I dont know about others, but sometimes I am not able to check my phone, or be fully present in a conversation that I’m part of. Maybe I’m concentrating on work, or driving, and not able to look. It gets distracting when my phone is constantly buzzing and chiming for 5 minutes straight. Muting the chat can help, but if you...
Milky Way is much smaller than that. The Andromeda galaxy is 2.5M light years away. Maybe that’s where you got 2M from. The Milky Way is about 100,000 light year diameter.
I really wanted a modded Xbox 360 when I was younger because I thought being able to play ‘backed up’ games and having a custom dashboard was really neat....
It’s helpful to take a few steps back from time to time to reassess where we’re each coming from on our knowledge of tech (or anything) to better communicate.
It was fun while it lasted. The recent addition of PGP support was very welcome, and I thought that such support might have been a sign that they were in it for the long-term with the email product, but I thought wrong....
Disney is raking its customers over the coals with a 75% price hike for their annual subscription (originally $80.) People wonder why piracy is on the rise.Multiple commenters are saying I’m off base about the 75% price increase. My payment less than a year ago was $79.99. Here’s the proof.
I paid $80 last year. I’ve got another month before it expires and it would then be $140. If they have raised the price in multiple increments throughout the year doesn’t change the fact that it’s 75% more expensive for people renewing over last years price.
There needs to be a way to only get one push notification for every new message in a group chat
I dont know about others, but sometimes I am not able to check my phone, or be fully present in a conversation that I’m part of. Maybe I’m concentrating on work, or driving, and not able to look. It gets distracting when my phone is constantly buzzing and chiming for 5 minutes straight. Muting the chat can help, but if you...
This journalist that made the compilation of the "This is a danger to our democracy" videos is being sued by the DOJ (slrpnk.net)
If you havent seen the compilation video here it is: m.youtube.com/watch?v=-xVufYXaGg8...
FOSS scanner app surpasses Microsoft for usability
A Personal Journey Through Enshittification...
Battle of the Bands (lemmy.world)
What is something you wanted as a kid and bought now that you're an adult with disposable income?
I really wanted a modded Xbox 360 when I was younger because I thought being able to play ‘backed up’ games and having a custom dashboard was really neat....
The Google Pay app is shutting down in the US (www.androidpolice.com)
Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims (gizmodo.com)
Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet....
What are some things you think tech people presume others know, and know how to do?
It’s helpful to take a few steps back from time to time to reassess where we’re each coming from on our knowledge of tech (or anything) to better communicate.
Goodbye Skiff (skiff.com)
It was fun while it lasted. The recent addition of PGP support was very welcome, and I thought that such support might have been a sign that they were in it for the long-term with the email product, but I thought wrong....
Clean up on aisle 5 (lemmy.world)
Have mercy on our souls (sh.itjust.works)
shocked, I say (slrpnk.net)
"Merry Christmas" by Safely Endangered (lemmy.world)
safelyendangered.com...
Linus does not fuck around (lemmy.one)
An oldie, but a goodie
If you can find them.... (startrek.website)
Youtube Premium (lemmy.zip)
Disney is about to own all of Hulu (www.theverge.com)
Disney’s paying more than $8 billion for Comcast’s stake in Hulu.
what fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?
Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.
What the Hell Happened to my Cookies? (lemmy.world)
Only about 1/4 of them did this
Billy believes in adblocking (startrek.website)
I’ve been informed that adblock plus sort of sucks now. If you’re looking for one, go for UBlock Origin.
sex work is work (feddit.de)
Got to love Mastodon (files.catbox.moe)
Disney is gouging customers with a near doubling of subscription costs. (sh.itjust.works)
Disney is raking its customers over the coals with a 75% price hike for their annual subscription (originally $80.) People wonder why piracy is on the rise.Multiple commenters are saying I’m off base about the 75% price increase. My payment less than a year ago was $79.99. Here’s the proof.