lemmyng
@lemmyng@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Well, they finally got around to me 4 hours ago:
Might want to think twice. The liberal party (current party in power) is falling apart, and the populist conservatives are looking like they’ll win the next election with a majority unless something changes significantly.
Provincially things are not much better either: Ontario is being run by a drug pushing grifter, the prairies took a hard right into ultra conservatism, the eastern provinces are essentially majority owned by a few rich families…
- Comment on Relevant advertising 🤪 4 days ago:
He stopped worrying.
- Comment on Amazon starts selling Hyundai cars, more brands next year 1 week ago:
Are they going to be binning those too?
- Comment on UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder sparks online outrage at health insurance industry 1 week ago:
“sparks”… the outrage has been there for a long time, festering. The only difference is that now the media thinks it’s worth talking about.
- Comment on feral naming 2 weeks ago:
I’ll accept carpet shrimp.
- Comment on Heads up, don't link to the Guardian on 5/6 December 2 weeks ago:
Less links = less ad impressions, less impressions = less money.
- Comment on I've had the same laptop for seven years. Don't know much about them besides buy a Toshiba. Is this Hp Essential Laptop a good deal? 3 weeks ago:
A used corporate surplus laptop would be far better.
This is a good opportunity to shamelessly plug refurb.io - I’ve bought machines for my family there. If you can stand the occasional appearance blemish it’s a very reliable site.
- Comment on Is it possible to have a "free speech" platform that simultaneously stops "hate speech"? 3 weeks ago:
It’s essentially a practical application of the paradox of tolerance. And like with that one, the paradox goes away when the offending party breaks the social contract.
- Comment on not the mama!! 3 weeks ago:
That ending though…
- Comment on Lilo & Stitch (2025, dir Dean Fleischer Camp) 3 weeks ago:
Money.
- Comment on Weekends were a mistake says Infosys co-founder Murthy 4 weeks ago:
Narayama Murthy is a mistake.
- Comment on Left. It wouldnt know how big the pants should be on the right 4 weeks ago:
The one on the right, but each branch wears its own pants like a JNCO Matryoshka doll.
- Comment on Going splendidly 1 month ago:
You get the snoot AND the boots? I call that an absolute win!
- Comment on Top 10 metal moments in classical music 1 month ago:
Vivaldi would have definitively enjoyed speed metal.
- Comment on Someone make an app 1 month ago:
Fun fact, pollution makes sunset colors more vibrant.
- Comment on Explains a lot... 2 months ago:
A great adventure is waiting for you ahead. Hurry onward beetle, or you will soon be dead. The journey before you may be long and filled with woe. But you must escape the frog’s ass, or your tale can’t be told.
- Comment on A 100 year storm, you say... 2 months ago:
- Comment on Currently downloading The Witcher 3 for the first time. Got any advice for me? 2 months ago:
Don’t skip the dialogue, even if you use subtitles and are a fast reader. It sometimes switches from one sentence at a time to whole chunks of dialogue and action getting skipped. Plus, the voice acting is superb, and the physical reactions of characters can convey a lot of emotion.
Apart from White Orchard, you shouldn’t need to complete all side quests in your area before moving on. Particularly with witcher gear, it’s sometimes expected to need to come back at a later time when you’re more powerful.
Others may disagree, but I don’t bother dismantling gear and weapons. I find it simpler to just sell things and buy materials I need from vendors.
- Comment on Minecraft is getting a new biome and The Creaking, a creepy mob that only moves when you look away 2 months ago:
Since the mob is immune to damage as long as the heart is safe it could also work as bait for mobs that are hostile to it.
- Comment on What is the purpose of this plastic piece? 2 months ago:
It could be to protect the cord from being damaged by the prongs - the plastic cover would be softer and less sharp.
- Comment on Square! 2 months ago:
- Comment on Why do phone manufacturers use in-display fingerprint readers instead of fingerprint readers on the power button? 2 months ago:
Pixel 8 user here - the in-display fingerprint reader is fine, as long as my finger isn’t super dry (which happens regularly). So I’m regularly licking my finger to unlock the device like some boomer that’s used to doing it from turning pages in a book.
- Comment on Burning Up 3 months ago:
On the other hand it dilutes the effect of lower values because a lot of them are double digit. 20F, 40F, 60F… all double digit, but wildly varying. On the other hand, with Celsius you get:
- Below 0: There’s ice/snow.
- 0: Things are freezing/thawing (depending on what the temperature was before.
- 10s (Spring): T-shirt weather.
- 10s (Fall): Sweater weather.
- 20s: Nice in the sun.
- 30s: Nice in the shade.
- 40s: THIS IS PUNISHMENT FOR OUR HUBRIS.
- Comment on Are there any negatives side effects to using PGP all the time with email? 3 months ago:
I don’t know if it’s still the case, but in my experience (years ago) PGP messed with the proper rendering of HTTP email bodies.
From a security standpoint also, the signature confirming that the email is from your is a double edged sword: Yes, your contacts get to verify that it’s you, but you’re also losing plausible deniability (privacy).
- Comment on AI Artefacting 3 months ago:
GNU STP.
- Comment on arachnids 3 months ago:
You know what, I think you are right. I was hasty and the shape fits your suggestion better.
- Comment on arachnids 3 months ago:
Red spider mites. They’re plant pests.
- Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says "almost all games should cost more at a base level" because they cost so much to make 3 months ago:
It also has to be fully functional offline. I don’t want to be locked out because someone’s login server is down.
- Comment on Sonic The Hedgehog, also known as bad comic book movies enemy number one 3 months ago:
Why Birds of Prey and not Suicide Squad (2016)? Could also include Madame Web.
- Comment on Do you prefer to buy games on Steam or GOG? 3 months ago:
My decision tree roughly follows these steps:
- Steam for games that have an online multiplayer content, because GoG Galaxy sucks ass on Linux.
- Steam for games that objectively run better on Proton.
- GoG for games that support LAN multiplayer.
I used to also prioritize GoG because it was largely DRM-free, but the Luna partnership is putting doubt on that.
