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thejml , 2 days ago to Technology in Nike’s self-lacing Adapt BB sneakers are losing their remote control mobile app

I know a few people in their 40’s with varying stages of arthritis. I’m hopeful for post 70’s as well, but it’s not looking too good.

thejml , 2 days ago to Technology in Nike’s self-lacing Adapt BB sneakers are losing their remote control mobile app

Hey, my daughter wore shoes like that—- dang I’m old. :(

thejml , 3 days ago to Mildly Infuriating in Tethered Bottle Caps

Right, the previous place required them to be removed because they’re different plastics. I assume the new one just automatically cuts the top of the bottle off and discards it… probably because the people using the service couldn’t be counted on to follow directions anyway. In fact that was the reason they actually gave up on city wide recycling. Too many people trying to throw non-recyclable items in the bin (like whole ladders and baby seats and greasy pizza boxes and all sorts of stuff.) They had a line literally catch fire because someone threw a lithium ion battery in the bin.

thejml , 4 days ago to Mildly Infuriating in Tethered Bottle Caps

The place I lived before this would only recycle the bottle, not the cap… made this mildly infuriating as I had to do extra work every time I wanted to recycle them. Glad I can just toss the whole thing in the recycle bin now.

thejml , 5 days ago to Technology in Now The EU Council Should Finally Understand: No One Wants “Chat Control”

The same kids who need a secure line of communication with authorities and aid workers and councilors and places to report the abuse and.. you get the idea. Those kids would NOT have liked this at all.

thejml , 7 days ago to Technology in Hack of Age Verification Company Shows Privacy Danger of Social Media Laws

Definitely the free space on my bingo card as well.

thejml , 7 days ago to Technology in Flying cars they said

Hoverboards weren’t the same as desired either. This timeline kinda sucks.

thejml , 8 days ago to Technology in Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising

So, does PiHole work against this threat? I don’t believe I’ve seen an ad on Windows 11 yet on my desktop, but it’s firmly behind a PiHole and never leaves the house (because desktop)… so either I’m lucky, missing something, or it’s working.

I mean, I basically just boot it up to game and backup CDs to FLAC and such, so maybe I’m just missing things.

And Yes, as someone who has used linux since 1995, I know I can probably do those things in Linux at this point, but I couldn’t when I set it up and since it’s working I’ve got other things higher on my list to do.

thejml , 11 days ago to Technology in Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks in US over windshield wiper, exterior trim issues

I don’t think the Mercedes ones are 1.22m long.

thejml , 11 days ago to Technology in Backdoor slipped into multiple WordPress plugins in ongoing supply-chain attack

I’ve used https://getgrav.org for a while and it’s been pretty solid.

thejml , 11 days ago to Technology in EU charges Microsoft with 'abusive' bundling of Teams and Office, breaching antitrust rules

Me: “Didn’t they unbundle those already?”

Article: “Last year the tech giant unbundled Teams from Microsoft 365 in an effort to quash antitrust concerns by the EU, but the European Commission said the changes were “insufficient to address its concerns.”

thejml , 14 days ago to Technology in Impossibly thin fabric could cool you down by 16-plus degrees

It’s going to need to be like 40F cooler pretty soon here.

thejml , 16 days ago to Technology in Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else”

Ours basically added MacOS as an option because they didn’t want to manage Linux and there are standard security tools for it. I don’t mind MacOS, it has its quirks, but it beats W11. I had an HP with Linux there before the company decided to drop it and I do miss it, but knowing I’d have to now have a Dell with Linux if they still had the option, I’ll take the Apple hardware knowing all the issues the windows guys have.

thejml , 16 days ago to Memes in Happy Kia Summer Sale!!

I guess they don’t celebrate Truck Month or the Sign Then Drive event? Losers!

thejml , 16 days ago to Technology in Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else”

Our shop has two options (for security and management, they keep the options lean). Dell Windows 11 machines and Mac. The suckiness of the Dell ecosystem, combined with Windows 11 being fairly terrible, has pushed most all of my colleagues over to Mac over the last few years. Even most of the ASP.NET developers are on Mac at this point. This just solidifies that direction even further.