This is a plugin I found recently and really enjoy. It gives you the opportunity to redirect several webpages to alternatives. For example Youtube to FreeTube or Piped. If I search for youtube in Firefox, FreeTube automatically opens and shows me my feed. I like it, I use it, I can recommend it.
Yeah, that’s what I currently do. I’m just constantly annoyed how restricted I seem to be in Firefox mobile in general with add-ons. No scripting add-on, no redirect add-on, no User Agent add-on. I still run Firefox as my main on all devices, but using it on mobile is definitely my least favorite.
I thought someone might say that, lol. It’s good to know this extension will work that way. I have at least one extension that when using the custom collection method causes none of the extensions in the collection to load or work.
Not all extensions though. I want to be able to use the User Agent switcher that I use on desktop and when I add that to the extension collection it causes none of the extensions to appear in Firefox mobile.
I completely agree. I do think it’s worth noting that for me when I say better I’m not saying it in a quality or quantifiable sense, but in my subjective sense. In terms of skill or talent or whatever you want to call it, I think they are on the same level, but for my specific tastes Craig is just more enjoyable for me.
And that’s why variety of choices (not just different people, but different people with very different backgrounds) is great/important! One never know what they are going to connect with.
Sure, but not even close to all. It’s been literal years since the change. I was understanding at first, but now it’s just becoming frustrating. Things that are very easy in desktop Firefox just isn’t possible on mobile Firefox. And yes, I am running Firefox nightly and custom collections for my extensions on mobile.
I don’t agree with the OP that removing the jack is a mortal sin. However having worked in related induatries, I don’t think removing it really saves much if any money and it is entirely possible to make a phone or any other electronic device water resistant even with a headphone jack. Hell you can get wired ear buds that can be submerged in water.
I know it wasn’t mentioned specifically, but even fairly cheap watches will be water proof to like 30 meters and still have a user replacable battery.
I have recently started university and am required to use an app that has three Facebook trackers, one of them being a Facebook location tracker according to Exodus App Privacy, for the dining plan, when it would literally work perfectly fine using your student ID and ordering to a real cashier, LIKE HOW IT HAS BEEN DONE FOR...
I’m not positive but I think the option “Add to Home Screen” is the same thing as the above user mentioned. That’s what I have in my menu options, I don’t have an “Install” option there.
Apple has refused to provide the calibration tool for the sleep sensor to independent repair people. A German repairman has beaten Apple and developed a calibration tool....
For a local repair store the cost of the device isn’t that bad. I could be wrong, but I bet a lot of the initial purchases will be businesses and then once it becomes open source the tinkerers will go ham.
A friend who is a tech at a Costco pharmacy told me yesterday that they are expecting a shipment of the generic to arrive today. While my pharmacy has no ETA on the name brand and does not have access to the generic from their distributors as far as I have been able to surmise.
Two years after the Fairphone 4 and following the release of some audio products like the Fairbuds XL, the Dutch company is back with a new repairable phone: the Fairphone 5. It looks and feels a lot like the Fairphone 4, but it adds choice upgrades across the board, making it the most modular and also most modern-looking...
Are there any better alternatives? The only ones I’m aware of off the top of my head would be Samsung’s Exynos, Kirin, and MediaTek. From the little experience I have in the space it always struck me as Qualcomm being the least shitty option, not necessarily the best.
I have a 512GB microSD card in my current phone that is about half full. I don’t have any interest in paying a subscription to store my stuff on someone else’s server (“the cloud”), when the SD card only cost me a couple of months of what a subscription would. I periodically back up the SD card at home.
As to what’s on it? The usual stuff like pictures and videos, but also game ROMs, call recordings, shows/movies, ISOs, utilities (I can make my phone appear to be a flash drive, bootable even). I also backup my texts and other records using a third party app. When I do have to swap phones, transferring the SD card over and then restoring stuff like settings, messages, records, etc is way faster than any of the OEM transfer tools.
Let’s be honest for a minute. Who hasn’t fallen victim to the seductive call of a bag of chips or a chocolate bar? Yes, I’ll confess it—especially during those grueling late-night study sessions, I’ve also been there....
Their whole thing is to do this stuff with Linus. It’s a constant friendly back and forth. Linus will make fun of and trash Dbrand in videos they sponsor, while Dbrand makes fun of him. In a vacuum, this looks really weird/bad, but if you are familiar with the back and forth it very much comes across as two really good friends taking the piss and just having fun.
There is basically no piece of content Dbrand isn’t willing to sponsor with LMG because they don’t give a fuck.
I’m not sure I would go that far. I largely agree with the GN video, but I would not call Linus a piece of shit. There are a number of things I disagree with Linus about on a fundamental level, but he is still just a slightly awkward nerd with methed up squirrel energy at the end of the day. As Steve notes in the video he is basically responsible for the livelihood of 120 people, I’m sure that puts a little bit of stress on a person. That being said it doesn’t absolve him of what has been happening, and his current path seems deeply misguided.
Oh I’m aware. He has always struck me as very quick to react and slow to introspect (which is kinda inline with not having time to look back like was said in his team’s video). I definitely have issues with some of his philosophies, but on a scale from regular person to Hollywood CEO he doesn’t strike me as actively malicious, just misguided.
Just my $0.02. I understand where you are coming from, just figured I’d proffer another perspective for the sake of discussion.
I get the impression that Linus is in over his head and reacting in a very emotional way. Kinda reminds me of the channel hack a few months ago, both Yvonne and Luke were literally telling him what was going on and what needed to happen, and his tunnel vision just would not allow him to hear them.
That’s not an excuse. I think there is/should be a price to be paid. In most things I tend to lean towards rehabilitation with a chance for change, rather than retribution and and destruction. It’s a crap situation and I’m disappointed but not surprised.
LTT also just posted a video, that kinda reinforces what I was saying before. Linus is very emotionally driven and quite obviously blinded by it. I do think people should both be held accountable AND given the opportunity to learn.
The video was obviously damage control. I still hope something good comes out of all this, but believe it or not I am still pretty cynical about things.
There is a saying I came across when I was quite young that I try to keep in mind when telling my side of any story:
“There are three sides to every story. There is what I said happened. There is what they said happened. There is what actually happened.”
I doubt LTT speaks to Madison’s posts explicitly, but with everything that is happening, I do hope if anyone has experienced something similar that they feel more comfortable and empowered to come forward with their experiences.
I’m glad to see GN put a piece like this out. I like LTT, enjoy a fair amount of their content, and I even like Linus as a person for the most part (from what can be seen publicly, no one is perfect and maybe he eve sucks IRL, I don’t know), but I have had a number of issues with some of Linus’ “takes” and the quality of the content that has been put out.
I think Linus is better than a lot of people I have met in recognizing certain biases, but he still has them and he will sometimes dig in on certain things rather than even acknowledge the what or why of the other side of the argument (a good example being the “trust me bro” stuff).
A personal critique I have of a lot of their graphs and charts is that the colors often don’t make any sense, nor are they very color blind friendly. I’m not myself, but I do generate a lot of graphs and such in my professional life and I think it could be done in a lot better way.
Then again who cares about what I think, I’m just some rando on the internet.
I am curious to see if Linus watches the whole video before he responds. He does have a tendency it seems to just ask for a summary or to just kinda scrub through and not pay attention.
I agree, though I also kinda understand “why”. They have never stated this explicitly, but the impression I get is that they intend for you to pause the video if you want to interrogate the graphs more closely. Not the choice I would make, but in a vacuum I can understand it. The cynic in me says going through graphs quickly is a way to hide sloppy work.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food...
I was just coming in to say the same thing. Don’t get me wrong, I think the average consumer’s desire for speed and convenience above everything else (including ethics) is a problem, but that is completely separate from these industries posting record profits (even after adjusting for inflation) yet still paying and treating their workers for/like shit.
Wanted to share the libredirect Firefox plugin, for abandoning Youtube. (libredirect.github.io)
This is a plugin I found recently and really enjoy. It gives you the opportunity to redirect several webpages to alternatives. For example Youtube to FreeTube or Piped. If I search for youtube in Firefox, FreeTube automatically opens and shows me my feed. I like it, I use it, I can recommend it.
Yahtzee Croshaw: Today, I formally resigned from The Escapist and Gamurs. I don't have the rights to Zero Punctuation, but whatever happens you'll be hearing my voice again soon, in a new place. (twitter.com)
Mozilla tells extension developers to get ready to finally go mobile (www.theregister.com)
Taylor Tomlinson To Host CBS’ ‘After Midnight’ (deadline.com)
The news was announced on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, whose host will exec produce the series, launching in 2024...
Mozilla Firefox 119 Is Now Available for Download, Here's What's New (9to5linux.com)
Another reason to sail the high seas (sh.itjust.works)
$25 to rent the movie, one watch within max 24 hours after you start watching it… Or $5 more to own it. Scammers.
The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years (www.theverge.com)
I hate how everything requires you to download a shitty proprietary data harvesting app nowadays when everything can be done just fine without an app.
I have recently started university and am required to use an app that has three Facebook trackers, one of them being a Facebook location tracker according to Exodus App Privacy, for the dining plan, when it would literally work perfectly fine using your student ID and ordering to a real cashier, LIKE HOW IT HAS BEEN DONE FOR...
Right to Repair - We beat Apple at their own game - let the unauthorized calibrations BEGIN! (www.youtube.com)
Apple has refused to provide the calibration tool for the sleep sensor to independent repair people. A German repairman has beaten Apple and developed a calibration tool....
FDA approves multiple generics of Vyvanse (www.fda.gov)
I count 13 generic manufacturers: search lisdexamfetamine on www.accessdata.fda.gov/…/search_product.cfm
The Fairphone 5 released, is the sleekest repairable phone yet (www.androidpolice.com)
Two years after the Fairphone 4 and following the release of some audio products like the Fairbuds XL, the Dutch company is back with a new repairable phone: the Fairphone 5. It looks and feels a lot like the Fairphone 4, but it adds choice upgrades across the board, making it the most modular and also most modern-looking...
Fairphone 5 Announced! (shop.fairphone.com)
Looks like a new model for the Fairphone has been announced! What do you think about it?...
What does the 🛞 emoji mean on Lemmy?
I’ve seen it a few times now and I have no idea what it’s supposed to mean....
Eating Too Much Ultra-Processed Food Can Make You Feel Sad and Anxious: New Study (www.theinnovativehorizon.com)
Let’s be honest for a minute. Who hasn’t fallen victim to the seductive call of a bag of chips or a chocolate bar? Yes, I’ll confess it—especially during those grueling late-night study sessions, I’ve also been there....
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The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, & Responsibility (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/3337820...
The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, & Responsibility - Gamers Nexus (m.youtube.com)
Doctors Emerge as Political Force in Battle Over Abortion Laws in Ohio and Elsewhere (www.propublica.org)
Consumer demand for speed and convenience drives labor unrest among workers in Hollywood and at UPS (apnews.com)
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food...