calewerks

@calewerks@fanaticus.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube TV, which costs $73 a month, agrees to end “$600 less than cable” ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I went back to cable and got an old cablecard and networked tuner. No rental fees for a box, and I can stream it wherever without checking in or dealing with location restrictions, and my DVR is still mine even if I leave and subscribe to something else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  But that would still be easier to convince someone to sign up for Signal or whatever other app if it came in a unified inbox. I just started using Beeper a couple of months ago, because while the security concerns are valid, it is really damn convenient.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intel might have slipped that Windows 12 is indeed coming next year | Company CFO sees benefits of a coming "Windows Refresh"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  my tastes happening to align with game availability on the platform.

  I wished more people phrased it this way, or acknowledged that some peoples’ tastes in games aren’t going to change to fit a new platform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An emergency FEMA alert test will sound Oct. 4 on all U.S. TVs, radios and cellphones⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I’ll agree with you there. I don’t know the extent to which this bot is necessary given that it’s not very discerning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An emergency FEMA alert test will sound Oct. 4 on all U.S. TVs, radios and cellphones⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This community is currently mostly filled with country, and region specific news. Not everyone is in the UK and impacted by their regulations. Not everyone is in Europe where they’re testing the Facebook and Instagram ad-free subscription. Hell, not everyone is on those platforms so those stories aren’t relevant to them. It would leave the community pretty empty at this point if we started moderating content according to its global relevance, especially when people always have the option to just scroll by.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Largest Farm to Grow Crops Under Solar Panels Proves To Be A Bumper Crop For Agrivoltaic Land Use⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, zoning is kind of the smallest hurdle for a rural town. Developing public transit and construction to make streets bike friendly are significantly larger investments. You’ve still then got the issue that your small town serves as the hub for miles of mountain and farmland and you can never fully end the car dependency. And for colonial era towns, construction is often not an option because of the likelihood that something has historical significance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Largest Farm to Grow Crops Under Solar Panels Proves To Be A Bumper Crop For Agrivoltaic Land Use⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Often times, the only option for smaller communities that are car dependent is just a multi-level garage that has a smaller footprint. But many don’t have the demand for downtown commercial real estate that would help it make financial sense.