slartibartfast42

joined 1 year ago
[–] slartibartfast42@beehaw.org 3 points 8 months ago

The only reason I ever even tried "Outlook (new)" was because the old Microsoft "Mail" app was trash (the piece of shit wouldn't even let me send plain text email). I immediately lost interest as soon as I realized there was a bunch of 365 shit bundled into it that I couldn't disable.

[–] slartibartfast42@beehaw.org 45 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If Microsoft wants more RAM just to do AI shit on my computer, I'd rather have even less just to make sure they cant.

[–] slartibartfast42@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've gotten back into Minecraft lately, after not playing it at all for at least a year. I finally reached a couple major milestones, like defeating the Enderdragon and obtaining netherite scraps (still don't have any netherite equipment yet--obtaining smithing templates is a real pain). Playing on a couple SMP servers has also motivated me to put actual effort into beautifying my bases, rather than just living in a tiny wooden shack I made on day one or two.

[–] slartibartfast42@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't go so far as to say it "ruins" the album, but "Shakermaker" is quite a letdown compared to the rest of "Definitely Maybe".

[–] slartibartfast42@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I once decided to make myself an elaborate vegetable omelette for breakfast, and didn't realize until the very final step that I had forgotten the cheese.

[–] slartibartfast42@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you don't want critters eating your veggies, you have to set up a fence around your garden.

[–] slartibartfast42@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago

The Mozilla Foundation did a tech podcast called IRL. It hasn't updated in nearly a year, and I don't know if it's ever coming back, but some of their back episodes are worth listening to.

[–] slartibartfast42@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

There were plenty of other factors that may have pushed Trump over the line, and most of them come down to Hillary being a bad candidate.

[–] slartibartfast42@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I hadn't heard about the sexual assault allegations, but I'm not really surprised. What I have heard is that "The People's Party" is technically not even a political party (and thus doesn't qualify for ballot access), and that "leftist" "comedian" Jimmy Dore is a prominent member. The fact that West even considered working with them makes me question both his judgement, and his seriousness as a candidate.

[–] slartibartfast42@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

OK, so you want to have your cake an eat it by implicitly accusing her while saying you just don't know.

Anyway, I think you're giving the American voters too much credit if you think they couldn't elect Trump without Russia's help. You're also vastly overstating the size and influence of the Internet Research Agency. If it truly was a Russian attempt to influence US politics, it was a deeply unserious one.

[–] slartibartfast42@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Instead of "just leaving this here", how about you actually clarify what you're implying? It sounds like you're accusing Jill Stein of being a Russian asset, and I think it's really irresponsible to make this kind of accusation in a vague way that gives you plausible deniability.

[–] slartibartfast42@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Still not very big.

 
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