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NateNate60

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NateNate60 ,

Yeah, what's wrong with GNOME's calendar? It's basic and it works... fine. I use it for my daily tasks.

Window's default calendar is similarly mediocre.

NateNate60 ,

Or the boxes are pre-made and they ran out

NateNate60 , (edited )

I was walking to the grocery store when I saw a neighbour polishing his in front of his house. I said "Wow, a Cybertruck," and he replied, "Cool, isn't it?"

I said, "No, it's a $120,000 go-kart made of scrap metal that will rust in a month."

Edit: sounds fake but I do have a picture of the car in question, but I took it on a different day—

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/bdac2f90-7b0c-45a0-a226-07b58a7d27c6.jpeg

NateNate60 ,

What makes you think I'm a crypto bro?

NateNate60 , (edited )

(past tense)

But how do you define "crypto bro"? Sure not "any person who's ever held cryptocurrency", right? Because that would make 25% of the US population crypto bros.

I absolutely reject this categorisation. I don't give a shit about crypto or any of the ideas behind it. It's interesting from a technical perspective as a person who holds a computer science degree, but I'm in it for the money. Holding crypto is gambling, and nothing more.

The only crypto I hold now is for online poker sites and for buying precious metals on r/pmsforsale on Reddit.

NateNate60 ,

Why would I make up the number 1 most common interaction between a Cybertruck owner and a normal person?

But here's a picture I took of his car while he was attending church (across the street from the grocery store):

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2babb495-c0a2-42cc-8a6d-95f33535ab38.jpeg

And yes, you can tell it is new because it doesn't have a number plate yet.

The picture was taken on 30 March, the interaction happened a few days earlier

NateNate60 ,

Read carefully, because it seems that reading comprehension is not your strong suit.

Wiktionary defines "crypto bro" as "an enthusiastic cryptocurrency supporter, usually male, especially a dogmatic and condescending one".

You may notice I do not fit any of those categories, besides perhaps being male.

For the adoption of cryptocurrency by businesses and states, I am apathetic, even mildly in opposition. As for being dogmatic, I entirely am not, because I don't give a shit.

But I will admit, you have successfully tempted me into being condescending towards you.

NateNate60 ,

Nothing

NateNate60 ,

You don't seem to know the meaning of the word "spend".

How much have I bought in crypto to hold myself? I don't hold any crypto. The answer is zero.

The figure that appears in column E of Form 8949? Over a million USD.

You answers seethe of jealousy. You keep trying to pin the label "crypto bro" on me because you want to dismiss me as someone not worth listening to, and the money I earned as illegitimate and fake. You argue not because you think you're right, but because you can't bear to be wrong. To you, crypto is a scam with no use and everything it touches turns to shit, and everyone who says otherwise must therefore hold the opposite opinion and think everything it touches turns to gold. Binary thinking at its worst.

Your thinking is simplistic and devoid of nuance. You're right about one thing though. I am condescending. Because you deserve it.

Reply if you desperately need to put in the last word with a feigned aura of coolness, and laugh it off, because there are no more arguments to be made. Only insults left. You won't receive a response, and I won't even read whatever you write, because this conversation is over.

Go buy a Cybertruck or something.

I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp. (www.adobe.com)

I expected ridiculous propaganda from Adobe, but they give absolutely no reasons why Photoshop is better than Gimp and list a bunch of things that Gimp can do too....

NateNate60 ,

I think for a real Photoshop vs GIMP comparison from the eyes of a professional, I'd like to share Franklin Veaux's perspective. He's an author, graphic designer, and the infamous local polygamist.

NateNate60 ,

For a real Photoshop vs GIMP discussion, I think I'll leave a link to Franklin Veaux's Quora post here.

tl;dr there is actually a lot of functionality in Photoshop not present in GIMP that most casual users will never use, but is very important to professionals. People don't pay hundreds of dollars to Adobe just for funsies.

NateNate60 ,

Just a cursory glance, but GIMP still doesn't seem to support additive curves and CMYK support is still rudimentary and needs a plugin

NateNate60 ,

I doubt that GIMP will ever overtake Photoshop. Adobe has the money to employ (and does employ) hundreds of experts in their fields to work on Photoshop for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year. Although GIMP is very impressive as an open-source project and a massive testament to how far the free software model can go, it is still, at the end of the day, made by a ragtag band of (mostly) amateurs volunteering their time. Adobe, by brute force, can deliver a higher-quality product just by having the resources to employ the best people to work for them.

I love GIMP. I use it for all my image editing needs and would never consider giving a dime to Adobe. But I don't do it for a living and I respect the opinions of those who do when they say that GIMP isn't a good replacement for Photoshop.

NateNate60 ,

I'm pretty sure there's a GIMP plugin that does that if that is all you care about

NateNate60 ,

It's more complex. In Photoshop, it's a single tool. In GIMP, you make a circular selection, convert it to a path, and then stroke the path.

Not only is this more convoluted, it's bewilderingly unintuitive to beginners and is definitely one of GIMP's shortcomings.

NateNate60 ,

That doesn't do the same thing, I guess the goal is really how to draw the outline of a circle

NateNate60 ,

I think it's also the case that it has a bigger impact on developing brains, who might be more easily addicted.

I don't have any evidence for this, I'm just guessing here.

NateNate60 ,

The effectiveness of bans has always hinged on two factors:

  • The likelihood of being caught
  • The severity of punishment if caught

For example, everyone knows that the odds of being caught speeding are pretty low, but if the punishment for speeding is ten years imprisonment, then very few people will risk speeding.

Similarly, even if the odds of getting caught violating this law is only 1%, if the punishment is banning the platform and shutting down the company along with a fine equal to a year's worth of revenue, then companies will probably not want to risk it.

NateNate60 ,

Misspelling rule

NateNate60 ,

Do you think before you post?

NateNate60 ,

Do game support it? Last I heard it didn't work on any games

NateNate60 ,

I think most of the complaints are that Microsoft Office doesn't work. Which is true. The web version of Microsoft Office is honestly kinda terrible.

And no, people don't want to use a product that does the same thing as Microsoft Office, they want to use a product called "Microsoft Office". No, it's not logical, and doesn't make any sense at all but it's how people are.

NateNate60 ,

Try Collabora Office!

NateNate60 ,

Microsoft's solution will be to remove the feature from Enterprise versions of Windows while keeping it around for the plebs using Pro and Home

NateNate60 ,

I always recommend Windows Defender and a good sense of Internet security to anyone who uses a computer.

If you're dumb, no antivirus can protect you. If you're reasonably intelligent, any antivirus will protect you.

NateNate60 ,

There are consequences for X. Advertisers are pulling out and it's becoming increasingly unpalatable for companies and people to use, and so its user base is not exactly growing rapidly (although I have no evidence to say it is shrinking).

NateNate60 ,

Would you rather have Manchin, who agrees with you on 10-20% of issues, or a Republican who agrees with you on 1% of issues and thinks you're the Devil incarnate?

"Neither" is not an option.

NateNate60 ,

Feel free to criticise but understand that criticism is not free of consequences. Making public criticism of a political candidate makes it less likely that they will be elected. You can consider that reality and act accordingly and rationally.

You do not need to respond to this comment with "Cool, I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing," because I don't care. I respect your intelligence and I'm not here to start an argument. If you feel the need to get the last word in with a "clever" reply, feel free to do so.

NateNate60 ,

Google isn't just a search engine any more and hasn't been for nearly a decade. Over the years it has slowly become humanity's general-purpose information indexer. That includes the Web but it's restricted to it. Add in some advertising and that's Google.

ajsadauskas , to Fuck Cars
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The toll road scam: A government-made monopoly you pay for.

Here's a funny-because-it's-true take on Transurban and the poor tax it imposes, from Punter's Politics:

https://youtu.be/FlKBakPAtiw?si=G39_0GcJzSB0SSA8

@fuck_cars

NateNate60 ,

I'm a big fan of putting speed cameras everywhere. Let the bad drivers pay for the road.

NateNate60 ,

A referendum will be held alongside the general election in Oregon, USA to switch to ranked-choice voting.

To any fellow Oregonians reading this, vote yes and tell all your friends to vote yes as well!

Register to vote:

NateNate60 ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9d375559-608e-45b5-a3e6-c2dc28c6f1d2.jpeg

NateNate60 ,

The Russian military is known to employ "disinformation officers" to spread discord or undermine trust in Western democracies online. A very common talking point they use is how the US (or whatever other country's citizens they are targeting) is a fascist state and your vote doesn't count, so you should not vote. Other common tactics include deliberately bringing up obscure conspiracy theories to lend them more credibility, spreading fake news, and posting lots of comments that sound right at a first glance but are complete BS once you think about them/research them. They are known to target both left and right-leaning people.

Generally, the most vulnerable are those who are not aware of their presence (and thus absorb the ideas like a sponge) or already hold the extreme political views they spread. These people are likely to propagate the content in question, increasing the damage. Remember, their goal is not to convince you to agree with them—it's to get you to distrust your government and your country's institutions.

Disinformation officers aren't an idea unique to Russia. China has also been accused of hiring people to do the same thing ("wumaos"), and the Israeli army openly brags about their disinformation officers, although they don't call them that, obviously.

The picture depicts one such (alleged) Russian disinformation officer. I am using it to accuse the parent commenter of being a disinformation officer or someone who repeats the ideas spread by a disinformation officer.

NateNate60 ,

Not necessarily. They might just be some mug repeating the talking points of one.

NateNate60 ,

School shooters have the ability to shoot back. Unarmed protestors don't. It's easy to act tough when you have $10,000 worth of tactical gear against a random group of university students.

NateNate60 ,

That there is a mental heath crisis is completely correct and it needs to be addressed.

The problem lies not in calling it a mental health crisis, which it is, but in failing to recognise the cause of the crisis (deteriorating living standards and the collapse of middle and working class wealth) That is what this comic is trying to say.

NateNate60 ,

Well, it's many things. I just happened to pick the economy because that came to mind first, but the general idea of people being depressed because the ultra-wealthy and large corporations are fucking up the planet is still the same.

NateNate60 ,

The Linux infiltration of PC gaming communities has been one of the most successful covert operations in the history of espionage. So successful that the agents don't even need to hide their identities.

NateNate60 ,

To get someone to explain the joke, you have to spell it "Petah".

NateNate60 ,

I really would like to quit Reddit but I have to admit that Reddit has a lot more variety in terms of content, so I'll keep using it until Boost for Reddit finally breaks for good.

50% of the content on Lemmy falls into four categories:

  • Posts complaining about Reddit
  • Linux memes
  • Commieposting
  • Porn
NateNate60 ,

No offence but this is the same shit that Nazis post with a caption complaining about how Jews control the Government.

NateNate60 ,

There is no "content" at all. No context on which to dispel my assumptions.

Humans make generalisations from incomplete data, and the generalisation I make is that OP doesn't realise that the point they are trying to make is (1) extremely poorly made and (2) conducive to being confused for a Nazi.

NateNate60 ,

I agree with that statement. I also never claimed they were a Nazi. Surely your reading comprehension is not that poor, right?

NateNate60 ,

Well, it's Mental Outlaw. He's a contender for one of the most paranoid tech YouTubers out there.

NateNate60 ,

That's true. But paranoid people often mistake how much of a shit others give about being spied upon

NateNate60 ,

A person who uploads videos discussing technology to YouTube is a tech YouTuber, notwithstanding the originality of those videos.

X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in domain names, breaking legit URLs (mashable.com)

On Monday, it appears X attempted to encourage users to cease referring to it as Twitter and instead adopt the name X. Some users began noticing that posts viewed via X for iOS were changing any references of "Twitter.com" to "X.com" automatically....

NateNate60 ,

It is usually spelt "xitter"

NateNate60 ,

I can smell this image

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