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_number8_

@ _number8_ @lemmy.world

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2 yr. ago

  • What computer life hacks are your most used?

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  • hosts file block twitter/reddit/facebook/etc on all my computers. i guess i haven't done it on my phone because i can't be bothered [and regardless of how much i need a hit, i'm not gonna sit there on my phone browser for hours anyway]

  • Traffic rule

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  • my city is literally prohibited from using public funds for any type of train because of some GOP devil magic thing -- so all we have is busses, which suck because you're still beholden to traffic jams and lights and speed limits and roads. pointless and not even a sense of whimsy or transcendence

  • Sleeping tricks

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  • lemon balm tea & chamomile tea are magical. weed and podcasts are huge helps with the constant night ruminating

  • Autism @lemmy.world
    _number8_ @lemmy.world

    First date of my life I am shook I cannot believe this is real

  • Rule

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  • it's so depressing if you watch steve jobs introduce the iphone, he boasted how safari offered a rich browsing experience, beautifully rendering the full desktop version with intuitive controls to zoom and swipe around, no janky mobile sites. and look at us now. how we have fallen.

    (honestly i think tim cook wrecked the company, he's a pure bloodless businessman, thinking only about numbers and value extraction versus innovation and changing the world, which jobs, for all his faults, objectively did)

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    _number8_ @lemmy.world

    Is everyone so depressed now partially because modern science has probably proven there is no god / afterlife?

  • I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07.

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  • they get paid like $2/hr when actually out on a delivery, it's pathetic and is absolutely no reason to justify the fee

  • I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07.

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  • people love acting like they're perfect and always make perfect decisions in these posts. like, you can easily advise the OP and sympathize but people love to be smug instead

  • I fucking hate the job search

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  • why does everyone have to have "excellent" skills? just logically not everyone can have excellent skills, or there wouldn't be excellent skills. i very much doubt everyone currently working there also has equally "excellent" skills. you can't just say you have to be perfect. i fucking hate this shit

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    _number8_ @lemmy.world

    Pros / cons of riding a bike?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Why isn't jerking off more valorized as an easy dopamine hit that's also literally good for you?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    _number8_ @lemmy.world

    Why does it feel like too much effort just to go from sitting around looking at garbage online to simply watching a film or playing a video game?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    _number8_ @lemmy.world

    We constantly have spit in our mouth 100% of the time but if we were made to drink any amount of our spit it'd be disgusting. Why?

  • Removed

    when google bought datasets from reddit

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  • again, this is all long term executive function that you are generally incapable of performing or even contemplating when depressed. maybe you can protestant-work-ethic yourself out of depression but that doesn't mean everyone can. oh yeah lemme just keep being fucking harsh with myself, that's the ticket.

    what i want to hear is

    • take a bath
    • have chamomile tea, it binds to your GABA receptors
    • go outside to breath the fresh air and look at the moon
    • etc

    simple, actionable things that don't have barely-hidden contempt or disinterest behind them

  • Removed

    when google bought datasets from reddit

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  • i like how the answers are the exact same generic unhelpful drivel you hear 20k times a month if you're depressed as well. real improvement there. when people google that they want immediate relief, not fucking oh go for a walk every day, no shit. the triviality of the suggestion makes the depression worse because you know it's going to do nothing the first week besides make you feel sweaty and looked at and alone. like if i'm feeling recovered enough to go walk every day then i'm already feeling good enough that i don't need to be googling about depression tips. this shit drives me insane.

  • ‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services

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  • I literally watch TV through a capture card right now out of stubbornness and principle. Anything I want to record, I can just hit a button and safely keep. No DRM preventing me from taking screenshots, I can manipulate the picture to hide obnoxious graphics or ads (great for sports); the sense of control is extremely gratifying.

  • ‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services

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  • When record companies make a fuss about the danger of “piracy”, they’re not talking about violent attacks on shipping. What they complain about is the sharing of copies of music, an activity in which millions of people participate in a spirit of cooperation. The term “piracy” is used by record companies to demonize sharing and cooperation by equating them to kidnaping, murder and theft.

  • ‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services

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  • i tried to get into streaming but i grew increasingly uncomfortable with paying forever as titles appear and disappear at the whim of suits. how could that possibly be a pleasant UX for customers?

    i'd take the hassle of having discs or managing a server any day of the week over paying these goons for access to their files which they happily negotiate away for financial reasons. it's just a disgusting paradigm. when netflix was starting streaming, i thought (i was like 15) we were emerging into a great new age, where every show you could ever want was on one beautiful service.

    now they won't even let you share accounts or screenshot the fucking show (a pig-headed anti-piracy measure which is mind-blowingly stupid given every single show on there is available for free if you know where to look ANYWAY. what are they DOING.)

    fuck streaming, fuck netflix, fuck spotify. crash and burn. topple like the house of cards you are.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    _number8_ @lemmy.world

    Where do I look when seated at a restaurant to seem normal?

  • What documentaries feel the most like strolling through a calming art museum on a pleasant spring day?

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  • this is wonderful, thank you i've always heard people mention virtual travel and i figured it was like google street view + zoom quality; this is brilliant

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    _number8_ @lemmy.world

    What documentaries feel the most like strolling through a calming art museum on a pleasant spring day?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    _number8_ @lemmy.world

    Shouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?

  • NSFW

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  • companies don't even have to worry about that shit anymore. things are so perilous that there will always be people desperate enough for anything no matter how shitty the conditions

  • Why is Facebook still so insanely popular?

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  • honestly to me it feels cozy now relative to how shitty other platforms have gotten. i guess it was always leading the way at being shitty, so it doesn't feel like as stark a change (reddit, twitter)

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    _number8_ @lemmy.world

    What do you miss from the old internet?

  • Doomscrolling rule

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  • the really stupid thing is that i feel like if i go and watch a film or read something for a few hours, that's an isolated experience. i'm disconnected from the (vague) sense of community i feel online; i feel like i'm missing things.

    but then i go back online and it's the same garbage. even just 10 years ago it used to be good garbage, now it's just stuff that irritates me

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    What gets you downvoted?

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  • why does it seem like basically all the past communist leaders were also evil and cruel? can't we get some chill ones?

  • What's your juicy work drama that you just want to tell us about?

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  • cutest girl at work asked me if i knew what poppers were, then supplied the explanation after i said yes. unfortunately i was/am too stupid to advance the ball further, and we both left the job shortly after due to a terrible regime change

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    _number8_ @lemmy.world

    Does everyone buy little things here and there so as to not go insane?

  • TikTok Rule

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  • frfr, i can't believe how many smug takes i saw about this the day it passed. left and right giddy to oppress the youth just because the dances are stupid

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    What foods make you feel like royalty when you're eating them?

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
    _number8_ @lemmy.world

    This is $87 worth of shopping. Please feel free to use the space below to critique my purchases

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    _number8_ @lemmy.world

    What do you do online these days? Where do you spend the most time?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    _number8_ @lemmy.world

    I find the """man up""" school of thought generally works for me when faced w a tough situation but 97% of the time it's presented as an obnoxious show of bravado. What are better ways to phrase this?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    _number8_ @lemmy.world

    Has anyone else gravitated back to facebook a bit?