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Native call recording in 2024?
  • I forgot to say... Samsung only! It's a basic recorder, records automatically, no audible notification as far as I'm aware (that might depend on the CSC code you use and legal requirements of that country). Playback is from within the recent calls list.

  • Any recommendations for printers that don't require proprietary inks, subscriptions or special apps?
  • If you're a light user, best to have a much stronger preference for laser printer. Inkjets use up that expensive ink to clean the nozzles between uses if you're lucky, and will fully clog if you're unlucky (I was unlucky twice and never again). I'm a light user and a laser printer can go for ages between printing.

    If it's got copying, it'll have a scanner anyway.

    I've got an HP that has served me well and my HP cartridges have lasted ages - not because they're great or cheap, but because I print so little. At the time, I choose HP because it was more compact. Next time, I'll definitely lean towards Brother laser on principle.

  • It's official, Lime bikes are Awesome!
  • Hammersmith and Fulham impounded some bikes, Lime's contractors broke in to retrieve them:

    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/lime-bike-london-roads-hammersmith-fulham-electric-cycle-b1105622.html

    Wandsworth impounded bikes too https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/news/2022-news/news-november-2022/lime-bikes-causing-obstructions-have-been-seized/

    I think the legal problem is how to fine Lime when it's the end user who 'litters' the bike, and how to know whether the name on the payment method matches the end user. I'm sure if councils could legally seize and fine/destroy, they'd be doing it.

  • What is the point of nicotine patches?
  • Hey @turnerpike20@lemmy.ml OP, I saw this on Reddit and thought of you:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1dluz2r/comment/l9rlakb

    That I was more addicted to the breaks and deep breathing than I was to the nicotine.

    ...

    Yes! Because what do you do when you smoke? You go outside and take intentional deep breaths and it relaxes you. So, I kept my full routine of breaks when I needed, went outside and took intentional deep breaths. Just this time without a cigarette. Quitting was SO EASY this time and zero cravings. Because it turns out, she was right.

  • what invisible thing could set off my smoke detector?
  • I need to replace a set of expired smoke detector at my elderly parents' house. They're too old to have alarms going off in the middle of the night just because the wind blows.

    Yet, Amazon only seem to sell ones with photo-electric sensors, and many reviews complain about over-sensitivity with dust, and under-sensitivity when the room is clearly full of smoke.

    Additionally, the ones with sealed 10 year batteries - many reviews report a battery life of 2 years or so in practice, with increased false positives as battery life runs down. So now, they have to replace whole units rather than just batteries.

    What happened to good old ionizing smoke detectors with 9v batteries that needed replacing every 2 years or so?!

  • Google promised a better search experience — now it’s telling us to put glue on our pizza
  • I asked about a plot point that I didn't understand in a TV series old enough to be in an LLM's knowledge. Chatgpt and Perplexity both said they couldn't find any discussions or explanations online for my particular question.

    Bard/Gemini gave several explanations, all of them featuring characters, locations, and situations from the show, but confidently bullshit and definitely impossible in the story's world.

  • Not Dead Yet: WD Releases New 6TB 2.5-Inch External Hard Drives - First Upgrade in Seven Years
  • Yes, I should've added - whether the write speed matters depends on your own use case.

    For my SMR drive, it's taking roughly 2GB of backup files every few hours, in the background, and there's plenty of empty space on the drive. In my case, it doesn't matter at all.

    However, if you're sat at your computer, frequently transferring large files while the drive is at least half full, and you have to wait for completion... Then it'll matter.

  • Feature request: reading view for internal browser

    Hi, Lemmy is even better with Boost, thank you!

    In the internal browser, is it possible to add an option for reader view?

    This will make it easier to read some articles that render too poorly or busily. (I know it's the website's fault, not Boost's - but still, reader view improves things!)

    Anyone else who supports this feature request, please upvote :)

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