5mo ago Tech Talk

Weird form of censorship and discourse-steering that I've seen happen too many times to dismiss as coincidence.

I like to listen to podcasts while I work, and set them to 1.5-1.75X speed. What keeps happening is, Youtube's mobile browser site (I don't use the app) interprets clicks on the control panel as a "back" button for the entire video. This dumps you back onto the homepage, where the back button takes you to the prior video you watched, and takes the video in question out of your feed, not even to be found in the "continue watching" panel if these are presented during scrolling. You must manually crawl your way back to the video by typing the exact URL text into the browser, or drilling down by going to the channel and menu-ing your way to either the videos or live section because it doesn't show in your feed of that channel's contents either. Tapping the edges of the screen to skip ahead or back, WELL away from the margins of other control icons on the screen, also invokes out of nowhere commands that drop you elsewhere from the video you're trying to watch.

This ONLY ever happens with content that challenges the Party Line. Scores of times i've had it happen, compared to exactly ZERO on mundane general-interest channels and topics!

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6mo ago Tech Talk

@MentORPHEUS oh wow, and that dude normally likes all the plant-based imitation meats.

Just how bad was this crap?!

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6mo ago Tech Talk

Wired magazine article about an Israeli company's plant based and 3D printed steak and fish products. Spoiler: the reviewer pans them.

www.wired.com/story/so-you-can-3d-print-a-steak-now-but-why-on-earth-would-you/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

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7mo ago Tech Talk

@Typo-MAGAshiv Laugh. <Insert witty comeback here.>

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7mo ago Tech Talk

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7mo ago Tech Talk

gonna throw my mustard in the food here:

Please consider using linux anyway, even on the main computer as a dual boot especially Arch Linux (I am the incel beta lalala so of course I use a derivative of arch linux)

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7mo ago Tech Talk

@woodsmoke Windows 10 is far less a headache than 11.

I bought a new laptop last year that came preloaded with windows 11, didn't like the win11 and switched over to linux mint while the computer was brand new with nothing of mine to lose on it. I already extracted everything I wanted from the last computer and put it on an external hard drive, so it was a good time to experiment with an unfamiliar os. If you get a second or new laptop, that's the best time to do it.

Still couldn't pay me enough to sit behind a desk again.

I honestly don't know how people do it. I don't even know what the hell anyone could be doing on a computer just sitting there for 40+ hours a week.

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7mo ago Tech Talk

@Ill_Will7 @SwarmShawarma

Thanks, I'll look into those when I have some time.

Probably won't be soon. My current PC works just fine with Win10 and I'm a firm believer in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Possibly the only thing I miss about working in IT was the easy access to "computer guys" whose brains I could pick to get a new rig squared away and solve problems as they popped up.

Still couldn't pay me enough to sit behind a desk again.

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7mo ago Tech Talk

windows11 (this is where I drew the line in the sand)

The 11, taking the screenshots at random times to help you if you need it... but if you dont want it, you cant turn it off.

Slowly boiling a frog.

I got a new laptop and slowly transferring all files and settings over.

I only checked does it work with all the devices (it didnt work with a niche WIFI card so I have replaced the card).

Istalled in dual boot (in an unlikely case I would need The W11 shipped with the laptop).

I have always used Mint but decided to go with Fedora for some challange.

Saying that, I have little exp with Mint anyway. Probably played with it for Max 50 hours excluding actual work done.

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