A_norny_mousse
@A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
- Comment on How are there people who don't know Alaska and Hawaii are states? 1 day ago:
If someone asked a similar question about another country without ever mentioning the country, you would not react like that to that same question.
I read it as an actual question. Because the answer is very different depending on if it’s asked of USians or of people around the globe.
It might be a rhetorical question though, meant to make OP think.
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In any case, you have once again proven that american exceptionalism is a big thing in americans’ minds.
- Comment on YouTube won't let me search for music by musician unless I remove the word "naked" from her name 3 days ago:
Psychedelic porn crumpets
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Such fun!
They even renamed their channel to Psychedelic Prn Crumpets
I think youtube just wants more people to create accounts, to force more and more views to be tied to IDable users.
- Comment on To win and so this before the loser could have with you 1 week ago:
They’re doing this on purpose, right? To make people spend more time on their vids, puzzling over them, and also to land on subs/comms like this one.
- Comment on "Digital Signatures" just ask you to type your name into a box now. Am I right in thinking this almost-completely defeats the purpose of a signature? 1 week ago:
the other way is literally just an image (of your signature)
I’ve done that a few times, in GIMP (or Photoshop), and was always a little surprised that it seemed to be enough. Maybe I unwittingly “forged” my own signature? That’s legally murky…
- Comment on "Digital Signatures" just ask you to type your name into a box now. Am I right in thinking this almost-completely defeats the purpose of a signature? 1 week ago:
Digital signatures are much more than “just typing your name in a box”. The few times I digitally signed a doc I didn’t even have to do that, just click on a big green button.
It’s all connected to how you authenticated before you got to that point.
I think @mentaledge@sopuli.xyz explained it well.
- Comment on Is there a place where I can ask questions specifically about Lemmy? Is here fine? 2 weeks ago:
Hmm. Not all reddit-like fediverse software is Lemmy. Currently I think it’s Piefed, kbin and Lemmy. Although I’m sure “reddit-like” is debatable and there’s more.
- Comment on Why are plug sockets region locked? 4 weeks ago:
Most modern electronics (as in laptops, game consoles and smartphones) support dual voltage and frequencies but their default plug type is region locked, so if you’ve bought a PS5 in the UK importing it into the US (the default cable is Type G that comes with the packaging when plugging into a TV) unless you swap cable for a Type B plug but it’ll work fine.
And most appliances are designed in such a way that the swapping is extremely easy - no soldering, just unplug the bad one and plug in the good one. And this secondary plug is so effing standardized that you probably already have a suitable cable lying around.
Why is there no unilateral plug type that’s “region free” when discussing plug types found in appliances.
The EU plug is one attempt. I believe that includes the UK.
- Comment on Why are so many new programming languages being developed? 4 weeks ago:
And now suddenly it seems that a host of new programming languages have appeared
That’s your perception of course, but I think new programming languages have always been appearing. The thing is that the old ones do not necessarily disappear, so there’s a cumulative effect.
I was looking for a graphical representation, but this wikipedia article shows it better imho. I didn’t count, but it doesn’t look to me like the last 2 decades are overpopulated.
- Comment on I took this today in San Francisco 5 weeks ago:
I just want to point out that the MAGA admin has put a hold on most legislation/regulation wrt anything AI for 10 years.
TBF I have no idea if this would be legal otherwise, but in any case: companies like this one are encouraged to get more and more brazen.
Also see data center pollution near residential districts.
- Comment on I took this today in San Francisco 5 weeks ago:
What does it really mean though? Neither wikipedia nor urban dictionary seem to be able to tell me.
- Comment on I took this today in San Francisco 5 weeks ago:
It did apologize profusely though.
- Comment on My Local Public Tennis Court Requires Online Registration 5 weeks ago:
I agree that the first half of this system makes sense.
People underestimate vandalism and carelessness wrt anything that is free, public, anonymous.
But the 3rd party shit is insane, and would not fly under the laws of my country.
- Comment on What is with America and the #9? For example stuff cost something like 9.99 or 3 payments of 39.99 or 9 out of 10 doctors or dentists or whomever agree? 5 weeks ago:
It’s not just America.
Part of it is what this comment says, and on an even more basic level: the decimal system!
- Comment on Is there a way to make a recovery USB just in case shit happens? Will it still work without a recovery moment? 1 month ago:
True. C: is not a computer thing, it’s a Windows thing. And it’s not a “drive”, it’s a partition.
- Comment on Is there a way to make a recovery USB just in case shit happens? Will it still work without a recovery moment? 1 month ago:
all comps are set up to read the c: drive
That’s not true. You can choose wich storage device to boot from.
- Comment on How come cops who are trained in guns shoot to kill all the time? Even people who have no gun. Why not go in with your hand on the taser, and ready just in case to shoot someone in the leg? 1 month ago:
Assuming USA: For newly recruited officers, basic training, commonly referred to as police academy training, serves as the initial and foundational phase. This phase typically spans 12 to 24 weeks (approximately 3-6 months).
So just to clarify: in some states it’s only 3 months. IIRC even less, at least if you’ve been in the military. Yes, you read that right: having learned how to indiscriminately kill is considered a boon for this job.
I find that un-fucking believable - both the duration and the closeness to the military.
- Comment on How do I deal with children following me around in video games? 1 month ago:
Kids being kids on Minecraft 😇
(yeah I know it’s Luanti)
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 1 month ago:
If that’s your measure of success good luck ever getting succesful in your life.
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 1 month ago:
Yeah, so?
Once again: you have to understand how bad the Ancien régime was.
- Comment on What's a word for "I actively endorse it for others even though I dislike it”? 1 month ago:
Realistic
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 1 month ago:
And the US government is doing anything to hold them accountable
I think meant “nothing” instead of “anything”?
Anyhow, yes, all this is very much the product of the current US admin.
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 1 month ago:
Doesn’t the GPL cover shit like this? There should be mass lawsuits
I hope it’ll happen eventually.
Currently the USA (and that’s where most of this shit comes from) is aggressively pro AI to the point of breaking the law with government support.
BTW what OP says has happened to Linux (at large) through Google/Android, too. The GPL hasn’t stopped them but surely put some limits on their exploitation of FOSS
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 1 month ago:
Don’t discount the message though. After all we’re interacting with a screenshot of a tweet. It doesn’t make me a fan of this guy.
- Comment on 🤔 Interesting 1 month ago:
The French Revolution was succesful. What the king & nobles did before that was much, much worse.
It just wasn’t a socialist revolution. The bourgeoisie won.
It also didn’t happen just like that, it took 10 years - Wikipedia calls it “a period of political and societal change”. I think it’s fair to say it wasn’t completely unplanned.
- Comment on The way this egg peels in infuriating 1 month ago:
Much better, thanks for asking!
- Comment on 1 month ago:
@entrapranure
- Comment on Found one in the wild on Lemmy 1 month ago:
🤘 RAMAGE THE MAIN! 🤘
- Comment on Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero? 1 month ago:
Point taken. I guess I should completely amend my argument; the real point is that Snowden blew the whistle exactly on what makes the NSA so bad (nowadays).
- Comment on Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero? 1 month ago:
Government institution = fascist services. Nice. Remind me to not march beside you when we finally take down the oligarchs.
- Comment on Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero? 1 month ago:
He didn’t flee to Russia - he was going somewhere else and got stuck in Moscow on a layover because the US revoked his passport.
That said, I don’t like him staying there either, but maybe he really cannot leave.
I completely disagree about “facing the music” - it would have been a guaranteed and long prison sentence.