gerryflap

@gerryflap@feddit.nl

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You're so predictable⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Got me there

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Youtube can detect VPNs now... the fuck?⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s probably not too hard to detect based on IP. They only do it for some content though. The only content I watch that has this block is official Formula 1 content on YouTube. It’s probably something that creators can enable when they want to region lock content or something

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people using the "þ" character?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you think these massive companies will add even a single line of code for something and insignificant as this? Also that one string replace maymess with Icelandic text which actually uses it.

  I think these 2 factors actually make it sort of useful. As long as not too many others do this exact thing, it makes the comments with the thorn in English enough of an anomaly to probably do more harm than good to the training of the LLM. And therefore the comments are not being used in any useful way for “AI” training.

  There are some accessibility and readability concerns tho, and it’s also a bit of a weird thing to do. But it might just kinda work

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good things to purchase to add a new distraction to my life?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought an analog camera (Canon EOS 300) for like 15 euros at a thrift store a year ago and luckily it worked. It has kinda kick-started my interest in photography. Analog photography is quite expensive tho, so a better recommendation would be to buy a cheap used DSLR. Personally I bought a Canon EOS 40D at MBP for like 80 euros, but anything like it would probably be fine.

  A camera from 2008 doesn’t sound like something that would still be relevant today, but honestly it’s a great device. It’s kinda like an old manual car in camera form. If you know what you’re doing you can absolutely take amazing photos with it. It has all the buttons and options you might need, just not the fancy new stuff like face tracking autofocus, sensor stabilisation, EVF, etc.

  My dad (who is a more professional photographer) let me use his professional grade lenses on this thing and the results are absolutely stunning. But even something like Canons 50mm lens is very decent. Will it beat anything modern? Probably not. But you sure can learn and take stunning pictures with it. Since then I got a more modern camera as well, but honestly the 40D still keeps surprising me. It takes a bit more effort to get something good, but it is also super rewarding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I have the same. I’ve been considering using my “dumb” alarm clock as my primary alarm and moving my phone to the other side of my room or something and use it as a backup alarm. I usually spend that time scrolling around while lying in bed, might as well have slept longer. Sometimes I just keep on daydreaming which will not be solved by this fix tho.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Worst Bug In Games Is Now Gone Forever by Two Minute Papers [Video, 11:41 min]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Two minute papers has really gone down the drain. Or my perspective changed. I used to love the channel, but it got increasingly clickbaity and shallow. Rather than explaining the contents of the papers the videos became hype talks that made it all sounds way more impressive and revolutionairy than it was.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I would give my life savings for something that eradicates them from my apartment 😌⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We have no guarantees that you’re human, you could be a mosquito spreading anti-spider sentiment!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I would give my life savings for something that eradicates them from my apartment 😌⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have 2 spider homies in my bedroom. The past summer they caught a lot of bugs and now they’re just chilling. As long as they don’t enter the no-no zone they can stay. Jumping spiders are always welcome too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does the GOP think “ANTIFA” is bad?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not American but Dutch, but our far-right government also really hates Antifa so the answer is probably similar.

  1. Antifa is anti-fascist, yeah. But the name is most often not used by all people who are anti-fascist but rather by a rather extreme subgroup of people who have a tendency to escalate protests into riots. They often seem to fight for something good, but not really with the means that are approved by the more centre-leaning average people.

  2. Both MAGA and the Dutch far right are also a bit fascist, although MAGA is more advanced in that regard, so they probably don’t really vibe with anti-fascism anyway. It’s all populist politics. They outlaw the “scary left-wing terrorists” to both vilify the left and show their voters that they care about law and order.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 5th⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Still grinding Hades 2. Just like the original Hades the game just keeps throwing new stuff at you, so you keep playing. One thing I do find weird tho is how quickly I managed to unlock the different weapons. And also that the initial staff weapon is by far my favorite, so every weapon unlock thereafter felt a bit underwhelming. I guess it makes sense that they provide you with the most all-round weapon first.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Autumn Sale 2025 Has Begun⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nothing, too busy playing Hades II. Death to Chronos!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's official: EA is going private.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a big Star Wars fan this hurts though. The Jedi: Fallen Order and Survivor games where my favorite Star Wars content after Andor since Disney took over. I was looking forward to the last game in the trilogy. But I don’t want these people to get any money and I’m also afraid that the project will be affected anyways :/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dinner is ready! ⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  D has all the good stuff. Middle Eastern, Asian food, even a part of Greek food. I don’t really see any competition to that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lies, all lies⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a special place in hell for any person playing any sound loudly in public places. Recently there was some dude scrolling TikTok at full blast in the train. I’d rather have any form of continuous music over that distracting bombardment of random sounds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Huh?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably, but in this case it fits. If there’s anything that generative AI is good at, it’s capturing the vibe of that fucked up thing your brain does in dreams. This image perfectly represents what my brain does when I’m just awake or almost asleep. Messing with proportions and unable to form a normal picture of things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨monthly challenge⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a bit weird, but imo not wrong. 500 > steps/day or steps/day < 500 is the same. As long as the big end of the < or > is at the 500 it makes sense. It only doesn’t make sense if you literally read 500 > steps/day as “five hundred greater than steps a day” instead of parsing it as math.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨President Trump shows President Zelenskyy and President Macron his 4 More Years hats⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d love to see the look Macron and Zelensky gave each other at some point during or after this scene. The things you do for peace…

  Also Trump 2028? That’s unconstitutional right? And he’s showing this to other world leaders?! That should be some kind of lawsuit in and of itself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah that’s why I commented

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s like Cities Skylines then that’s pretty decent. I never bought a DLC and yet I got lots of content updates on an already great base game

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cutting sucks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah it’s insane honestly. My own meals are probably like 70% vegetable or something. A lot of people already eat very few vegetables in my opinion, but OP really goes beyond that in this case. Bland, tasteless, and not even healthy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamers have you ever been in a game competition or something similar?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  2 things come to mind:

  The first thing is that at one point many years ago we participated in Rocket League’s RLCS. Participation was completely open. We were actually doing quite well until we randomly ran into pro players and got completely demolished. It’s kinda humbling to know that even though you’re part of the top ~1% of players, pro players are still in a totally different league and absolutely unbeatable. Their speed and game sense is so much better than that of any mere mortal, it’s like we weren’t even there. We were probably low Grand Champion around the time, and we got beaten like we would beat Gold ranked players. Personally I don’t mind losing like this, it’s a good learning experience and shows you how much is possible.

  At uni I also participated in plenty of LAN parties that had random game competitions. Usually they were games that a lot of us didn’t ever play before. We’d usually start playing the game a few hours in advance to get a feel for it. There I’ve found that I’m quite decent at this usually, but that there are definitely a few people who can get quite decent at a game in 2 hours to the point that they challenge people with casual experience with the game. It as always good fun though, and because I tended to put some effort into it I regularly managed to get into the top 3.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally I’d say that “always striving for the maximum and stressing myself out” is a personality trait that’s not only a problem in Stardew Valley for me haha. I’m o it’s not a great mindset to have, but unfortunately it’s a subconscious drive that’s hard to eliminate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess it’s just a mindset difference. I’d say me and my friends are all pretty competitive gamers (as opposed to more creative gamers). We tend to play games mostly for the challenge. Also didn’t help that we had just finished our Facorio playthrough. So in our mind we still had “the factory must grow”. So our minds were like “if space -> use space”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While I enjoyed it, it was also very stressful. I think we just played wrong. We covered every millimeter of the plot with farms or other useful stuff and then proceeded to be busy for more than half the day with just maintenance. At some point this meant that we never got to explore and often barely had time to go to the stores or talk to the people in the village.

  Apart from overcooked it was probably the most stressful game Is ever played and it’s not supposed to be like that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That entirely depends on the circumstances. One cannot make a blanket statement. Let’s say that a horrible disease breaks out in a city and the government successfullymanages to quarantine the city before anyone gets out. The people inside suffer and most die without medical help or medicine, but the disease doesn’t spread and humanity is saved.

  However there are plenty of cases where we should stand up for the rights of a few people even if it costs the majority of people. Making things accessible for people with disabilities costs money that technically could be spent elsewhere, but an empathic society should stand above this kind of thinking and make sure that society is accessible to people with disabilities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well, are you?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Meow meow :3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “mem”, which is west-frisian for mum. Other than that I don’t really speak west-frisian, but words like mom/dad/grandma/grandpa all stayed in Frisian. Family also sometimes speaks Frisian to me, but unfortunately I forgot how to speak it at a young age and can only understand it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mothing phone⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hahaha. I love all the moth posts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Only 1 in 3 Euro consumers are trading in their old phones⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I have the same with Rollercoaster Tycoon classic. I spent money for it and really enjoyed it, but instead of patching that version for newer phones they just released a “new” version that’s compatible with newer phones. I should’ve expected this from Atari, but damn it’s so scummy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Only 1 in 3 Euro consumers are trading in their old phones⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I tend to keep them around tbh. Sometimes I install random shit on them or use them for funny projects. I only kiss one because it broke completely