oatscoop
@oatscoop@midwest.social
- Comment on Anon gets nostalgic 1 day ago:
Music was about joy?
In fairness, I’m not sure those genres are “hipster”. Though Death Cab for Cutie is and most of their songs are depressing.
- Comment on Norway anon pirates 1 day ago:
Can I interest you in a NAS and an old laptop running debian plugged into a TV, with the Ethernet cable running to it duck-taped to the wall?
- Comment on in all fairness italian cuisine is a relatively recent invention 5 days ago:
I’d say the seasoning is different enough to call it a distinct thing, though the cooking method is identical. Like New York vs Chicago tavern style pizza.
- Comment on in all fairness italian cuisine is a relatively recent invention 5 days ago:
Boston baked beans with pork belly also deserves a mention.
- Comment on I watched several videos on a Combine Harvester's inner workings 3 weeks ago:
It was called a McCormick Reaper.
- Comment on Internet picture of a monkey 3 weeks ago:
In defense of pet rocks: the highest they were ever sold for was the modern equivalent of $24 and nobody was pretending they were worth more.
- Comment on France seeks to ban social media for children under 15 4 weeks ago:
“parental controls”
Yeah … I was the kid that knew how to bypass those and “helped” other kids out in that regard.
- Comment on France seeks to ban social media for children under 15 4 weeks ago:
Or making it illegal to pass a stopped school bus.
Actual “protect children” laws don’t get talked about because absolutely nobody has a problem with them.
- Comment on Journalists convinced a AI Vending Machine Things to give them free stuff like a PS5 1 month ago:
I imagine some of the “guardrails” the AI was set up with involved emphasizing that it’s a capitalist since the goal is to make money.
“Free stuff is still capitalism” is a workaround.
- Comment on There is software/a technology company/a game named after most of the elements in the periodic table 1 month ago:
Still used by Garmin InReach SOS/communicators
- Comment on I dunno 2 months ago:
Don’t ask anyone over the age of 45 how they remember resistor color codes …
- Comment on I dunno 2 months ago:
8 5 - 5 * 2 + CR .
- Comment on Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’ 2 months ago:
“AI” has become synonymous with “Generative AI”
- Comment on Snatching the 12-gauge over the door with the quickness. [sound on] 2 months ago:
… So the people on the decentralized social media network that was created to get away from corporate bullshit don’t like AI?
I can’t imagine why that is.
- Comment on Anon asks out a friend 4 months ago:
As long as you’re not being a shitbag: who the fuck cares? Some people don’t like hookups, some do – and it can change depending on circumstances and what phase or like one is at.
Every day I become more convinced a lot of people get stuck at “teenager” when it comes to sex and relationships. It’s not hard: don’t be an asshole, don’t hurt people, and do what makes you happy.
- Comment on Make America Great! 4 months ago:
Oh, fuck off.
- Comment on Good news. :) 4 months ago:
Illinois is down.
- Comment on winter fans 4 months ago:
-15°C
Sitting beside a wood stove with a hot drink, good food, and sauna.
- Comment on Make America Great! 4 months ago:
Native Americans are still people, and it’s a universal truth that people suck.
All the horrible things people do to each other are just easier at scale when you’re not stuck using stone-age technology.
- Comment on Lemmy be like 5 months ago:
Weird … It looks like I can sign up for an account on dbzer0 even though I’m not actually an anarchist.
- Comment on "ok, imagine a gun." 5 months ago:
That is 100% the origin of the phrase.
- Comment on PSA on privuhcy 5 months ago:
Go to the “Filters” tab in the dashboard. At the bottom of the list click “Import” and paste the URL ( raw.githubusercontent.com/…/LegitimateURLShortene… ) in the box. Then click “Apply” to save it.
- Comment on I just went onto reddit to a intrest subreddit which happens to be NSFW and i got this, fuck reddit im glad i quit it. 6 months ago:
I follow some writers on Reddit even after I deleted my account and had the same issue. The worst part is it’s no just porn: it’s anything “NSFW” – even mildly so. Posts that were tagged NSFW as a joke weren’t accessible.
I changed my VPN to another country and Reddit was still asking me to log in and show ID until I cleared my cookies and cache.
- Comment on I had no idea y cunt was this powerful 9 months ago:
- Comment on America is fucked 9 months ago:
- Comment on Inching closer to the grave every day 10 months ago:
One day you’ll wake up and realize people born on the year you graduated school can legally vote, drink, etc. A short time later those kids have kids of their own … and you are ( or are old enough to be ) a grandparent.
The worst part is you’ll still mentally feel like you’re not much older than your late 20s or 30s.
- Comment on I wonder if the "money can't buy you happiness" people ever lived in a car. 10 months ago:
That was the original meaning, but it’s also been co-opted by assholes as an “argument” against providing for people’s basic needs.
- Comment on Good afternoon I choose thoughts you've never had before. 10 months ago:
Noodles are composed mostly of starches and heat causes gelatinization, which gives noodles their texture and holds them together. Without heat water just causes them to break back down into wet flour.
- Comment on I love my smart TV (From Mastodon) - Repost 1 year ago:
Projectors come with their own set of issues, but at least you can still get a really good one without all the “smart” features.
- Comment on I love my smart TV (From Mastodon) - Repost 1 year ago:
A set of torx screwdrivers and an exacto knife will take care of that.