scott

@scott@lemmy.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  That was my thought too and I did so but it’s been up for over a week now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to get to Santa Claus beard status⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It is not fucking worth years of growth just to bleach it so hard it falls apart, just to be a “mall Santa”? Malls are dead, get a fake

  I was also stuck around 4 or so inches for a while, and once you get to that length (takes a few years, be patient) it really needs a lot of moisture to keep going. I don’t quite keep up with it as much as I’d like to, but if I did, here’s what I’d do:

  • never ever ever let that 3-in-1 touch it again
  • get a better conditioner and apply it daily.
  • at your length, probably also soap every day or two. Goats milk bar soap, same stuff I use on my face, as recommended by my dermatologist. I only soap the beard every few days, a rinse with the conditioner soak is enough to keep it clean for a while if I do it daily
  • beard oil or beard butter. I wet my hands and apply a good glob of beard butter to my still-wet beard after showering. I’ve heard oils work well, too. Leave-in conditioner is essential. More goat milk. Coconut oil. Jojoba. Castor. Hempseed. That sort of thing.

  Finally, listen to and take cues from women in your life who have long hair. They probably know more than either of us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You mean it gets worse?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fight for a better world, both young and old.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does AI-based search engines know legit sources from BS ones ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  AI does not exist. What we have are language prediction models. Trying to use them as an AI is foolish.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone posted the Source Code of the IRS's Directfile on Github⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but changes to the tax code are incremental. If this contains a foundation-layer framework for calculating taxes, it’s a huge bootstrap to just do the YoY changes as opposed to building up.that foundation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The BDS movement is based on the movement by the same name targeted at apartheid South Africa, which did have a significant impact in getting rid of the regime. That said the amount of money Americans are compelled legally to spend on Israel vastly outstrips any changes regular people could make in their daily lives so idk how effective it can be in this case. The American empire seems inextricably tied to Israeli dominance these days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair point. Technology is increasingly hostile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fwiw I can use my banking apps and anything else on GrapheneOS. It’s been smooth sailing all the way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Simple NAS hardware for home use?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My HP Z440 was cheap on eBay and kicks ass. Only weird hitch about it is it won’t boot without some sort of GPU in it so I got a GTX 970 on Facebook for like $20.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ll probably never want to go back lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How confident are you driving an automatic? If you’re comfortable, it shouldn’t be too big of a deal. If you already struggle to navigate traffic, adding more controls will make that worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re talking about suspending habeas corpus so…

  Regardless I still think they’re going to go after the unhoused more explicitly and use less explicit means to push trans people (and others they disapprove of) into that category in order to make excuses for the disappearancess. We shall see I suppose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Judge Accepted AI Video Testimony From a Dead Man⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, all she’s done has created history’s most gaping opportunity for an appeal.