GrandMoffFartin

joined 2 years ago
[–] GrandMoffFartin 6 points 1 year ago

I bought some pre-cut led dimming stickers on a sheet. Any new electronics that come into my house get one. As someone who likes to sleep in near complete darkness it's a must have.

[–] GrandMoffFartin 4 points 1 year ago

I always assumed this was the case. One of the richest men in the world with an ego this fragile would definitely have his own propaganda campaign.

Interesting that by killing twitter and with Reddit dying off, he’s robbing himself of the ability to spin anything that’s said about him.

It feels like we’re minutes away from most of the content on the internet being generated by AI and most of it being consumed by bots.

[–] GrandMoffFartin 4 points 2 years ago

I left twitter many, many years ago. Now when someone sends me a link to a tweet and I look at it, the whole platform just doesn't make sense to me. Once the habit was broken I stopped understanding the allure in the first place.

I have been off reddit since before the strike and it feels like a weight has been lifted off me. When I look at it now it just doesn't seem enticing. The addiction aspect has faded just so much faster with reddit than twitter, and I spent easily thousands of hours more on reddit.

That's good for me but I suspect bad for them if someone so ingrained can walk away this easily.

[–] GrandMoffFartin 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People will die. It’ll be 109 here on Wednesday. It’s not even go outside without a water break weather, let alone work.

[–] GrandMoffFartin 3 points 2 years ago

I always ask the person helping me if they actually get the tip money when using some kind of kiosk. A ridiculous number of places "tip out" not only to cooks, but to managers and owners.

If I have cash and I think they deserve a tip, I will give them the cash directly and tell them to pocket it.

[–] GrandMoffFartin 3 points 2 years ago

These people were billionaires. We've learned that there are pretty much only consequences if you mess with rich peoples money. What happens if you murder a bunch of them through negligence?

I think they will find a way to destroy this company and all of these people involved no matter what form that takes.

[–] GrandMoffFartin 12 points 2 years ago

According to the internet spez's net worth is 8 to 10 million dollars. Even if that's wildly incorrect, he isn't even worth an amount of money Musk loses or gains in a few minutes of a normal day.

[–] GrandMoffFartin 3 points 2 years ago

This looks like it's PA Dutch style pot pie, which is basically a stew. It looks pretty normal except they made the dough squares smaller and shredded the chicken to make it less of a choking hazard. This ladle full doesn't seem to have many potatoes or carrots, though they might limit them to keep the choking hazard down.

This is normally a super hearty meal and very filling. I make a big pot of it in the winter and you basically need a nap after eating it.

[–] GrandMoffFartin 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I agree. I personally don't have anything filtered out though. I just don't use Twitter, which I take it is where most of the talk about this guy was. I also really specifically used (until recently) /r/all to make sure I'm getting what is hopefully a representative survey of what other people care about and are talking about and I also just check the regular news. It's important to me to get a well rounded view on things.

I've definitely heard about most of the other edge lords though. Chowder, eyebrows mcgoo, the one that looks like a hipster bartender, and the one that looks like a hobo with dead eyes.

[–] GrandMoffFartin 16 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I had never heard of this guy before the most recent debacle and I'm on the internet a lot. So at least it's good that his reach wasn't really as far as it might seem.

[–] GrandMoffFartin 6 points 2 years ago

This is really it. There are people who create content and then there are casual browsers. I personally browsed reddit casually for years before even commenting and then actually posting. I could look at it on my lunch break or something but I didn't have the time to really get into it, and there are a lot of people who are exactly like I was. It's also just a little intimidating for new people to take that leap because it feels like you're going to be torn apart.

During the time that I was just browsing, I would frequently encounter dips in quality. Like nothing actually worthwhile was happening. Nothing I wanted to click on or engage with, so I'd just bounce after a minute or so. I pulled up Reddit in an incognito browser yesterday and it was exactly like that. Modern day facebook level content was weaved all through the front page.

I honestly cannot think of a dumber move by a company than this. This is Circuit City div-x dvd player level dumb. Not even the debacle with Cricut approaches this.

[–] GrandMoffFartin 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I provide a lot of advice on Reddit for people and I want to preserve some of those answers if people ask those questions here. They will supposedly give me a CSV file that I can download. There are some other unofficial options but it seems like they involve downloading an SQLite database.

As much as I am fine with Reddit crashing and burning, I know it’s an incredible resource for advice and single handedly stops people from doing regrettable things every day. It will be a while before we have the same thing here.

https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043048352-How-do-I-request-a-copy-of-my-Reddit-data-and-information-

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