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fpslem , 10 days ago to Technology in Mozilla is adding tab grouping, vertical tabs, profile management, and local AI features to Firefox

tab grouping

Sure, okay.

vertical tabs

To each their own.

profile management

Whatever, it's fine.

and local AI features

HOLLUP

fpslem , 10 days ago to Comic Strips in Outbursts of Everett True - May 19, 1923

In small apartments curtains are definitely a cheap way to divide space, or make a single small space more adaptable or modular. I knew plenty of young adults in tiny NYC apartments that used curtains to "wall off" a sleeping area in a studio apartment, or create a make-shift workspace. Heck, I did that during lockdowns to have a work space. Although I did discover the downside of curtains, they do little to dampen sound and (to a lesser extent) smells.

fpslem , 10 days ago to Comic Strips in Outbursts of Everett True - May 19, 1923

I'm interested in how this takes place in one room with a curtain divider, which I think was more common when home sizes were much smaller.

fpslem , 10 days ago to Technology in On self-driving, Waymo is playing chess while Tesla plays checkers

Both are risking the lives and safety of the non-consenting public as they beta test 2-ton vehicles on public streets. Damn them both.

fpslem , 12 days ago to Comic Strips in Right to Flex Arms

I think we're both in agreement about the result, but we shouldn't forget that testimony is evidence. The chump behind the wheel will deny it, so you'll have conflicting testimonial evidence, but until recently, this was usually all the evidence any prosecutor had. We've gotten too used to video evidence and now police won't act without it, even though it's not legally required. It just provides a convenient excuse for cops not to bother when they don't care.

fpslem , 12 days ago to Comic Strips in Right to Flex Arms

It sucks but unless he hurt you, hit your bike, or you have any sort of footage what is the police suppose to do?

It's worth noting that most American states have a "3 foot law" that requires vehicles to pass bikers with at least 3 feet of space. (Often, drivers are also required to completely change lanes when doing so, although that varies more by state and by the width of the lane on that particular road.) If a driver in one of the 39 states runs a biker off the road, even if they never physically contacted the person on the bike, they almost certainly violated the "3 foot law."

Yes, police often won't investigate or bring charges, and yes, it sucks, but most of those dangerous drivers are indeed breaking the law.

fpslem , 12 days ago to Comic Strips in Right to Flex Arms

I call it his “big boy gun”

Good! And I hope you never let him hear the end of it. What a poser.

fpslem , 12 days ago to Technology in People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

2014 phones also fit in my hand. I miss that size, you can't even find them now.

fpslem , 16 days ago to Technology in Twitter is officially X.com now

I think anyone who thinks otherwise either curated it to be awful or didn’t really use it at all.

. . . or was targeted by harassment campaigns that the company did a poor job of protecting against. Plenty of celebrities and political actors realized they could weaponize their fanbases to go after critics, and Twitter never did much to stop it. For public officials or organizations, twitter too often was a cesspool of abuse that they couldn't afford to leave, and that was messed up. (I think the balance has shifted now, that they can afford to leave and have a moral obligation to do so, but many haven't.)

I always enjoyed my twitter experiences, because like you, I curated a nice feed to follow (and used a browser to keep on chronological timeline). But I was just a follower, mostly, and was never targeted by the really nasty stuff. But I'm not so myopic as to declare that what worked for me wasn't awful for many other folks.

fpslem OP , 24 days ago to Technology in After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year

Amazon Music

I invested heavily in the Amazon Music ecosystem, I bought hundreds of albums on there, and the platform is now very nearly unusuable. I cannot even listen to the songs that I paid for without also having to listen to ads. And the Android app now hides the downloads in some hidden folder so I can't even download them and listen to them on another player. It makes me furious.

I've actually gone back to CDs, if you can believe it. It's kind of nice sometimes, especially for full album plays, but I do miss a nice big playlist of my favorite songs from all artists.

fpslem OP , 24 days ago to Technology in After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year

😂😂😂

In seriousness, what is the payment to artists like nowadays on TIDAL? Dare I even ask?

fpslem OP , 24 days ago to Technology in After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year

I really wish there was a better alternative to push my friends to. I do use Bandcamp, so at least I know more of my $$$ are going to the artists and I can take the music with me, but I'm not sure about the platform long-term.

fpslem , 30 days ago to Technology in Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining

Same, although I may not wait that long, I'm looking at a new PC build and I can't justify a Windows OS nowadays, particularly since Steam on LInux is working relatively well for the (admittedly modest) games I like to play.

fpslem , 3 months ago to Fuck Cars in How to improve a street in one easy step…

This sort of treatment costs so little to install, just a few thousand euros and political will. And the tragedy is that most towns could easily come up with the former but can't muster the latter.

fpslem , 3 months ago to Fuck Cars in How to improve a street in one easy step…

Naw, people on foot and on bike mix pretty well, it's the 2+-tonne metal cages that ruin cities.