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What's the most futuristic piece of tech you can buy for under $100?
  • You can buy an ESP board that meets all those qualifications from AliExpress for less than $3CAD shipped.

    Setting one of those up was the first time in a while I’ve been so impressed with just how cheap and accessible tech has gotten. It’s a web server with WiFi and Bluetooth shipped to my door all for the price of a chocolate bar.

  • Mike Flanagan to make Stephen King's ‘Carrie’ as an 8-Ep Amazon series
  • What book have you ever read that actually fits into a 1-2 hour movie? They have to cut those stories to the bone to get them on screen. The movie format is the worst for books, only seconded by the 24-episode, 10 season slog heralded by Fox TV shows.

    The miniseries is the ideal format, especially for a book adaptation. Sharp Objects is my favourite example. No hack screenwriters creating “composite characters” to reduce the number of actors, no TV writers drawing on material they didn’t write and don’t understand to try and expand on it to fill extra episodes.

    Just an 8 episode, straight adaptation from book to screen. It’s perfect.

  • Still waiting lol
  • I don’t want to rain on their parade, but this really did kill a lot of enthusiasm people would have had. Just really poor expectation management, even just saying it was a wait list would have been better than treating it like an immediate sign up.

    I saw the initial flurry and signed up, now by the time it shows up it’ll probably end up in junk and get forgotten for most.

  • Server dealer keeps hitting at Elon Musk for $61 million bill — Wiwynn sues X for unpaid IT infrastructure products
  • Which is what Trump wants, as he also publicly admits he just doesn’t pay bills if he doesn’t feel like it.

    Looking forward to all the lawsuits between the two should he lose.

  • I can't enjoy Diablo anymore.
  • I did exactly that just a few weeks back. Played through D1 & D2R on Normal, once. Beat them, had a great time.

    Started the next difficulty and gave up on the first quest. I know it’s not how they’re meant to be played, but I had fun.

  • The decline of sex in films
  • Bingo. This is 100% the reason, and it’s funny that people assume anything else. When you can just watch porn at any time with no effort, sex scenes are gratuitous and awkward distractions except in rare circumstances.

  • Google is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser is Safe.
  • How is giving a sober and straightforward explanation of why he can’t use Firefox “bitching”? The simple fact is “switch to Firefox” isn’t a solution for everyone in every case. Burying your head in the sand about that benefits nobody.

  • This is a real photo
  • He doesn’t look as old. Better is subjective, but he looks much more like the very old man he is without it and without the combover.

    That’s the only reason.

  • So LinkedIn shitposting seems to be a thing now
  • Worse than that, it’s not even LinkedIn. It’s a (very good) LinkedIn parody site: https://www.shlinkedin.com/

  • Super Mario Party Jamboree review - how to lose friends and alienate people
  • I'll begin with the disclaimer that if you're already of the view that Mario Party is good and fun and not at all a worse-than-Monopoly-at-Christmas affair, Jamboree is exactly that and more of it.

    The reviewer hates Mario Party as a concept, so it’s hard to take too seriously.

  • ich🔥iel
  • I think a fat cat on a spit with the text “Oh ja grill mich daddy” really transcends all linguistic barriers.

  • GOG will let you bequeath your game library to someone else as long as you can prove you're actually dead
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOG.com

    Technically it doesn’t stand for anything now, but it was definitely Good Old Games.

  • GOG will let you bequeath your game library to someone else as long as you can prove you're actually dead
  • GOG is “Good Old Games”, a digital distribution service for PC games run by CD Projekt Red, developers of The Witcher and Cyberpunk. It mostly focuses on old games from the Win95/98 days that have been patched/fixed by their in-house dev team to run on modern Windows releases. However, it also sells all CD Projekt Red titles and seems to be expanding to just be a regular PC game distribution service.

    It’s being talked about a lot right now because unlike Steam, EGS, and other stores they sell you a DRM-free download. Because of recent legislation in California, companies are required to use clearer language when they aren’t selling you something that you own forever, they are instead selling you a license to access something.

    This has reignited discussion on digital ownership, Steam, and what happens if you die or Steam shuts down/is acquired and you lose your non-transferable access to the games in your library. GOG is the ideal solution right now, because it while it offers a client that is simple to use like Steam (called “GOG Galaxy”) but if they announce a shutdown or acquisition, you can simply download offline installers for all your games and you don’t lose access to anything.

  • Am i the only one who feels like it's the same handful of users posting and commenting on lemmy?
  • I can’t speak to Lemmy specifically but my Reddit years were ages 15-30. I think I got my fill of arguing on the internet then.

    I write a lot of comments on Lemmy that I end up deleting before posting because I just don’t want the hassle of arguing with someone about it who is being deliberately obtuse or arguing in bad faith.

    That’s not an indictment of Lemmy specifically, but I think my lack of interest in those arguments comes with age and I suspect my story isn’t unique, the demographics will line up for a lot of Lemmy users.

  • The new 24H2 update for Microsoft's latest operating system [11] is leaving 8.63GB of space unavailable and there isn't a way to fix it yet.
  • Isn’t this always the case? I get people have a hate-on for Windows 11 lately but every major version of Windows 10 has kept the old version for a month or so, allowing you to revert if needed. You can run disk cleanup and get the space back early if you want.

    I guess the notable part here is that the disk cleanup part isn’t working? You can also just wait for the time to elapse and it will delete itself.

  • 20-Year-Old Dies From 'Fried Rice Syndrome' After Eating Leftover Pasta
  • Ok well literally everything tells you not to do that. Do what you want, but general rule is 3-4 days for most meat things, and you should be careful at 5.

  • 20-Year-Old Dies From 'Fried Rice Syndrome' After Eating Leftover Pasta
  • I’m obviously talking about leftovers/prepared food.

  • 20-Year-Old Dies From 'Fried Rice Syndrome' After Eating Leftover Pasta
  • I know you CAN eat 5 day old stuff out of the fridge, but it’s at the point where I would be suspicious, depending on the item.

  • 20-Year-Old Dies From 'Fried Rice Syndrome' After Eating Leftover Pasta
  • Cooked stuff is borderline if it spends 5 days in the fridge. 5 days NOT in the fridge is insanity.

  • ‘I Just Broke Down’: Corey Lewandowski’s Accuser Speaks Out About His Return
  • The only thing that (sometimes) causes the politics of Republicans to change is directly experiencing what their policies support and promote.

    See all the Republicans rejecting Trump now when anyone with a brain could see how awful and dangerous he was in the 90s, all those that flipped on LGBTQ+ issues because they had a gay or trans child, those that demonize welfare until their district/state falls on hard times, etc.

    I think it’s fair to expect someone who has experienced sexual harassment to be disillusioned by a party that is trying to get a convicted rapist to be President.

  • iOS 18.1 DB1 with Apple Intelligence Beta is live

    To enroll, go to Software Update and tap the prompt at the bottom.

    Device region needs to be set to US, language to US English, Siri also needs to be set to US. I was able to join the wait list from Canada after changing all those settings.

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    iOS 18 DB3 Release 2 (PB1) is available

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    You can now select a preferred Home Hub instead of HomeKit picking one for you

    This has been posted all over the place but if you haven’t seen it, this is a huge change.

    To get it working, you need all your Apple TVs on iOS 18 DB1. Remove all your HomePods from your home if you have them. Then, you should see the option to turn off “Automatic Selection”. Turn it off and pick the Home Hub you want.

    You can then readd your HomePods to your home. This process sounds painful but it’s actually pretty quick, HomePods remove, reset and readd to your Home fairly quickly. This whole process probably only took about 10 mins.

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    Apple Intelligence - Supported Devices

    Apparently coming in a dev beta soon, although properly launching in Fall.

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    iOS 18 DB1 - Release Notes

    developer.apple.com iOS & iPadOS 18 Beta Release Notes | Apple Developer Documentation

    Update your apps to use new features, and test your apps against API changes.

    iOS & iPadOS 18 Beta Release Notes | Apple Developer Documentation

    Typically more dev & API focused but helpful if you’re encountering an issue and want to know if it’s known, or want to see if there are any known showstoppers preventing you from upgrading.

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    iOS 18 - Official Preview Page

    www.apple.com iOS 18 Preview

    iOS 18 makes iPhone even more personal, with deeper customization, new ways to connect, easier-to-find photos, and support for Apple Intelligence.

    iOS 18 Preview

    Always worth a look through for stuff that wasn’t mentioned in the keynote.

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