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Software updates have, more than once, changed my settings for things like autopilot without warning, and I’ve only discovered it when driving and turning autopilot on.

I feel like this point can’t be overstated enough. When I need to go somewhere, I shouldn’t need to reorient myself because the car receives software updates all the time. A device that’s constantly changing is inherently unreliable, even if technically it’s improving over time.

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I’m not sure what specifically you’re referring to, but algorithms are, generally speaking, code. You can purchase a company and their code.

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This needs more contributors FYI. There’s a ton of issues and feature requests

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I can’t say I’ve heard the word “normies” used ironically before

Android phone saving metadata for screenshots (i.ibb.co)

I always remove this data from my screenshots before sharing, but is there any way to prevent this from happening in the first place? I’ve searched and searched, but all I can find is information about how to remove the data after the fact, which I already know how to do, but it would sure be nice if it never got added in the...

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because the expectation with screenshot software is that it doesn’t add any metadata

I’m not sure where you got that idea but I assume the opposite. Many devices add metadata by default

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I was under the impression they only show bands when the number of people with the same title is low

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I found this historical context particularly interesting.

And Ronald Reagan was somebody who did everything he could to curry the favor of evangelicals and white Catholics and the Moral Majority in the election against Jimmy Carter. Ronald Reagan delivered on some of those promises, but he ended up frustrating some of his religious right supporters. He didn’t go all the way. Well, we arrived a decade or so later to George W. Bush. George W. Bush was a self-identified evangelical who had been saved by his faith in Jesus Christ. And he certainly did a lot to promote the interests of evangelicals and other conservative Christians in the country.

But George W. Bush - despite what he did in Iraq and Afghanistan, when he left office, it felt like the itch had not been scratched, that there was still something wrong with the country because even though we’d had an evangelical president for eight years, the country continued to be less religious, less Christian. It continued to get more pluralistic, more diverse, racially and ethnically. And then all of a sudden, it was Barack Obama. And Barack Obama was, like, made in a lab to scare white Christian nationalists. So Barack Obama is president, and then we get Obergefell, and gay marriage is legalized.

By the time Donald Trump arrives, this group of Christian nationalist voters, whether they be evangelical, whether they be conservative Catholics or Latter Day Saints, are in the mood not for somebody who simply identifies with them and their politics, someone like Ted Cruz or Mike Huckabee, they’re in the mood for somebody who will act as the brutalizing barbarian needed to take the country back. If you want to colonize the Earth for God, it’s not enough to have a testimony that says, Jesus saved me from my sins or from my alcoholism. What you need is a bully, somebody who will put in line all those folks that you think are ruining your country and causing it to descend into the pits of hell.

You don’t just need somebody who’s going to go to church on Sunday and talk a good talk. You need somebody who will destroy in order to rebuild. So Donald Trump, yeah, doesn’t go to church a lot. Donald Trump, been married a couple times. But you know what he promises in ways that no one in our lifetimes has? He promises to punish those who have caused this country to go the wrong way. And so eight years later, we have a base that is more rabid to make him their barbarian king than ever before.

How to sign up services without phone number?

Hello all, recently wanted to signup for temporary permanent legit emailmid in gmail. It was asking me Phone number in process, i tried to use multiple numbers from regular online resources ( more than 30) but nothing worked. I don’t want to give my personal phone number in real life to someone’s unless Its I want to....

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I don’t recommend MySudo because it requires a Google account to subscribe

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I have Incogni and they have a “compliance score” for each. I highly doubt any of it is manual (besides initial research & setup) considering there’s 120+ brokers listed on my dashboard and they send follow-up and re-requests when necessary

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The website is still under development

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Libredirect can redirect to other front-ends automatically for you.

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Why do articles like this feel the need to include the blogger’s age?

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Still no RCS support though, yeah? Google seems to be keeping it hostage

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To combat this generally, you can buy one with more RAM. Also, right now there is a bit of a “race to the top” for longest phone support with Google announcing 7 years of support in November. Repairability is coming around too, which is great for replacing old batteries and broken charging ports.

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I’m on my phone 8 hours a day.

That is generally not good and shouldn’t be common. I’d argue folks should consider whether a nice phone will lead to overuse, and if so, buying a cheaper phone.

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Just to be clear, I wasn’t trying to be critical of you. I know some people can’t actually reduce their screen time due to their job or way of life. I’m curious though, could you elaborate on what you mean by this being healthier for you?

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It’s working fine as it is now.

It’s incompatible with the latest version of Lemmy (0.19)

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Well I can confirm it’s incompatible and there are multiple issues on Codeberg outlining its incompatibilities. Notably I’m seeing failure to vote and failure to mark as read, but also looks like 2FA is impacted.

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For a boardgame, online matchmaking was already dead, it was released more than a decade ago, this isn’t something that you want to play with complete strangers at random.

I’ve been playing online with strangers for years. It’s very easy to find a match and I regularly see over a hundred players in the lobby

If someone purchased the old one with DLC they can continue to play and access the DLC

I’d wager most people purchased the DLC for online play. There’s typically more DLC maps in the lobby than the normal map

you can’t expect unlimited free updates

What’s important is game preservation. It’s now practically impossible for an average person who didn’t purchase it to obtain a copy and play. It’s been mentioned time and time again on WAN show - if a company chooses to shut down their servers then the technical information on how run a server should become open-sourced in an ideal world. Then the community can step in to run them if they so choose. This is especially true for multiplayer-first titles

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