vinnymac
@vinnymac@lemmy.world
- Comment on If we are in a simulation, maybe yawning is an animation glitch. 4 days ago:
But my pets yawn when I yawn
- Comment on Self hosted alternative to Calendly 1 week ago:
I’ve been using this for the last year, works great for me.
- Comment on Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio 3 weeks ago:
Most notably the Zenith Space Command
- Comment on FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado 3 weeks ago:
As am I. They don’t realize we are also fond of guns on this side of the street, and are much more thrilled by the sight of dead Nazis.
- Comment on FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado 3 weeks ago:
In good conscience I can’t recommend visiting the site or lowering yourself to read their blubbering nonsense, but if you do happen to find yourself reviewing the perspectives over on that other site in r/Conservative, you’ll find them infighting, and doing mental gymnastics to make sense of it all. Praising him, while simultaneously being upset he wants a third term, or ashamed of his imperialist plans. The blind leading the blind, but apparently at least some of them are bothered by some of the unconstitutional actions.
- Comment on New Xbox 360 Recompilation Tool Will Give Lost Classics Another Chance To Shine | Time Extension 1 month ago:
You might enjoy this then: marbleblastultra.randomityguy.me
- Comment on Amazon shuts down Chime, its Zoom alternative 1 month ago:
I don’t know of any personally, but if someone was to develop it, the North Star should be Around imo.
It’s one of the best video conferencing apps I’ve ever used. I’ve used them all, even obscure ones you’ve probably never heard of. Miro Labs is unfortunately shutting Around down in a month though after acquiring it and folding whatever bits they wanted into their own software.
- Comment on Amazon shuts down Chime, its Zoom alternative 1 month ago:
They made you use it if you ever had to talk to enterprise support for Amazon web services. It had similar vibes to WebEx conferencing. They have been dog fooding it internally for years, but Amazon doesn’t know UI/UX so this isn’t shocking to me.
- Comment on If God's in charge, He's in the process of shutting down the operation 2 months ago:
Could also be pirate space monkeys came and saved all the fish and then returned them after. It’s really fun to make up situations where the fish didn’t die in the story. We can even give Noah a staff and special powers as long they justify our view of the world.
- Comment on Defaults are crucial for good UX and getting more users on the Fediverse 2 months ago:
I agree, a gateway drug is what we are looking for. Imagine trying to learn how to run before you learned how to walk. We are asking a lot of the masses if we want to see user growth here without a simple and easy to understand starting place.
I think the hardest concept for beginners to grok is that they can’t login with one account to all instances. If we were to improve the UX around that experience solely, we would see greater adoption.
- Comment on The ridiculous Steam Brick just makes me want a proper Steam Machine 2 months ago:
I have a pc part picker list for a Steam Machine that’s already done for years now.
It is built around this case: louqe.com/products/ghost-s1-mkiii
But there are several great alternative cases as well, if the all black aesthetic isn’t for you. Just building a small computer is the most affordable way to go here.
- Comment on Valve must address swastikas and other hate on Steam, writes US senator in a letter to Gabe Newell 5 months ago:
If you are concerned by fascism, I recommend calling your representatives and even writing letters to them.
In the case above, a sensible well written letter sent by an individual that was put in power to defend the interests of the American people is not fascism.
It’s important to understand what Fascism looks like. Such as every billionaire bending the knee when a politician gains power, or what we see with Musk in an invented cabinet position. The merger of government and corporate powers which will directly hurt the interests of the people in a state.
- Comment on Archinstall 3.0 Arch Linux Menu-Based Installer Is Here with a Revamped Interface - 9to5Linux 5 months ago:
Short of a live usb, I think archinstall might be the fastest way to get started on Linux. From beginning to end it took me ~3min the other day.
- Comment on I benchmarked 6 different metal USB sticks 5 months ago:
I have a metal dual USB A & C microSD card reader on my keychain. It lets me swap out cards easily, and should it ever be damaged, the chances are slimmer that the tiny microSD will be destroyed.
- Comment on Whenever I see someone walking around in clothes with big, visible branding, I can’t help but think they paid a fortune to wear an advertisement. 5 months ago:
Sure am, but we are discussing wealthy people and what they wear in this thread.
We can be nuanced about the 1% all day and start talking about a different group in that 1% but it doesn’t change the fact that they are all rich and some of them wear logos does it?
- Comment on Whenever I see someone walking around in clothes with big, visible branding, I can’t help but think they paid a fortune to wear an advertisement. 5 months ago:
African American culture is the antithesis to your argument. Even the most wealthy individuals sporting logos of all kinds, literally as status symbols.
I agree that people have become walking billboards, but I don’t think it’s always black and white in fashion, it’s much more complex than “rich people don’t wear logos”
- Comment on TSMC suspended shipments to China firm after chip found on Huawei processor, sources say 5 months ago:
Your friend knows a secret recipe for the best chocolate chip cookies. Your mother owns the best ovens in town.
Your friend cuts a deal with your mother to use her oven exclusively. Your mother agrees knowing she’ll get to charge your friend every time they use the ovens.
This is like that. The main value is in the design (recipe). Modern foundry’s are also complex and difficult to operate affordably, but they exist all over the planet. It’s ultimately the partnerships that makes it all possible.
- Comment on This Website Allows You To View And Interact With Retro PC Game Boxes in 3D 5 months ago:
Games should start releasing 3D box arts that come with each game again. They could even have manuals that you have to search for inside the box. Then hide tips and tricks in the manual so people are inclined to read every page.
Could even make a good teaser site for an upcoming title.
- Comment on Actual Budget is a fantastic FOSS budgeting tool that you can self-host 5 months ago:
The man who originally invented this tech is a really good guy, can’t recommend it enough!
- Comment on Why Surgeons Are Wearing The Apple Vision Pro 5 months ago:
The new AR prototype glasses from Meta could be useful in that case. Since they’re not heavy and still allow you to see reality. They aren’t a consumer product because of the price, but maybe a surgeon wouldn’t care about the expense as much?
- Comment on Why Surgeons Are Wearing The Apple Vision Pro 5 months ago:
I wonder who experiences greater discomfort surgeons or factory workers.
Not that we can currently afford factory workers this tech of course. I’m just imagining if the price of this type of tech was to drop dramatically perhaps it could be used in other fields.
Although by then maybe those jobs would be automated anyway?
- Comment on Peter Todd Was ‘Unmasked’ As Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Now He’s In Hiding 5 months ago:
Just sounds like HBO harassed some random dude with no real evidence. Calling that forum post “finishing his sentences” is conspiracy bullshit.
Hopefully if they continue to make claims they have a better argument to bring to the table.
- Comment on Watch out, Microsoft Outlook could soon give away when you're sneakily working from home 6 months ago:
I had to read this like six times, because it was so illogical my brain refused to comprehend.