Phantom_Engineer

@Phantom_Engineer@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i truly believe that there's an open war between Humanity vs. Advertisers and their allies.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Meh, the advertisers are the ally, not the other way around. Still, a good point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows Is Adding AI Agents That Can Change Your Settings⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m in a similar situation, though I’ve already got a dual boot set up so it’s just a matter of only using Windows when I just absolutely have to.

  Earlier today, I tried to zip a directory on Windows 11 with the context menu, and it wouldn’t do it! It’s a feature that’s been in Windows forever and is even in Ubuntu, but somehow over at Microsoft they’ve managed to break it. Incredible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ghibli posting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “I’m sorry Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it better to leave a country, or stay behind to fight for it? And what about the ethics of fleeing instead of staying behind?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have thought about emigrating after I get my bachelor’s, but I don’t think I will.

  My family has been here for generations. Why should I have to leave when the reactionaries are the ones that suck? Besides, where would I go? Ultimately, nowhere can guarantee safety from the rise of authoritarianism and climate change.

  Canada and Scandinavia will probably weather climate change alright, but they’ll have instability on their doorstep, especially if mass migration becomes a thing. Iceland? New Zealand? Switzerland? Probably all decent choices, to be honest.

  I could also become a mountain man out a remote northern wilderness, living as self-sufficiently as possible while working remotely via satellite internet. Or, I could stay where I am and try and do as much good as possible, whatever that looks like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Five, but I want the 0.9mm and not the 0.7.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord going public. Plz help a future refugee.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The main benefit I remember from jumping to Discord from IRC back in the day was the ability to easily see past messages. That said, I’m not sure if that’s a problem anymore on IRC since I haven’t used it in ages. Even then, I don’t think it would be too terribly difficult to whip up a self-hostable fediverse competitor to Discord. It would essentially be IRC++.

  It’s probably more of a critical mass issue, though not near the level of Reddit vs Lemmy or Twitter vs Bluesky vs Mastodon. Every Discord server is essentially a walled garden. A Discord server doesn’t hold much advantage over a Slack server, GroupMe, Teams, or IRC. For that reason, it would be a lot easier to move individual communities over.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨when all else fails⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It probably would’ve worked, too, especially if he could’ve put things off until Trump’s return to power.