No I hate MS. I won't ever forget the pain that was developing edge cases around Internet Explorer (fuck IE 6, that shit was the worst).

I used to use reddit with Reddit Enhancement Suite (RES), a browser add-on/extension that has tons of customizations. This was even before there was an old/new reddit, it was just reddit.

So it's not that we chose to use "old" reddit, it was that we chose not to use "new" reddit. Going to the new design breaks RES and we would've missed out on all of those customizations and quality-of-life features that were missing without it.

Plus, "new" reddit is designed for doom-scrolling and serving adds, and not about promoting users to engage in dialog. Most of my reddit interaction was around niche content, where I actually dived deep into threads. New reddit got in the way of that.

I’ve been using mine for 10+ years, maybe changing batteries once.

I currently use it with a NUC loaded with linux mint, and have the UI HD scaled (it’s an out-of-the box option).

The only native functionality of the actual smart tv that I use, is the power button.

I got deployed to a spot where a company man came to help out with some logistics. We happened to be using some 50 gallon drums to help anchor down some comms equipment, which got us talking about the topic of 50 gallon drums.

The company man happened to also be a vietnam vet, and told me a story about some POWs that got captured there. The enemy was real keen on finding out how the americans were finding their ground compounds for aerial attacks.

These several POWs told the enemy that it was all of their diesel fuel 50 gallon drums that were lighting up on radar, and was giving away their position from dozens of miles away. They went on to tell the enemy that the only way to hide the drums from radar, was to bury them at least 3 feet below ground.

So there’s the enemy, digging 6+ foot trenches to hide their diesel drums in. Digging trenches like that in the jungle is difficult enough, but even more difficult is then unburying them one by one when the fuel is actually needed.

So the POWs pulled that whole radar + drums story out of their ass, but knew that if they were believed, it was going to be a huge hindrance for the enemy hiding/accessing the drums like that.

So I have to wonder: Do the russians believe that throwing tires on their aircraft hides them from radar, or otherwise some other overhead asset from detecting them? It seems like it would be hindrance to scramble those jets when needing to chuck a bunch of tires off it first. Would be hilarious if some type of planted misinformation is responsible for this practice.

The question still remains though: Does this shit actually work?

Everyone has these feelings

Not me!

Sheeeeeeit!

Gonna have to learn how to necromance if you wanna keep sucking that dick.

It’s a pseudo hobby of mine to attempt pin pointing a picture on google maps when enough information is visible in the picture/post context.

In this instance, I saw the street cones have “City of Riverside” stenciled on them, and zooming in I can see the street sign in the background says “Fourteenth St”.

So a gmaps search of “City of Riverside cemetery fourteenth st” got me to the right city block. After that it was “cruising around” in street view to find this intersection. I further confirmed with a unique gravestone on the right, and a gate in the background.

Finally, the exif info on this file looks like it’s stripped/scrubbed, no geo info or other hints to give away location. I’m hoping Lemmy by default strips exif info on upload (I know it’s a common practice for other social/image hosting apps).

So right about here.

13 Years, 300k+ karma. Haven’t been on reddit since Jun 30th, and I don’t plan on ever going back.

Ever since “new reddit”, I only ever used old.reddit with RES. The writing is on the wall, and old.reddit will soon be on the chopping block too.

Fuck the enshitification of reddit.

Terms Apply*

*Applicable double penalty for door usage during peak utilization periods, weekends, and holidays. Doors left open will accrue triple penalties after the first 30 seconds, doubling every 30 seconds thereafter. Any attempts to circumvent usage rules forfeits half of remaining door credits; attempts include but not limited to: climbing out windows, busting through walls like kool-aid man, suicide, etc.

Last I read was that apple was going to throttle their usb-c ports being used with non-apple blessed cables. And those cables are supposed to be pretty spendy, as they’re going to be “apple taxed”, <cough> I mean certified as apple is calling it. I hope the EU puts the smack down on them for trying to create such a loophole in interoperability requirements.

That’s pretty daring of them to do, they’re risking their severance package by so publicly making their former employer look so bad. Oh wait…