[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

People can usually unlock the carrier on their own. Many phones (or at least every phone I've ever gotten from T-Mobile) even come pre-installed with a carrier unlocking app. It's just not automatic, and certain conditions need to be met.

People may also sometimes be able to buy phones already unlocked directly from the manufacturer if they want to. (Whether or not they're able to do this depends on the manufacturer.)

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 days ago

IRS: "Remember, you broke up with us."

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

I'm just not ready...

I'm almost the same way. I'm not really feeling negative about it, though. I just feel nothing towards it, which is almost worse. Like you said, though... maybe some day. The interest is still there somewhat, just not nearly enough for me to act on it.

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I watched 7, suffered through 8 and didn't even care about watching 9.

I almost didn't watch 9. Then a friend of mine who'd walked out of the theater while watching 8 told me 9 was actually good. So I took his word for it. Episode 9 was okay. Not good or bad. Felt like they were trying to cram two movies into one. But, without getting into spoilers, compared to 8, 9 was still okay.

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 63 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

PlayStation doesn't have an X button, it has a Cross button. /j

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 167 points 1 month ago

Found the thread on HN. Here's what (I'm guessing) a mod had to say:

It set off the flamewar detector, got flagged by users, and got downweighted by a mod.

The 'customer support of last resort' genre is common and not usually a good fit for HN [1]. If people feel this story is unusually relevant and interesting, I'm not sure I agree—long experience has taught us that one-sided articles like this nearly always leave out critical information—but I also don't mind yielding in an occasional specific case, so I've rolled back the penalties on this thread.

The issue from our point of view is not about story X or company Y—it's a systemic one: the most popular genres of submission (especially the rage-inducing ones) get massively over-represented by default, so countervailing mechanisms are needed [2] if we're to have a space for the more intellectually curious stories that the site is meant for.

[1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20%22last%20resort%22%20support&sort=byDate&type=comment

[2] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20countervail&sort=byDate&type=comment

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 72 points 3 months ago

I'm just glad it happened in the dead of night and that the ship sent a mayday several minutes before it happened. State Police were apparently able to close the bridge and clear most of the traffic (it's 1.6 miles/ 2.6 kilometers long) off of it before it collapsed. It's sad that there were still construction workers and some cars still left on it, though.

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 53 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Just say, "Sorry, I'm working from home today."

Leave her upset and confused.

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 79 points 5 months ago

Remember when they planned to move over all the Control Panel settings to the Settings app?

In Windows 10?

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 56 points 5 months ago

Only do it if it's supposed to be part of the wedding. Otherwise, don't do it. It would be very disruptive and distracting and could make an otherwise beautiful moment very awkward. And it'd be something the bride and groom would have to remember for the rest of their lives every time they put on their rings.

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 62 points 6 months ago

Was the flight to New York, and did they put him up at a fancy hotel?

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 62 points 8 months ago

Mindcraft

You've become the very thing you swore to destroy!

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