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- Comment on Had enough of having to change it every 3 months 1 day ago:
Sure, but I still think there should be a way to do this without the need. Password managers are fine, again, not upset with them but still, it should be easy enough to not need one, at least for a normal person.
A lot of this is due to dealing with my elderly parents. They have so much of their lives reliant on services, but they are no longer capable of even figuring out a password manger. Even for important shit, there should be a better way to do this than having to keep track of hundreds of pieces of information. Passwords shouldn’t even be a thing we ever need to use unless we need to break glass. There are methods out there that work, but it’s so disjointed but also interconnected.
Honestly, no idea how it could be solved other than through legislation maybe. Fat fucking chance with the way the world currently works.
- Comment on Had enough of having to change it every 3 months 1 day ago:
Oh, agreed, I do this as well. Again though, so much bullshit, why should we need dozens or hundreds of email addresses?
I feel like everyone is so used to needing accounts for everything, it’s just accepted as a given. When you go to the store to purchase a newspaper, should we have to bring our passport?
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 1 day ago:
Man it’s fallen off a cliff. Many years ago I bought a knockoff Chinese messenger bag from Amazon. It’s fantastic, great materials, good quality zipper, it’s he up to daily use for years and looks even better than when I got it (leather developed a nice patina).
So, I needed another bag, went looking for the same brand as mine. No longer there, but there are 75 identical looking but weirdly named brands instead. I found one that looked as similar as I could to my old bag, and this one is an utter piece of shit. I mean, I’ll use it, it’s a duffle bag so not as much use as the messenger bag, but the difference is stark. Stiff, cheap cloth, leather sure, but probably harvested entirely from cow buttholes, zippers look brass, but one zip and the color wore off…
Everything, even purchased goods have nshittified. Everything looks cool but just absolutely sucks.
- Comment on Had enough of having to change it every 3 months 1 day ago:
I agree, and I do use an open source one, but I disagree that we need to identify ourselves for everything. You can’t even look at a resturaunt menu anymore without signing up for an account. Everything is gate kept behind an account, and those accounts are all so interconnected that when one is compromised, it might for multiple and often you will never know (and I’m talking about password reuse).
Password managers are a good solution to the problem, I’m not mad at them, I’m mad at the problem that necessitates them.
- Comment on Had enough of having to change it every 3 months 1 day ago:
The fact that modern life basically requires a third party app to prevent instant identity theft and fraud is a real problem.
The real problem is that every fucking service in the world is just there to scrape data. I don’t need to logon and provide my every detail to check the local weather, I shouldn’t have to give my social security number to play video games…
- Comment on Libraries are cool 2 weeks ago:
I love this idea. Libraries should provide free hosting for people in the community.
Im all about democratizing the internet, and im all about self hosting. Libraries could be just what we need for that.
Brilliant idea my friend.
- Comment on True 2 weeks ago:
I have, but they wouldn’t take a fist born, nor magic beans…
- Comment on True 2 weeks ago:
I try to keep one or two near collections at all times. Makes me feel like someone cares…
This is a joke (although I am often behind on bills).
- Comment on The less complicated life of a male 2 weeks ago:
I use Dr. Bronners hemp peppermint for everything. Soap, shampoo, toothpaste, dish soap, dog shampoo, hell, I once washed my car with it.
Ok, so I only use it as toothpaste while camping, but still, I could.
- Comment on Ever go back to your old job just to visit friends and see THIS? 2 weeks ago:
It’s true. I have had a good number of jobs, I come, work on things, make improvements, then move on when I’ve grown or they are in a better spot. I honestly thought I was the guy coming in to help fix things and then move on once things are stable.
Instead, I have created a series of opportunities for them to blame the last guy to leave.
No matter how good of a job you do, unless you are there to remind folks, they will forget and use the easy scapegoat. I’m still very popular with the folks I worked with on the ground, but management types are primarily after someone else to blame…
- Comment on Is it gay to have pleasurable sex with your wife? 3 weeks ago:
Given the grindr stats that follow them wherever they go, this seems plausible.
- Comment on Truth is way more fucked up than fiction 4 weeks ago:
The irony is that THIS is the deep state the fuckers have been looking for. Just the the 2nd amendment folks though, their rhetoric is just that, rhetoric and was NEVER going to lead to the solutions they preached.
The only value that side shares is bootlicking authority.
- Comment on I hate it when people use pictures showing the condiments only on top of a hot dog. 4 weeks ago:
Apparently in parallel, not series.
- Comment on one bright second 1 month ago:
Honestly, this factoid is the closest thing to a real Total Perspective Vortex in hat I’ve ever felt.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Something I couldn’t help but notice today. I work from home most days at my current job, but I’m in this week. I’m the sort of person who always looks strangers in the eye and says hello, or just a smile and nod… today as I walked through the buildings to get lunch, not one single person acknowledged me. I almost always get at least a few responses or at least a smile. Today, nothing, every single person stared at the floor, or intentionally looked away when made eye contact.
I get that there are folks uncomfortable with such interactions, and so I am not offended or upset if I don’t get a response, but despite being surrounded by people, I don’t remember feeling more alone.
Just wanted to share, seems relevant.
- Comment on Why do conservatives define being fascist solely as "being violent?" 2 months ago:
which is a nonconformist
Thank you for this, it puts it in terms that make a lot of sense. This really helps explain a phenomenon I see so often. I know a few folks who are certainly not pro-trump, but are very anti-political. I’ve been told that I need to shut up, and things would be fine once the next election rolls around.
These folks might not like what’s happening, but they are fine conforming to it.
Maybe it’s a me problem, but I think it’s going to take a little more work than the bare minimum.
- Comment on Trump posted this in Truth. 2 months ago:
I wish more people would see it.
- Comment on Let's hear it, little lemmings. 3 months ago:
Lol, I meant Reimann too since he’s German, but mostly because I’m an idiot.
- Comment on Let's hear it, little lemmings. 3 months ago:
Xcellent choice, would be amazing, a perfect pick. I’d toss Riemann or Ramanujan into the mix if I could pick anyone and ignore the language barrier.
- Comment on Let's hear it, little lemmings. 3 months ago:
To be frank, if you put Angela on this list my answer would be her a thousand times over. Shes just so damn engaging, love her content.
- Comment on Let's hear it, little lemmings. 3 months ago:
Agreed, not the person I respect or believe is going to reveal the most truth. But he’s the best one on the list to keep you engaged and entertained for 3 hours.
- Comment on 100% vegetarian 3 months ago:
I was really expecting them to lean into my stupid old joke. I’m a vegetarian once removed, I only eat animals that only eat plants.
Can’t even clear that low bar of creativity.
- Comment on linus tech tip 4 months ago:
Bingo! Many years back I stopped watching them when they killed their storage system. It was a Rube Goldberg that was destined to fail and I suddenly realized the channel was actively making me stupider if I followed their advice.
- Comment on I can fix her 5 months ago:
wholeheartedly agree. I was but 19 years old though and less wise in the ways of the world. I occasionally try to look her up but have had no luck, I really hope she turned out ok. Been decades though.
- Comment on I can fix her 5 months ago:
Lol, this literally happened to me once.
Long story short, a girl I knew but always figured was way out of my league expressed interest in me. We quickly started dating, I thought I was the luckiest guy in the world. A few weeks go by and she just ghosts me. Nothing for weeks, I was going nuts. Finally I get a message from her, she had checked herself into the psych ward, and wound up hooking up with one of the staff while she was there.
Dodged a real one there…
- Comment on I'm not okay. 5 months ago:
Same, been camping twice this summer and both times I was taken aback and both seeing them (it’s become so rare), and how few there were. Used to be swarms of them in my backyard, not I go camping just to see 3 of them.
- Comment on As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG 5 months ago:
I really enjoyed the first game, not AAA new game price enjoyment though. I mean, I got as much fun out of it while playing as I have anything else, it just wasn’t as rich and deep as a fallout game. I give it a pass since it’s establishing a new universe but as much as I liked it, it’s most certainly a blue light special fallout clone.
So, asking inflated AAA prices seems, somewhat short sighted. I’d absolutely pay what I did for the first game, 80 bucks is a hard no for me though. I might buy it when it’s cheaper, but by then I’ll likely have seen enough clips, read enough reviews and gotten busy enough to just forget about it.
Bummer.
- Comment on Amazing. 6 months ago:
That looks like my play through of a fallout game. For some reason it amuses me to no end to make a random, huge pile of found alcohol, in game.
I’m humbled by this man doing it in real life.
- Comment on My password is not accepted because it is too long 6 months ago:
I have a google voice number for that. Most things no longer accept it though.
- Comment on My password is not accepted because it is too long 6 months ago:
I had delusions of trying to keep track of which address is sold by who which is why I did the hide my email addresses. But I’ve always kept separate personal and spam accounts. This was my attempt at combining to a single account.