bufordt

@bufordt@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple is officially dropping iPhone support for web apps in the EU - The Verge⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The iPod was so derivative of the creative labs mp3 player that Apple ultimately had to pay them $100 million.

  The Lisa and later the Macintosh copied from xerox. Something that everyone was doing around then. Amiga and Atari ST both had guis. Hell even the commodore 64 had Geos. The Mac didn’t even get color until 1987.

  Handspring had a smart phone, complete with touch screen and apps, years before the iPhone.

  Mac os didn’t have proper multitasking until version 7.5, years after Windows had it.

  Onkyo created the first true wireless earbuds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn’t Australia include the tax in the listed price of the item instead of adding it at the end?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A lot of YAML⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  And because that was the original name. They retconned YAML Ain’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A lot of YAML⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  No, they changed it from yet another to yaml ain’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨abandonware empires⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yes, Compaq, the company that used non standard power supplies but with the standard wire coloring and connectors. I had several customers blow up their motherboards after buying standard replacement power supplies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck OLED announced⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam deck 2: episode 2

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe you can find some old stadia controllers for cheap and convert them to Bluetooth controllers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Creators of Slay the Spire will migrate their next game to a new engine if Unity doesn't completely revert their changes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Was Oracle ever not shit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judge in US v. Google trial didn’t know if Firefox is a browser or search engine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a 53 year old IT person, and I’m leaning towards 1. The level of technology incompetence in the general public is astounding. My wife only knows “Have you tried turning it off and back on.” And that pretty much makes her a member of the help desk at her job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does Consciousness Disappear in Dreamless Sleep?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Aye, there’s the rub.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Buyer Receives Fake Core i9-13900K With i7-13700K Guts From Amazon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There are HDMI cables that are basically HDMI to fiber tranceivers. The HDMI plug draws power from the HDMI port to use active components to convert to a fiber signal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man Used 80 Discarded Vape Batteries to Power an Electric Scooter Proving the Importance of E-Waste⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think mostly people buy disposables because they don’t know how 510 batteries work. Or sometimes the strain you want is only available as a disposable.

  I don’t like disposables because I’ve ran out of battery when 1/3 if the product was left. I’ve switched to concentrates and a vape that handles them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man Used 80 Discarded Vape Batteries to Power an Electric Scooter Proving the Importance of E-Waste⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a few where the battery died while there was still stuff to vape in it. Doubly wasteful. I then switched to a concentrate vape and buying live rosin/resin

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My good buddy jack daniels⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Jack Daniels tastes like perfume.

  Evan Williams is significant better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia starts blocking VPN at the protocol (WireGuard, OpenVPN) level⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Until what? Until Russia is a dictatorship? That ship sailed a long time ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ska is the "pineapple on pizza" of music genres⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably a bit of that, a bit of friendly taking the shit out of other bands, and a bit of a song taken too seriously by both punk and ska fans. And remember, the song Ska Sucks is a ska song.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ska is the "pineapple on pizza" of music genres⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  For the record, I actually like ska., But as Propaghandi said:

  Ska sucks

  Ska revival isn’t cool you stupid fuck

  The bands are only in it for the bucks

  And if you don’t believe me you’re a schmuck

  But the trend will die out with any luck