Google Pay alternative?
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15358017...
It was worth a try
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[Repost] Reliable alternatives to AWS Deep Glacier for ~5TB?
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If you had an idle animation like in video games, what would it be?
List of really good AA games?
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How can I create an alter ego for publishing stories?
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I think I just nuked my home partition
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What is that sound effect in the House M.D theme music?
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Taking your ideas for my next linux app
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PSA: A website called SteamHistory enables stalkers through Steam mass data harvesting. Here's how stalkers found me despite creating a new, private, anonymous account.
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The real history behind the Lunix operating system
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Installing a package from external storage (help needed)
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Is there a movie with a significant portion of it shot through a telescope?
Or a very very high zoom to get a similar effect....
The Finals crashing Fedora 40
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As someone who is aging. Late thirties. How can I keep my finger on the pulse of current trends, particularly in music?
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Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 12th
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Scariest/creepiest production logo?
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Best Lemmy App in 2024
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Mentorship Monday - Discussions for career and learning!
Weekly thread for any and all career, learning and general guidance questions. Thinking of taking a training or going for a cert? Wondering how to level up your career? Wondering what NOT to do? Got other questions? This is the time and place to ask!
What horror story/movie/game/whatever terrifies you even though it's fictional?
SGE, ChatGPT and the likes are the stupidest thing to come from AI
This may be an unpopular opinnion… Let me get this straight. We get big tech corporations to read the articles of the web and then summarize to me, the user the info I am looking for. Sounds cool, right? Yeah, except that why in the everloving duck would I trust Google, Microsoft, Apple or Meta to give me the correct info,...
I never managed to find out about cinemaHD, Beetv and cyberflix on Fire Stick TV until ..
Until I read someone mentioning them on Facebook, but the comment was removed shortly after....
In mid-December and early January Quaker oats issued two massive recalls for salmonella risk. Many of their biggest products were involved. Other recalls were issued in February as well.
As of today many and perhaps even most of those products are still not on the shelves. It’s unusual to see this kind of delay, and I wonder if anyone knows…...
If the IBM PC used an ARM (or related) CPU instead of the Intel 8088, would smartphones ultimately have sucked less?
Developers still continue to shaft anyone that isn’t using an IBM PC compatible. But if the IBM PC was more closely related to the latest Nexus/Pixel device, then would the gaming experience on smartphones be any good?