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Discord Rant

yukais@pinapelz.com (Pinapelz) — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:17:04 -0800

We’ve seen time and time again that there is “no such thing as a free lunch”. The same is true for Discord.

Offer a service that is much better than all the competitors
Attract a bunch of users
Burn VC money
Repeat 1-3 until its time to pay them back
Figure out how to make money

Nitro doesn’t fund the platform, hosting free voice and screenshare is more expensive than you think. Ultimately, any choice of software for me boils down to “what value do I get out of it”.

DBOX Movie Seats

yukais@pinapelz.com (Pinapelz) — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 22:03:51 -0800

There’s a thing here in Canada where certain theaters have these special seats that rumble and move in motion with whats happening on screen.

I recently saw the new Avatar (Fire and Ash) in one of these seats. It wasn’t a bad experience but given the markup, I don’t think its worth it:

First it is fun (sometimes). For example when they were flying through the air, the seat would tilt in the motion of them flying. Or when there was an explosion/gunfire, the seat would rumble
However, for me I think they overdid it at times, literately the seat would move and rumble for the smallest things. So it was kind of like a constant thing throughout the whole film. For me its a bit annoying
For the $10-15 extra (I think I paid a bit more cause the movie was also in 3D), I’d much rather just go to a theater that has the big comfy recliner seats
I think for the right movie (maybe something heavy on action or horror) this could be a solid purchase if its a movie you’re really looking forward to
Or I also know that some people see movies multiple times, so maybe this can be a good option for a 2nd viewing?

Generally, though… I think I’ll live without them.

YouTube Music Recap 2025

yukais@pinapelz.com (Pinapelz) — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:38:52 -0800

Its all Bandori. At least 75% of that MyGO!!!!! listening time was probably Haruhikage since I came back to Bandori and had to catch up before watching Ave Mujica anime.

INIU Power Bank Gets Recall

yukais@pinapelz.com (Pinapelz) — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:45:01 -0800

It would seem that I, along with what seems like the entirety of Reddit bought the same cheap 10000mAh power bank and now its getting recalled.

I wonder if it has anything to do with the poor quality they found in that viral Haribo Powerbank. Not sure since I’ve had this one for a long time. I guess I really got what I paid for, shame cause it really is super slim and works well.

Hello World - Why This

yukais@pinapelz.com (Pinapelz) — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 20:11:57 -0800

I think having control of your own data is great. The same is true for decentralized social media. I’ve always been a primary user of microblog platforms (like Twitter/X). Having experienced both the traditional and “decentralized” approaches to microblogs, they both have some particular shortcoming in terms of what I want to get out of “social media”.

Twitter/X

This is fairly self explanatory. The rebranding of Twitter to X and Musk’s new ownership of the platform shifted the direction of the platform to be ever more political. X Premium boosting visibility is also something I wasn’t a particular fan of. You can’t view anything without signing in either, so goodbye viewing stuff anonymously. There’s just a lot of “features” here I’m not a fan of. Needless to say, there’s a lot of reasons to not post stuff there.