kescusay

kescusay , 1 year ago to showerthoughts in Since nobody likes calling it X, why don't we call the platform "ex-twitter"? That way it's technically true, and everybody knows what you're talking about.

Name… honestly doesn’t check out.

kescusay , 1 year ago to showerthoughts in Since nobody likes calling it X, why don't we call the platform "ex-twitter"? That way it's technically true, and everybody knows what you're talking about.

I’ve been calling it Xitter. The X is pronounced “sh.”

kescusay , 1 year ago to technology in Microsoft to Force Web Links Shared in Teams to Open with Microsoft Edge

You’re going to want to remove other parts of Windows as well, such as Windows Explorer, the Win32 runtime, the kernel, etc.

(In other words, install Linux.)

kescusay , 1 year ago to nottheonion in Rogers Park group calls on gang members to cease fire from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Yep. Silly-sounding headline, but actually a really good news story.

kescusay , 1 year ago to technology in Elon Musk admits X 'may fail, as so many have predicted'

I call it Xitter. The X is pronounced with an “sh” sound.

kescusay , 1 year ago to news in Judge partially strikes down Georgia ban on giving voters food and water in polling lines

It’s duckspeak, and the fact that it’s so effective is horrifying. They go around making literally meaningless word-like noises - not one of them could coherently define either “woke” or “communist” if you offered them a million dollars to do it - and yet they squawk both words endlessly.

kescusay , 1 year ago to news in Judge partially strikes down Georgia ban on giving voters food and water in polling lines

That’s the thing which seems so barbaric to me. I’m in a state with 100% mail-in ballots, and I’ve never stood in a line to vote. Neither has anyone else in my state since mail-in became the standard.

When turnout is really, really high, there might be, like, four people ahead of me if I’ve procrastinated and missed the mail-in date and have to use a ballot drop-box.

kescusay , 1 year ago to nottheonion in Will Donald Trump be allowed conjugal visits with Melania if he's sent to prison?

She’d quickly find out his debts vastly exceed his wealth.

kescusay , 1 year ago to technology in Blocking is going to be deleted from Twitter

At this point, any advertisers Xitter has left get what they deserve when they spend money on ads there.

kescusay , 1 year ago to technology in Blocking is going to be deleted from Twitter

Stop using Twitter. Seriously, people, stop using Twitter. It’s not going to get better.

kescusay , 1 year ago to technology in Microsoft Finally Realizes Nobody Wants Its Windows 11 Preinstalled Bloatware

If “wet” is defined as the state of a given area of matter in large part touching water, then water is wet, too, since it’s touching itself.

…I could have phrased that to sound less like masturbation.

kescusay , 1 year ago to technology in Microsoft Finally Realizes Nobody Wants Its Windows 11 Preinstalled Bloatware

I mean, Windows itself has been a good reason to get rid of Windows for a long time.

kescusay , 1 year ago to world in New Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warn

Me neither. I’m also in a part of the United States where people seem to give a damn at least a little more. I’m never the only person wearing a mask in the stores I shop at. And shockingly (not really), we have a lot less COVID-19 than the national average.

So, not planning to stop any time soon.

kescusay , 1 year ago to technology in Twitter/X new ID Verification - First Look

Give it time. With both Xitter and reddit trying to kill themselves, and Threads dead on arrival, adoption of both Lemmy and Mastodon is going up.

kescusay , 1 year ago to technology in Twitter/X new ID Verification - First Look

That is indeed my intent.