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[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 146 points 11 months ago

Forgot how Pro-drug the fediverse is as well; vapes should be regulated as heavily as cigarettes and other tobacco products. Just because it's less harmful doesn't mean it's not harmful.

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 60 points 11 months ago

This is starting to really get on my nerves, and I feel like discourse on the fediverse is worse; basically the attitude is that if it's not FOSS and self-hosted, it's shite. That attitude is fucking grating for the rest of us.

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submitted 11 months ago by HidingCat@kbin.social to c/singapore@lemmy.world

SINGAPORE — The Build-to-Order (BTO) sales exercise for October saw an overall application rate of about 1.4 times its available supply, a few hours before applications for flats were slated to close on Tuesday (Oct 10) night.

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 69 points 11 months ago

For privacy-minded people, hardware switches are a nice thing. I remember when I had a Xiaomi Mi 9T with its popup camera, and it was interesting to see that some websites would trigger said popup camera. While the camera was never actually used, the thing would go up and down. This was even with an ad blocker installed.

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 53 points 11 months ago

ITT: People who just read the headlines and not the article, and then going off on their own Windows rant/Linux evangelism instead of discussing the article.

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 50 points 1 year ago

Capitalism and a free economy are good when it's serving customers by making the best product or service possible, while balancing that with paying labour to make that happen.

The problem is that nowadays, there's a third party to this for the megacorps: Shareholders, which is where the enshittification begins.

Valve is a private company, so it is not beholden to any external shareholders, which is why it's been able to chart its own course. Still, I do worry what will happen when Gabe steps down.

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The Nikon Zf is a 24MP full-frame mirrorless camera with classic looks that adds the latest Expeed 7 processor and features such as 3D Tracking AF to the $2000 price point currently addressed by the Nikon Z6 II.

My own take: This looks nicer than the Df I tested years ago. If I had disposable income I'd just get this with 3-4 primes.

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 52 points 1 year ago

I get the criticism, but the Fairphone really shouldn't be compared to other (especially Chinese-made) phones in the same way. It's about sustainability and fairer labour (hopefully anyway).

So far the main issue I see is with the battery life, 4200 mAH battery on a 778G-class SoC should be doing better than this.

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 55 points 1 year ago

Man, the French really don't fuck around, do they?

Though the article says that Carrefour themselves do it for their house brands, so does that mean they'll also apply it to themselves? XD

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 73 points 1 year ago

If we invite our kids or niece/nephew to dinner they always want to go at 6/630 which feels so early.

I hate to break this to you... but it's likely because they want to do their own things as well.

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 40 points 1 year ago

This place really hates MS. Can't believe some of the comments here.

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 299 points 1 year ago

Must be a USA thing, never heard of such a thing.

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago

Does it matter in a work setting? Not like you get to choose what your company uses, and furthermore, it's work stuff, not going to have any personal stuff on there anyway.

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Having read and watched about flat-bottom and conical pourovers thanks to a previous post, I thought of two things: What about the common electric drip machine, and also will there be any difference with local coffee, since I've only used the drip machine exclusively with that?

The common coffee in my area is very different from what most experience here: It's a very dark roast of Robusta caramalised with sugar. I was thinking a conical pourover won't change it much, would it?

Turns out the answer is yes, it does. I understand what "clarity" means now, I definitely felt the difference. The downside is the acidity that people were referencing about with conical filters also came out, and it's not exactly a flavour I enjoy. Thanks to everyone whose previous comments made me try this little experiment. I'm now looking to the next step and get a flat bottom brewer!

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 53 points 1 year ago

The irony of being a Trekkie but fearing strange new worlds.

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