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what are .webp files and why has my online experience been plagued by them?
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this is nostupidquestions, not /g/. take your meds
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what are .webp files and why has my online experience been plagued by them?
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this is nostupidquestions, not /g/. take your meds
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Opinions: What is a movie you genuinely like, that is rated below 60% on rotten tomatoes?
I, Robot, especially after reading the books. It functions as a combo of the books, but set roughly where the first book took place in, using a variant of the protagonist from the sequels. The robots taking over as they did, though, wasn't really accurate, even just regarding the laws of robotics, but it worked for the movie's conflict. In the books, they get a larger hold on humanity, but to help them go past Earth to become an intragalactic society. For a one-off, though, I can see the directions the movie took to give it that close-ended feeling. Also, the implications of robots and humans, and Spooner as a chracter were pretty faithful to the source material, IMO.
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Using Lemmy make me hate Windows (or any proprietary softwares) and finally make me fully switched to Linux
It's unfortunate, because reddit intially was open source, but closed off in 2008, being partially open and increasingly more closed over time.
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The AI boom is screwing over Gen Z | ChatGPT is commandeering the mundane tasks that young employees have relied on to advance their careers.
There's something that a person close to me said about certain tech/features that stuck with me and seems to click here, it was: "A lot of it just stops you from using your brain."
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How do I get some MP4 files on a 2013 ipad air?
I would check out either VLC or Documents by Readdle. They both have a web interface you can launch where you can upload media through a browser with. Both have network drive capabilities and can play media well. I think VLC overall would be a simpler experience, but both are very capable for what you need.
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Why do people act like coffee in the morning is such a sacred routine but soda in the morning [basically the same drink] is lowbrow and unhealthy?
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The AI boom is screwing over Gen Z | ChatGPT is commandeering the mundane tasks that young employees have relied on to advance their careers.
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Not exactly. When it comes to calculations that could be super unreasonable and impractical to do by hand (think multiple exponents on a number, or cosine, sine, and tangent as simple examples), they help reduce that tedium in the overall process of what you’re trying to do. There comes a point where it’d be absurd to do certain kinds of math by hand primarily. I’m not largely math-oriented, but even with calculators one could understand the reasoning behind certain concepts despite using a calculator to work through them. People who take calculus can understand it but still use a calculator.
To have a calculator to do your times tables instead of knowing them, or any basic stuff in the four units would be detrimental I feel, because you’d benefit in knowing those up front, and how to process them mentally.
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If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now
Thankfully, I've been about Firefox since 2006. People can use what they like, but it does ache me inside seeing someone use Chrome, logged in with the yellow "Update" icon at the top right, an unholy trinity.
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If there were New Game Plus after this life, what one would need to do to unlock it?
Begin journey 2 in current state? Journey 2 can be initiated from the shrine bonfire if you do not wish to begin now.
YES | NO
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TIL In the Hot Coffee lawsuit against McDonalds,punitive damages were given due to McDonalds intentionally overheating coffee to save money on refills
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Bro?
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iPhone 15 Models Finally Show Battery's Cycle Count
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The tech just wasn't there yet ;)
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Every generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?
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Increasingly, yes. It's shaping to be (ironically) the sugar of the 21st century, where sugar was touted as healthy in the 50s despite the effects on diabetes and obesity that we're still seeing now.
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Another day, another chuff
𝒮𝓌𝒾𝓈𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 🫦
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How many Lemmy users are non-technical background?
I do music, photography/videography, strength training, student too, but it started by being into tech (still am), it's helped for doing music/photography greatly.
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Opinions: What is a movie you genuinely like, that is rated below 60% on rotten tomatoes?
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Ah yeah, the Chuck Taylor reference, it was brief, but considering how it had been criticized it must've stuck out in how obvious it sounded. It's at least a far cry from being Hawaii 5-0 tier, thankfully.
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hopeless romantic =/= medical correctness rule
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If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now
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Thank you for reminding me of Librewolf, I haven't brought myself to install it yet. I wanted to move my profile over, too, though I'm unsure how seamless that would be (it's worked with other forks I've tried, so maybe it's easy).
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Opinions: What is a movie you genuinely like, that is rated below 60% on rotten tomatoes?
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Do people not like I, Robot?
I haven't heard anyone personally that outwardly disliked it, I picked it based on the RT/metacritic score and me enjoying it despite that. I was way too young to remember fresh reactions to the movie when it came out.
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Opinions: What is a movie you genuinely like, that is rated below 60% on rotten tomatoes?
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Yeah, I don’t think Spooner is identical to Elijah Baley, but I see they connect on the technophobe aspects, if nothing else. It’s been a while since I’ve read the books, in other aspects they’re probably vastly different.
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Buzz Aldrin Wears Three Watches On His Arms
Three watches I can steal 🦍