schwim

@schwim@piefed.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately?⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for the home.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm stupid...how do I avoid wires when mounting things to the wall?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chrome increases its overwhelming market share, now over 70%⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Piessants.