Onomatopoeia
@Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
- Comment on LG's new subscription program charges up to £277 per month to rent a TV 1 day ago:
Right?
I think the last TV I bought was 5 years ago, a 65", 4k, for about $650.
And I didn’t shop, I was tired and sick, just needed a replacement and didn’t care.
- Comment on Is it normal that you feel very shaky as soon as you start to get hungry? 1 day ago:
There are two conditions that can cause this: diabetes and hypoglycemia (which isn’t really a diagnosable condition, as we don’t yet know enough about it).
Go see a doc just to be sure.
Bit of background, because most people don’t understand: Type I diabetes is an autoimmune disease, Type II is a reaction to dietary conditions.
- Comment on Missing Kansas teacher found dead in snow after vanishing during massive winter storm 2 days ago:
To your point:
Rauber was reported missing early Saturday after leaving the Town Royal bar on foot without her purse, phone or a jacket.
- Comment on Breaking Bitlocker - Bypassing the Windows Disk Encryption 4 days ago:
Why would anyone use the “transparent” mode? Seems rather pointless.
- Comment on No legit unmoderated space 5 days ago:
But you said “I’ve not got a job”.
Which is it?
Maybe you can see why you’re hard to follow
- Comment on The Bots That Women Use in a World of Unsatisfying Men 1 week ago:
Imagine the shit storm had a man said something similar.
- Comment on Randezvous 📅 1 week ago:
Which romance languages, at that! They’re all different! Haha
- Comment on Randezvous 📅 1 week ago:
Hahaha, that’s pretty good!
- Comment on Randezvous 📅 1 week ago:
It had its own logic before the inanity of French came in during the Norman Invasion
- Comment on IF NO HEN 2 weeks ago:
No, it doesn’t. I couldn’t figure it out, though I knew what it was going for.
- Comment on IF NO HEN 2 weeks ago:
I would’ve never figured that out. Thanks
- Comment on Does smelling your food while you cook it make it taste bland? 3 weeks ago:
Get in line!
- Comment on My secret reason for loving Criterion Collection dvds/bluray 3 weeks ago:
And this is why I rip and stream from my own (Jellyfin) server. None of that nonsense, direct to the video.
- Comment on My life has been way better since I started keeping a cursory view of headlines once a day 4 weeks ago:
Forty years ago you still had the daily paper and the Sunday paper.
Even then you only needed the Sunday.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
They do?
Seems an idd take considering the videogame market is so massive.
Wonder who’s buying all those games?
- Comment on Touch Screens Are Over. Even Apple Is Bringing Back Buttons. 5 weeks ago:
I want buttons on my phone too.
- Comment on Can anyone recommend a logging blood pressure cuff that doesn't require an app or account? 5 weeks ago:
I’d you’re in a hurry messing BP, it’s not going to be a good measure. Just a thought
- Comment on Microsoft Will Be Ending Support For This Popular Software In October 2026 - SlashGear 5 weeks ago:
They didn’t make Publisher, it had been around for a few years before they acquired it.
At the time (early 90’s), DTP was growing, fast. Publisher was stupid cheap compared to Aldus and Quark and could do all the day-to-day stuff for a fraction of the cost (and faster).
I was using all 3 at the time, and my go-to was Publisher as it was easier, and way faster on the hardware then.
I’d use PageMaker for multi-page, ongoing docs, but a single page? Publisher.
MS acquired Pub around 1995.
- Comment on Shitty stores that penalise you for not having their store card 5 weeks ago:
<area code>867-5309
- Comment on Recommendation for Android File Manager 5 weeks ago:
I used ES File Explorer for 10 years before finally giving up on an old, pre-enshittified version, and switching to Mix.
I don’t love it, but its the best out there today.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
Because Word is not a page layout program.
It’s a document program, so functions via the concepts of document management, not page layout.
- Comment on Does each country have a book/library of the laws of the land that a commoner can consult to check if they're about to do something illegal? 1 month ago:
Isn’t that partly because the US has like 52 sets of law (50 states, DC, Fed) and maybe more (County/Parish, etc)?
- Comment on Anyone in tech confirm? 1 month ago:
Nope.
Grew up having a huge garden (~1 acre) to help feed us all. Last thing I want to do is farm later in life, fuck that.
I’ll keep a small garden, but keeping any animals is right the fuck out. I know first hand how much effort it all is.
Tech is fine - in the end it’s like any other work… You’re a salesman for your field, regardless of what it is. Plumbers have to educate every customer, because most people know fuck all about plumbing.
- Comment on don't tell the cable company about the splitter 1 month ago:
If it were me they’d still be there!
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Attention Whore is what we used to call such people.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
They do?
Think we need some examples
- Comment on Is there a uBlock Origin filter or extension for LLM slop in search results 1 month ago:
I don’t see anything like this in search, even DuckDuck.
What do you have on that you see this? (Or what have I turned off?)
I do use Ublock and Noscript, but they don’t list anything to block on search engines, really.
- Comment on Whats a good and proper alternative google message thats clean but better with privacy? - for texting 1 month ago:
Almost any messaging app is better, the question is what do your friends use, and can you get them to switch.
I’m a fan of XMPP because it’s an established protocol you can host yourself (if you wanted) - this removes untrustworthy providers.
It’s really what’s your goal?
- Comment on Why Are New Appliances So Bad? [41:02] 1 month ago:
Planned obsolence via shoehorning crap connected tech into things that can run fine with controls from 1947 that will last 50+ years and are easily replaced with commodity components (relays) at any time.
- Comment on What's the best way to answer someone who accuses you of being a bot because they don't like what you have to say? 1 month ago:
Ok, bye.