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@decryption@aus.social

Writes about computers for a living. Australian.

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a playlist i made on the train home
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3MzFrCfA8VpP43OtXwdLH9?si=OyRotzHsRbqURh3p5OCCBg

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lots of punters enjoying the round ball game this evening

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Uhhh, fuck you, pay me Google

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shoulder surfing people on the train watching TikTok is fascinating

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I am once again on a Ballarat train that is 3 carriages - standing room at Bacchus Marsh. God speed to the brave souls boarding at Melton.

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Issue 2095 of The Sizzle just left my mail server!

Today's headlines:

  • Google's AI answer bot is very dumb, laughable actually

  • iFixit cracks the shits with Samsung and Spotify's 2-yo Car Thing is already e-waste

  • The Daylight DC-1 is an e-ink style tablet that'll do 60-120fps

  • Banning kids under 16 from social media is a dumb idea and people smarter than me agree

And the following stuff is on sale thanks to OzBargain:

  • Cheap Lebara SIM, PlayStation Plus, Moto G54 phone, Samsung 256GB microSD

If you aren't a subscriber, you missed out on today's issue - don't make that mistake again! Visit https://thesizzle.com.au to sign up for Australia's best tech email newsletter.

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@floreani excellent article as usual!

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, I have a Pixel 7a phone with a cracked screen, but the local repairer doesn't fix Pixel devices. Is there someone reliable, quality, and trustworthy I can send it to for repair?

I could buy the kit from iFixit, but I don't presently have the time (or patience) to do the job (too much farm work, firewood cutting, and house reno work to do).

Suggestions appreciated.

@decryption should I put this on the forums?

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@trib perfect forum question

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I have a shitload more stuff to flog this weekend. Going through the house finding all the tech stuff I have that I don't really use much. Probably $5k worth of gear. I have a filthy shopping habit.

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@jpm I've had a lot of dumb ideas! I should visit you in Melton next week

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@jpm bacchus marsh still has the sole kebab place that i once saw cutting their toenails at the counter, so can't eat there anymore

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The first search that failed since bing and DDG went down was “big chungus” I thought IT had gone a bit overboard with the content filtering on my work laptop.

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@mattdarveniza I wouldn’t work anywhere that restricted big chungus

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good time to try Kagi if DDG is busted for ya

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@menz yeah apple want to keep sucking on the $20b tit :(

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@menz @jonoabroad sizzle pizza!

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@rossfloate really hope they don't fuck it up

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If you are in Adelaide this is the place to watch Furiosa. Amazing audio.

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boooooo

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@jpm @jonoabroad went from iPhone to pixel 8a to pixel 5 in the space of 72hrs and this is why I never want am eSIM ever again

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Issue 2094 of The Sizzle just left my mail server!

Today's headlines:

  • Nvidia had another bumper financial quarter riding the AI wave

  • Nissan's call centre to handle data breach has its own data breach

  • OpenAI & News Corp do a deal, Bluesky gets DMs, ACMA sues Optus over 2022 data breach

  • Oh Frick Go Back removes ads from Windows 11

And the following stuff is on sale thanks to Ozbargain:

  • Cheap Sennheiser headphones, Pixel Watch 2, AirPods Pro 2, Logitech mech keeb, Belkin USB chager, Paramount+

If you aren't a subscriber, you missed out on today's issue - don't make that mistake again! Visit https://thesizzle.com.au to sign up for Australia's best tech email newsletter.

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@joffotron it’s a good price! that and the pixel 8a would be a sweet combo for less than $600!

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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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@78zeros iPhones in the USA are already eSIM only, seems inevitable that'll happen here too and the others will follow :(

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@78zeros another example of keeping us locked in 🤬🤬🤬

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@stevenimpson oh you can't even move passkeys from 1Password to Bitwarden??

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@stevenimpson I think Apple has a way to move them to an Android phone but yeah, it's risky imho, they don't make it flexible

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