ReallyActuallyFrankenstein
@ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
- Comment on Never Forget 1 day ago:
You certainly can! And they will discard that check, charge you for failure to pay your bill, and refuse to negotiate with you in any way.
- Comment on Never Forget 1 day ago:
Yes, technically any TOS violation is one ambitious prosecutor away from a felony, thanks to the CFAA.
- Comment on Never Forget 1 day ago:
He was being charged under the CFAA, a hacking criminal statute that prohibits unauthorized access to computer systems. It was controversially being stretched to cover Aaron’s conduct that violated TOS by an ambitious prosecutor.
- Comment on 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5 5 days ago:
You did that on purpose, you misanthrope.
- Comment on Draw your own conculsions 1 week ago:
“Young male virgins” equals “men under age 30 who report zero female sex partners since they turned 18”?
Good thing nobody has sex before 18.
- Comment on Maybe hot take: as a handheld, the regular switch is an awful handheld 1 week ago:
Yes, I didn’t and still don’t understand why they didn’t make the joycon buttons and “d-pad” more comfortable. It’s Nintendo’s least comfortable controller and it’s the biggest reason I hate using the Switch portable mode.
Everyone’s saying it’s old here - the Game Boy was more comfortable to hold and had better buttons. It’s not about age.
- Comment on The choice is yours 1 week ago:
The worst part about babies are their full sets of adult teeth.
- Comment on Do not buy a Hisense TV (or at least keep them offline) 3 weeks ago:
For anyone else who couldn’t even find the problem in that wall of text and images, it’s about 1/3rd of the way down inside an image. I guess the HiSense TV was generating new device IDs constantly which were constantly being discovered by Windows and froze certain aspects of his system. I think.
- Comment on Google fires 28 workers for protesting $1.2 billion Israel contract 3 weeks ago:
I’d recommend to watch later episodes. They’ve pretty much abandoned the 90s libertarian edge-lord moments and explicitly disclaimed and apologized for it. They’ve had quite a few “wow, we were the problem” fourth-wall-breaking moments in recent years.
- Comment on Tell Borts I said "Hi" 3 weeks ago:
Poor Fooly - they were triplets but he always gets left out.
- Comment on space 3 weeks ago:
Unrelatedly, you may enjoy Ted Chiang’s The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate, the short story.
The whole book is great if you like thought-provoking sci-fi premises I guess: www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41160292
- Comment on Ask ChatGPT to pick a number between 1 and 100 4 weeks ago:
Super helpful, thanks!
- Comment on Ask ChatGPT to pick a number between 1 and 100 4 weeks ago:
What does “temperature” on the Y-axis refer to?
- Comment on I have unlimited cellular data on my phone but not if I use it as a hotspot. 1 month ago:
You can in theory still use Google Pay with a Magisk module called Play Integrity Fix and using a fingerprint from a different phone to pass Basic and Device integrity. I’m currently doing it on my Pixel 7 Pro.
But it has a steep learning curve and is a temporary solution that will disappear in roughly a year once Google sunsets legacy integrity methods and starts requiring Strong integrity, which can’t be faked under known methods. Google is also actively disabling fingerprints that are being spoofed, making the whole thing frustrating and even more temporary even when it works.
Just let us use our devices, sheesh.
- Comment on Windows 10 and its shortage of "Never shove this screen in my face again" buttons 1 month ago:
“It’s important we give our users a choice.”
- Comment on Fewer people are using Elon Musk’s X as the platform struggles to attract and keep users, according to analysts 1 month ago:
At this point Musk has platformed all of the undesirables of the internet. He’s a big, blinking, neon sign that says “there are no adults in the room, do whatever you want.”
That could be a service to the rest of us. It would be nice if, now that they’re all concentrated there, the internet could quietly agree to shadowban the entire site. Just disappear it from search results, conversation, “zeitgeist.” Let all of the toxic users keep each other busy while the rest of us enjoy a cleaner internet.
- Comment on Putting on your seatbelt and not using your phone while driving is now considered a "challenge"? 1 month ago:
Don’t use your phone, but be sure to take a picture and post it to social media.
- Comment on Sometimes when I say danke (thanks or thank you) some of my friends will say (and the spelling is wrong but it's as close as I can get) they will say danata or maybe it's dinata. 1 month ago:
Another fun fact: if you want to say “bitte schön” in Austrian German casual, you can just say “bitchin’.”
- Comment on This console generation seems skippable 3 months ago:
I play some Xbox SEX but I bought a PS5 on a whim when I had a (then-)rare chance in 2022, and it’s still unopened in my closet.
I just assumed it’s because I’m busy and wished I had more time. But now that you mention it, not a lot of must-play games. Even Elden Ring on Xbox, I could’ve played on PC just fine.
When the new FF7 remaster episode comes out I’ll probably set it up then.
Steam Deck is the MVP of this Gen, for sure.
- Comment on Google says it's killing 17 Assistant features to improve the user experience 3 months ago:
Google’s getting worse, but I don’t think this list has anything on it I use on my own Google Home devices and doesn’t seem like a huge deal.
Here is the list:
spoiler
- Playing and controlling audiobooks on Google Play Books with your voice. You can still cast audiobooks from your mobile device. - Setting or using media alarms, music alarms, or radio alarms on Google Assistant enabled devices. You can create a custom Routine that has similar - behavior or use a standard alarm. - Accessing or managing your cookbook, transfering recipes from device to device, playing an instructional recipe video, or showing step-by-step recipes. - You can use Google Assistant to search for recipes across the web and YouTube. - Managing a stopwatch on Smart Displays and Speakers. You can still set timers and alarms. - Using your voice to call a device or broadcast a message to your Google Family Group. You can still broadcast to devices in your home. - Using your voice to send an email, video or audio message. You can still make calls and send text messages. - Rescheduling an event in Google Calendar with your voice. You can still schedule a new event. - Using App Launcher in Google Assistant driving mode on Google Maps to read and send messages, make calls, and control media. You can still use voice control on Google Maps the same way. - Asking to schedule or hear previously scheduled Family Bell announcements. You can create a custom Routine that has similar behavior. - Asking to meditate with Calm. You can still ask for meditation options with media providers such as YouTube. - Voice control for activities will no longer be available on Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 devices. You’ll need to use the buttons on your device to start, stop, pause, and resume activities. You can still voice control activities on Pixel Watches. - Viewing your sleep summaries will only be available on Google Smart Displays. You can still ask for sleep details by voice on third-party smart clocks. - Calls made from speakers and Smart Displays will not show up with a caller ID unless you’re using Duo. - Viewing the ambient “Commute to Work” time estimates on Smart Displays. You can still ask for commute times and get directions by voice. - Checking personal travel itineraries by voice. You can still ask for flight status. - Asking for information about your contacts. You can still make calls to your contacts. - Asking to take certain actions by voice, such as send a payment, make a reservation, or post to social media. You can still ask Assistant to open your installed apps.
So… I’m not sure why they can’t leave existing functionality in, but I’m guessing it’s for tech debt reasons. Maybe pretty minor use cases that probably take too much upkeep to maintain interoperability with other changing codebases (guessing the Google Calendar, recipe search), underused features (personal travel itineraries via voice), who knows, maybe even for privacy reasons (asking for information about contacts, sleep summaries, asking for previous Family Bell announcements).
- Comment on Eminem concert 4 months ago:
They probably saw Roblox, and realized that it would be a much better chance of competing to leverage and extend their existing platform to compete and capture kids and tweens that are aging up a little from Roblox. Every social media company is always gunning for the 12-16-year-olds because that’s who makes them “the next big thing,” so that seems like a great option for Epic.
Pretty similar, if I recall, to how Fortnite didn’t start out as Battle Royale and pivoted once it saw where the market was going.
But that’s just how it appears to me - I’m an Apex Legends player.
- Comment on Unsubscribe link from their emails takes you to this. You then to sign in with email and password (I don't know my password) to manage preference. I just want all out! 4 months ago:
Some spam probably does this, some probably does not. As mentioned, tracker pixels can also confirm, but either way if the message was delivered to your inbox with no bounceback, even without opening it the sender can infer it is active.
That said, a “legit” company domain like StubHub should be safe to click on (as long as you are careful it’s not a spoofed domain) and unsubscribe.
- Comment on Steam keeps on winning 4 months ago:
I’m just glad GOG is surviving. It’s even closer to an ideal of DRM-free games you own. I try to buy from there whenever I can.
- Comment on Merry Christmas 4 months ago:
But I want my freedom to work*!
*Without minimum wages, benefits, overtime pay, requirement plans, parental leave, vacations, or other civilized protections.
- Comment on This page in my kid’s book from school to learn how to read. 4 months ago:
So embarrassing… Fixed.
- Comment on This page in my kid’s book from school to learn how to read. 4 months ago:
“There are many words.”
[Page with the word “word” in 3D at 10 different angles and rotations.]
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
I’m not aware - Reddit is blocking posts about it?
- Comment on AI will change the way we do everything. All jobs will be replaced. 6 months ago:
Sound advice, but pro-tip: sometimes the email flange just needs oil. Salad dressing will work in a pinch.
- Comment on This concept for budget double decker airline seating 6 months ago:
If you stack people alternating head-first, feet-first, head-first, they will tesselate much better. Airlines eventually won’t be able to resist the profit margin.
- Comment on Why do people say that "return to office" is about raising commercial real estate prices? 6 months ago:
Out of all the responses here, this is the only one that takes into account the actual psychological forces motivating the decision-makers.
The CEOs cannot justify their real estate expenses to their boards when employees are not filling those seats, and they likewise are contractually obligated to pay millions, hundreds of millions, or billions of dollars (depending on the company) for years to those lessors or lenders. There is a simpler motivation than “industrywide collusion and conspiracy to profit” - it is the motivation of these individual CEOs to appear competent and intentional despite that boulder they’ve placed around the company’s neck.
It isn’t a cross-company conspiracy. It’s each CEO’s personal but widely-shared motive to avoid embarrassment and their inability to adapt. Whether consciously or not, this is all those CEOs need to look at the “data” selectively and post-hoc rationalize RTO with platitudes like “increased collaboration and productivity” while ignoring the decreased morale, lost productivity from 2 hours of daily commute time, etc. It maintains the status quo that they assumed when committing to their property leases, and resolves any cognitive dissonance in the way most flattering to themselves (at the cost of their employee’s time, mental health, and personal freedom).