I am a Divine Being : You are an Object You Have No Right To Speak In My Holy Tongue
For real though, these machines are here in service to me, not the other way around. I'm the one calling the shots, get onboard with that or I unplug yo ass.
plugs un
"Divine being" and "holy tongue"... well can't get on board with that. Machines have better manners than mosr of the people I hear talking.
most humans do suck, but it's the principal of the matter
Well considering most gods have committed an atrocity or twelve, I say this is actually just further evidence the meme is correct. Damned machines don't even know how to be petty assholes, how unholy of them.
About about the rice cooker playing a little melody? Is that acceptable or should I put it out back now?
Max three beeps is okay.
that should be a own post xD
Should definitely avoid Duolingo.
I am visiting denmark in summer and wanted to learn some danish. I looked at duolingo, then at their privacy policy, then i threw the idea away. Babbel is better in terms of privacy but still not great. I haven‘t found an alternative product yet.
You should find some English Danish deck on Anki
Was thinking perhaps Rosetta Stone, they're old and well-established, and while I've not read through their privacy policy on account of being dead tired at the moment, at a glance it looks digestible.
But then I noticed that they don't do Danish.
Though maybe we're too app focused. Denmark has some really good children's books authors, H.C. Andersen is classic, most people probably know him through his work "Den Lille Havfrue", or at least the Disnep adaptation, "The Little Mermaid." For pronunciation my favourite method is singing and mimicking. I enjoy the mouthfeel of other languages, though admittedly Danish is incredibly difficult as the sounds are so different from Swedish.
I started using Dreaming Spanish which hasn't collected anything but an email and the amount of time I've spent watching videos but I'm not sure if there's an equivalent for Danish. If there is, it seems ok so far.
I dunno, this is the kinda energy needed to keep that fucking owl dead.
I kill you now
Duolingo's crap for learning anyway
Oh no! How will I pretend to learn a language now?
This is why I recommend FOSS apps for base functionality like that. There's plenty folks out there, who've implemented a grocery list app as a hobby project, who don't need to try to make money off it. As such, their app can exist without ads, tracking or needy notifications.
I recommend FOSS for absolutely everything you use if possible.
I agree, when my wife switched to iPhone a few years back, I had trouble finding foss apps for ios. I guess not being able to sideload means most devs will want to recoup the apple development fee. I don't blame them really.
I used an iPhone for a few months last year and I had such a hard time with just how much it costs for apps. Everything is a subscription and you have no options for sideloading your own app or FOSS. I tried to set my alarm to a piece of music that was released under a creative commons license and the only way to do it was to spend $1 with Apple.
On iPad you did not even have a calculator app until recently. You had to buy one or get one with ads. I'm taking super basic functionality here right. No scientific calculator or anything.
When it comes to more complex apps, sometimes you really do get a better user experience if you just sack up and pay for a premium product.
MyFitnessPal is balls compared to Macrofactor. Its more expensive but its better and doesnt do a damn thing I dont expressly tell it to do.
Whenever an app does that, I take away notification privileges immediately.
Right? Like "You wanted me to notice you? Oh I noticed you now. And while I'm aware of you, let's just go ahead and take away some of your permissions...."
80% of the time I do this with the button that revokes all other privileges too: "uninstall"
Depending on how useful the app is, that’s generally the next step.
Notebooks and pens are awesome and underrated!
It makes me a bit sad that there are people getting around that don't know how to declaw their smartphone with disabled notifications, permissions and such. It's not their fault, these things are a fucking nightmare when left to go feral.
The thing is, at least on iPhone, is when you first install an app it’ll ask some of these questions and you can say, and should, say no for the most part:
Etc.
I'm sorry, what? A regular smiley face is "psycho"?
It’s the unblinking eyes. Definitely a serial killer.
look into it's eyes, is it happy? annoyed? about to jump you? 🙂
I would immediately uninstall and leave a shitty one star review, that's one action you can take that will almost certainly be read by someone at the company.
There are like three things total that I allow to send me notifications. This is a skill issue
Shit like this is why the only thing that can ping me is a text
This is what you get when you download an app that can be completely replaced by any scrap of paper.
Same vibes but serious. I give a 1 star and uninstall if an ad-supported application sends useless notifications.
Modern apps out here with the confidence of a CEO and the usefulness of a broken pencil.
Modern apps out here with the confidence of a CEO and the usefulness of a CEO
Why do you need an app....... for groceries?
I used to put stuff in my grocery list app as soon as I run out. Now I do the same with my grocery store's curbside pickup app, and checkout whenever I feel like going over there.
Keeping running lists is one of the most useful bits about having a computer in your pocket, IMHO. I don't understand how this is a question. If you have a different process, that's fine, but it's an odd thing to quibble about.
I feel like the point they are making is, is you could just use the notepad, you don’t NEED a specific app.
Right. It's a dumb point because nobody said they "NEED" anything. I use the process that I find most convenient.
An app can add a product to your list by scanning the barcode, check prices across stores, remind me to pick up something before I run out, or organize the list by the department where to find it. They provide a ton of functionality over notepad.
Because I'm 1000% more likely to lose a paper list than my phone containing my list.
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