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submitted 5 months ago by spacedogroy@feddit.uk to c/cymru@feddit.uk

From the people I've talked to, admittedly pension age, they feel reluctant to vote Labour but can't deny the damage done by the Tories over the last ten years.

[-] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 46 points 6 months ago

Nationalise the lot of them. They had their chance.

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[-] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Maybe I woke up more cynical this morning, but...

Hoping to save her job, much?

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Ohhh, yay 👍👍

[-] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 21 points 7 months ago

Sony is also encountering similar issues in terms of the cost of games being unsustainable and Moore's Law kicking in. The difference is that they're making games that move consoles and Microsoft just aren't.

At this point, I don't know what strategy Microsoft has at this point. If you say "Xbox everywhere", what does Xbox even mean any more for the enthusiast? I don't think Xbox is done, but if they were looking to be HBO before, they are now going for the Netflix approach - high quantity content, mediocre product - and possibly alienate the existing audience they have.

I say this as an Xbox Series S owner, I'm happy with my purchase, but as a consumer I don't think I'll be upgrading my console to anything Microsoft ship any time soon.

[-] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 82 points 7 months ago

I think if you read through this and take it at face value, there is a pretty clear picture of what happened: https://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2024/03/30/a-microcosm-of-the-interactions-in-open-source-projects/

[-] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 31 points 10 months ago

Ah, I see, cut income tax just before a general election despite having literally years to do so prior, just so Labour will be forced to find extra income elsewhere or revert the tax cut in some form when they get in power. Cynical as usual.

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I don't endorse this article but it is a thought-provoking take. Personally, I think instead of "densifying" cities we should be doing the opposite - incentivize building new homes and business investment in lower-populated areas of the country.

[-] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 14 points 1 year ago

If I wanted to use YT Music I'd already be using it. Podcasts and music are not the same thing. Anyway...

There are some good alternatives out there, like Antennapod.

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[-] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 24 points 1 year ago

Curious to know what they intend to do with the Bully XLs currently owned legally.

[-] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 23 points 1 year ago

This is a brain dead decision and nothing short of a complete 180 will perhaps save them, but even then the reputational damage is severe.

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[-] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 13 points 1 year ago

Would have loved to see this for my 4A but glad they're looking to extend the support window moving forward. Many phones now are powerful enough to go years past their obsolescence date and chucking them away is just e-waste.

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submitted 1 year ago by spacedogroy@feddit.uk to c/gaming@beehaw.org
[-] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 13 points 1 year ago

If you wanted to do both front and backend development TypeScript + JS/Node would make the most sense, no? I say this as someone who works with and enjoys working with Go almost every day, but there's only so much time to learn new stuff.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by spacedogroy@feddit.uk to c/gaming@beehaw.org

Should put this whole issue to rest (for a while, at least 😉).

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submitted 1 year ago by spacedogroy@feddit.uk to c/gaming@beehaw.org

Some interesting tidbits on the Series S and how it fits into MS's strategy.

[-] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 26 points 1 year ago

It's a great base for general desktop use as well as server. Been using it on my PC for years now, and aside from a few 3rd party repositories it has everything I need. It just works and continues to work.

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submitted 1 year ago by spacedogroy@feddit.uk to c/android@lemdro.id

I've moved from the Google Pixel 4A, which had an excellent fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone, to the 7A.

I won't sugarcoat it: in my experience the fingerprint sensor, now an optical sensor on the front of the phone, is near useless. It fails to read my finger/thumb print basically ~95% of the time, which means it can't be used for any account that may lock the user out following 'x' unsuccessful login attempts.

I really don't get why they shipped the feature with the phone given how unacceptably bad it is to use.

Is this a common opinion shared amongst 7A users? Is there something wrong with my phone, or am I missing something? I'd welcome any advice, as I would quite like to get this working reliably.

[-] spacedogroy@feddit.uk 13 points 1 year ago

Don't feel bad, you were in a vulnerable position and even if it was a genuine request you shouldn't feel pressured to place yourself in danger.

If you really want to help the homeless, or ease your conscience, donate to Shelter. At least there you know the money won't be going towards someone's drug habit.

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