schwim

@schwim@piefed.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For those of you who enjoy open-world games, how big of a world is too big?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I have not met a too-big open world as of yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hundreds of Instagram accounts push graphic real-life violence to millions, CBS News finds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “The people that seem to be most distressed by it were the people who had not gone looking for it,” Lloyd said.

  Lloyd’s his birth name but he insists we call him Captain Obvious at the office.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4chan faces UK ban after refusing to pay ‘stupid’ fine⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The British have all the good luck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anyone noticed these new spam techniques used by music channels on youtube?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And if anyone wants to discover music, get a scrobbler for a good music network.

  Do you have any that you find useful? I haven’t used one in decades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anyone noticed these new spam techniques used by music channels on youtube?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  commenting on random YouTube videos

  That’s definitely not new. Comment spam has existed as long as comments have.

  Stealing content is also as old as the internet. It would make sense they would use their own music if that’s what they were selling. People that sell affiliate links to stuff paste their logo and domain on the lower or upper part of stolen reels.

  I don’t discover music on Youtube so I can’t speak to it’s rise in popularity but things like this get adopted widely when it’s proven to work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨search engine megathread?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  From Kagi:

  “Kagi Search includes anonymized requests to traditional search indexes like Google and Bing as well as sources like Wikipedia, DeepL, and other APIs. We also have our own non-commercial index (Teclis), news index (TinyGem), and an AI for instant answers. Teclis and TinyGem are a result of our crawl through millions of domains, focusing primarily on non-commercial, high-quality content.”

  “Our unique results combined from all of these sources help you discover the best content you can possibly find online, sometimes from the quieter places on the web.”

  I don’t know if I would simplify it to “Google on the backend” as it’s compiling from multiple sources, including their own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨search engine megathread?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use Kagi and really like it. It costs, but very little so it’s worth it to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Filter your content to get the vibe you want.

  Blocking the porn and impotently hostile makes it quite the chill platform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ICE just bought new tool to monitor hundreds of millions of smartphones. Experts say it’s dangerous⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If they simply bought an already available tool, it’s already being used against you by other parts of the US govt. If it was developed for ICE, it will be deployed across other parts of the US govt soon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy.zip & Piefed.zip Server Update October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for the home.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm stupid...how do I avoid wires when mounting things to the wall?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately, there’s not enough info to help without risk of mistake. Do you live in a single home structure or shared(condo, apartment, duplex, etc.)? What’s the age of the structure? Is your breaker panel on either side of the wall you’re working on? Is it an exterior or interior wall?

  When you say stud/wire detector, what do you actually own? There’s no device I know of that combines voltage detection with a stud finder, so I’m guessing your device is a stud finder marketed to also find other buried elements.

  If you’re working with a traditional stud finder, a lot of things can give off a false positive, like insulation, lath and plaster construction, pipes, a second skin of drywall and even an exceptionally thick coat of compound.

  To have the best chance at not messing this up, I would suggest making an inspection hole. You can either purchase a cheap horoscope cam that you connect to your phone or laptop and make small, easily patched holes or a larger hole to insert your phone. If you can remove your baseboard and replace it, you can hide the holes behind the baseboard without having to patch them when you’re done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I get texting and driving being a danger. But back in my day you could eat drink change radio stations etc. Why weren't laws implemented back then?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You could make a sandwich in your lap and it wouldn’t be as distracting as scrolling social media on your phone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beware, another "wonderful" conservative instance to "free us" has appeared ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Beware of what? It’s no different than any other instance and capable of being subscribed to, scrolled past or blocked.

  Stop advertising for them and let them have their federated echo chamber, just like the communists, socialists, leftists and others have.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will not be forced to sell Chrome, federal judge rules⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So it's safe to carry on not using it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chrome increases its overwhelming market share, now over 70%⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Google has waited patiently for the moment at which they could start strangling their users without fear of ostracizing them and it's apparently arrived. Blocking ad blockers in YT, breaking sideloading apps in android, charging for storage after the forever-free model getting people to store everything with them, etc. I believe the average user feels moving would break too many elements of their daily life and will put up with anything Google does at this point.

  I'm definitely not what any true privacy-seeking person would call a diehard but I have pushed back where I can, choosing to try to find a way to keep from being impacted by these changes. Firefox, Freetube, CoMaps, personal mail, etc but it takes a decision to give up a ton of convenience that I feel a lot of people aren't willing to make.

  I'm waiting to see what the sideloading change brings before I decide where to go with my phone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World Of Warcraft Turtle WoW Servers Hit With Blizzard Lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  All private servers will see the same end if they become popular enough.

  Regarding turtle specifically, although I knew it would never actually release, I loved the idea of unreal wow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[fluff post] If lemmy users are Lemmites, what would we like to call piefed users?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Piessants.