OpenStars

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Memes in Ancient Rome and modern Lemmy

Except by dogs I guess... :-D

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Memes in Ancient Rome and modern Lemmy

I AM - Thank you for your service! :-D

And now as thanks, a picture of a cat for no reason whatsoever - as is tradition!

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Memes in Eternal struggle. But swapped

What do you mean?

spoiler

(hehehe :-P)

OpenStars , 5 months ago to linuxmemes in Hot take

For short-term comfort yes, though eventually the hassle of switching may outweigh that, and some users may prefer a longer-term view?

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Memes in Amogus

Now that's true love:-D.

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Memes in From the outside looking in, you can't understand it. And from the inside looking out, you can't explain it.

Alright, I will sacrifice some of my karma for this, if it helps:-).

The meme is trying to wrangle the premise that "large corporations are (most often) bad" (which ofc is true:-P) into a humorous statement that engineers in the state of Texas have limited opportunities to find jobs.

The problem is that it messes up all the details - e.g. if you have ever heard of GameStop, Dell, or Texas Instruments (just to name 3) they all have their headquarters in Texas, plus numerous top tech companies have branches there like Samsung. A 5s Google search shows many, MANY more.

For extra context: moving between states is nothing at all like moving between countries - and e.g. the state of California has a GDP comparable to Germany - plus there are many jobs in the state of Texas for both Engineers and also non-Engineers, especially if someone is willing to make less money in exchange for other QoL factors (like living closer to family?) so... in short, it is not your fault for not understanding this meme.:-)

Though there must be just enough of something in it for it to have gotten this many upvotes, in spite of all that. As someone who hasn't lived in Texas for many years, I must be on the outside looking in now and thus don't get it:-P.

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Memes in It's up to you to break generational trauma

Sharing skibidi toilet with everyone across the Fediverse - I've been doing my part! :-P (few have ever heard of it, even fewer like it, none understand it -> it's perfect art!:-D)

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Memes in razor blades

Ngl, this sounds like the premise to a GREAT horror show, like American Horror Story. :-P

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Memes in Did I put that back or not?

Wasn't I supposed to ask myself a question!? I wonder what it could possibly be? :-P

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Technology in Reddit seeks to launch IPO in March

All those toxic Redditors coming here... I hope we can manage to significantly beef up the mod tools before then.

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Memes in Welcome to the richest country in the world

Sadly, you give us too far much credit. "I'm sorry" not only expresses empathy, but can be construed by rich lawyers as an admission of guilt that can allow legal proceedings to move forward, to do things like garnish your wages until you can prove your innocence, or rather die trying - hence the companies will not even say that much. :-(

Likewise, that is a lot of yellow in the background there, and ink is expensive so... :-(

On the bright side, Lemmy is free, and fun, so that's something? :-)

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Technology in You're Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study Finds

Hrm, maybe Google screens those, so they are more purely a waste of your time rather than something that can be actually reported to a federal agency? :-P Or perhaps it is just a better scam, to keep a site up there for longer = more clickbait dollars, with less risk of angering someone so much that they track the scammers down and send them a "package" of explosive fun!:-D (the easiest profits come when the harmed party does not even realize that they have lost anything)

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Technology in You're Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study Finds

So maybe that's the genius of DDG - you skip right past the predatory SEO-optimized sites straight away to the predatory sketchy ones:-D.

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Technology in You're Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study Finds

I've heard people say that the answer is no, but in looking into it just now myself it looks like rather it is sometimes yes as well.

Basically the best way to describe it seems to be that it is "NOT Google, and MOSTLY does not want to be FULLY Bing (but still is somewhat, they're wanting to work on it, but to be clear they do have embedded Microsoft trackers that they are forced to leave in due to their licensing agreement)".

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Technology in You're Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study Finds

Tbf, do those sketchy sites also show up with Google?