kallisti's recent activity
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Comment on The rise of DIY, pirated medicine: Four Thieves Vinegar Collective has made DIY medicine cheaper and more accessible to the masses in ~health
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Comment on Why scrapping VAT on sunscreen and public EV charging would be an expensive waste of money in ~finance
kallisti LinkCutting priced in taxes like VAT never works. The best way to "cut VAT" in a way that actually works is to let people submit their receipts with sunscreen purchases for a VAT rebate, rather than...Cutting priced in taxes like VAT never works. The best way to "cut VAT" in a way that actually works is to let people submit their receipts with sunscreen purchases for a VAT rebate, rather than letting greedy companies nab it for themselves.
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Comment on Feature request: font override in ~tildes
kallisti Link Parenthttps://apps.apple.com/gb/app/cascadea/id1432182561?mt=12 I don't think so, might be macOS onlyhttps://apps.apple.com/gb/app/cascadea/id1432182561?mt=12
I don't think so, might be macOS only
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Comment on Feature request: font override in ~tildes
kallisti LinkTbf, that extension blows. I recommend Cascadea, which works a lot more consistently in my experience.Tbf, that extension blows. I recommend Cascadea, which works a lot more consistently in my experience.
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Comment on Apple on course to break all Web Apps in EU within twenty days in ~tech
kallisti Link ParentApple never took money from web apps? They're not on the store, there is no review process. This is just Apple saying "we're not going to do the work for this webapp feature for n different...Apple never took money from web apps? They're not on the store, there is no review process. This is just Apple saying "we're not going to do the work for this webapp feature for n different browser engines" and the DMA wouldn't let them just keep supporting webkit, so they took it out.
I know it's fashionable to go "apple greedy bad!" but it just looks really bad when people wheel that out for things it doesn't really have anything to do with, it dilutes the actual, very reasonable point.
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Comment on ‘Don’t mess with us’: WebMD parent company demands return to office in bizarre video in ~life
kallisti Link ParentThere’s also c) people who bizarrely seem to hate their partner/kids and live their lives in the office to escape being at home rather than doing anything about their lot in lifeThere’s also c) people who bizarrely seem to hate their partner/kids and live their lives in the office to escape being at home rather than doing anything about their lot in life
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Comment on The future of e-commerce is a product whose name is a boilerplate AI-generated apology in ~tech
kallisti LinkNobody else thinking these screenshots are fake? The capitalization is all messed up so I doubt the text came straight from ChatGPT.Nobody else thinking these screenshots are fake? The capitalization is all messed up so I doubt the text came straight from ChatGPT.
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Comment on Is GenAI’s impact on productivity overblown? in ~tech
kallisti Link ParentIt’s kinda like having a rubber ducky that talks back to you mostly. A lot of the time it’s only helpful to me because it suggests something so wildly stupid that in my resulting anger I end up...It’s kinda like having a rubber ducky that talks back to you mostly. A lot of the time it’s only helpful to me because it suggests something so wildly stupid that in my resulting anger I end up working the problem without realising it.
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Comment on Threads is blocking servers on the Fediverse. Here's how we unblocked ourselves. in ~tech
kallisti Link ParentYeah, Nina Paley is a self-avowed TERF as well, just gotta look at her blog. Interesting how they don't mention that in "things they might have an issue with".Yeah, Nina Paley is a self-avowed TERF as well, just gotta look at her blog. Interesting how they don't mention that in "things they might have an issue with".
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Comment on International YouTube Premium price increase underway in some countries in ~tech
kallisti LinkI got hit with this price rise in August and just chalked it up to "whatever, probably inflation related, I'll just eat it", but seeing Google go full mask-off with being aggressively...I got hit with this price rise in August and just chalked it up to "whatever, probably inflation related, I'll just eat it", but seeing Google go full mask-off with being aggressively anti-consumer since is pushing me more and more towards cancelling Premium on principle. God knows my media server has several years worth of unwatched content on it, I'll be able to entertain myself without YouTube in a pinch.
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Comment on The US tried permanent daylight saving time in the ’70s. People hated it. in ~life
kallisti Link ParentThis is why I just stopped paying attention to it and stay in Summer Time all year. I'm lucky enough to have flexible hours at my job though. My seasonal depression magically disappeared!This is why I just stopped paying attention to it and stay in Summer Time all year. I'm lucky enough to have flexible hours at my job though. My seasonal depression magically disappeared!
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Comment on What service are you using for domain names? in ~comp
kallisti LinkI've used OVH for some years now and never had a complaint with how they operate. They have a decent amount of TLDs and support is pretty fast to respond in the rare occasions I need it.I've used OVH for some years now and never had a complaint with how they operate. They have a decent amount of TLDs and support is pretty fast to respond in the rare occasions I need it.
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Comment on Desk setup / Battlestation Thread. in ~comp
kallisti Link ParentYou neglected to mention the really good cats in both pics. V pleasant surprise.You neglected to mention the really good cats in both pics. V pleasant surprise.
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Comment on Desk setup / Battlestation Thread. in ~comp
kallisti LinkMain Desk Work M1 MBP on the left, Personal M2 MBP on the right. Desk is actually 2m long but it's a nightmare to get all of that in one shot. Cheap Electriq brand 4K 24" monitors that actually...Main Desk
Work M1 MBP on the left, Personal M2 MBP on the right. Desk is actually 2m long but it's a nightmare to get all of that in one shot.- Cheap Electriq brand 4K 24" monitors that actually use a pretty great panel
- Touch ID gutted out of a magic keyboard and affixed to my monitor
- CalDigit TS4 thunderbolt dock
- Tragic Macpad + repurposed Tatung keyboard from 80s
- One of my old pairs of soundsticks
- A decent mic so I can at least sound remotely half decent wfh
- M1 iMac w/the matching tragic macpad and a retrofitted Panasonic keyboard (now bluetooth with ZMK) off an old phone system
- Touch ID keyboard taped to the wall cause I didn't wanna destroy a purple one
- Bunch of electronics doing junk
Bonus round: home server
This one is a NUC hackintosh media server with a bunch of hard drives crammed in an old Macintosh IIci case with reasonably matching peripherals. Running macOS for the memes. Great for actually watching SD TV on too, so I keep this one right next to main TV. -
Comment on You can't control your data in the cloud in ~tech
kallisti Link ParentI use xkpasswd style passwords memorised via the method of loci - I certainly wouldn't be reusing / using bad ones. Only forgotten a handful in the last five years or so.I use xkpasswd style passwords memorised via the method of loci - I certainly wouldn't be reusing / using bad ones. Only forgotten a handful in the last five years or so.
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Comment on Unity CEO steps down in ~games
kallisti Link ParentIt's 100% not. They knew this which is why they tried to sneakily edit the "the terms are the ones in the license you signed" terms out of the licenses to pretend. None of it would stand up in...By far the biggest issue though: they wanted to apply it to games made with previous versions of Unity. Those developers couldn't take a nonexistent policy into consideration when choosing an engine, but Unity wanted them to be on the hook for all future sales anyway. I genuinely don't think that's even legal.
It's 100% not. They knew this which is why they tried to sneakily edit the "the terms are the ones in the license you signed" terms out of the licenses to pretend. None of it would stand up in court cause you literally can't agree to a document that didn't exist when you made the agreement.
My guess is they were hoping obfuscation and cost of legal challenge would lead people to pay up just to make the problem go away in a manner that didn't require legal fees.
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Comment on You can't control your data in the cloud in ~tech
kallisti Link ParentI know it’s not ideal for everyone, but I safely store my passwords in my head. Can’t hack my mind palace.I know it’s not ideal for everyone, but I safely store my passwords in my head. Can’t hack my mind palace.
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Comment on Bosses mean it this time: Return to the office or get a new job in ~life
kallisti Link ParentI can't think of a single time I've ever experienced "osmosis learning in an office environment" as I spent most of my time in offices with either IEMs, or later earbuds with ANC in drowning out...I can't think of a single time I've ever experienced "osmosis learning in an office environment" as I spent most of my time in offices with either IEMs, or later earbuds with ANC in drowning out the sounds of everyone around me so I could even remotely have a chance of concentrating.
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Comment on Bosses mean it this time: Return to the office or get a new job in ~life
kallisti LinkI love "get a new job" like it's some kind of threat. If my company forced RTO I'd be out the door so fast and a pretty large contingent would be right there alongside me.I love "get a new job" like it's some kind of threat. If my company forced RTO I'd be out the door so fast and a pretty large contingent would be right there alongside me.
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Comment on Getting older and nostalgia - what do you miss? in ~talk
kallisti Link ParentThe post you replied to is 100% the UK. Supermarkets killed most of them here and then the internet killed the rest. The general feel of living in the UK is hyper-dystopian if you're not near a...The post you replied to is 100% the UK. Supermarkets killed most of them here and then the internet killed the rest. The general feel of living in the UK is hyper-dystopian if you're not near a city centre, there's just nothing left.
I have a friend who works in pharmaceutical manufacture (I won't mention the company) and some of the horror stories I have heard from her about how common fuckups, mislabeling etc are in the manufacturing process are terrifying. Definitely at a point now where I trust pharmaceutical QC so little that I would feel equally as safe taking pharma branded product or something someone cooked in a bathtub. It's all humans doing dumb human stuff all the way down.