QuarterSwede

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: If you’re ever planning to visit French Polynesia, consider choosing Maupiti over Bora Bora.⁩ ⁨⁨25⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  tahititourisme.com/…/accommodations-in-the-island…

  Filter by island. Plenty of options.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disney+ Confirmed a NEW Change Coming Soon for Subscribers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. I won’t tolerate pop ups. We didn’t when the internet was new and I sure won’t when watching a show I’M PAYING TO WATCH.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  ^ this. All of it. It’s death by a thousands cuts and just shows the incredible amount of greed they have (not shareholder value, it’s bloody greed).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the same mentality of we shouldn’t mute ads or go to the bathroom when they come on. That’s the advertising businesses problem, not mine. They haven’t made life better for most of us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy crap that’s cheap! Honestly, I’d pay that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Agree with this. For my business, and most customer facing ones honestly, Google is how people discover you. They are the modern day Yellow Pages. You don’t exist on Google and you may as well not exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely the same for me. The only reason I block their ads is because of how frequently they interrupt the content. It’s just unacceptably greedy. Pre-roll ads is fine, I get they have bills to pay too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BlackRock’s Bitcoin Scheme: How Wall Street Giants Are Bilking Poor People Out of Money⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck BlackRock. Disgusting company.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that if you are planning an outdoor event, you can check where the shade and shadows will fall on a given day and time⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty neat. Even gets the mountain shadows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon's new "Delivery Plus" service. For an additional $29.95 your stuff will arrive less fucked up. Free with Amazon Prime.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t give them ideas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a more convenient way to do this?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ever been to Oktoberfest in Munich? 100% why everyone from around the world is having a great time together. It isn’t the bad English. Great advice!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Color-correcting algorithm removes the effect of water in underwater scenes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I give it 5 years before this is on our phones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are standing seats on airliners actually going to be a thing?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fantastic explanation and critical thinking process. Well done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And this is why my wife and I homeschool our kids. It’s all about teaching critical thinking. They’re so far beyond their peers in public schools it’s not even close. NCLB was one of the worst decisions for our society in centuries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Todays touchscreen UI's are so forcefed with slide-options, widgets, AI assistants, popup UI's and auto- correct/translate...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You nailed it. Nothing is more infuriating than a UI element moving as soon as you go to tap it and you now miss tap something else. I echo stop re-arranging my shit!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PHILIPS FIXABLES. 3D-PRINTED PARTS FOR FRESH Starts. on YouTube⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  TIL

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PHILIPS FIXABLES. 3D-PRINTED PARTS FOR FRESH Starts. on YouTube⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Excellent rescission and partnership. See corporation, this is what a leader looks like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Teams will soon block screen capture during meetings⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, not seeing this as the big bad everyone thinks it is. We regularly have Teams meetings with other companies when they’re sharing their proprietary info. I’m okay with a screen capture disabling function just like we’d want to use from time to time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Workday gets contract from US agency behind DOGE staff cuts, no other bids⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh Workday … Blech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mouse pointers with drop shadows have their visual click zones and actual ones misaligned.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s only assuming the observer is at the location of the source of the light.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Android’s next big feature turns your phone into a desktop⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Some older, some younger, yeah.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Android’s next big feature turns your phone into a desktop⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  100% they will and want this. I’m a power user and even I see this as the future.

  Have you worked in a non-tech field with people? Modern OSs and office apps are not intuitive to them. Hell, a lot have problems with just their phones as is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are we all suffering from "future shock" in 2025?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  When I go running the phone stays gone. It forces you to be present where you are. Very freeing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I decrease acne after shaving my face?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Disagree. Really depends on the hair. Rotary pulls mine. I switched to foil a long time ago and haven’t had issues since.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder what the specs are on the technology that disables shopping cart wheels⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That was surprisingly interesting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  When you find yourself in a hole, it’s wise to put down the shovel

  Fantastic one liner. Absolutely stealing this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game Boy clone maker Anbernic suspends all shipments to US⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And blackjack and hookers … oh wait, that’s the southwest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who should america be more concerned about MS-13 or Russia?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  China. Military has been gearing up to defend Taiwan for years and the intervention has been moved up to only 2 years from now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, every time we hire a new manager (not high level mind you) we tell them that whatever they communicate digitally, they better be comfortable with it being read in court. Billionaires really have fuck your level of money. They just don’t care to think at all, and they’re okay with that. Gross.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I, too, thoroughly enjoyed reading this and I’ve read a lot of internet histories. Author did an amazing job at making it a fun read while putting the facts out there.