Back in Apollo, we had a feature where you could long-press on mobile and save a screenshot with options to include usernames, number and levels of parents, and original post, amongst other things. Those were the ones I used. I also remember there was a checkbox for watermark, which defaulted to on, and which I never touched but...
This only works by phone. Be nice, but firm. Don’t be satisfied with their first answer – make them escalate you to the retention department. They’re often authorised to give much larger discounts because it’s cheaper for them to retain customers than to recruit new ones.
The visual artwork for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 has been revealed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Swedish broadcaster (SVT). The visual identity is inspired by the northern lights and sound equalizers.
Excess oxygen is actually harmful to humans, but all the climate warnings are about losing oxygen, not nitrogen edit: but when we look for habitable planets, our focus is ‘oxygen rich atmosphere’, not ‘nitrogen rich’, and in medical settings, we’re always concerned about low oxygen, not nitrogen....
Becoming an astronaut is a fairly romanticized career path, but there are a lot of less-than-romantic aspects to working 50 miles or more above the Earth’s surface. Case in point: just being in zero G makes the human body do all sorts of embarrassing things....
I’ve only noticed this in the past few days. Not sure if it’s a new issue, but I feel I wasn’t getting this before last week. (Eta: I’m on the latest update) Most Lemmy image links in comments are doing this now....
Physicists have shown that simulating models of hypothetical time travel can solve experimental problems that appear impossible to solve using standard physics....
Self-explanatory, I think. I miss being able to flag users in Res – I usually used it to mark known trolls or experts in a subject so I could easily see them in threads. I sometimes used it to mark people who were especially witty or the like....
It's not rocket science. Oh, wait. (www.space.com)
What's the black sticker for? (lemmy.ca)
My cat needed to be euthanised last month, and I just received her ashes. They came with a round black sticker. What’s the purpose of this sticker?...
[Feature request] Long form screenshots
Back in Apollo, we had a feature where you could long-press on mobile and save a screenshot with options to include usernames, number and levels of parents, and original post, amongst other things. Those were the ones I used. I also remember there was a checkbox for watermark, which defaulted to on, and which I never touched but...
[LPT] Call and threaten to cancel your subscription services once a year; their retention department will give you a better rate
This only works by phone. Be nice, but firm. Don’t be satisfied with their first answer – make them escalate you to the retention department. They’re often authorised to give much larger discounts because it’s cheaper for them to retain customers than to recruit new ones.
Florida district pulls many Jewish and Holocaust books from classroom libraries (www.timesofisrael.com)
Removed works include Saul Bellow’s ‘Herzog’ and ‘Black, White and Jewish’; no individual reasoning given for books’ removal....
The 10 biggest physics and astronomy lies from 2023 (bigthink.com)
Misinformation was extremely popular in 2023, as bad science often made global headlines. Learn the truth behind these 10 dubious stories....
Eurovision 2024: Visual artwork revealed (eurovisionworld.com)
The visual artwork for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 has been revealed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Swedish broadcaster (SVT). The visual identity is inspired by the northern lights and sound equalizers.
Raiven will represent Slovenia at Eurovision 2024 (eurovisionworld.com)
Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO has just revealed their artist for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024....
Netherlands: Joist Klein to Eurovision 2024 (eurovisionworld.com)
Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS has just revealed their artist for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024....
Why are we so concerned with oxygen production yet we never hear about nitrogen production, though we actually need 78% nitrogen vs 21% oxygen to survive?
Excess oxygen is actually harmful to humans, but all the climate warnings are about losing oxygen, not nitrogen edit: but when we look for habitable planets, our focus is ‘oxygen rich atmosphere’, not ‘nitrogen rich’, and in medical settings, we’re always concerned about low oxygen, not nitrogen....
No touchy da seat (lemmy.ca)
France wins the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (lemmy.ca)
The 21st edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was broadcast live from Nice, France....
Here's the thing… (lemmy.ca)
my inbox is someone else's account (maybe a caching issue)
This is very strange and I’m sorry for multiple issues in one day, but I just switched to my inbox and it’s all someone else’s account....
In Space, No One Can Smell Your Many, Many Farts (jalopnik.com)
Becoming an astronaut is a fairly romanticized career path, but there are a lot of less-than-romantic aspects to working 50 miles or more above the Earth’s surface. Case in point: just being in zero G makes the human body do all sorts of embarrassing things....
Lemmy webm image links showing as downloadable files (iOS 16.6.1) (lemmy.ca)
I’ve only noticed this in the past few days. Not sure if it’s a new issue, but I feel I wasn’t getting this before last week. (Eta: I’m on the latest update) Most Lemmy image links in comments are doing this now....
‘Tons of Crazy’: The Inside Story of How Fox Fell for the ‘Big Lie’ (www.politico.com)
Simulations of ‘backwards time travel’ can improve scientific experiments – Cambridge (www.cam.ac.uk)
Physicists have shown that simulating models of hypothetical time travel can solve experimental problems that appear impossible to solve using standard physics....
Waiting – Lilly Piper (song lyrics)
I wanted to ask...
TIL Some horses can grow a moustache (lemmy.ca)
Link with more horsestaches.
Is there a Lower Decks community?
I’ve searched every way I can think of and can’t find anything.
The rocking chair in this photo [Likely Solved] (lemmy.ca)
I remember it played a nursery rhyme like a music box when both armrests were gripped....
request: ability to tag/flag users like in Res
Self-explanatory, I think. I miss being able to flag users in Res – I usually used it to mark known trolls or experts in a subject so I could easily see them in threads. I sometimes used it to mark people who were especially witty or the like....