Benign

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Court Orders Google (a Monopolist) To Knock It Off With the Monopoly Stuff. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Benign@fedia.io 32 points 1 week ago (3 children)

US law doesn't care what companies do to consumers. The law only cares what they do to other companies. Apple own their own hardware production and ecosystem, so they aren't harming other companies (directly).

No conspiracy needed.

Walking in short bursts found to consume 20% to 60% more energy than walking continuously for same distance in c/health@lemmy.world
[–] Benign@fedia.io 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The paper behind this meagre article talks about 10-240 second bouts. The 20-60% figure is for 30sec bouts.

YSK: You don't own your Kindle e-books. in c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
[–] Benign@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If someone want an alternative there is ebooks.com. The two titles I got from there were way cheeper than on the store linked to my device. No nonsense app or anything, just download the file from the store and do what you want with it.

which git server for a company? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] Benign@fedia.io 0 points 3 months ago

Maybe consider https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki I haven't had a chance to use it myself, but I am intrigued.

Trump World ‘panicking’ as Project 2025 gets on the radar of voters in c/news@lemmy.world
Babe, wake up. Polls are open. Go and vote. in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
[–] Benign@fedia.io 7 points 4 months ago

#torqit, as in wringing their necks.