BarbecueCowboy
@BarbecueCowboy@kbin.social
- Comment on How do I permanently get rid of this discolouration in my bathtub? (I have hard water) 6 months ago:
Bar Keeper's friend will get that out, I use it when things get especially grimy. I've used it on a similar tub before that was pretty gnarly with discoloration worse than that.
It is very abrasive though, be careful not to scrub so hard you damage it.
- Comment on What is the longest discontinuous marriage? 6 months ago:
With ancestry, yeah, that's going to suck and it's the bigger database, but with familysearch, you've got an API:
https://www.familysearch.org/developers/docs/api/resources
Not sure what your limits are.
- Comment on What is the longest discontinuous marriage? 6 months ago:
The data is mostly already there and publicly maintained. Ancestry/familysearch/etc should get us something interesting at least, data is a little bit light outside the us but someone would just need to go through it.
- Comment on Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption 6 months ago:
Only when it helps to keep the poors in their place.
- Comment on Why does the government of the USA stand by the country of Israel? 6 months ago:
Israel has been near 100% loyal to the US since the two countries became friends. That doesn't mean they're perfect obviously, but their support of the US is near flawless, even when they probably should have thought twice.
And then, on the other end, the government of Israel's key enemy is an organization that has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization by multiple countries including the EU.
From a political standpoint, there's no compelling reason to do more than lip service. Have to remember, politics doesn't care about people.
- Comment on Roku OS home screen is getting video ads for the first time 6 months ago:
https://electrek.co/guides/tabby-evo/
Bit out of date, but it's a framework to start with.
- Comment on RimWorld - Anomaly (DLC) Store page is up 8 months ago:
It's a shame, I was really pulling for 'RIBWORLD'
- Comment on Major western news outlets continue to manufacture consent for israel's Genocide 9 months ago:
Oh look everybody we got a repeat from this one of giving up and going home once it's pointed out that they've offered nothing!
Still not seeing any comments on the sources. How you feel about the hamas charter? Was women's suffrage where it all went wrong? Openly admitting to suicide bombings and other acts of terror and being proud of being a terrorist organization? Is that what the good guys do?
- Comment on Major western news outlets continue to manufacture consent for israel's Genocide 9 months ago:
Yeah the Allies fought against Hitler with violence because they wanted to kill all Germans and never achieve peace.
And the ANC too they didn’t want peace they just wanted genocide!There's the segue that no one cares about that I mentioned in my last reply.
Childish arguments.
And, there's the 'I give up and go home' statement I predicted in the last reply too. It was expected after any sources are presented.
- Comment on Major western news outlets continue to manufacture consent for israel's Genocide 9 months ago:
They have been open to peace and tried to negotiate peacefully far before October 7.
You're saying they want peace then describing them as a violent resistance. Those don't match up.
“khamas evil evil evil”
They're unapologetically and unashamedly a terrorist organization and describe themselves as such. You're the only one confused. They publicly claim responsibility for acts of terror like the below:
Hamas Suicide Bombings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_suicide_attacks#:~:text=A%202007%20study%20of%20Palestinian,PFLP)%20and%202.7%25%20by%20other
Hamas’s government is built upon israel never accepting any peaceful deal
Partially correct, but misleading, the charter that Hamas was founded on:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Hamas_charterHamas' government was built on a requirement for violent jihad and fantasizing about the death of all jews (it's specifically in the charter). The government charter specifically speaks against negotiating for peace. Notable extra callouts railing against equal rights for women, codifying them as exclusively 'homemakers' and 'child rearers'. A whole special section just to state that womens suffrage was something the west made up just to make them specifically look bad.
Your next comment should be something along the lines of "I give up on this, you're obviously not listening to this stuff I made up". Make sure to include a segue with an analogy comparing it to something else though.
- Comment on Major western news outlets continue to manufacture consent for israel's Genocide 9 months ago:
None of the single violent resistances...
It's hard line to tow, but if you are going to say they're open to peace, you got to stick to it.
If you believe all those people that were willing to risk their lives to stand up against oppression in the past were super nice and educated about the whole situation you’re in for a big treat.
The IRA and the ANC are not the nice guys you think they were which only targeted military and politicians. And don’t google what the Haitians did during their rebellion against slavery.No one is interested in bringing any of this into the conversation.
Hamas is very much on the lower end of civilian casualty rates for a resistance group.
This is where I have a problem, you're framing 'lower end of civilian casualty' as a good statistic to look at and a sign that one side is somehow 'noble'. People are trying really hard to frame it as a battle of good vs evil, where in reality it's just a battle of evil vs evil, but one side is dramatically less effective and has less resources. The wikipedia article on suicide bombings Hamas has claimed credit for isn't small and that's just covering one type of terrorism.
It's horrible for the Palestinian civilians, but Hamas has built their entire government on the idea of perpetual war and specifically not negotiating a solution. I hope I'm wrong, but I personally don't see a peaceful solution here where both sides are still around.
- Comment on Major western news outlets continue to manufacture consent for israel's Genocide 9 months ago:
This is a hard line to tow, this is not a conflict with a 'good guy'.
The Hamas charter that they were founded on is publicly accessible, anyone can read it. It directly calls for Jihad as the only answer, and directly say that negotiation is not an option. There is also a line referencing that judgement will not come until the Jews are killed. Israel is doing bad things but don't let that lead you to the conclusion that Hamas is okay. It's really rough.
- Comment on Mozilla CEO quits, org pivots, but what about Firefox? 9 months ago:
Not many and none that I can think of with deep pockets (besides google). I think the corporate world has almost completely piled on Chrome.
- Comment on How would fedi fans feel about a paid LinkedIn alternative on the fediverse? 9 months ago:
With charging for it, you're creating barriers to entry for a platform 90% of people treat as disposable anyways. How are you going to keep things running when the economy is in good shape / when less people are looking for new jobs and cancel their subscriptions?
- Comment on When Pi-hole is down? 9 months ago:
Seconding the request to share your work.
That is an amazing idea you've come up with that I never considered, but now I need it.
- Comment on When Pi-hole is down? 9 months ago:
I can back this up with experience.
I'm actively running two piholes for years now. About 2/3rds of my traffic does go to the primary and some seem to 'lock on' to using just one, but most devices will swap between the two at their leisure.
- Comment on Infinite Craft, an endless crafting game, is out. 9 months ago:
I don't know what it is, but I haven't laughed this hard in awhile.
If you combine Cthulhu with nearly anything, only Cthulhu remains, but if you combine Cthulhu with King Kong, you get Cthulhu Kong.
- Comment on Why'd they stopped making tv shows as good as x-files? 10 months ago:
Have you seen Fringe? It's a tv show from about a decade ago, very similar vibe to the X-files.
If you don't like that and combined with all the other stuff in this thread, then I think you might just not like TV as a medium anymore.
- Comment on will the fediverse stop existing?? 11 months ago:
Looking at the rest of the post history here, I'm almost positive this poster is just maybe a bit young.
- Comment on Windows 11 scores dead last in gaming performance tests against 3 Linux gaming distros 11 months ago:
Anyone have a good explanation on 'Frame Time'? This is the first time I've heard of this term and after some quick googling I feel like I'm not understanding why it's worth caring about.
- Comment on Soon, Google has even more leverage against adblockers - gHacks Tech News 11 months ago:
It's a spambot, just wants you to look at the image from hexbear, some weird meme they came up with. Wish we had a report user option, moderation and anti-spam is still a bit primitive.
- Comment on I have no access to a home printer, will a library or FedExOffice or UPS Store let me print via Bluetooth? 11 months ago:
The UPS here just gives you a computer to look at, it's not super secured or anything special here, if you can get it connected, you can print on it.
- Comment on Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024 11 months ago:
I know Firefox is the popular option here, but do we have any serious non-google managed Chromium based browser options out there that don't have some weird gimmick?
- Comment on why do some people really dislike google?? 1 year ago:
They did also kill hangouts... and pretty much every other messaging platform they've ever created, sometimes just for kicks. It might be incompetence as opposed to anything malicious there.
- Comment on “Netflix effect” is back as studios license old shows to competitors again 1 year ago:
You're being sarcastic, but I could go for a few more of those.
- Comment on TIL: Gabe Newell has a second hobby next to Valve 1 year ago:
I really think Gabe woke up one day and just decided he wanted to own the best of every vehicle.
I'd put good money on him having plans he's working on to some day own the fastest plane in the world.
- Comment on Diablo® IV is coming to Steam 1 year ago:
There's always the main story of Diablo, but for a lot of us, the real game, and the reason we kept coming back was to get those cooler items. It's what turns Diablo from a play once experience to a put 100s of hours into it experience for me, and now it's turned into a pay $30 experience which feels really bad.
- Comment on Diablo® IV is coming to Steam 1 year ago:
For me, I love the franchise and have really fond memories, but this one feels like a free to play game, but then they also want $70 for it. A game with a premium price point can be okay and a game with microtransactions can also be okay, but trying to be both is going to result in those of us who've been around awhile just taking a pass.
- Comment on Disabling Intel’s backdoors on modern laptops 1 year ago:
I asked our Intel guy about it once. After you've dealt with vendors and sales engineers for long enough, you start to learn to detect when they have no clue how one of their offerings work. I'm not sure that I've ever heard so many non-specific comments, meaningless buzzwords, and attempts to redirect the conversation.
I didn't get it even a little bit until I found an open source project based on Intel AMT, and that's apparently just a piece of ME.
- Comment on Are NUC hardware good for self hosting? 1 year ago:
Very similar, but usually dramatically cheaper... Look into the Lenovo Tiny line of PCs, you can get a used model with a surprising amount of power for a lot less than you'd see in a comparable NUC and in my experience, they're usually hardier machines.