tomthegeek

Money doesn't turn people evil. Humans are inherently greedy. Money is the scalpel that exposes our true self.

I will never get how and why Apple shills defend the shit that Apple does.

They want the product because it looks fancy and they don't know any better about the specs to realize it's overpriced. Or they do know and don't care because it's a status symbol. Which is worse, really.

I mean the first iPhone couldn't even use the music on the phone for ringtones. There were like 10 pre-loaded rings and that was it. Meanwhile my Windows smart phone could use any MP3 on the SD card (which could also be used to play music). But people were lining up around the block for the iPhone even though it was objectively worse that the other phones at the time. It was just shiny and didn't require thinking to use, just blind acceptance.

is using a USB ethernet adapter preferable to a wireless access point that is close to my machine?

Almost certainly. Always go wired when possible. Not only will the wired device be faster, there will be more bandwidth available for other devices still using wireless. Wireless is a shared transmission medium you want as few devices using it as possible.

Reddit search has always been broken, even when it was working.

Cities that don’t focus as much on car centric infrastructure are more pleasant to drive through.

You know what makes a pleasant drive? Getting where you want to go quickly, and without stops. And we accomplish that by accepting that cars are always going to exist. We must throw out the ridiculous notion that bikes aren't pedestrians. They are not worth building out completely separate infrastructure which is the only way they are happy. They refuse to cooperate and share pedestrian infrastructure which is the obvious solution. They are selfish and pretend they are saving the world by making cars drive slower and stop more. One biker can cause more incidental pollution than if they just drove there instead and didn't slow everyone down.

One account got banned from a local subreddit for posting with a < 60 day account. Then I forgot about that (wasn't a big deal) and posted in that same sub with an alt. So a ban for a small technical reason turned into getting banned from the whole site. Way to go Reddit!!

the Raspberry Pis are slightly underpowered (plus the SD-card as the primary storage is limiting).

OrangePi has been my go-to since these got expensive. More features, including a 8gb emmc module built in, and just as cheap.

I've used their map layers for a public data website. Worked great.

Had a totally custom beanie made at Etsy. See if you can find something similar. They can usually customize it to get a close match to the old one.

Big chefs knife is what I use for pizza. Though having a couple sets of scissors around wouldn't be a bad idea.

Over 15 years here. All gone over 'vote manipulation' which is a complete joke as Reddit manipulates the vote counts constantly. Only they can do that!

Good riddance. Lemmy and similar already have a better experience.