The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said its delegation was near Riyadh visiting Diriyah, a historic town and Unesco world heritage site, when the commission’s chair, the Orthodox rabbi Abraham Cooper, “refused their requests that he remove his religious head covering”....
I have been using a piantor built for me by beekeeb.com, and am enjoying the more agressive stagger than my previous Ergodox. However, my typing experience is being spoiled by how tight the key spacing is. I have large hands, and can span an octave on a full-size piano; the Piantor is downright cramped....
Howdy. I wanted a central place for information surrounding smartphone keyboards since there have been some changes recently to a few of them. I hope to keep this post afloat over the long term so we can share experiences, information, news, etc to find the perfect smartphone keyboard for ourselves and help others do the same....
It’s a privacy-conscious keyboard for your thumbs written by one of the creators of lemmy. It uses a 3x3 grid similar to the old t9. The idea is that you can touch-type much easier with only 9 buttons so you don’t need to autocorrect.
Insurance agents and analysts said many insurers are “quiet quitting” high-risk areas rather than face the public relations or regulatory fallout from an official exit.
Insurance companies can only remain solvent to pay claims if their customers, on average, lose money to the insurance company. Medicine should be public and not require insurance but to claim all insurance a scam is a fundamental misunderstanding of what insurance is for. You may find the “history of insurance” enlightening.
The web-based installer for GrapheneOS is very easy to use. The catch is that it only works for Pixel phones (and only those that are still receiving updates).
Yes- I’d recommend Graphene to anyone who can live without Google Pay. I’ve only been using it for a month but everything has worked without issue and with the added benefit of “storage scopes” and Google Play sand-boxing.
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.
If you’re not grandfathered into a sweet rate on a major mobile carrier you can potentially save a ton of money by going pre-paid. I’ve been using www.usmobile.com which is $30/mo for 35gb of prioritized verizon or t-mobile data ($25/mo with multiple lines). If you don’t use much data you can do $10/mo for 2gb.
the University of Chicago, Pagaduan reported that 53 percent of the sheltered unhoused population and 40 percent of the unsheltered unhoused population were employed either part- or full-time from 2011 to 2018.
Edit: Some of you already guessed right: I meant Trump. But the hair really reminds more of Boris Johnson and the hands aren’t small, but the fingers short 😀
US delegation on religious freedom cut short its visit to Saudi Arabia after one of its members was asked to remove his Jewish head covering (www.theguardian.com)
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said its delegation was near Riyadh visiting Diriyah, a historic town and Unesco world heritage site, when the commission’s chair, the Orthodox rabbi Abraham Cooper, “refused their requests that he remove his religious head covering”....
Apple, Kagi, Duolingo, Opera, Vivaldi, Arc Browser, Netflix, Steam, and Spotify are great examples of companies that have a masochistic users.
Those companies do not respect their users and yet most of their users enjoy their disrespect.
What's the term for the distance between keys called?
I have been using a piantor built for me by beekeeb.com, and am enjoying the more agressive stagger than my previous Ergodox. However, my typing experience is being spoiled by how tight the key spacing is. I have large hands, and can span an octave on a full-size piano; the Piantor is downright cramped....
FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users' browsing data to advertisers (techcrunch.com)
Smartphone Keyboard Information Bonanza: What's available and what's best for your needs
Howdy. I wanted a central place for information surrounding smartphone keyboards since there have been some changes recently to a few of them. I hope to keep this post afloat over the long term so we can share experiences, information, news, etc to find the perfect smartphone keyboard for ourselves and help others do the same....
Biden issues executive order targeting Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians (www.axios.com)
18+ Leaving the bidet on "feminine" mode is the female equivalent of leaving the toilet seat up. (images.app.goo.gl)
My wife does this all the time, and if I don’t check before I spritz I get an unexpected ball splash....
Insurance deserts, where private-sector companies no longer will sell regular home-insurance policies, are already developing in high-risk areas (www.wsj.com)
Insurance agents and analysts said many insurers are “quiet quitting” high-risk areas rather than face the public relations or regulatory fallout from an official exit.
Why is installing a different OS/Custom Rom on phones a huge hassle?
Unlock bootloader (depending on vendor, you have to do an online verification),...
[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.
You had to hold it up to a candle. (startrek.website)
It’s Maddening That the Supreme Court Could Decide 2024 (nymag.com)
You can thank one liberal pipe dream and one overly cautious Justice Department....
Nearly Half of Unhoused People are Employed (www.projectcensored.org)
getting ads with $16.99/mo subscription
I’m seeing ads even though I subscribed last August. Do I have to pay the additional 1x $20 to remove ads?...
Spotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders. (open.substack.com)
YouTube is deliberately crippling Firefox on ARM systems (social.treehouse.systems)
Can you guess which persons description I used? (lemmy.world)
Edit: Some of you already guessed right: I meant Trump. But the hair really reminds more of Boris Johnson and the hands aren’t small, but the fingers short 😀
Where did the recent air fryer trend come from anyway? (startrek.website)
A nice dress is a nice dress! (lemmy.world)
[misleading headline?] Nvidia Shield is getting Auro 3D audio support, full-screen ads (www.flatpanelshd.com)
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