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I always find it interesting how some parents do this weird “don’t touch my daughter” but mix it with “give me grandkids!!”… like, you can’t have it both ways.

If you have a cable that supports it, which is not usually obvious. And if you have a charger that supports it, which tends to be easier, but again, not always obvious. And don’t even start on transfer speeds or whether or not it’ll support lower usb standards like keyboards and mice. (I have a fairly high end cable that supports the highest speed data transfers but a keyboard will not work on it)

Micro was the worst connector I’ve used, and I’m happy for its demise, but at least I knew what I was getting when I plugged it in.

Gotta go fast!

Musk has been a racist for a long time, sounds like he finally found his people.

There’s a pretty thriving retro scene… you can buy any of the consoles listed here fairly easily.

That doesn’t sound better. I get the shared databases, though it does introduce security issues. But the facial recognition that’s been proven flaked and flawed and based on biometric data that can be leaked and never changed… no thank you.

Sounds like Russia just admitted they did it then. There’s no reason for them to say it this way otherwise.

They could have said “we’ll work with you” or provided proof they didn’t do it, or other constructive things, but instead they say this.

Like what they did with Maps… oh wait, Maps is actually pretty good now. Better than Google Maps in many ways. (Especially since it’s ad free and not shoving sponsored things at people)

There have been a few good indie games. Been playing a lot of Timberborn this year for instance.

That said, it’s just helping me catch up on my backlog.

I still prefer Pandora, it’s great for music discovery and it pays artists more than Spotify. I also feel like its recommendations are better or maybe I’ve just had better luck with them.

I’ve Definitely found new artists and albums after listening on Pandora that I went off and purchased CDs or albums thanks to it.

Apple Music’s recommendations were fairly good as well, and they also pay more than Spotify, but not tons and I abhor how it integrates music I don’t own with my actual library.

I need to try Tidal, but I also just don’t get the “you’ll stream everything and own nothing” idea. I just like “radio” services for discovering new stuff.

That’s not a normal thing, I’d just like to point out. Sometimes we have years where the front doesn’t fall off at all.

Ngl, I canceled them and haven’t gone back since. Don’t really miss it much, I try to use the same cost as my subscription to buy music every month on CD when I can.