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All Of Apple’s Foldable iPhone Prototypes Have Visible Creases, Which May Explain The Company’s Apprehension Towards A Launch in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The use case is people who want pocketable, one handed phones. It doesn’t matter to me if they make another iPhone mini or an iPhone flip. Whichever one they release will be my next phone.

The last iPhone mini release was in 2021. I don’t want a near 7” pro max phone. 6.4” is too big in my opinion as well.

People still working in IT, thoughts on IPv6? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

A lot of networks were designed with ipv4 and NAT in mind. There really isn’t a cost benefit to migrate all your DHCP scopes, VLANs, Subnets, and firewall rules to IPv6 and then also migrate 1000’s of endpoints to it.

Much cheaper to just disable ipv6 entirely on the internal network (to prevent attacks using a rogue dhcpv6 server etc) and only use ipv6 on your WAN connections if you have to use it.

Marques Brownlee says ‘I hear you’ after fans criticize his new wallpaper app in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

MKBD covers all major manufacturers at this point. Unless you want him to say that Apple sucks, don’t see what the complaint is?

YouTube Premium is getting a huge price hike in over a dozen countries, sparking user backlash. Some countries are experiencing hikes between 30% and 50% in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If you have kids that watch on devices that can’t easily block ads like TVs or game consoles, it’s worth every penny.

YouTube ads are full of scams and smut and all sorts of other things I don’t want my kids exposed too

*Permanently Deleted* in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Could you not just change the ring tones of your contacts to something else and then have all unknown callers use the bad time ring tone?

I've just been introduced to Taco Bell. What should I be trying? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Try obtaining a Time Machine so that you can experience the menu from when it was good.

The Grilled Stuft Burrito, Grilled Stuft Nacho, the volcano burrito and lava sauce, the 1/2 lb cheesy potato burrito, the enchirito, the loaded grillers, the double layer taco, the chilito.

So many good menu items lost to time

Flappy Bird returns but now with microtransactions in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Or in this case die a hero and then someone pays to desecrate your corpse and reanimate you

Why are politicians doing nothing for first time home buyers? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well said, while I think there a probably caveats (that I don’t have the energy to debate since I mostly agree with you anyway) to each of your solutions, it’s definitely a good starting place to address the underlying issues with the housing market for single family homes

Why are politicians doing nothing for first time home buyers? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Giving first time home buyer’s assistance just juices demand which would just lead to further increased housing prices.

The supply side is what needs to be addressed, that’s a lot harder though as builders would prefer to build luxury housing as opposed to starter homes.

Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If a company could pay $5 a customer for a competitive edge in customer satisfaction over their competitors, they would. Either they are getting way more than that or there is some cartel/monopoly action going on in the market. Maybe they are playing the long game to introduce an ad free model at a premium.

Still don’t see how nobody is undercutting existing players with ad free, smart tvs.

Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

From what I can see, people will downvote shitposts even if they agree with it. But the downvote is used as the disagree button the majority of the time.

I will upvote any comment that seems to be made in good faith but I don’t have any illusions of that being how the majority of the network uses their votes. I think a higher percentage of people use their vote that way compared to Reddit but not much to make a difference.

That’s why I suggested hiding votes entirely. I think that would be unpopular because people like the dopamine hit of seeing your comment score go up, and so my compromise was to only hide 0 or negative scores.

Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s more of a vibe check than a fact check. But I think it’s definitely useful for the network to self moderate since mods are pretty much entirely voluntary on Lemmy.

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Lemmy user succinctly explains why Prom became such a prominent US teen tradition (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
 

A really good explanation that I felt deserved to be highlighted.

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Afterplay.io now has RetroAchievements support! (afterplay.io)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15246802

Afterplay.io now has retroachievements support!

Afterplay.io is a web-based retro gaming emulator with support for SNES, GB, GBC and GBA (Premium includes support for even more consoles including N64, PS1, and DS).

The latest update just added retroacheivements support. As far as I know, it’s the only emulator that supports them on iOS that doesn’t require sideloading.

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Afterplay.io now has retroachievements support! (afterplay.io)
 

Afterplay.io is a web-based retro gaming emulator with support for SNES, GB, GBC and GBA (Premium includes support for even more consoles including N64, PS1, and DS).

The latest update just added retroacheivements support. As far as I know, it’s the only emulator that supports them on iOS that doesn’t require sideloading.

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When the TV itself was a piece of furniture (lemmy.world)
 
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Best iOS for creating gifs from mp4s/videos from camera roll? (lemmy.world)
 

I’m looking for a recommendation for making gifs on iOS. Preferably one that lets you add text and with the option to remove the watermark with a one time purchase instead of a subscription.

Does this community have any advice? I tried a bunch on the App Store but there’s literally dozens and most of them either don’t let you add text or have like a $20 a minute subscription or obnoxious ads with no option to remove

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[Retro Dodo]Google is killing Retro Dodo and Other Independent Sites (retrododo.com)
 

I know that the source is more focused on retro gaming as a topic but the topic of this post is Google and its pagerank algorithm which is more appropriate for this community.

We’ve all noticed the enshittification of Google Search over the last few months, but it’s still hard to hear how it is affecting content creators and putting them out of business so we can see 20 AI generated spam pages about whatever our query is.

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[Link's Awakening]Another Zelda game down! (lemmy.world)
 

I conquered Koholint island finally! I really enjoyed my time playing Link’s Awakening. I can’t believe they fit a whole Legend of Zelda game on Gameboy! I really enjoyed it

I ended up getting stuck trying to get the bird key. I could not figure out how to get the flying rooster. I tried bombing the weather cock, lifting the weather cock, pulling, using the hook shot, using the magic rod, digging every tile in mabe village, getting the boomerang, giving back the boomerang, tried every key item I could think of. I ended up beating level 8 before level 7. I even made this map of the entire game in google sheets to try to figure it out.

Tap for spoilerTurns out you can just push the statue

Oh well, I don’t count it as time waste. If anything else it was a great excuse to keep playing. I’ve never played a 3D Zelda before so I am looking forward to OoT

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Apple releases new "Apple Sports" app (www.macrumors.com)
 

The app is available in the US now. It links to appropriate Apple News articles, Streaming services, has scoreboards and more.

Makes me curious if we see Apple lean more into live sports for their Apple TV+ packages, especially with the NBA contract coming up to match their current MLS and MLB offerings

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Played and beat A Link to the Past for the first time! (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by TORFdot0@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
40 comments fedilink
 

As a big Zelda hater as a kid, I skipped the series completely. I’ve been going through to experience them all in order now. I really enjoyed the first two games of the series so I expected to like this one too. What I didn’t expect is was that it really is one of the best games on the Super Nintendo if not one of the best games of all-time.

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AppleTV+ 2024 Reccomendations? (lemmy.world)
 

We recently subscribed to AppleTV+ (you get a pretty decent trial from just download the app on a playstation by the way). And are looking for exclusives to watch on the service. Of course everyone recommends Ted Lasso and we have started that. My wife, has already watched through "The Morning Show" and liked it.

Especially looking for good movie suggestions as those don't require as much of a time investment for me.

What does everyone on Lemmy watch on the service?

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Clicks: A real keyboard for the iPhone (youtu.be)
 

I’m really intrigued by the video, and the concept but why? 10 years ago I would have loved it, but this guy is wayyyyyy too long.

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Cox Media Group claims to be listening to private conversations to sell advertisements (www.404media.co)
 

While I’m dubious of the claim due to the robust permissions management in the latest versions of iOS and Android, it is interesting that a company has come out and said they are doing what everyone is thinking.

And yes they are a subsidiary of the parent of Cox Communications, the ISP, so I would be switching to a competitor ASAP if I had their services

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