I felt bad reading this. Fast food is way too expensive here in 2024. And then you had to write an essay justifying yourself because of all the pedantic jerks who love to pounce on the smallest of things.
Oh cool, Cunningham’s Law in action.
Here’s an updated way to bypass it. This Youtuber is a little cheerful-cheesy, but the info is good.
Niche <> bad.
Lemmy is missing:
You know you’re right, we’re nothing like reddit!!
Well, that’s what I get for punching down on our gumbo-eating friends.
On the internet, nobody knows you’re the 43rd president, just trying to put food on your family.
Woops. At least I didn’t confuse Iraq with Ukraine…this time.
Ha! Corrected. Thanks.
Louisiana: basic literacy is not their strong suit.
Woops, I should have considered that. I certainly don’t blame you for not wanting to play their little game of sending them all that bullshit. There’s Venmo and other options anyway.
I wonder if you could sign up again with a different email. Seems like they would immediately know you’re the same person. But, it is glitchy AF. So maybe it will glitch in your favor
Reddit wisdom:
“This”
“Bacon”
“OK, boomer”
pun thread 37 levels deep
Yeah, he was a hypocrit and I despised the guy. Woz was the real hero of Apple. But Jobs did say that stuff, and he was correct in that moment. We see it over and over.
I truly hate how shit like Adobe and ProTools become the only acceptable software to use “inside the industry”. Plenty of independent self publishers use tools like Gimp and Reaper. But the velvet rope mindset refuses to accept that in certain circles.
Those same types of folks are the most likely to get replaced by AI. So maybe that will be some bittersweet Schadenfreude.
I am stuck with Windows 10 & 11 at work, on multiple various machines. Also some versions of Windows Server.
It honestly feels hostile towards the user now. For myriad reasons. It’s a constant battle for me to turn pointless crap off that it keeps turning back on with the next big update.
As much as I disliked Steve Jobs, the man was 100% correct when he talked about companies rotting from the inside. They get taken over by sales & marketing types and the product designers and user experience experts get kicked to the curb.
I had a buddy in the UK I chatted with on this thing in the early days. We thought we were so cool using it. We were not.