JustEnoughDucks

@JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon becomes a landscape⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s because all the big tech CEOs are all exactly like the green text OP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Bane Of My Existence⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If I do that, the seasoning comes right off lol. Even using one of those green scrubbers (but the blue, non-scratch) makes that happen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Philips shouldn't exist. Torx plus is the best fight me⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Except apparently Robertson isn’t used anymore.

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_screw

  The contemporary square-drive screw has all but replaced the Robertson screw proper and is commonly referred to as a Robertson because it has practically identical drive dimensions and the same colour identification system, but the contemporary square drive socket has parallel sides rather than tapered.

  So it is a square drive, not Robertson.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ciao⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh, I have come across their posts on random big communities multiple times and I don’t remember ever seeing porn or anything even nsfw (besides text, but that is debatable if text deserves an NSFW tag)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Badge of Honor⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It seems as though codeberg and github were deleted or made private and their website is just a “go away” webp now so I can’t search through the blocklist

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft Co-Founder Claude Guillemot Dies In Plane Crash⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why do so many “important” people die in plane crashes in the past couple of decades?

  • Andy Cecere (2026 - US Bank)

  • Joshua Base (2026 - Capital Factory)

  • Christophe de Margerie (2014 - Total energies)

  • Petr Kelner (2021 - PPF Group)

  • Kobe Bryant (2020)

  • Glen de Vries (2021 - Medidata Solutions)

  • Gary Knopp ( 2020 - politician)

  • Steve Appleton (2012 - Micron CEO)

  • Cheryl heinze ( 2012 - politician)

  • Alison Des Forges ( 2009 - human right investigator)

  • Beverly Eckert (2009 - activist on 9/11 committee)

  • wilhemson executives in 2012

  • Now the CEO of Ubisoft in 2026

  That is just in the US, so many other rich businessmen have also died in plane crashes in other countries. Romania, Italy, Brazil, Russia, etc… Are aircraft crashes just way more common than the companies want us to believe? I was always told that airplanes were statistically safer than cars.

  Also why are plane crashes so often surrounded in suspicious circumstances like the IBM plane crash where a ton of executives were killed and immediately following the other IBM execs pivoted the company focus (which kind of led to their downfall in the consumer market).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨literally 451°⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well to be fair, the US declaration of independence is quite explicit about the right to revolution being one of the inalienable rights. They spent I think around 20 written lines talking about it.

  We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.–Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.

  Of course, it doesn’t mean their causes were just or their intentions were good or even that they were much more than an angry mob, but America was literally founded on the idea that a corrupt government should be overthrown by force.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Everything is working as designed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a gamer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Except 99% of the time, the company bankrupts the person who invented it (or threatens to) and then buys it out from under them through financial coersion and then make millions or billions in profit while giving the person who spent years or decades of effort developing it less than 1% of its worth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Humble bundle got stripped by its parent company IGN. That’s why they haven’t had a good bundle for a long time.

  In July 2024, all Humble Games employees were reportedly laid off. The company said that it’s “restructuring”, and that Humble Bundle will not be affected.

  Humble is being enshittified.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, they did invade Tibet with ground forces and eventually bomb the shit out of them, kidnapped tons of children and killed their parents. Between 10k in the first three days (the tiny tiny tibet army was very overwhelmed) and their government estimates 1.2million tibetens were killed then and during the 220k Chinese soldier occupation, but the actual number is likely more around 87k to 150k, with the remaining number being imprisoned in slave labor camps and the children kidnapped to grow up as “real Chinese” children. Like the indeginous schools in the US and Canada. Things got so bad that according to the PRC’s own reports, over 70% of rural PRC members defected and fought for the rebels. Skeletons clogged the Yellow River one year apparently. But as typical with all imperialism whether western or eastern, the winners try to explain the deaths away as famine when the soldiers steal all of the crops and shoot out the legs of the people, but they “technically” die of starvation or disease.

  Then they came and cut all of their old growth lumber (maybe the real end goal?) with massive deforestation and resource harvesting.

  But it is no question that China’s current imperialism is economic for 90% of it. It is also by far the lesser of the evils and much much less violent and physically harmful nowadays after 1970 or so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Amazon was toxic from day one, anticompetitive, borderline illegal, definitely corrupt as hell. It is what Epic Games Store would have been if it had been long before steam lol. The amount of shit that they bankrupted into the ground with cheap Chinese copies off the backs of VC funds while making tons of loss and then removing their storefronts…

  But as soon as GabeN dies, steam will become shit probably as the vultures close in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Find what you like and stick with it⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’d fit in here in Belgium. 80% of people eat 2 pieces of white bread with a spread or a single piece of meat in between lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Start-up idea⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes but they hide that as much as possible.

  • No longer warranty
  • No specs that indicate longevity
  • also has bullshit WiFi/touchscreens because it is so cheap to integrate for them

  If you are extremely lucky, there is a review for that model somewhere that isn’t just paid advertising, but outside of the US with less-used models, that is pretty much a fantasy.

  For example, even on the most expensive 1400€ Series 8 models Bosch (traditionally one of the best quality washers in the EU) now instead of a drum with bolts and a gasket, plastic welds their drum covers so it doesn’t last as long, breaks at the seam, and is almost impossible to repair correctly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BASED?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is also why people should seriously think about if they are ready to have a kid or want to have a kid.

  Millions or tens/hundreds of millions of kids have parents that never really wanted them and just gave in to the biological clock and/or social pressures and the kids have a shitty childhood. It sucks to be unwanted, and kids can really feel it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Start-up idea⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And there were tons of ones back in the day that didn’t cost that much either.

  Surprise, cheap stuff existed then too, it just didn’t survive like the expensive appliances.

  The difference is now the expensive stuff ALSO barely lasts at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, many of my childhood best friends live a 9 hour flight away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Start-up idea⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s literally how much they cost now and they last 10 years or maybe 15

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can anyone explain why?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, THC drinks are all over the US now and very popular. Most of my (young millennial) friends there barely drink alcohol and have swapped them with gummies and seltzers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the best way to drop 50lbs in two months without spending alot and no fad diets?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s technically possible by water fasting for 2 months, but that is pretty dangerous for so long and you would need a strict vitamin and salt intake to even have a chance of doing it safely.

  Definitely not a good idea, certainly not without doctor supervision.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I might catch flak for this, but I understand Fahrenheit made a ton of sense of an illiterate bygone era (well, I guess coming back maybe)

  The vast majority of people were uneducated. Decimals were a non-starter, maybe negatives were also difficult?

  0-100 was very easy. Under 0? Don’t go outside if possible. Over 100? Don’t go outside if possible. >50/halfway? Time for a coat. Having the same scale from -15 to 40 might have been confusing and not centered for them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The LCD Steam Deck is no longer being manufactured⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They had said on release (a few years ago) that they were selling the base model LCD just a bit above “at-cost” to try to break it into the market and capture share. It worked.

  Now that RAM prices have >3x’ed, they would likely be selling that model at a significant loss if they keep manufacturing it. Completely logical move.

  Bad for the consumer, but RAM being sucked up by shitty near-useless plagerism machines with the goal of replacing jobs for extra corporate profit is also bad for the consumer and probably a large part of the cause behind this production stop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨surely your hobby can't be that expensive⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t spinning your own yarn an amount of work that you should be saving money? 😂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My culture also loves music, dancing and telling stories⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What, artificial chocolate sprinkles on buttered white bread isn’t peak cuisine?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Counter Strike 2 update wipes nearly $2 billion off skin market value by making fancy knives and gloves easier to get [Eurogamer]⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Minigame maps in source days were crazy good!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does streaming compare to "analog"?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have had accubattery for my phome’s duration and Sony have the feature that you can force stop charging at 80%. In the past 3.5 years with the phone, I have charged 1 814 046 mAh in that time. Assuming avg 3.8V (not hitting too much or CV with 80%) and my local price of 0.32€/kWh, that is only 2.14€ over 3.5 years.

  Phones are absolutely crazy efficient.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Young men are struggling in a slowing job market, even if they have college degrees⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, here in belgium for an Electronics degree, there are about 10 open Electronics engineering jobs nationwide right now.

  Like 400 software/firmware and like 150 electric installation jobs, but if you want to switch to one of those you pretty much have to go back to a junior level (and pay) which isn’t much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point who in the world could stop Trump over doing something totally illegal? Like lets say using bunker buster bombs to destroy DEM cities? Or is USA communially FUCKED?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You mean like all of the air force brass, logistics commanders, pilots, all the way down to the MPs, who have been consistent in following illegal orders to fly black bagged and chained legal US residents that were refused due process to foreign concentration camps?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Which is funny because it routinely happens as well as nation states hiring small teams that start edit wars occasionally IIRC.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two former Polygon writers are starting a new site⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder how financially viable it is nowadays