PineRune
@PineRune@lemmy.world
- Comment on Drop your unpopular opinions here because c/unpopularopinions is filled with popular opinions 1 week ago:
As someone who has enough interest in etymology to understand the thorn character, it feels weirdly natural to actually read modern English that uses it. Count me as part of the pro-“bring Þ and/or ð back to the English language” group.
That said, it’s not practical to use it at this point because most people would freak out and get upset when they see anything they don’t understand, and most people (at least in the U.S.) can barely read at a level comparable to younger children.
- Comment on Absolutely 2 weeks ago:
I can drive for 10 hours in one direction and not leave my U.S. state. I’m not even close to the border to another state either.
- Comment on Absolutely 2 weeks ago:
Wikipedia defines it as:
an area within a metropolitan area which is predominantly residential and within commuting distance of a large city.
I’d say it’s a very fit definition of where I’m at. Most people commute to the metropolitan areas which are mostly manufacturing, and can reliably commute to the nearest city by car.
- Comment on Absolutely 2 weeks ago:
I’m about an hour out from the nearest city, in a suburban area. I’m closer to the boonies than anything like New York City or Chicago.
- Comment on Absolutely 2 weeks ago:
The local joints around me you can get a big burger, a big glass of beer, and a big side of fries for $15, maybe $20 tops. Whoever is buying just the burger for $25 is getting ripped off.
- Comment on No one could have seen this coming 3 weeks ago:
For prepackaged and bulk it would work good, but I’m not buying fresh produce sight unseen.
- Comment on No one could have seen this coming 3 weeks ago:
Stores will turn into warehouses.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
It’s all about driving metrics now. If people need to click on/select a movie to see more about it then that adds numbers to page views and increases time spent in the app. They can also see who and how many do or don’t watch a movie after clicking on it to further drive their algorithms.
- Comment on Refer to the chart 5 weeks ago:
Swedish Chef as Tom Bombadil is perfect!
- Comment on Refer to the chart 5 weeks ago:
The Lord of the Rings, but Gandalf is the only human actor and everyone else are Muppets.
- Comment on I took this today in San Francisco 5 weeks ago:
- Tells people to stop hiring humans
- Markets AI to look like a human
- Comment on you're not gonna believe this! 1 month ago:
Password managers are great until you forget the password to the password manager. That’s why you use a second password manager to backup the password for your first password manager. Just don’t forget the password to that one too.
- Comment on Email came out of nowhere 2 months ago:
Please explain how knowing about the Elder Futhark is defending Nazis?
- Comment on Email came out of nowhere 2 months ago:
No I understand that. The S rune on its own has its place in cultural history with all the other Runes, while putting two of them next to each other can only be seen as a Nazi symbol, much like the Swastika. In the modern practice of Heathenry and Paganism (which I practice) it is a very important distinction because the Nazis appropriated so much from European history for their symbolism. For example, the Swastika is the symbol for the Sunwheel, but I outright refuse to use it for anything because fuck Nazis. You can find it in ancient Buddhist temples that long predate Nazi Germany, and it has its own separate meaning for them, but for 99% of people it screams Nazi.
Another lesser known symbol appropriated by Nazis is the “Winged Othala” symbol. The regular Othala Rune is one thing, but adding those little “Wings” on the bottom makes it 100% a Nazi symbol.
I guess one of the points I’m trying to make is to know what is and isn’t some Nazi bs, and that some of those symbols are irredeemable after such strong Nazi usage, but others are just simply mistaken for Nazi symbols when they aren’t. I specifically avoid using anything in my religious practice that has Nazi association, and am ready to explain anything else that people might mistake otherwise.
- Comment on Email came out of nowhere 2 months ago:
I’m not disagreeing with that, but to say the Nazi shite invented runes is wrong. I thought it was pretty well known that the Nazis appropriated many of their symbols from historical findings.
- Comment on Email came out of nowhere 2 months ago:
The Elder Futhark predates Nazi Germany by well over 1,000 years. Wikipedia says it was used between the 2nd to 8th centuries.
- Comment on Very normal and safe 2 months ago:
Keep in mind that if you allow a user to make this mistake, people will DEFINITELY make this mistake. A lot.
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 3 months ago:
Yes. I couldn’t get any video streaming app to play. I don’t think you could even download them from the Nintendo Store, but I’d have to double check.
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 3 months ago:
I was pretty disappointed after getting a Switch 2 when I found out that Nintendo had blocked all video streaming apps on it. Even apps like Pokemon TV, which had transferred from my Switch 1 during account migration, were blocked from opening despite being downloaded on the device.
- Comment on What gaming console you owned disappointed you the most and why ? 3 months ago:
Every so often I get reminded of the Ouya. I still have mine from the Kickstarter somewhere. It was good in concept, and I even saw posts of it being sold in major retailers like Target, but it just fizzled out far too fast.
- Comment on What's the deal with AI datacenters using water for cooling? 3 months ago:
more expensive
That’s the real reason right there.
- Comment on Missed call 3 months ago:
I’m still getting about 5-10 per day. They’re all spoofed numbers with different area codes and the same or similar AI recorded voice lines.
- Comment on It will probably taste better than usual 3 months ago:
Just peel it and call it good.
- Comment on Glorious cracked out wall kitten returns with more wisdom for the masses. 5 months ago:
You back into a parking spot so it’s easier to leave. I back into a parking spot because I’m paranoid of people tracking my plates. We are not the same.
- Comment on Day 576 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 6 months ago:
Morrowind is probably one of my favorites, but it definitely has not aged well. Going the mage route with custom spells can absolutely make you overpowered though. A single Damage Strength spell can cripple most enemies, as they become over encumbered by their few items in inventory.
- Comment on Alabama is forcing incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. Unionizing is illegal. The state takes 40% of wages. 6 months ago:
“Congrats you just got more time!” - the
slaversprisons when you aren’t a perfectslaveprisoner. - Comment on Real Struggle 😔 6 months ago:
They don’t make that kind of money by being smart. They make it by screwing over everyone else for profit.
- Comment on Exploding 🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴🌳 6 months ago:
This is exactly what came to mind for me as well! My second grade teacher read this and Hatchet to us. I remember him trying to figure out if it was from stray bullets from a hunter’s gun or what was going on.
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Myself, I quit Facebook a long time ago, but when trying to recover my account to save my old pictures the website required me to upload a photo of my driver’s license for account verification. I said screw that and have let my account sit idle ever since. I’m not sure if it will get deleted after so much time, but my mom used to tell me how a bunch of people were still posting birthday wishes on my old page long after I stopped using it.
I would recommend looking into other ways to contact him. You could also do some digging and look up their name to see if you find them on any public records. If they really did pass on you would likely find an obituary online, or possibly they are in jail (also public records). I would think they just quit social media, like in my case, and you might need to search through common acquaintances.
- Comment on World's Best-selling Video Game Consoles 7 months ago:
I think the big difference is the older generation of gaming didn’t have to compete with every kid having a tablet they could just play games on.