deafboy
@deafboy@lemmy.world
I’m sceptical about all this. In fact, I’m sceptical about everything!
- Comment on why is fossil fuel still used? 3 days ago:
And now I wish for somebody to include this into their fictional universe. If any proffesional writer reads this, pay attention!
- Comment on why is fossil fuel still used? 3 days ago:
Removing a bunch of corn syrup from our diet can’t hurt us.
- Comment on Looking for games to watch Let's Plays of: Recommend me something! 3 days ago:
The absolute strangest 6 and a half hours spent in front of the screen.
- Comment on All glory to the techno viking. 3 days ago:
The lawyer of the Techno Viking asserts that his client had never been a public figure and that he did not want to become one.
His half naked client dancing in the middle of a busy street has a strange way of practicing his privacy.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
always ask:
- How many people would have to be in on it?
- How likely is it for everybody to keep the secret?
- Comment on Paul Krugman. Former Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 weeks ago:
what’s actually baked into the silicon
Bitmain has actually discovered and used a vulnerability in SHA256 hash function to their own benefit before. It took months, but people eventually found out.
While the situation is concerning, it’s not like there are no eyes on what bitmain is doing. These days you can reflash the software on their machines, or eve use your own custom control boards if you wish. The guys from Braiins are doing some amazing work in this regard.
- Comment on Paul Krugman. Former Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 weeks ago:
I’ve had the honor to try both - shitting in a latrine, and living without the internet. If this ever becomes a choice, you can keep your fancy toilet, sir!
- Comment on Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos 4 weeks ago:
I think I’ve boycotted sony for one thing or the other for the large part of my adult life. Only backed down in 2021 and bought some shares. Time to return back to normal I guess.
- Comment on Paul Krugman. Former Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 weeks ago:
In such case, the Nobel commitee shoud probably set higher standards.
- Comment on ChatGPT made me delusional 1 month ago:
AI convincing someone he’s neo from the movie Matrix, and can fly…
Pretty shocking. Although I remember people saying the exact same thing 20 years ago, except the perpetrator was somehow Pokemon.
I’m pausing the video now, because holy hell, it’s an hour long, but this is already a pretty bad start.
- Comment on The Fantastic World of Monsterfuckers | Tale Foundry [20:18] 1 month ago:
Monstertrucks. I read it as monster trucks, but when I realized my miatake it was too late.
What a way to start a weekend!
- Comment on Drinking coffee from a cup made of coffee 1 month ago:
coffee grounds are essentially just a binder used in agar mix to harden it
Oh, yes. I forgot about the agar. Is this the same thing that’s used as a food for bacteria in a petri dish?
- Comment on Drinking coffee from a cup made of coffee 1 month ago:
I remember a video where they’ve discussed the viability of 3d printed utensils. The conclusion was - don’t. For the love of our bacterial lord, don’t! It has too many pores for a life to grow in.
I consoder this a part 2 of that story.
- Comment on How to respond to societal collapse | Sarah Wilson | TEDxSydney 1 month ago:
I’m at 1:14 and already smell the bullshit, let’s continue…
5:33 and there are already 2 very close doomsday dates proposed. The religious vibes intensify…
6:31 She correctly assumes that various systems are interconnected, and will crumble if one falls down, but does not seem to account for the one strength human beings posess (we suck in all other aspects), and that’s adaptation and our ability to coordinate when immediate short term danger is under way.
6:42 Overcomplicated societies crumbling under their own weight! That’s more like my jam. Although, that’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
12:45 Appeal to nature, appeal to the go back to the good old times.
Jesus christ, this has been a 15 minutes long setup for a logical fallacy.
- Comment on Are there video media (e.g TV shows, Movies, anime, video games, youtube videos, etc...) with a majority of the dialogue in an fictional language? 1 month ago:
Some people stuggle to learn a second language their entire lives. These badasses did it for a gig!
- Comment on how to make pickle pepsi at home for free 2 months ago:
I want to see this guy as an NPC in some game.
- Comment on Why do people hate reality? 2 months ago:
"We think that the internet is real."
- Peter Sunde
- Comment on Chat Control 2.0: what if Signal supports user-made Add-ons, one which encrypts all messages? Could that circumvent Chat Control 2.0? 2 months ago:
There’s no legal solution to a technological problem. Laws are always temporary, for better or worse.
- Comment on bruh, i just realised that the last time i played Garrys Mod,Obama was still president lmao 2 months ago:
The last time I watched the “Don’t date a robot” episode of Futurama, it was a fiction.
- Comment on Optimizing VLF Antennas 3 months ago:
Maybe. Maybe I could finally try to listen to the lower parts of the spectrum…
Nope. Back to the pile…
- Comment on monthly challenge 3 months ago:
Let me help.
- Comment on Why are drivers for food delivery apps so often listed wrong? 3 months ago:
What I really don’t get is people delivering with someone else (also an adult) in the vehicle
If you could spend the boring part of your job chatting with friends, would you decline?
- Comment on I Saved an Electron Microscope from the Trash 3 months ago:
I’m always amazed what people in other parts of the world can discover dumpster diving, in surplus auctions, or in estate sales. Around here people rarely just throw out useful stuff and the estate sales are dominated by the old furniture and framed pictures of saints.
- Comment on Game prices should have increased with every new generation, former PlayStation US boss says 3 months ago:
People don’t browse the PSN store, because it’s crap. I mean, the steam store is pretty bad, but I still manage to just browse and bookmark some games there to get back to later.
- Comment on Is there a place online where I can apply for a bunch of free books? I was thinking of creating a library in my local county jail to help educate and pass the time in a healthy way? 3 months ago:
When I hear people talking about books, they often speak of them as if it was a comodity. Do some people just read a random book every once in a while?
What am I missing?
- Comment on Do gangs that collect protection money actually do any protecting? 3 months ago:
Yes. The most clever gangs even incorporate and offer legit security services for the government.
Although, it took them a while to realize that this is the best exit strategy, so the '90s were a bit crazy in the eastern europe.
- Comment on Itch.io is delisting NSFW games due to pressure from payment processors 4 months ago:
They are a dangerous cult fueled by a ton of repressed feelings. But so is Tate! If they wanted to fight each other for a while that would be pretty sweet.
- Comment on Itch.io is delisting NSFW games due to pressure from payment processors 4 months ago:
It’s not supposed to be a secret. Most companies here publish it on their invoices, so you can pay them. Some nonprofits even display it on their websites to accept donations.
Even the some governments publish the treasury account numbers for anyone to see.
- Comment on Itch.io is delisting NSFW games due to pressure from payment processors 4 months ago:
They list this as one of their main goals, right on their website.
- Comment on Itch.io is delisting NSFW games due to pressure from payment processors 4 months ago:
SEPA payments are push. Not pull. A vendor could request recurring payments, but you have to specifically authorize them. They are very rarely used, except maybe for monthly utilitiy payments.
