ProllyInfamous (u/ProllyInfamous)

ProllyInfamous commented on Fed Chair Warns the Economy Is Worse Than We Realized newrepublic.com/post/1994... · Posted by u/healsdata

jmpman · 6 hours ago

And the tech giants will continue pushing for even greater H-1B caps

ProllyInfamous · 4 hours ago

http://www.h1bdata.info

You'd be surprised how much of your local MSA's tech sector is dominated by H1Bs. Apparently no Americans qualify?

http://www.Jobs.now

ProllyInfamous commented on Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org giuliomagnifico.blog/post... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico

TranquilMarmot · 2 days ago

I spent the past month "de-Googling" my life after I saw a notice in my Gmail inbox that it was 20 years old. I took a step back and realized just how invested into the Google ecosystem I was. Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Drive, Maps, Keep, Photos, YouTube, FitBit, Android. Basically my entire digital life. My goal was more diversifying than security/privacy, but security/privacy is a really nice bonus.

I ended up going with Proton because they had a good solution for mail, calendar, and drive which I was looking to replace. I set up my custom domain to point to it and have my Gmail forwarding to it - any time I get an email to the old Gmail address I go change it on the website or delete the account altogether.

For Google Docs / Keep, I switched over to Obsidian and pay for the sync there. It's a great replacement for my main use case of Docs / Keep which is just a dumping ground for ideas.

For Google Photos, I now self-host Immich in Hetzner on a VPS with a 1TB storage box mounted via SSHFS. I use Tailscale to connect to it. It took a few days to use Google Takeout + immich-go to upload all the photos (~300GB of data) but it's working really well now. Only costs $10/mo for the VPS and 1TB of storage.

Android I think I'll be stuck on - I have a Pixel 8 Pro that technically supports Graphene but there are too many trade-offs there. Next time I need a new phone I'll take a serious look at Fairphone but I think the Pixel 8 Pro should last a few more years.

My FitBit Versa is really old and starting to die - I ordered one of the new Pebble watches and am patiently waiting for it to ship!

YouTube I'm stuck on because that's where the content is. I have yet to find a suitable replacement for Google Maps - OpenStreetMap is still really hard to use and gives bad directions.

ProllyInfamous · 14 hours ago

>I have yet to find a suitable replacement for Google Maps - OpenStreetMap is still really hard to use and gives bad directions.

I block all Google products (at the router level), and do miss their Maps/Earth products.

The best non-Google mapping I've found http://www.bing.com/maps (no affiliation, just ¢¢)

It has so much integrated information, without being annoying (e.g. store listings); also is the only free product I know with built-in tilt-shift perspectives (from each major of eight cardinal directions).

ProllyInfamous commented on Home Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts petapixel.com/2025/08/20/... · Posted by u/mikece

estimator7292 · 16 hours ago

Fun fact: the self checkout attendant usually has a button on a portable device that can remotely unlock your session.

They aren't allowed to use it and instead are required to physically walk up, move the customer out of the way, and push the same button on your screen.

ProllyInfamous · 14 hours ago

I think CostCo's self-checkouts are best designed/staffed. Other than not accepting cash, they are my favorite (even though still verify scanning of each item, verified by bag-area weighing).

WalMart has two popular designs within my city (not sure if one is just un-updated, yet¿) — their type which accepts half dollars is my favorite cash design.

I have seen designs which don't weigh each item, allowing simultaneous scanning... that also call an attendant to verify if it thinks you snuck an item by (then plays a loop/clip of its alleged violation).

Personally, I have a family member that works as attendant to a dozen self-checkouts... and it seems like it would make more corporate sense to have more human checkers and only allow cash with them.

ProllyInfamous commented on Home Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts petapixel.com/2025/08/20/... · Posted by u/mikece

AngryData · 2 days ago

I have yet to see any actual evidence of such a problem, just a bunch of outrage from social media commentators who also claim things like Portland was burnt to the ground by BLM and other hyper-exaggerated crap.

And even if it is true, I still don't see why premeditated charge stacking should be allowed. If someone comes into the store that they know will steal, they should be banned from the store and arrested for trespassing then and there. Shitty criminal justice policies does not justify creative abuses of the law by corporations or prosecutors. Having 25% of the world prison population, along with all the costs that go along with it does not benefit us, it only hurts us. And it has repeatedly been shown that stiffer criminal charges do not prevent crime, if it did the US would be one of the safest 1st world countries, not the most dangerous 1st world country by a large margin that makes countries without actual functioning government seem peaceful.

ProllyInfamous · 14 hours ago

>Shitty criminal justice policies does not justify creative abuses of the law by corporations or prosecutors.

As we say over here, bless. your. heart.

...if you only knew how bad things really are [deadpan.face]

We are nations of loopholes, inside and out.

ProllyInfamous commented on A statistical analysis of Rotten Tomatoes statsignificant.com/p/is-... · Posted by u/m463

theshrike79 · 16 hours ago

It’s a happy movie. No grimdark no blood or guns, low stakes and just pure joy.

ProllyInfamous · 15 hours ago

>It's a happy movie ... just pure joy.

That's fair. I am an insufferable person, so it checks out.

ProllyInfamous commented on A statistical analysis of Rotten Tomatoes statsignificant.com/p/is-... · Posted by u/m463

theshrike79 · 3 days ago

In Rotten Tomatoes there's always That Guy who's being contrary for the sake of being different.

Like Paddington and Paddington 2 had 100% review scores for a long time, until some "reviewers" disliked it on purpose bringing Paddington 2 to 99%

Using multiple sites as an aggregate works. In IMDB you need to check the vote distribution graph and in your mind take out all the 1's and 10's and see where the average/median lies after that.

And it's important to find actual reviewers whose taste aligns with yours and use them as more directed guidance.

ProllyInfamous · 2 days ago

>Paddington 2

After Chat recommended this as "on par with Shawshank," I watched this last week.

What did I just watch? Why would I recommend this movie to anybody?

ProllyInfamous commented on Home Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts petapixel.com/2025/08/20/... · Posted by u/mikece

tutorialmanager · 2 days ago

So if I report less income, prices for me go down and no penalty if I get caught.

ProllyInfamous · 2 days ago

This is only a half-response, but I think one beneficial policy to increase food-access would be to remove regressive sales taxes from grocery purchases. Replace lost revenue with a progressive tax.

Several states tax a considerable amount on even basic foodstuffs (e.g. Tennessee).

ProllyInfamous commented on Home Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts petapixel.com/2025/08/20/... · Posted by u/mikece

qingcharles · 3 days ago

It's more complicated than this.

I agree that prisons are literally useless in stopping criminal behavior, and almost certainly accelerate it for most. Prison is only scary the first day on your first bit. The second time you get locked up you already know the system, know all the staff and know all the other inmates. It's less of a deterrent each time.

The issue is that a vast proportion of offenders aren't committing crimes out of necessity. A large proportion are doing it because it appears to be quick, easy money and regular jobs aren't considered manly or cool.

source: a lot of time spent inside

ProllyInfamous · 2 days ago

>prisons are literally useless in stopping criminal behavior

"Con College" — where you learn tricks of the trade, and further divide with racism / hatred.

>stealing ... [because] regular jobs aren't considered manly or cool.

This, but also too many lazier-mindset people think this will be an easy lifestyle to sustain long-term (it's not).

ProllyInfamous commented on Home Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts petapixel.com/2025/08/20/... · Posted by u/mikece

krunck · 3 days ago

Why guilty? The Indians are doing their job that stupid tech companies pay them for. The phrase has nothing to do with Indians but rather with unmasking the "AI washing" done by companies trying to drive up stock prices.

ProllyInfamous · 2 days ago

¿Por qué no los dos?