Jack_Burton

@Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨should I apologize to this friendly manager I had an argument with?⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure you understand what it means to “lean left”. The left tends to focus more on compassion, sympathy, and empathy. Regardless of their management position, you were in the wrong, so yes, you owe them an apology.

  Take responsibility for your actions, apologize when you’re in the wrong, treat people with respect. This is what it means to lean left.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Zuckerberg hailed AI ‘superintelligence’. Then his smart glasses failed on stage | Matthew Cantor⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Hence the Buddy Holly part. Glasses like Buddy Holly with HUD like the Terminator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says TikTok should be tweaked to become “100% MAGA”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  China absolutely has interest in Americans, just not in the way you’d think. Social media is addictive, and TikTok is no exception. Quick bursts of media that result in dopamine hits creates addiction and eyes glued to a screen that can push whatever agenda China wants. Studies have shown social media and ai have an affect on intelligence and learning, and China knows full well that in the long game, this results in the dumbing down of society.

  TikTok is doing exactly what it was designed for, sowing division and misinformation to destabalize the US. It works too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FFS Plex, the server is on my local network⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I had it working on Windows, just can’t remember how haha. I’ve moved to Linux and I don’t know if I’m missing something to get it going, or if it’s because ProtonVPN isn’t nearly as devloped on Linux as it is on Windows. Appreciate the positivity though!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FFS Plex, the server is on my local network⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Same, though I can’t get remote access working while running a vpn on my machine and it’s driving me nuts

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  RSS is still going strong. I’m in the process of shifting my screen time from lemmy to RSS. Just articles, no comments. Makes me realize how addicted I’ve been to comment drama, I say as I post a comment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If spiderman shoots webs from his wrists would not the tension of shooting and swingiing up a skyscraper pretty much break his wrist? Also why SpiderMAN shouuldn''t it be SpiderTEEN?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It was in Superior Spider-Man. Doc Ock takes over Peter’s body and starts running around as Spider-Man. He confronts Scorpion and punches his jaw off, realizing that all the times he fought Spidey, he was always holding back and could’ve completely destroyed him any time he wanted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish you the best! The only social I have left is Lemmy (do most of my scrolling on RSS now so there’s no comments) and as of 3 weeks ago have officially cut out all big tech (grapheneos on phone, linux on PC and laptops, no Google/Amazon etc). It’s been a long 2 year journey but I feel like I accomplished something I can be proud of.

  I’ve since finished a novel for the first time in years, started another, and listened to more diverse music than I ever have.

  I still keep up with news (france24, fairly unbiased) but only because I feel like it’s my responsibility to stay as informed as I’m capable of, especially now with fascism on the rise again.

  Keep it up!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m realizing how much I missed growing up by just listening to compilation albums and burning popular songs and listening to the same songs over and over. Albums can tell stories, and it’s interesting listening to how the songs flow together.

  I’ve been listening to a lot of soundtracks from Skyrim to Outer Wilds, and anything by Hans Zimmer, Ludwig Goransson, and Ramin Djwadi.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not who you asked, but I can tell you where I’m at with that. My primary listening is on an mp3 player, and I also use a home server for listening on speakers/tv. Switching to a separate device used only for music has made my listening far more deliberate. When I pick up the player, I’m making a point to listen to music, not just have it on in the background like I used to. It’s also a pain in the ass (comparitively) to make playlists on it (I purposely chose a scroll-wheel style and no touch screen) so I’m listening to a lot of full albums now, which I never really did before, exposing me to a lot more than I used to since I don’t just throw the song or two I like on a playlist and leave the rest.

  There’s been an interesting side effect that I didn’t expect: Being more deliberate with my listening has sharpened my ear to music, I hear music in movies and shows in a way I never used to, I’m beginning to recognize voices and band styles by ear, I actually focus on music now instead of it just being part of the background. As such, I find a lot of new music these days by looking up songs from movies and tv. For example, the most recent:

  • I completely devoured the Sinners soundtrack. (Ludwig Göransson is a fave and I’ve always been a fan of Buddy Guy)

  • Watching Dope Thief, I realized I never skipped the intro. Got me hooked on Little Simz

  • James Gunn has some great taste. Beyond season 1 of Peacemaker, Season 2 has already got me absolutely loving Foxy Shazam, and after the latest ep I’ve been getting into Hardcore Superstar.

  • Strangely enough, Rick and Morty has some bangers in the later seasons, and got me listening to stuff I never would have like Kishi Bashi.

  Not only has my listening become more deliberate, but my sourcing of new music has as well. No longer relying on an algorithm to do the work for me has allowed me to hone a new skill and learn how to find new music myself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saw this on another instance and knew it belongs here.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s another pilot program coming in 2026 in BC and Ontario.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Last year I put my music collection on an SD card and slapped it into a hifiman walker mp3 player. I quickly discovered that having a device solely for music has made my listening much more deliberate, and I’ve listened to more music more often than I ever have because of it. I even plug it in my car instead of using bluetooth

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI startup Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5bn to settle book piracy lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not really a good thing though. $1.5bil will be a drop in the bucket for them. This is a settlement, which means it won’t set any legal precedence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Video] Billionaires gather to praise Trump⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Musk got snubbed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The USA prided itself on a nation of immigrant, heck even the Statue of Liberty says it. When did immigrants (US citizens from the old world) become anti immigrant and why?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”

  Lyndon B. Johnson

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A look at search engines with their own indexes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, definitely something to keep an eye on. Might not renew and just start using Qwant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A look at search engines with their own indexes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I got a sub to Kagi a few months ago. It seems pretty good but I’m behind on the news. I’ve read a few things here and there, but can you explain a bit about the ethics?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did a teenager actually just die from eating raw noodles?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh. Never seen that. Learn something new every day!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did a teenager actually just die from eating raw noodles?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, they make 3l?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did a teenager actually just die from eating raw noodles?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They make 4l bottles?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Taking a seat in a full class to fuck around on your phone could fit that bill. Someone else might have wanted to be in your seat. In this scenario, your actions in that class could have repercussions beyond just the classroom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam payment headaches grow as PayPal is no longer usable for much of the world: Valve hopes to bring it back in the future, 'but the timeline is uncertain'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Stablecoins like USDC are basically x coins is the cost. It’s pegged to the US dollar so 1 USDC is equal to $1 USD, always. Something like Bitcoin on the other hand, it’s better to think of it as it’s own currency. For example, right now the equivalent to $20 USD would be 0.00016962 BTC. When BTC goes up in price, $20 USD costs fewer Bitcoins (sats, which are everything passed the decimal).

  The real world equivalent would be exchange rates, like between the US and Canada. Say the rate is 1.33, so that $20 USD game would cost $26.60 CAD. The rate changes to 1.35, so now it costs you $27. Next week it dips to 1.28, so now that $20 USD game costs $25.60 CAD.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Is Now Being Sued Over Sunsetting Windows 10⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m in the process of switching myself. Threw Ubuntu Studio on my laptop (Samsung Galaxy Book3 Ultra) and I’m currently testing for audio and music production to see if I can make the switch on my main PC for work. I’m loving it so far, though it’s looking like a step back for audio production unfortunately. That being said, where there’s a will there’s a way!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Actors that have been the least believable scientist castings, I’ll start.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  He didn’t just “study” he has a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering and received a Fulbright Scholoarship at MIT. Pretty spot-on casting honestly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who's the most ridiculed POTUS of history?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, I’ve read that the Texas proverb bit was him cutting himself off mid sentence to prevent a sound bite of him saying “shame on me”. I have no idea of the veracity of the claim but it’s interesting if true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube's Latest Update Shows That Online Monoculture Is Dead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Disliking the video is engagement, that’s probably why they show up every so often. It’s basically the algorithm saying “hey, can I suck you into an anger spiral today? No? Ok, I’ll try again later.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People angry that Superman represents kindness are outright admitting that they don't want to be good people⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He also renounced his US citizenship in Action Comics #900 like 15 years ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's up with the sudden increase in AI slop?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah most comments sections are cesspools that only feed the negative wolf inside us. It’s interesting that now that I’ve cut out most comment sections, I realize how absolutely tiring it is being a part of them, or just reading them.

  Lemmy is pretty good overall, but I really am starting to love just a basic RSS feed. Looks like what I’m used to (Lemmy/Reddit) but only links to articles, no comments at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's up with the sudden increase in AI slop?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This brings up an excellent point about addiction. A quick longer than I’d planned anecdote: over the last few years I’ve nearly completely dumped all social media (and big tech in general). Facebook, Insta, Twitter, all gone. The only social for the last few years I’ve had left was Reddit, and I dumped that a couple months ago (all social media is toxic, I learned).

  I swapped Reddit for Lemmy a few months ago and noticed a huge difference, not just the fewer toxic people, but in the lack of posts overall by comparison. I found myself scrolling through the same Lemmy posts throughout the day, my brain trying to repeat the cycle from Reddit, but stayed strong and didn’t go back to Reddit haha.

  Anyway, there’s still toxicity on Lemmy, and I realized how much it affects me without the cloud of all the other socials bogging it down. Not a lot, but enough. So I made a decision and went back to my old nerd days. I didn’t want to miss out on legit articles I was interested in from social media so I set up an rss reader. I started checking out Lemmy in the morning, and my rss throughout the day, which doesn’t update often.

  What I found at first was I was re-checking lemmy, re-loading rss, and thinking about what else I can put on my phone to scratch that itch. I was (am) still addicted to the dopamine hit of forever-feeds of useless garbage. So instead, I picked up a book. It’s been a long time, and it’s a slow adjustment, but wow is it ever so much better. Aside from some small interaction on Lemmy in the morning like this, I don’t see comments anymore, I read the info I’m interested in reading and make my own judgments without comments trying to sway me, and use my former doom-scrolling time to read a book.

  To sum up, you’re absolutely right. Addiction is a bitch and the average person doesn’t even realize they’re addicted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having the ability to lie and manipulate with no remorse will get you much further in this world than having morals and being correct⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Especially in today’s sociopoliticalathic climate