daychilde

@daychilde@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trash bags are one product that you buy just to throw away⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Worse, you have to throw away the container the bags come in… in the bags! :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I use a TV for my monitor - last job I worked I really needed the screen real estate for excel.

  I hate hate hate when I shut the computer off or power goes off and when the TV comes back on, it auto-plays some “free” streaming channel, which is ALWAYS fascist propaganda. I rush to turn that shit off just as quickly as I can. Fuck that shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Walmart Is Putting Digital Labels That Change Prices Instantly on Every Store Shelf in America⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you going to realize the tomatoes are ringing up at $2.51/lbs when the label was $2.40 in?

  You’re telling me in this day of grocery prices impacting us that nobody would notice this happening? All it takes is for a very few people noticing it for people to riot.

  I would be MORE surprised if there are NOT cases of people claiming this is happening when it’s not.

  Also, if there are rumours that it is happening, there will be people who take pics of prices on the shelves and compare that to the checkout price. If they find it happening, they WILL post and people WILL be up in arms about it.

  Another person replying mentioned gas. People drive miles out of the way to save a nickel per gallon - average tank is like 10-20 gallons, give or take, meaning they will spend a couple of dollars to “save” 50¢-$1.00 or so. People are not rational about these things, and if they try it, someone will catch it, and when they catch it, all hell will break loose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Walmart Is Putting Digital Labels That Change Prices Instantly on Every Store Shelf in America⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  or i’ll lead the riots myself.

  This is why they won’t. Or if they do, it will not be for long. People will be up in arms. That’s why I’m not worried about it happening.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel like half the time someone is accused of being a bot, the accuser is the bot.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Shut the fuck up. And I downvoted you. proof ;-)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel like half the time someone is accused of being a bot, the accuser is the bot.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate bots, but I think I hate even MORE than bots is the new “FAAAAAKE” which is “THIS IS AI”. Like… I’m getting to the point where I care less that something is AI than I do seeing all the “THIS IS AIIIIII” whiny bullshit. Like who cares? Downvote and shut the fuck up. lol

  …which I realize is a little contradictory because I also appreciate when people point out spambots so I can report them and downvote them to help keep things clean. heh.

  But as I get older, my tolerance for the rampant mob misinformation keeps shrinking. I find it irritating. Get off my fucking lawn! :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Walmart Is Putting Digital Labels That Change Prices Instantly on Every Store Shelf in America⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You will never get anyone to display a higher price voluntarily, it’ll take legislation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Walmart Is Putting Digital Labels That Change Prices Instantly on Every Store Shelf in America⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I’ll tell you why I do.

  1. Walmart corporate sucks. Yep. But you know who else sucks? Most other corporations. Walmart is not significantly more evil than the rest.

  2. I’m a wheelchair user. I am independent to the point of driving to dialysis, but not grocery shopping. So I use delivery. You know who the only store is that doesn’t charge me extra? Walmart.

  3. They’re not the lowest in price - Aldi and Lidl are - but Walmart is still cheaper than the other mainstream grocery brands, and I’m poor

  4. Quality is pretty decent all across the board. Not special or amazing, but pretty solid.

  5. They really have their shit together. We just moved and I have InHome now, meaning when I place an order, I get either 9a-12p window or 1p-5p window (my choice), and they bring stuff into the apartment - into the kitchen. Also, I cannot tip, meaning no decision or choice on the matter.

  I’m not passionate about Walmart. I wish other stores would get their shit together like them, though, because I’d like to throw my business around. I really wish I had better access to Aldi and Lidl, but I can’t pay the inflated instacart/doordash prices for groceries, and I hate instacart grocery shoppers. Nice poeple, but they can never find everything and having to babysit the chat and hope they don’t pull nonsense right before checking out so I don’t have time to catch them… it’s not been good experiences.

  Walmart ain’t perfect and it’s annoying when they’re out of something or they make a mistake, but they fix mistakes, and overall, it’s a solid service.

  Should anyone else use it? Up to your needs. I’m glad to have it, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Walmart Is Putting Digital Labels That Change Prices Instantly on Every Store Shelf in America⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically, a price can change at 9 a.m., change again at 2 p.m., and change again before the dinner rush.

  Technically in one sense, maybe. Technically in a practical sense, no. Because the price on the shelf is the agreed price to pay, and if it changes after you put it into your cart, that’s gonna break laws.

  People are making hay over something that will not happen.

  but let’s say it does. People will absolutely lose their SHIT. And while companies are stupid, they are not THAT stupid. And even let’s say they ARE that stupid: This is the type of the legislatures would love to pass laws about becauase it’s easy to do and extremely popular. Like cops running stings. It’s easy and shows they’re doing something.

  So I am absolutely zero worried about this and all this hype is stupid.

  Will they changes prices nightly? Sure. Will they change prices multiple times during the day or for individual shoppers? Nope.

  And if they were going to pull this shit, they’d already be pulling it online where they can already do that. And yet, not a single fuckin peep about that from any of these people hyping up this thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, and what’s worse is that there’s not really any good alternatives anyone has seemed to find yet. heh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  arstechnica.com/…/wikipedia-bans-archive-today-af…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What Phone do you guys use?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Pixel 8a because I’m poor, but I do like the camera support.

  I like FOSS (etc), but I’m not rabid about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The US bans all new foreign-made network routers⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The fascists always attack free speech, and our first amendment rights have been under attack from many directions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Revealed: The internal police guidance on chanting ‘death to the IDF’⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In light of its diverse membership, the guidance said the IDF is “not a racial group for the purpose of the criminal law” and being a member is therefore not a protected characteristic.

  That’s a hell of a take.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wikipedia has banned AI-generated text, with two exceptions⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Liar. I already read the article before opening the comments. YOU SAVED ME NOTHING.

  ;-)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨eYou promises to change social media. But the alternatives already exist⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I disagree. This has been a thing for 20+ years. Facebook started out the same way. So did reddit. That’s one reason the founders of reddit created mulitple accounts to post from at first - to make the network look larger than it was.

  I’ve joined several networks over the years that didn’t pan out. The one I remember from a few years ago was Imzy. Good platform, just didn’t take off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨eYou promises to change social media. But the alternatives already exist⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem is building the network. Nobody uses it because nobody uses it and nobody will use it until everybody uses it.

  That has always been and will always be the primary problem. You can solve all of the other problems and it won’t matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨eYou promises to change social media. But the alternatives already exist⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The alternative is Facebook with lies that go unchecked completely. This is actually an area where AI is not bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your take on organ donation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Joke’s on you. I’m on dialysis because of my failed kidneys, I have fluid in my partially collapsed lungs, and… well… actually, my liver is alright for now, so I guess that might not be too bad for ya.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people so rude on Reddit compared to the Fediverse?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Your opinion is different than mine. Fuck off, shitty boomer!

  ;-)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for tracking⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I prefer mine grated so they still have a little bite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Iran war shows how AI speeds up military ‘kill chains’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds to me like two different systems - one that uses older data gathering and they just didn’t update it, and the one they’re talking about involves footage from assets flying over the country, waiting to be directed to strike.

  They both have major flaws, just different ones. IMHO / speculation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He was a perfect hire — until a U.S. company exposed him as a likely North Korean operative⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  안녕하세요! 고객님, 운전 중 불편을 드려 죄송합니다. 다름이 아니라, 고객님께서 보유하신 차량의 자동차 보험 및 보증 기간이 곧 만료될 예정이라 긴급 안내차 연락드렸습니다. 현재 특별 갱신 기간으로, 기존보다 훨씬 저렴한 보험료와 더 넓은 보장 범위를 제공해 드리고 있는데요. 바쁘시더라도 이번 기회를 놓치시면 나중에 더 큰 비용이 발생할 수 있으니, 지금 바로 상담원을 연결하여 혜택을 확인해 보시는 것이 좋습니다. 상담원 연결을 원하시면 1번, 수신 거부를 원하시면 9번을 눌러주세요.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK What are you eating⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There is some good information in here, but it’s also mixed in with some bad.

  I don’t have the energy to go through it all. But for just one tiny example: Parmesan cheese and cellulose. First of all, bad information says “cellulose is what you find in wood. You’re eating wood!” Yes, cellulose is in wood. It’s also in VEGETABLES. If you eat vegetables, you’re eating cellulose. Furthermore, it’s a small percentage of the grated parmesan cheese, and it’s there to prevent the cheese from caking and clumping. This video claims [approximate quote] “There’s hardly any cheese in parmesan cheese” which is a bullshit claim. It’s usually like 95% cheese, if not more.

  Just one example.

  And yes, there is some good information in here.

  But also, regarding being able to pronounce ingredients: Look up what makes up an apple. It’s chemicals you can’t pronounce. And yet apples are most certainly healthy.

  This video is really not a great source of information. Marginal at best. I think they were trying, and there is some good info in there. But it’s mixed in with some pretty marginal info.

• ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I use a seedbox. I won’t link to the one I use, but if you add dot eye oh it’ll redirect you to their new site. They run the seedbox in a country that doesn’t force them to give up info to anyone asking, and you download stuff via SFTP which cannot be seen by the people looking at torrents, and to your ISP, it’s just a connection to a server somewhere. So it’s safe.

  The seedbox I have even has emby, meaning I can click a magnet link in the browser that opens with rutorrent on the seedbox, add the torrent to one of the categories I also set up in emby, and once it’s downloaded to the seedbox, I can stream it on my phone or desktop. It’s painless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it actually healthy for people to have a place to confess things anonymously?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Network size will be the main problem. Many many many projects with delightful features have been deployed. Extremely few last because only a few people end up using them. Not to discourage you, but be prepared.

  Also, consider how the service will be used for spam. I set up a simple link shortener a few years ago. Like 2015 or maybe earlier. I didn’t advertise it, but spammers still found it and abused it, so I had to take it down (too lazy to create a login system or anything, just decided to abandon it).

  Especially an anonymous service will require moderation. Are you prepared to moderate it? Have to report certain illegal content to the proper authorities; and/or authorities might subpoena you for information about postings.

  Again, things to consider.

  Also, currently, people post to places like reddit and various other places already. So you want to figure out what makes your platform different, better, and attractive to audiences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HP's ink-blocking firmware may violate new global sustainability rules⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like it’s a consistent recurring issue with… capitalism? Whatever you want to blame it on. Profit-taking instead of consistent quality. Some assholes take over and trade on the previously good name of a company while killing it. It’s so stupid and short-sighted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digg’s open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, internet in 1994, but I was on BBSes from 1987. heh.

  No harm in coming along later. You’ll get to see the cool shit (and… shitty shit) after I’m gone :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  CLOSED AS A DUPLICATE TO ISSUE #289574 “Why can’t I block an instance I don’t like”

  RTFM

  SEARCH FIRST

  USE UR BRAIN, MORAN

  …sorry, had a stackoverflow stroke there.

  (I actually thought the answers in here were thoughtful, polite, and fun, so I wanted to add a silly bit)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HP's ink-blocking firmware may violate new global sustainability rules⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmm. Not sure that’s a line I’m willing to draw… but they are certainly pretty decent. hehe