zxo

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI fever turns Anguilla’s “.ai” domain into a digital gold mine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I like seeing more uncommon TLDs be used that aren’t just .com, .org, or .net. Variety’s kinda cool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The fediverse, while still social media, has a level of authenticity unrivaled by most major social medias in my opinion. Hopefully it stays that way!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DNS providers for privacy & adblocking⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been using Mullvad DNS (the adblocking variant) on my phone to block ads and I have to say, it works pretty well. I didn’t even know some of my Play apps have ads, it’s that effective.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here’s why the best IMAX movies still need a Palm Pilot to work⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They got it right: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. No point in spending useless money to upgrade something that already works and where upgrading would be pointless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars — For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, wit...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve also heard they are decent cars, at this point I’ll just keep driving what I’ve got and hope that in a couple years, more manufacturers will return to making most things controllable by physical buttons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox outperforms Chrome in speed for the first time according to a Speedometer assessment⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Same, whenever I tried and use Chrome with another application running, it always slowed down my computer an insane amount. Firefox doesn’t do that, I can actually use multiple programs on my machine with Firefox open.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox outperforms Chrome in speed for the first time according to a Speedometer assessment⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  More reasons to keep using Firefox just keep on coming up like excellent extensions, in-browser PDF editor, and now more speed. I switched to Firefox 2 years ago with uBO and I don’t think I’d ever switch back to Chrome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars — For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, wit...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If something like the AC, gear switching, volume controls, or another essential function is only usable via the touchscreen, I’d just stop considering that car because it’s unsafe and time consuming to use touchscreens in cars. They’re right, too much tech in cars is very annoying and I think most people (like me) would rather have dedicated physical buttons to control most actions in a car.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars — For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, wit...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I would pay more to get a car with more buttons than you can comprehend and a small little infotainment system that allows you to play music than a super futuristic car with a iPad in the center and nothing else in the center console area.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Premium quietly goes up in price to $14 per month | That's a significant $2 increase with no official announcement.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  NewPipe costs $13.99 less on my phone (where I watch YouTube most), and it has a better UX (for me) than the official app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨K12 Admins powerwashing their Chromebooks for a new school year. (Summer 2023, Colorized)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Chromebooks are nearly perfect student devices, especially newer ones.

  They charge quickly, have long battery lives, and most things students would need are easily accessible on Chrome. As well, it’s a little bit harder for students to exploit and put their own apps on in my experience, because it requires more knowledge than what most students have to counter things like social media blocks (Games are kinda an exception though).

  While they probably aren’t the best for other forms of usage, they are very good school devices. I wouldn’t even consider using Macs or Windows laptops at schools instead.