rubikcuber

joined 1 year ago
[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes. It enforces a bubble by its very nature. There is no main feed, by default you see people you follow and posts they interact with. I don't have a problem with that. I wouldn't go into a pub with racists, and xenophobes, so I shouldn't have to do it online.

Anyway, first thing I did was sign up for a couple of blocks lists, and what saw was awful people.

Also, if you look a the moderation settings, there is a lot of objectional content that is or can be hidden basic of topic flags. This is content that on any sane networks should be banned and the users suspended. But of Bluesky its just hidden from view.

It's basically a microcosm of the Internet. It's not the Good Place for sure, and anyone who thinks that is deluded.

[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Counterpoint: not concerning at all

[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

So she asked me, 'What was your dog's name growing up?' and I said, 'Suzette Monet.'

🤔

[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 3 points 4 weeks ago

Well, I have kids. So that 8 hour game will last me a month. Combine that with a 20 year backlog...

[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 3 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Lol. 90 hours games. Fuck that shit. I've never been on board with that nonsense. Give me a decent 8 hour game and stop destroying the lives of your employees with never ending crunch.

[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah. 11th gen Framework 13, so one of the first ones. Since I got it I had to use Windows exclusively because of some client work, and battery life was pitiful. 2-3 hours perhaps? Once that project finished I swapped out the SSD and put on Ubuntu with KDE. I was expecting the batter life to be worse, but it is demonstrably better. I now get more like 6 hours, albeit with my power plan on efficiency.

[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Switching from Windows to Linux on my Framework laptop makes my battery last 2-3 times as long. They should just have a switch to Linux recommendation to reduce your carbon footprint.

[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 167 points 1 month ago (4 children)

"These counterfeit phones, Cohen said, were either out of warranty or contained counterfeit parts, but Apple "wrongly" believed that they were real phones under real warranties"

So not counterfeit. Just real iPhones that were out of warranty or has been repaired by a third party.

[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago

I just went cold turkey because I can't/won't watch content with ads, and already felt the cost of our streaming services was too much for what we get out of it.

What I've found myself doing is if I do buy from Amazon and it's below the free shipping amount, I try and buy from a marketplace seller who ships themselves for free. Often this ends up matching the Prime price, but it's buried further down the result because it doesn't have Prime shipping. Or I buy the same product via eBay, which is mostly cheaper. But main thing is, I've found I just buy less. Like A LOT less. As a family we'd often get 3 or 4 Amazon deliveries a week. That's not been replaced with orders from other retailers. It's almost as if having Prime encourages you to buy stuff you maybe don't need!

[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

We are halfway through it!

[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 26 points 1 month ago (9 children)

I unsubscribed in January and still have too much stuff to watch. Although that is helped by being in the UK and having iPlayer I guess. I've also spent way less on impulse buying crap because of the free shipping. Absolutely do not miss Prime.

[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Given that this person is being prosecuted for holding up this billboard in public, perhaps the newspaper is erring on the side of caution by not reprinting it!

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