bdonvr
@bdonvr@thelemmy.club
Administrator of thelemmy.club
Nerd, truck driver, and kinda creeped that you're reading this.
- Comment on What's going on with imgur right now? 15 hours ago:
Selfhosting and federated services cain be a pain sometimes but at least it doesn’t do this
- Comment on Bring out the trumpets and pour out the beer 15 hours ago:
There’s still “IRS Free File”, which is a different thing where you have to go through a middle man to get it while they try their damndest to “upgrade” you to the paid version. And presumably they got some kind of money from the US gov either way.
Direct File was a sane program that cut them out and let people file their taxes completely directly. The leeches lobbied against it.
Sigh. I used Direct File last year and it was great. Back to FreeTaxUSA I guess. The least shitty option I’m aware of.
- Comment on Bring out the trumpets and pour out the beer 15 hours ago:
Oh there’s still “IRS Free File”, which is a different thing where you have to go through a middle man to get it while they try their damndest to “upgrade” you to the paid version. And presumably they got some kind of money from the US gov either way.
Direct File was a sane program that cut them out and let people file their taxes completely directly. The leeches lobbied against it.
- Comment on YSK There's a campaign to replace the distorted Mercator world map with the fairer Equal-Earth projection 1 week ago:
It’s not a bad compromise projection honestly. Why not?
- Comment on Lemmy be like 2 weeks ago:
Yes, any further questions?
- Comment on Trump says to move homeless people 'far' from Washington 2 weeks ago:
This will be the next wave of concentration camps, I guarantee you
- Comment on New idea 2 weeks ago:
…can animals not be raped?
- Comment on New idea 2 weeks ago:
Alright then c’mon over buddy I’ll get the turkey baster ready
I’m not even vegan but wtf is this logic
- Comment on Upvotes and downvotes are public information on Lemmy 2 weeks ago:
even if they’re DMd to you
Really only if they’re DMs. Because a publicly posted picture yeah, they’ll see your IP loading it but they will also see everyone’s, with no way to tell who is who.
And a fairly recently Lemmy was updated to not show embedded images in DMs so that wouldn’t even work. (This depends on your client, but on the most recent official web version external images are blocked)
- Comment on Upvotes and downvotes are public information on Lemmy 2 weeks ago:
In combination with your IP, this is a massive privacy (maybe even physical security) risk.
Your IP would only be seen by your instance (which is inevitable, you gotta connect to it after all). But there’s no way for anyone else to look up your IP.
- Comment on The Debian project is proud to release Debian 13 "Trixie", a major update that brings new features, updated components, and numerous other improvements 2 weeks ago:
I doubt it’s possible to have them all installed and have a functioning system anyway
- Comment on Big things happening in the 3D print community 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on This is WAR. 3 weeks ago:
Absolutely not. I mean, kinda. There’s a LOT more room for error with cars. Forklifts will wreck a building or catapult it’s driver if they don’t know what they’re doing.
- Comment on Periodic reminder to get your library cards and fill out museum surveys. 3 weeks ago:
That sounds rad as hell
- Comment on What are some games with absolutely fantastic soundtracks? 3 weeks ago:
Super Monkey Ball 2 - not in the sense that I’d want to sit and listen to them, but they really fit the game super well. And I’ve heard them sampled in actual songs before… Also as YouTube video background music many times.
- Comment on GOG Launches NSFW Game Giveaway "To Raise Awareness On Censorship In Gaming" 3 weeks ago:
Presumably a reference to their channel?
- Comment on Great Advertise 3 weeks ago:
All the better if we can make shaming AI content normal. Make people embarrassed to even try it.
- Comment on Great Advertise 3 weeks ago:
Yeah same, I think a human artist would have put a door on that bus. But it’s not proof.
- Comment on Great Advertise 3 weeks ago:
It seems to spit this out whenever you ask for comic style. I couldn’t tell you exactly what it is.
- Comment on The Substack app sent a push notification promoting a Nazi newsletter to several users. 3 weeks ago:
Yeah I traveled for that one and just barely avoided the clouds. Memory of a lifetime.
- Comment on The Substack app sent a push notification promoting a Nazi newsletter to several users. 3 weeks ago:
If you ever get the chance to see one it’s actually quite a bit more odd than a cloud passing over. It feels kinda wrong. The sunlight doesn’t warm like it should. Shadows do funny things especially around things like tree leaves. The colors are just kinda eerie.
But yeah if you don’t know it’s happening it is totally possible to miss a partial eclipse if you’re inside or busy and just passing through outside.
- Comment on Got emotional thinking about this 4 weeks ago:
You can view old street view photos, they aren’t lost.
- Comment on OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test 4 weeks ago:
Probably because it accessed it through a user’s browser/connection which until that point hadn’t been flagged as a bit and had consistently shown signs of human use.
- Comment on Adjusting your goals 4 weeks ago:
And if you don’t already have it don’t buy it.
Carpet is the worst fucking flooring you cannot change my mind.
- Comment on Anal probing doesn't seem that bad 4 weeks ago:
Related (prequel?)
- Comment on Anal probing doesn't seem that bad 4 weeks ago:
Grindr Xtra(terrestrial)
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 5 weeks ago:
Oh wait hey you’re on my instance. Cool! We’re such small one lol
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 5 weeks ago:
Does he run/have power over JavaScript right now?
- Comment on It's rude to show AI output to people 5 weeks ago:
It gives you some links but in my experience what it says in the summary isn’t always the same as what’s in the link…
- Comment on Password manager by Amazon 5 weeks ago:
It’s pretty safe. Competent password managers will be heavily encrypted. Having your passwords hacked is essentially unheard of. You don’t have to worry about it being on someone else’s computer as without your master password the password file is useless.
I think the biggest case was LastPass, and they did it by getting a keylogger onto a developers PC to get at their password, but afaik customer passwords were safe unless your master password was weak or reused from a breached one.
But, a notebook isn’t hackable at all. But then the people around you could potentially get into it, which is a far more likely threat for a ton of people.
Either way use 2FA at every site that will allow it.