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Quazatron

@ Quazatron @lemmy.world

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A peace loving silly coffee-fueled humanoid carbon-based lifeform that likes #cinema #photography #linux #zxspectrum #retrogaming

  • When tech hardware becomes paperweights

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  • It's not a new phenomena, but it seems to be growing.

    I remember when perfectly functional scanners and printers were ditched because the new Windows version would not support them and the vendor would not provide OEM drivers either.

    Nowadays they unplug some servers and you are left with an expensive doorstop. That's progress, I guess.

  • How do you mateys and folks deal with the sheer amount of music available out there?

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  • In the old days, Last.fm was good for discovering music I might like based on what I listen to.

    Nowadays I have this method (hear me out) that consists of drinking a bit too much, listening to favorites on YouTube and opening multiple tabs with what I suspect are good suggestions. This leads me into multiple rabbit holes where I occasionally strike gold.

  • ‘You can’t pause the internet’: social media creators hit by burnout

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  • effluencers

    It perfectly describes their contribution to this reality. Thank you.

  • Are you learning another language? How far along are you?

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  • I'm learning Python. Not bad, but I prefer C.

  • 'Technofascist military fantasy': Spotify faces boycott calls over CEO’s investment in AI military startup

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  • I jumped to Tidal many years ago because Spotify could not be bothered to provide high quality output. Yes, you can ear the difference, even on shitty gear.

    For the stuff I could not get on either platform I started buying CDs on Discogs and ripping them to FLAC.

    Edit: ear, not eat.

  • What direction do you think tech in general will go in 5 years (ignoring AI)

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  • Down.

  • Microsoft Came to Bargain: Use OneDrive for Device Backup, Opt into Loyalty Program and Use Their Products Till You Earn 1000 Points or Pay $30 and They Might Give You Security Updates till Oct 2026.

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  • I'm sorry to disagree. I've been using Microsoft crap since the days where you had to free up memory in config.sys to load Novell Netware drivers, and never has Microsoft been the cool kid in town. It was always the fat bastard bully kid that would beat and extort the other kids.

  • xkcd #3106: Farads

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  • foot-pounds

    Oh, you Americans and your silly made-up units.

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  • If you are in a hurry, try Up.

  • Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp

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  • That's pretty much the only advantage of getting old.

  • Removed

    Pornhub is Back in France.

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  • I see what you did there...

  • What do you even do at a gym?

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  • I loathe gyms, they are usually full of smelly obnoxious people.

    The alternate I found is putting on running shoes, headphones, and go outside.

  • What's your advice for someone driving their first manual transmission car?

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  • True, but living in a country where the majority of cars are still manual I can tell you that that myth still stands.

    We have electronic injection engines, you can stop with that neutral crap now.

  • Most insane laptops?

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  • The IBM Thinkpads with butterfly keyboard.

    Or the Psion Series 5, but that's technically a palmtop.

  • A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?

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  • If it was for me I'd welcome with the darker mood, but the game was for my kids.

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  • "Everybody hates you when you're 23" said some wise punk rocker.

    There are a lot of idiots in the world, and some of them are old.

    Old people may seem angry because they've seen a lot of crap and it just keeps coming in new, unexpected forms.

  • A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?

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  • That reminded me that Sonic Unleashed was the only game I ever got refunded.

    I bought the game to play with my kids, expecting a colorful and fun Sonic game. I quickly realized it was quite different, much more violent than I expected. So I traded it for Sonic Colors, which was a bit more kid friendly.

  • An analysis of X(Twitter)'s new XChat features shows that X can probably decrypt users' messages, as it holds users' private keys on its servers

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  • I'm surprised nobody posted the surprised_pikachu.gif yet.

  • What is “olive” in your language?

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  • Azeitona in portuguese, so yes, it probably came from arabic.

    The tree is called oliveira, and the oil is called azeite.