blitzen

@blitzen@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuck you Whatsapp⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You need to think long term⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨stroke confirmed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨stroke confirmed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  By purchasing them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is incompatible⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being Difficult⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being Difficult⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm gonna pay you $100 to fuck off⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We avoid YT ads just fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm gonna pay you $100 to fuck off⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Whatever works for you. Not going to fly in my house. Plus, again, YouTube isn’t that important.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm gonna pay you $100 to fuck off⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Acceptance of ads, yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm gonna pay you $100 to fuck off⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Keyboard and mouse control for a living room or bedroom TV isn’t high on the wife approval scale.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get in y'all⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d argue that the id.Buzz actually existing makes more alike the old busses from the 50s and 60s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A modest proposal⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No doubt. In response to such a joke, boomers would take credit for a time when the military was successful. My reply is an attempt to preemptively take the wind out of their sails.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A modest proposal⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think Vietnam is views as easy nor was it successful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Funny, works for my wife too. And I consider her speaking to me to be the ‘pro.’

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Bought a “Junk” PSP From Japan: Here’s How It Went⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nintendo would like a word.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sydney Sweeney says her success can be 'intimidating' to men as she lays out relationship non-negotiables⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Of all the celebs I care nothing about, I don’t care the most about Sweeney.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who farted?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just as funny as when Scrubs did it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How much RAM is in your average EV car, and is it DDR5?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The verge Vergecast podcast did a piece on RAM, and it’s well worth a listen. They talk about all sorts of RAM related things, the RAM in a Cybertruck being one of them. Sorry, I don’t remember the details but I remember it being lower than I thought; 8GB, maybe 16gb. Give it a listen.