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Apple is now banned from selling its latest Apple Watches in the US (www.theverge.com)

Apple is now banned from selling its latest Apple Watches in the US::Apple can no longer sell the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Watch Series 9 in the US. The International Trade Commission issued an import ban on the devices that took effect on December 26th, 2023.

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The fact that they seem to really have expected a Biden “pardon” is absolutely hilarious to me.

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A regime like Putin’s is stable until it suddenly is not. Russia has a lot of dark times ahead of it.

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I have heard that you should divide by two and add 7.

I am 40, so that would mean I should be attracted to 27 year olds and up. Generally, it checks out. Caveats may apply, as people are, you know, different.

Where to turn to if I need books that are paywalled behind overly expensive academic portals?

I need some books paywalled behind Oxford Politics Trove and they aren’t on Anna’s lib, Zlib, Libgen, Memory of the World, Aaarg, or the Internet Archive. Not sure to whom else to turn to. I hate that knowledge like this is paywalled, and I highly doubt the authors will be paid if I pay the highway robbery of a price.

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Did you try sci hub for the separate chapters (if they have separate doi)?

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You sure about scihub? I am finished without it. Do you know what’s going on there?

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Can I use MS Office natively with that? Also, can I use it as a non-techie lay man in a way that is similar to the way most office bottom-feeders use Windows?

I know there is Open Office but I am lawyer and the free office alternatives just don’t have the rich formatting options I need to do my job. I have tried and they just won’t do.

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ToC via Styles formatting and Table of authorities - these are from the top of my head, which I remember not working properly with Open Office. They need to work when I do them and also should be displayed correctly when I receive them from colleagues in docx format.

Format painter, track changes, spell checker in two languages, intendation adjustments, page breaks, and paste as text - I use these like crazy but I don’t remember if they were OK in Open Office or not.

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I was absolutely blown when I discovered that Peggy and Leela are played by the same actress.

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Well, I hate mmunism as much as the next Eastern European but this is absolutely true. Commie blocks rule.

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Is this the company that was criticised for banning adult content?

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well, they had it coming

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How long before they go bankrupt?

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GDPR violation.

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Why is he Andy Bernard from the Office?

Uber: EU rules will see us pull out of “hundreds” of European cities — Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc (www.cityam.com)

Uber: EU rules will see us pull out of “hundreds” of European cities — Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks on operations across the bloc::An Uber boss has issued a stark warning that Brussels’ proposal to classify gig workers as de facto employees could slam the breaks...

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F you, Uber.

They tried to bypass taxi laws in our main city and the municipality just kicked them out. Never thought I would say it, but here am I:

Good job, government. Well done.

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Try to put them in the mood?

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    True and accurate.

    I just want to add that we need to rein in capitalist greed, reduce car reliance, mitigate climate change, stand with our LGBTQ friends, and allow for fair distribution of wealth, so that the 1% don’t hoard all resources built in the economy.

    What is not clear?

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    …to the surprise if nobody

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    Thank you!

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    That’s a problem. I used to get news almost immediately from Reddit. Now I am a bit stuck on that front and so far there is no reasonable alternative.

    For example, I like to follow chess news. I stumbled upon a piece of news on the wider internet that Hans Nieman and Magnus Carlsen had resolved their dispute. It wasn’t very much reported on, so I checked old.reddit/r/chess to see what’s going on. The first detailed thread on the matter had been opened and active, like, 5 minutes after the announcement.

    At this point, nothing on the internet can compete with this.

    It is kind of the same with world news and Ukraine war coverage.

    So, yeah. After getting off of Reddit, I have lost the ability to be quickly informed about news. Mastodon is not much help and I don’t want to fuel Elon Twitter’s BS, so I am stuck.

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    Nothing. She has no time to read Excel spreadsheets.

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    Until the last sentence I thought this was about the erratic behavior of Seal, a singer known for his song “Kiss from a Rose” from the motion picture movie Batman and Robin.

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    The romantic nature of Batman and Robin’s relationship is heavily implied throughout the movie, although we never see them perform acts of affection such as “smoochin”, “gropin”, “tongue kissin”, “hand holdin”, “sword fightin”, or “butt stuff”. It was, nonetheless, the fist ever movie to show a superhero in a committed same-sex relationship.

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    For history:

    Revolutions by Mike Duncan. You can start with the Haitian and the Mexican revolutions. Then just listen to whichever season you want.

    Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History.

    The History of Rome by Mike Duncan.

    These are absolutely amazing.

    Honorable mentions for Behind the Bastards and Lions Lead by Donkeys, if you like some banter along with the story telling.

    Edit: someone in here reminded me about Your Undivided Attention. It is, literally and without irony, the most important podcast you could ever listen.

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    I love how they combine it all with light banter. Without the banter, most of the episode would be unlistenable, as you would be too depressed and tie yourself on a train track.

    Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers (www.cnn.com)

    Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers::Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.

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    Good riddance

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    This cannot be said enough times: Russia is a terrorist state. Nothing excuses Russia’s war of agression. Failure to help Ukraine amounts to complicity in genocide.

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    What’s the difference between Sync and the other apps for Lemmy?

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    These tech companies leaving certain places to avoid regulation, while sucking up to censorship laws in Russia and the likes… They can shove it, if you ask me.

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    Do you even billionaire, bro?

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    So sad there are no free alternatives such as NewPipe that do exactly the same thing.

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    It’s not in the store. NewPipe.net and install the APK file.

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    Is Brave ok?

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