[-] refurbishedrefurbisher 112 points 2 weeks ago

They have no easy path to fix it because they take billionaire and corporate money. If they stopped doing that, the path would've been obvious this entire time.

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher 113 points 2 months ago

My one holdover is YouTube. There's just no good replacement for it.

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher 93 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The media is pro-Trump, not only because they are wealthy capitalists who agree with his deregulation policies and tax cuts for the rich, but also because they get higher ratings when the masses are angry. Just look at how CNN changed; they might as well just be another pro-Trump network.

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher 201 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Even worse, Reddit itself has been getting infected with corporate AI-generated "recommendations"

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher 149 points 8 months ago

This is one of the most obvious potential cases of purposeful sabatoge. They were probably bribed by other big businesses to destroy their reputation so people would stop using the site.

There's nothing businesses hate more than their workers having negotiating power, and wage transparency gives them more power than they had before. There's a reason why it's considered "rude" in the US to discuss wages with co-workers; I always make a point to discuss my wage with all of my co-workers, since it's illegal for businesses to prevent that discussion.

In most other countries, it's the norm to openly discuss your wages; unions are also more common in other countries. It's just standard toxic workplace cultures trying to prevent people from getting paid what they're worth, or god forbid, forming a union.

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher 121 points 8 months ago

But digitizing does have some benefits, like bit-for-bit archival, usually by a "third party"

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher 95 points 9 months ago

The Windows equivilent would be instead of putting application data in the AppData folder, it throws it in Documents, My Games, or just in the home folder directly.

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Threads federation? (self.sdfpubnix)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by refurbishedrefurbisher to c/sdfpubnix

What is SDF's opinion on pre-emptive deferation with Threads?

I know SDF Chatter hasn't defedded with any instance, but there is a serious risk of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish if we federate with Threads.

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher 155 points 1 year ago

Yarr harr fiddle dee dee

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[-] refurbishedrefurbisher 91 points 1 year ago

I couldn't imagine spending $1 billion in my entire life, let alone 3-4.

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Could be TV, Movies, Video games, etc.

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Looking for a DP to HDMI 2.1 that supports 4k120 with Freesync and the various HDR standards. Saw the PS196 was announced some while back, but can't find any converters that implement it.

Anyone know where I can find a converter, or even just the chip itself so I can build my own?

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher 163 points 1 year ago

Authoritarian tendencies since the web is a bit too close to providing its users with freedom of speech.

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher 122 points 1 year ago

Remember when Microsoft said Windows 10 will be the last version of Windows?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by refurbishedrefurbisher to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

Basically what the title says. I've only played two games like this so far (Silent Hill 2 and OMORI) and am looking for more.

Could be games, ROM hacks, mods of existing games, etc.

EDIT: So many great suggestions! Getting a bit overwhelmed by how many there are, so I'm going to need to find a way to put this in some kind of list with an order to play the games in. By all means, keep 'em coming, though!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by refurbishedrefurbisher to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

I have an OG Model F (pre IBM XT, but the same standard) and used to have a Pro Micro-based Soarer's converter before it died on me.

I'm looking for a replacement that can be both wired (either USB, PS/2, or AT) and wireless (either Bluetooth or via dongle). Soarer-style macros would be a nice-to-have, especially for the missing F11, F12, and Meta keys.

Does anything like that exist?

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submitted 1 year ago by refurbishedrefurbisher to c/consolemods

Was wondering if anyone had experience with Frankensteining together different parts from different controllers, and how I could go about it cleanly.

I'm looking to have some kind of modern controller (preferably a DualSense), but with an actually good DPad, specifically the Sega Saturn Mk2 controller. Wondering if I should bother with trying to modify the shell, or if I should just custom design a new shell to fit the DPad. I feel like 3D printing would result in much lower quality compared to injection molded plastic, so not 100% sure about that idea.

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher 145 points 1 year ago

Wow. You just somehow accurately summed up the modern day result of late stage capitalism in one post. Nicely done

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by refurbishedrefurbisher to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

Been looking for a search engine that isn't plauged with SEO garbage every time I look for anything. Been using DDG for quite a long time now, and I'm starting to get dissatisfied with results. It seems like more and more results are just companies trying to make their way to the top of the search results instead of anything organic. It's even worse when I look for any kind of service or product.

Looking for as close to 100% organic results as possible.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by refurbishedrefurbisher to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

I've been using Real Debrid for about a year now, but there're a couple of things making me want to switch.

I like to share my account with a couple of friends. Real Debrid gave me a warning about banning my account if I use it concurrently with someone else.

Real Debrid no longer accepts emails from AnonAddy or Tutanota. I would much rather not have to give out any real contact info.

Looking for a comparable service that caches torrents from anyome who downloads it and provides a link premiumizing service. I would also like to be able to give out direct links for the purposes of using Syncplay.

Whatever I use must be compatible with Torrentio inside of Stremio.

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