Baguette
@Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Might have the big dumb
I hope you have a good day
- Comment on if i had a job 6 days ago:
Ever see something so cringe it wraps around to being funny again?
- Comment on Microsoft once tried to cut Windows 11 RAM usage, install size by 20%, now it’s trying again in 2026 1 week ago:
The thing is that there are real measurements of the market share of windows dropping. The only reason why adoption of w11 overtook w10 user size is because they made w10 end of life (although there are still ways around)
Unfortunately, some business idiot mathed up that losing users is fine as long as the others get forced onto w11
Windows could have done so much differently. More seamless integration with xbox and cross platform for gaming. Different, easily swappable profiles (windows) for different tasks (basically overhauling desktops, like for art, dev work, etc). Optimizing microsofts enterprise software suite without all the bloat. Not deprecating the idea of android support.
But like all big tech companies, they only see money now
- Comment on Microsoft once tried to cut Windows 11 RAM usage, install size by 20%, now it’s trying again in 2026 1 week ago:
I wish windows went down a different path. Instead they decided to double down on ads and ai, because shareholders are more important than the actual customers
- Comment on relatable 2 weeks ago:
Yea I’ve been thinking of making a small speaker setup so I can play white noise. It’s just annoying because it’s only the odd day where it gets unbearable
- Comment on relatable 2 weeks ago:
I’ve been running into this a lot more often lately. And the worst part about this is that my tinnitus that normally I can ignore starts screeching louder, so it keeps me up even more
It’s just a perpetual negative feedback loop
- Comment on New York sues Valve for enabling "illegal gambling" with loot boxes 4 weeks ago:
I remember back in the old days, 3p gambling sites used to have 0 verification. You could deposit skins, each with their own attached real life value, to gamble for other skins. That way those sites could make double the money by fixing the prices skin had, and by gambling mechanics, without even needing a credit card
- Comment on *crunch crunch* Très délicieux mes amis! 5 weeks ago:
Frog tastes pretty good but it’s too expensive for not much meat
- Comment on ‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront 5 weeks ago:
So are you just gonna ignore all the other ways I’ve listed to tell a scammer?
Never said it was a one and dusted kinda thing if you had a clown award, just that it should immediately raise red flags if you have a relatively worth inventory and actively trading. MY experience is that all the randoms trying to add me that had the clown award displayed were in fact scammers.
This is in the context of trading once again, not steam forums or even general steam. Steam trading is functionally a different experience from general steam. No sane trader uses the forums to trade. Its all 3p sites. People adding you when you actively trade items are either people looking to trade or scammers. If you’re not trading in the mid to high tier range, none of what I’ve said applies to you. The clown award doesn’t mean anything then, because you’re not going to get 5+ daily friend requests
On a side note you should probably not use the forums, it’s been unmoderated for about 15 years.
- Comment on ‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront 5 weeks ago:
I’ve had a mildly expensive inventory in the past while trading so I’ve seen a lot of scammers. The clown award was the fastest way to tell if someone was suspicious. Obviously you don’t just base it on that, other telltale signs are no mutuals, private inventory, faked hours on cs, turned off commenting on profile, account level, 3p trust sites, etc.
I’ve yet to see a single profile that was legit that had the clown award. People usually don’t give out awards, at least the profile ones. The average person buys profile decor.
This was back in 2024 ish though, I don’t trade anymore so I block non mutuals adding me
- Comment on ‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront 1 month ago:
Does the clown award still exist on profiles? I used to get added by randoms everytime and they always had the clown award because that’s the easiest way for people to mark someone as a scammer
- Comment on Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users 1 month ago:
“My lawyers advise me to not comment on this further” is my statement of choice for most situations
- Comment on Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users 1 month ago:
Tbh if its a social/discussion based website, it will have federal agents monitoring it. Lemmy isn’t free from this either, though in our defense we are probably pretty low on the watchlist (but then again who knows)
- Comment on Bri'ish Cuisine 1 month ago:
I mean soda as glaze is not uncommon. Coca cola can be used as a glaze base for pork spare ribs in chinese cooking. It’s basically just a sweet dark glaze at that point
I’ve seen people use soda in seafood boil as well but no clue if that tastes good.
The rice was pretty bad though. Thats the you should probably just buy a rice cooker kinda rice
- Comment on Just the Browser: tools to remove AI and other bloatware from Chrome, Edge and Firefox 2 months ago:
That’s because the people who are fine or happy with firefox aren’t the type of people to talk about it, the vocal ones are the people that have complaints
- Comment on Nova Launcher gets a new owner and... ads 2 months ago:
Also swapped to Niagara a few years back and paid for the pro license last year or so
Been pretty worth, though I kinda miss the customization options of using kwlp+nova
- Comment on Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again 2 months ago:
The same investors that brought
- Unskippable ads to every platform including your refrigerator
- Removing previously free or basic features just to put them behind a paywall
- Fucking AI this AI that and subsequently making everything more expensive
- Subscription based models on software and the stupid you own nothing idea
- The prevalence of data collection everywhere
The list can go on and on
- Comment on Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again 2 months ago:
HAHAH you mean the same investors who decided to ruin the internet for shareholder value? Yea let me just place the same source of evil and maybe this time it’ll work
- Comment on Unquestionably high class 2 months ago:
I might be biased but Asian style of lobster is amazing. My favorite is salted egg yolk lobster (I think also literally translated as golden sand or smth)
- Comment on Unquestionably high class 2 months ago:
In all fairness. I was in Boston (and in the seaport area) when I first tried it, so I’m sure it could’ve been cheaper. But this definitely isn’t a food that gets better the more you pay for it.
- Comment on Unquestionably high class 2 months ago:
I tried a lobster roll for the first time last year and I’m mostly disappointed. Every single place sold them for around 40 to 50 USD. It was just buttered lobster which is good but for the amount I got, it was definitely not worth, and honestly I’d rather have bread on the side than as a roll
- Comment on HDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide — hard drives record biggest price increase in eight quarters, suppliers warn pressure will continue 3 months ago:
How tf are hdds going up in price
Did the data centers somehow buy up all the sdds and decided nah we need more, lets buy up all the hdds too
Like ???
At this rate i gotta start grabbing my old drives to reuse because apparently 2010 equipment is back on the plate or smth
- Comment on Transliterated country names into Chinese Language use pre-existing characters that already has its own meaning, therefore native Chinese speakers have a subconcious impression based on country names. 3 months ago:
Bro it ain’t that serious man
- Comment on Getting too expensive 3 months ago:
Just train your cat to
robget it for free - Comment on Change my mind 3 months ago:
Just saw this fitting post
- Comment on After Today's meeting where Trump fell in love with Mamdani, this is MAGA tomorrow morning. 4 months ago:
- Comment on Learning to drive 4 months ago:
Goat
Thanks
- Comment on Learning to drive 4 months ago:
Does anyone have the original of the dad doge
Gonna need it so I can use it as a reaction lol
- Comment on Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses 5 months ago:
Unironically yes, mostly cause most websites on mobile are the most horrid experience and an app for the average audience is just how phones are nowadays
- Comment on Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration 5 months ago:
I have hope. Last time they got hit with an anti monopoly lawsuit that should’ve forced them to sell away chrome, but unfortunately they got bailed out. Here’s hoping next time they aren’t so lucky
- Comment on Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration 5 months ago:
I hope google fails as a whole in the near future and gets dissolved once and for all. Sick and tired of tech companies trying to be sources of authority, working with authoritarian governments, and dictating what you can and can’t do.
