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NASA says astronauts stuck in space will not return on Boeing capsule, will wait for SpaceX craft in c/aboringdystopia

[–] Bangs42 1 points 4 months ago

Not sure how that would work since SpaceX is a private company. Pretty sure he would have to take SpaceX public first.

He will have to sell a rocket-full of Tesla stock though.

This showed up on a neighbor's roof. Extra context in post. in c/whatisthisthing

[–] Bangs42 48 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Like others have already said, looks like a cell network antenna. Maybe service sucks inside home, so they got a repeater/amplifier?

What is this plant? in c/nostupidquestions

[–] Bangs42 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Makes me miss /r/whatisthisthing.

Edit: I'm a complete dunce, I forgot [email protected] exists. I'm even subscribed.

Ars Technica content is now available in OpenAI services in c/technology

[–] Bangs42 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm not so sure Ars has a vested interest in OpenAI. I actually read through 10 pages of comments. Ken Fisher was pretty active in them, and noted several times that Ars doesn't see any of the money from this deal.

What's the oldest thing in your downloads directory and how old is it? in c/[email protected]

[–] Bangs42 2 points 4 months ago

A document I need to edit for work from 2 days ago.

Y'all nasty.

Alex Jones and his fans are intrigued by Putin offer of sanctuary to conservatives in c/politics

[–] Bangs42 45 points 4 months ago

Never again in c/microblogmemes

[–] Bangs42 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ah that sucks. Have you tried rotating the USB-C cable? I've got something like that, but if I flip one end of the USB-C cable it works.

Never again in c/microblogmemes

[–] Bangs42 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I got around this by keeping several USB-C to USB-C cables around, and buying female USB-C to male whatever adapters. Doesn't cover everything, but enough that I got rid of a small crate full of cables and only have to keep a half-dozen or so other cables.

This post crashes boost in c/boostforlemmy

[–] Bangs42 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Could it still be the same though? What if there's an image post that has the same issue in the image? When Boost tries to load that post, wouldn't it crash too?

This post crashes boost in c/boostforlemmy

[–] Bangs42 1 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Huh. I wonder if this is related.

Why are there no bots that post Reddit content on Lemmy? in c/reddit

[–] Bangs42 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's literally a flag in the account settings.

That said, I think mass copying of Reddit content is the issue. Functionally, yes, Lemmy and Reddit are similar. But they do have different cultures/subcultures. Even within a given topic, when you have both a subreddit and a community, they will like and dislike slightly different things.

I think the solution would be for individual users to bring content (links, memes, etc. - not comments or entire threads) over that they found worthwhile, instead of bulk copying.

When purchasing Music (£0.99 each) how many plays would you say made the purchase 'worth it'? in c/nostupidquestions

[–] Bangs42 4 points 4 months ago

Related, with so many free ways to listen to music, by the time I'm spending money on music I've already decided it's worth it. Maybe I've listened to it a ton. Maybe the lyrics speak to me. Maybe it's just a particularly well composed piece of music. Either way, I've made the valuation of it being worth it before I spend the money.