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bmicraft··on Play snake in the URL address bar
Not for me on Android (same version)
bmicraft··on Why your outdoorsy friend suddenly has a gummy bear power bank
That's wrong, if they only specifiy Ah, then they usually imply cell voltage (3.7V avg.) and not the 5V you're drawing over USB.

Even if you assume you're charging a phone with that, you first need to subtract 25-40% total losses. And then consider that phone batteries are LiHV with 3.85-3.9V nowadays.

bmicraft··on Why, as a responsible adult, SimCity 2000 hits differently
You really need to explain why you think that's the case.
bmicraft··on Why, as a responsible adult, SimCity 2000 hits differently
Like with many things caused by non-existant socal safety nets, these problems are bigger in the US than elsewhere.
bmicraft··on Why, as a responsible adult, SimCity 2000 hits differently
There usually aren't any meaningful destinations (like shops / a park / a mall) within a suburb you can reach in a reasonable amount of time, except a friend if the live close.
bmicraft··on Nostr
The question isnt a category error and deserves a direct answer.

If I follow what you're saying the answer could have been: "it's a framework/set of protocols for building a Twitter that can show all the stuff on other compatible Google+/Facebooks"

bmicraft··on KDE is now my favorite desktop
> I'm not sure if this isn't as common as I think it is - but what's wrong with typing `ip` into a terminal

Well, for a start, `ip` isn't enough to give you anything. You'd need at least `ip a` or `ip r`, but then you'd have to already know that or go hunting in the manual (the `ip` help really is pretty bad). For something you might only need once a year (and will forget before you need it again!), having it in the GUI is very valuable.

bmicraft··on KDE is now my favorite desktop
There are a boatload of non-GTK or GNOME affiliated terminal emulators. I can recommend alacritty for instance.
bmicraft··on Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH
Because it's much less effective.
bmicraft··on KDE launches its own distribution
The choice of distro makes almost no difference w.r.t. performance on old hardware, as long as it's still supported.

The only (real but small) difference is between desktop environments and their choice of default apps (eg. file manager).

bmicraft··on KDE launches its own distribution
Yeah obviously. Windows let's everybody and their dog write into the registry.

Which goes completely against the kind of immutable and sandboxed system that KDE Linux intends to be.

bmicraft··on E-paper display reaches the realm of LCD screens
If you've got that much backlight bleed, turn down your backlight.
bmicraft··on E-paper display reaches the realm of LCD screens
Displays don't usually reflect significantly more than 10% of incoming light
bmicraft··on KDE launches its own distribution
Yes, that's exactly what immutable means for Linux distros. Sometimes they're also called atomic for mostly the same reasons.
bmicraft··on KDE launches its own distribution
Installation is exceptionally easy, other than timezone, install disk and user account.

I'd also expect installing flatpaks offline would be a hassle.

bmicraft··on KDE launches its own distribution
At the very least it does add context menu entries for compression to files, apart from "open with" obviously. That might already the reason right there.
bmicraft··on KDE launches its own distribution
It wasn't fixed in plasma 5 and it is in Plasma 6.
bmicraft··on KDE launches its own distribution
Libvirt virtual machines are also stored there.
bmicraft··on KDE launches its own distribution
Arch doesn't support more than 6(?) months between upgrades, maybe Manjaro is the same.
bmicraft··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
> I think you are mistaken in thinking that 'left' [...] somehow their violence is lower in percentage

I don't know about the US, but I've certainly seen stats from mostly center sources support that claim for my country

bmicraft··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
It's only an accident when taken out of the bigger picture. There is a reason it's often called car collision (or similar nowadays): Because it's a statistical inevitability when taken in aggregate.
bmicraft··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
You're making this sound very one-sided
bmicraft··on E-paper display reaches the realm of LCD screens
> But an e-ink display on its own at least removes an additional light source pointing directly at the eyes, which could provide a potential mechanism for different effects on the eyes/brain.

Not really, since LCD/OLED aren't an additional light source, but absorb and thus replace the ambient light that would be coming from their direction.

bmicraft··on Firefox 32-bit Linux Support to End in 2026
Some people are under the misapprehension that 32-bit programs need less ram, which might explain that, but that's still a large number regardless.
bmicraft··on Signal Secure Backups
Foldersync is a great app
bmicraft··on Microsoft Azure: "Multiple international subsea cables were cut in the Red Sea"
Should be 1.4Gm
bmicraft··on Pixel 10 Phones
Okay yeah I fully agree there. I was thinking of my 128GB 6a I bought for a third of that new.
bmicraft··on 95% of Companies See 'Zero Return' on $30B Generative AI Spend
Maybe, if it means people spend less time on calls (because their problem got solved sooner?)
bmicraft··on Pixel 10 Phones
If you don't have multiple 10g+ games or hours of video on your phone then 128GB can easily be enough.
bmicraft··on Pixel 10 Phones
I've got a single short that does that (re: bunching feeling) and it's just because the pocket isn't deep enough for the phone to sit flat against my thigh.

I'd rather choose my shorts more carefully in the future than switch to a smaller phone (that might still have the same problem if not tiny) just because of that.

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