FriendOfDeSoto

joined 2 years ago

I think the tipping point where most credits were at the end occurred in the early 00s.

I think it's funny, nay, Alanis would call it ironic, that decades earlier trailers moved from the back to the front.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 13 points 8 months ago (19 children)

Don't shoot me, for I'm only a messenger As a rule in life, if you can blame everything on everyone around you it's time to look inwards for change. I'm just saying, maybe it's not all of us, maybe it's you? My first reaction to reading your post was to suggest a therapist. And I'm saying that as somebody who isn't great at social interactions either.

We lionize medical professionals as these infallible gods in lab coats. They're only human too, although they would not admit that. It's good to keep that in mind; alter your perception to work with them on you rather than you being fully serviced by them.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 19 points 8 months ago

I don't think that's the case in France. Technically, there was consent from the parents. The age of consent is 15. What they did was morally questionable but not illegal.

Then you haven't been to China. It's a shorthand gesture there. The character for ten is 十 so I'm not sure if the gesture informed the character or the other way around. What is noteworthy is just that both cultures ended up with a cross to denote ten.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

All the best for your furry friend.

One batch of the 4A's batteries have become a fire hazard. That's why Google (near)bricked the phones to prevent that.

These delayed notifications sound like some background processes get killed. I hazard to guess that's why you get all at once once you wake up the phone. So look for items like background and battery optimization in the settings and see if you can re-enable some of these.

It's been a minute with the 4A. I think it's great that you keep extending the life of the phone and thus reduce e-waste. But I think it might be time to look for another phone.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 12 points 8 months ago

I would start with a low pass filter and then EQ until it sounds about right.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Most of us don't have the luxury of choosing our families. We can just try to do the best with the hand we're dealt. I'm sorry for your loss.

Maybe delete the picture, put the phone down, and try to think of 20 great things about your grandmother.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 44 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Nobody here can really give you specific advice based on the few facts. You're part of this family, you know them better than all of us. If you feel off about it, there's a reason for it. You've come here to ask the question. So I think you're well within your rights to reduce contact with that side of the family. I would only suggest you quietly ghost rather than making a big stink.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 41 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think for answering that question we would need a baseline to compare with.

Lacking that, with kindness and empathy in conversations. And with resoluteness in the face of injustice.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 10 points 9 months ago

I think ads on Gmail are also a thing of the past, aren't they? The answer to your question is: no income. But you're having a constant time share lunch with Google to actually buy a share in a beachfront condo. By which I mean subscribe to their cloud and AI plan. Or YouTube. Or their business suite. Etc. And then they have converted you to a paying customer. The free service is an investment to get you hooked and then paying.

And in the meantime they can collect some data from you so when you're faced with ads they might be more effective.

In a time of handwriting, you could make clearer that This Was a Title without having to say it was a title or putting it in quotation marks.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 19 points 9 months ago

Ein schönes Maimai, von dem ich dennoch hoffte, ich hätte es nie gesehen.

Zucker. Säugling.

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