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SecretPancake

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SecretPancake ,

Ah this is why they started showing screensavers now in the pause screen on the Apple TV app. They just needed this feature to bother people even more. Well, I won’t see it since I made the deal with the devil half a year ago and got Premium and I think it’s actually worth the money considering it’s my most watched streaming service by far.

"Digital sovereignty": German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein ditches Microsoft for Linux and Open Source alternatives (blog.documentfoundation.org)

Schleswig-Holstein, the northern German federal state, will be a digital pioneer region and the first German state to introduce a digitally sovereign IT workplace in its state administration. With a cabinet decision to introduce the open-source software LibreOffice as the standard office solution across the board, the government...

SecretPancake ,

Don’t get me started on how uncool this country actually is. You only ever hear the good news.

SecretPancake ,

Only if the instance you’re on is not one of those fuckers that block Threads.

SecretPancake ,

And it might be a little wet

SecretPancake ,

What a beautiful thought

SecretPancake ,

You think he would develop and build a whole tunnel boring machine and dig through Vegas just to sell a handful more cars? It's not like the people potentially buying Teslas in the US would even consider going for a subway instead. If anything those people might use the subway in addition to driving a Tesla.

SecretPancake ,

Some of our politicians in Germany love the idea of flying taxis and monorails but "luckily" they don't like actually spending money on infrastructure so instead they opt to do nothing at all.

SecretPancake ,

I'm a web developer and used to work for companies focused on SEO over quality. It's a pain in the ass and takes all the fun out of the job.

SecretPancake ,

You could get one of these https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Bluetooth-Handsets-Radiation-Proof-Comfortable/dp/B0BFB13W56?keywords=bluetooth+retro+phone&qid=1708238757&sr=8-3

SecretPancake ,

Haha I guess it’s just a weird translation

SecretPancake ,

So all Podcasts are bad because this one particular example was stupid? Why did you feel the need to bring that up? What you described you can find plenty in books, magazines or everywhere else.

There are all kinds of podcasts for all kinds of interests. And the best thing is that people like you and me can make and publish them. I dislike many podcasts because they are superficial, loud, hectic or whatever but there are many others that just work for me.

I usually listen to them while on a run, in the car or to fall asleep to.

Unfortunately I don’t have recommendations for you because most of my subscribed podcasts are German* and the others are in the „fall asleep to“ category of men talking about tech. But if you’re interested in the latter, start at atp.fm or something on the relay.fm network.

*if you are German speaking, I’ll gladly give recommendations

SecretPancake ,

Not just that but the feeds are indexed in many directories (if the hosts decide to, but most do) so you can just find it in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or „wherever you get your podcasts from“ and instantly start listening. If you would need to go to a website, copy the feed URL and paste it into your client, that would already be fine for nerds but not very convenient. Which is why regular website RSS feeds are not as popular (and also because they are often shitty, on purpose).

SecretPancake , (edited )

My problem is I don’t see how that relates to podcasts. It’s just a medium. Everything you describe can happen everywhere else.

Edit: Maybe what you’re missing are journalistic standards. Most podcasts are for entertainment and you might need to dig a little deeper to find professional journalism.

SecretPancake ,

Never heard of that. Please do not just claim things without clarifying.

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