NegentropicBoy

joined 2 years ago

Fifty Years of the Personal Computer Operating System in c/technology

[–] NegentropicBoy 5 points 9 months ago (22 children)

Semicolons?

Historical markers are everywhere in America. Some get history wrong in c/news

[–] NegentropicBoy 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Like this bad one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_River_of_Blood_(monument)

Reddit Is Taking Over Google in c/technology

[–] NegentropicBoy 83 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Meanwhile established sites with professional content are being pushed aside.

80 Percent of Global CO2 Emissions Come From Just 57 Companies, Report Shows in c/news

[–] NegentropicBoy 12 points 10 months ago

From that website:

276,458 China (Coal) Nation State
135,113 Former Soviet Union Nation State
68,832 Saudi Aramco State-owned Entity
57,898 Chevron Investor-owned Company
55,105 ExxonMobil Investor-owned Company
50,687 Gazprom State-owned Entity
43,112 National Iranian Oil Co. State-owned Entity
... etc

Mexican Wolf Numbers Growing in U.S. for 8th Consecutive Year, Soon to Be Howling at a Reserve Near You in c/upliftingnews

I'm happy to be able to live in this world, we all came into existence here somehow. Not sex, before that, you we're nothing, and now you're something! Yay! Oh wait, it's not forever? Damn. in c/showerthoughts

[–] NegentropicBoy 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why the downvotes?

Eclipse from Bouctouche, NB [OC] in c/pics

[–] NegentropicBoy 2 points 10 months ago

Nicely said!

[Retro Dodo]Google is killing Retro Dodo and Other Independent Sites in c/technology

[–] NegentropicBoy 11 points 10 months ago

In my experience this guy is right.

Just compare DuckDuckGo results to Google results.

What's a bit of good advice that's really bad advice? in c/asklemmy

[–] NegentropicBoy 18 points 10 months ago (3 children)

"Look before you leap" vs "He who hesitates is lost"

What's an example of good people doing good things, which is not an act of harm reduction or mitigating some kind of evil? in c/asklemmy

[–] NegentropicBoy 68 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Teachers.

If you got a flat tire and Bigfoot came out of the woods and helped you change it, would you tell people about it? in c/asklemmy

[–] NegentropicBoy 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is it advice you are seeking? If so then keep quiet about it.

What do you miss from the old internet? in c/asklemmy

[–] NegentropicBoy 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A click got a page.

Now you see spinny things getting content, the page jumps around, your mouse causes pop-ups to appear or the page to jump around even more. You start reading and the sentence is suddenly teleported to somewhere else.

But apart from that I love the new internet!