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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I am. And this amounts to selective censorship.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I don’t think there is one. The Impressia app (iOS) does though.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

My money’s on Chappers filling in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Thing is though, There’s plenty of sources I haven’t blocked. It’s basically just the Daily Mail and a shitty red-top, so I can’t believe they only curate the sources that I’ve blocked. In which case the feed should consist of headlines from the other huge array of other news sources.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Cheers - this would work, but first requires whitelisting all the sources you’re happy to see news from, rather than simply not showing you news from sources you’ve blocked.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I mean, this is specifically mildly infuriating, and there are other positives to it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Fair enough. Although I would say that the magazine aspect (which I use it for primarily) couldn’t really adhere to that. The printed publications that you’d buy in a newsagent contain printed ads. I’m not saying it’s good, but it’s not different. Paper copy or digital, you’re getting ads with whichever one you pay for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Isn’t it the publications themselves that contain the ads rather than the app itself?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Well now I’m going to have to try it aren’t I.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Not sure I’d agree, as the sources are configurable, but this sort of shit is far from a great user experience.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Apple Arcade for me

 
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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I’ve just bought a new fridge and it comes with a section to hold eggs. I’ve never stored them in the fridge since salmonella isn’t really a problem here because our chickens are vaccinated. Does anybody in the UK actually refrigerate their eggs?

As an aside, I tend to decide what goes into the fridge based on where it was in the supermarket. If they don’t refrigerate it, neither do I. So for eggs, I don’t.

Secondary question - what am I gonna use the egg holder in the fridge for now, other than maybe briefly cooling my balls?

 

Is there a way to configure the watch to more accurately record treadmill running?

I’ve used the watch a couple of times while on the treadmill at the gym, and the distance the watch thinks I’ve run is way off what the treadmills think. I’m inclined to believe the treadmill output based on all it having to do is measure the speed it’s spinning, and not best-guessing it like the watch would have to. However I need to run 5.5k on the treadmill for the watch to think I’ve run 5k, which is a huge variance for a 5k. I’ve tested this on different treadmills with the same resulting variance.

I’m sure the Fitbit I had years ago allowed me to configure stride length to get a more accurate measurement, but I can’t find anything like that on the watch. Can anything be done to improve it?

 

Genuine question because I can’t work it out - if the satellite services are used when the user has no network service, how can “carrier fees may still apply” work? Surely the absence of a carrier network signal and the use of satellite services means that you’re not using the carrier’s network, so how can they apply a charge?

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Since hypnotherapy can be effective for a percentage of the population for various treatments, why is it not offered as a standard therapy for everyone in terms of setting them up for health benefits at a younger age? For example, some people claim to have had successful results with hypnotherapy as a smoking cessation tool. If it’s effective, why is it not offered more widely as a smoking prevention tool, or healthy eating tool, or any other pro-healthy lifestyle aid before those bad habits are formed? Preventing smoking, or suggesting healthy food habits at a young age would save the NHS (or other public healthcare provider) billions long-term if it was effective. It seems like, if hypnotherapy is generally accepted as a mechanism to treat certain conditions (which it appears to be in various quarters of traditional medicine), why is it used more as a reactive treatment rather than a proactive one?

 

Anyone know how long specific bundles are available to purchase on Apple TV? Do they change monthly or something, or would a specific bundle be perpetually available to buy?

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Lost in translation (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Just had some requirements through for a query that a customer has specified.

“Set the value to 1 if the Outcome is not Complete or Cancelled or NULL”

This could be variously interpreted as: 

“if the Outcome is NOT Complete and NOT Cancelled and NOT NULL”

Or “if the Outcome is NOT Complete, and NOT Cancelled, or IS NULL”

Or perhaps even “if the Outcome is NOT ‘Complete or Cancelled’ or IS NULL”

Obviously I’ll go back to them for clarity, but it’s a wonder why so often “bugs” arise based on interpretation of specifications.

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"Hacked" Instagram (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

My other half discovered that some dodgy person/company had managed to send instagram messages advertising handbags to all of her followers from her account. She changed her password immediately, but what could have happened here? Is it the case that a “hacker” had access to her full instagram account, or would they have used some tool that allows posting of messages via some kind of proxy without requiring access to her actual account? There was no record of other logged in devices on the security page of her account.

Update: She’s just been through her junk email folder and found a “We’ve noticed a new login” email from instagram yesterday, so I presume that means they were fully in to the account then. How they got the password is anyone’s guess, but could be any of the suggestions below. Thanks all for the responses.

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

The Delta emulator is absolutely superb, particularly given that it’s free with no ads, a rarity on iOS. I’ve barely stopped playing DS games since I downloaded it. My other half is dying to have a go on her phone, but I’ve not had an Android device for ages. Has anyone got any recommendations for equivalent Android DS emulators that are free/ad-free, simple to use, and hopefully as polished as Delta that I can send her way?

 

I bought one thing from Wayfair and got nine emails about it over the course of four days.

 
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