MisterFrog

@MisterFrog@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clean butt⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Do people not wash daily? This seems like a general hygiene issue, and not that closely correlated with bidet use.

  Source: I have never used a bidet, and my butt does not itch, ya know, because I wash daily?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's many Outlooks are confusing users and employees⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In true modern Microsoft fashion. Remove features, lock forum posts of people asking for them back. Provide no reason. Profit because apparently this shit is crack to companies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems so arbitrary that they just block the entire project instead of the user in the sanctioned region.

  ¯_(ツ)_/¯

  Probably for the best, GitHub seems like a liability (to a lamen like me, anyway)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia’s science agency sent questions from Trump administration asking if it is taking ‘appropriate measures’ against gender ideology⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  As much as the loss of revenue would be missed (that’s what this is, it’s not “funding” it’s a commercial relationship), the US government can get fucked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit’s 50% Plunge Fails to Entice Dip Buyers as Growth Slows.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I ported !engineeringmemes@lemmy.world. Because of its limited volume, it’s barely an effort to moderate.

  Just start the communities you want to see :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit’s 50% Plunge Fails to Entice Dip Buyers as Growth Slows.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Would he not have already sold most when they went public?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Musk 'Pressured' Reddit CEO to Silence DOGE Critics, Leaving Moderators Outraged: Report.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is 33 cents a small amount of money?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hmmm, I better send a suggestion letter to the ATO (Australian Taxation Office) to put the tax bracket breakdown directly into your return with the amounts populated.

  Hey, they give us a breakdown graph of where our tax is going, this seems like it’s within the realm of possibility.

  I think sadly there are also many people here who have no idea how tax brackets work…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kagi search engine now has a Fediverse search option.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but I’m still feeling like complaining that there isn’t a business that’s made affordable pay-to-search a thing. (That I know of)

  I’m not taking back that $120 USD/year for search is way more than most people would be willing to pay

  Though yeah, I suppose saying their business model isn’t working was hyperbolic, I must admit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kagi search engine now has a Fediverse search option.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The business model just doesn’t make sense then (using search partners).

  Because $60, let alone $120 US, a year is far more than most people would be willing to pay.

  Dunno what to say, it’s just more than most people can justify paying for the service.

  I’m gonna stick with DuckDuckGo and the newly free mullvad cached search

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You guys have to end it⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Downvoters mad to find out cars are inherently unsafe and need very good infrastructure and to be remotely safe.

  Downvoters mad that E~k~= ½mv^2^, and speed, funnily enough, is dangerous.

  Downvoters mad that manual transmission isn’t making cars safer.

  Car go vroom vroom, but public transport go better

  Fax

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kagi search engine now has a Fediverse search option.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d happily pay for search, but Kagi is way too expensive.

  10 searches a day, for $5/month? (US)

  Like, that is way too much.

  I can receive thousands and send thousands of emails per day for that price. Is search really that much more expensive?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In Response to Amazon preventing to download books you bought: Some DRM free bookstores and publishers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what I’m planning to do with some textbooks I want for my work.

  $200-$300 and you want me to download an app that may or may not even work in 10 years?

  Nah, I’m gonna future proof my access no remorse 🏴‍☠️

  I will pay though, because it’s tax deductible, and also because it I ever get questioned on it (since I use them around coworkers and management), I’m golden.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I found this help article where they say “Although not all non-genuine supplies may cause quality issues”.

  They said they recommend using theirs, but up until this they didn’t say you couldn’t.

  support.brother.com/g/b/sp/faqend.aspx?c=us_ot&la…

  Plus, it’s been universally understood that you have been able to use third-party cartridges. I really think if you’re persistent enough, you’d get a refund in Australia. Because else (in Victoria at least) you could take them to VCAT for like $70, which will cost them wayyy more in lawyer expenses than the price of a refund.

  This is not legal advice, but I reckon a refund under Australian Consumer Law is extremely doable if they go down this path (for existing printers).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m curious how this will go down in Australia. Seems like a pretty solid slam dunk refund, oh the product doesn’t work as advertised anymore?

  Cool, I’ve had this for 5 years and now I’d also like a full refund under Australian Consumer Law.

  Motherfuckers.

  (I don’t actually own a printer)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nets⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I also do not enjoy the taste of fish. High five haha

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2-based extensions in Edge⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s almost like this not-for-profit, for-profit subsidiary thing is a cancer (or at least, my selection bias of late thinks so).

  Can someone ELI5 why a foundation can’t develop these products directly, with a for-profit subsidiary? Is there something forbidden about rasing revenue for a not-for-profit via product sales? Would this even fix anything?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They seem to turn a blind eye to many things as long as you have a (R) next to your name and promise to hurt the right people. Must have missed that bible verse⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Many have referenced Nineteen Eighty-Four without reading it, and ironically then engaging in Doublethink.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indeed⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Offensive? Yeah. Hate speech? Nah.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fish roast⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wikipedia seems to not be unanimous on the brain-to-body ratio claim. There’s a discussion link next to the citation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says | Reddit executives also discussed how they might introduce more ads into the social media platform⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Awwww yeaaah. Welcome friend, stay a while

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is fair, however, not ubiquitous and all their servers are expected to place nice with others.

  Thank god email is federated, and not locked down to a particular company

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s very common, but in Australia at least, no ubiquitous

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Emma⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Heh, well done

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Murphy's law⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why you always copy something innocuous immediately after

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Accused killer of US insurance CEO pleads not guilty to 'terrorist' murder⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe a couple more assassinations of CEOs and the only country where this repeatedly happens will finally start looking into ways to prevent this.

  Yeah by hiring private armies and getting special provision to hire police directly.

  RoboCop here we come

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fashion is cyclical⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When I say strong, I mean that a trend is it dominates and defines as decade. All those things you mentioned are trends that you associate with different times, but there are far fewer things you can dress up as and people will think: ohhhh are you “from the 2000s”.

  They exist, just I’d argue it’s not as strong as the 90s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fashion is cyclical⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m only just now realising fads/trends seem to be way less strong these days.

  Like, there’s a 00’s vibe, sort of, 10’s vibe??? Maybe?

  But nowhere near as strong as practically every decade before that.

  Perhaps it’s just there’s way more variety to bandwagon now that every niche is connected around the globe.

  My random thoughts for your reading.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Election Simulations⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Whoops :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Calcrelatable⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s be honest, if you are doing serious math, you’ll have a graphing calculator to do way more stuff, and the controls are much more like a mini computer (with a backspace key, and being able to delete individual lines of history, or all of the history with menus)