HP wants you to print things through its cloud service, wherein you pay a subscription fee for ink and your usage is routed through its servers. To encourage you to do this, it covers the USB port …
The official unemployment rate calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics excludes people who have not actively sought a job in the preceding four weeks, as they are no longer considered part of the civilian labor force." - from this article...
Always ask for an upgrade, especially if you're above base level on their rewards scheme. I got heaps of Emirates upgrades to BC doing this. Also, I once had my seat double booked on an a380, was a great economy with good leg room. If this happens, and the plane is at full capacity, don't fight for your seat. Arrived at seat, taken, check boarding passes, double booked. I told the lady to keep the seat, called a flight attendant over to sort it out, BC upgrade right in front of her!
Apple don't let you change app icons outside of the app? I'm not sure what's stupider, apple or Reddit. On Android I can set my icon to whatever I like in my launcher.
I have most of the Fediverse-based account and seem to have just gravitated towards Lemmy over Kbin as found it very confusing, What makes you prefer Kbin over Lemmy or any other Fediverse instances?
It however does not have issues maintaining the temperature when it’s not actually printing. I can set my hotend to 215 before beggining my print and it’s happy to sit there....
I have a Lenovo smart display (the small one) on my bedside table, and it's brilliant. I don't really use the smart features much but it's nice to just be able to tell it to set an alarm. It means my phone is free for watching YouTube or whatever in bed. Love that it is internet connected and always accurate.
What I really want is a smart 'analog' clock for the living room that isn't the Amazon one. Have a large Lenovo smart display in the living room but I want something wall mountable that is visible from more directions.
My wife and I recently took a trip to Tasmania and spent most of our trip doing amazing, beginner friendly hiking trails and looking at amazing scenery....
I read an interesting point which I hadn't realized before. Discussions on current social media are always current, not long term. You open the app or website to see what's going on now. When you comment, it's soon lost to history, buried by newer stuff. If you happen on a post more than a day or two old, it doesn't make sense...
facebook groups really killed off long term availability of information. If you want true niche communities, and easy to find information, you have to go looking for true old school forums (xenforo, phpbb, vbulletin etc). so many forums I used to use had a mass exodus to facebook.
Reddit doesn't really help either, it's still centred around instant gratification and doomscrolling.
Just look at say one of the largest woodworking forums (www.woodworkforums.com), vs /r/woodworking. The forums are full of subforums so filtering information is easy. Default sort is by newest response, so if you bump a week/month/year old post, it will get noticed. The combination of easy to find information, and the display mode reduces duplication of information.
Whereas /r/woodworking is mostly just a showcase of work, minimal conversation, and minimal advice. It might as well be instagram. If you respond to a 2 day old post with a question, good luck having anyone even read it, let alone respond.
A lot of forms ceased to exist after facebook came along, or at least exist to the same extent. Facebook groups are horrible. Searching for information/help is so hard, no one does it, so you get the same questions over and over. it's easier to post your question, wait for a response, than it is to actually search for the same question that was asked just the other day! My other issue with facebook groups is there are so many of them (I am in three or four for once hobby). You see a post in your feed, accidentally cause a feed refresh, and do you think you can find that post again? nigh on impossible.
I'd love to see kbin/lemmy introduce a solid tagging system, or sub communities somehow so information can be stored and accessed in a meaningul way.
just create your communities here in the fediverse. If they get populated, then you will be able to assign mods from your userbase. You're preaching to the un-convertible over there now.
Interested in getting a feel for what people may be likely to do IF reddit reverses their decision regarding API access, or reduces access fees to a reasonable level and 3rd party apps remain sustainable....
if you subscribe to the infinite universe theory, there IS a reality where skunks are called stink badgers. There's also one where they are called Dave.
The war in Ukraine is not only a war of tank vs. tanks and artillery vs. artillery but of which side is best supplied. Therefore, it makes sense that each side will try and target and massacre each sides supply lines but also equipment that is behind the front. And thanks to Western weapons and […]
Clicking on posts pointing outside kbin brings me to its comment page instead of the linked page. I have to click through another time from the comment page to finally get to the article. Is this a deliberate choice, and is there a config somewhere?
On kbin it's actually a cross between old and new reddit. new reddit a link appears below the title when reading the thread. kbin the title is the link, but only when reading the thread.
I actually liked new reddit in compact mode, so used it that way since it was available, so not really much of a change. I've been using old.reddit a bit since this whole event, and it was so weird having to click on the comments to go to the comments, rather than the title of the post!
Either way, people are going to find it different.
Wife just let me know they saw the 345 bus on Maundrell Tce with the front sign saying 'Help, Call Police' on it just now. They pulled over and called police straight away, they'd already had two calls! Hope the driver and passengers are ok!
HP printer USB port covered with warning sticker in hopes you won't use it | Boing Boing (boingboing.net)
HP wants you to print things through its cloud service, wherein you pay a subscription fee for ink and your usage is routed through its servers. To encourage you to do this, it covers the USB port …
People who 'stop looking for work' are no longer counted as 'unemployed.' How do you *stop* looking for work if you need money to survive?
The official unemployment rate calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics excludes people who have not actively sought a job in the preceding four weeks, as they are no longer considered part of the civilian labor force." - from this article...
What is your best travel tip?
Mine is: try to avoid checking bags if possible. It makes air travel so much quicker & smoother.
Reddit’s only free iOS app icons are ugly now (www.theverge.com)
The best icons are behind a Reddit Premium paywall....
So why do you perfer Kbin over Lemmy?
I have most of the Fediverse-based account and seem to have just gravitated towards Lemmy over Kbin as found it very confusing, What makes you prefer Kbin over Lemmy or any other Fediverse instances?
New to 3d printing, my ender 3 is having problems with thermal runaway and doesn't seem to be able to keep a consistent temperature when I begin printing. (lemmy.world)
It however does not have issues maintaining the temperature when it’s not actually printing. I can set my hotend to 215 before beggining my print and it’s happy to sit there....
Looking for light keyboards that don't sacrifice on feel
Right now I use a DURGOD Taurus which I love (Cherry brown switches), and I take it back and forth from work every day I work at the office....
Brisbane Olympic drone show axed after Matildas malfunction (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
Did Anyone Ever Really Need a Smart Display? (www.wired.com)
It turns out, the perfect stand is what we’ve really been waiting for.
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Beginner Hiking/Walking Spots
My wife and I recently took a trip to Tasmania and spent most of our trip doing amazing, beginner friendly hiking trails and looking at amazing scenery....
How to make social media less for instant gratification and more for long term value?
I read an interesting point which I hadn't realized before. Discussions on current social media are always current, not long term. You open the app or website to see what's going on now. When you comment, it's soon lost to history, buried by newer stuff. If you happen on a post more than a day or two old, it doesn't make sense...
Pre-register to get notified when Boost for Lemmy is available to install (play.google.com)
Let's give Lemmy a Boost!
Anyone up to anything interesting this weekend?
Getting out and about? Staying at home under the doona?
Went and invited people on 2 subreddits to kbin/lemmy/beehaw.. I got flamed BIG time..
hey! I went on reddit to invite people over here on a subreddit.....
Brisbane was 'definitely holding dates' at huge stadium for Taylor Swift, but she's not coming. Here's why (www.abc.net.au)
What will you do if reddit undoes API changes?
Interested in getting a feel for what people may be likely to do IF reddit reverses their decision regarding API access, or reduces access fees to a reasonable level and 3rd party apps remain sustainable....
"Bing, what's my IP address?" - give back the IP address of THEIR BOT... (feddit.it)
In an alternate reality they might have just called skunks "stink badgers."
I'm a little envious of that reality, as stink badger is a solid go to insult that I don't think could ever catch on here.
Built a Litl the other day (sh.itjust.works)
Obligatory bongocat on the OLED.
‘Total Massacre’: Ukraine Footage Shows Russian Cruise Missile Shipment Attacked (www.msn.com)
The war in Ukraine is not only a war of tank vs. tanks and artillery vs. artillery but of which side is best supplied. Therefore, it makes sense that each side will try and target and massacre each sides supply lines but also equipment that is behind the front. And thanks to Western weapons and […]
How do we call kbin users?
Kbinners? Binnies? Kbinators?
Why does clicking on a link bring me to the comment page instead of the link?
Clicking on posts pointing outside kbin brings me to its comment page instead of the linked page. I have to click through another time from the comment page to finally get to the article. Is this a deliberate choice, and is there a config somewhere?
345 Route Bus - Help, Call Police - Aspley
Wife just let me know they saw the 345 bus on Maundrell Tce with the front sign saying 'Help, Call Police' on it just now. They pulled over and called police straight away, they'd already had two calls! Hope the driver and passengers are ok!