Dizzy Devil Ducky

I am Zach, AKA AceFuzzLord, AKA Dizzy Devil Ducky!

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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eetoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world[deleted]
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    26 days ago

    For me personally, for older electronics, eBay is my default.

    For newer stuff I don’t even bother online, for the most part anymore. I try my best not to go through amazon ( even though that’s where I ended up getting my 2TB external drive and a supposedly refurbished tablet ) because I don’t wanna give them business if I don’t have to, every single time I have ever tried ordering anything on the walmart website any account I make gets flagged or some other problem arises, I have no experience with other sites like NewEgg, and I think Best Buy is a little overpriced, usually, for what I’m looking for.


  • Only a backup for my phone. I’ve got an older model that I had to use during last summer and into the fall after going swimming with my, then relatively new, $200USD samsung. I’m absolutely grateful that my SIL gave me it, even if it is a probably around 10 years old model. Insecure but damn did it allow me to do what I needed.

    Otherwise, not really. If my shit goes, I’m not that prepared. I should be, but I’m not.


  • For android, IronFox ( from their repository that I added to F-Droid ) or I started recently using the DuckDuckGo ( also from F-Droid ) for those rare websites that don’t work on IronFox ( like justtherecipe or just earlier justbeamit ).

    On my laptop running Linux, I have the default Firefox, an ungoogled chromium for websites that don’t work on FF, and TOR.

    As for my desktop running win10 ( and definitely Linux by the end of the summer, I hope ), I have FF, Librewolf, Tor, and just recently got Mullvad VPN’s browser. Probably shouldn’t have that many browsers as once, but I’m an idiot.


  • If you’re like me and either don’t have enough space or don’t like moving a normal computer mouse around, a good trackball mouse is probably gonna be real good.

    I originally got a cheap enough ergonomic wireless Logitech one from walmart for my then new laptop I got for college. Then, just maybe a month or two ago, I got an ergonomic one from Elecom to replace my standard mouse because it was having some click problems and scroll wheel issues. The only problem I have with either is how the ball on the Elecom one doesn’t always move super smooth and I can’t be as precise as I can with the Logitech one.





  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eetomemes@lemmy.worldFuture Jobs
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    1 month ago

    Vibe coding ain’t any different from going to any website in the world, copying whatever code you can find, and then wondering why your PC has been infected with ransomware because you’re too dumb to understand what any of the code does.

    It’s also extremely unprofessional, in my opinion, and, also in my opinion, shows you don’t understand a programming language enough to be using it in a professional setting ( for software regardless of whether it’s private or public use ) whilst also being too lazy to read any form of documentation.

    Anyone who calls themselves an"vibe coder" are people I assume never passed kindergarten because clearly they lack any form of critical thinking.





  • Cameras and microphones in “smart” TVs. There’s a reason why when the current TV I use as a monitor dies that I’d be more than willing to take it to a repair shop than replace it.

    Also, on the subject of that TV, I’d be lucky to find a modern model that’s even half of double the size of my current one. It feels impossible to find anything anywhere near 1080x1920 resolution. Maybe I’m bad at finding them, but you know, finding anything like that from known, reputable companies today. Hell, I even looked at a few Japanese brands from their Japanese websites and all the models were looking like American super sized models.