Nyxicas

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Hypothetically, if you are a witness or whistleblower who's adversary was a very big corporation (such as boeing), what measures could you take to prevent yourself from being "suicided"? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 18 minutes ago

The United States - Freedom of Corruption, Indignity and Distrust for All!

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What are some dating mistakes you often see when people try seeking a partner? (kbin.melroy.org)
 

I have a few.

One is abbreviation hell. Nobody is going to spend the time trying to decipher what you mean when you use over several abbreviations. It is just better if you'd explain than expecting people to understand aside from commonly used abbreviations that are easy to understand.

Another is overstepping your limits for the sake of getting a partner. Compromising your own standards is perhaps one of the worst things you can do when it comes to trying to find dates. Like you're suddenly okay with dating single parents but you don't like children. You're suddenly okay with dating religious people but you're not religious. Things like that. Because it means you're desperate and you're setting yourself up and setting them up for a bad date.

‘Yes, I am a human’: bot detection is no longer working – and just wait until AI agents come along in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 29 minutes ago

Well, no, because it was designed just to piss all of us off in the past two decades.

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If a YouTube channel was made of it, What would you watch religiously if it was made? (kbin.melroy.org)
 

I would watch a channel where someone is dedicated to reviewing like low-end budget products like from Dollar Tree, Dollar General .etc In the same vein as Project Farm.

‘We are not a retro company’: Sega prepares to go back to the future in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 15 points 8 hours ago

Right, Sega. You say as you cannot stop for the life of you, remind everyone about the Sega Genesis and Sonic.

Like Neo in The Matrix and "I know kung fu", what one ability would you choose to upload directly to your mind? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 8 hours ago

Having a strong speech skill. I'll have the silver tongue needed to talk and utilize etiquette to get what I need and want. Maybe even pick up someone too.

Is clothes shopping IRL better than shopping online? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Shopping at Wal-Mart for example for clothes is one of the most underwhelming experiences I ever get. They did away with Fruit of the Loom shorts and even their cotton-branded shorts with AthleticWorks. Now there's too many jersey sports like shorts and that's all that they ever have. On top of that, all that they got for clothes is corporate branded shit and I don't want to be a walking billboard for corporate. As well as those shirts with dumb sayings on them to try and appeal with people.

Shopping online is obviously better.

How do you be aware of major issues in the world and locally without becoming deeply depressed and cynical? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 8 hours ago

I'm only one person. I cannot fix all of these problems because these problems have to be fixed by a collaborative effort through a unified group to make anything we want work. I did what I thought I could by voting, I did what I could by spreading the message with my own voice about the things I know with what I saw going south in this country. But again, I can't fix everything.

So, I can't worry about things I have no power in fixing, as much as I'd like.

Anyone who is on 55MBps internet plans, how is the experience? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Tried doing an area search, only got a form for my address to notify me when service is available.

Netanyahu to skip Auschwitz liberation event in Poland over 'ICC arrest fears' in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 95 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

He's a disgrace to jews.

Anyone who is on 55MBps internet plans, how is the experience? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Because they are the shitty kind. Here is what I do not get, I have seen CenturyLink and Mediacom vans come in my area. I assume it is to service people's connections or other things. If my apartment management tells me that VisionSystems is all that they can offer, why do I see vans from other ISPs come here?

And Mediacom isnt too far from us either.

Mediacom and CenturyLink claim to not service my building though so something is not adding up.

Anyone who is on 55MBps internet plans, how is the experience? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 21 hours ago

I watch maybe 2-10 videos a day. Lengths between 2 minutes to a couple videos clocking an hour. I do not watch anything beyond 1 and a half hours unless it is a movie and that video is interesting enough.

I sometimes have audio streaming for background noise when sleeping but audio streaming is practically chump change so it is no factor.

Game downloading averages 100MB to 4GB at most with bigger games rarely ever being a thing.

Anyone who is on 55MBps internet plans, how is the experience? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 22 hours ago (10 children)

Des Moines Iowa.

Yes I know the options are terrible and I am aware if alternative ISPs but my apartment management only offers just one ISP. It is not Verizon or any other big name, just some not so well known company with a site design from the 90s in every bad way.

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Anyone who is on 55MBps internet plans, how is the experience? (kbin.melroy.org)
 

I ask because I feel I need to save some money in the oncoming months. Currently, I pay over $76 for 100MBps/1000GB cap. And I don't think it's a bad deal, but they're going to be hiking it up to $90+ by next October and I feel it is not worth that. But I also need to save money too.

What is the difference between 55MB and 100MB when it comes to speed? The cap for the 55MBps plan is 350GB and I tried asking if that could be altered but the ISP says they can't. This plan will cost me $30 a month.

All I ever do anymore is just stream YouTube, sometimes Hulu/Netflix/Tubi. Occasionally I'll download a game or two, multiplayer gaming is non-existent.

Edit: There's been a lot of good responses replied to this and I appreciate it.

I'm leaning towards on downgrading with the volume of people that suggest that it isn't that bad, but it boils down to preferences and habitual behaviors when using the internet. With so many games already downloaded and being left to just streaming/Second Life, I think it warrants the change.

I just wish that my ISP would've kicked up the cap to 500GB because that'd sweeten the deal much more but this ISP is not well known and these kind of ISPs operate on different worlds than the big names.

Furthermore, people have suggested going 5G Wireless but the problem with that is that my apartment management is stingy as fuck so it's not an option for me nor does Verizon say that they can offer a plan in my current location. Fiber connections such as Google Fiber, MetroNet .etc aren't an option.

Century Link seems to only offer $70 for...10MB in my location (Fucking awful)

Mediacom says they can't even service my area (then how come I see your vans around where I am with other customers?)

The games industry ‘will only have room for one non-Nintendo console next gen’, it’s claimed | VGC in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 23 hours ago

Even if Microsoft bails out from the console hardware market, they still have dominance from the amount of Windows users who play games on their machines through it.

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You need a VPN for everything when it comes to pirating. (kbin.melroy.org)
 

Let's not turn this into what the Reddit subreddit of Piracy has turned into and that's an endless sea of questions that are all the same - "Do I need a VPN?".

And the loud and vocal answer to such a question is - yes. Yes you do need a VPN for pirating. Nobody gets a VPN for casual use and I'm under the impression that VPN services know a lot of people are going to be going to them for pirating and not just accessing content out of their country. And it's for that reason, is why I'm skeptical on entrusting my activity with the bigger VPN names available.

I use ProtonVPN myself, by the way.

Pirating under your raw IP address, only will set you up to get pegged by your ISP whether it's in a short time or a long time. I've only ever gotten one single ISP letter in my entire 26 years of pirating and it was simply because I downloaded without a VPN. Well I was also downloading off of someone else's network to take the fall, but I was confronted about it either way.

And I've gotten away with so much pirating because of my careful cautiousness when it comes to pirating. That and this applies to the United States, but the statue of limitations is 3 years when it comes to copyright infringement. So, good fucking luck to any ISP or so that wishes to try and nail me for something I downloaded 10 years ago, but I digress.

But a large part of me avoiding so much does contribute to having a VPN. So, yes, VPN is required. Please don't ask anybody in the pirating community 100 questions that are all just ways to ask whether or not you need a VPN. You do.

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