xigoi
@xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org
- Comment on Does 'attempted murder' require a viable method? 15 hours ago:
If you sincerely believed that it will result in the actual person dying, sure.
- Comment on What happens when I ignore the cookie preference dialogue on websites? 5 days ago:
It’s not just about cookies, they spy on you in other ways.
- Comment on What is with volatile QR codes in membership accounts? 5 days ago:
Why would you not want max brightness when displaying a QR code?
- Comment on Please allow ads! JK, you need to subscribe, too! LOL 1 week ago:
Running malware on someone else’s computer does not exactly make you the good one.
- Comment on If I was a Health Care CEO after Luigi and felt in fear of my life from someone else how would I hire security? What would be a good deal? And does security act like the Secret Service to take a bulle 1 week ago:
Doesn’t help when people are calling for the murder of all CEOs, no matter how they behave.
- Comment on pakistan women's day 2 weeks ago:
Interesting that there are no such laws in atheist countries.
- Comment on pakistan women's day 2 weeks ago:
Ah yes, the religion of peace that treats women equally. Better not complain or someone will call you islamophobic.
- Comment on Am I ugly? 3 weeks ago:
People often create alt accounts to post sensitive stuff, so I don’t find it that sus…
- Comment on Am I ugly? 3 weeks ago:
You look good :) Unfortunately, it sounds like the people around you are real assholes. Please don’t take their comments seriously. And definitely don’t worry about your weight.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Because you can’t change the behavior of other people, but you can change your behavior.
- Comment on Why is it that clasped hands tends to be the norm for praying? 🙏 1 month ago:
Also:
Right arm raised up and right, fingers extended
- Comment on Well, they finally got around to me 2 months ago:
Ads allow YouTube to be used by billions worldwide
They’re literally giving us more reasons to use an ad blocker.
- Comment on Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"? 2 months ago:
As a native speaker of a Slavic language, I hate that it works like this. It makes the language less expressive without providing any benefit.
- Comment on Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"? 2 months ago:
And surprisingly, people speaking such languages as well as English can learn that each language works differently and use the correct form. (Speaking from personal experience.)
- Comment on I've noticed a lot of UK job applications use the American MM/DD/YYYY date format and some also say "resume" instead of CV. Does that annoy you if you're British? 2 months ago:
7th Jan 2007 . You’re welcome, now it doesn’t really matter which order you put the DD/MM
But do you write September as Sep, or Sept? I’ve heard that this is also a British/USA thing
- Comment on I've noticed a lot of UK job applications use the American MM/DD/YYYY date format and some also say "resume" instead of CV. Does that annoy you if you're British? 2 months ago:
Do you also say “six, fifty and two hundred” instead of “two hundred and fifty six”?
- Comment on I am a very liberal person and I have very liberal children, except for one. I'm pretty sure my Gen Z son has been taken in by fascist doctrine. What can I get him for Christmas? 3 months ago:
By “fascist” you mean “supports ethnic cleansing”, or “doesn’t agree with me on every single political issue”?
- Comment on How screwed would one be if their email provider shuts down? 3 months ago:
Buy your own domain and use it for e-mails (there are many providers that support custom domains). If your provider shuts down, just switch to a different one and keep the same address.
- Comment on Is it really possible to tax the rich? 3 months ago:
How dare you come up with a nuanced take on this topic instead of screaming “eat the rich”!
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
If the situation is as you described, you are definitely in the right.
- Comment on Are disabled people and the elderly going to survive another Trump presidency? 3 months ago:
This is not how you demonstrate that you’re on the better side.
- Comment on What do you like/dislike about lemmy? 3 months ago:
Dislike: every post inevitably has someone complaining about capitalism, Trump, police, Musk, …
- Comment on Why don't we just gather up all the ocean's trash and all the nonrecyclables, put them in a rocket, and launch it into the sun? 4 months ago:
How do you weigh a boat precisely enough to detect a soda can missing?
- Comment on The number on this sticker... 4 months ago:
The Explain XKCD for this comic is gold.
However birds do not use GPS to navigate, [citation needed]
- Comment on How are scammers getting my email address? 4 months ago:
True. A more reliable way to achieve this is to buy a domain and use addresses in the form websitename@your.domain.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
Because immigrant from, say, Islamic countries behave differently than those from, say, Vietnam.
- Comment on Why do phone manufacturers use in-display fingerprint readers instead of fingerprint readers on the power button? 5 months ago:
The unlocking flow is slower. With the fingerprnt scannerb I just put my finger on the screen and go. With face recognition, I have to turn on the screen, wait for it to pick me up, then swipe to unlock.
- Comment on Where do you even meet people anymore? 5 months ago:
In what settings is it socially acceptable to talk to strangers?
- Comment on If I have an account on Mastodon.Social, and another account on PieFed.Social are they technically on the same instance, since they're both on .Social? 5 months ago:
.com is for commercial sites (though many sites misuse it). Most Mastodon instances are not commercial.
- Comment on How do people in this day in age become nazis/neonazies sexist or even incels when there is so much knowledge against it? Do they get anything out of being that way? 6 months ago:
There are more straight men who want a partner than women, so someone will be inevitably left out no matter the amount of therapy.