deegeese

@deegeese@sopuli.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It is time to ban email.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  What a shit article.

  There are well known problems with email, but everything that’s been proposed as a replacement is far far worse.

  Apparently we should all jump to some proprietary enshittified replacement because the author can’t figure out the right way to use BCC.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First Taiwan execution since 2020 sparks international condemnation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Was there any progress to set back if the local population is still strongly in favor?

  However, recent polling in Taiwan shows that there remains overwhelming support for the death sentence, with over 80 percent of respondents stating that they are in favor of continuing the practice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Politics content to be pushed on all Instagram and Threads users⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought FB gave up on using rage bait to juice engagement numbers?

  Sounds like they’re choosing to repeat their mistakes for short term revenue goals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is the life I dream of from my cubicle⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Catullus means puppy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I never realized this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The job was named after Joseph Hooker

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm just a 20 year old guy, AMA⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you a guy or a girl?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I saw Free Willy in theaters: AMA⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you make penis jokes?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it normal that I get wet water all over myself when taking a shower?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, you’re supposed to bathe yourself in sand like a chinchilla.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ukraine doesn't want peace⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Russian stooge

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ban Exotic Animal Skins on the Runway? “Ridiculous!” Say Conservation Experts.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Raising animals solely for their skins is quite wasteful, but so is throwing away premium material from animals that are already dead.

  It’s like how banning leather doesn’t save cows, it just uses more plastic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Court orders Automattic to restore WP Engine's access to WordPress.org | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh no! “not contributing back” for free software managed by a profit driven company.

  Automattic’s actions have proven exactly why WPEngine shouldn’t pay them squat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Belgium to pay damages for forced separations in Congo during colonial rule⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The Belgians still have statues honoring that butcher all over their country.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japan prosecutor bows in apology to former death row inmate⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So why can’t the Japanese apologize for WW2 atrocities? Just yesterday there was an article about them thanking Korean slave laborers but refusing to acknowledge it was slavery or apologize.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK | Wales may introduce visitor levy for people staying overnight⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A per capita tax on campsites does feel punitive and is regressive against the poorest visitors.

  Why couldn’t they just do a general hotel tax like most other tourist areas?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Macron's criticism of Haiti leaders sparks diplomatic row with former colony⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Haiti is a basket case BECAUSE of France.

  Demanding your former slaves pay you for their freedom ensured the country would be impoverished generations.

  Macron is mocking victims.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gemini AI tells the user to die — the answer appeared out of nowhere when the user asked Google's Gemini for help with his homework⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  AI summaries of larger bodies of text work pretty well so long as the source text itself is not slop.

  Predictive text entry is a handy time saver so long as a human stays in the driver’s seat.

  Neither of these justify current levels of hype.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just WON'T⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s licensed by and nicknamed after the rapper E-40.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How screwed would one be if their email provider shuts down?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why I’m migrating off Google to a custom domain. I have no fear Gmail is going away, but I fear if they ever block my account for some inscrutable reason there will be no way to appeal or get actual customer service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the publisher punishing researchers for their own market failure.

  If the software is not legally available in Egypt at a price affordable to academics, they should pirate it and publish in a journal that’s not part of this exploitative racket.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nighttime pollinator gang rise up⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pardon me I couldn’t help but overhear.

  I would like to have a civil conversation about your statement.

  Would you mind showing me evidence of any negative thing any moth has ever done to you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FFmpeg devs boast of up to 94x performance boost after implementing handwritten AVX-512 assembly code⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably some BS market segmentation move.

  I imagine they noticed only certain server customers were using those extensions, so decided to limit them to high margin server SKUs.

  It would have been a smart move if there weren’t competitors putting that instruction in every CPU.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I benchmarked 6 different metal USB sticks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If he’s going to use the next one for 12 years he definitely cares about picking a good one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Smog-beset Pakistan megacity curbs rickshaws, restaurants⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this a case of banning the biggest polluters, or banning the smallest and poorest polluters because they can’t fight back like factory owners would?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intel CEO Lost A 40% Discount For TSMC's Latest Chip Tech After Taiwan Remarks - Report⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  inco…ntinent?

  I didn’t think he was that old.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit is profitable for the first time ever, with nearly 100 million daily users.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You know damn well Lemmy downvotes news they don’t like same as Reddit does.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨have you ever had to confront a female mob at the workplace?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cause you sound like an unreliable narrator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨have you ever had to confront a female mob at the workplace?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When the actions of multiple people on the other side of a story don’t make sense, we’re not getting the whole story.

  I’m guessing you cursed out a coworker and not the the first time. Most workplaces will excuse passing profanity more than they will excuse verbal abuse of a coworker.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grr Windows⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For me it’s more like “WTF are they going to break this time?”

  Seems mostly a vehicle for MS to try and force new products onto people who wouldn’t download them if they had a choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dinner time⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not halal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fennec Android browser is currently behind on Firefox security updates, deemed unsafe by F-droid⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This reads like “they only sell hamburgers at the grocery store, and they don’t sell veggie burgers at the hippie food store because they aren’t vegan”