android Android MessagEase going subscription based
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  • Cat Cat 8 months ago 100%

    The downloads list suddenly won't load anymore. I was going to get the last version before they added the notice to get pro.

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  • Cat Cat 8 months ago 100%

    Give it time. You get used to it. Eventually, you will probably type more accurately than you did before. A qwerty or any full keyboard like that does not belong on a small screen. :-)

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  • news News Shunned in computer age, cursive makes a comeback in California
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  • Cat Cat 8 months ago 100%

    I'm 40 and our teacher explained why cursive was a thing in elementary school. I figured we were learning it so we could sign our name.

    Take computers out of the picture. How long have we been using ballpoint pens? Cursive was obsolete even before computers took over how we write.

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  • news News iPhone survives 16,000 foot drop from Alaska Airlines flight where panel ripped off
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  • Cat Cat 8 months ago 100%

    The only iPhone to be dropped and not get a cracked screen fell out of an airplane!

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  • sysadmin Sysadmin No DNS records registered. Problems with ICU domains?
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  • Cat Cat 9 months ago 100%

    In case anyone stumbles across this, the problem was that the entity that manages .icu domains received an abuse report and suspended my domain.

    This is strange because I only use the domain for personal experimentation and none of that is just for static websites. DNS records for mail are properly configured like all of my other domains.

    I asked Namecheap what the reason was. They said none was provided and it may take some time to get a reply back upon requesting the info. I asked them to put in a request for the reason.

    My guess is that I was just in a massive list of domains that someone started reporting. or maybe someone was trying to get my domain taken out so they could take it for themself.

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    Sysadmin Cat 9 months ago 100%
    No DNS records registered. Problems with ICU domains?

    Please let me know if there is a better community to post to. This one seems like a good place to start. I have a very short character ICU domain registered and it was working for months. Without changes to DNS or anything else, it suddenly stopped working. I found out that no DNS records were resolved anymore. It is not that they are invalid. They are non-existant on any DNS servers. According to [dnschecker.org](https://dnschecker.org)'s DNS lookup for ALL records, there no records at all. Same with using `dig`, which just shows an A record with no value. I use my own nameservers and all of my other domains work fine. I have not changed anything on my end either. Still, I switched to Namecheap's default name servers to see if that would resolve the issue. No change. I contacted Namecheap few about a month ago. They opened a ticket for me with a High priority. They just a couple times now, saying they are still monitoring the issue but don't have an answer yet. Is anyone else experiencing something similar? Any ideas what may be going on?

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    technology News and discussions about technology Google Will Turn Off Cookies for 30 Million People on January 4
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  • Cat Cat 9 months ago 100%

    This is not a great article. So many words with so little information. In other articles I found it sounds like Chrome is finally getting third party cookie blocking. Other browsers have had thir for years. Its nothing new.

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  • technology News and discussions about technology Quest owners can use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in VR, but do you really want to?
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  • Cat Cat 9 months ago 100%

    Instead of scanning with your eyes you need to turn your head with the extra weight of VR on.

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  • android Android New BLUFFS attack lets attackers hijack Bluetooth connections
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  • Cat Cat 10 months ago 100%

    Jokes on them. I was already listening to baby shark on loop.

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  • news News X will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet and retweet.
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  • Cat Cat 11 months ago 100%

    And he will do that for you at the low price of only $1. Better do it now before the price goes up.

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  • android Android Xenomorph Android malware now targets U.S. banks and crypto wallets
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  • Cat Cat 12 months ago 100%

    With Lineage OS, you probably can. It also seems to becoming more logical for common users to wipe and reinstall occasionally. Not that it is easy to do. It just seems like a lot of malware is hitting phones and that is likely to get worse.

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  • Cat Cat 12 months ago 100%

    Air traffic controller here. I only work overtime on pysilocybin.

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  • news News California workers who cut countertops are dying of an incurable disease
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  • Cat Cat 12 months ago 100%

    That is sad to hear. I live in an area where almost no one wore masks. Even at the hight of the pandemic. Our local pharmacies got a bunch of N95s for free to give away free. There was supposed to be a limit but since no one was using them they would give me a lot of extra. I'm guessing they still have boxes stacked up somewhere.

    Its also sad that this could have probably been prevented by using a wet saw with water hooked up. Anyone who has cut stone once without a wet saw walks away knowing they shouldn't have been breathing that.

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  • news News Strange light phenomenon seen before some earthquakes is a long-standing mystery. Here’s what scientists think it means
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    I did not see a video in the article. Here is a video of the lights on msn. I can't figure out how to get an English page on there. Sorry.

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  • webdev Web Development Avoiding tunnel vision when debugging
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    Awesome! I found out this worked for me years ago when I was a lone dev. I would walk around muttering to myself. Glad to know there is a term I can use now!

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  • webdev Web Development Avoiding tunnel vision when debugging
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    Sometimes I step away from the screen and talk out is happening in my head.

    Often times my coworkers and I will ask each other for help. Much of the time the person explaining will see the problem as they explain it to the other person. Usually before the other person has a chance to get the full explanation.

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  • terrariums Terrariums Mushrooms appeared in my terrarium! This is good.
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    Nice! If you do, share it here :-D

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  • PCGaming PC Gaming Leftover Humble Bundle Keys giveaway
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%
    • Sundered
    • The Henry Stickmin Collection

    Hopefully one or both of these is available still. Thanks for doing this!

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  • android Android Which is the least no fuss mainstream phone manufacture?
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    Most phone manufactures create their own version of Android. Usually they are pretty full of useless junk and a ton of UI changes. By saying "mostly Android" you're urually saying "mostly [original] Android".

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  • privacyguides Privacy Guides From FaceID to Amazon One, should you share biometric data online?
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    Local storage can still be part of the cloud.

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  • houseplants Houseplants I've managed to kill about 85% of the cacti and succulents I got a couple of years ago, yet somehow this one continues to thrive. It arrived to me with a flower, and this is now its third year bloomin
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    Congrats on the bloom. The best way I've heard it said is that thoy thrive on neglect. Forget to water them for a week or two, good. Don't water them until the soil has completely dried out.

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  • reddit Reddit How many people actually dropped Reddit for Lemmy?
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    I dropped it for the Fediverse. I decided to use kbin after trying Lemmy for a bit.

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  • liminalspace LiminalSpace This was always super liminal to me because you're in this position so rarely and only for a moment.
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 94%

    I haven't been on a plane in about 10 years. That moment in this space is a great example of a liminal space. Your post brought me right to that feeling of being on the plane but not being on the plane.

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  • news News Huntington Beach City Council approves banning mask and vaccine mandates
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 75%

    Where I live, there were mandates but no one enforced it and no one cared. During the worst of the pandemic it was odd to see someone with a mask. Some stores would have a sign saying you would not be allowed in unless you had a mask. Then you get in and no one had a mask on, not even employees.

    I wonder what it was like in Huntington Beach.

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  • casualconversation [Outdated, please look at pinned post] Casual Conversation I've been blocking ads for so long that actually seeing them feels perverse
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    What a great way to put it. Years ago my wife was annoyed when I started blocking ads because it was effecting streaming on some apps. Now if an ad gets through look out!

    When we see ads, it is so annoying. Page loads are clunky and games blast you with ads.

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  • news News Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    If you are on kbin or mastodon, you can follow these people: @SafeStreetRebel

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  • terrariums Terrariums A new terrarium awaits plants. Is my soil too deep (1 cup for scale)
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    I bought a random mix of terrarium plants online. Plus I need to grab some moss before it gets too cold out. I'll post pics of the combleted terrarium soon.

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  • news News CDC warns not to 'kiss or cuddle your turtle' as salmonella outbreak spreads to 11 states
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 66%

    Who couldn't love that snappy little face?

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  • android Android Google removed Island and Shelter apps from the Play Store
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    Glad its still working. I've been using Island for a while now. Maybe it is because I used Shelter for a long time but I like it better. I'm going to switch back if its still working :--)

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  • android Android Google removed Island and Shelter apps from the Play Store
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    You won't need that for Shelter. It hasn't been updated in years.

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  • news News Yellowknife residents wonder if wildfires are the new normal as western Canada burns
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    Is anyone going to do anything?

    I hear there are plans to start changing in 15-20 years. Nothing to worry about.

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  • android Android What Android apps are worth paying for?
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    It is called OSMAnd~ on F-Droid. It does not have support for AndroidAuto. I ended up buying the licensed version for that and to support the devs.

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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    For online and offline GPS I love OSMAnd+ since it has AndroidAuto support and tons of other features.

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  • osha deleted I hope you’re not afraid of heights
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    Good thing someone is holding the ladder.

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  • privacy Privacy What are your favorite resources (guides, studies, etc) to learn about privacy?
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    I have always liked EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense. Hopefully they are keeping them current.

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  • firefox Firefox It's not just Adobe. Now Logitech wants me to go to a random website in order to add peripherals to my computer, and I'm met with this when I go to the page they tell me to
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    Training you to be phished.

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  • RedditMigration Reddit Migration I love kbin but the login bug persists and I can't take it anymore
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    I wonder what changed. The login bug has been gone for me for a while now.

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  • programmer_humor Programmer Humor Always write comments
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    Yes it is. Look at the eyes on the ducks. Also the guy's hands and nose. Dead giveaways.

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  • adhd ADHD Drop Zones. A hack for not loosing things.
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    Can someone drop a beat for this guy?

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  • world World News Orcas Continue To Target Sea Vessels With No Signs Of Stopping Leaving Experts Baffled
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    "We are so hot! This water is so hot! Please help!" - Orcas

    Humans taking a plea for help as an attack.

    Partly joking, partly serious :)

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  • webdev Web Development What would be good to learn if I want to do small to mid scale freelance webdev work?
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  • Cat Cat 1 year ago 100%

    If you're willing to do maintenance, get a resller hosting account and sign people up for hosting on it. Or just get cheap hosting somewhere. Something that would be maintained for you (e.g. shared hosting). Then it also becomes a source of [mostly] passive income.

    Then you would be able to do whatever type of sites you want. Like others have said, static sites of some sort. Learn a common templating engine and javascript so you can work with a bundler like Webpack that will do some automation for you.

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    Terrariums Cat 1 year ago 100%
    Polkadot Plant clipping went to root!

    At the bottom right, there is a new Polkadot Plant that went to root from a clipping while I was cleaning up overgrowth. When I've clipped Polkadot Plants and take them out of the terrasium, they usually wilt in minutes. I clipped this one and left it on the soil for springtails to eat on. I guess its going to grow instead!

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    Mechanical Keyboards Cat 1 year ago 100%
    A useful way to integrate function keys in to layout on Moonlander or Ergodox?

    Has anyone found a good way to include function keys (i.e. F1 - F12) in to their layout on the Moonlander or Ergox EZ? I have tried adding double tap to the numbers row but find myself accidentally double tapping while typing (e.g. 1223). I tried tap and hold but found that it would often end up detecting a held key (i.e alt+F4 F4 F4). I am looking through [Moonlander layouts in Oryx](https://configure.zsa.io/moonlander/search) but am not finding any good ones. It looks like many don't even include the function keys. Edit: I'm looking for a good way to do Ctrl+Alt+F[num] or Alt+F[num]. Without having to switch layers... if there is even a good way.

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    /kbin meta Cat 1 year ago 100%
    What is the kbin logo? Just a visually appealing logo or something more?

    The name kbin is derived from sbin in Linux ([source is a comment](https://kbin.social/m/fediverse/t/344/What-is-Kbin-Join-the-Fediverse#entry-comment-969) by [@ernest](https://kbin.social/u/ernest)). Is the logo at all related to sbin? It kind of looks like a forward slash. I tried searching but turned up nothing. Sorry if this has been answered already.

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    OutOfTheLoop Cat 1 year ago 100%
    Why are people referring to Lemmy as "beans"?

    I assume this is a place to ask about things when you're out of the loop. People kept saying Lemmy is "beans". What is that all about?

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    Reddit Migration Cat 1 year ago 66%
    It is not Lemmy or kbin, it is the fediverse.

    I don't think many people understand that if they use Lemmy or kbin, they are posting to the *fediverse*. There are other platforms and will be more to come. Referring to a post on "Lemmy" or "kbin" is like saying you saw a post on your Windows or Mac computer. We should be referring to it as... * I saw it on *the fediverse*. * Hey *fediverse users* ... * A thread on *the fediverse*... New terms may emerge but referring to the platform seems weird, almost ignorant. edit: A better example is email. You wouldn't assume everyone is on Hotmail because that is the email provider you use. You say I'm sendingan eamail, not I'm sending a Hotmail.

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    New Communities Cat 1 year ago 100%
    Terrariums - Post your terrariums, share your knowledge, and ask your questions!

    Join us over at [@terrariums](https://kbin.social/m/terrariums)

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    196 Cat 1 year ago 100%
    Just wanted to let you all know...

    I'm proud for making it out without posting!

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    Reddit Migration Cat 1 year ago 0%
    I must suck at searching. What is the "Boost" feature in kbin?

    I must suck at searching. What is the "Boost" feature in kbin? [\#RedditMigration](https://kbin.social/tag/RedditMigration)

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    Gaming Cat 1 year ago 100%
    McDonald's Just Dropped A Brand New Game Boy Game In 2023 retrododo.com

    McDonald's has just released a brand new Game Boy Color game that plays on actual hardware in 2023. Yes, you read that correctly.

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