Deconceptualist

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[โ€“] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 1 points 8 hours ago

Pretty sure every pope is a multimillionaire (or at least lives exactly like one) without having to answer this question ๐Ÿซค

[โ€“] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 5 points 12 hours ago

I know, my friends won't stop taking about Corsica and Northern Ireland.

Welp, guess I'm stealing that for my new avatar image on every website.

[โ€“] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago

Needs more Hannah Montana.

[โ€“] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Any detector, even another particle: observes

Quantum particle: Quit pointing that things at me!!

[โ€“] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's not the best argument, since historically some popes took many years to select. Like, so long it was a major problem and they had to make reforms that included locking the cardinals in a room and taking away everything but bread and water at times.

Good details about the insanity in this Tasting History episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZCs9aMkzBQ

[โ€“] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Some fiction exists to inspire.

Like, we're on a direct path to the Star Trek: TNG post-scarcity civilization, right? With food replicators and transporters and holodecks and so forth.

[โ€“] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The language thing sounds like real BS, but otherwise I haven't had any of those issues in Firefox on Linux.

I'm still rocking an old 1080p plasma TV, but I probably would have noticed if good-looking shows like Severance, Silo, and Foundation were only rendering at 480p.

It does do this stupid thing where if I hit spacebar to pause, it will resume on its own about 4 seconds later. So I have to actually click on the video with the cursor to actually pause. So that's annoying but nothing like a crash.

[โ€“] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Yep, I've read a few of the others too. Excellent stuff!

[โ€“] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 29 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

You're amazing. Format is great. I just scroll past the stuff that doesn't interest me, but more often than not something catches my eye and I end up reading stuff I wouldn't have clicked on (let alone waded through ads for) on a regular gaming site. That's such a good feeling, and yeah, reminds me of the old days of flipping through gaming mags.

[โ€“] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

This was definitely more effort than the meme.

Also you forgot salad dressing. Most people save the extra packets right?

 

My partner keeps the Bluetooth antenna of her Android Pixel 4a (5G) on because she wears a Fitbit. On the occasion I want to use Bluetooth (e.g. in my car or via portable speaker), devices will ALWAYS connect to her phone over mine if she's anywhere nearby. Sometimes it even steals the connection when I was already connected.

Why is this? Is there some way to steal the connection back?

It happened when I had a Pixel 4a (non-5G) and with a Pixel 8a. It's especially maddening when it's the audio stream in my car. I believe I've tried unpairing both phones, pairing mine first and then hers, and hers still ends up taking priority.

EDIT: Tech Support answers only, please. If I wanted to get trolled there are plenty of other places for that.

 

What non-game paid apps do you use that are worthwhile and still relevant in 2023?

For context, I have a decent amount of Google Play credit thanks to Opinion Rewards and a gift card. I'm not looking to start a book or movie collection there, nor sign up for subscription services. But I'm happy to buy the paid/pro version of useful apps.

I'm excluding games just because that's a whole topic on its own.

Here are some one-time paid apps I've been happy with:

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