rbos
@rbos@lemmy.ca
Canadian, sysadmin, trans rights are human rights, puncha-the-nazis, cats are pretty great, GNU Terry Pratchett.
- Comment on I am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in? 4 days ago:
Oh, I think I just replied to the wrong comment by accident. My bad.
- Comment on I am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in? 5 days ago:
You’d be surprised how common it is to put toilet paper in provided bins instead of flushing! Lots of places in eastern Europe and South America, in my experience.
- Comment on Happy 3.14 Day 1 week ago:
If you don’t want to make a universe, store-bought is fine.
- Comment on I don't have money to pay premium to not see ads. What in the world makes you think that I have money to buy what you are advertising me? 1 week ago:
It is because it works that I spend so much time trying to block them. I don’t need them trying to manipulate me, gaslight me, or try to convince me I need shit I don’t want.
It’s incredibly toxic.
- Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing 1 week ago:
The torment nexus is very profitable.
- Comment on Stereotyping is wrong. 4 weeks ago:
Saaaame. Dude would 100% support loading me into a train to the camps in the right circumstances.
- Comment on K.I.S.S. 4 weeks ago:
The mob boss: it’s not how you kill, it’s who you kill.
Like that old joke about the technician. $5 for the hammer. $1995 for knowing what to hit.
- Comment on What's "email"? 4 weeks ago:
Tally sticks, I believe.
- Comment on Those differences that are rooted deep in our DNA 4 weeks ago:
I got a coupla these a while back. Very comfy. www.bn3th.ca
Little bit of maplewashing going on there but hey.
- Comment on Every 1 in ~200 dollars of wealth of the US population is owned by one person 4 weeks ago:
GDP is a yearly figure, not cumulative, so it could still work.
I agree that it sounds much too low.
- Comment on Bean thinking of you, Lemmy 5 weeks ago:
That’s definitely it. And it’s pretty self-aware, I think.
- Comment on Russia is using DNS and DPI to block YouTube, Telegram and WhatsApp while pushing state-controlled MAX as alternative 5 weeks ago:
Supposedly this is wreaking some havoc among their military, which uses WhatsApp extensively for logistics.
- Comment on Adulting is hard 5 weeks ago:
Like, how many elderly men can’t do laundry?
- Comment on I have a rasberry pi 5 collecting dust, what are some neat useful things i can do with it? 5 weeks ago:
I’m told that trying a cloth around the neck of a molotov cocktail is as effective and much safer. It will break and ignite as easily.
- Comment on Veganuary 1 month ago:
Your body adapts. It’s mainly down to your gut microbiome being able to handle it.
- Comment on Veganuary 1 month ago:
Could possibly buy or make garlic infused salt, then mix the two.
- Comment on Veganuary 1 month ago:
Tempeh and nutritional yeast are a good start there, but you may need supplements, yes.
- Comment on YSK You can buy a @linux.com domain for email flex 1 month ago:
Hmm… i briefly wrote a column (it was … pretty bad) for Linux.com when it was an online magazine in like 1998, i think. I wonder if the address they gave me still works.
Probably not. Heh.
- Comment on Form over function 1 month ago:
Can’t tell if serious or not…
- Comment on What kind of stupid rule is that? 1 month ago:
Yeah, we go to Spaghetti Factory (Canada) and fill up on bread and just tip the main course directly into leftovers containers sometimes.
- Comment on Super mario world ghost house theme. 1 month ago:
THX
- Comment on How far do you wear your daily shoes out before bothering to replace them? 2 months ago:
I wear leather boots, ankle high. The shoe store fixes em when the bottom wears out. Had em 11 years and they’re still fairly pristine. Just gotta oil em every winter. Probably should do that more often.
It was $600 and $50 or so every couple years. Figure I’ve gotten it amortized down.
- Comment on AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow 2 months ago:
I miss boibgboing. Never been able to get into it since they paywalled commenting.
- Comment on I really begin to love the natural look of phals if you just let them be [Orchids] 2 months ago:
We did pick it up from a fancier florist, so it wasn’t a $10 supermarket special. That probably doesn’t change your point, though, god knows what its parentage is.
We give it the sunniest spot in the house already (south-facing window, with morning light up til about 1pm because winter), and it’s filtered through a double-pane insulated window, and it’s winter during the doldrums of the year, so it’s probably the lowest light it’ll get through the year.
The temperature thing is a good point. Maybe I just crack the window a bit so it gets some cold? It drops to about 5C right now.
I’ll get some pictures if I think about it when I’m home later. =p It has been throwing off a bunch of roots and the leaves are pretty healthy-looking.
- Comment on I really begin to love the natural look of phals if you just let them be [Orchids] 2 months ago:
I’ve got one of those that never blooms, but it’s a beautiful bit of green. I assume there’s some pH or nutrient reason.
- Comment on The singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticing 2 months ago:
‘You’ has a similar ambiguity, being a plural word originally, but most people muddle through that.
I do think we should bring back thee/thy/thou as singular, but whatever.
- Comment on Oh nooooooo 2 months ago:
Spiderbro does an important job eating the more annoying bugs.
- Comment on Has Canada's government done anything concrete to reduce dependence on the US since Trump took office? Maybe even since the first term? 2 months ago:
Unfortunately i think this is a case of ‘nice doggy’. Trump needs constant sucking up or he goes apeshit. Words are cheap, and we need time to adapt and replace the USA.
- Comment on Logitech caused its mice to freak out by not renewing a certificate 2 months ago:
Keychron doesn’t appear to be US based so that’s good… are they UK? Sources disagree.
- Comment on 3.5" floppy disks were peak tactile feedback in storage: easy to stick in, drives had a button to immediately eject them, big enough to get labels, thin enough that stacks didn't take too much space 2 months ago:
I had a cool little leather wallet that held 2 3.5" disks. Felt like a pro every time i flipped it open.