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glowingfirefly

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I am 🏳️‍🌈, an 🦦 and enjoy technology, TV 📺 and movies 🍿.

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jon, (edited ) to random
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I have been using Thinkpads for years and been using Trackpoints. I love the technology, but we getting a bit of strain in my fingers, so wanted to try something else, so using a laptop with a touchpad instead. Finding that I kept clicking things by mistake. Thought there was something wrong with my laptop, but then found there was a setting for clicking things my mistake and it was called "Tap to click" and a similar one for right clicking. Both were on by default.

I guess I am one of those that prefers to click when I want to click and not have a slight touch of the touchpad register as a click. The touchpad has to differentiate between clicking, scrolling, moving, etc., so having everything with the same level of pressure seems likely to lead to mistakes.

What about you? Do you enable tap to click?

glowingfirefly,
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@jon I prefer Tap to Click and it’s great on macOS, and isn’t sensitive at all. However, on windows and more specifically, my Samsung laptop, I have to use an app called “Touchpad Blocker” that stops the mouse from moving when I type because without it, when I type, the touchpad registers taps all the time 🤬

jamesthomson, to random
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Current state of the PCalc About screen on visionOS. Watch for a surprise!

TestFlight build here:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/6l5z8Rmu

I wander around the PCalc About screen in VR, and then my hands turn into bananas.

glowingfirefly,
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@jamesthomson You had too much fun with this, didn’t you? 🤣

christianselig, to random
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The real issue the EU needs to tackle is the awkward period when a movie is neither in theaters, nor available to rent/buy. Looking at you, Boy and the Heron

glowingfirefly,
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@christianselig I was going to suggest torrenting, but I respect studio ghibli lol

glowingfirefly, to microsoft
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I've finally done it. I've uninstalled from all my devices.

My browser setup will now be as my main, as my amnesiac and academic and (on iOS) as my main mobile, and Vivaldi on as a companion to the desktop version.

I've installed some PWAs as windows, but have shifted most to Vivaldi's web panels, this has actually cleaned up my !

davidpierce, to random
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Hi friends! It’s that time again: I’m putting together this week’s Installer and want to know everything you’re into. All the apps/shows/movies/websites/cookie recipes, everything. What are you psyched about this week?

(Also, subscribe to get Installer in your inbox! https://www.theverge.com/pages/installer-newsletter-sign-up)

glowingfirefly,
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@davidpierce Using / Relay to remove trackers from emails, and clean up links.

Useful for newsletters or shopping websites. No shade 🕶️

glowingfirefly, to Vivaldi
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Trying to choose your favorite for icon…

A clip from the simpsons movie where homer tells spider pig/harry plopper he has "so many looks"

slashdot, to random
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America is Seeing a 'Dramatic Rise' in Home Schooling https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/11/04/0315250/america-is-seeing-a-dramatic-rise-in-home-schooling?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

glowingfirefly,
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@slashdot My older sister does this, and I worry about my nephew(s) and nieces education. I also worry about potential social anxieties and isolation that this causes.

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CNN Criticizes Microsoft's 'Making a Mess of the News' By Replacing MSN's Staff With AI https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/11/04/0616235/cnn-criticizes-microsofts-making-a-mess-of-the-news-by-replacing-msns-staff-with-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

glowingfirefly,
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@slashdot Wow CNN; it only took you more than a few years to realize this.

slashdot, to random
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Adult ADHD May Be Associated With an Increased Risk of Dementia, Study Finds https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/10/28/0519208/adult-adhd-may-be-associated-with-an-increased-risk-of-dementia-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

glowingfirefly,
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@slashdot This is really going to put my executive dysfunction to the test…

slashdot, to random
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People Are Speaking With ChatGPT For Hours, Bringing 2013's 'Her' Closer To Reality https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/23/10/27/2051258/people-are-speaking-with-chatgpt-for-hours-bringing-2013s-her-closer-to-reality?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

glowingfirefly,
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@slashdot This reads like an onion article. Except, Ars Technica being owned by Conde Nast, you know it’s just for ads.

The movie itself was critiquing the already present of people obsessed with their phones and the internet.

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Apple To Revamp TV App in Step Toward Simplifying Video Services https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/23/10/24/1816259/apple-to-revamp-tv-app-in-step-toward-simplifying-video-services?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

glowingfirefly,
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@slashdot

Oh God GIF by DuroflexWorld

Rome_and_stuff, to philosophy
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An bronze statue of a boy pulling a thorn from his foot.

glowingfirefly,
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@Rome_and_stuff

stan marsh laughing GIF by South Park

appleinsider, to random
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Nearly 50% of Mac developers are including AI in their apps
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/16/nearly-50-of-mac-developers-are-including-ai-in-their-apps?utm_medium=rss

glowingfirefly,
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@appleinsider *In SetApp.

If your content were good you wouldn’t be relying on sensationalism bullshit.

BleepingComputer, to random

Microsoft finally removed the Cortana standalone app from Windows 11 in the latest preview build for Insiders in the Canary Channel.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-officially-removes-cortana-for-windows-11-insiders/

glowingfirefly,
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@BleepingComputer RIP. It was better than Google Now and Siri at the time. A shame, in typical Microsoft fashion, they fuck up every good product.

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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Cursed Apple Products: Apple Pencil with 30-Pin Connector

glowingfirefly,
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@BasicAppleGuy

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@slashdot I

slashdot, to random
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Microsoft Discussed Selling Bing To Apple as Google Replacement https://apple.slashdot.org/story/23/09/29/1458257/microsoft-discussed-selling-bing-to-apple-as-google-replacement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

glowingfirefly,
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@slashdot I know DuckDuckGo uses Bing primarily, but I imagine Apple would buy DDG and not Bing. DDG goes out of its way to anonymously redirect users to search results which seems right up apples way.

This is also interesting as Bing was/is heavily integrated in Windows Phone 7-10, Windows 8-11 and Xbox + Office.

I’m curious to speculate how Microsoft would go about such a route…

slashdot, to random
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Senator Dianne Feinstein Dies at 90 https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/09/29/136216/senator-dianne-feinstein-dies-at-90?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

glowingfirefly,
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@slashdot But I thought she was in good health and fit to do her job? /s

glowingfirefly,
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@jayrandom @slashdot 🤣

BleepingComputer, to random

Malicious advertisements are now being injected into Microsoft's AI-powered Bing Chat responses, promoting fake download sites that distribute malware.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bing-chat-responses-infiltrated-by-ads-pushing-malware/

glowingfirefly,
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@BleepingComputer I understand why they’d want to inject ads into the chat bot, but it’s so stupid considering a lot of people genuinely think that these bots are more than just text.

glowingfirefly, to Vivaldi
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Ooh, look at the new for / icons coming soon to your device!

slashdot, to random
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Paint App For Windows Update Adds Support for Layers and Transparency https://it.slashdot.org/story/23/09/18/189200/paint-app-for-windows-update-adds-support-for-layers-and-transparency?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

glowingfirefly,
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@slashdot Wow! It only took 28 years after PNG came out to do this!

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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Cranked up the saturation on iPhone 15. 🎚️

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glowingfirefly,
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@BasicAppleGuy Mm-mmm that pink looks like guava!

slashdot, to random
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Google Won't Repair Cracked Pixel Watch Screens https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/09/15/1410226/google-wont-repair-cracked-pixel-watch-screens?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

glowingfirefly,
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@slashdot More reason to avoid a company where hardware is just a branch of their company, and not the focus.

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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Pup stole my microfiber cleaning cloth… 😅

glowingfirefly,
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@BasicAppleGuy That dog is so adorable I’m shocked it never had reserved seats at in person WWDC

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