kirk781

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The one export that the west beats China at in c/memes@lemmy.ml
The one export that the west beats China at in c/memes@lemmy.ml
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The Amazon Echo graveyard (www.theverge.com)
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A brief history of Mac firmware (eclecticlight.co)
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What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs (arstechnica.com)
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Anthropic Wants Its AI Agent to Control Your Computer (www.wired.com)
What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger? in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

I think the article mentions it. AOL tried to block it and this to and fro went 21 times before finally coming to a stop. MSN and Yahoo later signed a deal, I think, so that the former will work with latter's contacts properly.

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What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger? (www.techspot.com)
 

The bottom of the article links to the history (individual features) of other IM programs from that era as well like ICQ and Yahoo Messenger.

Nokia: The Story of the Once-Legendary Phone Maker in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

My first smartphone was their cheap Lumia 520. Yes, it had its limitations (it couldn't natively playback mkv files and no VLC support was there yet; only one paid app offered this basic thing) but the polycarbonate back was good, the battery lived decent enough despite being small and the OS was very smooth.

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Nokia: The Story of the Once-Legendary Phone Maker (www.techspot.com)
 

A deep dive in Nokia's history, especially their phones and sometimes corporate structures

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What Was So Cool About The Timex Data link? [Old] (www.hodinkee.com)
Nazis in c/memes@lemmy.ml
[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 1 month ago

Where's the meme in this?

Youtube increases Family Plan price by 56% in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I have YouTube Premium though not the Family variant and Google won't just fix their app. It is way behind NewPipe or YouTube ReVanced. No, I don't need shorts. No I don't need constant nudges to join groups of YouTubers by paying after I just paid you money, Google!

What I want is system wide quality setting (what exactly does High or Data Saver mean; would it kill you to give 480p, 720p or 1080p as options) or Sponserblock integration (okay, this thing is probably never gonna happen but still). YouTube 's app is a stinking pile of shit. I just use YouTube Music from them and will cancel/not renew my plan after it lapses.

Pictured: British-educated boss of Hungarian firm accused of making pagers that exploded killing and wounding Lebanese people as she denies producing gadgets and insists she is 'just the intermediary in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago

I'll find a Sun article for this :p.

Putin encourages Russians to have sex at work amid falling birth rate in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They aren't necessarily US specific. Wages not keeping up with inflation and rising cost of living is a factor from South Korea to Japan to Singapore as well. Some countries muck it up themselves like China with their one child policy back in the day (even the Chinese fertility rate has dipped below 2.2, I think).

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Putin encourages Russians to have sex at work amid falling birth rate (indianexpress.com)
Here's your first look at Huawei Watch GT 5 in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

Wear OS is pitiable. My previous GW 4 40mm had 247 mAh battery and barely lasted a day with AOD on. Plus the charging was so slow. Even with Samsung's latest Galaxy Watch Ultra, it has lesser endurance that what Tizen based Frontier had.

New terminal apps: Warp and Wave in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago

I think Hyper was another Electron based terminal. And talking of terminal and Linux, there exists an electron based file manager for Linux as well. I wonder who exactly their target audience for that is though.

‘It’s okay to poo at work’: Australian health department praised for tackling taboo with humorous campaign in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

poop on company time

Amazon intensifies

What Linux distro surprised you the most? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Isn't maintaining LFS a pain for the long run?

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‘Right to Repair for Your Body’: The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine (www.404media.co)
 

You wouldn't pirate a medicine, would you?

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Tesla Cybertruck caught fire after hitting a fire hydrant in bizarre crash (electrek.co)
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Cosmo, the Hacker 'God' Who Fell to Earth (www.wired.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A decade old longread from Wired that also shines a light on how trivial it was to bypass mechanisms of some online services back in the day.

(I am not sure if Wired has this paywalled because I had the BPC extension installed but it opens properly with it).

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Fallacies of Youtube (discuss.tchncs.de)
 

I had a Youtube Subscription mainly for using Youtube Music since last year. I used to be on Newpipe before that. However, the mobile app always made be feel uneasy. From not being able to choose system wide video quality for all Youtube videos at once[ seriously, there is like 'High' or 'Data Saver' only and explicit options are available per videos only ] to Youtube nudging me to purchase/join a Youtuber's membership channel really irked me [I just paid you, Youtube ; why are you constantly asking me to pay more for something I don't want? Why can't I disable those notifications ?]

I have some time remaining on my subscription but converted to Tubular [Newpipe fork with Sponsorblock] simply because it doesn't treat it's end users like trash. Even for YTM, I switched to Revanced version which offered endless customization. I could hide useless stuff like cast, share buttons to even functions in the Account tab. The granular control was so much that I was able to get a simplistic neat looking UI setup.

In the transition, I understand, I lose some of my playlists [under a throwaway Google account since I don't wish to risk my main one getting banned] but I understand that the only true way anyone controls their music[or any form of data is by truly owning them and streaming services don't allow that]. It might sound stupid, but I have been downloading music from Soulseek for some time and now just plan to transfer some of my favorites over to the SD card.

It was never a money problem. It was an experience problem. I paid money to Google and all I got was Shorts, Games and other stuff I didn't wanted. I never got customization or fine grained controls. The open source community offers that. Sorry for the long rant.

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