People inherently do not want groups that come over and violently force their beliefs on the population.
Agreed.
To me, though, there's a bigger problem with people already here who are violently forcing their beliefs o to others.
Water because anything else is too damn expensive
Someone can hate Windows for their own purposes while still acknowledging that it may be the ideal OS for the average consumer
It answered the question, made me laugh, and boosted engagement so OP would be more likely to get answers from someone else who knew.
I think it's a winning comment!
It'd be a fairer comparison if we could see Trump without all his makeup
All that sounds great. I'm not pro-Uber so much as I'm anti-Taxi (as they exist where I live), lol
In my country, Uber fixed a lot of problems that existed with Taxis.
- Sometimes taxis wouldn't show up.
- Sometimes taxis wouldn't pick up certain people because of how they look
- There was no app that'd show you where the nearest taxi was and when it'd arrive. I'm not aware of any taxi company that has such an app now...yet there's an app that'll show you where the busses are (even across different transit agencies)
- You wouldn't know how much your trip would cost until you arrived at your destination.
- Drivers would take longer routes or otherwise drive in "favourable ways" to increase the fare meter.
- In my experience, taxi drivers have been more rude than Uber drivers
- Taxi drivers would occasionally not accept certain methods of payment upon trip completion (and some would even try to use this trick to scam their passengers and likely their companies or the government by not reporting fares).
These all could've been solved by a regular taxi company, but I guess there was no incentive to make the product any better to the customers.
Going after the material is one thing.
Going after someone selling it is another. If the guy sold stuff and included pirated games in those sales, then he's the problem.
Depending on the state and one's farming capabilities, some people could already be halfway there! At least part of the year
Depends on the area (maybe), but I think it can do either.
Turning Red is very much a time piece for the 90's, and many Canadians who lived in multicultural cities back then could probably identify with it or at least recognize the cultural references.
I remember getting Rock Band songs for $1.99. The old ones even went down to $0.99 for a few years.
Now, they're about $3.50 and they've stopped releasing new ones.
This doesn't seem to hold true for native English speakers. The number of old white North Americans on Facebook who haven't figured out punctuation, capitalization, or things like their/there/they're is astounding.
Most Gen Z aren't children though
And be weary of folks doing the same to you, especially here on Lemmy with all the 'genocide Joe' shit or encouraging apathy because of the shit debate.
I'm already quite weary of that!
("Weary" means tired; you probably meant "wary" which means cautious)
Usually Twinings, but I'll accept store brand for black tea. Lipton or Tetley for green teas.
I used to say I was never going to get old...
Only way to do that isn't pleasant. Gotta die young.
I didn't discount your personal experiences or suggest that your feelings are invalid.
What I said was that I think it's unwarranted to extend your hatred to an entire group of people around the entire world (many of whom seek out the profession specifically out of a desire to help people) because of your experiences.
How can I start a timer from my home screen by voice without saying "Hey Google"?
I used to be able to press the microphone button on my home screen and say "Start 5-minute timer" and it would start the timer.
Now, when I do that, it does a Google search for "Start 5-minute timer".
How do I get that functionality back?
I don't want to open an app, and I don't want to use a number pad or anything to enter the number.
EDIT: Thank you! I went into the Gestures section of Settings, and now I can long-press the power button to get the desired behaviour. This might even be more convenient than tapping the mic icon!
[bug] Webpage not available and back button doesn't function when trying to subscribe to a community after searching.
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Tap search button on the bottom.
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Search like normal for communities with the search term. Results returned like normal.
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Clicking the unfilled heart (to subscribe) results in the error presented in the attached screenshot.
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The back button (Android) doesn't work. App must be force-closed.
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The subscribing action was successful; discovered on reboot.
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Repeating the steps, but instead of the unfilled heart, clicking on the community successfully navigates to the community.
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This didn't happen before.
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I might be one update behind current as of Mar 18
What are some food items that cost less than what they "should"?
Bananas are ridiculously cheap even up here in Canada, and they aren't grown anywhere near here. Yet a banana can grow, be harvested, be shipped, be stocked, and then be purchased by me for less than it'd cost to mail a letter across town. (Well, if I could buy a single banana maybe...or maybe that's not the best comparison, but I think you get my point)
Along the banana's journey, the farmer, the harvester, the shipper, the grocer, the clerk, and the cashier all (presumably) get paid. Yet a single banana is mere cents. If you didn't know any better, you might think a single banana should cost $10!
I'm presuming that this is because of some sort of exploitation somewhere down the line, or possibly loss-leading on the grocery store's side of things.
I'm wondering what other products like bananas are a lot cheaper than they "should" be (e.g., based on how far they have to travel, or how difficult they are to produce, or how much money we're saving "unethically").
I've heard that this applies to coffee and chocolate to varying extents, but I'm not certain.
Anyone know any others?
Seagate Expansion external HDD power supply making a very faint alarm sound
I've got a fairly new 14tb Seagate Expansion. It works fine, and I've been using it for a month and a bit.
I don't know how long it's been doing this, but the power supply is making a very faint alarm sound. The power supply is plugged into a Belkin surge protector powered on and with the "protected" status light lit, and it is plugged into an outlet. The HDD is currently not plugged in to a computer.
It's not a beep or electricity. It's a distinct weewooweewoo. I couldn't even determine the source until I pressed my ear against it.
Googling just points me towards typical "my HDD is making a sound, how long do I have until it dies", but nothing pointed me to the alarm sound from the power supply.
I'll check again if it makes the alarm in other conditions, but in the meanwhile, I was hoping someone here might know something.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: The sound only happens when...
- Power adapter is plugged into the HDD, AND the outlet
- HDD is NOT plugged into the computer.
Plugging it into the computer stops the noise from the power adapter.
Conspiracy theory: Year in Review hides games not available for sale
Due to personal circumstances, I haven't had much time for gaming in the last year.
I did have a couple of months in the summer with some free evenings though, so I dumped a bunch of time into Pokemon Violet, and I also completed Super Mario Sunshine, spending several hours getting those last few shines and blue coins after leaving the game at ~85% completed back in 2022.
Other than those 2 games, I hadn't really played much of anything on the Switch.
My year in review said I put a ton of hours into Pokemon Violet, single-digit hours into F-Zero 99, and less than 1 hour into NES online.
No mention of Super Mario 3D All-Stars.
I was wondering why it didn't count. But then I realized that these year-in-review things are not a nice service or gift to subscribers... they're ADS that they intend people to share with their friends to get their friends to buy more games. (What's a better review than "Your best friend played this game for 200h last year"?)
Since SM3DAS isn't available in the shop, it'd be useless to advertise that game. So maybe Nintendo is excluding it from their calculations...
Can anyone else confirm or deny this? Did anyone have any delisted games make their year-in-review? Or am I just going to need to spend a ton of time 100%ing Super Mario Galaxy in 2024, and only play 2 other games on my Switch? Lmao
What do ridiculously rich people (like Bill Gates etc.) ask for/get for Christmas/birthdays/etc.?
I know money can't buy happiness blahblahblah.
Do they do gift exchanges at all?
Do they ask for anything?
They have enough money that they could get anything made or done for them at a moment's notice. Like having ChatGPT, but for services. Ridiculous things we couldn't imagine.
Anyone have any insight into general trends along those lines?