MonkeMischief

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[–] MonkeMischief 3 points 53 minutes ago* (last edited 53 minutes ago)

I mean you could fuck other Americans

This is officially American policy at this point.

[–] MonkeMischief 4 points 57 minutes ago* (last edited 55 minutes ago)

I was laughing early thinking this was depicting the future, where the "funny old man gibberish" was the Roblox "oof!" because a Zoomer was getting punched lmao.

For a sec it felt like a deep commentary on how the flow of time is always cruel. BUT ANYWAY more on topic:

I both miss the Yahoo! Messenger days and also feel incredibly weirded out knowing how like, nothing was encrypted back then. That's something I simply can't imagine not caring about now. :|

[–] MonkeMischief 7 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

At this point I'm quickly getting to the "...rebellion becomes duty" phase on this issue. Everything is getting so unreasonable.

I'm also just worried about getting served because I forgot to turn on an obfuscation service or something lol...

[–] MonkeMischief 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

struggling gig photographer

Sure he doesn't have a fancy tripod and set his iPhone 18 XL MAX or whatever on a half minute timer?

Although these types might seek out the struggling gig photographer just to feel power over somebody. Lol

[–] MonkeMischief 1 points 1 hour ago

An ergonomic nightmare. But hey maybe all that money will pay for spine correction.

[–] MonkeMischief 5 points 1 hour ago

This is what people are reduced to when forced to become a shelved product in order to justify their existence.

[–] MonkeMischief 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly I'm not sure, I only got a look at it when I was helping her move.

It's tied to a wall panel on the other side that controls the whole unit's lighting and thermostat and such though, and shows a doorbell cam.

Educated guess that it's all tied to Amazon. Blegh.

Allegedly they're just supposed to rely on maintenance to change the batteries so they're not locked out of their home. Crazy.

[–] MonkeMischief 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

All great, but I gotta say I'm impressed what you've done with Inkscape! That's always one I've struggled with but really appreciate.

Would love to see what you could do with Blender's Grease Pencil tools, if you fancy the idea. :D

[–] MonkeMischief 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Okay hang on...this could be a thinly valid use for "vibe coding."

Is the only software for a particular use case proprietary, ad-ridden, and/or subscription forced, but you don't have time to dedicate to an entirely new project?

Quickly throw together open sourced "good 'nuff" alternatives to big corporate software!

Put their own tail between their jaws and see how they like it.

[–] MonkeMischief 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

But what if their primary purpose is...

🏉 FEWTBHAWWWLLL???!!!!! 🏈

... education might just be an accidental side effect...

[–] MonkeMischief 56 points 16 hours ago (10 children)

My sister's new apartment's front door has a "smart lock", hooked up to Ring, naturally. No keyhole, you open it with your phone. It also runs on batteries.

Do I really need to say any more? We were baffled.

[–] MonkeMischief 0 points 16 hours ago

"Routers using OpenWRT"

Every time I research this, it seems like nothing I can reasonably acquire can run it. Especially any WiFi 6 / AX devices. It's infuriating.

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by MonkeMischief to c/memes@lemmy.world
 
 

Found this on iFunny lol.

 

Basically title. I'm a digital artist in the USA and not rich by any stretch. In fact, somewhat in debt. (Aren't we all.)

I also try really hard to not be a mindless consumer. I use old equipment as long as I can, repair, refurbish, etc...

All this talk of upcoming tariffs has me worried that, rather than being able to get a day-job at newly opened US manufacturing for electronics or something, I'll instead be paying +60% more on like everything.

I know tech is a depreciating asset, but should I try to upgrade now to hold out for the next ~5 years or so?

I was considering hunting down a motherboard/cpu/RAM combo for instance.

Are worries about tariffs overblown? Trying to figure out how to prepare as best I can with my meager resources before everything just...keeps getting worse.

I am getting paid for my digital art, it's not living money though. My spouse has a more stable income that enables me to keep trying.

Thanks in advance. <3

EDIT: Thanks a ton for all the helpful replies! I'm glad I'm not being overly paranoid.

Some of you have asked for system specs so here they are for the curious:

System Specs:

  • OS: OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
  • Mobo: Z590 Aorus Elite AX
  • CPU: i7-10700k @ 5.1 Ghz
  • GPU: Nvidia RTX 3090
  • Mem: 32GB DDR4 (forget the speed...3000?)

I want to be clear: I don't mean to sound too panicked and I'm more than happy to be content with what I have and see my blessings for what they are.

However, as I'm trying to break into being a 3D Blender artist and gamedev professionally, I'm trying to strategize whether standards will significantly increase and leave me behind in the next 5 years or so. (Game industry, not trying to do Hollywood VFX models on my home rig or anything lol)

I don't game so much these days unfortunately. And if I do, like 5% of my library is particularly demanding. 😂

 

The Hated One has been pretty solid in the past regarding privacy/security, imho. I found this video of his rather enlightening and concerning.

  • LLMs and their training consume a LOT of power, which consumes a lot of water.
  • Power generation and data centers also consume a lot of water.
  • We don't have a lot of fresh water on this planet.
  • Big Tech and other megacorps are already trying to push for privatizing water as it becomes more scarce for humans and agriculture.

---personal opinion---

This is why I personally think federated computing like Lemmy or PeerTube to be the only logical way forward. Spreading out the internet across infrastructure nodes that can be cooled by fans in smaller data centers or even home server labs is much more efficient than monstrous, monolithic datacenters that are stealing all our H2O.

Of course, then the 'Net would be back to serving humanity instead of stock-serving megacultists. . .

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