phcorcoran

@phcorcoran@lemmy.world
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The comparison is even more apt when you remember that the official Reddit app also used to be the most popular and great 3rd-party app called AlienBlue, which was purchased from 1 guy and rebranded a decade ago.

It's pretty clear that the reason why the official Reddit app isn't good is because a good experience for their users isn't their goal.

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Getting books from the library to read?

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I like how it has really vague boundaries that are obviously approximate but then it pretends to do precise gerrymandering-type carveouts in the second map

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I'm not sure if my comment is whoosh, but just in case; it's the transliteration of the letters in the picture if you read them as cyrillic letters, highlighting that they should be understood as faux-cyrillic instead

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It's pretty weird to be basically shilling for brands in here but Nexcare bandages are superior to band-aids in pretty much every way; i agree that band-aids beat generic though

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In Canada, they typically pick one or two last names out of four for the kid. Some adults decide to go by just one of their last names too

Chickpea curry is made entirely with pantry items and is very delicious. You can throw in non-pantry items if you have them but they are not necessary

https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a57629/chickpea-curry/

Spam musubi is a popular snack in Hawaii that's also entirely pantry food. I love spam but not everyone does; if you want pantry meals though chances are you would be okay with it.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/49785/spam-musubi/

Obviously canned soups are a good pantry meal source, no special recipe there

Flaked ham or tuna cans with Mayo & relish (or chopped celery if you have them) are delicious to eat on any type of crackers

https://www.food.com/recipe/simple-ham-spread-397918

That's what I can think of for now haha

You can, although probably should not, use semicolons; they can be used to join related statements that could, very frequently, also stand on their own.

I find that this backfires sometimes because many people don't seem to have any hobbies.

In the context of an interviewer, I sometimes ask "can you teach me something cool about one of your interests in 5 min?" It's not the same context obviously but you learn a lot about a person quickly that way. Bonus point is, I learn cool stuff about new things I'm probably not familiar with haha

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Р̈У̊Л̧Е̃ ... vengeance haha

*shart post

I worked on repairing Macs during that period and I suspect that no wifi card except this specific one would fit in the relevant slot of the machine.

They weren't standard formats as far as I know and couldn't be used across models because the shape of the actual card was never the same. It's possible the connectors didn't change though, or that a third party manufacturer made new cards specifically for that model, although that seems unlikely.

Another commenter (u/bloodfart) wrote that the connector was a standard mini pcie connector; I can't confirm but that's plausible and would mean it's a lot more likely that an upgrade may be possible

One note of caution, it was really easy for an uninitiated repair person to sever the antenna wire from its connector when trying to disconnect or reconnect them, the cables are quite thin

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🤞I hope it's a good record🤞I hope it's a good record-- aw.

I took "rather than the other way around" to mean "rather than negatively-correlated" in this context, since positively was emphasized

I mean, Substack lit all the benefit of the doubt I had for them on fire with their previous response.

This new action doesn't restore that, but all things being equal, I do want nazi shitheads to be de-platformed and have their funding cut off.

I think one can both acknowledge that they finally did a move in the correct direction and still think that they suck overall

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I agree with you; I think it is indeed the absolute bare minimum they had to do but I also agree with xc2215x that it's a good move. They moved from -100 to -99 on my shithead-o-meter scale

In an unarmored context, which applied very often throughout history, the spear is easier to use and especially lighter, which makes it a better and more nimble weapon. Spears can also be much longer than heavier pole arms whilst remaining usable, keeping the danger further away from the user

The speed at which one can move a spear tip is impressive and getting stabbed by it has large stopping power. The spear can also parry attacks in a large sweeping area, which makes it hard for anything else than another spear to get through

The more complex pole weapons start to shine in an armored context, where stabbing someone at the end of your long pointy stick becomes harder. Then, the hook-y, chop-y and spike-y bits of the halberd can really help tackle the armor

Oh I see; I knew they stopped supporting it after a while but I thought the official app was a descendent of that codebase

Centicentigrade

We had to replace the entire screen assembly for that at the time but I'm sure it's possible to do something less drastic if you are just working on your own machine