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Cake day: July 5th, 2023

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  • Lol, I underestimated how many “Moto G” phones there are. I have the “Moto G 5g” at the moment, but had the “Moto G power” historically. But there are like 5 phones a year with “Moto G54” or similar branding.

    I found what looks like active wallpapers on my phone, but I didn’t see any ads. For me it was hidden away in the settings and I only recall seeing it when first setting up my phone since my launcher handles the wallpaper now.

    I do remember a bunch of apps like TikTok and some random Solitaire game being installed “for my convenience” when the phone was first setup, but I could remove them completely.

    I wonder if very specific versions install different crap.

    It’s a bummer if so because it’s what I recommend to friends if they ask.



  • For Batman specifically I think it starts as a way to clean up Gotham. He’ll quit just as soon as Gotham is cleaned up. But of course it’s a neverending task. Plus even if he cleaned up Gotham, how can he stop there? How can he stop when there is so much left to do.

    But! That’s why I like Batman working with the Justice League and Superman specifically. He can never go back to being Bruce Wayne, he’ll always be Batman, but at least with Superman he gets his moments of comfort, however brief they may be.

    Batman is cursed to be Batman and not Bruce Wayne. That’s his character.

    I’m not against changing some aspects of his character. And as you noted other characters strike a balance. But those are other characters. If we’re changing too much of a character, maybe we just tell that different character’s story instead.


    As for Spider-Man, that is a character who, depending on the story and timeline of that story, does try to strike a balance. In terms of being poor I think it’s a matter of being independent. Whenever he works for someone, they tend to want to do things their way. Even if he agrees or he’s doing what he wanted to do, there is still that layer of dependence.


  • In any case I’m guessing it hasn’t had enough users to justify funding from Canonical.

    in 2017 after shutting down the Unity development team and laying off nearly 200 employees.

    Just in case it wasn’t clear, Canonical has no interest in funding it anymore. The project was then picked up my community maintainers, which based on the article was just one person who was 12, now ~15 years old. I bring up the age just to point out that, yes, school is a more important thing to focus on.





  • Paul took the clips in stride, initially putting on a grave voice and decrying that “this AI is getting out of hand,” only to buy into the trend by acting camp in a response video posted to TikTok on Monday.

    Proof? That video response sounds like AI.

    But his girlfriend, Dutch professional speed skater Jutta Leerdam, wasn’t impressed. “I don’t like it, it’s not funny!” she told him in a video. “People believe it.”

    Proof? That video sounds fake. Maybe this is all a ruse by the girlfriend to slander Jake Paul.

    I don’t actually believe that, but this article is written based on videos uploaded to TikTok, there is no proof any of the events described took place.

    Things are about to get much worse.







  • Wouldn’t that depend on what you’re watching?

    You can watch reality TV on YouTube, or traditional television.

    You can watch educational content and documentaries on YouTube, or traditional television.

    Hell you can watch some traditional TV shows on YouTube or traditional television.

    YouTube is just a platform for hosting content. Now they may have a “better” algorithm compared to traditional television, but that doesn’t really change much.



  • Inside out socks is the answer! The seam truly is evil and I can’t understand why no one else seems to notice.

    I expect many of the “no socks” people would be happier if they just turned them inside out.

    *(For anyone looking to try this, I’ve been told you need to start with new socks, you can’t convert right-side in socks to inside-out socks.)



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    Computers were either Windows or Mac, they couldn’t be anything else, that was a fact. Then I saw someone using Linux and had so many questions. How? I was given a Knoppix live CD, went home, and booted my home PC into Knoppix and it changed my perception of computers.

    I didn’t change over immediately but eventually Ubuntu was handing out install CDs and YouTube was full of wobbly windows and desktop cubes. It wasn’t useful but it looked cool.

    I still needed Windows for gaming, but for day to day it was so much easier to use Linux.

    Eventually my gaming was exclusively on the Switch and then was I was looking to play certain PC games the Steam Deck was available, so I bought that.

    I think Windows 8 was the last one I used and I’ve never had any desire to go back. Linux is just easier.