DanForever

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Apprehension in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] DanForever@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

So you never sign into your account on the desktop (browser - I don't believe any banks have window/macos applications)?

Has the "recertified" hdd market dried up? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] DanForever@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Europe

What's your useless skill? in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] DanForever@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, I think this skill could easily translate to one of those "lore keeper" or "continuity expert" jobs people have on TV shows.

smart bed in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
[–] DanForever@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I believe the problem is that it's actively cooled, so it won't get hotter under a blanket.

He could always unplug it though...

What's your favourite OS that does not use systemd? in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] DanForever@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (16 children)

What's wrong with systemd?

maybe sending dms across the fediverse in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
[–] DanForever@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

You're right in theory, but in practice the point is that email survives because it's not a closed, proprietary protocol.

Unfortunately I don't think the issue is quite so simple. We used to have open chat protocols that were slowly strangled by big tech until only their solutions remained.

I think the biggest problem is simply user apathy, if users cared more we wouldn't have the whole US green/blue bubble problem

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I just wanted to take a moment to enjoy how clean the web can be (lemmy.world)
 

I happened to click a link that took me to the associated ~~twitter~~ X account for something I was interested in and was greeted by not one, not two, but four modern day web popups.

I know it's nothing new. I've got a couple of firefox plugins that are usually quite good at hiding this sort of nonsense, but I guess they failed me today (or, I shudder to think, there were even more that were blocked, and this is what got through)

What's the worst new/not-signed-in user experience you've encountered recently?