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- Comment on 3G Shutdown: 258,000 4G/5G Phones to be Blocked from November! - Gov Blocking Rules Now 'In Force'! 4 weeks ago:
No. This includes 4G and 5G devices. 3G devices will just stop working when the 3G network is shut down and don’t need to be blocked.
My phone is set to LTE only in my modem config, all of my calls are via VoLTE, my phone will still be blocked.
- Comment on ‘Stop all time wasting’: Woolworths workers tracked and timed under new efficiency crackdown 4 weeks ago:
If you’re from the US, it isn’t. The Woolworth part of the company was closed and they focussed on sporting goods, whatever is left of the company is now called Foot Locker.
“Woolworths supermarkets in Australia and New Zealand are operated by Australia’s largest retail company, Woolworths Group, a separate company with no historical links to the F. W. Woolworth Company or Foot Locker, Inc.”
Copied from Wikipedia.
- Comment on NuCoin Scam Exposed by Odysee and Journalists 1 month ago:
Yeah, I remember checking out Gab / Dissent a while back, because I’m against censorship. All of the comments were just racist, sexist, anti-LGBTQIA+. No rhyme or reason, just hundreds or thousands of crazy people screaming into the void.
- Comment on Installation 1 month ago:
Did you know that babies born underwater can spend their entire lives down there?
- Comment on Facebook has scraped public data from Australian users without an opt out. What can we do? 2 months ago:
You can degoogle Android, highly recommend.
- Comment on The air begins to leak out of the overinflated AI bubble 2 months ago:
I just hope I can buy a graphics card without having to sell organs some time in the next two years.
- Comment on Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater - The First Preview 2 months ago:
🏴☠️
- Comment on Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel 2 months ago:
“I’m New Clippy. I’m here to help you, like it or not!”
- Comment on “Don’t worry honey, I got this” 4 months ago:
What was the third thing on the list? I’m invested in your rivalry now.
- Comment on The justices of the supreme court ruled that Trump was immune and effectively above the law while being president. What is now stopping Biden from bringing a gun to the next debate? 4 months ago:
Remember, the wars are fought against brown people, and US soldiers are poor people. Both of these groups are perfect raw materials for the military industrial complex to convert into profit.
- Comment on OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts 6 months ago:
Scraping through a website at the scale they are talking about isn’t really viable. You need access to the API so that you can have very targeted requests.
This is why reddit changed their API pricing and screwed over everyone using third party apps. They can make more money selling access to LLM trainers than they could from having millions of people using apps that rely on the API.
- Comment on Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone 6 months ago:
My money is on them being re-enabled after every update.
- Comment on Best TV box for connecting to streaming services? 9 months ago:
No drawbacks for my use case, but there are a few quirks.
Some apps that I’ve dabbled with might show vertically, but most of the Android TV compatible apps were fine.
Some apps seem to expect a touchscreen input, and don’t really show what’s highlighted or selected very well, so navigating with just a TV style remote control can be tricky. I have a mouse and keyboard that I also use, definitely the easiest option.
Lastly, the Shield is a pretty powerful device, so I always kinda feel like I’m not using it to its fullest potential. I haven’t really tried any gaming with it, I don’t use it as a media server or anything, just a simple stream box. That’s less of a quirk with the device itself, and more an issue with me feeling like I should be putting it to better use.
Happy to answer any other questions you may have!
- Comment on Best TV box for connecting to streaming services? 9 months ago:
I have an Nvidia Shield running LineageOS.
The setup process wasn’t too bad, but the Shield might be more money than you want to spend.
I use it for Netflix and Plex, as well as Spotify, with no problems. It tells me that Netflix is not optimised for the device, but plays fine. I’ve heard that Netflix may limit it to 720p, but the quality is as good as you can expect from Netflix anyway.
Plex works perfectly, can stream 4k from my media server with no issues. I will eventually transition to Jellyfin, once I convince the 4 other households that have access to my Plex library to sort themselves out.
- Comment on No one say it! 9 months ago:
They said no one, not Nobody!
- Comment on Honda announces a new line of electric cars, the Honda 0 10 months ago:
Am I the only one who thinks the Saloon looks like a Countach?
- Comment on Chick-Fil-A staff in the rain. 10 months ago:
Ah yes, the Popeye’s / Waffle House hybrid model.
- Comment on Unreal body standards 11 months ago:
That’s Lindsay Lohands.
- Comment on what is the correct way to use the word "backorder" in English? 11 months ago:
I use Australian English, it’s common for people to use either “backordered” or “on backorder” here.
- Comment on Why are there circles of melted snow on this icy pond? 11 months ago:
Too many carps?
- Comment on Robotic excavator builds a giant stone wall with no human assistance 11 months ago:
Gotcha, rescinding my snark.
- Comment on Robotic excavator builds a giant stone wall with no human assistance 11 months ago:
Literally directly under the image: The HEAP excavator at the construction site – an overlay on the boulders at left illustrates how each one was scanned prior to placement
- Comment on Google turns to regulators to make Apple open up iMessage 1 year ago:
Knowing Apple, the other option will be to not allow users to message people who don’t have an iPhone.
- Comment on Don't allow others to consume you... 1 year ago:
Facebook level post. If I start seeing photos of Tom Hardy or Cillian Murphy with quotes about loyalty or some other bullshit, Wayne Brady will have to choke a bitch.
- Comment on Is there any christian religions that don't believe in space? 1 year ago:
White Baby Jesus!
- Comment on But my WiFi is just fine! 1 year ago:
Wait, are CCA ethernet cables actually a thing?
- Comment on Unity rushes to clarify price increase plan, as game developers fume 1 year ago:
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank caused a bit of a stir in the venture capital world. Things used to be able to be horrifically unprofitable for a reasonably long time before vulture capital would swoop down and tighten the thumbscrews.
Now that “normal” banks are the ones dealing with the finance side of VC, they seem to care about profits, and that if you’re not squeezing every cent you can out of your investment, then it’s a failure.
Or, like, whatever. Just kinda how I feel about it…
- Comment on What's the Best Non-Alcoholic Alternative to an Ice Cold Beer at the End of the Day? 1 year ago:
A nice filter roast cold drip, lots of ice, in a whisky glass. Lots of fruit and berry flavours to be found!