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My first memory was "hey, who chewed up this Atari 2600 controller?" Before realizing it was me...guess I was just forming memories at the time.

What's the point of buying new phones every years?

Other than your carrier give it for free or cheap, I don’t really see the reason why should you buy new phone. I’ve been using Redmi Note 9 for past 3 years and recently got my had on Poco F5. I don’t see the point of my ‘upgrade’. I sold it and come back to my Note 9. Gaming? Most of them are p2w or microtransaction...

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I would look into Asus' software upgrade policy. From what I understand it's pretty abysmal; something to consider when you're someone who holds onto phones for more than 2 years. Google and Samsung have much longer support cycles.

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I assume someone from a third community federated with both sh.itjust.works and beehaw would see a disjointed conversation that includes both beehaw and sh.itjust.works replies. I do agree that it's still valuable to subscribe as those conversations are still valuable and they will probably refederate in the future.

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Must be comfortable living in a world of strawmen. Don't hurt yourself on that sharp wit of yours.

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Going for a first gen Google product is a mistake we've all made at least once.

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Death Sex + Robots on Netflix. Love how the icons change for each episode.

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They should definitely go for 48 hours, wait I've seen this before...

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And they won't stop until they kill killedbygoogle by having it run out of storage space.

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Another vote for Pocket casts, been a user since 2011. Best release notes of any app as well.

Best places to get human reviews/recommendations outside of reddit? (kbin.social)

Often times when duckduckgoing (is that the right term for that) advice for products, I use the !ddgr key to directly search reddit for advice. But in a post-blackout world, I need to do this a lot less. So I want to know what the best places are to get reviews and advice for products that are human and not top 10 listicals.

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Libreddit will lose access after June 30 correct? Didn't know about the project until I joined Kbin.

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We can only hope that one day a Lemmy post about not shitting for 3 days will make it into a museum for future generations to marvel at.

What are 2000 employees doing at Reddit?

When they said Reddit has 2000 employees I was shocked. what could they possibly do onto a website that is basically run by users (and sysadmins) and that is basically feature-wise mature? I really can’t figure out 2000 people working every day on Reddit… on what? just for a quick comparison, the whole IAmA was run by a...

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Are they all writing code or just figuring out ways to inject ads and paid content into every orifice?

Anyway your app defined my reddit experience and I'm looking forward to your next one.

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I don't know why anyone thinks flying cars are remotely a good idea. Between mechanical issues and shitty drivers you'll end up with missiles crashing into people's roofs all day.

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They've always moderated for free. They just don't want to be repeatedly slapped in the face while doing so.

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There's no real pinnacle for cycling as there are too many disciplines and brands, but what was eye opening for a beginner was the price.

It's often noted that the price to performance ratio just about levels out at $3,500 for a bike (top end carbon frame and wheels with a 105 groupset for example); anything above that is really for people being paid to race. That doesn't stop people with money burning a hole in their pocket from spending 5-12k on a bike thinking the 60 seconds it will shave over an hour long ride is somehow worth it.

Throw in shoes, helmet, bib shorts/shirt ($300 each) and you're looking at one expensive hobby.

Meanwhile most beginners are out there looking for a sub $1k bike wondering why there's nothing available.

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Kinda...MTB's at that price point come with front suspensions that aren't really worth the added weight. You're adding complexity with the extra parts that you "should" be spending at least double that.

But yes, below 1K you're looking at entry level "fitness" bikes with flat bars, or something from Poseidon or Decathlon. Luckily the used market is vibrant if you have someone experienced helping you out (that's where reddit bike communities came in handy)

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If a Lemmy app can help solve this problemnin the future it will be something that sets itself apart from the pack.

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