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ChowJeeBai

@ ChowJeeBai @lemmy.world

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  • Tucker Carlson credits demons for the invention of nuclear technology

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  • That's pretty much it. They glom onto something they read, interpret it with their myopic world view, and boom, newt theory comes out that goes out to socmed and all the other non-thinkers, and the idea takes hold. People just don't want to think any more. We'll be the death of us yet.

  • Cheaper Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Could Hit Market Few Months From Now, But How Much?

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  • Foldable owners: will your next one still be a foldable?

  • Alarm grows over Trump and Musk’s blizzard of baseless voter-fraud claims

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  • They're not baseless! The last election saw several fake ballots cast by republicans, for republicans!

  • 24-year-old man punches election judge in the face while waiting in line to vote

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  • The one prone to violence and has control issues, then wonders why no one likes them except dumb, or sociopathic people, so they make up false equivalencies and conspiracies to justify their own sad existence? Hopefully the voters wake up and do a purge. Especially in the midterms.

  • 24-year-old man punches election judge in the face while waiting in line to vote

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  • Which party I wonder...

  • Recommendations for dumb tech?

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  • Good counterpoint mate. Will have to avoid those too, then.

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  • Ive actually heard of internet connected soldering irons. I feel your pain.

    Learned a new word: mendacious

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  • Heh. Thats a whole 'nother can, friend. Can relate though - I do that on my phone. I just hate my tv nagging me that the version of the os/ app is old, but the manufacturer doesn't provide any more updates. The old school stuff I inherited works fine for 40+ years.

  • Recommendations for dumb tech?

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  • Because I lose features I bought the tv for? I mean, if the selling point is a YouTube/ netflix/ spotify client, then 3 years down the line when the Netflix client is no longer compatible with the current service, and can't be updated because the TV's OS isn't being updated by the manufacturer any more, it means I have to buy another device, which I could have done in the beginning. So now I want a dumb tv so I can pair it with anything I want for years (HDMI will be around a lot longer than Netflix v3.x.xxxx), instead of having a tv filled with zombie apps I can't delete.

    The spyware is there as long as I'm using the services. So it's not what is bothering me, though it's the common bogeyman. It's the forced obsolescence and waste.

  • Trump losing sleep over polling numbers days before election

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  • Someone put him to sleep already.

  • Trump losing sleep over polling numbers days before election

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  • The dumbass doesn't know he's being played by his aides and their republican masters. He's just their tool.

  • Trump losing sleep over polling numbers days before election

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  • Agree with everything there, but man. I wouldn't want to get on the bad side of your imagination.

  • For MAGA, Defeat Means Vindication

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  • Ok. Let's vindicate the fuck out of MAGA then!

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  • Thanks man. I'm not interested in getting off the grid. These things are essential to daily life for me. I just don't understand why my washer needs AI or something dumb like that. The tv should take a signal and display it. Anything outside of that can be done with an external device. So yeah, I've been researching the business displays and large monitors.

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  • That's what the thread was meant to be about. Seems to have turned into a beat up on the luddites thing, with a few notable and rather helpful exceptions. Maybe I should have marked it [serious]. Oh well.

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  • Actually, forget planned. It's forced obsolescence - the hardware is perfectly fine, only they want you to update your netflix client so go and buy a new tv.

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  • I have an unopened ipod mini somewhere. Figure I'd use it as a media player as you said. Now where to find a clean S2000 for the car part? Lol

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  • Awesome response, thanks! I actually have an unopened ipod mini from way back. It has a headphone jack and should still be supported by modern mac's (I hope).

    Agree with everything you said re the smart tv it sucks bdig ones. Wonder why they don't make large format 50+' monitors, I'd be happy with that and use my phone for Netflix/ YouTube etc. The way it is now is I'll have the tv with a non functional set of apps and still have to use my phone any way.

    The car? I'd hate for my car to stop getting updates for apple / android suites after x number of years. Most head end units are now integrated with car functions, so not even sure how to replace those when the time inevitably comes. Happily using basic connectivity with Bluetooth and no android/ apple suite.

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  • My mum's Samsung lost Netflix access because the app was too old, and Samsung considers it legacy and therefore won't support it any more. There was also an article where the author lamented his phone no longer connecting to his older Android auto version. Essentially, we are being forced to replace perfectly functional hardware due to software, essentially the consumer electronics version of 'you are out of cyan, replace the entire printer cartridge please'.