vanontom

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So tired to see Elon Musk in my home page EVERY DAY⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  banhammer.jxl

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PS5 Homescreen Now Replaces Unique Video Game Art With Annoying Ads You Can’t Turn Off⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Does anybody remember a decade ago when it leaked Microsoft has some concepts about restrictions on discs (used/shared), everyone gasped, Sony mocked them in a video about “sharing discs” on PS4 and became a turning point in the console wars?

  Even a decade later: Remove discs at your peril! Half the reason I’ve even bought consoles is for Blu-ray movies (unbeatable AV quality). Sony won the fucking console and disc drive wars and it was still not enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨28 Years Later: Danny Boyle’s New Zombie Flick Was Shot on an iPhone 15⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Those early digital years were brutal. 28 Days Later looks worse with every passing year, probably never fixable (the cam’s resolution and quality was just too low).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is assasin's creed origins good?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think this is what motivates me to play AC games the most: They really integrate accurate locations and history into their story (with plenty to read and learn about in menus, and even tour modes). I was especially impressed with Origins (Egypt) and Unity (France). Haven’t had time to play newer ones yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve finally made one tiny step into the Linux pool: Replacing my little old Plex server & NAS (mini PC, Windows 10) with… an even tinier Raspberry Pi 5.

  It’s been nice to finally have an excuse to start learning Linux: commands, bash scripts, ssh, samba shares, etc. I’ve always admired lean, portable FOSS, so it’s way overdue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just wanted to take a moment to enjoy how clean the web can be⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The “Sign in with Google” popups on virtually every site? It’s nuts. I was just trying to figure this out today. Try these or these.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Golly-gee, what possibly could have caused you to stop using your account?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m kind of amazed that I haven’t subscribed to Netflix in years now. They are always raising prices, and are too special to offer discounts (unlike competitors). Quality has generally gone downhill. They barely advertise, so I only hear of a few hits that escape the bubble. Most of their revenue seems to be from FOMO at this point, plus “eh, it’s good enough”. I’m happy to sail the high seas to obtain any highly-rated content they might accidentally produce.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NASA is about to make its most important safety decision in nearly a generation⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, Musk has made people hate anything he’s involved in, or that enriches him. It’s only natural; Actions have consequences. He’s a severely mentally ill billionaire, increasingly detached from reality. And now his politics and disinformation are a danger to millions of people. If SpaceX or Tesla wants to feel the love, they know what to do. Until then, I can only assume they accept the consequences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ad industry initiative abruptly shuts down after lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I read this similarly. Most significantly, advertisers in the group are probably less likely to spend on tweeter now. The complete opposite of Elen’s goal. The advertisers simply “deleted” the group (not any actual ad agencies), because it was calculated to cost the least. The group, GARM, was an attempt to collectively manage harm to their brands, which they will obviously continue to do in other ways.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Google antitrust ruling could be an existential threat to the future of Firefox | Financials show 86% of Mozilla's revenue came from the agreement keeping Google as Firefox's default search engine⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. A real PITA to organize, some unintuitive and hidden options, but very basic. I’ve used sync and organized on desktop. (But now I do NOT sync desktop bookmarks at all, it has messed them up too many times.)

  Not a huge problem, but annoying. Like some newer non-removable toolbar buttons on desktop. Lack of JXL support. I’m a huge Firefox and Mozilla fan, used non-stop for years, but it has annoyances. The team also used to quickly cater to user feedback, but that seems to have slowed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastodon's fundraiser for Kamala Harris needs fediversal support to reach it's 500.000$ goal⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s almost the least someone at the campaign could do. I’ll donate eventually (they seem to be doing fine for now!), but it would be great to see them show some love for the superior principled social media outcasts of the fediverse and Mastodon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After Musk's pro-Trump/Vance bender, X users report issues following Kamala Harris' accounts⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Anybody still using it at this point deserves all the brain damage it causes. No excuses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pornhub Pulls Out of Nebraska⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love that half the time I turn on my VPN I’m reminded that I do, in fact, live in a puritanical Christofascist hellscape, it’s not my imagination, and I need to leave. Thanks GOP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe it was someone from the future.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, the initial reaction seems to be “he just won”, but that’s a bit silly with 3-4 months to go. Don’t worry (yet)! We have no idea if the violence will escalate, or what absolutely fucking insane things will occur in this time (esp. Oct-Nov)!

  “Which candidate will calm all of this down?” We await the verdict from the [TERRIFIC] [DEPLORABLE] (check one box after election) people of the USA PA, WI, and MI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Generative AI could soon decimate the call center industry, says CEO⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re experiencing extremely high call volume."

  Every hour of every day, because company won’t hire or pay for anything better.

  Press 3 to have a representative call you back; You won’t lose your place in line.

  Sure. Meanwhile, I get on their website and try their weird “chat” support popup, that somehow takes care of the problem hours before I ever get a call back.

  This is why people hate phone support. And why I don’t trust and won’t buy products from companies who only have phone (or “social media” support). Give me a dedicated support email address, or something text-based (live chat, contact form) on website, thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wyze says camera breach let 13,000 customers briefly see into other people’s homes⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. Don’t have cheap web cams pointed inside the home, and it’ll be fine. Have them outside, watching doors and gates, providing security videos of shadows and wildlife, whatever. They can still be useful tools.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Cybertruck May Have A Rust Problem⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What a deal. Save 25%, get rid of the cancer that’s killing Tesla.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Taylor Swift deepfakes on X falsely depict her engaging in election denialism — and have been viewed millions of times⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m amazed her team of lawyers haven’t filed a lawsuit yet. Just collecting evidence for now, I suppose. But it’s starting to pile up quickly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$300 Vision Pro developer strap is just an expensive USB2 device⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. To be clear, I only meant this in the most insulting way to Apple, the proud engineers of $300 goggle straps and $1000 monitor stands.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$300 Vision Pro developer strap is just an expensive USB2 device⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just extracting wealth from the cult fans and tech illiterate. And they will keep pushing the insane prices, until people stop paying (sounds familiar). I wish they’d use their absurd profits to actually bring to market something truly spectacular. Dyson makes more daring and innovative products, funded by vacuums, heh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Browser maker love-in snubs Google-shunned JPEG XL⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps true from his… perspective. I’ve found JXL surprisingly awesome and easy to use (size, quality, speed, encoding options, supported in XnView /XnConvert). AVIF was terrible in real-world use last I tried (and blurs fine details).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many devices⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think of “thumb drives” as portable flash storage + USB. “Portable backup drives” have taken its place for me. Incredibly fast (NVMe + USB-C), quite small (M2 card size + case), durable (same as thumb drives), growing sizes (1-2 TB affordable).

  I keep my old flash drives for smaller things like bootable apps, fresh OS installs, firmware updates. I definitely have no need for mystery off-brand storage though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pornhub blocks North Carolina and Montana as porn regulation spreads⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think most people, by far, don’t know how to use (or want to pay for) a VPN. What they’ll do is use one of the other porn sites. There are probably dozens! And it will push sites to operate outside of US and ignore our dumb state laws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix Resumes Advertising on X After Elon Musk Controversy⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They nuke if you cancel for a few months. There are so many services, I only need 1-2 at a time. (If you forget you’re sub’d, they will never nuke or let you know.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix Resumes Advertising on X After Elon Musk Controversy⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I cancelled (again) because… let me think. Apparently they nuke your account if you don’t use it for, say, 6-9 months (nice). All ratings, history, watchlist, etc: Fuck you, gone. Could not disable ads, AKA autoplay previews. Quality of content massively decreasing. Cost increasing (and never any deals). Mediocrity hit them hard years ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Naughty Dog Ends Development Of The Last Of Us Online⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  (And will sell millions more when finally available on something besides PlayStation.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Florida vibe is definitely oozing from this trailer. I can almost smell it, and quite frankly I’m disgusted. Bravo. I would’ve preferred the next GTA being somewhere else, but maybe this it exactly where it belongs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Cybertruck Is a Disappointment Even to Cybertruck Superfans / Looking at the specs alone, the car is delivering 30 percent less range than expected for 30 percent more money⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically, not wrong. It’s worth noting that Cybertruck is shockingly different from Von Holzhausen’s previous work, which all share sleek and modern designs and principles (dare I say critically-acclaimed and beautiful). I think it’s obvious there was heavy “outside influence” for the truck (as emphasized), and the timing also lines up with Musk’s growing (untreated, public) mental illnesses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The stainless steel body of Tesla's Cybertruck is reportedly leading to issues with gaps in between the panels⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s one of the biggest pieces of evidence (besides X…) of Musk’s growing mental illness and bubble of sycophants. I’m sure many very respected people in the field told him this would be a Very Bad Idea. I doubt any still work at Tesla. This should’ve been the first EV truck to market.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The world's largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the future of air travel! An airship revolution! Just need a few million dollars from daddy “investors”. Silicon Valley is full of these absurd schemes and games for bored billionaires.