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@ jqubed @lemmy.world

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  • [RecentGuyHumor] Bit too close for comfort

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  • I think that name is DecentGuyHumor

  • We Won't Be Covering ModRetro Products Moving Forward

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  • I had a G4 that I liked pretty well, until after about 18 months it inevitably stopped working well, like all my early Android handsets. My Pixel 2 was my first phone to make it to 3 years (although Google did have to do a warranty replacement 20 months in) and it was still good but stopped getting security updates. The Pixel 2 being good ironically lead me to iPhones. I looked at my stepdaughter using a 6-year-old phone that still got updates, still could easily get parts for repairs locally, and started to wonder why I was spending hundreds of dollars buying a new phone every couple years.

  • Pleasant opossum surprise

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  • We Won't Be Covering ModRetro Products Moving Forward

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  • IIRC it was Verizon; Motorola and eventually a couple other manufacturers would sell the same phones under different names in other countries.

  • Novel gas station design, USSR, 1980s

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  • I think they wouldn’t lower the hose until you’d paid, or put down some deposit.

  • Novel gas station design, USSR, 1980s

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  • IIRC this was partly to prevent driving off without paying?

  • Sea Level

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  • Didn’t some cultures do that?

  • We Won't Be Covering ModRetro Products Moving Forward

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  • I know Verizon has to pay Lucasfilm to use the term “Droid” for their Android phones, back when iPhones were AT&T exclusives and they were using the slogan Droid Does, but I think Lucasfilm had also specifically trademarked/copyrighted/whatever the term. I remember projects like Trillian and Babelfish took their names from the Douglas Adams Hitchhiker’s Guide properties but I don’t think they did any licensing.

  • Ancient traditions

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  • I remember feeling cool when we got our ZIP 250 drive

  • What was it like the first time you had to call 911?

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  • A friend of mine had a similar situation, although this was on a highway with someone driving slowly and weaving everywhere. The cops did show up after his call, though, I think while he was on the phone with the dispatcher.

  • What was it like the first time you had to call 911?

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  • I did that once when I was working at a small TV station as the local broadcast engineer. Phones were not my responsibility but there was no IT person at our location and they didn’t send anyone when they did a system upgrade, so I spent a couple late nights at the station dialed into a conference call on my BlackBerry since the Cisco phones weren’t going to work. I don’t know how many times I called 911 and got the Miami dispatch (I was 800 miles/1300 kilometers away from Miami).

  • Celine Dion

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  • Celine Dion

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  • So far I think it’s a Reddit thing; the few times I’ve seen sales spam here it’s been the OP

  • VinFast Opens Indonesia Electric Vehicle Plant Just 17 Months After Groundbreaking

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  • It doesn’t seem like they’ve done anything with their US plant other than cutting down a bunch of trees a couple years ago

  • this is a stickup

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  • Man, I haven’t seen their comic in a long time

  • Omelette or Scrambled Eggs (egg+salt only)?

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  • If I’m adding nothing? Then I guess scrambled eggs. But they seem like a similar amount of work, other than I’m not tossing the scrambled eggs in the air to cook the other side.

  • The AI Backlash Is Here: Why Backlash Against Gemini, Sora, ChatGPT Is Spreading in 2025 - Newsweek

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  • What began in 2022 as broad optimism about the power of generative AI to make peoples' lives easier has instead shifted toward a sense of deep cynicism that the technology being heralded as a game changer is, in fact, only changing the game for the richest technologists in Silicon Valley who are benefiting from what appears to be an almost endless supply of money to build their various AI projects — many of which don't appear to solve any actual problems.

  • at what point in life it's too late to go back to school?

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  • It depends on if you’re going back to school for career reasons or personal enrichment. For the latter it really is never too late. For your career, though, too late will depend on when you’re hoping to retire, when you’ll complete the extra schooling, how much the school will cost, and how much more money you’ll expect to make with your new degree.

    Without any info, assuming you want to retire around 65, I would think it would be normal to want to use your new degree for at least ten years, so whatever schooling you’d want to do you would want to be finishing by the time you’re 55. But those other variables come into play. If you’re borrowing $100,000 to pay for med school, your cutoff date will probably be earlier because it will take a longer time to pay off the student loans. On the flip side, if you’re paying $5-10,000 for a 6-month programming boot camp that will boost your income by $10-20,000/year then you might even consider doing that at age 60, especially if you’re already bringing a computer science background where your experience and new skills will keep you in high demand.

    There’s not really a one-size-fits-all answer to this question.

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    Maybe sprinkling 1337 into our online texts would make them less useful to AI training

  • Beavers @lemmy.world
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    Look at how proud he is of his work.

  • math @lemmy.world
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    First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself

    www.quantamagazine.org /first-shape-found-that-cant-pass-through-itself-20251024/
  • Hockey @lemmy.ca
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    Anybody watching tonight’s Whalers at Nordiques game?

  • And Finally... @feddit.uk
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    Firefighters rescue man stuck in slide on Vernon [Connecticut] playground

    www.nbcconnecticut.com /news/local/firefighters-rescue-man-stuck-in-slide-on-vernon-playground/3626381/
  • Bun Alert System @lemmy.sdf.org
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    Photo by @JimsPhotos@ohai.social

  • Offbeat @lemmy.ca
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    Selfies of woman "dripping in diamonds" on cruise led to her arrest for jewelry theft, police say

    www.cbsnews.com /news/selfies-woman-dripping-diamonds-cruise-arrest-jewelry-theft/
  • Books @lemmy.ml
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    What English translation of The Three Musketeers do you like?

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Admiral Wonderboat

    Physical Media Forever

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Jim Benton

    fffft

  • Microblog Memes @lemmy.world
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    Found this old post. Wonder if they’re still using AOL?

  • IdiotsInCars @lemmy.world
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    Once again: “a bad driver never misses their turn”

  • Crazy Fucking Videos @lemmy.world
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    Moving Freight Train Hit by Tornado (2009)

  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o
  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
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    TIL The Hayes Barton neighborhood in Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh's birthplace

    www.britishexplorers.com /woodbury/hayesba.html
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    BlackBerry's iconic keyboard patent has expired

    mobilesyrup.com /2025/02/15/blackberrys-expired-keyboard-patent/
  • Food Crimes - Offenses against nutrition @midwest.social
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    I believe Skyline Chili-flavored ice cream should meet the definition of a food crime

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    The best “I told you so”s are the ones where you never have to say “I told you so” because the other person clearly knows you told them so

  • Electricians @lemmy.world
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    Is this outlet okay?