meyotch
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- Comment on Online ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution. 3 days ago:
This crew also confuses homosexuals with pedophiles, so be careful on Grindr, k?
- Comment on LILYGO's T-Deck Pro Is a LoRa- and 4G-Capable Smartphone-Like All-In-One ePaper Dev System 5 days ago:
ESP32 can be extremely power efficient but it is a lot of work to throttle them down and get the various sleep modes working right
- Comment on What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase. 5 days ago:
It took the DOT over 20 years to migrate their port of entry truck tracking system from COBOL to Oracle (god help them). That system is much simpler than social security.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
Does anyone notice that OP and his personal assistant won’t engage with the well written comments on this post? Only the snarky or non-substantive comments get their attention.
I’m starting to think this question may not be asked in good faith.
Shocked, I tell you, that kind of behavior in this day and age.
- Comment on Short attention span 1 week ago:
There is actually some neuroscience behind this one. The act of hand writing activate more areas of the brain than typing the same info.
This is a popular press article covering some of these studies.
- Comment on Do you think Social Media is just exaggerated as being placed of being the source of all problems? 1 week ago:
The internet is a firehose pumped from the septic tank of the human psyche.
If it is a general feature of enough human minds, it ends up there.
So, be better, I guess?
- Comment on your brain on day 3 of planing a magnetic loop antenna 1 week ago:
IYKYK
It’s a very lonely life having the most frenetic genetic tendencies of a terrier, a ferret and a pack rat. But the rush I get when I stumble upon obscure technological treasures? It makes it all worthwhile.
- Comment on Why can’t HVAC be made smarter? 2 weeks ago:
There are experiencing hysteresis!
- Comment on Alphabet spins off Starlink competitor Taara 2 weeks ago:
Did you read the article? This is a ground based system.
- Comment on Is there anything the internet can't do? 3 weeks ago:
No one spread a butthole before the internet? A bold claim, but I think you own the idea due to lack of prior documentation.
- Comment on Is there anything the internet can't do? 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Is there anything the internet can't do? 3 weeks ago:
correct, a complex system of information sharing devices is way too busy for that
- Comment on Is there anything the internet can't do? 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Is there anything the internet can't do? 3 weeks ago:
can’t.
- Comment on Is there anything the internet can't do? 3 weeks ago:
That’s the spirit!
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world | 20 comments
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Easy access to copious quantities of high production value porn in later generations.
You grow up wanking to clean shaven actors and that’s what you end up wanting in real life.
That’s my theory.
- Comment on Does it make sense to buy a lifetime supply of honey? 4 weeks ago:
As a kid we had a neighbor that ran a bee-brothel and had hives all over the region. Since his hives would just sit on un-used corners of farmland, he would offer some honey annually as ‘rent’. (He was also generous with his boat so a couple waterskiing trips were also on the table).
We (2 parents, 4 kids) would get a 5 gallon can of honey every other year or so.
That has been over 45 years now and my father is still working through that supply. We put it in sealed mason jars and it has remained good all this time.
- Comment on dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US? 4 weeks ago:
Minority parties have a great deal of procedural power and with such a narrow minority, even a few defections from the other party can swing a vote.
Politics is theater and it is breathtakingly stupid to just lay down and let them do whatever they want without using the power at their disposal.
- Comment on dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US? 4 weeks ago:
That is factually untrue. They did not get voted out everywhere and it is somewhat silly to say so.
House: R- 218, D- 215 Senate: R- 53, D- 47
That is what I call a fair fight.
Your position is indefensible.
- Comment on dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US? 4 weeks ago:
The traditional conservatives are suspiciously quiet right now, so I count them as fully complicit.
- Comment on Big Tech Wants You Trapped. The Open Web Sets You Free 4 weeks ago:
It will be me. You have freedom of speech. I am also free to ignore, mock or ostracize you if you spout hateful nonsense near me.
- Comment on I'm Tired of Pretending Tech is Making the World Better 4 weeks ago:
I think a clear distinction to make might be:
“Tech” as used in this sense is the industrial complex around mobile and web technologies dominated by a few players who might just be evil.
“Technology” is, of course, everything you mentioned and more. A rock that fits nicely in your hand becomes technology when used to crack a coconut.
It’s a weird linguistic murkiness, isn’t it?
- Comment on Nobody Wants a Nazi Electric Car 4 weeks ago:
“I think that’s a good idea.”
“You do? Then we’ll make it work.”
Sick burn
- Comment on Big Tech Wants You Trapped. The Open Web Sets You Free 4 weeks ago:
What! My outie loves Severance.
I can’t locate this community using search on the term ‘severance’.
Do you mind sharing the instance and community name?
Praise Kier!
- Comment on Big Tech Wants You Trapped. The Open Web Sets You Free 4 weeks ago:
Hard agree! I do think fediverse platforms are perfect for public entities to disseminate information.
I’m US based so my example is say a county. They already have the IT infrastructure and staff. Make an instance for the county and a community for each department.
The road department can post road closures and upcoming traffic diversions. The parks department can promote events, etc.
These type of instances can just disable comments. They are read-only so moderation is not needed.
It’s trivial from a resource perspective and even easier than updating a website.
- Comment on Big Tech Wants You Trapped. The Open Web Sets You Free 4 weeks ago:
It is a feature, not a problem.
I have, like, this whole rich life offline. My curated list of instances and communities (plus my user block list) is just my entertainment and a small portion of my day.
You may not believe this but I have numerous thoughts, activities and interactions that never leave a trace online. I have no obligation to drink from the firehose that is being pumped from the septic tank of the human psyche.
- Comment on tetrapods 4 weeks ago:
I see them and I hear the music from Katamari Damacy.
- Comment on He thinks they'll just GIVE him money? 4 weeks ago:
I was fast. Maybe too fast. Can anyone give me a ride to the airport?
- Comment on Why do i see so many americans obsessed with the concept of "this is a thing that [Ethnicity] does" 5 weeks ago:
Some people do think that way and we generally use the word ‘stupid’ to describe their behavior.
Some people act that way but don’t really believe it because for some reason it has become cool to be ’edgy’.
