monz

monz, 6 months ago

Here are some old ones: Shane Dawson
Onision
Smosh
=3

Not so old: JonTron

monz, 6 months ago

Devrom.

monz, 6 months ago

One of my favorite games ever released, no joke.

If King’s Field looked interesting, but too slow and boring… then this game is actually perfect for you.

monz, 6 months ago

I’d work in my sleep if all these conditions are met:

1. It replaces my 9-5 completely.
2. I am still fully rested after waking, or at the very least no meaningful difference to my sleep health.
3. I wake up and don’t remember anything.

monz, 6 months ago

I have never been a huge fan of the combat for the series. I put 2 hours into 2, 20 hours into 3. It’s just too slow for me due to how it prioritizes animation.

I definitely prefer more responsive combat over fancy animations. I don’t expect 4 to do that, I’m not really the target audience.

If it does, I’d love to give it a shot.

monz, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

HP. This one is easy. Low hanging fruit. For me, I bought an expensive gaming laptop that arrived defective. I asked for a replacement, they denied and required I send it in for repairs. Waited a month for them to tell me there isn’t a problem. Asked for a refund instead of having it shipped back. They said that’s not how it works, they have to send it back first. So I get it, with the defect still, and call to get a refund. They initially deny a refund due to being outside the refund period and offer a “buy back” credit. I had to spend an hour explaining why that’s not happening and why they’re going to give me a refund or expect to see me in court. Keep in mind, I hadn’t used this laptop more than an hour or two and it’s been shipped around and forth for two months. I did get my refund at least, but the headache was insane and I refuse to even look at HP products.

Adobe: Already said by others. For me, it’s because they charge an insane amount of money for barely-functional software. I used Affinity products instead.

Google: They cancel their services so quickly, it’s more like they’ve blacklisted ME. I refuse to pay for anything they offer in the event it will be discontinued in a year or two. RIP Play Music.

Amazon: Prices increase, service quality decreases, value decreases exponentially. The product I paid for at $79/year was far more superior to whatever Prime costs today. Mostly third party cheap trash. Unfortunately, and most likely by design, there are just a few specific reasons I’m forced to give Amazon money every so often. But at the very least, I’m making the highest conscious effort to avoid them.

I’ll update this if I come up with more.

Edit 1: Netflix: They keep removing quality content and increasing prices. Anti-consumer shit. They are both the reason I stopped pirating and considered starting again.

monz, 6 months ago

To this day, Adobe CS5 is probably the best all-encompassing software package they’ve ever released. CS6 added a few things, but was buggy AF. Then CC came out and it’s been in eternal-beta since. So many lost files and sometimes even OS-destroying updates.

monz, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago)

Currently graduating from my computer science degree, searching for a job in backend. :}

Update: Just got one! Junior dev role. Weeee~

monz, 6 months ago

We got another one in the system. >:}

Thank you!

monz, 7 months ago

How are we supposed to get industry experience otherwise?

Businesses aren’t hiring without a degree unless you have four years of industry experience to replace the degree.

Plus, we get an internship during college to get some of both.

Still don’t get hired after graduating.

It’s fucked!

monz, 7 months ago

Minotaur Warlock

Tbh? I dig it.

monz, 7 months ago

We can shame a person and their actions without making it about their appearance.

monz, 7 months ago

In my experience, no matter how careful anyone is, I now have sharp, freshly-cut hair bits under my shirt. Unless I take my shirt off and wipe my body with a towel, no amount of post-cut washing of my head is going to solve the problem.

monz, 7 months ago

People that disrespect others time are not friends of mine.

I don’t care what level of important any person puts on something they planned. Show up on time or don’t make a promise at all.

monz, 7 months ago

I was really excited about Favorites in the Music app… until I learned it’s just replacing “Loved.”

I thought they’d have a third type of system:

Favorites / Suggest More (Love) / Suggest Less

It’s sort of like that now, but it’s:

Favorites (Loved) / Suggest More (Added to Library) / Suggest Less

Oh well!

monz, 7 months ago

That’s why I never explicitly said it should have both.

monz, 7 months ago

Depends on if you’re No-Items Final Destination Only.

monz, 8 months ago

AI in the terms of Computer Science, of course.

monz, 8 months ago

Windows Vista SP1 was essentially perfect for me. I had a dual core CPU and 4GB of RAM.

Manufacturers were really bad. That’s one of the reasons Windows 7 had a huge emphasis on performance for low specs.

monz, 8 months ago

I greatly hope Apple allows us to set the Action Button for: Single tap Double tap Triple tap Long press

And perhaps even custom combinations of taps/presses to allow for greater use.

Limiting us to ONE use from a long press is confusing to me.

It’s cool that people have created shortcuts that can imitate this, but it’s one of those “should be standard” things.

monz, 9 months ago

I replace/return maybe 1 out of 10 items ordered from Amazon because stuff arrives faulty, broken, or completely wrong.

They’ve sent me a threatening email about my returns at least once a year. I always reply telling them to stop being shit.

Haven’t had my account deleted yet (since 2011), but I avoid Amazon when I can.

monz, 10 months ago

That CPU is terrible for any real CPU-heavy work, but the price and performance and capability is great. I’d be tempted to get one myself!

monz, 10 months ago

Basically it means what you can expect the laptop to do.

This tablet is decent for basic web usage, office apps, general use (music/videos etc).

It’s not good for games, dev projects (think big apps), photo editing, video editing, and anything I forgot to list that’s “heavy usage.”

If you don’t need the latter, it’s just fine.

monz, 10 months ago

Honey’s whole scheme is selling your data. It tracks everything. I don’t use it.

I use Baking Soda and Vinegar and SponsorBlock and Wipr.

The first two basically fix video players on every site: basic HTML player instead of the bloatware most employ.

SponsorBlock for YouTube to cut down on sponsored segments that YouTubers may play in the middle of a video.

Wipr for my ad blocker. It’s been incredibly solid since I first bought it. Big fan.

monz, 10 months ago

Adam Lambert.

Holy fuck his range and control. It’s insane.

Even if his music is mediocre, his vocals are amazing.

monz, 10 months ago

What sucks about exercise tips is that I live in Florida where there is nowhere to hike.

Stroads everywhere so I can’t bike.

Gyms? Not unless I pay $150 a month.

Walking? Oh right, stroads.

It’s fucking built to be depressing here. I hate Florida.

monz, 10 months ago

Yep. Since 2011. Fucking bye.

monz, 10 months ago

Just use Postman.

monz, 10 months ago

What do you mean modern AC can only cool by 20F?

I’m in Florida and it’s routinely 95-98F outside. My AC is set to 65F.

Did you mean 20C? Either way, that’s also false. AC units are limited to their rating and BTU. Many may not cool below 60F, but there’s no delta limit.

monz, 10 months ago

The person that replied to you is probably being scientific-literal and obnoxious. I understood what you meant just fine. :}

monz, 10 months ago

One could look at the concept of the fediverse and relate it to the ideals of segregating higher powers (big businesses) and giving power to the working class (pay for labor). IE: the concept of dividing up Lemmy as a service into multiple-owned servers instead of a single monolith like Reddit. This tends to align with the ideology of Leftism (to be clear, the progressive class of beliefs, for anyone non-American) tend to be more inviting and inclusive to people. This makes for a good platform for trans people to feel welcomed.

This is not a factual answer, and I do not believe anyone here holds the authority to state a fact. It is only my personal observation.

monz, 10 months ago

This is illegal in France, btw. Ubisoft is a French company. :}

monz, 11 months ago

I get your sentiment, but having personalized ads is just an incentive for a lack of user privacy. If we kill the incentive, we can embrace security.

monz, 11 months ago

Water can go bad. That’s why stuff goes bad in general, usually due to containing water. This is also why freeze dried foods can last forever.

Stagnant water. You have roughly 12 hours.

monz, 11 months ago

To be clear, saying this can cause cancer is similar to saying that water will be classified as toxic.

Cancer is a genetic/cellular lottery we play every day. Consuming certain substances can change those odds. We’re talking 1 in a Trillion (a number I pulled out of my ass, to be clear), and perhaps consuming aspartame changes that to 100 in a Trillion. 100x more likely to get cancer? Not really.

Just like how water is classified as toxic if you drink too much (cellular over-hydration) consuming too much aspartame can cause cancer.

Though I suppose it remains to be seen. I’m making broad assumptions and I’ll wait for the professionals and studies and scientific journals to tell me what’s what.

monz, 1 year ago

Something I want to make an example of with this comment:

The previous person states their frustration of the subreddit. What value does your comment bring to their situation? Does it help address the problem?

When I post about an issue online and someone says “no problem here,” that doesn’t help solve the problem.

monz, 1 year ago

If you use any app other than what Apple provides, you become a second class citizen on your own phone.

Third party apps simply don’t integrate with iOS nicely unless Apple allows it. Even though you can choose a web browser, it has to use Safari’s underlying code base.

I’m on a Pixel 7. A lot of people say it’s like Google’s iPhone, but I can use Firefox as my browser natively. Adblocking actually works, too. I can choose any app as a default for whatever. Lots of FOSS! Google doesn’t own my Pixel the same way Apple owns the iPhone.