Bongles

@Bongles@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK to “encourage” Apple and Google to put nudity-blocking systems on phones⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ain’t that the fucking truth…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure I still hear of people using tapes for extremely long term but not often accessed storage. This sounds, just from the title, like it could be useful for that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sooo... This is happening on Imgur⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  People are still using reddit and Twitter, of course they’re still using imgur.

  Imgur also has an interesting niche that isn’t covered by alternatives yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy Showerthoughts is the equivalent to reddits "no stupid questions"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They have both, we also have both. They came from reddit and moved here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No it won’t⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  what the fuck is an EDC tactical wallet?

  EDC being everyday carry, tactical at this point has lost any real meaning - pants with a few extra pockets, this wallet, any knife you might take outside of a kitchen, a water bottle holder that you can attach to something, anything that they put those little loops that are normally on military backpacks (actually there’s another example, all those “EDC” backpacks that are 150 bucks).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make me feel like a man⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They do make jackets like this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You bet your ass I do.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know I’m not the only one familiar with water jets in bathtubs and hot tubs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  is in stock right now at $216

  Just throwing this out to the void, it’s now over $400.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do big people wear the tiniest shit especially at rallys or riots? Like on Jan 6 I saw a bunch of big stupid people have on bullet proof vest that was only maybe 6inch by 6inch or tinier?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ignoring the bulletproof vests for a moment, they usually have the clothes from before they got that big. It’s not like your habits suddenly change, they’re usually always slowly growing until something clicks and they go on a diet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is ethanol so tasty?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fascinating, I drink alcohol solely to get drunk. Absolutely hate the taste. There are levels to it of course, I prefer bourbon to scotch for example. But none of it, shy of the fruity (usually) drinks that cover up the alcohol flavors, do i actually enjoy drinking.

  Different strokes I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wearing a helmet and a hat while biking⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Would it look stupid to place the cap on the handlebars

  No.

  or clip the cap into the strap of the helmet to carry it while riding?

  Yeah kinda, I’m imagining it hanging from your face?

  If you have a snap back kind of hat, yeah just attach it anywhere on the bike I’d say, or depending what you’re wearing, to you in some way. Don’t over think it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Truth is way more fucked up than fiction⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Including an unredacted version of emails that had been leaked (which prompted this release) with the victim redacted. But you know, the reason they didn’t release anything else before was to protect the victims… until it’s better for Trump if they do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Data hoarders and encryption enthusiasts are the digital equivalent to doomsday preppers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess you’re not wrong, but we do see digital things disappear constantly and without warning. If no one backed up that data it’s gone forever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Half life alyx was a solid game and I would expect valve to release another VR game for this things release. Even if not, there’s good stuff out nowadays.

  Although I don’t get the motion sickness that people have mentioned so maybe I have more options.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The VR looks interesting. I had bought the HP reverb G2, but Microsoft pulled the plug on windows mixed reality, and I’ve since moved to Linux, so this might be a good replacement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I tell my Korean male childhood friend that he looks like a really cute anime girl and that I'd die for him and that I want to cuddle with him and treat him like a princess (no homo)?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like you got it figured out bud. Tell them not us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shocking investigation reveals secret Israel's underground torture prison⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Cmon guys, it’s a nuanced situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  At the moment, not much. I’m trying to learn more and more and do more and more, really it’s just that I paid for 64, but then the seller and I both fucked up and I’m still at 32 now, which bugs me. Then at that same exact time frame, the prices skyrocketed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  At this point, I originally paid for 64 so I’m trying to get there out of principal, and I’d be there if I paid more attention.

  I like to dick around with my nerd stuff and I did have the pc lock up because I used all of the 32gb ram, but I suspect 64 would’ve had the same issue in that particular instance.

  In either case, my last pc buy was a decade ago, where 16GB was more than you’d need. If prices are reasonable again, getting myself to 64GB would just make sure I’m set for another decade, probably.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought so too, but after a few hours I gave up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll bet there is, but I gave it a solid few hours without really knowing what I was doing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This seems like an appropriate place for me to bitch:

  2 months ago I bought a new pre-built pc. It should’ve had 64gb of ram but had 32gb. They said the sticks they used were out of stock so they gave me a credit for $100 USD. I spent the 100 on 32gb more of what I thought was the exact same ram. I fucked up and bought a slightly higher speed so they wouldn’t work together after I tried for an afternoon. I also checked the correct listing i should’ve bought but it was more expensive, at about $125.

  I gave up and decided I’d just buy the faster ram again when it came back, rather than return it and get the correct one. It went out of stock in the time it took me to get my order so I figured I’d just wait.

  2 MONTHS later, it never came back in stock but an almost identical pair, with slightly different timing, is in stock right now at $216. If i had any idea this was coming in just 2 months, I could’ve just bought 64gb at once and started fresh, or corrected my mistake by returning what I bought.

  So i guess I’ll continue waiting, but hey at least notepad has copilot in it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you eat free range eggs, you're probably ingesting trace amounts of rooster cum⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  OP is secretly a komodo dragon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a girl asks you if you're big, are you supposed to lie or not?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In the context of someone really asking, and not just joking around, yes you should be honest. Sounds like you’ll be on the path to showing them so don’t lie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For me it’s everywhere. I still come to these things out of habit or because i don’t have energy for a regular hobby, but it’s getting draining. All of social media just brings me back to politics, even if funny memes are in between. I also have a habit of reading comments, and then some dingus brings the one non political thing back down to politics anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tabletop convection oven ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  nasty little grease machines

  You mean the machine that is… an electric heater and a fan?

  are processed garbage

  Meat and cheese rolled into a tortilla? Just sounds to me like you’ve got some kind of grudge against these things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tabletop convection oven ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Taquitos also take 8 minutes in my air fryer at 380°F.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Even that little blur effect people use to get rid of watermarks, sure it’s sora but it could as easily just be a tiktok username, which people remove all the time. So the people who want to believe it, will.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If he’s even real.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I want off this ride.