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byJustNiz
026 @04:51PM
(#65959916)
Attached to: Microsoft is Experimenting With a Top Menu Bar for Windows 11
How is it that Microsoft have never understood the relative priority of YOUR actual work area (especially vertical space), compared to the need for imemdiate access to a ton of secondary crap features that no-one ever really uses?
Any of the Office apps and also their programming IDEs immediately come to mind as great examples.
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byJustNiz
2026 @07:41PM
(#65953702)
Attached to: World Not Ready For Rise In Extreme Heat, Scientists Say
I don't think "they" (the world's scientists) are singling out USA for panic all.
The reality is that only about 2 or 3% of the world's climate scientists believe anthropogenic climate change is false (and of those that do, many have clear ties to the fossil fuel industry).
There are very real (and very measurable) consequences currently happening as a direct result of climate change. For example around 1 million plant and animal species are currently threatened with extinction, with climate change being the major driver of these declines.
If you don't care about the anything other than humans, then let's consider the peoples of low-lying island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Maldives, and Marshall Islands.The entire nation of Tuvalu expects to be mostly below the waves by 2050 due to rising sea levels.
Yet for whatever reason, many if not most Americans (including your president) still choose to live in complete denial, apparently preferring to label well-researched facts about climate change as just fear mongering by some nutjob scientists that have it out for them personally.
Given you appear to be one such person, would you please explain why?
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byJustNiz
026 @06:44PM
(#65951194)
Attached to: The Android 'NexPhone': Linux on Demand, Dual-Boots Into Windows 11 - and Transforms Into a Workstation
Apparently a Linux phone is doable these days and quite affordably if you're prepared to hunt down the right phone and run an installer.
I've just ordered a factory-unlocked Oneplus N10 5G from ebay (new still sealed in box) for $180, with the intention of installing Ubuntu touch and Waydroid on it (my goal is controlling my privacy more than android+google services allows).
I'm looking forward to the phone arriving this week, and to finding out how actually usable this will be as a daily driver.
Maybe the reality is that it will still turn out to suck in one or more ways, but my hopes are up after having done quite a bit of online reading and also getting mostly great results from multiple experiments running waydroid and touch on a laptop first (before ordering the phone).
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byJustNiz
026 @06:28PM
(#65951172)
Attached to: The Android 'NexPhone': Linux on Demand, Dual-Boots Into Windows 11 - and Transforms Into a Workstation
I'd be very interested in this if only the base OS was Debian, not Android.
As for windows, very no thanks. I surprisingly don't want a VERY bloated spyware-ridden piece of unusable crap anywhere near my phone.
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byJustNiz
026 @06:18PM
(#65951160)
Attached to: World Not Ready For Rise In Extreme Heat, Scientists Say
Do you know that it is actually summer in Australia right now?
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byJustNiz
2026 @12:44PM
(#65942230)
Attached to: 'Stealing Isn't Innovation': Hundreds of Creatives Warn Against an AI Slop Future
Good ideas will always be copied. Artificial gatekeeper laws are doomed to fail.
The logical answer to people copying your shit is to keep making new shit. Don't expect a free ride forever on that one idea you came up with 10 years ago. I mean you're a "creative" right? so go create.
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byJustNiz
2026 @11:59AM
(#65942148)
Attached to: Apple is Fighting for TSMC Capacity as Nvidia Takes Center Stage
Your talking to someone still rocking a stock 2017 Android phone bought off ebay and I see no reason to not just replace the battery when it inevitably fails as all phone batteries do.
That compared to the ridiculous compulsion of apparently many Apple fanbois/girls that judge their own self-worth entirely on branding and having this year's latest and greatest.
If you believe Apple actually cares about privacy any more than any of the other big data companies, you are seriously just deluding yourself.
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n Thursday January 22, 2026 @11:03AM
alternative_right writes: Scientists found that nasal cells act as a first line of defense against the common cold, working together to block rhinovirus soon after infection. A fast antiviral response can stop the virus before symptoms appear. If that response is weakened or delayed, the virus spreads and causes inflammation and breathing problems. The study highlights why the body’s reaction matters more than the virus alone.
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January 22, 2026 @10:39AM
schwit1 writes: The first battery-grade lithium hydroxide refining facility in North America is now operational in Texas.
In May 2023, Gov. Greg Abbott, Tesla founder Elon Musk and other officials broke ground at what would become Tesla North America’s new lithium refinery in Robstown. By January 2026, it was fully operational.
The facility is the first of its kind to ever be built in North America, The Center Square reported. The facility is part of Abbott’s goal for Texas to lead in reducing reliance on China for critical minerals and technology. Under Abbott, Texas is leading in semiconductor manufacturing and development, state-led Artificial Intelligence development and nuclear energy expansion to counter Chinese dominance and threats, The Center Square reported.
Australia, Chile and China account for 90% of lithium production; China overwhelmingly refines the majority of lithium, controlling global supply, according to International Energy Agency and other reports. China also sources materials used for lithium-ion batteries mined through forced child labor in the Congo and Nigeria, raising human rights concerns.
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byJustNiz
2026 @12:47AM
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Attached to: Many People Who Come Off GLP-1 Drugs Regain Weight Within 2 Years, Review Suggests
semaglutide can cause serious systemic issues like pancreatitis, gallbladder problems, severe dehydration leading to kidney damage, and potential thyroid tumors, but its most common effects involve severe gastrointestinal issues like gastroparesis (stomach paralysis) and bowel obstruction, which delay food movement, causing nausea, vomiting, pain, and bloating.
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byJustNiz
2026 @01:10PM
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Attached to: Many People Who Come Off GLP-1 Drugs Regain Weight Within 2 Years, Review Suggests
It's their lifestyle that made them obese in the first place. Much easier to just live in denial and keep taking a pill that damages your system than actually address the root causes.
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byJustNiz
2026 @01:06PM
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Attached to: Apple is Fighting for TSMC Capacity as Nvidia Takes Center Stage
Perish the thought that all the rabid Apple fanbois/girls will have to buy other phone brands.
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byJustNiz
2026 @01:03PM
(#65926760)
Attached to: Apple is Fighting for TSMC Capacity as Nvidia Takes Center Stage
2k for a phone? That's insane.
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December 30, 2025 @03:14PM
eggegick writes: My trusty Samsung smartphone died. I went to the Verizon store to get a replacement but they only had Motorola, so that what I bought. The thing was preloaded with tons of the most annoying and intrusive shovel-ware and took hours to clean up. Does anybody know of a basic phone without all the $#:+ on it that will work with Verizon?
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byJustNiz
0, 2025 @05:15PM
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Attached to: HDMI Forum Continues To Block HDMI 2.1 For Linux, Valve Says
>> because almost every TV has HDMI.
from a quick look only, most also have displayport.
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