dave
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- Comment on Poll reveals the amount of Brits who would take weight-loss jabs for free on NHS 18 hours ago:
Poll reveals surprising number of editors don’t know how to use the word ‘amount’.
- Comment on Damn right I'm a silly goose 1 month ago:
Big employer in the uk back in the day would fine your boss if you parked outside the lines. People were pretty attentive to how they parked…
- Comment on Flute 1 month ago:
Lelete dater.
- Comment on Wildlife Photography 1 month ago:
That one is … far away.
- Comment on Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm 2 months ago:
Saddameurysm.
- Comment on Ironing 4 months ago:
I’m pretty sure ‘Declump pocket flaps’ is in section 1 of the Apollo Launch Configuration checklist, right before Lint Valve Override.
- Comment on Microsoft Account to local account conversion guide erased from official Windows 11 guide — instructions redacted earlier this week 4 months ago:
I suspect it’s not dissimilar to the way spam emails are full of typos and grammar errors. You may wonder why they don’t just get those fixed, but they’re specifically to filter out the people who notice them and dismiss the spam, as they (the spammers) are far less likely to successfully scam someone who is offended by the way the spam is written. They are a kind of first level filter.
MS are filtering out the vocal, knowledgable people who will cause problems next time they have some security breach or do something shady around privacy. Convert that relatively small number of people to Linux, and you’re left with a compliant and fully tracked customer base—far more use in the long run.
- Comment on Which side are you on? 5 months ago:
Downvoted because it didn’t end with /s.
- Comment on May the 4th power your warp cores 6 months ago:
- Comment on kissies 6 months ago:
Let me say… I work in healthcare. I clean human waste. I’m not easily grossed out.
Come on Jo, we’ve talked about this. You’re supposed to call them patients.
- Comment on Bitwarden has launched a new authenticator app 6 months ago:
4-5 TOTP apps? So far, when, e.g. Microsoft or Google have insisted use of their own Authenticator app is required, it’s worked fine for me using Ente Auth or similar just by entering the code / QR.
- Comment on evangelism 6 months ago:
I can still hear the penny dropping in my mind when I went from ‘How can anyone fall for that—it’s so obviously a scam…’ to ‘Oh, right…’ It sounded too Machiavellian to be true. I wonder if it was so carefully designed from the start, or a process of natural selection?
- Comment on I like this text. In which Lemmy community can I best share it ? Thanks. 6 months ago:
The thing with football is that there is a specific goal (pun very much intended). It’s ok to have a mindset that you’re going to play in a way that makes it unlikely (in the beginning) you’ll achieve that goal (eg play left footed), but if that player never improved, would you still think it’s ‘working’)?
I worked in an industry for many years that was obsessed with goal-setting, and that mindset never appealed to me. I eventually found a book called Goal Free Living by Stephen M. Shapiro. It was a bit of an eye-opener for me, and the phrase “Carry a compass not a map” stayed with me until today. I’ve done several different things since then but I’ll never be famous for any of them as I still keep changing direction.
- Comment on Is Lemmy growing or shrinking? 7 months ago:
The graphs are all interactive (touch to show labels, etc.). That can interfere with scrolling—try dragging at the edge or one of the pie chart titles. Fwiw, it scrolls ok on mobile safari…
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Hibernate is S4 which is very low power but not zero. Some devices like LAN, keyboard, and USB can remain powered so your battery will eventually drain.
- Comment on Trust exercise 7 months ago:
Seems harsh—lots of people make coffee these days.
- Comment on I want to be among those who deeply thoroughly understands & can accurately predict the path of future eclipses because this is amazing. 7 months ago:
No—this is a good resource for finding the next one closest to you. www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list.html
If you’re in Europe, northern Spain in 2026 is the next best opportunity.
- Comment on Reddit introduces a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by users | TechCrunch 8 months ago:
I think maybe a re-read is in order. They’re claiming the new format outperforms the (presumably) old format by 28%, not that the CTR is 28%.
- Comment on Divide and rule 8 months ago:
If you ever need to check, this site has up to date information. arethebritsatitagain.org
- Comment on Yeast strains for wine and cider 8 months ago:
Same—my local micro brewery does a night once a month where they demo things about brewing. One month they made 6 ales with identical ingredients apart from a different strain of yeast for each. 6 very different drinks.
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- Comment on Are We Transitioning From Capitalism to Silicon Serfdom? 8 months ago:
Is that a frickin rotating chair?
https://feddit.uk/pictrs/image/cd6ec8b0-a249-41d7-afe5-1ecc15c41dea.jpeg
- Comment on xkcd #2894: Research Account 9 months ago:
… opponent’s … typos—instant win.
- Comment on What is air really? 10 months ago:
Atmoflat
- Comment on Why does the permanent timestamp in CCTV footage sometimes change color? 10 months ago:
Plus it’s probably more complex to engineer multi-colour (well, two colour) font rendering onto the video. Getting the background brightness for each character is as simple as adding all the pixel rgb values together and threshold in. It doesn’t need to be very accurate.
- Comment on Milkshakes anyone? 11 months ago:
Whoever downvoted this just thinks it’s the arrow to scroll down to the comments.
- Comment on UK environment secretary took donation from funder of climate sceptic thinktank 11 months ago:
Also married to Karen Barclay, Head of Major Infrastructure Planning & Stakeholder Engagement at Anglian Water, one of the organisations being investigated for illegal dumping of sewage.
But nothing to see here. Move along.
- Comment on Amazon is blocking promotions of employees who don't comply with its return-to-office policy, leaked documents show 1 year ago:
You’re welcome?
- Comment on Amazon is blocking promotions of employees who don't comply with its return-to-office policy, leaked documents show 1 year ago:
I appreciate your use of the, often abused, parenthetical comma.
- Comment on Apple 'Find My' network can be abused to steal keylogged passwords 1 year ago:
It’s very interesting but the article is a rehash of some 2-year-old work by others, and doesn’t really update anything, apart from saying that “apparently, Apple addressed this problem.” with no further clarification. Pretty low effort tbh.
