Posts by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
(DIR) Post #Ai496u5Jp8Xzq7SMmu by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2024-05-05T23:24:21Z
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Today is not a good today for me and technology.Today would, however, be a great day for me to tour Big Tech data centers. I just seem to have that aura today.
(DIR) Post #Ai496uw8eknYTwAY7M by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2024-05-06T00:37:36Z
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I wonder if I can sue the county to buy me a new hard drive since their shitty grid was the reason we had an outage that killed mine.
(DIR) Post #AiMp4CplLtL42Yr5Pc by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2024-05-29T00:50:57Z
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@stux Thanks to this video, I have discovered Dmitri Shastakovich and I couldn't be happier. Thanks for posting this and to the person who named the song (who I can't respond to cause it hasn't federated with my instance sadly).
(DIR) Post #AiP1Mqs2p38xBtV34a by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2024-05-29T23:50:36Z
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Now that it's safe for me to disclose this: privacy(dot)com has adjusted their referral link. It now shares your real, government first name at the top. You can hide this by going into your account and setting a preferred name. See my referral link if you're unclear what I mean: thenewoil.org/privacy.Just, ya know, in case anyone else might be on the verge of being fucking doxed by that unannounced change.
(DIR) Post #Am6t1gWF9t4GwHaGXI by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2024-09-15T03:42:43Z
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Fun fact: I never fact-checked this (because I'm so old that at the time the internet wasn't as ubiquitous as it is now) but in the military, I was told that there's no such thing as 00:00 hours. It's either 23:59 or 00:01. This still causes me immense stress when i have to schedule things for 00:00. Like a podcast with thousands of listeners.
(DIR) Post #AmmVwAF2C0NYoBW5Qm by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2024-10-04T14:46:00Z
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Introducing Mozilla's Latest Shit Financial Decision.I swear to god, if I made the consumer equivalent of Mozilla's financial choices, I'd be fucking homeless multiple times over.https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/ai/lumigator/
(DIR) Post #Amy3zr5LFm7wODTWhk by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2024-10-13T15:13:42Z
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Do I know any graphic designers who can do shirt designs at a reasonable price?
(DIR) Post #AuZcyLvPYW9IRGODGC by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2025-05-29T03:15:26Z
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Played Cha Cha Cha by Käärijä at work today. Afterward my coworker was whistling the melody.I regret nothing.
(DIR) Post #AufSqPadg49yspC4tE by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2025-05-31T22:38:51Z
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@deadsuperhero Cis people should find other activities aside from giving a fuck what other people decide call themselves. These people have too much free time.
(DIR) Post #Augm1bWpisWDNnQMT2 by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2025-06-01T14:12:38Z
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@adiz I have to know, what's your better solution? Cause objectively speaking, I understand that "democracy" is just another word for "mob rule," but I have yet to hear or think of a better system.
(DIR) Post #AugmN30ClsgKfkO5GC by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2025-06-01T14:17:14Z
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@adiz Wow. Could not disagree more. But you do you. Thanks for the answer.
(DIR) Post #Ax7EU8fi1ItFbYmp84 by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2025-08-13T03:40:35Z
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After many, many years, I've added a second wish to my list of things I'd like to happen when I die.I want my tombstone to read"Here lies Nate.He hated Samsung. Like, a lot."I'm not joking.
(DIR) Post #Ax90f8SK9XXp4vnLrE by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2025-08-14T00:56:31Z
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@warmbeverageenjoyer @picofarad "Worse"? Not really. "Easy to pick on"? Loads.I'm planning a loose blog post in the coming weeks, but the general gist:- Phones get hacked in the exact same way multiple years in a row- Shoddy cybersecurity- Phones are made to break (worse than most companies)
(DIR) Post #AxNfZHpZCVZ8kaR3BY by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2025-08-21T02:36:12Z
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One thing I really appreciate about rap fans is that all the ones I've met don't give the remotest hot shit about genre. If they like something, they like it, regardless if it's rap or not. "Bro, this slaps. Who is this? Cattle Decapitation? Play this shit every day from now on."In other news, today my coworker became a fan of The Amity Affliction.
(DIR) Post #AxNfmon5y16kjsjQJc by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2025-08-21T02:43:17Z
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@picofarad lol to each their own. Personally I love the way songs like that breathe. I'm rarely all in on one particular feel in a song from start to finish. I find it boring. I like when songs mix it up. That's why I never got into more extreme metals like speed, death, black, etc. Some of it I can do, but not most. It needs more variation than those have to offer me. Same with other genres. I don't listen to a lot of slow songs or ballads. Mix it up a bit.
(DIR) Post #AxXk10xhr1tfwGJpx2 by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2025-08-25T23:14:40Z
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Here's a better way to disable it:1. Switch to Brave or Firefox (w/uBlock Origin)2. Switch to a different search engine (The New Oil lists several great choices)I mean, I appreciate the harm reduction, but honestly there's literally no reason to keep using Chrome or Google Search at this point. Zero. All the upsides can be replicated elsewhere.https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/115089902374383721
(DIR) Post #AxXmD74XA94QGwPR56 by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2025-08-25T23:33:15Z
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@djsumdog Respectfully, can we as a community stop calling everything "spyware"? It's really dramatic and it takes out the level of concern people should have when we talk about ACTUAL spyware like Pegasus or those spouse-stalkerware apps.I shit on Mozilla as much as the next person who has a brain, but this level of teenage melodrama really isn't doing us any favors.
(DIR) Post #AxY5thYZnoSMicTzN2 by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2025-08-26T02:41:52Z
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@djsumdog I don't trust your sources. Sorry for wasting your time.
(DIR) Post #B318xRRbJtUaSXWcaW by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2026-02-05T02:55:53Z
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Every country's current Epstein scandal just proves that protecting the children never mattered in the first place.
(DIR) Post #B3DXyTbJcG9aBlB7HE by nateb@mastodon.thenewoil.org
2026-02-11T16:08:11Z
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#Filen will no longer allow new free users to sign up using a VPN.I understand the need to combat abuse, but I have to imagine there was a better way to do that. VPNs - while often overblown - are INCREDIBLY common even outside the privacy space, and are often one of the first entry-level steps some people take when getting into privacy. Even I use a VPN on all my devices and my router.Very disappointing. I might delist them over this.https://filen.io/hub/an-update-on-free-account-creation/