Considering if I should pull out of the ACA plan (not renew) or stay in and hope they don't touch it come 2025. If they make any cuts or kill it, I will not be able to pay for the plan on my own, even a very low dollar one. Living's overrated anyway, if my health goes in the gutter after 2025, RIP me I guess.
Gemini eats glue. Claude and ChatGPT are a lot more coherent.
I hope, so much, but with the way people in the red have been, "love your neighbor as yourself" is almost an exception rather than the rule it should be.
Kids these days won't experience the dialup days...
dial-tone seven-digit number beeps ringing 20-30 seconds of dialup modem connecting noises
The moment you forgot the speakers were turned up from listening to The Offspring earlier
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2003 Chevrolet Cavalier. For non-Americans, this car was not available outside the USA.
What worked great: The engine (Ecotec L61)
What didn't: everything else
No, no, it's fine. Americans don't know how to use apostrophes properly.
Factorio: Space Age has entered the chat
Server authoritative multiplayer system (server only takes player inputs and spits out results, making editing data impossible), with a lag prediction system clientside, works wonders. Aimbotting will always exist, but detection should be server side.
Go Pro, and get the most amount of RAM possible. That guarantees longevity by minimizing obsolesence.
Sword-Chucks. Fighter's greatest invention. Comes with the slight risk of disarming yourself, literally.
and that's why I always go straight to the company website to find that info instead of googling it
Problem is these aftermarket roms have way more frequent updates. OP is tired of constant updating, complicated interfaces, and wants something that "just works". Good luck with that.
Unfortunately, anything modern is designed to be cheap and throwaway in design, as inflation would easily push the price of the devices today up to 4 times that of the old stuff it it were designed with the same durability. Anything old enough to be the kind of device that lasts decades is incompat as technology has marched on, and old stock "new" still has an age issue - yes, electronics still go bad just by age.
Best I can say is, for your phone, a modern old people flip phone will still connect to the cell net, but it has a stripped down Android - this is because designing a one of a kind OS for a phone that has to use VoLTE VoIP and RCS messaging would be absurdly expensive, and slapping a bottom barrel SoC with Android already made for it is way cheaper. Phones all come with web browsers because the data net is now they do voice these days, so why not include a basic feature that can be useful to some? My first cell phone was a flip phone with 1.5MB RAM that didn't even have bluetooth and it had a web browser... which was hot garbage, barely able to show me a paragraph on the tiny screen and slower than dialup but I did on occason try to use it.
You can try the Lightphone or Lightphone 2, which is an "anti-feature" phone that specifically does not come with any features.
Samsung washing machines have been a PITA due to Samsung making them with sketchy quality. I'd say a cheap front loader from the hardware store would be good enough, if they have a non-smart appliance.
The smart TV thing is getting annoying, especially since everyone is doing it at all price points, but a computer monitor ($~100 for 21") does not have smart anything, has hdmi, and probably you will use your own stuff to connect to it. Only problem is if the monitor lacks an HDMI ARC port, which is an HDMI that can send audio data back thru the link for sound systems, which you will need because monitors have trash speakers, unless you have a god tier set of 2.1 speakers with a 3.5mm jack.
As for the car and bluetooth, it's always a hassle - the older the car the less likely bluetooth will work reliably if at all, but if you take calls on the road, you have to keep this working, as it is a safety issue. As for car spying, research the car and find out how to disconnect the telemetry modem. Until very recently, a lot of older cars with telemetry run just fine with the modem disconnected, or an aftermarket head unit installed with the telemetry unit disconnected.
You have to use all caps when you say that, like this guy
Ah, someone brought their emotional support truck for the bread and burger run
Welcome everyone to the next lemmy.world edition of
Writing Snippets
The semiannual thread where you write the fanfiction!
Simply post a fanfiction scene, story, or idea in the comments below. That's it, easy!
You don't have to conform to any theme, write what you got!
Need ideas? Try the PS links - there's lots of ideas going back.
Have ideas but can't write? Post them below!
Need more space? Scene break and self-reply, or spread it out over multiple weeks!
So show us what you can do!
Bonus: Tea with Celestia. Tell her what's going on in your life, she's listening. Don't forget Luna, she also wants to hear your stories. You could interact with Twilight or Cadance, they also are here for some stories.
P.S. Last time, The Doctor realizes he needs to get a move on!
Ninja Round: The Reddit version continues to chug along. Maybe grab some ideas from over there?
Welcome everyone to the first lemmy edition of
Writing Snippets
The thread where you write the fanfiction!
All you have to do is post a fanfiction scene, story, or idea. It's that simple!
If you need more space, scene break and self reply. If you need more confidence, just know your idea is good enough here.
If you need ideas, go hit up the PS links below, so many ideas haven't been fully realized yet.
With that, I leave you to it!
Bonus: Here you go, inspiration
P.S. Currently in the reddit mirror universe, Family
P.P.S. There is a kbin version also waiting for some horse words.