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ben_dover, 6 months ago to memes in Let me see Uranus..

yes it looks like a con that’s common on twitter - “omg if my boyfriend would get me this for Christmas, i’d marry him” and then a link to an overpriced item on etsy or similar, that you can get off aliexpress or even amazon for cheap.

same here, found the exact same product on aliexpress for half the price

ben_dover, 7 months ago to risa in It was his last wish too.

Zachary did quite alright, considering the shoes he had to fill

ben_dover, 7 months ago to homeautomation in Matic is a $1,795 robot vacuum for people concerned about privacy

“Relying on local processing, Matic can see your home and suck up liquid spills.”

ben_dover, 7 months ago to android in Does Google Inserting Deceptively Placed Ads in the Play Store seem icky to anyone else?

… and they’ve removed all images from the site too 🙈

ben_dover, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to ich_iel in ich🙄iel

das meme hat “dont dead - open inside” vibes

ben_dover, 9 months ago to privacy in The Philips Hue ecosystem is collapsing into stupidity

Hue Essentials does the trick on Android

ben_dover, 9 months ago to fragfeddit in Wo/Wie kann man gut Englisch lernen?

was mein Englisch wahnsinnig verbessert hat war meinen Medienkonsum umzustellen - Bücher, Nachrichten, Blogposts, Lemmy, Netflix, Youtube wird alles nur noch auf Englisch gelesen/geschaut, so kannst du “nebenbei” einen guten Wortschatz aufbauen

ben_dover, 9 months ago to dach in Tiroler Gletscher für Ski-Weltcup-Opening in Sölden teilweise zerstört

wenn man die richtigen Politiker schmiert geht scheinbar alles in unserer Bananenrepublik

ben_dover, 10 months ago to showerthoughts in Isn't it weird that we'll never (ever?) talk about lightnings as a potential renewable energy source ?

i’ve brought it up with different engineers, everyone said it’s basically impossible, it is just too strong

ben_dover, 10 months ago to piracy in Usenet-curious, will I find a treasure trove of reality tv?

i’ve found Usenet to be cumbersome at times, Debrid it is for me

ben_dover, 10 months ago to piracy in Apple TV vs Firestick for pirated movies and series?

Chromecast with googletv 4k + stremio + torrentio plugin + debrid subscription

hands down the best experience if you don’t want to meddle with plex and just watch things netflix-style.

ben_dover, 10 months ago to memes in No ads, No tracking and Opensource

you know, you can block ads on Android. add as many trackers as you want, NextDNS will just sinkhole them 🤷‍♂️ it works just like PiHole. Adguard is good too. no need for any subscription.