curbstickle

@curbstickle@anarchist.nexus

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans: How the hell do you meet new people or get into relationships after college?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Being subjected to the whims of clueless adults is miserable.

  Sounds exactly like adult life with a job when you phrase it that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes please!

  I could use a few more modern tiny/mini/micros to make into useful Linux boxes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm sure a good lot of you, like me, had been anticipating/dreading that moment when we say, oh fuck this is it, for real. Like the BIG oh fuck. My question is, how ready are you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So basically In Another World with my Smartphone?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  internet connected

  The key part.

  My robovac is great, but it doesnt see the internet. And its running valetudo, of course.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roblox Hit With Multimillion-Dollar Suit By Los Angeles, for Creating Largely Unsupervised Online World That Enables Predatory Pedophiles and Give Them Powerful Tools to Prey on Kids⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Which they are already doing in the shittiest way possible, and is only a small part of the problem the lawsuit notes.

  Which is why I’ve been asking, they can’t answer because they dont know what they are talking about, they are concerned about a single (almost tangential) element of the problem - which Roblox already is doing, and only because they keep getting sued for catering to predators.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roblox Hit With Multimillion-Dollar Suit By Los Angeles, for Creating Largely Unsupervised Online World That Enables Predatory Pedophiles and Give Them Powerful Tools to Prey on Kids⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They did it to avoid suits, which is what I said.

  Suggesting its anything other than avoiding consequences (to their profits) is misleading to the point of maliciousness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roblox Hit With Multimillion-Dollar Suit By Los Angeles, for Creating Largely Unsupervised Online World That Enables Predatory Pedophiles and Give Them Powerful Tools to Prey on Kids⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you not read the part where I pointed out that it was Roblox who implemented that by choice?

  That this is how Roblox decided to try and about lawsuits for catering to predators?

  That these measures, as noted in the suit, do absolutely nothing and are easily defeated?

  That the issue goes far beyond their own decision to implement this form of age verification?

  I have the same question and you still have not answered, youre answering a question that I didnt ask that is unrelated.

  What rights are being signed away by this lawsuit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roblox Hit With Multimillion-Dollar Suit By Los Angeles, for Creating Largely Unsupervised Online World That Enables Predatory Pedophiles and Give Them Powerful Tools to Prey on Kids⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thats not the only means of age verification.

  Do you know how they are doing verification currently? Because I bet you won’t like it.

  Mandatory facial verification, processed by AI. This was the response made by Roblox to them being sued over having nonfunctional controls for parents, and doing nothing about the predators on their platform.

  So I’ll ask again - what rights do you think are being taken away here?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roblox Hit With Multimillion-Dollar Suit By Los Angeles, for Creating Largely Unsupervised Online World That Enables Predatory Pedophiles and Give Them Powerful Tools to Prey on Kids⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Set parental controls

  This is what they are suing about.

  Don’t sign away the rights of other adults

  What rights do you think are being “signed away” in this lawsuit about Roblox not providing functional parental controls and moderation?

  I think there is a fundamental misunderstanding of what is actually happening here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roses are red, cabinets have shelves...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They are ICE agents, so… Probably not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the wok agenda⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For anyone, like me, who has (well had, now) no idea what barq is

  BARQ! - For furries, by furries A social app designed for furries, by furries, fostering community and connection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just to note here, they are referring to nest which is google.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is ironing clothes significantly less common now?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate to say it but its kind of true.

  I have zero care nor concern about what I wear on video, and that includes some pretty hefty level clientele. I was on with some c suite assholes the other day while wearing a TMNT hoodie to explain how they wasted a bunch of money on a bad design and now they need to spend more.

  Not one comment and they signed the contract the following morning.

  I think its because the people who truly do not give a shit are the ones most capable.

  (Caveat: I’m only good and known at the stupid shit that I do, and consider myself 100% dumbass for those things that are not what I do.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TV Execs Warn FCC: NextGen TV DRM Could Turn Free TV Into Gambling and Pay-TV Platforms⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This reviews the details pretty well, but @magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone got it right out of the gate.

  https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2019/09/18/mit-richard-stallman-resigns-epstein/

  And thats aside from his being a mysoginist ass as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TV Execs Warn FCC: NextGen TV DRM Could Turn Free TV Into Gambling and Pay-TV Platforms⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ehhhhhh hopefully not everything.

  I really, really, really hope not everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TV Execs Warn FCC: NextGen TV DRM Could Turn Free TV Into Gambling and Pay-TV Platforms⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  5 channels here!

  Well, technically. They drop out more often than not so its essentially worthless. To get decent reception, I’d need to go to a motorized high gain directional.

  Its been quite a few years since OTA has been a realistic option for me, and why I have had a media server since Netflix only offered DVDs by mail.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Important Announcement⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Time for me to shine!

  Just let the ice agents know that curbs tickle when they put their teeth on them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the Raspberry Pi Still an Affordable SBC? I Don't Think So⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same! I have a veritable stack of 3b’s still, some pi 4s - all stopped by the time the 4’s compute module came out in octoberish? of 2020.

  Haven’t bought anything of theirs since.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the Raspberry Pi Still an Affordable SBC? I Don't Think So⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Price? Tiny/mini/micro PC

  Simple sensor use? ESP32

  Complex GPIO? Arduino is still a cheap option if you dont need it too standalone.

  Straight up pi-alikes? OrangePi is my preferred

  Most of what I personally use is esp32s and tiny/mini/micro. TMM for servers and services, esp32s for sensors, interfaces, prototyping, etc. If I need something fully standalone thats going to go in a rack or whatever, needs to be small and have all the GPIO, thats where I’ll use an orangpi, clockwork, whatever. Ive even used a tinkerboard or a Jetson (client paying obviously, because screw those prices and nvidia).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the Raspberry Pi Still an Affordable SBC? I Don't Think So⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Demonstrated clearly during the pandemic when they prioritized sales to businesses over anything else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that radishes are fucking amazing. They improve heart health and are full of Sulforaphene, a powerful anti-cancer substance. They contain almost no calories⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You know, I love radishes in salad or stir fry or whatever, and I just never thought of them as a standalone snack….

  And thats on me. I’m gonna get some radishes today while I’m briefly out in the arctic temperatures.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self-hosting paradox: Windows for specifically MS word⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
  • Proxmox
  • rufus to bypass some silly MS stuff, bypass online user requirements, etc
  • https://massgrave.dev/

  I’m using windows 10 mostly, but I have another one made recently for win 11 because of another stupid manufacturer with stupid requirements.

  Once I made the first VM, I made a clone. The clone is what gets the software installation, the original just stays stored on my NAS so I can clone again as stupid manufacturers distribute stupid software that requires windows. I name each VM based on the app its going to run.

  Some are a suite of apps and companion applications, some are just a singular application.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self-hosting paradox: Windows for specifically MS word⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So its not Word for me, but some manufacturer specific applications that dont play well in Wine or other scenarios.

  So I start the VM when I need it, use the app I need, shut it back down. The VM has no internet access, only a designated VLAN with no outbound, and any documents going to or from I use a thumb drive. Excessive, yeah, but its how things work for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PISS⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For the price of a 12 pack of condoms I can get 300 water balloons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PISS⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why are we focused in water balloons when condoms exist? Are they too resilient?

  Water balloons are designed to be broken on impact. Condoms are engineered to be resistant to breaking.

  I’d prefer the water balloon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PISS⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Requires sufficient pressure. It is easier with warm liquid though.

  Leaving it out in the cold overnight can freeze the balloon, but take care to check how thin the walls of the frozen balloon are. The goal, IMO, would be to freeze it enough to use a launcher, but not enough to be frozen solid.

  This provides a secondary benefit of unexpected shards of piss distributed at impact.

  Please note that current testing has been with standard balloons, in -5F to 15F, in the shade, with only water. Methods may be improved with water balloons - a bit smaller, with thinner latex to ensure it breaks, but more flexible, and designed to handle being filled with liquid.

  Field testing is highly recommended.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ll need to share your custom format json (or screenshot) and your quality profile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I prefer rapist/child rapist to describe him, a bit more direct and accurate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  PedoTUS

  The president (POTUS)

  Jeff

  Epstein

  never should have been used in the first place.

  Yes, and now its much, much worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the laziest way to create a website that looks really nice and is maintainable?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You dont say what kind of website it is, just not blog or documentation style.

  But SSGs can be skinned a bunch if different ways, and have been set up for a bunch of different purposes.

  https://github.com/myles/awesome-static-generators

  I have been using Zola for myself lately, its less blog post and more article oriented, but still doc heavy. I like the duckquill theme (with… More than a few changes, but still), which I doubt fits what you want. For comparison, here is duckquill: https://duckquill.daudix.one/

  But you may like the Portio theme: https://quentin-rodriguez.github.io/portio-zola/

  If you don’t need to update often though, I think some basic html could be the way to go rather than using an ssg.