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- Comment on Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ 22 hours ago:
People who know this but still go there are hogs.
- Comment on Is there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language? 2 weeks ago:
Reminds me of a funny memory from the far distant past when a friend of mine, in a middle school Spanish class, expressed surprise that Spanish speakers use rhymes.
- Comment on Is there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language? 2 weeks ago:
Sarcasm can be used to be inclusive to someone (I’m saying this thing we both know to be untrue, imagine thinking otherwise!) or derisive (I’m saying this stupid thing you’d probably think is true because you’re an idiot and I want to make sure you know it.) I know friendly people who do the former a lot and nasty people who exclusively do the latter. I wonder if the former is more difficult to achieve among a foreign culture with a second language.
- Comment on Is there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language? 2 weeks ago:
Even in English, sarcasm can be delivered very dryly in a way that would be undetectable without knowing context. It doesn’t need to be spoken with exaggerated tones.
- Comment on 64GB of DDR5 RAM now costs more than a MacBook Air - memory prices have surged 300% in just six months 2 weeks ago:
Requiring less RAM is good, but conceptually, it’s Linux that is “wasting” the RAM by never using it. It’s there, and it’s reusable, fill it up! Now, does Windows make good use of it? No idea. Wouldn’t bet on it, but I could be surprised.
- Comment on This whistle fights fascists | How thousands of 3D-printed whistles are derailing ICE. 2 weeks ago:
You’re right, 3D printers and filaments simply need to be made illegal to own and use without a license, like a still. People should be buying from corporations anyway, not designing and printing things at home. Who do we think we are?
- Comment on Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy 2 weeks ago:
If its an age-restricted project, sure.
- Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month 2 weeks ago:
I’d like for this to be a mass exodus event, but since it only stops you from accessing age-restricted servers you’re not really going to have to verify your ID if you’re just using voice chat with your friends or whatever. (At least, from what i can tell.) So it might cause on exodus of that segment of users, at least, and I’ll take that. That alone might help spur development to reduce the gap between discord and newer competitors.
- Comment on ...is this retro? 4 weeks ago:
I’m with ya. N64/PSX is difficult. Don’t get me started on Saturn.
- Comment on TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover 4 weeks ago:
No, idiot. Not “the Jews.” Stop doing the zionists job for them.
- Comment on You could convince evangelicals that AI is bad by saying it's converting children to satanism or making them gay 1 month ago:
Neither one of them is real, let’s not lose sight of that.
- Comment on u WoT m8 1 month ago:
googling takes forever
???
- Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage 2 months ago:
No
- Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage 2 months ago:
objectively
Wrong
- Comment on It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser" 2 months ago:
It started as an alternative to Internet Explorer and was so much better it actually overtook it.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Might be Frisland though, I dunno
- Comment on There's ads on an apple 2 months ago:
It just occurred to me that I probably have it backwards. ABC thought of the apple tie-in for their popular school show, and pitched apple companies until one agreed.
And then after just a couple of viral internet posts about it, it is a complete success.
- Comment on Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for Linux 2 months ago:
It’s a generic term for Freesync/GSync, having a variable refresh rate.
- Comment on Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for Linux 2 months ago:
I have actually been looking at modding an NES with HDMI (and other goodies) as a small project. There are various kits out there.
- Comment on Samsung reveals first tri-fold phone 2 months ago:
Just because you can replace your phone from saving doesn’t mean it’s desirable to do so. The monthly payments for these plans are low, and they have saved me money with two full replacements.
- Comment on Samsung reveals first tri-fold phone 2 months ago:
Folding phones are so expensive that I consider it mandatory to have insurance. Samsung Care Plus, in Samsung’s case. I switched to a pixel pro fold so I could use Graphene and got whatever googles insurance plan is.
- Comment on Insane: Microsoft's latest ad proves how useless Copilot on Windows 11 actually is 3 months ago:
I’m not sure about that, I think what you’re saying is technically right but when I hear someone say they want the text to be bigger on the computer they typically do want to scale everything up but lack the vocabulary to say that. It’s impossible to know which they actually want without more context, but going for scaling isn’t unreasonable.
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 3 months ago:
My Index has never been reliable. Not the headset, nor the controllers. I have given up I using it.
- Comment on And what car did you learn in? 3 months ago:
Good
- Comment on Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’ 5 months ago:
Time to bring back the webring and every site having a “links” section.
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong Sparks Debate About Difficulty and Boss Runbacks 5 months ago:
They haven’t really been a thing in either Metroid or Castlevania for a long time, interestingly.
- Comment on "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership 5 months ago:
The views halved, the lines stayed the same. So the ratio of likes to views is now higher.
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 5 months ago:
This makes no sense at all. Were you drunk when you posted this?
- Comment on Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told 5 months ago:
They could require age verification or even special licensing to use any sort of internet server architecture. That’s what I would do if that was my goal.
- Comment on anons brother has some strong opinions 5 months ago:
They can also be a usable outdoor space just to hang out on.