Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away....
Well, they finally finished the shopping center they were building for like 15 years.
Some company bought some land and had it all setup for construction (giant mounds of red clay and everything). Then they ran out of money. And it sat there for years, visible to everyone who drove by. A few years back, some company bought the and created a shopping center.
I'm not quite that young. Netizen is a "citizen of the internet", IIRC. More specifically, it's a portmanteau of "internet" and "citizen".
I had also heard what the meaning of GIF was, though not so often that I could remember it off the top of my head.
I'm not quite as old as the JPG format, but I do still remember using dial-up. I still remember accidentally logging into the internet when my dad was on the phone one day. I could hear his voice through the computer speakers. I immediately closed the browser. It was something that'd, surprisingly, never happened while I was on the computer before.
It doesn't just happen when both people are trying to turn. I have a busy multi-lane road near me with a left turn lane that's just past a stoplight (the stoplight is behind me, but in front of the people whose lanes I need to cross to get to where I need to go.
I'll be stopped in the turn lane waiting for traffic to clear. The stoplight will turn red, and oncoming traffic will back up past the turn lane I'm in. Someone in one of the oncoming traffic lanes will stop before the turn lane to try to let me past, but the people in the other oncoming traffic lane (who are now in my blind spot thanks to the car that stopped to try to let me through) will keep on coming. That's just an accident waiting to happen at that point.
It's at least partially because these games have been available on PC in areas where PSN isn't available. So people bought them, not knowing that, eventually, PSN would be required.
What's more, Sony has also removed the game from sale on PC where PSN isn't available. So now some people can't even buy the game on PC anymore. And people who do own the game are left with two choices: violate Sony's own TOS to create a PSN account for a country they don't live in (something that, ironically, some of Sony's own support reps have supposedly suggested) or attempt to refund the game.
It's also worth noting that some countries actually require you to own a PlayStation console to even be able to create a PSN account. You have to create an account via the console. It's not available on a web browser. One country in particular that I've heard this is an issue in is Ukraine.
I'm curious if Sony had properly advertised their account creation requirement much earlier on if people would've accepted.
It's not even that they didn't properly advertise it. It's that they changed the requirements completely. Here's a before and after of one of their FAQ pages:
I just got a ping the other day from a Discord server that said they'd finished moving their support onto a forum on their website specifically because Discord's forum feature is terrible.
A server I'm in actually has a bot that, whenever a user types a command, will respond to a question with an answer.
Simple example:
@\Johnny: "Hey, my browser says 404, what does that mean?"
@\Support: !\404 @\Johnny"
@\Bot (using Discord's reply feature to reply to Johnny's post): "'404' is a common error message that can be caused by a variety of issues. Here are steps to resolve the most common issues:..."
I didn't feel like typing out steps to check if the website is down for everyone or to fix it if it's just you, but you get the idea.
The server I'm in doesn't typically handle questions about that, either. They're more specialized to something more specific that that, but, again, you get the idea.
You can directly connect to the Switch over a wifi network it creates. You can select up to 10 photos to share at a time. It'll create a one-time-use wifi network (the connection details are different every time) and generate a QR code so you can connect to it. After your phone is connected, it'll generate another QR code that'll direct you to a webpage (a local IP address, specifically) where you can browse and download the photos from.
Make sure to turn off data on your phone while you're trying to do this. Some phones use data as a fallback if the wifi network they're connected to isn't connected to the internet.
You can actually go on your PS5 and re-send those photos or videos if you need to. Just hit select when you've got the photo you want to re-send highlighted, and an option to send it to the PS App will appear.
Honestly, it's easier for me to just double-tap the power button to open the camera and scan the QR code than to have to open my bookmarks.
And I don't mind that the SSID for the wifi changes every time. Again, it's simply faster to turn off data and scan the QR code than it is to force my phone to connect to a network that isn't connected to the internet.
Yeah, there's more convenient ways this could've been done, but it's not a horrible design.
Edit: fixed a typo ("eventually time" -> "every time")
With the second paragraph, I was mainly referring to your first comment about it being cumbersome (sorry for doing that out of order), which I took to be referring to the whole process. I probably could've phrased that a lot better.
Like ability to install different desktop enviroment?
Technically, with root access, yeah. It's just that Android's UI isn't a DE/WM in the desktop Linux sense
You can also just install different apps that change the home screen. Android calls them "launchers". You can install one from the Google Play Store or elsewhere like any other app. Then just set it up. Once it's setup, the phone simply loads that app's launcher instead of the phone's default launcher (which is usually also an app).
I just use the AdGuard app. It runs all my Internet traffic through an on-device VPN server (The VPN is the phone itself.), and it uses that to filter out all the ads.
You're forgetting the annual safety inspection required in most US states. That'll catch stuff like brakes wearing out, taillights and headlights that need to be replaced, and other stuff.
I did say "most" states. I used to work at a car dealer's service department, and I've seen some cars come in where they don't have a state inspection sticker because the owner just moved from a state that doesn't do state inspections.
Because of that job, I've also seen stickers from other states that do do state inspections. Most of them will be on the windshield either in the bottom corner on the driver's side or in the bottom center. They'll list a month and year as numbers (ex. 8 and 24 for August 2024) for when the inspection sticker expires.
So, at least in my state, someone with 8/24 on their sticker would at least need to drop their vehicle off at a mechanic (not necessarily the car dealer, just a mechanic authorized to do state inspections) by the last day of the month. If the mechanic doesn't do the inspection until the the beginning of the next month, that's fine. You'd just get a sticker that says 9/25 on it when they're done.
The only problem I can see with that is poor people like myself.
The state inspection in my state costs a set, predetermined amount. The mechanic legally cannot charge more than that amount. (I think it's about $10, but I could be misremembering. It's somewhere around there, though.) If anything doesn't pass inspection, that's where the cost can come in. How much it costs depends on where you get the thing fixed.
In my state, if you car doesn't pass inspection and you choose not to get the thing repaired right away so it does pass (maybe you don't have the money right away, or maybe you want to bring it someplace cheaper to get it fixed), you're given 30 days to fix it, regardless of the original expiration date in the sticker. They replace the inspection sticker with a special "state inspection rejection" sticker that says by what date the inspection is due. At my old job, I used to see plenty of people come in on the last day of the month knowing their car would fail inspection. They came in to get that 30 day extension.
just because one aspect of my car isn't up to code doesn't mean I don't still need my car to get to work.
Generally, inspections don't take too long to do, though that can vary depending on where you bring your car. They usually won't take longer than 24 hours, though. For me, they're usually done either within a couple hours of bringing the car in (if I bring it in early enough) or by mid-morning the next day (if I bring it in in the later afternoon or evening). So I could bring my car in after work on the day before my day off, and it's pretty much guaranteed that it'll be ready by about 10am the next day the next day (or end of day if they find something wrong, depending on what it is).
When I was working at the car dealer, customers waiting in the lobby would typically have their car ready within a couple hours, and customers who had alternative transportation would usually have them done by the end of the day with enough time for us to call the customer and for the customer to come by and pick up their car.
This definitely isn't the case everywhere, but the dealer I worked at also gave out free loaner cars for customers to use depending on the circumstances (ex. did the customer have an appointment) and availability (ex. do we have any loaner cars available right now). Customers just coming in for a state inspection wouldn't typically get one, but, if there was something that didn't pass inspection, then we might set them up with one if we had one available and if the customer wasn't able to wait any longer.
Tl;dr: In my state, getting a state inspection is usually relatively painless. The inspection itself doesn't cost much, but the cost of fixing something so it passes inspection depends on where you go. There are also ways to get extensions if you need them, and, if you plan ahead, you can usually get your state inspection done on your day off without any problems. Even if there's something that'd cause it to fail inspection, it's usually still done the same day.
My experience with Macs has only made me hate them more. I once had to crop a photo on a Mac. Simple, right? Wrong. I opened the photo in whatever the default photo viewer is called (Preview?), but I didn't see an edit button. So I figured, "Maybe there's a different photo application I'm supposed to use?" So, I keep trying to find either a different application in that list (Quick Launch? Launchpad? shrug) or an "Open with..." feature like Windows has. Then I complained to my friend next to me, and he showed me how to do it. It was the same exact way I'd done it the first time, except now an edit button appeared.
There have also been several time's I've needed to upload something (usually a video) from a Mac, and, despite having just saved it, I couldn't find it because (as far as I could tell) it wasn't in a folder I could get to on the upload dialog box despite having just saved it using a similar dialog box that could access the folder I saved the item in.
Not that it'll really help your situation, but you should look into whether or not your state's Department of Transportation (DOT) has some sort of reporting tool online.
Mine does, and I've used it to report several issues, including several potholes on my neighborhood road. The potholes were filled within a week after I reported it.
Because everyone has a different core temperature. So it really can't be set value like 100°F.
Generally speaking, a fever of 100°F is "fine", albeit completely exhausting and not at all fun, but it's good for helping the body to fight infections.
Fevers higher than 102°F are when you need to start working on bringing that fever down. If it climbs higher than that, you risk brain injury. The proteins in your body will also start to denature (lose their ability to function) as your temperature climbs, including proteins that work within your brain and your nervous system.
If it continues to climb or won't go down even after taking medicine, you need to call your doctor or go to the hospital.
Yes, but 99% (give or take) of Android users won't know or care how to install 3rd party apps. So most people would only care about the Google Play Store limitation.
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