[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 13 points 4 months ago

headphone jack, NFC, and microSD

The holy trinity.

I need to move on from my LG (RIP) G6 soon due to battery life and apps becoming unsupported so I've been shopping around.

Right now I have a headphone jack, NFC, MicroSD, FM Radio and 4k video recording. I'll probably have to give up the radio at least if not more to get a well rounded phone.

The G6 came out 7 years ago but it feels like most new phones are a downgrade in comparsion.

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[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 24 points 5 months ago

Thank your ancestors for that. Couldn't think up any new names on their way over so they resused a bunch.

[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 18 points 6 months ago

We better adapt soon becuse the village is dead and it isn't coming back.

[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 33 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

We all know this yet the ones with kids who need to do something about it don't, as a result kids are getting dumber by the year.

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/21/1183445544/u-s-reading-and-math-scores-drop-to-lowest-level-in-decades

TV had a limited capacity to mess kids up and it largely didn't. Youtube and the internet on then other hand are in the vast majority of kids pockets with 0 restrictions.

Reading the first hand reports of what this looks like from /r/teachers will black pill you on the future quicker than any post on climate change or war.

[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's an impressive FOSS project, scracthes the fast paced Quake itch but not a lot of people have that these days.

I use to play it's predecessor Nexuiz for years, you might recognize a few maps as some were updated for Xonotic.

Shout out to the crew who played on the HOCTF server. Had well over a 1000 hours on there.

[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 35 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

How can this be a legally enforceable contract?!

I'd like to think it can't be but it's the US so who knows.

Changing the terms after buying the device and in a way that your kid could accept them by hitting ok on the remote is bonkers.

[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Glad to be on this side of the great pond for the time being.

That time being 12 months.

If Trump does win, Europe can't count on America to respond properly to it's NATO promises. At best Trump will drag out processes that can't be drugout in order for NATO to remain effective. At worst he'll try and pullout entirely.

[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

can't win a general with him.

You'd think so but he is leading in the polls and the bettting markets.

I think turnout amongst young voters will be lower than last time for Biden since they have been brainwashed by TikTok on the Gaza issue. Even though the lesser of two evils is clearly Biden especially on Israel and Gaza.

So unless a couple of key states kick him off the ballot Trump will win the electoral college vote. While losing the popular vote by the widest margin to date.

[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 14 points 9 months ago

Keeping up Appearances meme out of left field 😂

I'm surprised there's enough overlap in fanbases for this to have 100+ votes but I'm here for it.

[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 54 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Wow that was a great read. Leif comes across as very perceptive on multiple fronts here.

Unfortunately I think his warning about the internet ending up like "souped up TV" is looking more likely by the day.

Right now it's quite easy to force a site or service to bend the knee to outside pressure. No matter how right or wrong that pressure is. People will go after hosting and ISPs, if that doesn't work they'll tie people up directly in the courts. You must provide real contact info and be willing to play ball if you operate on the old web.

Embracing encryption is the only thing I can think to do to avoid that. Which honestly kind of sucks, because while true anonymity would save sites like Omegle who act in good faith and police themsevles in a reasonable manner, others that don't will also be protected. I think the pros out weigh the cons with anonymity but that is a hard pill to swallow for many.

[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 23 points 10 months ago

Kevin isn't as rare as you'd think in Europe especilally in the early 90s. Motorcycle racing AKA MotoGP was very popular and the champion in 1993 was Kevin Schwantz.

You also had the rise of Kevin Costner around then that probably contributed to it as well.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/05/kevin-french-name-national-mockery

[-] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I just don’t know where you people get this confidence in the American people from.

Same. 2016 and covid were just a little taste of how low we can go. I don't doubt that it can get worse.

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