There is a local “rock” station I started listening to when I moved into the area. Their playlist was limited, and I quickly realized they would play the exact same songs at almost the exact same time every day. I think the weekend was the only time I ever heard any recent music.

I drove a lot, so I subscribed to XM. That was super nice, but pretty soon I noticed the same thing. I switched channels a lot, then started listening to a talk channel because I tired of the same songs. (O&A, Ron & Fez, fuck you Anthony you racist piece of shit…)

I dumped XM, started listening to podcasts. And I expanded my music library 10-fold through the wonders of privateering.

Recently I was outside at lunchtime, and someone was sitting in their car listening to that same old local “rock” station. And they are still playing the same garbage songs at pretty much the same exact time every day.

A VPN won’t be useful because you’ll have to login to the Usenet server. But (someone please tell me if I’m wrong) I’ve never heard of anyone getting busted downloading stuff from newsgroups.

I recommended picaridin to a coworker going on a fishing trip to backwoods Ontario. When he got back he said his guide only recommends using picaridin, and doesn’t use DEET at all.

I hate DEET. It stinks, it’s oily, it melts rubber and plastics.

It will be interesting to see how generative AI affects the job market in the long term and how people adapt to the changes as it gains broad adoption.

Sure will, Kevin. It sure will.

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Sure, but if I tell you the month, you still know what part of the year it is. If it’s sunny, or if it’s rainy must mean something to you.

Because the month tells me more about how far in the future something is. If I have an appointment on the 12th of July, there’s not much information in knowing it’s on the 12th. 12th of what? But it’s in July, so between 1 and 2 months in the future. If I need more info, then I’ll pay attention to the day. So in order of information given.

Historical dates are similar, except I really just need (roughly) the year, and then a month if that’s relevant. Knowing the exact date of a historical event is just showing off. But if you know the month, you know what season it was, what the weather was probably like. Was it planting/growing/harvest time? You can guess at a lot of things with just the month.

NASA goes to obscene lengths to sterilize spacecraft, but once people start going all bets are off. I doubt there would be any meaningful results from such an experiment before human explorers arrive.

Is it Lemmy.zip that forces the ridiculous disclaimer at the bottom of these posts?

Most people people dislike 10x10 cm text windows when programming/editing HTML/reading SQL dumps.

There was another imam that said men must have beards because clean-shaven men were woman-like and a temptation for other men.

I use a system at work that is 100% web based. I have 2 4k monitors in my desk. Why are the apps formatted for viewing on a phone? I’ve gotten to the point of hacking the CSS on every page just to make things usable.

At the last version upgrade, the developers made some changes to the interface. They couldn’t be bothered to change the existing CSS, so they just put !important on all the new stuff.

I ‘accidentally’ questioned the reputability of a scientific study sponsored by the Chinese government. They accused me of being racist and banned me.

If you don’t find a solution for this, there is an app on the play store named

Bluetooth Audio Connect Widget

It lets you create widgets for your Bluetooth devices that can connect/disconnect with just a tap of the widget.

They don’t necessarily want sales, they want call numbers. These poor dipshits sit next to a phone with an auto-dialer and just talk to whoever is on the line. They probably get paid by the number of calls they can make in an hour.

A TV show shouldn’t be required watching to understand what’s going on in the next “big blockbuster”. If they have to be “in universe”, make those about street level, 3rd tier heroes. Nobody knew who Peacemaker was 10 years ago, and it’s one of the best.

I don’t need any more shit trying to explain “somehow Palpatine returned.”. I just don’t care.