Cevilia

@Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung to halt SATA SSD production, leaker warns of up to 18 months of SSD price pressure, worse than Micron ending consumer RAM⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Not everyone uses laptops

  I didn’t say that.

  Some of us selfhost, y’know

  I do too. But I’m pretty sure, while selfhosting may be common here on Lemmy, that it’s not entirely common amongst wider population?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung to halt SATA SSD production, leaker warns of up to 18 months of SSD price pressure, worse than Micron ending consumer RAM⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is non-news puffed up for engagement, isn’t it? Samsung doesn’t make IDE hard drives any more either.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judging by how many users on the internet telling Americans to "just move to another country lolz", people must think immigration laws are very lax or something... (it's not)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on your overall score. If you’re currently in the black, you’re a little closer to being able to buy plane and rail tickets. If you make it to the red list, you might even get “reduced administrative burdens” which I think is a euphemism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judging by how many users on the internet telling Americans to "just move to another country lolz", people must think immigration laws are very lax or something... (it's not)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  +1 social credit point to poto

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the longest, hardest fantasy rpg out there?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d toss .hack//IMOQ into the mix, such a grindy game and borderline impossible if you don’t over-level yourself, several allies, and your gear

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do you hate AI?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Because it’s everywhere and I’m tired of people trying to make me try it.

  The Slop Sketch (with apologies to Monty Python)

  Scene: A cafe. One table is occupied by a group of Vikings with horned helmets on. A man and his wife enter. Man (Eric Idle): You sit here, dear. Wife (Graham Chapman in drag): All right. Man (to Waitress): Morning! Waitress (Terry Jones, in drag as a bit of a rat-bag): Morning! Man: Well, what’ve you got? Waitress: Well, there’s egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and slop; egg bacon and slop; egg bacon sausage and slop; slop bacon sausage and slop; slop egg slop slop bacon and slop; slop sausage slop slop bacon slop tomato and slop; Vikings (starting to chant): Slop slop slop slop… Waitress: …slop slop slop egg and slop; slop slop slop slop slop slop baked beans slop slop slop… Vikings (singing): Lovely slop! Lovely slop! Waitress: …or Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines, garnished with truffle pâté, brandy and a fried egg on top and slop. Wife: Have you got anything without slop? Waitress: Well, there’s slop egg sausage and slop, that’s not got much slop in it. Wife: I don’t want ANY slop! Man: Why can’t she have egg bacon slop and sausage? Wife: THAT’S got slop in it! Man: Hasn’t got as much slop in it as slop egg sausage and slop, has it? Vikings: Slop slop slop slop (crescendo through next few lines) Wife: Could you do the egg bacon slop and sausage without the slop then? Waitress: Urgghh! Wife: What do you mean ‘Urgghh’? I don’t like slop! Vikings: Lovely slop! Wonderful slop! Waitress: Shut up! Vikings: Lovely slop! Wonderful slop! Waitress: Shut up! (Vikings stop) Bloody Vikings! You can’t have egg bacon slop and sausage without the slop. Wife (shrieks): I don’t like slop! Man: Sshh, dear, don’t cause a fuss. I’ll have your slop. I love it. I’m having slop slop slop slop slop slop slop baked beans slop slop slop and slop! Vikings (singing): Slop slop slop slop. Lovely slop! Wonderful slop! Waitress: Shut up!! Baked beans are off. Man: Well could I have her slop instead of the baked beans then? Waitress: You mean slop slop slop slop slop slop… (but it is too late and the Vikings drown her words) Vikings: (singing elaborately) Slop slop slop slop. Lovely slop! Wonderful slop! Slop slo-o-o-o-o-op slop slo-o-o-o-o-op slop. Lovely slop! Lovely slop! Lovely slop! Lovely slop! Lovely slop! Slop, slop, slop, SLOOOOOOOOOOOP!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why is fossil fuel still used?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I never claimed anything of the sort.

  I stated that the fossil fuel companies are breathtakingly rich and willing to share that wealth with politicians in return for policy decisions that favour fossil fuel companies.

  You stated that I was completely wrong.

  You now appear to be shifting the goalposts as if you claimed I am merely missing the point as opposed to being completely wrong, so I’m done here. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you a market or supermarket enthusiast?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, I kinda like both? Supermarkets for resiliency and the benefits of scale. Markets for the kind of stuff you probably wouldn’t find in a supermarket and the benefits of a broader marketplace.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why is fossil fuel still used?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Completely wrong? Let me test my understanding. You’re claiming that fossil fuel companies are not breathtakingly rich and willing to share that wealth with politicians in return for policy decisions that favour fossil fuel companies?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can we stop bots on the fediverse?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Only insofar as instance mods are already “centralised control of the Fediverse”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why is fossil fuel still used?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Because the fossil fuel companies are breathtakingly rich and willing to share that wealth with politicians in return for policy decisions that favour fossil fuel companies.

  See also “lobbying”, “bribery”, and “corruption”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨should I go back to my old job now that several people, some of them more knowledgeable than me have told me they don't understand my decision to quit it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve worked for the same company for about twenty years. I’m still rank and file because I’ve repeatedly turned down supervisory roles. Like in your situation, the pay for the more stressful job isn’t much better and comes with a lot more responsibility.

  Instead, I negotiated to get myself off the rota system and onto fixed hours. I am the only member of staff outside of upper management who’s on fixed hours. Literally everyone else works shifts. Middle management don’t like that, but I consistently perform well on whatever plausible metrics they dream up, I’m generally well-liked, also they can’t get rid of me because I know where the bodies are buried*.

  In summary: I believe you’ve made the right choice, because I made a similar one. But it’s not my choice. The choice is yours alone.

  *this is a metaphor for institutional knowledge, as far as I know there are no bodies buried in the old trolley shed behind the Inpost locker

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is gold investing a scam?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  NFCs, bitcoins, silver, gold, whatever. If the only way people can cash out is to get someone to buy what they’re selling, there’s always going to be an element of grift to it. It’s just some are more grifty than others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Given how often memes are reposted: There should probably another vote option like a "Hey, I've seen this before!" vote button beside the upvote and downvote options.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Downvotes aren’t even a thing on my instance. We only have the upvote button. I like it that way tbh :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Overly simplistic example:

  • You have clothes. You need food.

  • I have food. I don’t need clothes, but I do need water.

  • Someone else has water. They need clothes.

  We could do a complicated multi-party barter. But rather than set one of those up for every single necessity of life, there is some universal item that everyone’s willing to trade for. But, unlike items which have intrinsic value such as gold, we use a token whose only purpose is to be that universal item. We call that “money”. Because everyone is willing to trade what they have for some amount of money, so we can each get money for the things we have too much of, and then trade that money for the things we need.

  Again, this is overly simplistic and missing a hell of a lot of nuance. But that’s how money works in the most basic possible terms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to answer someone who accuses you of being a bot because they don't like what you have to say?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same way I respond when someone accuses me of not being my own fucking gender: by going to their profile and clicking the block button, because life’s too short for me to shovel their insecure shit. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate how inescapable politics are on Lemmy, but ya know, at least nobody's constantly asking how I wipe my butt or pick up my dog's poop then completely ignoring me when I try to answer.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Filters are your friends. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it normal to be really sentimental/upset over a bowl I accidentally smashed? I had it since I was 17 (am 30 now) and my boyfriend was alive back then too.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry to hear that. Sod cancer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Corvid-19⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never liked this meme. You train your cute little Machop to grow stronger, to take care of itself and to take care of you. You cuddle it at night because, no matter what else it is, it’s your pet, and you love it. But it trains so well it freakin’ evolves, and its reward is supposed to be… checks notes withdrawing your affection and closeness? Nah, fuck that with a rusty spatula.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Who or what is a a16z?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do people who have bad relationship with their parents care about "insults" like "I fucked your mom last night"? Or do you just not care?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Insults like that can be replaced with the words “I am trying to upset you” in the same way any line delivered by Brian Blessed can be replaced with the words “Did someone order a LARGE HAM?” so… no, not really.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Black Friday, more like buy stupid shit day.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here in the UK, retailers have been pretending Black Friday has always been a thing. In reality it only arrived here a few years ago. The first year, it was crazy. The second year, it was underwhelming. A few years on, we have Black Friday Week which actually lasts two weeks (this week and next). Internally we call it Black Friday Month, which should give you some idea of the eventual endgame.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG survey: "My thoughts about games are connected to GOG, especially when it happens automatically."⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s shit like this that gives me feedback fatigue

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Japanese only has 46 letters? So we’re completely ignoring the existence of Kanji?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people make such a big deal over ages of someone's account on here?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because gatekeeping arseholes gonna gatekeep, I guess?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you wake up, how long does it take for your brain's "OS" to "resume from hibernation"?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I usually don’t even realise I’ve fallen asleep. It’s just, one minute I’m lying down with my eyes closed, the next the quiet chimes of my alarm reach me and I’ve fast travelled nine or ten hours into the future, y’know? I get out of bed and carry on with whatever I was doing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ser, this is a Wendy’s

  /j

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unremovable Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on Galaxy Series Devices⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When my Graphene’d Pixel 7 goes out of support I’m switching to something Linux based even if I have to get a Raspberry Pi and a case and carry around a brick. My handbag’s big enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unremovable Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on Galaxy Series Devices⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There can be more than one bad guy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Fed-iverse" can be rephrased as "Fe-diverse", which suits Lemmy more.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought we were the United Federation of Planets Shitposts?