[-] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

My mid 2013 MacBook air sees more use than any of my other devices.

I bought it for £100 a few years back and haven't looked back.

[-] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

XFCE. Because I'm an idiot, and all my computers are old.

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I had a GCN subscription until they were bought up by discovery, and now I've found out that the TdF won't be on free-to-watch tv in my home country any more I'm running out of places to view it; where you lot get your professional cycling fix from?

[-] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Wait until he finds out about Icelandic naming conventions!

[-] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I've found that breaking cables is a personal issue. I still have an old usb Xbox 360 controller for pc gaming from when I owned an xbox. My partner has destroyed cables for laptops, hairdryers, headphones in less than 12 months.

Some cables are objectively worse than others (macbook chargers I'm looking at you) but a modicum of care generally is enough to make sure they last without too much hassle.

[-] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

And, you know, a society in which your parents bank balance and the school you get sent to is the single biggest indicator of your future successes.

Brexit was just some real end-game shit for them to cement their authority over us little folk.

[-] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

How does the law require them to be greedy?

I just assumed that it was shareholders.

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I'm tired of being tied to specific calendars and to-do apps because of difficulties in sharing and syncing my data, so I'd like to be able to manage it myself, either self hosting or using someone else's servers.

I already pay for web-hosting for a personal website (wordpress) but beyond this I'm totally at a loss.

My main goal is incredibly simple - I just want to host some notes and calendars for my family (tomavoid headaches when phones invariably break and so on), which I feel can't be too hard but I'm also incredibly stupid.

Please help?!

[-] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Not the original commenter, but it think they're not okay with it, just clarifying the situation...

[-] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

I think a lot of the issue is that people aren't seeing as much music.

My fiancée saw Taylor Swift in London years ago when she was a country act and yeah it wasn't cheap but she could afford to go as a teenager with a weekend job who happens to enjoy country music.

The acts people want to see are all huge by the time a lot of people would bother going to see them and they know they can charge insane prices for tickets because people will pay. It's the same for theatre. There's tonnes of awesome stuff you can see for peanuts (relatively, depending on your location) but people will still pay through the nose to see The Cursed Child™.

If you want to see live music (of any genre) you can - it's cheap and easy. But you might have to go to a small cramped venue or see someone you've not heard of. Or seek out smaller acts before they become huge industry behemoths.

[-] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

And even better than that, they tailor their flavorful food for our palettes!

Fantastic.

[-] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Traditional porridge is amazing. Just with a little salt added it's the most fantastic breakfast food.

[-] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

33 here - if the staying up is enjoyable then 1-3am is fine. Hangovers are worse than when I was 23, but I'm usually back up to speed by lunchtime.

Of course this is heavily influenced by how much water I drink while I'm out. Hydration is important folks!

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Universal Stylus? (lemmy.world)

I have a Lenovo Tab P11 (Gen 2), which while not being that old seems to have been entirely superceded, to the point that I can't seem to find stock of the only compatible stylus listed on their website (well, that isn't approaching £90 or shipping from China in Ebay- the RRP being something like £40)

Are there any decent universal styluses that can be bought for a decent price that will write well enough to be worth the cost? To my knowledge the Tab P11 isn't USI compatible, unfortunately so I understand that my options may be limited here!

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I've been looking at 'Bridge Phones' which would let me ditch my (rather large) Android device for something much smaller that won't significantly reduce my ability to use some key apps (Signal, Spotify, OSMAnd+, and some activity tracking apps).

Does anyone have any thoughts on this device?

I'm not bothered by not having cameras, and it looks like this fits the bill, being a smaller version of the F22 Pro as far as I can tell.

[-] Chouxfleur@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Disney felt like a tipping point for me (and Netflix's new role as a production company). It was only when that came about that people like Paramount started offering their own services (idk how true that is but it's certainly how it felt).

I still pay for Disney+ right now, but a big part of the appeal of streaming for me was having lots of stuff in one place. Now it's just cable/satellite all over again.

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