GiuseppeAndTheYeti
@GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social
- Comment on Bill and Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth 1 week ago:
Look, I’m fully aware that this won’t sit well with the billionaires are horrifying monsters that not only should be slain but should be strung up in the town square and be given the blood eagle…BUT if you’re going to make the argument that traffic fines or any other monetary penalties should be a percentage of your net wealth or yearly income, then you have to acknowledge that giving away half of your lifetime earnings is a tremendous act of good will.
Now–there is a difference between me giving up $5000 of my roughly $11,000 in liquidity. We still have around $40,000 in student loan debt and $120k in a 25 year mortgage while we make about $100k per year. And these billionaires could still buy a second house in Cabo with a helipad using what is remaining, but it is SOMETHING. If they truly are “spurning” their billionaire status they should start with giving away half their fortune and continue to give away half their yearly income on top of that, but I won’t totally disregard the contribution that they’ve already made. Unless they’re republican. Then I’m nearly certain that money is going exactly where it shouldn’t.
- Comment on Charging to tour rental properties... 1 week ago:
What the hell are you on about? Renters accompany prospective buyers on tours or walk throughs. No one is doing remote tours.
- Comment on Charging to tour rental properties... 1 week ago:
You sure? Cause nothing about what you’re talking about is critical. Part of being a renter is the cost associated with showing units and convincing people to buy. You’re lucky enough to have the capital to own rental property that’s essentially passive income. If you don’t want to put in the effort to show a unit to a potential tenant, then sell the real estate and fuck off with your money.
“Oh, you’re interested in a desktop PC? It cost us money to power it on and show how well it runs while playing games or using it as a workstation. So to cover that cost we’re going to have to charge you $5 to mess around with a display model.”
“Test drive a used car on our lot? You’re using 5 minutes of fuel and wearing the tires so $5 please.”
“Welcome to your local shopping mall. It costs us money to keep the place cool in the summer and we’re tired of people coming in and not buying something so to make sure we recapture that cost, we’re charging $5 at the door.”
FOOH
- Comment on Why doesn't the US build a bridge here to connect Alaska to the mainland? Are they stupid? 1 week ago:
I’m glad I checked the comments because I was going to point out the same hypothetical issue lol
- Comment on Payment Processors Are Pressuring Major Gaming Vendors to Pull LGBTQ+ and NSFW Titles 2 weeks ago:
Anyone got one of them antitrust lawsuits?
- Comment on The Steam controller was ahead of its time 5 weeks ago:
Going to bat for xbox or Microsoft right now is a death sentence on the internet so by internet law I have to downvote you. Sorry, it’s just the way things go…
That said, I agree. Being able to buy a $30 plug and play pack with rechargeable battery packs or being able to buy rechargeable AAs or just normal AA batteries is the best of all the current first party options.
- Comment on ICE Protests Pop Up on Roblox as Kids Organize Virtual Demonstrations: 'FRICK ICE' 1 month ago:
The children yearn for the mines
- Comment on I don't know who needs to hear this, but DO NOT EVER expose Jellyfin to the internet 4 months ago:
Can someone ELI5 this for me? I have a jellyfin docker stack set up through dockstarter and managed through portainer. I also own a domain that uses cloudflare to access my Jellyfin server. Since everything is set up through docker, the containers volumes are globally set to only have access to my media storage. Assuming that my setup is insecure, wouldn’t that just mean that “hackers” would only be able to stream free media from my server?
- Comment on Please allow ads! JK, you need to subscribe, too! LOL 5 months ago:
This is when 12ft.io comes in handy or if that doesn’t seem to work, I just ignore whatever they were trying to get me to read. No news article is ever that important.
- Comment on Amazon Artificially Discounting Items $0.01 Below the Free Shipping Limit 6 months ago:
Are your 2 separate friends not checking ebay’s seller ratings and buying scummy shit from scummy sellers without using PayPal’s buyer protections?
- Comment on Amazon Artificially Discounting Items $0.01 Below the Free Shipping Limit 6 months ago:
This is such a tired trope. eBay has improved well beyond when it was just the wild west of third party sellers. I’ve not had a single issue on eBay in the last 3-4 years of purchases. Ive actually had extraordinary customer service through eBay. Recently purchased a used $50 coffee grinder and it arrived with cosmetic damage from shipping. Contacted the seller and they refunded the entire purchase while also letting me keep the item.
- Comment on TIL it's impossible to delete a free trial account for AppleTv+ or Apple Music without an Apple Device 6 months ago:
Lmao, whoops.
- Comment on TIL it's impossible to delete a free trial account for AppleTv+ or Apple Music without an Apple Device 6 months ago:
Why? Piracy is the ethnically correct choice.
- Comment on Meta Censors #Democrat when searched for 6 months ago:
Yes
- Comment on Boomers with their loud Samsung phone sounds 6 months ago:
Fucking boomers and their Samsung phones. Why can’t they just be like us Millennials and our Apple iPhones? 😤
- The page for my local "currency exchange" is just a lorum ipsum a doesn't give any info on services at all.midwest.social ↗Submitted 1 year ago to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world | 7 comments
- Comment on McDonald's is getting rid of self-serve drinks and some locations may charge for refills 1 year ago:
No kidding. No one needs 64oz of soda with their meal. McDonald’s is actually one of the few fast food places that saw an increase in customers over the last few years and they’re planning on releasing a $5 meal soon.
- Comment on Microsoft announces the Proteus Controller, a gamepad for Xbox gamers with disabilities 1 year ago:
Lots of people make valid criticisms of Microsoft and Xbox, but one thing that no one can criticize is their dedication to making products for people with disabilities. They have been consistently releasing these products for people despite a small market for them.
- Comment on Fewer people are using Elon Musk’s X as the platform struggles to attract and keep users, according to analysts 1 year ago:
There’s probably a sociology theory that would apply, but my guess would be a loss of 33% of active users over the course of 6 months.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
But the Mozilla corporation is so shady! /s 🙄
- Comment on YouTube comments like this 1 year ago:
I don’t think anyone is commenting “Who else is listening in February 2024?!” on Practical Engineering videos about how fish swim through turbines.
- Comment on YouTube comments like this 1 year ago:
Ew. Who reads YouTube comments anyway?
- Comment on Why is AI Pornifying Asian Women? 1 year ago:
Because we have been pornifying asian women on the internet for decades. Does that really beg the question posed in the title?
- Comment on Hackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomware 1 year ago:
Sick, so now I get to worry about the fucking emergency exits being ripped off the plane I’m flying on because the network connected torque wrench was hacked and displayed the proper torque setting while under torquing the bolts.
Can we not connect every fucking thing to the Internet?
- Comment on I have to pay extra to remove ads from Prime Video 1 year ago:
c/piracy!
- Comment on Yes 1 year ago:
D. Dog bridge
- Comment on This 1 year ago:
Fat fucking chance I’m eating a home cooked meal made by Melania, Ivanka, Don Jr., and Eric. It would be fucking boiled potatoes, plain canned corn and green beans, and overcooked New York strip steaks.
- Comment on Good morning madam 1 year ago:
Great username
- Comment on PlayStation Portal Is Out Today, But Fans Are Having a Hard Time Finding One - IGN 1 year ago:
I’m mad that people are being sunk by consumerism. The cost of living is sky high right now and people are wasting their money on products that don’t make a whole lot of sense. Theres similar products that work much better for just a little bit more. Hell, buy a used tablet. At least that has processing like I mentioned. You can remote play through the tablet for a fraction of the cost.
- Comment on PlayStation Portal Is Out Today, But Fans Are Having a Hard Time Finding One - IGN 1 year ago:
Others have said it already, but it’s the best way to describe it. It’s literally just a screen with a controller attached. You can only use it for remote play on a PlayStation console at home. It doesn’t offer cloud gaming and it doesn’t allow you to even connect to WiFi networks that require you to sign on in a browser before gaining access to the Internet because the thing doesn’t even have a browser included in the software. The only common use case I could see for this thing is if you’re you going to a friend’s house as a teen and want to play online games while in person.
Even then, as a parent I would much rather just spend the extra money on a steamdeck or other handheld that has compute and actual software. This is a ripe $300 turd that hardcore PlayStation fans and overzealous scalpers are buying.
