darklamer

joined 2 years ago

DNS Piracy Blocking Orders: Google, Cloudflare, and OpenDNS Respond Differently * TorrentFreak in c/[email protected]

[–] darklamer 3 points 4 months ago

Running one's own DNS resolver has many advantages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbound_%28DNS_server%29

TIL that Nazi Germany had a program called Lebensborn where ideal German men and women would produce a baby and then all three would go their separate ways. in c/[email protected]

[–] darklamer 85 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nazi Germany only existed for 12 years...

That was not part of the original plan.

What are some of the stupidest, **non-political** takes you've seen on the fediverse? in c/[email protected]

[–] darklamer 6 points 4 months ago

10BASE-T

Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’ in c/[email protected]

[–] darklamer 50 points 4 months ago (1 children)

American audiences watching too many non-American movies — now that's something I really didn't have on my 2025 bingo card!

What do you use for listening to podcasts? in c/[email protected]

[–] darklamer 18 points 4 months ago (5 children)

What I'd like to know: For anyone using some app other than AntennaPod: Why? How is it worth it?

A new 3-D display lets you reach in and touch virtual objects in c/[email protected]

[–] darklamer 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I like it alot.

https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

Gun Owners Group Calls for Inquiry Into Firearms Industry’s Secret Sharing of Customer Data in c/privacy

[–] darklamer 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Guess what it says in the article: This was in the US! 😮

Trump plans to sign an executive order requiring commercial truck drivers to speak English. in c/[email protected]

[–] darklamer 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This video, Why US Signs Look Different Than The Rest Of The World’s, contains a lot of examples of such US road signs that depend on English text to convey their message:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzr0GYfRsKI

Trump plans to sign an executive order requiring commercial truck drivers to speak English. in c/[email protected]

[–] darklamer 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

In the US, traffic signs with crucial information are often written in only English text, no symbols, pictograms or anything else that could make it possible to guess what the sign is saying without being able to read English.

What was your first Linux distribution? in c/[email protected]

[–] darklamer 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Slackware, of course, but when Debian was first released two years later I obviously switched (and it's been Debian since then).

Indeed in c/[email protected]

[–] darklamer 1 points 4 months ago

I hate IG, no way to download photos to your phone, among many other flaws.

Why do you use such an app?

floats away in disgust in c/[email protected]

[–] darklamer 10 points 4 months ago

AI generated webcomics are the harbingers of the antichrist. Be careful.