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- Comment on Apparently Bluesky lets you require a sign in to view a post 4 days ago:
Fair point :-)
- Comment on The IT Crowd: Jen has been transported 4 days ago:
Maybe… But I kind of doubt it 😁
- Comment on The IT Crowd: Jen has been transported 4 days ago:
This is not a big deal but it is entirely wrong. Why do I care so much about this?!
IMO it is a big deal, and you’re right to care.
Most obviously, and most importantly, this is a big deal because it excludes people who may require the subtitles in order to watch the show.
But it also points to some sort of speech to tech automation being used and then not checked by a human. Which implies poor quality control and a reliance on machine learning instead of employing someone.
- Comment on Apparently Bluesky lets you require a sign in to view a post 4 days ago:
If it was BlueSky forcing sign in, I would agree. But this is giving the user control of their own posts. I don’t really see a problem with it tbh.
- Comment on I have reached my pumpkin spice breaking point. 1 week ago:
Oh, I thought you were unhappy about the price. The soup itself sounds rather nice to me, will need to check that out 😁
- Comment on I'm only mildly infuriated by this because I've only been here a couple of weeks and am on a lower floor. Whoever put up this sign, on the other hand... 2 weeks ago:
If you want to find out more, you could try and contact the Citizens Advice Bureau - they may or may not be able to help directly, but if not then they would probably know who can.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
In short, money.
To use the real name ould likely require licensing it. Not to mention that naming a game made by a company owned by one major media conglomerate, might be an issue when you’re a show made by a company owned by a different competing major media conglomerate.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Possibly someone intended to cross post to NSQ on another instance? There’s one on Lemmy.ca for example. Maybe they just typed the wrong one?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
if something is rated 7/10 I’d assume it’s better than something rated 3.5 stars / 5.
I think I probably would too. And yet, I would tend to instinctively think of 70% as worse than 7/10, even though that makes no sense.
- Comment on I'm OOTL: Why is TikTok being banned? 4 weeks ago:
So that Trump can swoop in and “save” it.
- Comment on Where do you think elon musk would be if he wasn't born into wealth? 1 month ago:
Indeed 👍
- Comment on Where do you think elon musk would be if he wasn't born into wealth? 1 month ago:
That’s some vivid and disturbing imagery! :-)
- Comment on Where do you think elon musk would be if he wasn't born into wealth? 1 month ago:
So, no difference then?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I wonder if any of the devices (assuming you still have them) might be a route to identifying where and when they were purchased.
The phone’s IMEI number for example, is unique to that specific device - so in theory there ought to be a way to find out exactly who sold it, where, when and ideally to whom.
Not that this is something for you to do yourself, but it could be a line of enquiry for police or (as I suggested in a previous comment) a lawyer.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
If financially feasible, OP, I wonder if it would be worth contacting a lawyer? If nothing else they might be able to advise on next steps and/or pressure the police to do something more than nothing at all.
Based on this and the other message you posted, this person sounds pretty unpleasant, and potentially much worse. I hope this gets sorted soon. Be safe.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
How would OP stop them getting the new number if OP doesn’t know who they are?
It could be any of the many people who has her current number and would likely be given it again freely when the number was changed.
- Comment on Is there a way to search for specific words on a site? 1 month ago:
Not 100% on this, but you might need to include the “www.” part, rather than just the domain. Possibly not, but worth a try.
- Comment on Is there any security in the communication with Voyager I? 2 months ago:
it doesn’t use any common protocols or software that anyone outside of NASA would be familiar with.
Suddenly Lemmy hates Voyager because it’s not FOSS…
- Comment on Why does the Music Industry allow Spotify/Apple to profit off of them? 2 months ago:
Well hopefully not. I didn’t know it had been tried before, that’s interesting.
- Comment on Do spam calls "I wanna buy your house" ever work? Has anyone ever sold their house like that? 2 months ago:
Sometimes they just really are giving away a MASSIVE YACHT!
- Comment on If a contestant on Jeopardy! gave the correct response "Alexandre Dumas" but pronounced the surname as "dumb ass", would the response be accepted? 2 months ago:
If they gave the response “Alexander Dumas” wouldn’t it be rejected, regardless of pronunciation, because it wasn’t in the form of a question?
- Comment on Why does the Music Industry allow Spotify/Apple to profit off of them? 2 months ago:
I guess, but for your average consumer that’s not going to be an attractive option.
- Comment on Why does the Music Industry allow Spotify/Apple to profit off of them? 2 months ago:
Yeah, I know, but I feel like execs are more likely to want to go it alone and have exclusive artists than have to work out a way to share with each other.
- Comment on Why does the Music Industry allow Spotify/Apple to profit off of them? 2 months ago:
Why don’t the Big 3 (Universal, Warner & Sony) just come together and make their own streaming service with all their music,
Careful what you wish for. It’s long been a concern of mine that we’ll see a fragmentation of the music streaming market, with the same results as in TV.
You know how one show you like is on Disney+ and one is on Netflix and two are on Amazon, and one is on Paramount and so on…?
Imagine that with your favourite bands z except you need a Warner subscription to listen to one band, a Sony one to listen to another, etc.
It’s bad enough with some things not being on one music service while they are on another one, or with songs being there and then gone and then back again for utterly opaque reasons. If the labels get the idea that they can cut out the middle man and gate off their artists from any service but their own, it’ll be awful.
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 2 months ago:
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes, indeed.
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 2 months ago:
And who gets to decide what’s evil and what’s not?
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 2 months ago:
Of course he should be prosecuted.
Regardless of what the victim has done or was doing you can’t have a society where it’s regarded as ok to intentionally walk up to someone on the street and murder them. That way lies anarchy and madness.
- Comment on Do you think being left-handed gives any unique qualities or advantages compares to other right handed? 2 months ago:
May also have been a subtle way to help protect in case the castle was stormed. I’ve certainly heard of castles where the steps were sometimes irregular heights - those who lived there would be used to it, but invaders would not and would find it harder to move effectively. A differently spiralling stair might have the same effect.
- Comment on Would social events be better if phones didn't have data? 2 months ago:
I’m in the same boat as OP, and while I think you’re probably right, I do also think that were I in better shape with fewer responsibilities now, I’d still prefer the experience of being at a gig/club night without phones.
Only a personal preference of course, not saying people are wrong if they prefer how things are now.
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 3 months ago:
Ah, good shout, thanks I’ll do that 👍