pindab0ter (u/pindab0ter)

pindab0ter commented on Poorest US workers hit hardest by slowing wage growth ft.com/content/cfb77a53-f... · Posted by u/hhs

Yeul · 5 months ago

Ofcourse. That's what unions do. It's also why inflation is so damn nefarious because unions ALWAYS negotiate a pay rise to match it. Which as you can imagine gets very ugly fast.

pindab0ter · 5 months ago

The wage-price spiral is heavily criticised: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage%E2%80%93price_spiral#Crit...

pindab0ter commented on Fandom sells gaming media brand Giant Bomb to long-term staff about.fandom.com/news/fan... · Posted by u/minimaxir

bromuro · 7 months ago

These uppercase titles need to stop, why is that?

pindab0ter · 7 months ago

It's called title case and for as far as I'm aware this is a uniquely American thing.

pindab0ter commented on Trump's 'Crypto Reserve' Is Such Brazen Corruption zeteo.com/p/trumps-crypto... · Posted by u/cratermoon

t0bia_s · 10 months ago

How so? Isn't 21 mil BTC defntive?

pindab0ter · 10 months ago

21 mil BTC is set. But how many new BTC alternatives have been launched since?

pindab0ter commented on Trump's 'Crypto Reserve' Is Such Brazen Corruption zeteo.com/p/trumps-crypto... · Posted by u/cratermoon

t0bia_s · 10 months ago

Calling fiat money as real money is hypocrisy.

Fiat is printable, bitcoin is not and have limited amount, same as gold.

pindab0ter · 10 months ago

Bitcoins in practice are not truly limited. The amount of gold on earth is not likely to change much, despite the efforts of alchemists in the past. However, new bitcoins (with new limited supplies) are introduced all the time.

pindab0ter commented on macOS Tips and Tricks (2022) saurabhs.org/macos-tips... · Posted by u/pavel_lishin

danielvaughn · 10 months ago

I just want a Finder that actually works. It’s pretty incredible just how bad Finder is. It’s by far the worst piece of software I’m forced to use on a daily basis.

pindab0ter · 10 months ago

What exactly is so bad about Finder? I've never had any issues with it.

pindab0ter commented on "Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies" – Executive Order whitehouse.gov/presidenti... · Posted by u/martialg

bluGill · 10 months ago

You can only donate $3500 to any politician. (legally, if you do something illegal and are not caught...). There are complex limits notice when you say something. (for a small city that limit will make them listen, but nothing national or even a large city)

What you can do is get out votes. People knocking on doors is still one of the largest drivers of votes so if you organize those systems they will listen to you.

pindab0ter · 10 months ago

I am not at all familiar with the US system. How come there is a $3500 donation limit to politicians, but the tech billionaires have donated hundreds of millions to the inauguration fund?

pindab0ter commented on Clics³ – Database of Cross-Linguistic Colexifications clics.clld.org/... · Posted by u/thunderbong

pindab0ter · 10 months ago

I would like to know, what are some things that you could use this for?

This seems like a very powerful dataset.

pindab0ter commented on Advertising Is a Cancer on Society (2019) jacek.zlydach.pl/blog/201... · Posted by u/hosteur

quectophoton · 10 months ago

I personally don't find it that vague, but that might be my non-English bias.

pindab0ter · 10 months ago

It leaves a lot unsaid. Advertising has a lot of connotations and cultural significance. It can evoke strong feelings for one and be a livelihood for another. Simply stating that an advertisement is 'a public notice' doesn't do it justice.

I understand that dictionaries are not encyclopedias, but a little more is warranted IMO.

pindab0ter commented on X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links disruptionist.com/p/elon-... · Posted by u/confusing3478

matthberg · 10 months ago

I just discovered that feature due to your mistake, so thank you!

For similarly newly enlightened people it's a feature of MediaWiki (which Wikipedia runs on) and there are five (plus two) themes selectable with ?useskin= values:

- timeless (as seen above): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Skin?useskin=timeles...

- monobook (default 2004-2009): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Skin?useskin=monoboo...

- vector (default 2010-2021): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Skin?useskin=vector

- vector-2022 (desktop default 2022-): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Skin?useskin=vector-...

- minerva (mobile default): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Skin?useskin=minerva

- modern (delightedly dated, deprecated): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Skin?useskin=modern

- cologneblue (also ancient and anti-favored): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Skin?useskin=cologne...

pindab0ter · 10 months ago

You can also choose a preferred skin when you log in and go to Preferences → Appearance.

pindab0ter commented on X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links disruptionist.com/p/elon-... · Posted by u/confusing3478

tremon · 10 months ago

Oh sorry, yes I have a browser extension that always adds that parameter to any wikipedia page. I usually strip it when posting a link, but I forgot (and since it's a long link, it doesn't display in its entirety so I didn't catch it).

pindab0ter · 10 months ago

That makes sense! I can see why you would prefer that skin. Out of curiosity, why use a plugin and not Wikipedia's appearance preferences[1]?

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsec...