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otp ,

If you listen in noisy environments, I’d bet active-noise cancellation is good for your hearing though

otp ,

I mean, you did do the opposite of what an AskLemmy post asked. And the post itself is a follow-up or response to a previous post that asked the question you wanted to answer…

otp ,

When it comes to hardware, isn’t the situation usually…

  • American company is spying on customers through hardware it sold
  • American government is actively trying to spy on citizens through hardware (American-made or not), but the company blocks them unless they have a warrant
  • Chinese company freely shares data back and forth through the Chinese government using their hardware thanks to “backdoors”

What games can you not get into because they feel too outdated?

Are there games that you tried but just couldn’t get into because they feel outdated? Games that, in theory, you would enjoy, but don’t because the controls, graphics, writing, or mechanics just don’t feel good anymore. Games that, compared to today, just don’t hold up to your standards....

otp ,

When Witcher 3 was winning all those awards, I wanted to give the original game a go.

Don’t. I imagine it’s nothing like Witcher 3. It aged terribly poorly.

otp ,

Not sure about 2, but even decades ago, I found it hard to go back to the original without manuals.

otp ,

It’s a meme. A glorious one.

otp ,

The “problem” is that other parts of the world are more than making up for the declining birth rates in the developed world

otp ,

I installed the McDonalds app years ago and it asked for location permissions. I turned them off. But it didn’t want to let me place a pickup order or something unless I was within a certain range of the restaurant. So sure, I’ll turn it on. This was a version of Android before “Only this time” options existed.

Of course, I forgot to turn it back off. A few days later, I got a notification from the app that I was near a McDonalds – how about ordering some fries?

I uninstalled the app and never looked back. Actually, since then, I’ve been kind of avoiding McDonalds. They price their stuff knowing that people will get discounts through the app…but no way am I getting that again.

otp ,

Don’t worry, they gave everyone a stale donut and an apology email as part of their class action lawsuit punishment.

otp ,

It Uttar Pradesh the Florida of India?

otp ,

80 years ago…so the youngest soldiers have got to be almost 100 now? It makes sense that they’re well past their prime.

Japanese disaster prevention X account can’t post anymore after hitting API limit - The issue has arisen after major Tsunami warnings have been issued in areas of Japan following a strong earthquake (www.dexerto.com)

Japanese disaster prevention X account can’t post anymore after hitting API limit - The issue has arisen after major Tsunami warnings have been issued in areas of Japan following a strong earthquake::undefined

otp ,

Reminds me of Canada’s emergency alert system.

A custody mixup happens a 5 hour drive away with the child last seen an hour ago? Top priority notification to every device capable of receiving SMS. And then a second one in French. And then a third one because they forgot to give any details about who or what to look for. And then a fourth one in French. And then a fifth one because they settled the mix-up. And then a sixth one in French.

Again, they are IMPOSSIBLE to turn off through general device settings because they’re sent at the presidential level (aka. “nuclear launch detected”-level threat).

But an active shooter is going on a killing spree dressed as an officer? Better hope you’ve liked and subscribed to the right police association on Twitter! Because only one of them sent out anything, and nobody sent out an emergency notification at any level.

otp ,

Those toggles don’t work because, in Canada, everything is sent at the Presidential Level, which might be above “Extreme Alerts”.

I had to basically plug my phone into my computer to access adb (a command line tool) to deactivate them.

On my old phone, I was able to make the sound at least respect DND. I don’t know if it’s a Samsung vs. Google thing, or if it’s an Android version thing.

Canada ignores complaints because if people got the alert, it’s working.

Android ignores complaints because it’s Canada’s problem, and why would anyone want to completely deactivate all alerts? (Which I’ve done – I don’t even get texts anymore, which I actually want. But it was all or nothing.)

otp ,

How about “If you’re around [TownName], get to shelter; people are being shot”?

They don’t need long for an earthquake, then they shouldn’t need long for a situation where people have already started dying.

otp ,

What’s a den leader? A Boy Scouts thing?

otp ,

Is family annihilation more common when marrying a cop vs. marrying someone who owns a gun?

otp ,

Don’t some countries not even give their cops guns?

‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit (www.theguardian.com)

‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

otp ,

Yeah, Reddit became read-only to me after they killed RIF. I still check in on a couple subs, but all my comments and posts go on Lemmy now.

otp ,

Guess they don’t admit when they purposely hit non-military targets

otp ,

Shhh… the intent is a secret!

otp ,

Never said I did

otp ,

I’ve never seen so much discussion about the semantics of “genocide” since Israel started its attacks on Palestine.

You can tell who the bad guys are when the most its supporters can do is pull out a dictionary and say “Well TECHNICALLY…”

(Not saying you’re a supporter; just speaking in general)

otp ,

I’m not an international Court or judge or anything, nor do I think I have the be all end all of opinions.

So I don’t think there’s any harm in me “calling it like I see it” even if it is a bit early and not 100% technically accurate.

I think it’s a bad look when people are saying “TECHNICALLY […]”, so that works for me.

otp ,

In other parts of the world, they’re not much better, but they’re all given guns!

otp ,

No, you have an issue with your society and with firearms.

otp ,

According to Oxford Dictionary (via Google), point blank means “very close”. This would be the layman’s definition.

The official definition (per Wikipedia) is close enough to not have to compensate for the effects of gravity on the bullet when aiming.

So no, it’s not “within lethal range”.

Research: The Growing Inequality of Who Gets to Work from Home (hbr.org)

Research: The Growing Inequality of Who Gets to Work from Home::There is a large and growing divide in terms of who gets to work from home. Research on job postings found that remote work is far more common for higher paid roles, for roles that require more experience, for full-time work, and for roles that require more...

otp ,

ADHD, anything alleviated by advanced ergonomics that aren’t provided in the office, compromised immune systems… some might be a stretch though

otp ,

Muslim women do tend to thrive outside of Muslim countries, so I’d say the West has quite a bit to offer them.

otp ,

Yeah, the US has moved backwards pretty quickly regarding women’s reproductive rights.

Do women in Saudi Arabia need male permission to have an abortion though? Because that’d be a strike against them. As well, I don’t imagine sex outside of marriage is allowed…

otp ,

I guess it’s more male access to a woman’s abortion…I don’t think that counts. That’s worse than the US.

Birth control can fail, so it’s not necessarily a “choice” to get pregnant or not.

And no sex outside marriage just sounds dystopian…

otp ,

Yeah, that’s pretty dystopian too.

I guess we can agree that both the US and Saudi Arabia have dystopian aspects and treat women poorly? Also the US treats children poorly?

otp ,

Makes perfect sense to me

otp ,

Allah is the God in Christianity though

otp ,

I don’t think that’s a religion…but I’m not a, er, member

otp ,

There’s OF if you don’t mind sharing

otp ,

I don’t seem to recall Nintendo making me pay anything for something I didn’t want.

I’m 100% in favour of emulation and whatnot, but I don’t understand what your problem is.

Remakes, re-releases and ports? What’s the big deal? If you had BotW on the WiiU, don’t buy it on the Switch. TotK came out on the Switch, so they’re still releasing new games.

Again, I love the emulation scene and I know piracy is important for game preservation. I don’t understand what your complaint is, though…

otp ,

It always seemed like “Baby’s first GTA” to me, but I think the Spyro the Dragon series might scratch that same itch. Especially the second and third games on the PS1.

"If you tell a lie big enough and tell it frequently enough, people will eventually come to believe it". What is an example of this happening today?

I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I’d rather hear about things that are actually happening.

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I don’t doubt it, I just don’t understand it.

You don’t have to walk on the roads. Is there no grass or dirt nearby to walk on?

otp ,

But what is next to the road

otp ,

Do you have any examples? I’m picturing suburbia with houses next to houses and fences blocking everything except driveways that lead to roads that go nowhere except driveways for miles until hitting the highway.

But that just seems like a lazy video game set piece. I can’t imagine it in reality

otp ,

Sure, but that’s not a good enough excuse for the country.

otp ,

That doesn’t seem to be a contingency plan; just a claim that there will be one.

otp ,

Ok, but they give free games so it’s cool. They’ll surely make a lot of money off of my “never pays us” behavioural data

otp ,

I have a lot of people that I blocked on social media because of the things they were sharing.

Many of them claimed they were getting censored by Meta or whatever…but I think it was just people like me silencing their stories, reporting their posts, or blocking them.

I kept them all around (and still have some people sharing pro Palestine stuff), but I blocked the ones who were sharing images or videos of people dying, people with graphic injuries, or other disturbing imagery.

Not everyone wants to see that, and social media companies have the right to enforce their rules, which often forbid sharing images or videos of graphic violence.

otp ,

It’s not just his faculties, but the entire facilities that keep him running!

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kremlin responds to report Wagner boss was assassinated by Putin ally; Moscow threatens to seize western assets in retaliation (news.sky.com)

Moscow has warned it is prepared to cut diplomatic ties with Washington if the US confiscates frozen Russian assets. The Kremlin has called the Wall Street Journal’s report Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was assassinated by Putin’s ally “pulp fiction”....

otp ,

Thanks, I think it was edited here

otp ,

It sure as heck ain’t sour

otp ,

Sometimes I use “sweets” to include chocolate

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