Works with anything plugged into the wall. Software developer most of the time. Helped start a makerspace once.
Will talk about Linux, plants, space, retro games, and anything else I find interesting.
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Spotify re-invented the radio (lemmy.world)
Can’t even seek through songs.
YouTube cracking on ad blockers. (lemmy.world)
My little retro corner. (imgur.com)
T-Mobile switches users to pricier plans and tells them it’s not a price hike (arstechnica.com)
T-Mobile switches users to pricier plans and tells them it’s not a price hike::T-Mobile: “We are not raising the price… we are moving you to a newer plan.”
Windows: we noticed that you kept the useless search bar disabled since 2015, so we sent an update that re-enabled it without your permission (feddit.it)
For my “convenience” and because in this way they can show ads and clickbait...
Goodbye Youtube and thanks for all the fish (infosec.pub)
Youtube let the other shoe drop in their end-stage enshittification this week. Last month, they required you to turn on Youtube History to view the feed of youtube videos recommendations. That seems reasonable, so I did it. But I delete my history every 1 week instead of every 3 months. So they don’t get much from my choices....
What Game Boy game do you love that you never hear anyone talk about?
The more rare, obscure, or just a guilty pleasure, the better. Maybe you grew up with it, maybe it’s just the nostalgia talking, any reason is fine....
room in grandmothers assisted living apartment (lemmy.film)
YouTube isn't happy you're using ad blockers — and it's doing something about it (mashable.com)
YouTube isn’t happy you’re using ad blockers — and it’s doing something about it::undefined
Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)
[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”
From Solarpunk to Fedipunk - fueling a saturated movement with new energy (lemmy.world)
What do you think of this? Do you think it is a good idea and could take off?
15 More Free to Play Overwhelmingly Positive Steam Games (youtu.be)
first video...
Epic Games is reportedly laying off around 900 employees | Said to be roughly 16% of its workforce. (www.eurogamer.net)
Epic Games is reportedly laying off around 900 employees | Said to be roughly 16% of its workforce.::UPDATE 4.54pm: Epic has confirmed reports of widespread layoffs at the company, saying the move will affect "around 830…
Do any of you use Raspberry Pi’s ?
For those of you who use Raspberry Pi’s in your home environment, I’m curious as to what you use them for. What applications are you running on them? Do you have your Pi’s setup in a cluster?
A new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgrades (www.straitstimes.com)
SO. MUCH. THIS.
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Why don't laptops have proper low power states where useful stuff like downloads can run during sleep/with the lid closed?
Basically every laptop I’ve owned I’ve had to disable sleep when the lid is closed as I often leave them plugged in and want background tasks like downloads or updates to be able to run while I’m not using the machine. However, I don’t think PC laptops have a way to switch to a super low power state and just run...
25 States Agree To Quadruple Number Of Heat Pumps In America (cleantechnica.com)
25 States Agree To Quadruple Number Of Heat Pumps In America::The US Climate Alliance met in New York City this week to explain the benefits of heat pumps, including better health for American families.
The rental market is softening so fast in some pockets of the country that landlords have no choice but to offer concessions (fortune.com)
But my WiFi is just fine! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
10 Best Modern RSS Feed Readers for Ubuntu Linux (www.debugpoint.com)
France bans iPhone 12 sales over radiation levels: Here’s what to know (www.washingtonpost.com)
Even more Google layoffs: This time it’s “significant” cuts to recruiting (arstechnica.com)
Even more Google layoffs: This time it’s “significant” cuts to recruiting::Google plans to slow down hiring, and that means fewer recruiters.
The proletarianization of tech workers (doctorow.medium.com)
archive.ph/hMZPi...
Nintendo demoed Switch 2 to developers at Gamescom (www.eurogamer.net)
It’s real. After all those years.
What browser do you use on your PC/Mac?
Since currently Lemmy is mostly made up of nerds, I’d like to know what browsers you use and why? You could just upvote the comment with your browser of choice if you don’t want to explain.
Drawing prompts, but replaced with Super Smash Bros. Characters ft. Pizzacake Comics | Comic Bomb! (www.youtube.com)
Your VPN won't go to jail for you for $5 (tilvids.com)
The secret reason why your TV is so cheap - and how they're profiting off of you Facebook (tilvids.com)
Monster Taming Direct | 09.04.2023 (www.youtube.com)
How to use CRT as extra monitor?
I have a Triniton Wega (480i) that I’d like to use as a separate monitor for streaming VHS rips and pixely PC games. My computer is a Win11 machine with a 2080, and I just tried usb-c output of the 2080->hdmi->component converter->TV and (to no one’s surprise) it didn’t work. I used Nvidia’s custom resolution to use...