Pyr_Pressure
@Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
- Comment on when you need to graduate 2 weeks ago:
It’s not bad, it allows more freedom. You don’t have to graduate in 4 years if you don’t want. If you’re parking part time you can just take 3-4 courses a semester instead of 5 courses and just take your time.
You can also choose different time slots for different courses to fit your life style, like only morning courses or only afternoon courses, no courses on Fridays, etc. (depending on the course popularity and how many are available each semester.
- Comment on People left seriously creeped out after woman shares how to find out everything Google knows about you 2 weeks ago:
I much prefer random ads anyways. Targeted ads are 90% something You’ve already recently bought.
With random ads sometimes you see something interesting that you didn’t even know you wanted because you didn’t know it even existed.
If I’m looking for a laptop I don’t care to see 1000 ads for laptops, I’m not going to just click an ad and buy one I need to research and deep dive into the kind I want.
- Comment on Why people are boycotting Asus all of a sudden? Asus outrage explained 2 weeks ago:
Personally I’ve never had an issue with Asus products but have had numerous quality issues with Acer. Bought a number of small Acer laptops and the hinges kept breaking because they only put one screw in the hold the hinge instead of two in many of them.
- Comment on DJI might get banned next in the US 2 weeks ago:
We live 4.5kms from an airport. Can’t even fly it in our backyard since the limit is 5kms. Doesn’t matter how high you fly it.
- Comment on salmon 3 weeks ago:
Because they do not need to survive like that for long lol they die like immediately after.
- Comment on doggos 3 weeks ago:
I would assume it’s because pooping is a very vulnerable moment, and they prefer to not face the sun and being blinded while doing so.
- Comment on Against The Storm's 1.3 update is out now and it's one for the zoomers 3 weeks ago:
To me it’s not really a challenge, it’s just annoying. It’s pretty easy to adapt, but I like having things symmetrical and it annoys me when I get certain layouts. So much that I almost feel like abandoning my settlement immediately upon start.
- Comment on Against The Storm's 1.3 update is out now and it's one for the zoomers 3 weeks ago:
I just want to be able to place my starting warehouse instead of being forced to build around the random start layout :(
- Comment on Jack Black All But Confirms He’s Steve In The Minecraft Movie 3 weeks ago:
Microsoft handles everything like idiots. Because all they do is try and improve how much money they make, not how good their products are.
- Comment on Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains 4 weeks ago:
I know enough about that, the part I was skeptical about though was the assumption that if a mouse is immune for 90 days, a human would be immune for 10 years.
- Comment on Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains 4 weeks ago:
I’m no cell biologist but I don’t think immunity works that way. I don’t know enough to dispute it though.
- Comment on Roku suffered another data breach, this time affecting 576,000 accounts 4 weeks ago:
So instead of giving people notice so they can change their information they decide to sit on it until they cover their asses. Typical.
- Comment on Canadian Farmers continue to troll Trudeau 😂 🍁 5 weeks ago:
" Canadian farmers continue to spend effort and resources doing useless shit that does nothing while complaining that the government doesn’t give them enough welfare"
- Comment on France to fine patients €5 for missing GP appointments 5 weeks ago:
Where I am it’s very difficult to get in to see a doctor. Last time there was a sign on the counter saying “there were 53 no-shows last week, please call to cancel if you can’t make it”
It’s fucking bullshit.
- Comment on Why bag the hydrant? 5 weeks ago:
I was driving down a highway once and noticed that there was a blue reflective marker on top of the concrete barrier every few hundred feet or so.
Took me about an hour or two before I noticed that it aligned with where the drainage basins were, probably for snow removal in the winter.
- Comment on Why bag the hydrant? 5 weeks ago:
I imagine a fire hydrant is pretty expensive as well. Can’t imagine covering it in salt resistant paint would be that much of a price increase and even if it is I don’t imagine it would be cost prohibitive if it means a 20 year replacement cycle vs. a 10 year cycle.
If anything this may be protecting them from dog piss.
- Comment on Dragon’s Dogma 2 modders are finding ways around the otherwise acclaimed RPG's controversial microtransactions 1 month ago:
$100 games shouldn’t have microtransactions.
Either have a large upfront cost or be free with microtransactions.
- Comment on Experimental Video Game Made Purely With AI Failed Because Tech Was 'Unable to Replace Talent' 1 month ago:
It’s very short sighted, but capitalism doesn’t reward long term thinking.
- Comment on Experimental Video Game Made Purely With AI Failed Because Tech Was 'Unable to Replace Talent' 1 month ago:
It will start with going from 5 writers to 3, or going from 10 animators to 6.
Then 10 years from now as it gets more advanced we will be down to maybe 1 writer and 2 animators.
- Comment on Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers, NHS England says 2 months ago:
Can puberty blocking be reversed at a later date?
Or can blocked puberty be reverted later?
I could agree with a ban whole heatedly if blocking can be reversed and blocked cannot be reverted, but I would likely to oppose a ban it if blocking can be reversed and blocked could be reverted.
Gets a little fuzzy if it’s one or the other though.
Wouldn’t want someone to miss their only chance to block puberty, but also wouldn’t want someone to make a permanent choice at 13-14 which can’t be reversed if they want to later on.
- Comment on Boys admit killing more than 20 animals in break-in 2 months ago:
“Dafne Moran Toha, defending the 11-year-old boy, said his behaviour was due to his “lack of maturity” and “very young age”.”
Fuck that bullshit. There are hundreds of millions of young people with little maturity across the entire globe, and hardly any of them decide it will be a good idea to murder small animals. These boys are mentally ill in some form or another and need therapy or meds of some sort.
- Comment on Boys admit killing more than 20 animals in break-in 2 months ago:
Exactly. Killing animals shows you don’t have good character, it’s literal proof of the opposite.
- Comment on Stuck 2 months ago:
Does that still apply to vehicles that weigh 6600+ lbs?
- Comment on Girl Scout troop disbands after parent chapter blocks Palestine fundraiser 2 months ago:
People seem to glance over the fact that “not doing something” can be just as political as “doing something”
Banning the donation doesn’t mean girl scouts is avoiding something political. They just made the statement that they don’t support Palestine which is just as political as making the donation. It’s not some free copout that they can get away with Scott free.
- Comment on Modeling shows green roofs can cool cities and save energy 2 months ago:
Perhaps terraced rooftops with drainage pipes under the soil so excess water can still drain into a gutter system to storm water collection.
- Comment on Are there any genuine benefits to AI? 2 months ago:
Lots of it’s actual AI. Nothing we have at the moment I would actually qualify as true AI. It’s just algorithms spitting out and answers what it interprets your question as. They don’t think or create anything, just regurgitate things in predefined patterns.
- Comment on ‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood 2 months ago:
Most kids nowadays probably won’t spend much effort associating with someone that doesn’t have an online presence or social media I imagine.
So many group chats, hardly anyone phones or text messages, so even if you supply your kid with a dumb phone they will miss out on a lot of the social stuff going on at school.
- Comment on Tipping culture npcs 2 months ago:
I just find with two or more people there’s more to keep in mind for orders and stuff and remembering what kind of drinks someone has for topping up or refilling, plus the cooks (should) get a portion of the tip so they’ll be cooking twice as much food at the same time which is a little more difficult. In general it’s a little more work to serve more people because of time constraints and number of things to remember.
You can have 12 single people at 12 different tables and it would be a lot easier than 24 people paired up at 12 tables.
- Comment on Tipping culture npcs 2 months ago:
I always found percentage to be a bit stupid as a measure. If I’m eating by myself max I will tip is 10%. All they did was walk out a plate of food and refill the water a handful of times
2 people then 15%
If there’s like 8 people then maybe 15% + 1% per person.
For decent service you would expect from competent staff that is, if it’s excellent than a bit more and terrible a bit less.
- Comment on Why do (desktop) PC have so few USB ports ? 2 months ago:
I had to buy an expansion slot to give my PC more USB ports lol
But it’s my own fault
I have my keyboard, my mouse, my mouse pad wich is powered for a USB slot on it that I use to dock my wireless controlled, an external CD tray, aired headphones, a little USB powered desktop fan, USB flashdrive, and a USB cable I keep plugged in to easily plug in another device if I need like my phone