Gestrid

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Gestrid,

They just want you to put your plates back together.

Gestrid,

Believe it or not, Wikipedia actually does use a single global account for all of its wikis. That includes Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons, and almost every other site listed on their website. The only one you have to create a separate account for is their test wiki where they test new versions of MediaWiki (the software they develop for their wikis).

Gestrid,

Problem: I barely check my phone when I’m home. If I’m home, I’m usually on my laptop or watching my TV.

Fortunately, my fridge doesn’t have this problem. Instead, it beeps very loudly whenever the door is open for too long.

Gestrid,

Your uBlock probably updated. uBlock has pretty much been able to successfully block YouTube’s adblocker block since YouTube started blocking adblockers, so long as you kept the filters updated.

Gestrid,

Wait, what gives away that this is a ChatGPT comment?

Gestrid,

No, you’re right. Theoretically, you could even have a single login for multiple Fediverse sites (Mastodon, Lemmy, PeerTube, etc.).

Technically speaking, I believe you could even comment on this thread via Mastodon if you wanted to since both Lemmy and Mastodon use something called the ActivityPub protocol. But the reverse isn’t true since Lemmy isn’t configured correctly to view Mastodon content.

Gestrid,

You would still be able to see if someone commented from a Mastodon instance. Their username would say something like @username.

Gestrid,

(Actually, a venti cappuccino at Starbucks cost almost $6.)

Piracy is Preservation (feddit.de)

Image description: a screenshot from the Wikipedia page for the Doctor Who TV series, with a user-added caption that reads “Preserve the media you can before it’s gone forever.” The Wikipedia article reads, “No 1960s episodes exist on their original videotapes (all surviving prints being film transfers), though some were...

Gestrid,

You mean this video? youtu.be/ce-QHeZnVu4

Gestrid,

They probably think it’s safer somehow. But I don’t really get how.

Most built-in password managers allow for you to setup a master password of sorts if you try to sync everything to a new device, and most also require you to use your computer’s native verification to view a single password in plaintext or export all of them as plaintext. (For browsers on Windows, they use Windows Hello; for browsers on Android, they use the fingerprint scanner or the lock screen pin.)

Gestrid,

adds {{autobiography}} to every article Elon Musk writes

Gestrid,

To be fair (not that I like Musk), he did try to back out of the communication one. But Twitter and the US court system forced him to pay all $44 billion dollars.

Gestrid,

Huh. I always assumed holiday pay was also 1.5x. I haven’t had many chances to earn it. I’m pretty sure it was at my last job. I haven’t found out about my current job yet.

Gestrid,

I had to use FMLA leave a couple years back when I was out for a planned surgery that took about 4-6 weeks to recover from.

Technically, I think FMLA really only ensures you’ll have a job to return to. They legally cannot fire you or lay you off if you’re on FMLA.

FMLA doesn’t offer any paid time off, though, so most employers require you to use your accrued time off (both sick time and vacation time) concurrently with your FMLA leave. Once that runs out, you stop getting paid.

Gestrid,

I’m starting to lose track of all the changes Reddit’s made to its award system in the past few months. Is this the same crypto thing they started a few years ago, or was it part of the awards overhaul from a couple months ago?

Gestrid,

I once made a trip out west (I live near the East Coast) towards Yellowstone National Park. Some of the sights I saw were almost surreal.

Gestrid, (edited )

Google says it’s Italian.

Gestrid,

“the box of search”

I don’t know why, but this made me laugh.

Gestrid, (edited )

I mean, Fakespot already does the same thing. They rate the product based on the quality of reviews (whether or not they’re fake).

Gestrid,

Where the tabs are on the side of the desktop screen instead of the top.

Gestrid,

Probably handle it similarly to how Chrome handles an extension asking for new permissions. It disables the add-on and gives the user a small non-intrusive notification on the options menu. Opening the notification notified the user about the change in permissions and asks them if they want to re-enable the add-on or remove it from Chrome.

Gestrid,

It’s not even just AI. It’s also real people being paid to leave fake reviews.

Gestrid,

Correct me if I’m wrong, but hacks like the WannaCry ransomware attack of 2017 don’t even require any user input. They simply require that you haven’t updated your computer. The reason so many organizations (including schools and hospitals) got hit with that attack despite Microsoft already having released a patch for it months earlier was because they didn’t update their computers.

Gestrid,

Rumor is that Windows 12 the last last version of Windows will be releasing next year.

Gestrid,

To be fair, nearly everything is/ has been/ can be a political topic. Two of the more ridiculous ones (IMO) I can think of are video games and D&D.

Gestrid,

You should be able to modify the desktop shortcut to run the command every time you click it.

Alternatively, you can create a batch file that runs the command every time you click on it and put it on your desktop. You could probably even assign the Firefox icon to it and pin it to your task bar.

Gestrid, (edited )

Mine has one. It’s part of the touchscreen. You put your finger/ thumb on that part of the screen whenever it asks for your fingerprint.

Gestrid,

And probably the intranet, too, just to be safe.

Gestrid,

No, the instructions must be followed or it won’t work. /j

Gestrid, (edited )

But then I’d have that terrible X logo on my phone instead of the much-less-terrible bird logo.

I have yet to update to any version of the app that uses that logo.

Gestrid,

Because there’s no viable replacement.

Before you or someone else mentions Mastodon (and probably compare it to the Reddit migration to Lemmy; I’ve been through this conversation before): Both Twitter and Mastodon are built on the concept of following people. If those people don’t migrate to another platform, then the people following them won’t migrate, either.

But Reddit and Lemmy are built on the concept of following ideas. It doesn’t matter if one person who, for example, enjoys anime, only stays on Reddit. Others who who enjoy anime may move to Lemmy and become part of one or more of the anime communities on Lemmy instead.

Basically, the comparison isn’t 1-to-1.

Gestrid,

Any idea how to block ads in the Twitter Android app? Or, rather, which sites to block? I’m using AdGuard to block ads on all apps, but it doesn’t seem to affect the Twitter app. Either the Twitter app runs ads differently or the ads aren’t part of any of the blocklists.

Gestrid,

Looks like you may be right. Most requests came from api.twitter.com (and variations of that, such as api-33-0-0.twitter.com). The only different one was from global.albtls.t.co, and it was already blocked thanks to Peter Lowe’s Blocklist.

Gestrid,

I’d probably be like this, but wearing glasses is better than not being able to see six inches in front of you. My nearsightedness is bad.

Gestrid,

He refuses to wear glasses while driving “because all the lights hurt my eyes”.

If your eyes aren’t used to glasses, guess what? You get a headache. If you wear them long enough, your body gets used to them, and you stop getting headaches.

Gestrid,

It’s the same in the US. They test your vision when you go to get your license, they print the restriction on your license, and you legally cannot drive without them.

Gestrid,

I got a headache when I first started wearing glasses. Then it went away. There wasn’t anything wrong with the prescription. It was just my eyes adjusting to suddenly being able to see in HD for the first time in years.

Gestrid, (edited )

I believe the executive branch can suggest new laws, but they would still have to pass through the state’s legislative branch. The suggested law may still need to be formally introduced by a member of the legislative branch, though.

The legislative process of each state is largely derived from the legislative process of the federal government, but there are probably some variations between states.

Gestrid,

Pineapple on pizza is just… no.

— me, an American

Gestrid,

Mindcraft

You’ve become the very thing you swore to destroy!

Gestrid,

Relevant xkcd

Gestrid,

Relevant xkcd

Gestrid,

No, on the bottom picture. They censored the bicycle tire pump for some reason.

Gestrid,

This. I’ve gotta take about 5 minutes or more to mentally prep for a phone call if it’s for business. Afterwards, I’m exhausted.

Gestrid,

While it’s not quite the same, Google does allow you to stay signed into multiple accounts. Just click your profile photo in the upper-right and click “Add another account”. After signing into the other account, you can seamlessly switch between them. The same steps can also be used for any Google Android app.

Gestrid,

(Also, you probably can transfer the credit to a bank account if you really want to.)

No, you can’t. It acts the same as a gift card. As a matter of fact, that’s basically what they called it.

Gestrid,

That’s true. It’s in Amazon’s best interest to avoid a situation like this since it makes customers unhappy. When you buy something digitally, it’s expected that you get to keep the purchase forever (or at least until the digital store you bought it at goes under). Undoing a purchase like this (assuming it wasn’t one of those “too good to be true” purchases where the thing was accidentally discounted or something) would break trust and run the risk of souring the customer’s relationship with Amazon. Stores typically only do this (undo a purchase and issue “apology money”) if they absolutely need to.

Gestrid,

Apparently, Cloudflare already supports ECH, and a not-insignificant number of websites use them.

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