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whynotzoidberg

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  • Dentists are pulling healthy and treatable teeth to profit from implants, experts warn

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  • Aspen Dental. Never, ever sit in one of their chairs. If they don’t try to take your teeth, they will fleece you in other ways.

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  • I’m not an expert, so take this as far as you’d like — reading has real benefits to our brains such as improving vocabulary, improving critical thinking skills, and improving focus. I don’t think short form videos give us the same brain benefits.

    Here’s an article from Piedmont health on the benefits of reading. I haven’t seen such an article for short form videos, but am open to it if there is one.

    https://www.piedmont.org/living-real-change/health-benefits-of-reading

  • Does your cat let you sleep/nap not facing them?

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  • I have one that does this, too.

    It usually doesn’t last super long; I get too hot with him near my chest, and he gets antsy if I’m not perfectly still. 🤷‍♂️

  • These California and Colorado ballot measures are terrifying the meat industry

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  • It’s theoretically possible to reduce cost of food and reduce factory farming if we convert feed fields to other human-consumable options. Additionally, water is conserved, and greenhouse gasses (methane) are further limited.

    It’s my opinion that we should not stick with and try to iterate on a bad, unjust, and unfavorable system for the sake of keeping prices low with our current dietary preferences.

    I am a current meat eater and former 6 year vegetarian.

  • Firefly species may blink out as US seeks to list it as endangered for first time

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  • Please share how to run the pesticide and herbicide places out of town. Would love some good options.

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  • 3 months ago I cancelled Spotify, following yet another price increase. I went to Tidal for the 2 month trial, and another month full price.

    This month I cancelled Tidal, following their deprecation of Plex integration, my finding a couple tracks with bad meta data, and some other here-and-there’s where the service was lackluster.

    I’m current on Apple Music.

    I like that Apple Music has lossless, like Tidal did. The Apple Music algo seems a bit better so far, even comparing to Spotify or the last time I tried Apple Music (~3-4 years ago). And, one of the things I didn’t know I wanted, music videos for my morning jam time, are better with Apple Music.

    I imagine I’ll be staying here for a while.

  • What small tiny app have you found that not many people know about

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  • In my rural area’s 50 mile radius, there are just gas stations with to-go bags. The gas stations are, at best, convenience stores.

    I uninstalled the app after seeing it was just an advertising opportunity for those gas stations.

  • Suggestions for best course of action to convince parents that cutting the cord is going to save them quite a bit of money and they can still watch all their programs?

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  • Alternatively, if they are happy with their pro-grums, familiar with the interface, and not getting gouged worse than the next cable subscriber — consider letting it rest.

    From things like being able to punch in a channel number to having the cable company to call for issues, folks in that generation might really prefer paying.

    I’m basing this on my years of experience with a now 60-something and now 80-something. YMMV

  • Getting Your iPhone Repaired Could Ban You From Snapchat

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  • Apple urges developers to not use DeviceCheck for anything beyond basic device verification, and if you're a developer that's also misusing it, then you should definitely cease that—there are probably more reliable ways to check whether it's the same user trying to access an account from a device or not.

    I don’t think I care about not being able to erase the device ID. It seems useful to have this, actually, for back-tracing if need be.

    Snapchat probs shouldn’t use the DeviceCheck services improperly. But hey, that’s just like my opinion, man.

    More, not very interesting, info on DeviceCheck services here: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicecheck

  • i'm 40 years old and just had ALL my teeth extracted in one go. The pain is excruciating. Any tips for pain relief?

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  • It was probably Aspen Dental.

  • How do you get motivated in the morning?

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  • Costco to start scanning membership cards at the entrance of all its stores

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  • I’m with ya. I’d at least prefer that the increased security came with some extra privileges, like scan and go.

    When in Rome, I guess. And I’ll try not to be a grump about it.

  • Apple Foldable iPhone Launch Faces Delay Until 2026, Faces Design Roadblocks

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  • My thoughts exactly. I gain almost nothing with this design change, as compared to keeping the current or similar-to “bar” form and folding out from there.

    I’m starting to have visions of Zoolander and his ridiculously small cell phone..

  • Roku OS home screen is getting video ads for the first time

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  • They might miss out on the convenience of AirPlay, though. AFAIK you cant do DLNA streaming to the Apple TV.

    AirPlay really bridges the gaps for me, wrt having any app available on my tv at any time.

    Combined with steam connect, it’s a decent multi use box with solid, non-intrusive updates. Just wish the garden wasn’t so unnecessarily walled.

  • Selfhosted messenger/community software like discord

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  • I’ve just started a Zulip POC and it’s been decent so far. Definitely resembles Discord.

  • Nationwide health alert issued for ground beef over potential E. coli risk

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  • Wyze says camera breach let 13,000 customers briefly see into other people’s homes

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  • Same reason a remote control is handy for a TV — convenience.

    Motion or presence sensing. Timers. Virtual buttons. Physical buttons in places I wouldn’t normally have them. Garage door opening automagically when I pull in the driveway with a specific vehicle. Etc.

    Plus I get to check in on my kitty from far away.

  • Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot.

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  • This echo chamber gets LOUD, too!

  • Comcast reluctantly agrees to stop its misleading “10G Network” claims

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  • Imagine it? Living it.