Blackfeathr
@Blackfeathr@lemmy.world
I am a Rexxitor. I am also forklift certified.
- Comment on Not promotings violence. If someone or some group puts a bounty on a presidents or kings or pm's head how does a person collect and do they give you safe haven in country? 13 hours ago:
I apologize that I don’t really have an answer for this but I can only read this in Skwisgaar’s voice now.
- Comment on Tragic Titan submersible’s $62 SanDisk memory card found undamaged at wreckage site 2 days ago:
Just make the next sub out of SD cards, Nokia 3310 phones, and a Logitech controller.
- Comment on What's a bad habit you use to have for a long time but finally fixed? 1 week ago:
Energy drinks, namely Red Bull. Loved the blue and yellow ones.
Then in May of last year I started getting toothaches. A root canal, eleven fillings, an extraction, and $6,000 later, I stopped drinking energy drinks and cut down drastically on sugary drinks.
- Comment on Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend 1 week ago:
Can confirm; used to indirectly work for them. Stellantis holds nothing but contempt for their employees, suppliers, and customers. Their products are inferior and overpriced.
- Comment on Climate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coal 1 week ago:
Wish my coworkers would get the memo. Constantly trying to shove AI videos in my face like “haha look at MLK Jr and Tupac as pro wrestling announcers haha”
As an artist I am deeply repulsed by AI. But other people around me? They love it for some reason.
- Comment on Senate report says AI will take 97M US jobs in the next 10 years, but those numbers come from ChatGPT 2 weeks ago:
Don’t forget the vast majority of CEOs.
- Comment on AI chatbots that butter you up make you worse at conflict, study finds 2 weeks ago:
It’s likely AI generated.
- Comment on PSA: Stop using Imgur for now 2 weeks ago:
Imgur has been shitty for years at this point. They kept fucking with the UI when all I wanted to do was upload images and share the link. They should have stayed in their lane, not try to reinvent their platform as social media. Then their wholesale blocking of VPN traffic? Tired of that nonsense. I use imgbb now.
- Comment on In which ways the dot com craze of the late 90s and the current AI market differ? In which ways are the same phenomena? 2 weeks ago:
Paywalled.
- Comment on Reddit stock falls for second day as references to its content in ChatGPT responses plummet 2 weeks ago:
Good, hope it crashes.
- Comment on Goodwill Isn’t a Platform (thoughts on the Digg beta) 3 weeks ago:
It’s really spiky!
- Comment on Goodwill Isn’t a Platform (thoughts on the Digg beta) 3 weeks ago:
Yes, sometimes even more than that.
- Comment on Google's YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle 2021 lawsuit by Donald Trump over account suspension 3 weeks ago:
Well now he knows he can extort more money out of them. GG Google. Masters gambit. 🙄
- Comment on What are your must-block tags on social media? 3 weeks ago:
This reeks of chatGPT.
- Comment on ICE tries to kidnap random food delivery driver off the street. He jukes them on a foldable bike. 3 weeks ago:
This brightened my day, thank you
- Comment on YouTube will start using AI to guess your age. 3 weeks ago:
Yep I’ve had my account since 2006. It’s old enough to vote.
- Comment on Indeed updated terms: Forced Arbitration & bundling of consent 3 weeks ago:
Fuck Indeed. They sell your data to scammers.
- Comment on Fooling a self-driving car with mirrors on traffic cones 3 weeks ago:
We must, unfortunately, factor in the idiots. They’re quite pervasive.
- Comment on US will complete TikTok deal ‘in coming days’ and control its algorithm, White House says 4 weeks ago:
Not entirely sure, I’ve never had to decouple someone from social media. My relatives are hopelessly addicted to Facebook.
A suggestion would be to try to gently persuade them of the harms of WeChat, but not to be too pushy about it, could cause them to push back or use it on secret. If they care about their privacy, perhaps taking that route would be beneficial. Having some articles on hand that affirm your argument can help too.
- Comment on US will complete TikTok deal ‘in coming days’ and control its algorithm, White House says 4 weeks ago:
Uninstall TikTok. It’s spyware anyways.
- Comment on Notepad gets AI features like Summarize, Write, and Rewrite, using local and cloud models. 4 weeks ago:
Aw come on, leave Notepad alone! It’s like the last good Windows program.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
And he and his “landed gentry” have been working round the clock to silence negative opinions about shitty people like Musk and Kirk.
- Comment on Mods react as Reddit kicks some of them out again: “This will break the site” 5 weeks ago:
I’m starting to get convinced that Redditors and mods are just gluttons for punishment by that platform.
They’re planning on kneecapping old.reddit in this update too, and you see all the typical howling about “if they kill old.reddit I’m leaving fr this time” while at the same time, another big thread one comment lower is about all the ridiculous bans that people have gotten. And this is a mere two years after the API fiasco.
Why do people continue to use a platform that has proven time and time again that the asshole(s) in charge do not give a single fuck about them?
- Comment on Mods react as Reddit kicks some of them out again: “This will break the site” 5 weeks ago:
Can confirm. You can have the mildest takes and still get permbanned.
Did you know, that saying Neo-Nazis should be named and shamed is a permbannable offense?
Reddit is becoming Xitter 2.0 and I’m really hoping the remaining human users on there figure it out soon.
- Comment on What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025? 5 weeks ago:
My first cell phone was a flip phone, and I’m not gonna lie, I’ve considered revisiting my teenage days again and getting one. But I feel like, right now, my smartphone use is very light.
I largely avoid Meta apps, I don’t play games, my biggest vice was reddit which has now become a shithole of bots and censorship. I read the news on here, chat a little on Discord, check my birdfeeder and that’s pretty much it besides occasional use of google maps as needed.
On top of that, this phone is from 2018 so it’s battery life these days is not great. I think that helps too.
Maybe for those hesitating to get a dumb phone, perhaps start with an older smartphone to whittle your time down?
- Comment on YSK about 15 bean soup. 5 weeks ago:
So you just wish you were dead, got it
- Comment on "THE CRIME OF PUTTING DHIT IN MY PANTS WILL NOT GO UNPUNISHED AND AS SOON AS WE FIND THE PERPETRATORS THEY WILL BE APPREHENDED AND PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW!!!" 5 weeks ago:
Shit was so Kash
- Comment on Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’ 1 month ago:
Some mainstream websites and services are practically unusable when using a VPN, too. I’m glad I stopped using imgur but I wish the rest of the world would catch up…
- Comment on Roblox continues efforts for child safety by expanding age estimation to all users by end of the year 1 month ago:
Why tf are they encouraging dating when their userbase is primarily children???
That’s just asking for more predators on their platform!
- Comment on Don't worry about the job market on Earth, Gen Z: Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk say you’ll be working in space soon 1 month ago:
Just another silly distraction from the fact that they create most of the problems here on earth, and they don’t want you to turn on them.
Eat the rich.
