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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I do not want to support a trillion dollar company that makes it impossible to repair my own stuff.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Netherlands. Thailand and Morocco are even worse I guess. There, you'll get punished harshly for beinig openly anti-monarchy. I feel sorry for those countries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (6 children)

As somebody who lives in a kingdom, yes! Fucking parasites!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

Do you trust apple with their claims?

No. I inherently distrust trillion dolllar tech companies in poorly regulated economies. They are able to get away with a lot of crap and they know it. That's how the Cult of Apple works. I would not be surprised when they violate their own privacy policy knowingly and structurally.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You may have got me there. It was overhyped. So. Much. Merchandise. It drew people to the cinemas too, at least where I live. I do not remember whether it was actually praised though.

BTW: I hated the sound track. Anything with Puff Daddy or whatever he tries to call himself nowadays should not exist. Most lazy music ever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The God Machine. They were a shoegaze band from the early 90s. Sadly, one of the three members died, so they never got big.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Godzilla. The 1998-ish version.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I bought a Tuxedo two years ago. They have affordable (and highly configurable) Linux laptops, some of which are aimed at gamers.

https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Football (soccer for Muricans), both as a participant and as a spectator.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

As a motorcyclist, that's a definite yes. On long trips, it is the wind around the helmet that is one of the most tiring things. Custom plugs allow the rider to hear traffic while being shielded for wind noises.

A good friend of mine has concert plugs and he swears by them, but that has been said earlier in this thread.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

A P1 sensor. I have recently entered the rabbit hole of home automation. One of the things I care about, is to be as private as possible, so I went for Home Assistant.

A P1 sensor is a small thingumabob that you plug into your electricity meter and it measures electricity and natural gas use. It comes with its own webserver and it integrates seamlessly into my HA energy dashboard. I did not have to subscribe to any cloud service and as far as I can tell, it does not phone home.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I have a friend who makes his own piña colada. He always makes way too much of it, so occasionally the odd bottle ends up in my liquor cabinet. I am normally not too much into sweet drinks, but I absolutely love that stuff.

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