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IT Nerd of 30yrs and avid hobbiest of genealogy, geology and science in general.

  • How do you scream "We're bleeding money" without saying it? Invent new ways to fleece your existing user base.

    Tack this on to their new price tier plans and get a better picture of their current problems.

  • Human content.

  • The Mormon Church of LDS would like to know your location...

  • You'll shoot your eye out...

  • I used to jog really late in the evening for many years and had this experience more than once.

    My solution: Put my hands palm out flat in front of me as if to gesture I wasn't a threat.

    If walking, doing something similar and not making it weird is probably equally good.

  • My personal Codeburg issues:

    • Consistently has had scaling issues
    • Forgejo, codebergs self hosted option requires too much manpower/manual work and/or custom ansible work compared to others (plenty of complaints on their forums and blog topics from codeburg on this)
    • Limited support, lack of binaries for different OS's and arch types
    • We don't use K8/docker containers for production use (manpower limitation more than anything)
  • No, end story.

    Edit: For those seeking alternatives I'd recommend Gitlab, Gitea or Bitbucket.

    Another alternative I personally hate due to the lack of automation or hosting options is codeburg, but many are fine with those limitations.

    Remember, Microsoft, who now owns GitHub once called Linux and Open Source a cancer on society.

  • I think you need only look back at the first mobile phones in the 1980s to find your answer to that.

    The first mobile phones and I mean prior to the first Nokias were undesirable at any price level due to consisting of overly heavy nicad batteries. As another mentioned: 1987 Lethal Weapon showed this issue. The only other niche market they could squeeze these stupid huge shoesized battery phones was in cars.

  • Anything bigger than the current trend of phones is too big and there's plenty of comedy skits like these demonstrating the ridiculousness of it all.

    Happy TV from 2000:

    https://youtu.be/k07Wi6NfQT8

    https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2yktod

    Edit: Adding that I would pay a premium to have a 4" iphone 1 sized phone back today more than I would to pay for a ridiculous fold model.

  • Fun fact: Most store bought garlic has been dried for a month in a temperature controlled darkened warehouse before being sent off for sale.

  • Finch

    Post apocalyptic world with Tom Hanks, his dog and a robot.

  • I was about 60% international travel for 15 years (Industrial Automation) and got into a similar thing:

    Basically I feel that in order to experience somewhere, you have to get out of the tourist zone, then eat where the locals eat.

    One of my coolest experience was in Port Harcourt, Nigeria where my wife and I partook in what can only be described as a Yoruba (language) BBQ featuring a lovely dish of Esunsun (Termites) and rice while drinking some Kegite Club (fermented palm date juice) and singing yoruba songs with drunken dancing.

  • As the old saying goes: 'That dog won't hunt'.

    Not saying your dog is broken or useless, but rather their personality isn't aligned for hunting, sticks or kong toys. And there's nothing wrong with that!

  • Drops Kong toy filled with peanut butter smothered dog treats and carrots in front of dog with stick...

  • "The emperor is a fan of Flock, and we must continue utilizing Flock technologies so that we can follow and surveil the rebel scum as they move from playground to playground, from playground to pool, from pool to gymnasium," Vader said.

    I love San Diego lol.

  • A notable high-profile legal defeat over first name usage involves reality star Kylie Jenner losing a trademark opposition against international pop singer Kylie Minogue.

    Basically, the name Kylie is perceived by the public as a first name, NOT a brand and therefore is unenforceable in a court of law. They can continue with the trademark all they want, but their limited to only suing other companies, not humans using the name.

  • First names literally cannot be trademakred for living beings, but they can for commerce purposes so long as said commerced entity doesn't also attempt to sue Mario for also using his born name on a non-trademarked product.

  • Technology @lemmy.world

    Co-founder of tech company charged with diverting $2.5 billion in Nvidia AI chips to China in violation of export laws

    edition.cnn.com /2026/03/19/politics/super-micro-computer-founder-charged-ai-chips-china
  • Technology @lemmy.world

    Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business

    investors.micron.com /news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business
  • Technology @lemmy.world

    Skype was shut down for good today

    www.washingtonpost.com /technology/2025/05/05/skype-shutting-down-microsoft/