Best alternative to WhatsApp? by jbaber in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[-] jbaber 23 points 3 weeks ago

For my family member who moved out of country, signal's voice quality was not very good. WhatsApp's quality was better than a regular phone call, very impressive.

Also, outside the US WhatsApp is some kind of standard the way rich Americans think iMessage is. Companies will ask her to contact them on WhatsApp, so she'll have to have it regardless of your personal involvement.

There's also jitsi.

What instrumental songs would you be most intrigued to hear someone made lyrics for? by jbaber in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[-] jbaber 3 points 3 months ago

Tangentially related: Barber also wrote his Adagio for Strings as an Agnus Dei. It's great.

Who ever thought it sounded good this way? I think it's because headphones weren't widely used back then. by jbaber in c/nonpolitical_memes@lemmy.ml
[-] jbaber 8 points 4 months ago

I vaguely recall there being a stereo record needle explanation for this.

T-Mobile imposes $5 monthly price hike on customers using older plans by jbaber in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] jbaber 3 points 8 months ago

How?

What is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal? by jbaber in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[-] jbaber 5 points 1 year ago

sudo apt remove ratpoison

Not even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11 by jbaber in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] jbaber 6 points 1 year ago

"Ubuntu" is Zulu for "can't install Debian".

Not even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11 by jbaber in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] jbaber 3 points 1 year ago

Wait, really? I've had it disabled for a while for other reasons. I'm safe from a Win11 forced upgrade?

Why can't we decrease our eye's FPS to get better night vision? by jbaber in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[-] jbaber 17 points 1 year ago

I discounted this theory the first time I heard it because it's too cool.

What is a good privacy respecting app for keeping track of goals? by jbaber in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
How (not) to get people to download your app 🫣 by jbaber in c/reddit@lemmy.ml
[-] jbaber 2 points 1 year ago

It's pretty ironic that a page about bad UX, specifically en mobile, contains a 99 page slidedeck that I can't zoom in to read on mobile...

Hello world! - Please introduce yourself here by jbaber in c/sdfpubnix
[-] jbaber 2 points 2 years ago

Are these the alphas?

Hello world! - Please introduce yourself here by jbaber in c/sdfpubnix
[-] jbaber 3 points 2 years ago

Don't be ashamed to say you're one of today's lucky 10,000. Join on up and ssh in.

https://xkcd.com/1053/

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