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  • CrowdStrike unhappy with “shady commentary” from competitors after outage

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  • Rofl, like Unix OSes never have problems. Even developers, who are among the most tech savvy users, tend to drag their feet on installing updates unless forced.

  • That's why i deleted Reddit account twice and I moved to Lemmy, I don't want forcing you to use shitty Reddit app to view Unreviewed content subreddits

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  • That's only on mobile browser mode. Open your browser settings and select Desktop site and you won't see that modal anymore.

    Still an asshole design, though.

  • Boomers are selling businesses to millennials in a generational handover

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  • That's not handing anything over. They're going for one last big payout after a lifetime of exploitation.

    They have their real estate portfolio that they rent at exorbitant prices, or sell at massive mark ups because they got into the market at sane levels and contributed to the feeding frenzy that has led to today's unaffordable housing.

    They strung their employees on, taking the increased profits from inflation without paying their employees enough to keep up.

    And now they're selling their small businesses to those same employees at prices that practically guarantee they will be unable to keep up. Because even though they have all the wealth that they've accumulated from a life of exploitation, they deserve to ride off into the sunset with a saddlebag stuffed with gold.

  • Teacher says contract wasn't renewed because he wouldn't use trans students' preferred names

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  • We had two kids my age that wanted to be called by Final Fantasy character names. AFAIK, no one had any problem with it.

  • Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app

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  • I have a different brand, but I can see the value. The interface on the small screen on the device I have is very clumsy. Took me a while to figure it out, and I'm very tech savvy. I can see a mobile app being useful, also for notifications so I don't independently have to set timers.

    Also as a former mobile dev, mobile apps take maintenance to keep up with OS changes over time. And developers are expensive.

    What I imagine happened is that they probably outsourced their app development to a 3rd party, because they make hardware, not software. That contract probably expired, including their ongoing support agreement, and they've probably negotiated an hourly rate for support on-demand going forward, maybe with a different 3rd party dev.

    So in all likelihood, they're just passing the cost for ongoing maintenance on an EOL model to the customer.

    However, that looks absolutely insane from a consumer standpoint.

    I don't know their Financials, but they may not be big enough to just swallow the cost for brand PR if they're not selling at a volume and profit margin to be able lose money on old products.

    This is why, even as a dev that used to work in the mobile and IOT space, I tend to purchase dumb devices if there are good options. Smart devices get dumb as soon as the shine has dulled.

  • Be kind to the old fellows

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  • Sounds like a Bengal to me!

    When modding the syringe, I find it easiest to remove the plunger, and using a drill bit from the inside that is slightly smaller than this inside diameter of the syringe. 1/32" leaves enough of a lip to still stop the plunger in my experience, but YMMV depending on the plunger style.

    We had a 5ml syringe with a fully plastic plunger (no rubber) that was amazing. Eventually lost it and haven't been able to find a replacement yet, but rubber tipped plunger are fine too, just wear out faster.

  • Be kind to the old fellows

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  • Looks like a Bengal. I'm surprised he wasn't snapped up.

    BTW as an elder cat caretaker, if he stops eating hit meds willingly (which can easily happen if his condition flares up), we have had amazing success with cutting the tip off a syringe, loading it with canned food and front loading the tip with their pills.

    When cutting the tip, leave a tiny bit of material so the plunger still stops, but not so much that the pill gets jammed.

    3/4 of our cats actually open their mouths willingly to be pilled because they only taste the food, the pill is swallowed without them noticing.

  • Self-driving Waymo cars keep SF residents awake all night by honking at each other

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  • And are legally required to blast them in populated areas

  • The big question touching a nerve this election: "Can my husband find out who I am voting for?"

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  • Cheaper? My childless catlady wife spends a fortune on our elder cats with health problems.

    I have no problem with it, that's what I knew I was marrying. But they certainly aren't cheap. The vets know us like we're regulars.

  • Mom has a Bachelor of Facebook.

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  • As someone who wasn't home schooled, can you explain what the benefit is when the goal isn't to indoctrinate your kids into believing exactly what you want them to believe, especially when those beliefs go against societal norms?

    Because that seems to be the only purpose from those I've seen even entertaining the idea of homeschooling, though luckily those acquaintances require dual incomes and didn't have the time.

    I ask this sincerely. Because it seems like if you want a better education than public school offers, supplementing their normal school with additional home lessons seems better for their socialization, and gives the best of both worlds.

    I can see an argument if the kids have special needs that aren't being met at school, or insulation from extreme bullying. But both of those seem to lead to a rude awakening when they're eventually forced into the real world.

  • RFK Jr disqualified from New York ballot, judge rules

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  • RFK Jr disqualified from New York ballot, judge rules

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  • Yes, that's the point.

    If he falsified his permanent residence so that he could side step a (admittedly stupid) rule that state electors votes don't count if both the president and vice president candidates are from their state, then he falsified his application for nothing, since he has no chance of winning CA in the first place.

  • Putin Cuts Off Governor Who Admitted Ukraine Advancing in Russia

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  • Or a tasty mushroom

  • SpaceX accused of dumping mercury into Texas waters for years

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  • Thanks for the summary! Very easy to follow.

    Sorry if this is a stupid question, but wouldn't diluting the runoff with more than 1:50 ratio with fresh water fix this problem? If it's joining a large body of water down the line, wouldn't that effectively negate the problem?

    I don't know anything about the area or it's ecosystem. But it seems like being close to protected wilderness is kind of a prerequisite for this kind of thing, because you can't have human inhabitants nearby. And it seems that logically, large swaths of unoccupied land would be zoned as such until there was a need for some kind of development.

  • Russia complained that its 'peaceful' people don't deserve to be invaded

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  • So you're upset that this little bot is correctly configured to ignore a link aggregate site because the bot doesn't yet have nested links implemented?

    I guess b better argument is, why have the bot post a comment at all. Or maybe it's the Media Bias api that's just giving back a negative and the bot doesn't know it's due to the source being a link aggregate.

  • Ukrainian troops now up to 30km inside Russia, Moscow says

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  • I mean, Ukraine does not have the ability to hold anything or do a sustained push. It would be foolish to try.

    Going in, destroying supplies and infrastructure, and then leaving is the smart move unless there are good choke points to hold.

  • NSFW

    TIL that in the 1750s, doctors used tobacco enemas, believing they could cure various diseases. When the practice was debunked, the phrase “blowing smoke up your ass” was born.

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  • I wish more people paid attention to snakeoil history. So many people today reject modern medicine in favor of holistic medicine that hasn't gone through double blind studies.

    Instead, you have soccer moms shoving things in their prison wallet because Gwyneth Paltrow tells them to. Or whatever the fuck Alex Jones and Joe Rogan pedal peddle to toxic masculinity cucks.

  • Biden 'not confident' of peaceful transition if Trump loses

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  • I think it would be a worthwhile exercise to draft up some amendments to fix the SCOTUS and lopsided representation problems.

    It won't pass. 0% chance. But , it would serve as a blueprint of what could be if voters gave them a super majority. And a foundation for a time in the distant future if both parties could actually govern in good faith again.

    And it would signal to voters that the Dems are looking to improve our government, not just cling to the status quo like many voters (here, at least) seem to think.

  • Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line

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  • It didn't have planned obsolescence in it. People bought the 3 devices they needed for their house, and have been coasting off them for a decade. Maybe with the occasional refresh for 4k or a worn out USB port or whatever.

    Just corporate greed on display here. People stopped buying them because the product was simple and did what it was supposed to for a long time. Gotta enshitify it so we see those $$$ roll in again.

    Edit - they also probably thought it would be a revenue stream for buying videos through Google or get their cut from some android app, but people instead watched their media from sources outside their pay umbrella