SemioticStandard

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So tired of Adobe. They're part of the problem. in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] SemioticStandard@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

350k? As in, 350,000 images? Holy shit, man. How do you have that many pictures? And how much storage space does that eat up? All of it?

So tired of Adobe. They're part of the problem. in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] SemioticStandard@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Love and use them for Photo, Publisher, and Designer, but there's no alternative for Lightroom. And honestly, I like Lightroom. It truly is the best at what it does. Simple, easy to use, great features, thoughtful design.

The internet has become soulless and i hate it in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] SemioticStandard@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The personalized, colorful web pages became streamlined, conforming to modern design standards and sacrificing individuality for uniformity.

There are some pretty big advantages to 'modern design standards.' For one, they make the Internet a less hostile place to users with accessibility needs. I don't have problems viewing clashing colors, flying gifs, jumbled pages with no sanity, etc, but a hell of a lot of people with various disabilities sure do. I don't want to even think about how screen readers try to deal with pages like that. Web1.0 offered absolutely nothing for those users who needed accessibility.

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Goldman Sachs wants out from Apple Card partnership (appleinsider.com)
 

tldr: Apple prohibits bullshit fees on their Apple Card that predatory lenders like Goldman rely on. Goldman isn’t able profit because they can’t fuck over customers, therefore they want out of the deal they have with Apple as the servicer of the Apple Card.

Boo fucking hoo, Goldman. Eat shit.

RIP Twitter’s iconic bird logo in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] SemioticStandard@beehaw.org 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s not even enshittification. If it were that at least would be understandable through a capitalistic lens, a natural part of an investor-owned process. It’s the actions and thinking of a man-child with all the brilliance of a 40 watt bulb. No logic is to be had here.

If you like [@technology](https://beehaw.org/c/technology) you gotta check out Posy. in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] SemioticStandard@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I'm removing this post because I don't think it really fits /c/technology, and it does seem rather low effort and somewhat spammy.

Corsair acquires mechanical keyboard specialist Drop in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] SemioticStandard@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Sad there isn’t an alternative to it :/

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Which actors are serial killers? (beehaw.org)
 

If you learned that an actor was a serial killer, who would surprise you the least? (Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Walken, Tom Cruise, and Jack Nicholson don't count--everyone knows they're stacking bodies somewhere)

I'm gonna say Chris Pratt. I don't buy that harmless goofy schtick AT ALL

Check out this snakey boi friend I found in my yard! in c/greenspace@beehaw.org
[–] SemioticStandard@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

And one more of him, eyeing my very suspiciously, lol

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Check out this snakey boi friend I found in my yard! (beehaw.org)
 

Cute little fella, soon as he spotted me he lifted up and stayed like that, motionless, looking at me as if I were rather sus!

Bear 2 is a terrific notes app — and it only took forever to build in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] SemioticStandard@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

I really love Bear, and I’m immensely relieved they’re not trying to bake AI garbage into it.

FOSS email providers? in c/foss@beehaw.org
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Does anyone use Shortcuts on your Apple device? If so, what are you using? (beehaw.org)
 

For me, I have shortcuts on my Mac to change the wallpaper based on time of day (light or dark), but that's it. I'd maybe be interested in using more if I could think of a good use case, so share yours, if you have one

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WSJ: Goldman Sachs wants to bail on Apple Card partnership after $1B loss, in talks with Amex (9to5mac.com)
 

How have they lost so much??

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Gay Rights Ruling: Supreme Court Backs Web Designer Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage (www.nytimes.com)
 

Fucking Religious Reich and this bullshit court...throw it into the fire.

What search engine do you use? in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] SemioticStandard@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What frustrated you about SearXNG?

Proton’s encrypted password manager is now available to everyone. - The Verge in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] SemioticStandard@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't see any reason to migrate away from 1Password, which works great for me. I have a family plan and everyone in the house has their own personal vault.

What search engine do you use? in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] SemioticStandard@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I use DDG because I'm still not decided on whether or not Kagi is worth it. If there's no significant difference in the results returned by DDG, why pay for Kagi?

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What search engine do you use? (beehaw.org)
 

Data on search engine market share is available, but I wonder what that looks like for Lemmy users in particular, who I would assume lean more technical than the average user, so probably use DuckDuckGo and alternates more than Google.

I use a mix of DuckDuckGo and Kagi. I'll also use ChatGPT, which can be good if you're careful to verify the answers it gives you as a check against hallucinations. It's useful for short, direct answers without ads or SEO bullshit.

This article on Ars (and if you're not a subscriber, you absolutely should be, as they are the best tech journalists out there) inspired the question: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/google-admits-reddit-protests-make-it-harder-to-find-helpful-search-results

Fucking Reddit. Enshittification ruins everything.

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Why is Kamala Harris disliked so much as VP? (www.axios.com)
 

She has some criticisms for her past as an attorney, but I’m not sure why she’s so disliked now. What has she done to engender such distaste from the public?

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Anyone else enjoying the Internet better, now that they’re off Reddit? (beehaw.org)
 

Hadn’t realized how reliant upon Reddit I’d become for news and interesting things until after it turned to shit and I quit it. I’ve rediscovered RSS for ex., using reader apps to scan sources directly and read without all the noise—that actually came from someone’s recommendation here in the comments. I’ve found several new sites with deep, knowledgeable articles and discussions, like https://theconversation.com/us (free! No ads! Also discovered through the comments here), and my engagement with articles and their sources has gone WAY up. I’ve stopped reading garbage comment sections, too, and I’m just feeling better mentally as a result, disengaging from the endless, low effort memes/jokes and the mean, toxic comments*. Anyone else?

(Thanks again, admins—really enjoying and appreciating how Beehaw is run!)

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Texas will require parental consent for kids to use social media (arstechnica.com)
 

How do they even plan on enforcing this? What would possibly be the consequences for either parent or child if they violate?

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