tiramichu
@tiramichu@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on get out of my head 2 days ago:
What actually happened was centralisation.
We moved from a web made up of lots of tiny websites hosted by individuals, to one of corporate-contolled mainstream social media.
And yes - those sites don’t want any objectionable content because that’s not good for revenue.
So it was censorship, but only made possible because we all collectively decided we would spend our entire Internet browsing time on the same five massive websites, and let them control what we see.
- Comment on I cannot imagine what lawsuit led to this 1 week ago:
The whole “discard if damaged” is likely just standard cover-your-ass legalese which the lawyers will copy-paste on every single product they sell, including this one.
- Comment on Increasing the surface area of a substance increases its reaction rate. Proof by garlic. 1 week ago:
I wish recipe writers could form a consensus on what the terms “minced” or “crushed” mean when it comes to garlic.
Sometimes “minced” means finely chopped, while other times it means as a paste.
Some recipes use “crushed” to mean the paste, while other times that means to squash a clove with the back of your knife so it cracks and the oil runs, but still leave whole.
You can normally work it out from context, but it drives me crazy!
- Comment on Diabolical 1 week ago:
Calling it a “car” as well I’m quite sure pisses him off. Beautiful.
- Comment on Anon remembers the GameCube 1 week ago:
Maybe, but the GameCube was really riding a particular techno aesthetic, both externally and in the menu design. It was really the very tail-end of the “just because we can!” breed of design.
The Wii went all nice and soft white, rounded buttons, happy and family-friendly, which was absolutely the correct move for Nintendo commercially to make it mass-market, but it lost something at the same time.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 2 weeks ago:
The one that really stuck with me was COCKFAIS
- Comment on No it won’t 2 weeks ago:
Please name it and provide some information so we can check it out.
- Comment on Anon does a drug bust 3 weeks ago:
My bad sorry, I completely misread what your comment was replying to!
On the subject of Minecraft alternatives, I haven’t tried it myelf but Vintage Story seems pretty interesting. Started life many years ago as a Minecraft mod and is now it’s own thing.
- Comment on Anon does a drug bust 3 weeks ago:
I’m not sure I understand you.
Java edition is also developed by Mojang/Microsoft and is basically identical to the bedrock edition in core features.
It was the original Minecraft edition, and if you remember playing Minecraft 10 to 15 years ago it would likely be the Java edition you were doing it on.
- Comment on Anon does a drug bust 3 weeks ago:
Java edition, my friend.
I have been playing Minecraft with a small group of friends on a self-hosted private server on and off for the past 15 years. No ads, no coin shop, no annoyance.
As for the screaming YouTubers, obviously they exist, but there are also some nice chill peeps out there. EthosLab or Bdoubleo100 for example - especially their single player worlds where it’s just them working on projects and building.
- Comment on why 3 weeks ago:
And yet ‘ship’ is oddly masculine in French, despite even in genderless English being referred to by sailors throughout history as ‘she’
- Comment on Wasn't afraid of radiation until you mentioned it??? 3 weeks ago:
Could be!
- Comment on Wasn't afraid of radiation until you mentioned it??? 3 weeks ago:
Deciphered:
Fast drying, and writes on any smooth surface without running. Replace the cap tightly after use.
- Comment on Chimes 3 weeks ago:
Plap plap plap
- Comment on NEVER OBSOLETE 3 weeks ago:
That’s right. There’s an insightful blog article if you want to learn the full story.
You could get your PC upgraded for $99 if you also bought 24 months of dial-up Internet service through them. But you had to pay shipping both ways, and be out the use of your computer while you did it! So I don’t imagine almost anyone took them up on the offer - meaning that really it was a carefully crafted almost-scam.
That said, their machines were very competitively priced even without the deal and really disrupted the incumbents, making them good value machines even if you didn’t take them up on the “never obsolete” offer.
- Comment on Busted box inside of a pristine Amazon box 4 weeks ago:
LatteGo, LatteGo, Can’t hold it back anymore~
- Comment on NeW zEaLaNd 🙄 4 weeks ago:
The Z80 part is right, but talking about a flag in the context of the Z80 instruction set it should be quite clear you mean a programming flag not a country flag
- Comment on WhatsApp appears to have ads now. Good thing I don't really use it anymore. 4 weeks ago:
I guess that’s part of WhatsApp’s terms of service, good to know.
Either way, my dislike for corporations using closed platforms still stands. I really wish we had some modern, secure and featureful version of SMS - a federated direct messaging system that everyone was on, and yet nobody owned.
- Comment on WhatsApp appears to have ads now. Good thing I don't really use it anymore. 4 weeks ago:
There’s nothing to stop anyone sending you a message on WhatsApp if they have your number, be they an individual or a company.
But it IS absolutely infuriating - not because it’s an advert, but because I don’t want any aspect of my communication with companies to take place on third-party proprietary closed platforms of which that company has no ownership or data control and which would require me to have an account with said platform.
I’m sure many people love being able to contact customer support by shooting them a DM on Instagram, but to me that’s wholly unacceptable.
If companies want to talk to me it should be through email or SMS or email only - because those are the only methods which are providers agnostic.
Email and SMS are like the original federated systems.
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 1 month ago:
You have to remember, the price isn’t only due to the hardware.
We often still think of “hardware” as if it’s some tool we actually own like a wrench or a hammer, and the price of it should depend on the cost.
But in the modern world the electronic hardware we buy is subsidised through gated ecosystems and by profiting from slurping data and selling ads.
The reality is that Meta hardware is priced aggressively low to encourage adoption - on the basis of all the money they expect to make later from your data. Same with smart TVs and everything else with a similar business model.
Valve’s hardware will seem exoensive but that’s just the price you have to pay in the modern world for some small amount of control and privacy.
Personally, I’ll pay it gladly.
- Comment on "Pro"gression 1 month ago:
Absolutely loved GameFAQs in the day.
I’ve just been replaying Freelancer (2002) for the first time since then, and it’s SO refreshing to find comprehensive guides on GaneFAQs which are just plain written text, not even any images.
If you want to find tips on a modern game you basically have to scan through a bunch of YouTube wikis, unless the game is popular enough to have a fleshed-out wiki (versus a placeholder wiki on fandom where basically every page is just enough of a stub to come up in search engine results despite having no actual useful content)
- Comment on NOW! 1 month ago:
Thanks.
Seems like CCC may no longer be the best choice, but it is still a free choice, and the article doesn’t seem to suggest they are falsifying their data.
Good to know, thanks.
- Comment on NOW! 1 month ago:
This custom SKU trick is also used by retailers to advertise “We’ll price match any other store!” when technically the only store who sells that exact SKU is them!
(Of course some retailers are genuine when they offer to price match, it’s not always a scam)
- Comment on NOW! 1 month ago:
Do you have a source on that? I can’t find any mention of this from having a quick search just now.
- Comment on I'd like to control my air-purifier with one of those power-socket-timer-switch thingies – Is there a way to "auto-press" those non-mechanical buttons? 1 month ago:
For anyone who needs a cheap but functional air filter which DOES do this, IKEA’s UPPÅTVIND remembers its last setting when turned back on.
- Comment on Are there good Movies, TV Shows, Anime, with wholesome family (particularly parent-child) relations? 1 month ago:
Watch out though, because while the TV anime ends on a sweet note, and you should probably stop there, the manga ends with time-skipping forwards 10 years to when they start a romantic relationship together.
- Comment on Are there good Movies, TV Shows, Anime, with wholesome family (particularly parent-child) relations? 1 month ago:
Kakushigoto is really good.
It is the story of a single-parent manga artist who is ashamed of his work and goes to great lengths to keep it from his young daughter.
The story begins when the girl, now older, discovers her Father’s job, and is told through flashbacks to her growing up and life with her father who was always trying his best for her.
I can’t find the official trailer with subtitles but it gives you the idea. Trailer.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
One word: Kewpie
- Comment on Games with Text-based Interaction? 2 months ago:
Looks interesting in other respects too, thanks for the suggestion
- Comment on Does anyone else notice an up tick in hostility on Lemmy lately? 2 months ago:
It wasn’t because of the apps.
It was because closing down the APIs - despite the widespread protests and subreddit blackouts - was the final nail in the coffin for many. It proved reddit was no longer a place where community opinion mattered at all, or had any sway in how the site might operate.
It was proof that things were firmly entering the enshittification phase of milking the reddit userbase and their content for profit, pushing a first-party app full of ads, and fattening up the balance sheet for investors.
I left at that time because I didn’t want to subject myself to that, and no number of “still working” apps would change my opinion.