ColonelPanic

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

They still make them. Still metal too. My 3 year old has a few and loves them. I have some old ones and they still work, albeit not as fast as they used to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do, but only because the UX around federated entities isn't great at the moment. There's no doubt that it could be made way more intuitive and streamlined for the average user, and that more effort could be put into migration between federated entities so that it doesn't feel like as much of a chore to jump between instances. The average user won't care about federation, and they just want to quickly get some content.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

10°C. Coats out, heating on.

Never know what it'll be tomorrow though. Might be 28 and sunny, might -15 and snowing. Maybe even the sun will make an appearance.

Regardless, it'll cause disruptions to the trains somehow.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm in the UK. We drive on the opposite side, freckle in the exact spot on my left arm, nothing on my right.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Money.

Also I imagine the ads will be silent but animated, like a regular website ad but full screen, essentially turning whatever you're watching it on into a giant billboard.

It's just another thing to block I guess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It does also work for them that they retain employees who are more likely to put up with their bullshit. They can cull the truly lazy ones at a later date as required, either by firing them or finding a similarly bullshit change that they're likely to be adverse to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I see your point, but it could just be that the 'best' system is just what you're used to (akin to the Celsius vs Farenheit argument). There's a load of systems that are slightly different between countries, and make perfect sense to those using the system but make absolutely no sense to anyone outside that system.

I guess the best thing is that this has created some awareness of the minor differences which may save some confusion later down the line should anyone visit a country using a different system.

To sort of answer your comment though, I don't see the ground floor as the "first floor" you'd be on because it's just the ground. It's hard to explain, but that's just what I'm personally used to, and saying the ground floor is the first floor doesn't make sense to me. Because I'm used to the "ground" system I'd know that if someone said something's "on the first floor", and I'm in my country, I'd go to the first floor above the ground floor.

If I went to the US for example and someone said something's on the first floor I'd look at what I'd call the ground floor, because I now understand that it's different.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

We never say 0 though, we say ground. If it's written down it's -2, -1, G, 1, 2 etc, which by chance makes it a bit easier represented by the decimal system and in computer science.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

Man renowned for over promising over promises. More at 10.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago

This coming down the line finally got me off of my incredibly lazy ass and forced me to switch a few months ago. It was easy, and I don't know why I didn't do it sooner.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Titan mode was my absolute favourite and nothing since has filled that gap

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

It might even be a bit simpler than that, as YouTube's going to have to mark segments as adverts somehow so you can't just skip past them.

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