harmbugler
@harmbugler@piefed.social
- Comment on Why there are no Michelin-starred restaurants in Australia 5 days ago:
The Good Food Guide gives hats, so we don’t need stars.
- Comment on Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document 6 days ago:
The umbilical cord falls off on its own after some days. It’s different.
- Comment on Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document 6 days ago:
Having not experienced otherwise, how would you know?
- Comment on RIP Pinterest 1 week ago:
If they use AI they become our ain’terests
- Comment on Vienna would need about 150 km² of solar panels to produce enough electricity 1 week ago:
Megawatt is a rate of energy use/production whereas megawatt hour is an amount used/produced (in an hour). A continuous use of 11MW sure seems like a lot for a household though.
- Comment on Hate it when this happens 1 week ago:
Oh come on
- Comment on Question about accessing my services from corporate Network 3 weeks ago:
Yes, even if you are using it you are not the owner and do not control it; any corporate laptop is an untrusted device at home.
- Comment on I'm surprised trump hasn't attempted to appoint his car to Senate yet. 4 weeks ago:
Accurate plate for the number one loser
- Comment on Loops publishes their recommender algorithm 4 weeks ago:
Compared to…?
- Comment on Loops publishes their recommender algorithm 4 weeks ago:
A calm chronological Following feed for the people you trust — and a For You feed that surfaces new creators from across Loops and compatible ActivityPub servers.
- Comment on Loops publishes their recommender algorithm 4 weeks ago:
… yes?
- Comment on Google's latest reason to give them $14/month: "Watch in faster playback speeds with Premium" 4 weeks ago:
Last night for the first time a video wouldn’t play for me at all, with a new error: VPN detected. Other videos were fine.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Thriceland
- Comment on LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites Backlash 4 weeks ago:
I have two AppleTVs and while they are great at what they do, I won’t buy another. The reason is that they are still locked down to what Apple allows you to do. Want to watch YouTube? Your only realistic option is Google’s app, complete with ads. If you connect a real computer to the TV, you have significantly more control over what’s going on, but you may lose some of the convenience of a dedicated TV device. Hopefully with things like the GabeCube, more Linux OSes will be dedicated to big screen TV use.
- Comment on LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites Backlash 4 weeks ago:
Plus the point is that you can replace the AppleTV with mostly whatever you like (some CEC functionality notwithstanding), and don’t use the TV’s own OS or apps for anything.
- Comment on Age verification errors see some under-16s retain access to banned social media platforms 5 weeks ago:
Nobody could have predicted this.
- Comment on It will be great, they said... 5 weeks ago:
If you’re not yet on I2P, start with https://geti2p.net and then set up an I2P router.
Once you’re on I2P, personally I use notbob.i2p to see what’s up. - Comment on It will be great, they said... 5 weeks ago:
I haven’t stumbled upon much sketchy stuff, you’d need to know where it is and discovery is still fairly manual though indexing services exist. Of course you need to find those services in the first place…
Anonymity is more of a focus than 90s internet, so it’s hard to tell who anyone really is but you’re probably right. There are active Russian and Iranian dissident text forums though.
However, for me, it’s the people just hosting personal websites e.g., a darkwave radio site, or a cryptography blog. Obviously the barrier to entry means it leans fairly techy.
- Comment on Is gold investing a scam? 5 weeks ago:
I doubt you’d get far even trying to carry a suitcase full of gold.
- Comment on It will be great, they said... 5 weeks ago:
Correct. Come to I2P and experience 90s internet again. It’s slow but has character, if by character you understand I mean anonymous Geocities.
- Comment on Make me feel like a man 5 weeks ago:
Yell hair!
- Comment on Skier narrowly avoids a crevasse 5 weeks ago:
Keep your eyes open, or… don’t ski on a fucking glacier??
- Comment on ChatGPT is down worldwide, conversations disappeared for users 1 month ago:
Here’s what I mean, in an excerpt from the Internet Manipulation section of Wikipedia’s article on Disinformation.
Internet manipulation is the use of online digital technologies, including algorithms, social bots, and automated scripts, for commercial, social, military, or political purposes. Internet and social media manipulation are the prime vehicles for spreading disinformation due to the importance of digital platforms for media consumption and everyday communication. When employed for political purposes, internet manipulation may be used to steer public opinion, polarise citizens, circulate conspiracy theories, and silence political dissidents.
That’s everybody’s business.
While we may weigh up the pros and cons of these tools, it’s a start to recognise that there are significant social risks here that shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand.
- Comment on ChatGPT is down worldwide, conversations disappeared for users 1 month ago:
Others are using it on us. Can you understand why we prefer it stays down?
- Comment on ChatGPT is down worldwide, conversations disappeared for users 1 month ago:
Tell the people using it ON us to stop then.
- Comment on Replace your boss ... before they replace you 1 month ago:
Johnson, it’s perfect. Fire me immediately.
- Comment on Couple from Kazakhstan allegedly used hidden camera and earpieces to win $1.18m from Sydney’s Crown casino 1 month ago:
Excellent, a chance to tell people about the Eudaemons, who “beat roulette using a concealed computer, with the ulterior motive of using the money made from roulette to fund a scientific community.”
- Comment on DRAM prices are spiking, but I don't trust the industry's reasons why 1 month ago:
Still working on my backlog of 10 year old games…
- Comment on Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI will be involved in nearly all future production 1 month ago:
And if it’s as he says, and eventually all games get labeled that way, what’s his problem with that? Man just doesn’t want to compete.
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 1 month ago:
What Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain teaches you is to draw how an object does look. I’m probably a 4 on the scale and can draw because of this book. One of the memorable techniques is to take a photograph, turn ti upside down and draw it that way. Then, turn your drawing upside and see what you got. By making the image a bit confusing, you can focus on the lines and shading your eyes see, and not ‘a man in a chair’ your mind sees.