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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
ZeroGee Link ParentAllow me to introduce you to Bangs. I set DDG as my primary search engine in Firefox. Then, I can simply search any site I want from the address bar. Search Wikipedia for banana !w banana Search...Allow me to introduce you to Bangs.
I set DDG as my primary search engine in Firefox. Then, I can simply search any site I want from the address bar.
Search Wikipedia for banana
!w bananaSearch Amazon for banana
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Comment on Should I take a job to work on something I don’t believe in? in ~life
ZeroGee LinkI've worked on projects where I was severely passionate about the project. It was all the more heart-breaking when leadership decisions fundamentally sank one end of the boat, leading to a...I've worked on projects where I was severely passionate about the project. It was all the more heart-breaking when leadership decisions fundamentally sank one end of the boat, leading to a collapse of our end. You want a project you believe in to succeed. And it's all the worse when it doesn't.
I've also worked on projects where I didn't care about the product. My work was done, it met the spec, and it's upto the sales team to sell it. I don't have to be passionate about the product or leadership, to do the best at my job. And if it fails to succeed, I can be emotionally divorced from it.
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
ZeroGee Link3000 year old Mummy looks just like Marge Simpson This one's a little older, but it got a good laugh out of me :D3000 year old Mummy looks just like Marge Simpson
This one's a little older, but it got a good laugh out of me :D
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Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news
ZeroGee Linkhttps://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/sep/04/calling-your-boss-a-dickhead-is-not-a-sackable-offence-tribunal-rules There is still justice in the world.A woman was awarded ~£30,000 and legal costs after an employment tribunal found she had been unfairly dismissed for calling her boss a dick head.
There is still justice in the world.
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Comment on Dwayne Johnson uncontrollably sobs as ‘The Smashing Machine’ gets fifteen-minute Venice standing ovation and generates Oscar buzz in ~movies
ZeroGee LinkStanding and clapping for films is such a weird thing. Imagine standing and clapping your hands for 15 minutes because you liked something. Anything. I can't.Standing and clapping for films is such a weird thing.
Imagine standing and clapping your hands for 15 minutes because you liked something. Anything. I can't.
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Comment on What are your favorite ways to measure your own health? in ~health
ZeroGee LinkMy smart watch has an achievement for getting 4 hours of workouts in, in a month. It feels like a low target, so I try to make sure I meet it every month at the very least. 4x 1hr workouts, or 8x...My smart watch has an achievement for getting 4 hours of workouts in, in a month.
It feels like a low target, so I try to make sure I meet it every month at the very least. 4x 1hr workouts, or 8x 30min workouts add a lot to your life without taking much.
Tack on getting my 10k steps, and I feel like for a middle-age dude, I'm doing alright.
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Comment on Spotify is adding direct messaging to their music streaming app in ~tech
ZeroGee LinkSounds like someone's profits have plateaued and they need a way to monetize their already paying customers. Good luck with that.Sounds like someone's profits have plateaued and they need a way to monetize their already paying customers.
Good luck with that.
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Comment on What is the most insane, tedious, difficult, and/or noteworthy gaming achievement you have completed or given up on? in ~games
ZeroGee LinkThe Golden Nut in Satisfactory. It was fun until it wasn't, until it was again.The Golden Nut in Satisfactory. It was fun until it wasn't, until it was again.
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Comment on What are your AI-generated guilty pleasures? in ~tech
ZeroGee LinkNeural Viz's work on Youtube is great. Specifically the Momo verse. Unanswered Oddities Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGyvLlPad8QNeural Viz's work on Youtube is great. Specifically the Momo verse.
Unanswered Oddities Episode 1:
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Comment on Eight Billion Genies - Issue 1 in ~comics
ZeroGee Link ParentI was able to get this through my local Canadian library in Libby. The first issue planted the seed, and now I'm hooked and half-way through them all.I was able to get this through my local Canadian library in Libby.
The first issue planted the seed, and now I'm hooked and half-way through them all.
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Comment on Laser-wielding device is like an anti-aircraft system for mosquitoes in ~tech
ZeroGee Link ParentKnife Party references will always get an upvote.Knife Party references will always get an upvote.
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Comment on Share the contents of an old file you've got lying around in ~talk
ZeroGee Link ParentThis is a real jem. I also have a hockey-career spreadsheet just like this, only I didn't stat playing until I was an adult, so our sheets are mirror images.This is a real jem. I also have a hockey-career spreadsheet just like this, only I didn't stat playing until I was an adult, so our sheets are mirror images.
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Comment on Possible site bug: Cannot send PM with moose emoji as the subject in ~tildes
ZeroGee LinkAs someone who works in software testing, these types of cases always fascinate me. https://emojiguide.org/moose Keywords animal (114) Windows Alt-code Alt+1face Decimal HTML Entity 🫎 Hex...As someone who works in software testing, these types of cases always fascinate me.
Keywords animal (114) Windows Alt-code Alt+1face Decimal HTML Entity 🫎 Hex HTML Entity 🫎 UTF-16 hex 0xd83e 0xdece Encoded URL %F0%9F%AB%8E Version Unicode 15.0 Year 2022 -
Comment on You're going to use Gemini on Android whether you like it or not in ~tech
ZeroGee Link ParentI'm a pixel user, and recently the Google App has started demanding fine-location data for weather, as if clouds care about my 5M gps coordinates more than they do my triangulated position from...I'm a pixel user, and recently the Google App has started demanding fine-location data for weather, as if clouds care about my 5M gps coordinates more than they do my triangulated position from Cell-towers.
It also regularly switches to Farenheit despite me living in Canada, and occasionally it picks up a cell-tower near my house that tells me I'm in another province.
Every single day I wonder if I'd be happer with a land-line.
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Comment on User-friendly and privacy-friendly LLM experience? in ~comp
ZeroGee LinkJust use DDG's duck.ai It provides an anonymization layer, and has access to all the big models. Alternatively follow the other advice in this thread for using Llama, and you can have your own...Just use DDG's duck.ai
It provides an anonymization layer, and has access to all the big models.
Alternatively follow the other advice in this thread for using Llama, and you can have your own DeepSeek et al running in no time.
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Comment on Bread maker recipes? Tips and tricks? in ~food
ZeroGee Link ParentIt's actually called Flour Water Salt Yeast, but it's known as FWSY https://kensartisan.com/flour-water-salt-yeast/ As a software slave myself, his lead-in story is both aspirational and a...It's actually called Flour Water Salt Yeast, but it's known as FWSY
https://kensartisan.com/flour-water-salt-yeast/
As a software slave myself, his lead-in story is both aspirational and a functional warning. It's a great book, and I still reference it often.
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Comment on Bread maker recipes? Tips and tricks? in ~food
ZeroGee LinkLots of advice in here to "Skip the bread maker!" but they're all wrong. I started making bread in 2017 and then covid hit and I had lots of time to practice. But all the arm-chair experts were...Lots of advice in here to "Skip the bread maker!" but they're all wrong.
I started making bread in 2017 and then covid hit and I had lots of time to practice. But all the arm-chair experts were really frustrating, and the effor to make bread started taking the joy out of it. Enter: The 15 year old bread-maker.
90% of it's job is mixing, the other 10% is cooking. And you don't HAVE to cook your bread in the bread-maker. I have been known to use it to make dough, then transfer that to the dutch oven.
Bread is very forgiving and mistakes are edible.
Ken Forkish's book FWSY is incredible, and has lots of recipies for different styles of bread. It does include a lot of manual mixing, but once you know the baker's ratios, you can just throw THOSE into your bread-maker, and you're off to the races. The most important lesson that the book will teach you is that 4 ingredients is enough. If you're adding a lot of sugar/oil to your bread, you might just be over complicating it.
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Comment on Where do you go to veg out online? in ~tech
ZeroGee Link ParentLemmy is the #1 location for any Star Trek news and memes. http://startrek.website/ https://lemmy.world/c/tenforwardLemmy is the #1 location for any Star Trek news and memes.
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Comment on SpaceX Starship rocket explodes in setback to Elon Musk's Mars mission in ~space
ZeroGee Link ParentHonda Hopper is 6m New Sherpard is 19m Starship Block 2 is 124m https://static01.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2025-01-12-blue-origin-rocket/74b93d8c-b682-46d5-82e5-79b8358827e7/_assets/comparison-600.jpgHonda Hopper is 6m
New Sherpard is 19m
Starship Block 2 is 124m
Open Firefox Mobile, and choose settings.
Choose Private Browsing
Select "Open links in private windows"
Any time an email/website/app opens your browser, you'll get a nice purple border indicating that you're incognito, and none of your cookies/browsing history/sessions will be available to trackers etc. Comes in handy more than I'd figured. Also makes me feel pretty gleeful when I get a "Please accept all our cookies" message. Sure, I'll accept your cookies right into this incognito session which will be nuked as soon as I close it.