Why?

I leave it on silent. I don’t want the ringtone to bother me either. My job is an excellent example. People at work think “speaking to someone about their question” is the ideal thing to do. It takes me at least twice as long to do tasks with interruptions. Just put your query in an email or your job on my task list and I’ll do it in turn. Do not try to call me.

At home I’m even less likely to use phones for calls unless it’s my parents or brothers. I don’t want anyone to bother my playing with kids, gaming, exercising, pooping, eating, chores, etc. I try to deal with everything I can through messages and emails.

Looks great. Love those kinds of days off.

I resent idea that phone calls coming through unexpectedly at any time. As if I should drop whatever I’m doing at any given moment to talk to this person.

You’re probably washing too often anyway.

Already got it my dude. Works great with the GrayJay app.

Maybe now the public will care more about online privacy and security. Now that the issue is smacking them in the face.

TLDR news is such a good channel.

Isn’t there a video on YouTube of a person trolling a scammer like this? The guy skinned Linux to look like Windows and then gave a phone scammer remote access to their PC and watched him get more and more frustrated and confused by why it wasn’t working properly

“Fuck you and your logic”

If you fart intentionally when you go to the toilet (or a place of your choosing), then you won’t have as much gas left inside to have accidental farts at other times.

No idea bro. Install and try them out. I don’t remember Niagara from when I trialled it.

Use this table and try a few. Find one you like. You can check the privacy report for trackers etc on the Exodus site.

I tried a whole bunch of launchers and settled on Pear launcher. I keep KISS launcher solely for the search (launch KISS search on double tapping the home button). Neo launcher was on its way to greatness, but then development was abandoned… So if anyone has the skills/time/interest in forking that, that would be great.

There was a time when all my shopping would be on Amazon with Prime. I was spending £200+ a month on Amazon. Over a year ago I decided I didn’t want to give Bezos my money anymore. It wasn’t difficult at all to switch. It’s not difficult to buy direct from seller’s websites. Amazon has made this easier by flooding their site with nonsense brands+sellers+nonsense reviews. Ditch Amazon today. You may be surprised with how easy it is.

Let this be a warning to all newbies. Messing with dual boot or changing partitioning on your drives can nuke all your data. I learned the hard way.

Lemmy is the only social media I use and it has been great. It feels like this is the more appropriate meme:

Amazing. What equipment did you use for this?

I’m a huge fan of rogue-lites. I don’t think I’ve come across any meta-progression mechanic that has bothered me as much as you say.

Hades was probably the most jarring example for me. Mirror upgrades made the game significantly easier and there was little chance of a beginner rogue-lite player managing to complete a run without these. Then by the time the mirror upgrades were unlocked then it felt like I needed to rapidly turn up the “heat” to keep the game challenging at all. I can see why they’ve made such a drastic difficulty curve because they’re appealing to a wider audience than normal rogue-lite audiences (Binding of Isaac audiences would never tolerate such hand holding). I’m still fine with that.

I’ve got a bigger problem with abilities/items being locked behind impossible difficulty. Some items I will never unlock in Dead Cells, because I will never be able to do 5BC (got to 4BC max). Same with Enter the Gungeon and beating the final final boss and extra bosses. In those cases I wonder why the devs have made aspects of the game that the majority of the population will never get to engage with. I just download a 100% completed save file when I’ve made all the progress I could have. I think we should be given the option to access all unlocks after 100 or 150 hours of gameplay or some such option.

Overall, I’ve got no problem with the inclusion of meta-progression (or not). If they implement it well and make a fun game, that’s all that matters to me.

You guys are seeing sponsors? Don’t people use sponsorblock? I’ve never heard of (or seen) half these things.

I got sick of the cat and mouse with updates and youtube making changes.

I tried Grayjay from f-droid and I’m never going back. Getting all my video platforms on one amazing app with excellent queueing, background play, pop-out player, etc. It even has ad-blocking and sponsorblock built in. I’ve happily paid for this app and set it up ok my PC too. Highly recommended.