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- Comment on It’s Not Just Andrew, the Entire Monarchy Is Rotten 3 days ago:
Since you asked, I just thought the article seemed like a bit of a gossipy tangent of the more serious story of the day, and voted against it, it’s just a vote, not a monarchist, the opposite, just got fed up with too much monarchy for one day.
- Comment on Thumb-Key Speed 1 week ago:
Yes I’ve been using it in some form for about 15 years - FYI it originally started as the MessagEase keyboard; Thumb-Key is an open source replacement (maintained by none-other than Dessalines of Lemmy).
The reason I chose it is because I use Dvorak on desktop, but Dvorak is notoriously bad for one thumb typing so I thought if I was going to learn a new layout I may as well learn something that’s optimised for one thumb. As for whether it’s faster, I have nothing to really compare it to, I’m not anywhere near as fast as on my physical Dvorak keyboard (which I use significantly more) but I’ve never used anything else on touch screen.
- Comment on What's with companies naming things "MyNoun"? 2 weeks ago:
I think you’re probably right, though I feel like there’s something nagging me in the back of my mind that I’d seen that somewhere in software pre-Windows 95 but I can’t think of it. They were using it a lot in the 90s definitely.
- Comment on do most people really like the taste and smell of eggs? 2 weeks ago:
For me eggs are a better improver of foods than a base for a meal. I.e. I’ll rarely crave “eggs” in general, but I could be planning a meal of something else and then think “oh, an egg will be nice with that”.
- Comment on What type of laptop do you recommend for simply browsing the internet? 2 weeks ago:
More clumsy to use than a mouse/keyboard setup, smaller screen, fewer options when it comes to adblocking/privacy (or options in general).
- Comment on New study: No-alcohol and low-alcohol beers, and dry pubs, are on the rise 3 weeks ago:
Because different people have different tastes?
- Comment on 2025 likely to be UK's hottest year on record, says Met Office 1 month ago:
Surely it’s likely to have been at this stage, not likely to be.
- Comment on Great British Railways flies the flag as logo goes back to the future 2 months ago:
I never said I wasn’t happy
- Comment on Great British Railways flies the flag as logo goes back to the future 2 months ago:
What’s insecure about using the British flag on a British state owned railway?
It feels like a forced sense of pride. If anything the British national railway should be a national symbol in and of itself, it shouldn’t need to be propped up by the union flag. I don’t hate the design either by the way, but it seems heavy-handed.
- Comment on Great British Railways flies the flag as logo goes back to the future 2 months ago:
Just because the rest of the world does something it doesn’t mean we should be doing it too. It has been noticed as a new trend.
- Comment on NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’ 3 months ago:
I think you’re missing the nuance here, flying the flag alone doesn’t make you a racist, but if it’s become culturally associated with racism then it’s a data-point that can build up that picture.
- Comment on NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’ 3 months ago:
It’s always been a sign that you’re a bit of a pillock to be honest, I don’t think it’s changed much in my lifetime.
- Comment on On Prince Andrews Road, a Frustrating Effort to Get a New Address 3 months ago:
Princess Diana Drive as well, built shortly after she died I recall, it was a bit controversial.
- Comment on Vegan Politician Zack Polanski Elected New Green Party Leader In Landslide Victory 4 months ago:
It’s good to assume good intent I think. Your response was non sequitur, it felt more charitable to assume you innocently responded to the wrong person or had some clarification to offer if not.
- Comment on Vegan Politician Zack Polanski Elected New Green Party Leader In Landslide Victory 4 months ago:
I think you responded to the wrong person…
- Comment on Vegan Politician Zack Polanski Elected New Green Party Leader In Landslide Victory 4 months ago:
I thought he already was?
- Comment on Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? 4 months ago:
No, I have to own my music if I’m going to enjoy it; the thought of a company being able to take away music that I love takes away the enjoyment. I need at least the files and the backups under my control. It’s not even about price, I would still buy CDs and rip them if that was the only way.
- Comment on BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage 5 months ago:
You’re doing it yourself.
- Comment on BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage 5 months ago:
Repeat something enough and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. First it was “Jeremy Corbyn is unelectable”, now it’s “Nigel Farage is on course to be the next Prime Minister”. Same thing.
- Comment on How do you combat boredom? 7 months ago:
But they did, I made a friendly comment, I was even self-deprecating about it, mostly to be funny, and they accused me of having prejudices. I don’t take well to being called prejudiced, I’m not. Then they randomly brought up racism, that was a weird exchange.
- Comment on How do you combat boredom? 7 months ago:
No. OK, you’re not being a rational person here so goodbye.
- Comment on How do you combat boredom? 7 months ago:
Well mine was a tongue in cheek comment too, and I thought quite friendly, and then you decided to call me prejudiced. The main point I was picking up on was mindless internet scrolling which is something I do when I’m unhealthily managing my boredom, it’s a warning sign for me, maybe it’s not for you, but I thought I would share my perspective, as I did in a non-judgemental way. Masturbation is perfectly fine, it can be healthy, it can be not, when combined with mindless internet scrolling it didn’t sound healthy to me but that’s just me. I don’t get fishing either but I wouldn’t judge someone for it, just like I didn’t judge you, but you responded like I did judge you, it’s like we’re on Reddit or something.
- Comment on How do you combat boredom? 7 months ago:
Why, do you know me from somewhere? The key word there is “seems”; if you truly get fulfilment from mindless Internet scrolling, pot and masturbation then go for it. That’s just not my experience. When you posted that here did you not expect other people to share their own perspectives?
- Comment on How do you combat boredom? 7 months ago:
mindless Internet scrolling, pot and masturbation
That part seems more like succumbing to boredom than combatting it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m guilty myself.
- Comment on Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days? 7 months ago:
Free as in freedom. But also free as in cost for most PC use cases. Red Hat and SUSE are mostly selling enterprise services.
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
What’s “on read”?