ben_dover

ben_dover , 2 months ago to science_memes in Or we could do metric time

thank you for your service, i usually resort to libraries doing the heavy lifting but even then it’s tough and prone to error

ben_dover , 2 months ago to science_memes in Or we could do metric time

i’m intrigued, but leap days would fuck it up though

ben_dover , 2 months ago to technology in YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps

it would be amazing if they could just add a mobile ui to Smarttube (best android tv app imho) - it supports login, adblock, sponsorblock & dearrow, you can cast to it, etc. - and it’s updated constantly, via a prompt in the app, no external download or play store necessary

ben_dover , 2 months ago to technology in YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps

i think i’ll try newpipe for a while

ben_dover , 2 months ago to technology in YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps

yeah i was using microg

ben_dover , 2 months ago to technology in YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps

stopped working for me yesterday :(

ben_dover , 2 months ago to news in Trump bemoans lack of immigrants from majority-white countries to the US

Why would someone go from a “nice” country to the US? People want to improve their situation

ben_dover , 2 months ago to technology in More and more people are ditching carrier roaming in favor of travel eSIMs

If you’re travelling to another country, you also get a different culture, architecture, cuisine,… even if it’s “close by”. That’s the real criticism here that people don’t get, if you’re only travelling within the US, everything’s pretty much the same, and you’ll never expand your horizon much

ben_dover , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in Friends don't let friends buy HiDPI displays

i don’t get it, my screen and 4k ultrawide display both look lovely (framework 13 + ubuntu), check your settings

ben_dover , 3 months ago to fediverse in Lemmy.world seems to have banned the largest piracy community on Lemmy.

regarding your first question - they usually go after the big fish first. dbzer0 might still be flying under the radar, and also might be ina different jurisdiction where the specific plaintiff can’t go after them, or where it’s harder for them to do so

ben_dover , 3 months ago to asklemmy in If a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?

i’m teaching silicon rocks how to think

ben_dover , 3 months ago to technology in Discord began blocking servers with information prohibited in the Russian Federation

they are not even “in the middle” but rather “at the very end”, since they’re just getting the data directly from the service provider instead

ben_dover , 3 months ago to technology in Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025

i’m glad it worked so well for you, i gave up after 3 days of frustration

ben_dover , 3 months ago to technology in Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025

how? my macbook pro is seven years old, and the latest macOS i could get is two major versions behind. I’ve tried installing linux and apparently it is a generation that is particularly troubled, with an endless list of broken things curated on github. eventually bad Bluetooth- and no internal audio-support was a showstopper to keep using it

ben_dover , 3 months ago to memes in Nintendo doing the smarting

it’s most likely part of the cease and desist order