MrQuallzin
@MrQuallzin@lemmy.world
- Comment on If it's good enough to keep your house warm, it's good enough to keep your insides warm 2 days ago:
Some people just have big hands. Looks real to me, it’s obviously just a staged shot for promotion. Get a crew to build part of a fake attic (don’t need a whole attic for this), lay some insulation, have the talent (the guy in the photo) hold the insulation and look nice for photos. He leaves, they break it down and move on to the next project
- Comment on Google requires me to find a "verification code" from my android device in order to log in; the device in question has already been wiped (factory reset). 3 days ago:
A web browser is not a computer. A phone is not a desktop computer. Google (and most other large companies) keep many features restricted to their full websites, not mobile apps and mobile versions of their sites. For those who are used to/grew up with smartphones, tablets, and chromebooks, these tactics help to make it harder to leave their ecosystems as they aren’t used to navigating desktop environments.
(Chromebooks do give desktop versions of websites by default, but they have helped reduce technological literacy in exchange for convenience)
- Comment on Google requires me to find a "verification code" from my android device in order to log in; the device in question has already been wiped (factory reset). 3 days ago:
They said to try again on a computer. All your screen shots are from a phone. You might get the same result, but we won’t know until you attempt it.
- Comment on What is the best place to search for actual news about a keyword and get results that are actually timely and date order descending? 1 week ago:
Ground News. I know it gets sponsored a BUNCH so it might be a turn off, but it really does what it sets out to do
- Comment on Choose a number, 1-5! 1 week ago:
2
- Comment on the scientific method 4 weeks ago:
This is how I’ve learned to use Linux
- Comment on BDS calls for boycott of Microsoft and Xbox gaming products over alleged Israeli military connections 4 weeks ago:
That’s just what it looks like now
- Comment on Is Baldurs Gate 3's voice acting so great that it ruined other games for me? 5 weeks ago:
Disco Elysium was my first thought as well. Such great voice acting! It is easily my favorite game, and now I’m looking forward to Hopetown
- Comment on design mastery 1 month ago:
Can confirm this is correct. One does not pause multi-player sessions
- Comment on Anon is a reader 1 month ago:
I was big into the show. By the time I got the book I had already read it a couple times online and knew it would be a worthwhile purchase, even if silly. Been almost 10 years but it’s not a purchase I regret.
- Comment on Anon is a reader 1 month ago:
I’ve got the giant bible version of it. Thin paper, gold edges.
- Comment on This whole "Sign in to prove you're not a bot" thing is pissing me off 1 month ago:
You got a source for that?
One of the ways VPNs work is by having all your web traffic look like it’s coming from somewhere else, obscuring where you’re really from. They will see a different IP address than what yours actually is. If you were the only person doing this there would be no problem, but VPNs only have so many servers so companies often know what IP addresses those are. What they see is THOUSANDS of actions being taken by a single IP address, so of course it looks like bots! It makes total sense to have some verification to help against DDOS attacks and bad actors.
- Comment on How do people doctor shop? Don't all doctors pass info on all their patients between each other? And in this day and age how do they do it.? 2 months ago:
Doctors don’t necessarily send patient information between each other, but many practices use connected platforms (i.e. My Chart) that a new provider could pull previous history from. Doctor shopping is when a patient goes to different providers/practices in hopes of getting multiple prescriptions (such as controlled substances like Vicoden or Percocet). Others mentioned maybe it’s pharmacy shopping which is when a patient takes prescription(s) to multiple pharmacies hoping for better prices or, in the case of controlled substances, trying to find one who won’t check the state’s controlled medication reporting system to verify they aren’t already getting it elsewhere.
- Comment on My YouTube homepage after I watch one balatro video 2 months ago:
Same here. My wife and I primarily watch YouTube (mainly let’s play style stuff, but a lot of non-game stuff as well). Looking at my homepage right now, I’ve got a few gaming videos, some Dropout (amazing comedy), some 3D printing and DIY videos.
Over the years, the algorithm has gotten pretty good with its recommendations for us. Watching some niche videos barely affects our feeds.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Yeah, without a side-by-side comparison with another I’m not seeing anything slightly infuriating.
- Comment on It’s not like we put letters in some sort of “alphabetical” order. 3 months ago:
Looks good to me. The letters are following the same pattern as the numbers - Top to bottom, left to right. ‘C’ is likely a Clear button in case you mess up your code. XYZ was chosen instead of ABC since C already has a use.
- Comment on Well, they finally got around to me 4 months ago:
My wife and I were considering it as well. It’d mean lower pay and higher housing costs. We decided to stay put for now
- Comment on I've noticed a lot of UK job applications use the American MM/DD/YYYY date format and some also say "resume" instead of CV. Does that annoy you if you're British? 4 months ago:
They are not
- Comment on I've noticed a lot of UK job applications use the American MM/DD/YYYY date format and some also say "resume" instead of CV. Does that annoy you if you're British? 4 months ago:
They’re similar, but used for different purposes. According to UC Davis (University of California), these are the differences
- Comment on I or my family does has a 3 year old mixed border collie. Is it to late to train him for something new? 5 months ago:
We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it
- Comment on I or my family does has a 3 year old mixed border collie. Is it to late to train him for something new? 5 months ago:
That’s not even what the phrase is
- Comment on It's just taken me 55 minutes to watch a 35 minute episode on Plex because of crashes 5 months ago:
You can always run both at the same time and see which works better
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- Comment on The EchoChamberinator 9000! 6 months ago:
My first thought as well. I like being a trumpeter and don’t want that taken away
- Comment on Through Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Amateur Radio Triumphs When All Else Fails 6 months ago:
I really need to get my license…
- Comment on Steam does the opposite of forcing Arbitration on its users 7 months ago:
Same, popped up while in the middle of Satisfactory
- Comment on Platypuses 7 months ago:
And they sweat milk!
- Comment on Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane? 7 months ago:
This is a great thread for finding new people to block
- Comment on This Google Photos popup 8 months ago:
I’ve got both going for dual cloud backup. Immich is hosted local so I’ve got a backup at home, and I pay $5/month for 500GB storage with Google
- Comment on What is this plant? 8 months ago:
Google image search gives me this guy, which sounds and looks right www.namethatplant.net/plantdetail.shtml?plant=163…
