dan1101

dan1101 , 10 months ago to technology in USENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix

The 20th anniversary of Steam made me think of the initial controversy over it on comp.sys.ibm.pc.games and I discovered some of the same people are still posting there.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to memes in The EU has finally won this one!

would if is the new would of

dan1101 , 10 months ago to news in State House Candidate in Virginia Condemns Leak of Sex Tapes

I don’t care that she did it, but if you have live sex for strangers on the Internet then you’ve got to realize that footage can be around forever.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to memes in I like to watch

I like playing more than watching, but I know a lot of what I do when playing would not be fun to watch.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to asklemmy in Does anybody else continue to frequent Reddit, albeit without an account?

I don’t think I could do that, I would be compelled to comment. But I do still see Reddit in search results for problems I’m researching and the answers are often useful. I will be happy the first time I see a Lemmy result.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to news in McDonald's plans to transition away from self-serve soda fountains in US by 2032

It used to be cheap. It wasn’t that long ago there was a dollar menu. Now a cheeseburger is $2.79.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to mildlyinfuriating in Well, fuck you too.

I think malware is software (executable) by definition though. Cookies are never executable, they are just data.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to news in Fact check: Biden falsely claims he was at Ground Zero 'the next day' after 9/11

If the speech was written down and he read it as it was written then that’s on his staff as much as him. But yeah bad situation all the way around.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to news in Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it

Yeah they haven’t been convicted but remain a prisoner…unless they pay an arbitrary amount of money to get out of jail? There’s gotta be a better way. People lose their jobs and houses waiting for their appearance in court. Most probably were arrested for good reason, but still.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to news in Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties

The Marines I know that saw combat are often messed up with PTSD and feel lost without their units, but still seem very proud to have been Marines.

dan1101 , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to mildlyinfuriating in Well, fuck you too.

There is a difference between cookies (which are just strings of characters often used to keep you logged in) and actual malware executable code.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to asklemmy in What are some harmless ways to prank someone?

Wow. Been using Android since like version 2 but never knew you could double press the power button to turn the camera on. If screen is off have to press once to turn screen on first.

IIRC on iOS there is a camera icon on the lock screen.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to news in Local officials call on Congress to reject larger trucks on highway

Commercial highways is not a term I’ve heard before.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to technology in Microsoft cuts ties with the Surface Duo after just 2 Android version updates

I didn’t even know any of the Surface products ran Android.

dan1101 , 10 months ago to games in Starfield’s Planets Are Covered In Thousands Of Dead Creatures

Yeah they need to dial the predator/prey action down a bit. But it hasn’t been that weird IME. I mean you’re on an alien world with alien flora and fauna, that’s the remarkable part not that there are a lot of creatures fighting.