vmachiel

joined 1 year ago

Pop quiz in c/[email protected]

[–] vmachiel 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well done Baku

The fun stuff / The stuff that more likely will keep your network safe in c/cybersecuritymemes

[–] vmachiel 5 points 7 months ago

Preach. Strong passwords, MFA and awareness of social engineering is the bulk of security on the user side.

systemdeez nuts in c/linuxmemes

[–] vmachiel 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Seeing it with a forward slash is just weird.

UK quit Erasmus because of Brits’ poor language skills in c/world

[–] vmachiel 22 points 7 months ago

Saving some money short term, losing a whole bunch long term.

60 Percent Of Playtime In 2023 Went To 6-Year-Old Or Older Games, New Data Shows in c/[email protected]

[–] vmachiel 9 points 7 months ago

Same reason moms play solitaire on their phones. Just something they know to pass the time, no need for anything fancy or new.

Worst UI Any% Speedrun in c/memes

[–] vmachiel 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Well: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/discord-starts-down-the-dangerous-road-of-ads-this-week/

Edit: it’s more loot box stuff.. but it’s step one

Trump Apparently Has a List of Things He Loves About Adolf Hitler in c/news

[–] vmachiel 13 points 8 months ago

Hmm you might be right. And if 2016 has taught us anything: it might work.

Trump Apparently Has a List of Things He Loves About Adolf Hitler in c/news

[–] vmachiel 30 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What a kamikaze of a defense…

[Fixed] Donation platforms for Lemmy.World in c/lemmyworld

[–] vmachiel 15 points 8 months ago

Great point, this will happen instantly.

Worst UI Any% Speedrun in c/memes

[–] vmachiel 11 points 8 months ago

Yet

Worst UI Any% Speedrun in c/memes

[–] vmachiel 41 points 8 months ago (4 children)

It’s actually optimized for them. The goal is to get users to spend time and see ads etc. The UI is not made for us users.

Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely in c/technology

[–] vmachiel 54 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Devils advocate here: it’s their webservice right? They determine who can access it.

If there were legislation that would force them to make it interoperable that would be one thing. But you can’t just demand access to their infrastructure.