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Time for a pointless story from my world no one needs to care about. Ever since the #iPhone launched the #ProMax variant, I purchased it year after year except for one backup device one year. So this year I did the same. Now however, I find myself visiting with a #Pixel10Pro and thinking ooh it's so small and I don't have to extend my fingers out to full length just to wrap my hand around and hold it in portrait orientation. I'm petite you know. 😀 So now I find myself wondering if I shouldn't sell the Pro Max and downgrade to the Pro just for easier handling. All the while I keep imagining my friend @JonathanMosen saying to me see, it's those cases you use go phone naked and you'll feel better mate. Life is such a funny thing. 😁🤣🤣
#iphone #pixel10pro #promax @Jonathan Mosen
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Robin Frost

@FreakyFwoof Nothing wrong with that at all they have some very very nice cases. I was just looking at a bunch of them for the pixel that’s why I was curious which one you like because each manufacturer has so many different lines. I liked the Spigen rugged armor and liquid armor and ultra hybrid mag fit cases when I was looking at them. Thank you as always for being such a sweet and kind human being as to always indulge my curiosity. In other news, my favorite hard drive jumped up in price. It made me sad. I am hoping it will come back down for the holiday sales.
@Andre Louis

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Apparently the latest MAME now emulates the Yamaha PortaSound PSS-170. Too bad I haven't figured out a way to get anything out of it. I can start the system, but then it just sits there, because apparently from what I've gathered via NVDA OCR, the various buttons on the keyboard have no keyboard assignment, and I can't accessibly assign them since the MAME UI is completely inaccessible except through OCR, which gives zero feedback as to where you are, what option is selected, etc. I seem to recall @tspivey wrote a patch to allow one particular version of MAME to communicate console output to NVDA, but that was for one specific MAME binary, and hasn't been updated since, and that version doesn't support the Yamaha PSS-170.
@Tyler Spivey
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Ray Dog

Do you know if the actual keyboard had a midi in port? If it does, you might be able to get sound out of it by setting Mame to pull from a midi device, such as Loop Midi or a midi controller or something. Unfortunately I can't really help much since it's been ages since I used Mame and don't remember much. But I do remember getting midi input working with several old Casio CTK roms, and even a Yamaha Mu50 I believe, though that particular emulation was very hit and miss, last I checked.

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Long-term battery test: Does fast charging actually harm smartphone battery longevity?

The results are quite clear. Fast charging does not lead to significantly reduced battery capacity after 500 charging cycles on either iPhones or Android phones.

#news #technology #BetteridgesLaw

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Long-term battery test: Does fast charging actually harm smartphone battery longevity?

The results of an extremely complex and professionally presented long-term test are clear. Several iPhones and Android phones were divided into different charging groups and tested over several months.
Alexander Fagot (Notebookcheck)
#technology #News #betteridgeslaw

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I think, but I'm not sure, I entirely understand this psychological oddity of mine. I'll spend tens of thousands of dollars on steak dinners over time, tens more thousands of dollars on computer-related gear, audio gear, ham radio gear, etc,etc, but I won't send this stupid fbleeping FreedomScienceFiction Focus 40 Blue Gen 5 braille display in for repairs. My thinking is that I hold such little value for the damn thing, that it pisses me off so, that I just can't bring myself to send it somewhere, for an unknown bill that will come my way for having clean/fix/whatever done to it to bring it to working order. But I really do miss having accurate, proper, usable braille, that's for sure. So I'm stuck back at square one. Do I send it in for whatever its going to wind up being, or wait until some potential future opportunity comes along to get a better display entirely. I really want multi-line technology. But that's like if you already own your house, a vacation home, a cottage, a yacht, your partner's multiple vehicles, and can afford a $40,000 braille solution. Well, that's totally not me. But I suppose that's what dreams are for. eh?

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The entire narrative around "scientists need to learn to be better communicators" is seriously misguided.

Scientists communicate just fine. They communicate with accuracy and purpose. That is a core skill for good science and has been for a very very long time.

We need to stop blaming scientists and recognise that the media landscape is devoid of skills to understand basic science methodology and communication. And absolutely lacks the most fundamental motivations to even bother engaging with real science.

Our society is flooded with misinformation and clickbait. This is not a "science doesn't communicate well enough" problem. Media is no longer about information, it's about entertainment. The solution is not to force scientists onto TikTok. It's great when you see some scientists who happen to be effective on social media or TV... But this is not going to be true for everyone in science and neither should it be. Don't turn science communication into a popularity contest.

You're looking at the wrong end of the horse if you think the solution is just "scientists need to communicate better".

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But pharmacies are charging eligible Québécois/ses...

“Pharmacists are not allowed, under any circumstances, to offer paid vaccines to patients eligible for free vaccination. In this situation, pharmacists are encouraged to postpone appointments while waiting to receive the doses from Santé Québec."

montrealgazette.com/news/quebe…

#backlog #postponedappointments #supplyshortage #CAQASTROPHE #LEGAULTFAIL #polQC #QCpoli #cdnpoli #polcan #COVIDISNOTOVER #COVID19 #demandafreevaccine #clicsantefail


Quebec COVID-19 vaccine appointments backlogged as supply shortage persists

Some pharmacies still do not have vaccination appointments available or have no availability until the end of November.
Leora Schertzer (Montreal Gazette)
#COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #cdnpoli #polqc #caqastrophe #qcpoli #polcan #backlog #demandafreevaccine #postponedappointments #supplyshortage #legaultfail #clicsantefail
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Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)

In a certain way, I guess it's a blessing that you have enough layover time to visit the town. The only time I went through that airport, there was not enough time for that, and that airport is one of the most depressingly boring and uncomfortable ones I've seen 😑

P.s.: it was great meeting you last week to discuss the mobile XMPP clients landscape! I hope some of my teammates will start sending small merge requests your way soon, as I recommended we standardize on Conversations.

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My notes get set to private after a few months, so I have to repost my introduction periodically. Boosts welcome.
Hello, I go by Null! I am a programmer, avid reader, long-time Tabletop RPG (TTRPG) GM, anticapitalist, weird horror fan, aspiring (if shy) writer, and a long suffering fan of anime. I identify as agender even though I don't talk about it much. I also enjoy cooking, brewing, mushrooms, gardening, ravens, typewriters, and well... a little of everything. I just like to answer questions.

I generally post random observations, tabletop RPG experiences, political thoughts (CWed), news commentary, short anime reviews, and the like. Please feel free to drop in for a message or reply - I'm open to conversation. Also, do feel free to let me know if I commit any faux pas. I'm pretty open to good-faith commentary and it's important to me that people feel safe.

Things I am reading right now (I can't focus on one book for long so I rotate):

* Audition by Ryu Murakami
* No Gods No Masters by various
* Vagabonds: Life on the streets of 19th London by Oskar Jensen

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It always makes me laugh when an iPhone app that basically does one thing throws a dialogue asking "Hey! Are you enjoying the app?"

I got that this morning.

From Duo.

And I'm just looking at the question thinking, yeah. Yeah, you know what, I am enjoying Duo authenticator. It sure is a... multifactor authentication app. It absolutely is.

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I'm uploading a bunch of stuff (about 7TB of it) to a Servarica Mammoth Storage VPS, which I'm basically using as a personal backup box.
Seens about the best I can do is around half my upstream, pretty close to 500 Mb/sec. In a little over twelve hours, I have so far uploaded 2.2 TB. Weird to think that I now consider that sort of slow.
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