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Snap out of it in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

OK that's better than what I've seen. Notepadqq I think was 2.4gb and I said no to that one. But again I don't run Ubuntu.

Amazon is making its employees come back to the office five days a week in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Everything is just mitigations. There is no zero risk.

Snap out of it in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The snap store is some proprietary store Canonical runs, and snaps are friggin huge in size. I don't really know though as I don't use Ubuntu anymore

Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Some places are ditching the website and going app-only. Stockpile as an example.

TIL about Sebastian Münster's 1540 map of the Americas, the first one to show that North and South America were connected by an isthmus and the first to call it 'The New World.' in c/til@lemmy.world

[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

Sort of map-related, but the Longitude series/book is pretty fascinating. This map was drawn without really being able to calculate longitude except by dead reckoning.

Off-Topic Friday in c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub

[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Anyone pick up any of those cheap Quanshen radios to listen to ATC traffic?

Chrome will block one of its biggest ad blockers in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Every now and then a website doesn't work on Firefox.

I Tried A New Recipe in c/foodporn@lemmy.world

[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

One eyed sandwich

Any MythTV Users Here? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Jellyfin is working pretty well for TV too, with the Schedules Direct feed. Just doesn't get the naming right.

Microsoft has gone too far: including a Game Pass ad in the Settings app ushers in a whole new age of ridiculous over-advertising in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

Don't know what you mean. Have people on opens use here, and they do just fine without the command line.

Found a good book in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Oh this is the Shut Up and Eat Your Snowshoes guy. I found a copy of that when I was a kid, thought it was kinda funny. God knows what I would think now.

Options for non-smart TV in UK 2024? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

No commercial consumer-grade entertainment device that I know of does not do this.