bobs_monkey

@bobs_monkey@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oof⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I really wish we would make it a crime to spin narratives in bad faith.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A family of 5 downsized to a one-bedroom apartment to escape feeling 'house poor.' Saving money hasn't been the only benefit.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Gotta love that many of these supposed “feel good stories” written to goad the masses into living like serfs live to conveniently gloss over the fact that the story subjects just so happen to have a house to rent out. Cheap attempts at population programming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We gonna fight⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh deer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We gonna fight⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  One thing I’ve always wondered, who/what decides their hierarchy?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Heheheh my secret door of secret knowledge⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Electrican here, it’s even worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Basically cheering on young pretty gals into sleeping with old crusty conservative men for the good of humanity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨guys what the heck theyre putting micro chips in the cheese and using blockchains to track the micro chips⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But I only had two marijuanas, I was told that was ok by the cool guy on the corner.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does Netflix, HBO and other services get their subtitles? Are they now using AI to help translate?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Of all the big services, Netflix subtitles are notoriously bad though. Like missing entire sentences or just flat out wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Again, that was the style and not the exact ones we had, but yeah they were all fixed position, however ours weren’t too bad. I dunno, I don’t remember anyone complaining much, I was on the taller side of my peers and fit fine while I recall even the smaller kids were alright too. Id wager a big reason they were chosen was so kids couldn’t balance on the back legs, fall back and crack dome. They were great for cracking your back!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not even that, but they are simple and repairable. I remember we had these sleigh-style desks (same idea except the seat was one-piece molded plastic) that were a total of four parts (two rails, the seat and the desk top) aside from bolts/hardware, and they had a graveyard of parts to replace pieces as needed. And those desk were tough as all hell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X blocks 8,000 accounts in India under government order⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So that’s why him, Zuck, and their ilk are the way they are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Today, The Document Foundation is releasing LibreOffice 24.8.7. Our goal is to offer citizens, businesses and governments from around the world quality and free software⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  OO is fantastic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AMERICAN POPE LETS GO⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The Donner Party says hello between bites

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨rawdogging it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Meh, close enough, same spirit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨rawdogging it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That actually sounds rather pleasant, minus the book. Air travel is great for books.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI and the FDA Are Holding Talks About Using AI In Drug Evaluation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t care though, if anything it’s more money for the medical profit machine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The clueless people are out there among us⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The on/off switch always struck me as odd. Like, in a recessed plug such as this where the male prongs have a bit of insulation to them, are they really that worried about a tiny arc that might occur when someone forgets to turn off the device? Like it would make more sense to have a limit switch built into the socket that activates on insertion and deactivates on removal. And even then, with our caveman sockets in the US, a small arc isn’t the end of the world, you just know not to have your fingers near the shiny bits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What American small talk sounds like to European 🇪🇺⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  American dude here, right there with you. Just some of these conversations you overhear from girls in their 20s or even 30s is mind numbing, and they can keep going until the sun comes up. And they’re loud.

  My wife and I saw Dead and Co last year at the sphere in Vegas, and there were these two women behind us that wouldn’t shut up the entire show, just talking like you’d envision two teenagers gossiping out their asses.

  I think a lot of it just comes from a complete lack of social awareness, and if they’re the slightest bit pretty, they’ve likely never been checked for being rude or obnoxious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are people supposed to have secure/private communications in the digital era?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah I’m with you. It’s just unbelievably lame that we have to be careful about seeking help for the possibility of having it used against us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are people supposed to have secure/private communications in the digital era?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll be honest, you’ve just justified a years long paranoia regarding doctors and therapists I’ve had. The likelihood of me being a target for anything is extremely low, but that fact that any goon in the government can get access to medical records and (even worse) therapy records that can be used against you for whatever purpose they deem necessary is unsettling. I’ve always been leery about letting on what’s going on in my mind, and this kinda just confirms it.

  Luckily I haven’t needed to go to a doctor outside of urgent care for simple stuff in a very long time, but I’m also reaching the age where I need to start paying attention, so off to Mexico I go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The fact that even 3D games are old now blows my mind on a regular basis.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It still bugs me that your life count reset to 4 if you turned off the console.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The fact that even 3D games are old now blows my mind on a regular basis.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. The 90s will always be 10 years ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Becoming a Subversive,⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My anus is bleeding

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More Americans are financing groceries with buy now, pay later loans — and more are paying those bills late, survey says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some people don’t have the option, and end up relying on these services. It’s similar to the payday loan trap. Being poor is expensive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More Americans are financing groceries with buy now, pay later loans — and more are paying those bills late, survey says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not exactly. Card benefits come directly from fees charged to merchants, which is why processing fees vary wildly from card to card and the merchant has no clue what their fees are going to be per transaction (though this is starting to change with services like Stripe charging a flat percentage+ transaction fee). Interest and the like are pure profit for CC companies. You as the cardholder receive the benefits even if you carry a balance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BK's new promotion is frozen water⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Shit ice goes for $5-6 a bag here, that’d be a heck of a deal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is so strange! Usually, they wait 15 days to elect a new Pope. We could be seeing history in the making.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And the pope makes the two point conversion!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keir Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 says⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t be surprising at this point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bullshit, they’re building a database to track all of us, and then some janky “AI” program will determine who’s worthy of staying alive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. House Panel Says China's DeepSeek AI Is a 'Profound Threat' to National Security⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  "Open"AI