blitzen

@blitzen@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨According to the New York Times, Game of Thrones is the 6th best TV show of the 21st century⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a pretty good list, that I largely agree with. IF it were unordered. Ordered the way it is, it is an abomination.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨According to the New York Times, Game of Thrones is the 6th best TV show of the 21st century⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So, so many poorly placed on the list. Band of Brothers is my personal number 1, but I’d accept it anywhere in the top 5; begrudgingly accept it in the top 10. But 28? GTFO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sacre blu⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a shitpost community. Screenshot here appears to be Twitter and so the context isn’t quite the same. Without context, any shitpost potential it has falls a little flat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeah, fuck these two.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey Ed, what’s the point of fuck you money if you never say fuck you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨great to know!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a friend who works for Google, in a non-computer science department but one that does require some amount of decent computer hardware (compute, IO, etc.) They go through this cycle every year or so; their team uses MacBook Pros because it fits their needs the best -> department heads above them see this and take the MacBook Pros away and replace them with Chromebooks -> team cannot accomplish their goals on the Chromebooks, so they lobby up the chain and eventually get their MBPs back -> … ad infinitum.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨great to know!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I carry a phone and small tablet for most things. Having them combined would be pretty cool. Although I have been bearish on foldables since the beginning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every payment option has a fee⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Progressive. And I’ve saved enough money to finally switch to pay in full on my next policy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every payment option has a fee⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I say this with all respect; can we not use Gemini or other AI agents as “evidence.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every payment option has a fee⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve personally never seen in my own policies any kind of financing when paying monthly. It’s always been policy total / 6 = monthly payment. Then there is a modest (and yes, mildly infuriating) fee per payment. When I said the fee was the cost of financing, I didn’t mean it literally was that, but more of an “effective” cost of financing. I’d love to see someone’s policy that has a financing increase line item.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every payment option has a fee⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That is indeed mildly infuriating. Do you get the discount AND avoid fees if you auto-pay in full?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every payment option has a fee⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The fee isn’t for the payment method, it’s for “financing” the cost of the policy over six months. I’m sure that there is no fee if you pay in full.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do Centrists know about electability?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The right wing base does not demand purity tests. Take that as you will.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuck you Whatsapp⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  WhatsApp has market share from the momentum gained in countries that didn’t have free/cheap SMS. I too find it wild that it’s the default in most of the world, and it’s super shady and super proprietary. The messaging that we have in the US is far far far from perfect, but at least it’s not Facebook Chat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers 'illegal'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m the AI skeptic in my group, but even I use it occasionally for super targeted stuff. It’s pretty good at finding errors in my excel formulas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[politics] ya but, at least Juneteenth still lives! herp-a-derp!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I needed that explanation like I need a hole in the neck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You need to think long term⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Surely, someone should’ve seen Barb and my acquaintances and give them [first**name**][lastname]@server.com email addresses.

  On a similar topic to your story, my mother worked at a high school when I was young, and in her second marriage her last name was Dick. Only took a couple weeks for her to go back to going by her maiden name at the school.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You need to think long term⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I knew two D. Adcocks. Their email address must be fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨stroke confirmed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We need a POC on a bill, but Teddy is pretty cool too. My third favorite Republican.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨stroke confirmed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually think it’s a pretty big miss that we didn’t have a $250 bill planned for the country’s 250th anniversary. Inflation makes a $250 bill reasonable.

  Of course Trump on the bill is an abomination, but a $250 Harriet Tubman or Paul Revere or Sam Adams would be pretty dope.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Title⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Gold increases in value. The dollar is decreasing in value.

  Most of gold “increasing in value” is really just the dollar decreasing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The local supermarket takes protein bar protection. Anyway does anyone know how to open these cases ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Considering the community, I deserve the downvotes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The local supermarket takes protein bar protection. Anyway does anyone know how to open these cases ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  By purchasing them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is incompatible⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of the original iPhone and the 3.5mm audio jack that was too “deep” for normal headphones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is incompatible⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  compatibility issues with some USB cables

  I’d like to hear more about this. I have a theory that as great as USB-C is for consistency, the fact that it shares a connector with Thunderbolt (to say nothing about the different versions of Thunderbolt) introduces a level of uncertainly when looking at a USB-C connector.

  • it can be a “charge-only” cable (USB 2.0)
  • it can charge slowly, or quickly
  • it can be a USB-C cable
  • it can be Thunderbolt 3 / USB 4.0
  • it can be active, or passive
  • it can be Thunderbolt 4
  • it can be Thunderbolt 5

  I’m certainly not trying to discount your experience. I’m sure you ran into significant problems. But in general I continue to believe that the general public may not have the right “flavor” of USB-C cable to do what they are trying to do in a given situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Conservative values⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So even though it’s an alteration, it’s still exactly how the comic was originally designed.

  I get what you’re saying, but there’s something funny about your comment that is basically saying “even though it’s different, it’s the same.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Reddit blocked my daily visit to its mobile website⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was permabanned when, on a story about the IDF torturing a 1 year old to get his dad to talk, I said ‘maybe the terrorists [against Israel] have a point.’

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there seach engines that dont depend Google and Bing, if not what are the barriers to entry of new search engines?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think part of why the internet sucks now is we’ve grown accustomed to too much for free.

  The $10 I spend on Kagi is the best subscription I have, and one of the only ones I still keep.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Free resources⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably a geolocation device as well. Be careful out there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being Difficult⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was just referring to an old internet joke that was in the same vein as this post.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being Difficult⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My grandfather didn’t die in Korea so that people could fight online like this.