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  • This reminds me of my old phone. I downloaded a podcast on it that had a shock-opener and for some reason was always "the next thing" the sound/music player wanted to play. So many times, by accidental touch inputs or clicking the headphone button, or the like, my phone would randomly scream: "WHO DOESN'T LIKE TO PEE IN THE SINK!?!?!”

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  • I would suggest getting an ortholinear keyboard. When I first switched to a Kinesis advantage, the FIRST thing I noticed was how many terrible habits I had of hitting a key with the wrong finger (even twisting my hand about, if you can believe that). Having keys in line with actual finger geometry cured that mess up real quick!

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    FTC urged to make smart devices say how long they will be supported
  • Perhaps more important is to have devices start or fall open... if the OEM has lost interest in it, let others support the device. Make ewaste valuable and avoidable.

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    [Kevin Comics] Every. Job. Site.
  • Even if AI never actually takes someone's job, it's clear that the hype surrounding it can displace workers, and it's use in screening candidates may prevent you from finding another.

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    The bible in reverse...
  • I hate to make it even weirder, but getting... erm... "unborn"... is not quite the same as being killed. Methinks it would be more like a scifi movie where an alien force absorbs everyone on Earth.

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  • dalle3 prompt: A hand reaches out of a sea of refried beans, as a person has sunk into them like quicksand.

    Mostly as a reaction to these infinite-bean-lovers:

    Bonus shoutout to @SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world for help with the post title.

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    "Too many" kinda sounds right to my ear because beans is plural, but the second logically seems right because its served by volume and is not 'countable' as ordinary (non-destroyed) beans might be.

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    If so, does that mean people actually remember a persons name & face after only one encounter?!

    If not, why do we pretend they will be upset, and try to hide the fact that we forget an unfamiliar name?

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    I deal with a lot of VMs for varying purposes, and it seems frequent that my purpose for opening firefox is derailed by some kind of nag. For example, I frequently get the "you haven't used firefox in a while" in vms that I rarely use firefox and have to go disable the "meta refresh" option in the "about:config".

    Now, I've started seeing this one... it's not even one of the passive banners but a full-page stop-the-world w/ semi-transparent background and right-click prevention.

    Before I invest too much time trying to figure out how to disable these, or templating profile options en-masse, or the like... I thought I might ask... is there a way I can tell firefox that I only want it to only be a web-browser? i.e. an effective tool and not an attention sink or exciting video-game-like challenge of exploration and closing popups and suggestions while trying to remember why I launched it.

    Somewhat relatedly, there is some kind of irony with firefox prominently offering to copy a URL without tracking for other sites, but when it is their own ad (however benign it might seem) that they disable right-clicks and load up on the trackers. The above button links to:

    • https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/switching-devices?utm_source=spotlight-default&utm_medium=firefox-desktop&utm_campaign=migration&utm_content=new-device-in-your-future&entrypoint=device-migration-spotlight-experiment-v2&utm_term=aboutwelcome-default-screen&as=u
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    dall-e v3 w/ minor post-generation mods. Prompt: A robotic solicitor knocks on a home's closed front door with his right fist knuckles. The robot is dressed in a suit which has a large corporate logo on it and holds a tablet in his left hand.

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    I know managers love that term, but I think I've come to hear it as an insult... Sorta like being called an unprofessional "jack of all trades" budget handyman that does everything mediocre...

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    without you ever knowing about it, as well as (perhaps) swapping in a cheaper-to-operate model some percentage of the time, perhaps as request loads peak, hoping you'll just roll the dice and try again.

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