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- Comment on 4ish years ago when I bought a house I was convinced not to get a house inspection, would it be crazy to get one now just to make sure it's all good? 5 months ago:
our inspection saved us money. they found a crack in the outdoor tiling sealant that was retaining water. we spent $200 on their services, but their report helped us regotiate $5000 off our initial offer, which we had repaired for ~$500. for anybody tossing it up, it's a no-brainer.
- Comment on China’s booming EV companies eye U.S. competitors they see as ‘not ready’ 6 months ago:
chinese EV's give me a headache
- Comment on U.S. "Know Your Customer" Proposal Will Put an End to Anonymous Cloud Users 6 months ago:
No need to assume, you can see this on all of their comment history. They are claiming ownership of their words, or in the context, ownership of how they’ve arranged others words
- Comment on FOSS scanner app surpasses Microsoft for usability 7 months ago:
I’ll go out on a limb here and suggest that most of the FOSS alternatives I’ve discovered in the last 12-18 months have been just as good if not better than paid alternatives. The issue they face mostly is lack of visibility. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I discovered Beat for screenplay writing for the first time.
- Comment on Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot. 8 months ago:
yeah i liked him bettter when the extent of his mental process was "everybody must be writing letters at all times, I must help them"
- Comment on Google Pulls the Plug: The End of Third-Party Cookies and What it Means | TWiT.TV 8 months ago:
I use imginn, nitter and redlib to view Instagram, x and reddit info, respectively. I refuse to engage with any of them using a login or having to turn off my VPN.
- Comment on How did China get so good at chips and AI? Congressional investigation blames American venture capitalists 8 months ago:
Bro there’s like 6 comments in here and all of them are a masterclass in comedy 11/10 would accuse China of misgivings again
- Comment on Samsung purposely knives customer's TV to weasel out of repair 8 months ago:
I’ve also had a Samsung fridge for 6 years and haven’t had a problem with it. But again, this is anecdotal.
- Comment on Samsung purposely knives customer's TV to weasel out of repair 8 months ago:
I bought a Samsung washing machine in 2016 and it died in 2020. They sent someone to repair it within a week at no charge. It’s still going now, so I think it worked? Anyways YMMV
- Comment on Microsoft revives aggressive Windows 11 upgrade campaign with intrusive popups for Windows 10 users 9 months ago:
What distro do you use for day to day stuff? I’m a Mac user but want to dip my toes into Linux as a VM
- Comment on YouTube Premium's price is going up in yet another country 11 months ago:
I've been shipping South Korea and this article for years
- Comment on YouTube Premium's price is going up in yet another country 11 months ago:
I've been shipping South Korea and this article for years
- Comment on YSK that chiropractors are not medical doctors and "Systematic reviews... have found no evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective" 11 months ago:
in my country a PT is a personal trainer, so I understand where you’re coming from if that’s what you mean. But I think in this instance PT means physiotherapist
- Comment on I don't know who needs to hear this, but ... the playground imitation games of social media are getting old 11 months ago:
You can delete your fb profile and keep your messenger active. Source: me
- Comment on Police should not be involved in mental health incidents, Australian report says 11 months ago:
After police failed to talk him out of the booth, they set police dogs on him and swung batons at him from either side of the booth, leaving him with lacerations on his forehead and hand, as well as dog bites on his leg.
How can you call that the "role of protector"? Who was being protected? I'll concede that i'm sure it's difficult to identify people who are having mental health episodes and those who deserve to be attacked by dogs—hang on, nobody deserves that. I'd imagine it's much easier for a trained mental health professional to identify a situation that needs intervention, instead of people whose first instinct is to bludgeon. Imagine feeling scared and isolated, and the first responders response is to beat you. I'm sorry, I feel like I'm unfairly lashing out at you, but I'm struggling to grapple with the fact that you can read that article and go "I hope sufferers can understand that".
- Comment on Is the government really trying to control your TV? Here's what its proposal on streaming apps means for you 11 months ago:
idk this doesn't feel like a bad thing to me, all things considered. most tvs have shortcut buttons to netflix (or other) and those buttons lose their usefulness if you're not subscribed. I would never press a channel 7/9/10 button, but i don't press the netflix one either.
- Comment on Hard Solo to be renamed Hard Rated after regulator finds alcoholic drink had ‘evident appeal to minors’ 11 months ago:
So it’s a solo with two shots of vodka then
- Comment on The Curse review: Emma Stone comes up trumps again in this brilliantly unsettling new television comedy 1 year ago:
Have you played many card games? Trump cards are ones that beat any other card in a hand.
- Comment on Akira Toriyama’s coming back for a new Dragon Ball series 1 year ago:
I remembering loving GT. I loved the pan storyline, and the ssj4 design is sick. Super has never hit as hard as GT did, but thats probably just me
- Comment on Inside the deadly instant loan app scam that blackmails with nudes 1 year ago:
yeah having your bodily autonomy removed for any reason is a traumatic experience.
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- Comment on Lemmy is one of the most annoying social media sites if you're not an american 1 year ago:
I actually think the opposite. I'm on kbin tho, but I've noticed a lot more ESL speakers across the board. But also, I'm really only on aus politic magazines anyway
- Comment on Chevy Chase Bashes ‘Community’: “The Show Wasn’t Funny Enough” 1 year ago:
“Nuanced-take five” -the Todd, probably
- Comment on Wish | Official Trailer 1 year ago:
I enjoyed elemental as a piece about first generation immigrants. Also found it refreshing that Disney allowed it to be a love story, and that drove the plot. But yes, the scene where they all get to element city or whatever was a total retread of zootopia
- Comment on Spyware can infect your phone or computer via the ads you see online – report 1 year ago:
the price tag $6m+ price tag to infect one device on this product alone means it’s only likely to be used in extreme circumstances. But if you’re a public figure, or have some form of notoriety, then It’s always a good practice to block any connections you didn’t personally open.
- Comment on 'Mindhunter' Is Dead — So Stop Asking David Fincher About It! 1 year ago:
I also find it difficult to believe it’s more expensive than the average TV drama, considering Fincher already has a development deal with the network.
I'm not saying you're wrong, but Fincher is very particular about his shots, and as such there is a metric shit-tonne of CGI in both seasons of mindhunter. There's a few videos on youtube that demonstrate it. Again, I don't think that would inherently make it way more expensive than the typical, but his vision comes with a price tag.
- Comment on Australian journalist calls her baby ‘Methamphetamine Rules’ as a test of naming regulations 1 year ago:
As an adult it would be the story everybody heard as I introduced myself, "my birth name was methamphetamine rules and I'm being 100% serious"
- Comment on Australian journalist calls her baby ‘Methamphetamine Rules’ as a test of naming regulations 1 year ago:
what is this nsw register used for? why would it matter if their name is legally changed? who would see it, apart for maybe people running police checks and credit reports?
Also, please everybody reading this, go and watch the show they reference, What The FAQ (WTFAQ) on ABC iView. It's fantastic!
- Comment on Apple Suspends Deals With Producers, Including Natalie Portman & Adam McKay 1 year ago:
Apparently their execs saw promising demos, they believe the engineers will have the whole problem solved in 3 years, the engineers know they’re smoking crack.
reminds me of uber, who were likely sold the dream of a fleet of fully self driving cars within a few years, so they only had to deal with pesky "employees" for that long.
- Comment on Marvel Visual Effects Workers Unanimously Vote “Yes” to Unionize 1 year ago:
just in time for tentpole superhero films to flop, I guess. I wish they’d had this power 10 years ago tbf, but the second best time to plant a tree is now