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  • Huh. When I say nobody asked for this, it's Thor 4 or the latest in a long line of sequels. And I would argue that "Agatha All Along" and its ilk are not "creatives coming up with new ideas" but executives trying to cash in on a popular character because they recognize the flagship characters are declining in popularity.

  • OxygenOS 15
  • Kinda scared to update in general. I've heard it starts checking for tether provisioning and you can maybe uninstall updates for carrier services to fix it, but maybe not. Still running 13 actually.

  • Should i be giving a shit about my posture?
  • I don't have the time to Google atm but there's a growing body of experts shifting to the "it doesn't actually matter". Here's a podcast about it but there are definitely more sources to find: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/lifematters/the-myth-of-good-posture/13864470

    I saw another comment in the thread about ensuring you get movement in -- that's what my PT hammered into me.

  • California governor: Generative AI will fix homelessness — based on a 2023 sales pitch
  • Man, what a shit take this is. Spent two seconds on the press release. This is what they want to accomplish: "Creating housing with more data and accountability by creating clearer insights into local permitting and development decisions and deploying tools to support every community in building enough homes for all its residents, including vulnerable populations. "

    And two seconds on the "nonsense generator can't fix homelessness, how do we actually do it?" take: "To improve housing affordability, California needs to streamline and accelerate housing production and reexamine the regulations that have hindered new housing development."

    This is bullshit rage bait. I mean, can "GenAI" do this well? IMO no, but the idea of trying to solve the root problems isn't complete dog shit.

  • A classic music video of Loverboy's Everybody's Working for The Weekend

    It's a travesty that this video doesn't have many views. This is one of the oldest YouTube videos out there.

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    Google blasted for AI that refuses to say how many Jews were killed by the Nazis
  • “Google is where we go to answer our questions and you just really want to feel like you can trust those answers and the company behind them. And moments like these break that trust and make you feel like Google’s supposed core value—truth—has been co-opted by politics,” Urban told The Post after posting to X about his dismay over the results.

    Absolutely not. I do not expect or want Google to decide what is the truth and give me a 3 second sound byte on what the Holocaust was. How do things like this get traction??

  • Any apps to find your phone if it's on mute?
  • Ah gotcha. I don't know of a foss version but you can use Buzzkill or STFO to make a notification rule that turns up sound for a matching text message or something like that. I.e. send a text "ring my phone" and make a rule for it to do a sound

  • is there a way to show a video icon for YouTube links?

    I basically never want to watch a YouTube link. But I kinda mindlessly click the next item in the feed if it sounds interesting and I'm always angry when it's a 20 minute long video that could have been a quick 2 minute read. Is it possible to mark these so I can see which ones are videos and avoid them like the plague?

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    If you play ANY mobile-style, free-to-PAY game, you are helping to destroy gaming. That includes any exceptions you think exist.
  • This thread is so fascinating. I agree with the OP 100% and it's so strange to me to see the arguments against them.

    Like, games as designed now are predatory. My kids get a game and are bombarded with shiny ways to extract more money.

    OP's point on MMOs is that they provide servers and that means a monthly subscription and the only way (originally) to get stuff was to grind.

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    I thought it might be a termite but I didn't think they had the thin body segment?

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