comment on During the lead up to the Holocaust did the N... regime just kidnap people who they even thought were Jews? Kind of like ICE is doing to citizens today? 1 month ago:
No, but it has some of the same letters