T0RB1T

T0RB1T , 20 days ago to Microblog Memes in MAGAts

For anyone else wanting a link. Here's the YouTube address in usable form.

IMO, the video is fine. The presenter's constant interjections get pretty tiring, but yes. Orange man makes a right fool of himself. As always.

T0RB1T , 1 month ago to Free and Open Source Software in That word, Open, it doesn't mean what they think it means

Okay, but openai was open source once. And then they just didn't change their name when they changed their licenses. Which I actually think is more dishonest.

T0RB1T , 2 months ago to Asklemmy in Books that are worse than the film (which was already bad?)

Just so you know, everything in that link after ?si= is purely tracking information so Google can know who you send links to, and when they open them.

T0RB1T , 2 months ago to Asklemmy in What is the last video game that you were completely hooked on?

There's 6 days left on the EDF Humble Bundle.

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/earth-defense-force-friends-unite

T0RB1T , 3 months ago to Socialism in Friend claims capitalism exists because of proletarians' demands - how to answer?

Thank you for this excellent writeup.

T0RB1T , 3 months ago to Nowhere Else To Share in sliding downstairs on your feet

I spot SDDM in the background. Dude's probably running KDE. Might even be Kubuntu specifically.

T0RB1T , 3 months ago to Asklemmy in does organic maps have ads

No, just go try it.

T0RB1T , 4 months ago to Socialism in Shaun - Palestine

That is not a source, so judging by your hearsay, it's unfortunate, but even smart people can get swindled and duped.

If Shaun fell for NFT stuff, that's... embarrassing, but it happens I suppose.

However, he's clearly figured it out now, and can see they're just scams.

T0RB1T , 4 months ago to Socialism in Shaun - Palestine

Source? This is extremely incongruous with everything else Shaun has put forward. And I'm having trouble substantiating your claim.

T0RB1T , 4 months ago to Privacy in FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users' browsing data to advertisers

What? What does an astrotruf-review detection app have anything to do with avast?

T0RB1T , 4 months ago to Asklemmy in If I drive speeding past a cop, but didn't get a ticket, did I break the law?

This is likely the most asinine thing I hear on a regular basis. Speed limits exist for a reason. If driving the speed limit actually created a hazard, rather than simply creating an annoyance for someone who is willing to drive recklessly to shave a few seconds off their trip, you might have a point, but you don't.

The only circumstance where it creates a hazard is if everyone else around them is speeding, in which case, the people who are speeding are creating the hazard, not the person following the laws, you know, the ones that are there to enforce safety on the roads.

T0RB1T , 5 months ago to Asklemmy in Texting in house

Depends on the size of the home I suppose. Tiny bungalow? Yeah, a little weird. Three-story? Not weird at all IMO.

T0RB1T , 5 months ago to Linux in Vanilla OS 2 Orchid Beta is here

Very cool. Had I not just installed (ublue) Kinoite, I'd probably be trying this today. I'm a chronic distrohopper, and this looks very cool.

T0RB1T , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to Collapse in If you think the world is going to collapse...

Think the world might collapse? Maybe NOW you'll consider buying into the crypto grift! I swear it's definiely a good idea this time. I super-pinky swear it's a good investment.

Just ignore the countless times crypto has shown it's really only useful for scams, and money laundering.

I know this post "addressed" this point, but not to the extent that anyone with a partially functional ability to reason will be convinced.
Here's my problem... I find it excessively hard to believe that in a collapse scenario anyone would be interested in trading goods for crypto.

T0RB1T , 5 months ago to Privacy in Apple is finally allowing full versions of Chrome and Firefox to run on the iPhone

Cool! Are you talking about something like pi-hole or something else? In what way is it going to lead to better outcomes? I already have a pretty much flawless experience with my adblockers (especially when it comes to easily creating custom rules, using the element zapper, and testing new blocklists).

I find that my suite of browser extensions serves me really well, and it keeps working even when I enable my VPN, but something like pi-hole stops working if you do that.

How does the solution you're talking about differ? How does it provide a better experience?