Spyke

Replies

Comment on

YouTube Channel Linus Tech Tips’ Inaccuracies And Sexual Harassment Allegations, Explained

So really, it's not just me that found him to be producing smarmy and careless content? My first views were of his various challenges - where they consistently 'proved' that people can't do things in an OS that they don't have experience with, which means they'd be better off doing it in a much worse OS that they used since they were kids - and therefore it's better.

I really liked Nexus's video - though it didn't help me as I wouldn't waste time on LTT. I don't like or trust these coroporate video mills, any more than I trust Google/Youtube - they don't give a toss as long as the money flows and they didn't get sued.

reddit

Comment on

Question: People who still frequent Reddit, has it gone back to business as usual or are the protests still having effect?

r/linux is turning into a noob subreddit where people copy and paste rule #1 (no support, it isn't a support forum) and then try to offer support because nothing else is going on.

You know, the way you tell your cat to get off the table by giving it a nice piece of chicken and telling the cat it can't get chicken by coming to the table again.

reddit

Comment on

Reddit activated a word filter that whenever you say "fuck spez", your comment won't show up for anyone else. I just tested it on ModCoord. they're also deleting spez memes from the subs they nuked lo

fu€K $PEz :"))

Personally I never knew this because I see no benefit in boosting Reddit's traffic - I just don't bother with it. If I get bored, I'm 80% more likely now to pick up my Kindle and read something and it's much better.

I have noticed a new tendency, however, as now I'm reading 3 books at the same time - just choose which one to continue each time I pick up... right now re-reading Great Expectations, The Oracle Year, and The Midnight Library...

Comment on

What did you do to survive the night of/after a breakup?

There are a couple of things here... firstly you're thinking about him being with someone else - that's not just a 'breakup', that's worse.

Anyway, I found relaxing to be difficult so I went out and did stuff - also I just met lots of friends and tried not to be on my own. During my last breakup, I had someone to meet every day after work for a week - and that put some distance which made it easier.

Comment on

Reddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely

Well, despite the difficulties translating to Federated platforms, I will certainly be working on alternative social platforms.

I no longer use Quora or Facebook...

I unsubscribed my 'YouTube' channels and added them as RSS feeds, so there's no need for me to be signed in there to consume content from creators I follow.

I hope that a month or two with the Fediverse will allow me to understand it better. I'm sure that many Fediverse users will also remain on Reddit and be able to advise folks on what to do.

If anyone on, for example, r/firefox announced activity over here, I'd follow them here. So whatever the 'bots' say, I know what's occurring in my corner.

reddit

Comment on

r/Lemmy Is A Bad Look

I disagree.

Realism is better.

Nothing worse than positivity "switch to Linux - you can do anything you like" gets followed up with "Now I installed it, and I can't make it do anything I want" leading to anger.

Just invite folks to join, and patiently explain how stuff works...

Better still, have a direct link to threads on Lemmy.

Comment on

Should Lemmy have Karma?

Lolz that's crazy... we should only take good ideas from Reddit.

I'm happy that most folks (in this thread, at least) seem to be of a similar mindset.

I struggled with Karma for a month, then I jumped on a few new 'DadJokes' and copy pasted a couple of puns - masses of Karma meant I could carry on trolling.

Votes are the way to push good/relevant comments upwards or downwards - and without value outside the thread, they'll only be used for that... as it should be.

Comment on

Do you think the guys on the titanic submarine will be rescued?

Strange question... did you post it in 'no stupid questions' for a specific reason?

  • If they're found in time, they'll be rescued.

  • If not, and they don't surface, they won't.

  • It's been stated that there's a very high chance that they won't be found.

  • It's also been stated that they had drop-weights, so it seems they didn't drop those, or they got trapped - which means they'd be much harder to find as they aren't out in the open.

  • There's also a good chance they imploded already - which is an alternative explanation for them failing to drop weights and start to surface.

  • When will the movie come out?

Titanic 2

Comment on

The end of Reddit? Why the blackout is still going – and what happens next

Basically it's called "Fuck You" pricing - there are apps for iOS which charged folks for a year contract using their product, and their costs went up.

It's like I wanna buy your favourite car, worth $40,000, and you don't want to let me have it. You don't say "No way!", instead saying "No problem, the price is $2,000,000" and you laugh and say "Screw these addicts, they'll just carry on without the car - and if they do pay, then we'll get even richer".

The way they said 'never mind, we don't need to change anything - they'll be back' means that they basically don't value their community, viewing us as a captive audience in a closed internet.

The army of unpaid moderators are nothing more than a thorn in their side. If they don't like it, they should just fork off...

reddit

Comment on

Real question: Why don't the mods just all quit?

The question was already answered.

Many people don't have a life, they get addicted to Reddit (or something similar) and it's importance to them becomes extreme.

Such people managed a protest, but as Spez rightly pointed out - they'll be back.

Basically, I think the way forward is to get SEARCH engines to dig content from the Fediverse - because that is the area where Reddit wins. You don't have to go there, you just do a search - and Reddit comes up all over the place.

Lemmy.world, lemmy.ml, Beehaw etc just don't exist there when you want to get answers to questions that would exist, for example r/Firefox, r/CSSFirefox.

Comment on

[Wristwatches] How a $260 plastic watch pissed off the entire watch community

The whole premise is a miss for me. The idea that $260 is cheap (because Omega's cost $2500) is, frankly, stupid.

A watch should primarily display the time (in a permanently visible face) and possibly add the option for some audible reminders.

Changing batteries is a big problem, and so Solar (or Kinetic IDK) is an essential concept.

Casio with bold analog face, I can see the time without my glasses, and without even directly looking at the watch face (peripheral vision when riding my bike).

It has a digital inset with options for hourly chime, automatic day/date, and enough accuracy so I only adjust it once every 6 months or more...

It cost 1500 THB (maybe $25) and never needs a battery change...

7 years later it is always there for me to see the time.

So it is much more reliable than any smartwatch, and more functional then the majority of watches on sale.