hesh

@hesh@quokk.au

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do all night show hosts sit and have their desk to the left of the interviewee?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Tradition basically

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you're sexually frustrated & can never find a mate & decide to live a life of "nofap," what are the effects that buildup of sexual frustration has?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Then IMO follow what makes you feel right. In general just avoid taking things to extremes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you're sexually frustrated & can never find a mate & decide to live a life of "nofap," what are the effects that buildup of sexual frustration has?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Life is about balance. You dont want to be a reclusive masturbation addict, and you don’t want to be an anxious frustrated nofapper.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨80s and 90s commercials... they just hit different, don't they?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with other posters that nostalgia and survivorship bias paint these older commercials in a rosy light, but I also believe commercials now are worse. They are less often fun and creative.

  Here’s a nostalgic look at old commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZIvCmvZdLY

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there still anyway to bypass Youtube "Sign in to confirm your age" bullshit in 2026?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  PipePipe allows me to watch videos without signing in that ask for “sign in to confirm you’re not a bot” on the normal YouTube interface.

  There may be videos that are age-restricted or otherwise account-locked that it can’t access I think, but I haven’t run into them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the deal with people liking old devices?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Often the newer thing that ‘does more’ loses some of the charm/vibe that the old thing had

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kevin Smith, poet.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Cringe af to begin with before he spelled it “pOwns”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which government he might be talking about 🤔⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Tell me this motherfucker did not actually say this with a straight face

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  One thing dumber than Americans still using Fahrenheit is non-Americans being obsessed with Americans still using Fahrenheit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your hallmark games? What games have shaped how you view games?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Super Mario Bros 1, 2 & 3
  Super Mario World
  Mortal Kombat 1 & 2
  Wolfenstein 3D
  DOOM
  Commander Keen
  Starcraft
  Diablo 1 / 2
  Unreal Tournament 2003/4
  Counter-Strike
  Half Life
  Everquest
  World of Warcraft
  The Secret of Monkey Island
  Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis / Last Crusade
  LOOM
  Resident Evil 1 & 2
  Legend of Zelda 1
  Ocarina of Time
  Mario Kart (SNES & 64)
  Ogre Battle 64
  WCW/NWO Revenge
  Portal 1 & 2
  Grand Theft Auto 2, 3 and 5

  Yeah I’m old. Some modern ones:
  Breath of the Wild
  Valheim
  Outer Wilds

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Red, White and Blue⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think its against the flag code to wear an actual flag as clothes. Not to wear clothes that look like a flag.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle tracked via Strava activity in OPSEC failure⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Why is it zig zagging?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to install Windows on your Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The first one got me dead. I love that format.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people hate AI so much?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for your reply. Here are my rebuttals:

  Is AI killing the planet, or is capitalism and addiction to fossil fuels?

  Capitalism was already killing the planet, but the rush to invest in AI has demonstrably accelerated it.

  If AI was 100 renewable and run based on community consent, would it still be “killing the planet”?

  No. But thats not the scenario we are in.

  In what way does AI “steal” in any way more significantly than an artist uses another artist for inspiration or a coder uses another open source project for their code?

  Because artists are people with consciousness and feeling and the capability for novel thought. AI is not. Believing it’s doing the same thing as human thinking is being suckered by the hype.

  How does AI widen inequality worse than it has been already, and is that solely the result of AI or is it just a product of capitalism?

  This is a big one, but without guardrails it’s definitely poised to hurt working people and enrich the powerful, which therefore drives further inequality (which yes, was already bad as a product of modern capitalism). And those guardrails are not in place, and will not be put into place if we just follow along as they want us to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people hate AI so much?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Kills the planet

  Steals from artists

  Widens inequality

  Puts people out of work

  Reinforces prejudices

  Makes us stupid

  Makes everything generic

  Blows up the economy

  Supports oligarchs

  Can’t be trusted, hallucinates and lies

  Overhyped

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How possibly?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  True. In what ways can we get more men to understand the patriarchy is their real enemy?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How possibly?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  These are all great reasons for men to want to dismantle the patriarchy (the cause of them all)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have heard time and time again Hollywood and the Media are liberal assests. I disagree with that statement. But has it always been so called liberal? When did it start?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Funny since rednecks have everything to gain from left wing working class solidarity and elites have everything to gain from right wing trickle-down economics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Theoretically speaking, if one wanted to sail the seas while being not very tech savvy – is using a VPN (Mullvad) enough? I would never, of course… but theoretically?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can use ipleak.net to see if your IP is visible through your web browser AND through downloading a test torrent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cheapest 14x4tb NAS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  True, but I would factor in some kind of negative to cost/longevity from increasing number of drives. Even if 16x4 is a bit cheaper than 4x16 today, will it die faster?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cheapest 14x4tb NAS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would consider fewer, larger drives

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jason Is Well-Done⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Taste the meat, not the heat

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Debian decides not to decide on AI-generated contributions⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even those who insist LLMs will be the future of how coding done must have to admit it’s at least not fully baked yet, and therefore shouldn’t be used in such important places.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Expensive, low supply, sure, but Overhyped? Doesnt it do exactly what was promised?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fetcharr - a human-developed Huntarr replacement⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It was vibe-coded and exposed all of your API keys publically

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fetcharr - a human-developed Huntarr replacement⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just to add, I didnt mean to put down this software at all – I’m always a fan of more self hosting. I just remember reading people using Huntarr alongside(?) a full *arr stack and was curious how it fits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fetcharr - a human-developed Huntarr replacement⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Since Sonarr et al already find/upgrade missing media, what is the use case for this exactly? Is it finding stuff they miss? Or does this replace them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  IMO Starbucks drinks are sugary poison, and even their regular black coffee is just not good. Not to mention their questionable ethics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keycloak or alternative?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use Authelia and its worked perfect to put auth in front of my services, including OAuth

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who grew up with Vietnam and the Cold War, is Iran going to be the new vietnam or just a semi cool war?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The cold war had plenty of fighting and killing. It was just done by proxy. Like in the middle east.