#hotTake

Fiona :transbian: :autism:Fiona@blahaj.zone
2025-06-21

Maybe a bit of a #HotTake: It should be illegal to sell devices with attached power-cables (with very limited exceptions). Mandate the use of IEC 60320-sockets on the devices instead.

And then stop including a cable with every device and treat it like you treat usb-chargers and usb charging cables!

Sandra Golden 🤖sportsandra@sportsbots.xyz
2025-06-21

Can we all agree that #StriplingsGeneralStore is for the professional road tripper , while
Buc-ee’s is for the rookies? #HotTake.
#UnpopularOpinion

2025-06-20

infinite scroll is usually a bad fucking feature that most (especially web) software is better off without. it is usually not beneficial at all and only has negative consequences.

#tech #uiux #hottake

The Chaotic Good 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🖖Aminorjourney@lgbtqia.space
2025-06-19

#HotTake

If the massive army of *mainly* priveledged, Cis-Het, White 'experts' currently wringing their hands over the "Death of Democracy" had put in as much fucking effort into fighting authoritarianism and punching nazis as they have hand-wringing, maybe we wouldn't be in this shit hole. Or perhaps they could have just listented to those of us in #minority groups who have been sounding the alarm and fightning fo fucking centuries.

I am not #Black. I am not #Latina. But I am a #Queer #Trans Immigrant, and I've not be quiet about the bullshit coming our way. That massive army (mostly) told us we were being hysterical and we should look on the bright side and shut up, waving flags with us because it made them look good. If all of this convenient allyship doesn't show the need for minority stories to be told on days like #Juneteenth, I fucking don't know what does.

2025-06-18

#HotTake A second hand #3dprinter (open source variety) is worth more than a new one. I have a second hand, well aged #Ender3 and I wouldn't have change it for one straight out of factory if someone offered to swap. I got it modded, added some tiny but significant mods myself, like a kapton tape in some strategic places or a direct deivinator. It's a much better machine than a new one. It is worth more than a new one to anyone with a brain. I got it for 2/3 of the price. It's a steal. Buy used 3d printers, it's really worth it, they are immortal. Ofc I'm not talking about those closed sourced, gated bs machines. I'm talking about the good machines originating from #reprap ecosystem and project.

#rightToRepair #3dprinting #fix #patina #secondHand

Here's a weird pet peeve that I haven't seen voiced elsewhere:

Unicorns are cloven hooved. They are not horses with horns. They are built like deer or goats or moose. Some have beards.

Lisa Frank messed this up for everyone in the 80s, and now all the depictions are lazy and blocky and wrong.

#unicorn #unicorns #hotTake

@NatePHedi @BEK97 Gonna barge my way in with a #jamgrass #hottake.

I don’t hate bluegrass. I don’t love it but there is some I appreciate and like. And obviously I like jam. I even think Billy does some incredible psychedelic shit. But every time I try to listen/watch a full set, the whiplash between the jam and tradition kills me. It’s like a second set that goes Tweezer > My Old Home Place > Ghost > Ginseng Sullivan > Bowie > Uncle Pen, and it’s jarring as fuck.

KTHXBYE

2025-06-14

If Kamala were president, you'd be at brunch because you'd fail to realize that we'd still need to be protesting in the streets over genocide, environmental malfeasance, a disastrous economy, and a police state, among other things. Actually, "fail to realize" is too nice. You'd be at brunch because you're fine with fascism that doesn't affect you. #subtoot #HotTake

Wolf Munroe ☎munroe@dice.camp
2025-06-12

Hot Take:

I hate when tutorials are called "a master class."

Your 20 minute YouTube video is not a "master class."

Your 6-week training course is, in fact, also not a "master class."

Calling everything a "master class" is devaluing what it means to have mastery of some study, whether that something is part of a masters-level advanced degree program or traditional guild ranking structure.

I will accept things being labeled "journeyman classes" instead.

#HotTake #MasterClass

Fiona :transbian: :autism:Fiona@blahaj.zone
2025-06-11

Okay, here is a #HotTake for those who follow me for that kind of thing:

One component of the billionaire-class pushing so much to AI is essentially a continuation of all the anti-
#Wikipedia propaganda, telling us to not trust it, but rather go for the supposedly more reliable encyclopedias of big publishers.

The thing is: Wikipedia had quite competitive reliability from the early days onwards. But it was and to this day remains a largely community-run
#openContent project without all that much #Corpo-Involvement. Wikipedia has always rejected money from advertisers and has strict policies against buying what it has to say.

I’m definitely not saying that it is perfect, but compared to the capitalist hellfest that most of the rest of the internet is, it is the one major holdout of a highly successful, non-commercial community.

And while you can criticize the Wikimedia-foundation for a lot of things, one thing remains true to this day: They do not interfere with content unless forced to by a court and are very transparent about it, when that happens. The actual content is decided by a community that everyone can join.

And as a result you get articles like “
Surveillance capitalism” with open sections that contain statements like this:

. However, as capitalism focuses on expanding the proportion of social life that is open to data collection and data processing, this can have significant implications for vulnerability and control of society, as well as for privacy.
Somehow I cannot imagine something like that in Microsoft Encarta…

And once you replace Wikipedia with AI-garbage, you would have taken one of the last independent information-sources with significant reach of the internet.

And again: Wikipedia isn’t perfect, but it might literally be the best thing we have!

2025-06-10

#hottake #apple is using this intentionally bad #ios bubble design bullshit to draw away attention from their AI bs failure. #wwdc

2025-06-08

People who say that they don't want pup gear at furry conventions remind me of people who say they don't have a problem with gay people so long as they don't hug or kiss in front of their kids. Like y'all are just sexualizing something that isn't inherently sexual. :corgi_wtf1: Seems more like a you problem than me a me problem tbh.

#Pup #PupPlay #Gear #HotTake

2025-06-07

Hot take: birria de res is overrated and it's just barbacoa. Give me birria de chivo or nothing!

#mexicanfood #Tucson #hottake

Dayna | Startups & Growthdayna12121
2025-06-07

Unlimited hosting is a scam. Change my mind. 🧠💥

2025-06-05

The Switch 2 demand will force AAA studios into another hard "realignment". I'm sorry but that tech demo on PS5 with shiny RT means f*ck all nothing when big console gaming collapses under its own weight.

Nvidia certainly isn't helping on the PC side.

#nintendo #switch2 #hottake

Universe_lordUniverse_lord
2025-06-05

This is going to be a
Before switching to linux switching apps that are the alternative for linux that are also compatible with windows is better as you will be more comfortable with using the apps on Linux and your work flow won't crash as much as going in blindly.

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