What's something under $20 you've bought off Amazon that is worth it?
Fully agree, I refuse to get my USBC cables from any local store, Walmart used to be the best area around that you could find them for online, but since then Amazon has definitely taken over
I've bought these a few times and they've never disappointed. They seem really sturdy and they do my fast charging and data transfer with no issue. ~14USD for two 3ft, two 6ft and a 10ft is a good deal imo
This right here, blackout curtains are a must for any person that has a job or sleep schedule that requires them to be up at night and asleep during the day
It looks like that is how they're currently implementing it, they are sending to the providers as well but this is how they're doing it with the app itself currently. So you are correct if you're using anything that isn't Google messages currently it doesn't do anything
I'm expecting this technology to eventually evolve to have a setting where it detects if the person you're sending to is currently on a technology that supports it and will warn you, like how the RCS system currently Works
I have an unpopular opinion in this it seems.
Like to me it's an obvious feature, the ability to delete after sending is standard on every other IM style tech out there. It makes sense RCS will have it as well.
Just from a comvienence point of view it would be amazing to have. Talked to them in person? OK I'll delete this since o longer needed. Sent the wrong item? I'll just delete it. Autocorrect fucked up and sent something atrocious to your significant other? Believe it or not, delete and try again.
Sure it could have issues with preserving court evidence but, they could also just screenshot or have something that logs messages.
Also looking at the implementation it looks like it's still going to show evidence that something was deleted much like how Facebook has it, where it says a message was deleted so it can still be used as this is where the evidence was, but they deleted it.
And judging by the fallback message shown, it's also entirely possible that it will be a setting much like how the RCS setting is, where you can toggle if it deletes or not.
this list is more concepts then actual enshittification. No YouTube, no reference to Google searches less helpful results. No reference to ad overload plaguing more services. No reference to crappy TOS's with artibution clauses. It's just using an excuse to say AI bad and rehash concepts learned back in 2015 with the drive to drop cable.
I did follow the entire story, the lead dev was very adamant that they were not going to be given any support for it. They said their Linux userbase wasn't worth the hassle(wasn't enough players using it). They were also dismissive of any of the linux discussion for people that wanted to be. I guess "hostile" wouldn't be the right term, since they never said anyone should not use linux, but they were extremely against Linux as a whole, due to the ideology that they believed that it was mostly hackers on linux. Potential workarounds were provided to the devs that would have allowed it to continue working under wine, their excuse for it was that the crash reports the incompatible WINE clients would have would poison their reporting datasets, which in my opinion is a full cop out.
being said, I do want to add that there was some devs that wanted to keep it wine support, and they did so which is why it was allowed to function under wine for so long, but unfortunately the lead devs and a few managers with this ideology made the final call and disabled it.
Yeah I've always found it weird, like anyone's going to actually listen to that if they're scraping it for content
I do have to agree they are competing with actual restaurant prices with their pricing, however they have the fast food/ intermediate zoning on pretty solid lockdown. If I had to choose between going to Five Guys or going to a restaurant ultimately it's going to depend on how fast I wanted the meal. Five guys can have the meal in and out in under 3 minutes where if I went to a restaurant like Applebee's or Outback I'm going to be there 10-15 minutes minimum
Plus with five guys, like I said before infinite peanuts so like I have something to snack on while I'm waiting for my order or I have nothing to occupy my time but Dooms scrolling on my phone if I'm at a sit down restaurant or doing takeout
Plus an unrelated piece, I kind of like being able to see what the progress of my order is before it's done. Like it gives me something to do, hopefully that doesn't bug the actual people cuz it's not like I'm bugging them about it but I find it really interesting to be able to watch your order as it's being made
I guess I would prbe concidered more of a usual Sim fan, I can't tell if your tone is intended to be dickish or if you're picking fun, I'm leaning picking fun
To each their own, if you can find fun out of something that the game doesn't provide you then so be it. I however much rather preferred a structured gameplay so I found the game to be tediously boring once you ran out of objectives. If you can find entertainment through other means then feel free to do so.
As I said this game was fun as a every once in awhile thing, but in terms of structured content there is no replayability you have to find your own fun.
I'm hoping that they can run through a more structured style gameplay with the Paradox acquisition, but they're pretty 50/50 on full sandbox versus structure
I'm sure this is a big factor as well, Roblox... well is old, like it's something that was launched back in 06, and while it didn't have as much monetization push back then, it was a lot more friendlier of an environment and had the feeling of an accepting platform where you could just chill. It has since devolved into your typical corporate entertainment zone. People might like the platform but, you can only rinse and repeat the same tactics so many times before people get sick of it being shoved into your face. Like you used to be able to enter maps without having 3 subscription tiers thrown in your face, you used to play them legitimately without having to worry about accidentally spending money on a game because you stepped on the wrong block. It's very heavy "give me money" now. So I'm sure that something that gives a breath of fresh air might be something people are interested in as well.
I assume that it's his relation to endorsing X again after he left it's(bsky) board after bsky refused to enter federation territory and then proceeded to add moderation tools to the platform (an action he was strictly against as he wanted it to be completely freedom of ideas).
TBH I agree with a lot of his mentality on it(that it should be further into the federation territory), while I do think some moderation tools are needed, but I think he loses all credit to his claims by endorsing X as the platform that is capable of doing what he wants.
I knew I recognized that screenshot. Surviving mars was a good little time waster. It was stupid easy and didn't have much replay value, but if you ever wanted to just waste time it was a good game. Hopefully Paradox can take it to the next level
I feel this is likely assisted by the fact that they have been extremely hostile to the Linux user-base. While the people that used linux as a whole were a minority, a good portion of them were devs. There is a reason that roblox studio kept wine support where the main client blocked it, they didn't want to isolate their map devs from the platform. However as it turns out, it's hard to create maps on an OS that you can't actually test your creations on, which is why the innovation as a whole for their maps have stagnated in the last few years. Less people willing to make maps for a platform that is super in your face with cash grab moments, while also being inconvenienced by artificial restrictions placed by a Dev team who still has the mentality that Linux = Hax0rs
they already tried that, it failed 19-20 to get the votes required to subpoena.
you are being optimistic, it's likely going to be considered "fair use" and then be business as usual. Meta themselves have claimed that they aren't filing to dismiss because they believe they are on the legal side, due to the fact they aren't distributing the pirated content, only using it for training which is currently a massive grey area that hasen't been ruled as non-fair use
well including the humanitarian crisis discount and the urgency in need fee, about 20$
That's disappointing, in my area fast food didn't really start skyrocketing in price until about 2019. But since then oh my God it is only gone up. My $12 meal without rewards has turned into a $19 meal with rewards which is ridiculous to me
I haven't gone to a fast food joint myself unless the family is also going since then cuz it's not worth it
Oh my God yes, I bought one of these about 10 years ago it's still going strong and whenever I get a little cold I just turn it on and it's so nice.
Another thing that I found is amazing is putting them in your shoes are slippers for about 5-10 minutes before you use them, because it means when you put your shoes on they're not super cold so it feels like you're putting them in hot water instead of cold slippers