GreenShimada
@GreenShimada@lemmy.world
- Comment on Wikipeter was the founder of the site in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library 2 days ago:
Imagine being the level of asshole that would spend the time to do this. I’m not surprised, just…disappointed.
- Comment on People who have eaten since December 31st, 2025, why are you trying to start new shit? 3 days ago:
AH! I just realized I have 2025 shit still in me.
- Comment on Pizza styles 3 days ago:
It’s like a photo from the box of a frozen Uno pizza
- Comment on Indian Government developed UPI app not allowing me to use the app w/o turning off Adguard. 3 days ago:
Please cross-post to a privacy community. Ultimately, this sounds like it’s going to produce a situation where a dumbphone that allows for hotspots and them a smartphone without UPI and with a VPN are a workable solution.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Every algorithm is based around frequent posting and farming engagement. Everything is optimized to ruin the internet.
- Comment on Been a long time since I smoked but if I opened the door to my fireplace and tossed in a kilo of pot and just let the smoke fill up the house will everyone in my house get high? 1 week ago:
Bro, you could make 1 baby’s arm-sized joint and 30 of the strongest weed brownies ever made, plus a helping of weed-not-oregano pasta for dinner and do the job 100 times better.
- Comment on The ID_10_ts 1 week ago:
Ah yes, the famously super-competent FBI directed by political loyalists who’s only qualifications are heavy plastic surgery and blind faith in an evil idiot.
- Comment on Word. 2 weeks ago:
As someone that recalls using Word 5.5 in DOS for a book report in 5th grade, as with all things, the peak has come and gone.
IMO, the enshittification curve started about 2010ish when MS demanded internet connectivity for features that didn’t work. Saving PDFs was its peak. RIP Word 2007, which I used well into 2015.
- Comment on Word. 2 weeks ago:
100% for real. I simply can’t do freelancing Excel work with LibreOffice because I know the 1:1 compatibility falls apart quickly. Basic formulas are about as far as I can trust it.
- Comment on Typical monopoly people 2 weeks ago:
Of all people, Gallagher made the point in the 80s. I think George Carlin also did a set about English words once.
- Comment on The AI Backlash Is Here: Why Backlash Against Gemini, Sora, ChatGPT Is Spreading in 2025 - Newsweek 2 weeks ago:
Sorry, what part of “Let the Broligarchy do anything it wants!” didn’t y’all understand? /s
- Comment on Denmark wants to ban VPNs to unlock foreign, illegal streams – and experts are worried 2 weeks ago:
It’s really telling how over the last few months, the overlap of “Oh, WTF is this?” between Privacy and Technology communities have aligned more and more.
- Comment on How do I boot into the Corn Kernel? 3 weeks ago:
First, you gotta get ready for grub but being hungry for the kernel.
Then, you grab the butter and slather it on your keyboard.
- Comment on Did you know?... 3 weeks ago:
I really wish this just said “Did you know corndogs?”
Yeah! I do! :)
- Comment on How I block all online ads 3 weeks ago:
To quote someone from HN:
There is nothing special about the Troubled Engineer’s setup. It’s mostly a matter of using open platforms. With Firefox on the desktop and Fennec on Android (Graphene), you get full uBlock Origin support and therefore never see any ads anywhere, even on Youtube. On Android, there is also NewPipe that offers “free Youtube Premium” (play in the background and download).
It’s really just uBlock Origin, a DNS blocker, and a few other small tweaks for YT. I use NewPipe on Android and Invidious instances. At this point I only see ads when setting up a VM and open the browser for the first time and forget I need to install uBO.
- Comment on AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone 3 weeks ago:
Ages ago - they tried to make it all these flairs and sparkles and whatever. Maybe it’s back lately?
- Comment on AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone 4 weeks ago:
The day they got rid of reddit gold and started cash grabbing hard was the day the writing was on the wall.
- 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 4 weeks ago:
I expect this was in the terms of service, though
While I expect the same, there’s also just a reasonablility standard. If Meta and Google updated their TOS to say that users agreed to become human chattle slaves to mine cobalt and forfeit their rights, no court (…right, SCOTUS?..right?) would uphold that. A TOS is a contract, but it’s mostly for the protection of companies from liability. Takign active steps to brick someone’s device over the device not connecting to it’s C2 server (the company had zero evidence this was done intentionally and a router firewall misconfiguration could just have easily done the same thing), is IMO something that should result in a lawsuit.
- Comment on How Lemmy users feel when they delete their Reddit account 4 weeks ago:
How should I feel when reddit starts deleting and shadowbanning my alt accounts?
- 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 4 weeks ago:
IMO “Smart” refers to the lawyers that got paid to write a 900-page TOS that lets a company do whatever they want.
- 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 4 weeks ago:
The fact that this isn’t considered outright fraud is disturbing. This person OWNS the device, yes? They’re not leasing it.
FFS, this should be illegal.
- Comment on Reddit global rank is going down 4 weeks ago:
I feel like reddit is accidentally trying to speedrun dead internet theory.
I stopped using it when their quality contributor score shadowbanned me because I don’t post enough in the right subs.
My partner stopped using it for the same reason - account used every couple days for comments also shadowbanned out of no where.
Starting a new account means grinding for a month or two in subs that force you to spam each other with up votes before you can ever do anything other than post and ask the mods to approve your post manually.
- Comment on ChatGPT is down worldwide, conversations disappeared for users 4 weeks ago:
Oh no.
…Anyway
- Comment on NEVER OBSOLETE 5 weeks ago:
I be there’s a Linux distro that would run on it.
- Comment on He really made things worse 5 weeks ago:
Ew - eat an old? So stringy and greasy. You should have been feeding them to a volcano god!
- Comment on What did I forget? 5 weeks ago:
TIL I am, apparently, as well.
- Comment on He really made things worse 5 weeks ago:
Man, that PVC flavor was up there with cherry kool-aid.
- Comment on He really made things worse 5 weeks ago:
Scoff! I remember when Thanksgiving was venison and dry corn cobs dipped in sandy beach water.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
Thanks, I’ll check it out.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
Rituals are very important for humans. Always have been, since before we knew how to write them down. They punctuate the year, they anchor cultures, they provide context within a lifetime to measure change, and the seasonal progression defines the agricultural cycle.
It’s interesting that Buddhism is also on a spectrum, like you say, where the Tibetan versions lean way into their original shamanic roots, and it goes from there down to the nearly secular Western versions. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel write a cool book about the shamanic origins of Soto Zen, and it really all tracks. It’s order overlayed on the ad hoc nature of animism. There’s a gap where intent and, to some degree, ego powers magic, but with Buddhism, it’s like a negative space where you kind of are affecting the world around you, but you’re not invested in outcomes.