SecretPancake

SecretPancake , 2 months ago to Technology in YouTube Tests Showing Ads When You Pause a Video, Calls it ''Pause Ads''

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.

SecretPancake , 2 months ago to Technology in "Digital sovereignty": German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein ditches Microsoft for Linux and Open Source alternatives

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

SecretPancake , 2 months ago to Technology in You Can Now Follow President Biden on the Fediverse

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

SecretPancake , 3 months ago to Technology in Are We Watching The Internet Die?

What a beautiful thought

SecretPancake , 3 months ago to Technology in Are We Watching The Internet Die?

And it might be a little wet

SecretPancake , 4 months ago to Technology in Elon Musk’s Vegas Tunnel Project Has Been Racking Up Safety Violations

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 , 4 months ago to Technology in Elon Musk’s Vegas Tunnel Project Has Been Racking Up Safety Violations

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 , 4 months ago to Technology in How Google is killing independent sites like ours

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 , 4 months ago to Technology in Gen Z is bringing back landline phones because they think they look ‘cool’: ‘I love to twirl the cord’

Haha I guess it’s just a weird translation

SecretPancake , 4 months ago to Technology in Gen Z is bringing back landline phones because they think they look ‘cool’: ‘I love to twirl the cord’

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 , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to Technology in “Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement

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 , 4 months ago to Technology in “Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement

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 , 4 months ago to Technology in “Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement

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 , 8 months ago to Privacy in Please, do not use Brave.

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