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boooooo

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also eSIMs are a mistake for your primary phone number - making your phone number beholden to an app?? bad idea, good for burner/travel numbers though

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lol esim

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Been using the Pixel 8a for 2 days now as my primary phone and it's fine, but i like the Pixel 5 running LineageOS so much more. Way more comfortable in the hand and LineageOS is very calm compared to the extremely needy stock Google version of Android. I have to disable so many things yet on LineageOS it hasn't got any of that crap in the first place.

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folks on mastodon are really upset about the new Recall feature in Windows, haven't seen any overly negative discussion about it elsewhere

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the duct/vent in my wife's study suddenly decided to blow weak (but still hot) air out of it, but the one further down in my study is strong as it always has been - wtf

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So the Recall feature on Windows essentially takes a screenshot every second in the background, then uses an LLM to answer stuff you ask??

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i kinda like iTerm's ChatGPT integration, very useful and added in probably the least offensive way you possibly could do such a thing

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My main beef with the Pixel 8a is that it's a slippery fucker. Did nobody at Google hold this phone in their hands??

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telstra 1 hour ago "we will call you back in 30 minutes with an unlock code"

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the matrix reloaded on VCD is now available at Savers Burnside if you're a keen collector

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Issue 2092 of The Sizzle just left my mail server!

Today's headlines:

• Microsoft launches "Copilot+ PCs", further pushing AI as a core Windows feature

• OpenAI used Scarlett Johansson's voice for GPT-4o despite Scarlett rejecting the offer twice

• Telstra to sack 2,800 staff, mostly from its Enterprise division

• Beware of the sharks circling your favourite browser extensions

And the following stuff is on sale thanks to Ozbargain:

• Cheap Edifier speakers, Sony camera cashback, Tesla Model 3/Model Y, Google Pixel Watch, Coles Mobile SIM

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decryption, 3 days ago to random

got a pixel 8a - too cheap not to!

• RRP is $849

• JB is running a promo where you get $300 off the 8a if you trade in any smartphone, so I gave them a Samsung Note 10 with a cracked screen for $1, bringing the price down to $548

• if you make a new JB Hi-Fi perks account you get a $10 off coupon, $538

• I paid the $538 with a gift card I got at 5% off making my out of pocket cost $511.55

• plus JB give you a $200 gift card if you buy an 8A during its first 2 weeks of sale, which I'll happily use on more ink for my Epson ET-8550, or a new lens for my camera, making the effective price $311.55 for a brand new phone that has support for 7 years ($45/yr if the battery makes it that long!)

I love bargains 💸

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Issue 2091 of The Sizzle just left my mail server!

Today's headlines:

• OpenAI's "superalignment" team disbanded, signs lifetime non-disparagement agreement on way out

• Microsoft's CO2 emissions & water use see big increases thanks to AI rush

• iOS 17.5 has a bug that un-deletes random iCloud photos

• New LPCAMM2 form factor makes RAM thin & user replaceable

And the following stuff is on sale thanks to Ozbargain:

• Cheap LEGO Concorde, Logitech keyboard, Adobe Creative Cloud, Edifier headphones, Synology NAS, Nikon Zf camera, TCN/JB Gift Cards, refurb Dell SFF PC, Limbo Android game, Samsung soundbar

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decryption, 4 days ago to random

Hate watching the kangaroos at this point

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can't complain about false advertising when this thing sets fire to your house, it's right there in the ad

decryption, 5 days ago to random

got a camera (the Sony is my wife’s)

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went outside just before sunset and took a few photos on the new camera, they all suck but the camera itself is pretty awesome - the autofocus is crazy with how fast it is and how many focus points it has

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fucken buying a camera today

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submitted my lineageOS article to hacker news earlier in the week and it got some traction, mostly people not reading the article (they think I'm suggesting non-tech savvy people install LineageOS themselves, lol) and talking shit, but a few nice ones too

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40352050

decryption, 5 days ago to random

Listened to a heap of Steve Albini produced albums lately, he attracted some awesome bands in the last decade or so that were influenced by his work in the 80s/90s.

Made a playlist of 10 of my favourites recorded and mixed by the legend.

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/86b931be-d0b4-4fc1-a976-d6f4bd82a0f8

decryption, 6 days ago to random

maybe i should just yolo and buy a fuji gfx100

https://petapixel.com/2024/05/16/if-you-care-most-about-image-quality-good-luck-finding-a-better-camera-than-the-gfx-100s-ii/

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yummy virus soup

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Issue 2090 of The Sizzle just left my mail server!

Today's headlines:

• NBN floats the idea of 2gbit FTTP/HFC services to ISPs, along with new NTDs

• Another day, another "commercial health information organisation" hacked and our private medical info leaked

• Reddit sells our data to OpenAI, Google gives Gemini to schoolkids, Slack to train its AI on customer data

• Winamp to release source code

And the following stuff is on sale thanks to OzBargain:

• Cheap 34" Alienware OLED monitor, Optus pre-paid SIM, AirPods Max, Intel Optane, Diablo 4, Dell SFF PC, Plex Pass

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decryption, 6 days ago to random

anyone making this argument is 100% missing the point of why apple's ad sucked - it wasn't about the physical items getting destroyed, it was the metaphor of the world's biggest company compressing all the creative, human, cherished things into a boring, soulless computer that it controls and owns and makes all the money on