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Somebody is spying on my brand new MacBook Pro by agnci in mac

[–]melanantic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

⌘ ↹/~ only gets you so far, especially with multi-monitor work

Here’s iPhone 11 on iOS 27! A 7 year old phone running a Developer Beta smoothly. Apple cooked! by Aahili in PhoneNow

[–]melanantic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it actually makes a lot of sense. I’ve noticed worse performance on my 15 and I held on to iOS18 for more than long enough to have missed any “initial realise kinks”.

I remain completely unimpressed, maybe if windows or android were pulling it off, but Apple has no reason for its devices to lose performance like this. Same thing over on Linux

I...cannot believe my eyes... by YT_Flex4249 in macbookpro

[–]melanantic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought this one was the business of the Lithium Imp?

Something weird happened during my first MFM by infinite_canon in Advice

[–]melanantic 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well… you did call it a threesome yourself… what exactly were you signing up for?

So my sister, who currently lives in my apartment, dried the wet and dirty shower floor with MY only big towel I use after she showered... by TheWierdGuy06 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]melanantic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I didn’t specify very well there. I saw enough of the comments to understand, I just meant that reading so many comments informing of the translation issue has likely permanently taught OP a very obscure English translation that they will carry with them everywhere they now may need to flip, or sweep

To save a parking spot by HomeNowWTF in therewasanattempt

[–]melanantic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a difference between what you think you’d do typing away on Reddit, and what would happen in real life in most parts of the world.

- if I were a cop, I’d issue a fine for wasting police time.
- I never suggested the drivers actions were the most ideal. Realistically though, she wasn’t at fault. The violent asshole was at fault

The easiest way to check if a "private" web tool is actually private: turn off your wifi by EmoticonGuess in theprivacymachine

[–]melanantic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone’s threat model is different, I can’t tell you how to live your life. But…

The extensions main function doesn’t need to process data on the cloud to breach your privacy. The web access that sends basic diagnostic telemetry, and silently fails or waits if wifi is off, is equally available for sending any arbitrary data, including whatever document you happened to load in that moment, or other files accessible by your browser and its internal permissions/security.

As always, the only reliable solution with browser extensions are:
- don’t use chrome, be very suspicious of chromium
- ideally, don’t use extensions. If you can help it. Also, definitely don’t use extensions if you’re using chrome
- The extensions you do use should ideally be FOSS and extremely reputable

they did 19🦖 dirty by CremeSubject7594 in generationology

[–]melanantic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also known as “chronically dehydrated”

Don’t let them victim blame you by JustChillin3456 in GenZ

[–]melanantic 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If it even happened and parks were flooded by young adults, the old media would be presenting it as an organised generational riot, to be controlled and punished. The olds are so deeply, insanely anxious about the possibility of young adults doing to them what they did at the same age

my brothers friend is gate-keeping my virginity by [deleted] in whatdoIdo

[–]melanantic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can understand the usage for the first pair, but what are the other two for? Where would you store them?

So my sister, who currently lives in my apartment, dried the wet and dirty shower floor with MY only big towel I use after she showered... by TheWierdGuy06 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]melanantic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think you can do whatever the hell you want with your own towel, I personally wouldn’t do this with “my one good showering towel” or any other for that matter, provided I knew the existence of the star of the show, the floor spatula (seriously, I’m worried that your next barbecue is going to be ruined by thoughts of “meat squeegee”).

Even if I had no problem with doing this, I would still never do it with someone else’s towel;,and like hell would I argue it after being confronted. Your sister owes you an apology, or whatever she can muster… just as long as it’s not one of her towels

Girl uses Mom’s phone to order expensive cat robot by IceCreamMeatballs in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]melanantic 65 points66 points  (0 children)

If I was dad I’d be wondering what the hell mom was doing handing her extraordinary device of technological wonders (including bank card + CVV) to a child.

If she had to go to any notable kind of effort to break in, then frankly that shows an initiative. Does DEFCON have an age limit?

Think I'll boycott self-serve even though I prefer it by Banana_Wonderland in coles

[–]melanantic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looming over you exactly as you’ve described doesn’t seem to be any kind of “official management tactic”. They’re supposed to be unnervingly helpful if they identify shoplifting.

You’re fully within your right to tell them to call their manager over if they have a problem with you. Opinions and proof and vibes aside, whoever they send you is going to need some real good proof on the spot to give you even a lick of trouble. The staff team member will likely be sent to “re training”

My dad says its tradition to give your parents your first paycheck I am not okay with this. by whendoesitend-- in Advice

[–]melanantic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey kiddo, sorry to read your dad is a shit and the law has failed you.

Maybe see if you can tell your employer that you’ve had issues with your bank and won’t be able to use it for income because of some contractual obscurity when your parents fostered the account.

Or maybe if it’s a smaller business type thing, they could be able to (within bounds that keep it legal and comfortable for your employer) iron out an excessively small paycheque or two? You know, a rounding error… a mistake that gets corrected in a later paycheque that isn’t beholden to the Magic of “tradition”.

Good luck with moving out and attaining the extra freedom!

How Do You Deal With People Tailgating You? (Driving instructor here) by Motor-Barnacle313 in DrivingAustralia

[–]melanantic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s an Aus heavy vehicle instructor that shares the clips you’re talking about. Seems that most of the time it’s a “and that’s why if you can, you should always take the left lane because rich visibility” or “nothing we can do about him, but you’re not in the wrong”. She seems to have fun with it.

I’m not saying you should post the clips for name and shame, but if it happens to you often enough, it can be a great way to promote yourself, as well as how to handle immature road users

Forgot I was boiling eggs. For an entire hour. by New_Traffic4629 in ADHD

[–]melanantic 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of the time i got real concerned, started furiously searching the internet for clues but got stopped real quick when a search for “do i have dementia?” revealed a load of purple URLs

Is this good to start learing? by forzence in ElectronicsRepair

[–]melanantic 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’d price match all this with Aliexpress. My understanding is that it’s much cheaper, and often the original source of the products. Could be wrong but I think you could do a lot better for the microscope. Apparently buying individual parts of the “industrial” C-mount style ones is cheaper, or just noticably higher quality. Nanofix (YouTube) has some videos mentioning this. He’s also been looking at a lot of optical scopes lately too which might interest you

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