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Jun 19, 2023 17:39
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the internet getting worse is a pincer maneuver between all the big websites constantly increasing the ratio of ads to content and ad blockers getting worse and worse. i run some combo of ublock origin, adguard pro, script blocking, and domain blocking extensions on firefox and safari, and a couple years ago ads were so rare it was genuinely surprising when one slipped through. now it feels like they aren't doing anything, although i know they must be, because if i do something stupid like load the youtube app on my TV, i somehow get 3 or 4 full unksippable ads before the first video i watch, and then frequent interrupts with new adds every few minutes. in the browser with blocking extensions, i still get some ads but generally not the ones that run for a minute or more. a while back i was so desperate to stop seeing that poo poo i even tried a paid adblocker on my phone, 1blocker or something like that. and it worked great for half a year or so, then just kinda rotted and stopped catching stuff. pretty sure the greed that rots the heart of the internet also rots the heart of the people making tools to subvert the greed that rots the internet.
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Jun 19, 2023 18:23
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386-SX 25Mhz VGA posted:While I understand the reasons (capitalism) for the internet constantly getting shittier, I'm baffled that there are so few new communities being created. i know these exist in discord right now, a ton of small communities / special interests have moved there it will surely also be ruined one day, but seems to be the place to hangout, shitpost, or share information for communities that range from a few dozen to few hundred people
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Jun 19, 2023 21:15
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at the moment, discord does not insert ads anywhere (aside from ads for their own nitro subscription at the outer edges), and by virtue of the fact that communities are standalone and fully up to users to admin, you don't have to encounter any nazis whatsoever i actually pay for the $50/year nitro right now because it's worth it to me to not have to deal with an algorithm, ads, or nazis. i have no idea if they can break even just selling server boosts and cosmetic poo poo like being able to use animated emoji. my hunch is that they could, because quite a few of the communities i'm in are actually boosted which means they're earning thousands per year for running an IRC server with some image hosting but there doesn't seem to be a force on earth capable of defeating investor brainworms, so yeah, it's doomed
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Jun 19, 2023 21:44
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i haven't spent enough time with the new steam ui to have a strong opinion yet, but so far i haven't noticed a single issue and it looks way way better than the old one on a 4k screen. feels snappier scrolling around as well, but that might just be some smooth scrolling illusion and not actually an indication of better performance. steam'ss menu organization has always been a mess and that hasn't changed unfortunately. on the other hand, i at least know where everything is because it's been like that for a decade now.
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Jun 20, 2023 03:13
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aniviron posted:Speaking of the impending ruination, Discord released this post today about the way they're suggesting everyone starts to monetize their communities: https://discord.com/blog/server-subscriptions-updates-media-channels-tier-templates-and-more looks like they're adding a patreon style model servers can use, i don't really have a huge problem with that. i've seen youtuber discords that basically already had that kind of thing setup with bots, where they had channels only available to subscribers or patreon supporters. the things that will kill discord are algorithzation, plastering ads everywhere, or killing the API like twitter and reddit are doing.
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Jun 20, 2023 23:47
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i love my 4k ZOMBO
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Jun 21, 2023 22:08
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yeah, ditched prime a while back and haven’t missed it. couple shows they had were ok, but i barely use even one streaming service enough to justify a sub, no way i need multiple
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Jun 22, 2023 19:15
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i have had exactly zero problems with usb c and welcome it with open arms whatever organization is behind the usb standards is a goddamn clownshow though
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Jul 1, 2023 02:51
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i still eat the whole sheet, half isn't enough
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Jul 1, 2023 22:04
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seriously, tonight i searched youtube for "tonetta pressure zone" and among the first page of results was loving diablo 4 build videos
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Jul 3, 2023 06:31
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they should call it notyourtube.com at this point
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Jul 3, 2023 07:16
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i got a free 4k Crapple TV as part of a promotion for subscribing to some Direct TV streaming service for a few months after ATT bought them or something like that, and thank christ i have that thing other than the remote using swipes instead of arrow buttons to move around, the thing works and performs perfectly, it’s a true workhorse that never lets me down. and saves me the headache of the LG WebOS garbage my TV runs, which i’m pretty sure is the same software that Palm made for those creepy blonde woman commercials before selling it to HP to use for SmartPrinters. god knows how it ended up in LG TVs after that. i used to have a chromecast which was basically abandoned by google after a year and would just stop working for months when netflix released an update. also tried an amazon fire something or other, and holy poo poo it must be named that because the only thing anyone should do with their janky rear end products is set fire to them. don’t get me started on how godawful the youtube apps are for TVs and phones these days compared to the browser. basically have to keep a laptop around so i can airplay that poo poo to the Crapple TV.
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Jul 3, 2023 19:46
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Dip Viscous posted:I wish non-Bluetooth wireless headphones would come back. gaming headphones are like this still, as it's necessary to avoid the high latency of bluetooth. there are some pretty good options, too
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Jul 6, 2023 21:47
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sorry about your hair what you need is some bear grease
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Jul 6, 2023 22:35
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Jul 10, 2023 15:31
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i've switched back and forth between yearly apple music and spotify subs, and have been on apple music for the past 2 years. it sucks, but it has always sucked and has gotten no worse. spotify used to be good and got a lot worse.
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Jul 10, 2023 17:05
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the smiths are good and the algorithm WILL have you acknowledge it
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Jul 10, 2023 17:42
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LordoftheScheisse posted:Maybe it's Youtube Premium (which contains Youtube Music?) just let them sit for a couple hours and offload the work to your air conditioner
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Jul 11, 2023 17:30
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my phone uses apple maps instead of google when i voice navigate and i got used to using it because it seemed to do fine, though i was always a bit annoyed it didn't default to google maps which i perceived as better (because it was when apple maps launched) i did a trip last month using google maps instead, and realized that apple maps actually is better than google maps now. it does the little details much better: - always tells me which lane to be in for multi-lane exits and puts a prominent graphic on the display highlighting the lane. google maps sometimes does this, but not as often or well. - tells me two turns at once if they're in close succession, instead of waiting till i've made one turn only to blow right past the other or not know which lane to get in by the time google tells me the next turn - has more useful hints like, "after the next light, turn right" instead of "in 600 ft" made me realize just how long google maps has been stagnant Bad Purchase fucked around with this message at 22:01 on Jul 11, 2023 |
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Jul 11, 2023 21:51
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i haven't tried waze since before the alphabet buyout, kinda curious to try that now too just to see my impression from the times i did use it was that it constantly alerted me about too much extraneous poo poo. i think you could turn all that off, but it just became an uglier google maps then and i didn't see the point. wouldn't be surprised if it has also surpassed google's own navigation despite being owned by alphabet now
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Jul 11, 2023 23:05
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wash bucket posted:I just found out if you turn off a new MacBook it will turn right back on if you press any keys or touch the track pad. So if you turn it off to clean the keyboard it will just turn right back on once you hit a key. After a bit of searching around there's no straightforward way to change this behavior and some people have written custom "keyboard cleaning" apps just to capture all keyboard and track pad inputs to get around this problem. it's kind of dumb that any key can turn the laptop on (like, what if you have a stuck key or something?), but i don't see how that's a problem for cleaning. when i clean my windows or mac laptop keyboards, i don't turn it off, i just lock the screen or open a full screen empty text file to capture the keystrokes
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Jul 20, 2023 02:46
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Apple.
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a damp cloth isn't going to fry a keyboard or trackpad unless it's sopping wet and dripping all over the place mac keyboards are more likely to keel over from a single grain of sand getting in them than some moisture
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Jul 20, 2023 03:01
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don't know if it's just me, but i've noticed that the extreme cheap basic utility items you can get on amazon, like an umbrella or led flashlight or any kind of hand held thing like that is actually electrically and mechanically sound and will last forever. the factories in china that make the cheapest mass market stuff are making decent products now. however, the handle is always coated in a soft plastic or silicone material that begins to get extremely gross and sticky as it breaks down after about a year. i hate that gross rear end soft sticky plastic so much and it's gotta be intentional, because the actual $9 product works perfectly and would probably last 10 years if not for that. i usually just tape over it, but that doesn't last forever and looks ugly.
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Jul 21, 2023 03:43
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Dip Viscous posted:If it's anything like the fake rubber coating that was ubiquitous on late 90s electronics, rubbing alcohol will take care of it. It'll destroy whatever is left of it but a destroyed finish is better than that sticky crap. hmm, good tip, i may even give it a whirl this weekend
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Jul 21, 2023 04:01
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huh, i’m on windows 11 and haven’t seen a onedrive nag in many months, not since i installed the os last year i think. i don’t have word/excel/etc so maybe that’s why? i also have the icloud storage software installed. the only nags i get are after some windows updates, they make me click through what is basically a powerpoint slide declining offers for office 365 and other microsoft junk before the desktop loads. could do without that.
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Jul 24, 2023 06:47
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also stuff that comes in those "resealable" plastic bags with a ziplock strip -- they seem to fail about half the time. either one side of the strip isn't glued strongly enough to the plastic and it just rips off after a few cycles, or the "cut here line" is in the wrong place and leaves a 1 mm of plastic to grip above the strip, or they don't align so you can't seal. it's not exactly something that's gotten worse, but rather something i'd think manufacturing processes could've gotten right by now. some brands seem to to better than others, but anything that my local grocery store brand puts in those bags has a coin flip's chance of working.
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Jul 25, 2023 19:40
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Vampire Panties posted:EDIT i feel blessed to have two good chipotles in town, $8.35 for a veggie bowl w/ guac included and those things are packed full, almost too much for one meal the one closest to me struggled a lot in 2021/22 and had huge lines due to increased online orders and fewer staff, but seems to be back to normal now
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Jul 26, 2023 13:42
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speaking of cell service getting worse, the closest cell tower to my house seems to no longer have any sort of backup power infrastructure in FL is terrible and i lose power in my beach town a couple times a month, either from storms or it just going out randomly for an hour with no explanation cell service immediately goes from great to unusable and extremely low signal. some of that could be from extra use when everyone’s wired internet goes out in the neighborhood, but it’s not super dense here and usually these outages affect less than 100 houses according to the power utility that sends outage notices, so i’m pretty sure the close tower just goes out too and has no emergency power in the late 2010s we had several multiday outages due to hurricanes and cell internet worked great. last year when we lost power from Ian it barely worked (verizon was bad, tmobile was completely out)
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Jul 26, 2023 15:35
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anyone know if there are any good ad blockers still functioning on ios? i currently use adguard and previously 1blocker, and both used to work great but i see ads all over now. i don’t even mind paying 2 bucks per month now or whatever if there’s actually a blocker that’s still worth a drat for mobile devices. on a separate topic, i have found one silver lining to shrinkflation and grocery price gouging. it finally makes sense to do most shopping at costco instead of publix, etc. i don’t have kids, so buying in bulk for 2 adults used to seem wasteful and was way more expensive since stuff would go to waste, but not really anymore. just wish there was a good farmers market locally so i could cut out all trips to the regular grocery store entirely.
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Nov 3, 2023 09:26
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wash bucket posted:Just let me paste plain text! one note is the worst at this. i use it at work occasionally, and it always wants to paste the text i copy from one note as an image into teams or word i have to paste into notepad++ first and recopy
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Nov 3, 2023 17:08
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i’ll stick with safari on ios/mac and firefox everywhere else. won’t touch chomium based browsers anymore, they’re all bad and buggy. ios is the only place i have yet to find a working ad blocking solution (or working long term at least)
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Nov 4, 2023 01:14
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here's a nice breakdown of ways my work provided dell latitude has gotten worse within the past year, plus some random IT stuff and horrible configurations that add to the death by a thousand cuts experience that modern work environments provide: we use a vpn (pulse) that occasionally gets in a busted state where it says it's connected, but it won't actually let you access the company network. disconnecting and reconnecting it won't fix it. the only solution is to exit the software and restart it. within the past year, they disabled our ability to exit the software. if you right click it in the tray and hit exit, you get a message that the administrator has disabled that operation. it doesn't show up as a user process in task manager, and even logging out and back in won't restart it. you have reboot the laptop. i ran into that situation tonight while trying to do a quick after-hours test on hardware that wasn't available during the day. however, i forgot that also within the last year, some update that rolled out to the dell bios now causes the laptop to fail to boot if my usb-c monitor is plugged in. a reboot for me looks like this now: 1. reboot windows and wait approximately 3 minutes for it to shutdown 2. wait another minute or two until the bios password screen kicks in 3. enter my password and hit enter. it waits an uncomfortably long period, then the screen goes black 3. a. during this time, the laptop is unresponsive. if i realize what's wrong (monitor plugged in), i can hold down the power button for 5 seconds and reboot it here. go to step 4. 3. b. otherwise after several minutes it reboots to a bios screen that tells me there was a RAM error. -- the RAM error screen has an OK/Cancel popup in the bios to run a memory diagnostic. -- The bios has a mouse cursor, and when i click the cancel button, it SELECTS the button but will not actually PRESS it. this is also new behavior, clicking around worked when i got this thing a couple years ago. -- I have to hit enter on the keyboard after clicking the button  4. unplug the usb-c monitor 5. wait approximately 5 minutes for the windows login screen to appear. 6. hit ctrl+alt+del and wait about 15 seconds for the PIN box to appear, then enter it 7. wait another ~5 minutes for the desktop to finish loading. 8. a bunch of cmd.exe windows run whatever arcane login scripts the IT dept has configured. Sometimes one of these sticks around forever. 9. login to the VPN, wait 1-2 minutes for it to connect. 10. close and restart outlook and teams, which tried to start at login but failed to sign in because the VPN wasn't started yet. they helpfully create a couple extra windows i have to close first with an "Oops, you can't get to this." message displayed that will chime at me if i click the main teams or outlook windows before closing the popup windows. 11. start work i basically just assume i'm going to lose almost an hour of time anytime i have to restart my laptop for any reason, and just check in on it every 5 minutes or so to shepherd it through the process. e: to top this all off, i just now got an outlook reminder for a meeting 48 weeks ago after getting back up and running Bad Purchase fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Nov 4, 2023 |
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Nov 4, 2023 01:38
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Atopian posted:Sounds like that laptop/VPN/monitor was a... bad purchase. leave the monitor alone, it works great on my gaming pc
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Nov 4, 2023 02:41
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i use discord every day and have some legacy nitro version they don't sell anymore and i never got any ads on PC or ios. i did start getting random prompts to invite specific people from my friend list to play when i join a voice channel sometimes, which is weird. i have most of the bells and whistles and all of the connected features where it shows what game i'm in or what music is playing disabled, maybe that somehow also suppresses ads.
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Apr 2, 2025 23:16
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euphronius posted:I have no idea how you all can stand discord . It’s so awful it's not a perfect solution for every social or information organization need, but it's good as a hub for small to mid sized gaming groups that just need to see recent activity and have convenient access to voice / streaming channels. i've been playing mmos on and off since the early 2000s and discord is the best system i've used so far for that. i dread the day it IPOs, because i think the complaints about discord enshitification so far are hyperbolic, they can and probably will make it much more miserable once the MBAs are allowed to touch it.
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Apr 2, 2025 23:33
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Quote-Unquote posted:What's the difference between discord and IRC, except for the fact that discord is worse in every way? convenience, built in integration with voice, video, and a game overlay that are standard on a common client across platforms
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Apr 2, 2025 23:54
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wash bucket posted:Discord appoints former Activision Blizzard exec Humam Sakhnini as CEO yep, beginning of the end. preemptive rip to the only actually decent social platform to achieve ubiquity among gamers and internet nerds.
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Apr 23, 2025 23:56
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not surprising if you have an nvidia gpu. last few driver releases are approaching 90s ATI level of stability, lots of random freezes and occasional complete black screens where a power cycle is needed. finally rolled back to a version from last year this week and it all cleared up. it’s not just me having the issue, found that solution posted in several google results and a wow discord i’m in. just like the jank rear end displayport compression bugs, they’ll probably never fix it.
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Apr 27, 2025 19:48
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telling chatgpt to haggle with the amazon AI, don’t take no for an answer
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Apr 28, 2025 20:52
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