overview for MacStache

Are you old enough to remember this? in c/iiiiiiitttttttttttt@lemmy.world

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 9 points 4 months ago

...that cd-key is etched into my brain.

Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 23 points 4 months ago

I did it a little while ago. Was very easy. Download books with kindle app, load them into Calibre and use a one click plugin to strip the DRM. I think this was the step-by-step I used.

https://nerdschalk.com/remove-drm-kindle-books-de-drm/

Musk calls for jailed UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson to be released in c/world@quokk.au

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 14 points 5 months ago

Why the fuck do they give this guy so much visibility on foreign affairs?

Yes, I know it's because of money and power, but this guy shouldn't have any power over UK, German or, truth be told, any matter whatsoever outside the US. Or even inside the USimho.

Vatican “on the brink of Bankruptcy” due to dramatic decline in donations in c/globalnews@lemmy.zip

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago

Pfffft... Yeah right.

Black woman targeted by racist abuse in Finland over festival role in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 77 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Finnish guy here. The whole nation has been thrown in the middle of racist debate in the past year. One of the ruling political parties is a far right populist party who have strifed to normalize racism while they're in power. There are actual nazi affiliated people there. It's a fucking shitshow where they lie to coax normal people into rage against immigrants and it seems to be working with those poor suckers. It hasn't been a good year, far from it, but at least common everyday racism has been outed and is condemned by the majority.

If you live in Florida the first thing that you learn is never to put Christmas Lights on Palm Trees in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

I disagree. They should put christmas lights on every damn palmtree available.

Do toasters really need to come with a 12 page instruction manual? in c/casualuk@feddit.uk

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 7 points 7 months ago

Probably just covering legal bases so they don't get sued to oblivion because they didn't tell people that toast can burn at prolonged exposure to toasting. And other stuff like that.

AI PCs flood the market. Their makers hope someone wants them; Despite 49% surge in shipments, buyers seem unconvinced. in c/futurology@futurology.today

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 16 points 7 months ago (3 children)

What the hell do I need a laptop with an NPU for? I can write my own emails and documents. I don't give a crap about the paint and notepad AI additions. I seriously cant think of any use case for copilot plus.

Premium Ads in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago

The poor-mans-premium. Subpremium. Ingenious.

A terrifying costume in c/tenforward@lemmy.world

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I recently started watching the show. Do you remember which season this is in?

SPOOPY TARDIGRADE in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The Finnish suffix "-kainen" is used to create nouns that refer to things or beings associated with a particular quality or characteristic. Even though we don't necessarily mentally associate it with a similar meaning as "-mainen", it still is. Hence the translation of "bearlike" is close enough.

SPOOPY TARDIGRADE in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] MacStache@programming.dev 9 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Fun fact, those are called "karhukainen" in Finnish. A direct (but loose) translation would be "bearly", "bearlike" or something else bear related.