kilgore_trout
@kilgore_trout@feddit.it
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 4 hours ago:
It’s a blind take. If iPhone 16 Pro Max sold less than iPhoneSE, then they would still sell the latter.
But there is no comparison.
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 4 hours ago:
I agree, it’s like the author is saying “why did public-market company I trusted blindly is not doing what I (minority) want?”
- Comment on a strong beak, of course 1 day ago:
To not quote tha author is a crime.
Shame on you, OP.
- Comment on Google’s ‘Secret’ Update Scans All Your Photos 3 days ago:
You can safely uninstall System Intelligence if you don’t need it. My phone has worked fine without it in the past year.
- Comment on Google’s ‘Secret’ Update Scans All Your Photos 3 days ago:
No, antivirus software only looks for matches with known malware and exploits.
- Comment on You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism | Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them 6 days ago:
Voting can never be enough when you have two choices at best.
- Comment on Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding 1 week ago:
What does this have to do with the Republican party? The other party upholds the same copyright law.
- Comment on I feel my life is empty. Is there any way to stop this? 1 week ago:
I can’t spend all my money searching for a therapist.
- Comment on I feel my life is empty. Is there any way to stop this? 2 weeks ago:
Mushrooms are very dangerous. It’s recommended to take them only when you are facilitated by some kind of guide. Never do it alone or with frivolous friends.
- Comment on I feel my life is empty. Is there any way to stop this? 2 weeks ago:
To rush to antidapressants as the first solution is to give up, and not a solution at all.
- Comment on I feel my life is empty. Is there any way to stop this? 2 weeks ago:
This needs to be said more. What if the therapist can’t help you? Even worse, what if they don’t understand you? Wouldn’t that make you feel even worse?
I have tried a couple therapists. With both, it was as if we were speaking different languages. Needlas to say, I stopped seeing them.
- Comment on Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy 2 weeks ago:
Lemmy UX is identical to Reddit. Come on.
- Comment on Time to get serious with E2E encrypted messaging 3 weeks ago:
Then your point…?
- Comment on See something you like? 3 weeks ago:
With pasteurisation you lose not only “bad” bacteria inside the milk. You lose all of them.
It’s safe to require it when milk is produced industrially and sold packaged in supermarkets, but your neighbour’s milk is likely safe.
Source: I have lived in a farm. Drank unpasteurised milk.
- Comment on See something you like? 3 weeks ago:
Pasteurisation is only necessary when cows/goats are kept in unhygienic conditions or are bred in a factory.
- Comment on Microsoft Bing is trying to spoof Google UI when people search Google.com 1 month ago:
It supports favicons now, it has to be enabled by the instance.
- Comment on Microsoft Bing is trying to spoof Google UI when people search Google.com 1 month ago:
It pulls from Wikidata
- Comment on Germany hits 62.7% renewables in 2024 energy mix, with solar contributing 14% 1 month ago:
Rivers are free. Electrical energy from nuclear is already the .ost expensive as it is.
- Comment on Potential Decentralized Fediverse Alternative to Ko-fi, Patreon, etc.? 1 month ago:
You chose to base your accound on lemmy.world. The advantage of federation is that you can live in another server that is more akin to your tastes, while still being able to interact with lemmy.world if you like.
- Comment on You have 8 seconds. 3 months ago:
Don’t trust what the loud voices say.
Many, if not most, women are normal humans like you, looking for interaction like you.
- Comment on YSK that United has significantly escalated their war against basic economy passengers 4 months ago:
Stop flying.
- Comment on Google is purging ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store 4 months ago:
It is referring to the new uBlock Origin Lite compatible with Manifest v3.
- Comment on Megaflopolis 4 months ago:
It seems there is no good taste left in younger generations.
Maybe there is, but good ideas still need funding. The same old soup is a safer investment than an original one.
- Comment on Help Mozilla Test the Thunderbird for Android Beta | Mozilla Thunderbird is an open-source, privacy-focused email app 4 months ago:
Thunderbird is managed by a separate independent company.
- Comment on No further questions your honour 4 months ago:
Half of the Daily Mail headlines are like this.
- Comment on Nintendo Targets YouTube Accounts Showing Emulated Games 4 months ago:
Or they simply are soon to launch the next console and want the happiest investors for the event.
- Comment on Nintendo Targets YouTube Accounts Showing Emulated Games 4 months ago:
Defending the youtubers for… doing something completely legit
- Comment on I hate how anything without "world" in its name is just about the US 4 months ago:
2016 is a little far, isn’t it?
- Comment on Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges 5 months ago:
My HP printer is 15 years old and we are not changing it until it breaks.
We are used to refill cartridges with a ink syringe.
- Comment on 'Cities: Skylines II' Found a Solution for High Rents: Get Rid of Landlords 5 months ago:
Paradox in infamous for releasing unfinished games, in recent years.