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That is clear and concise, but still kinda has the whiff of “scary tech speak” about it. I guess it’s the same thing that makes some people freeze up when they see any math problem, and just assume it isn’t something they can handle. 😃

For all their many, many flaws, Microsoft’s style guidelines are pretty good for this sort of thing. E.g. they recommend replacing “Invalid ID” with “You need an ID that looks like this: someone@example.com”.

ETA: Maybe even just, “You need to enter the carrier credentials”?

They’re not the emergency services – they’re your emergency services!

Fucks in Sucks was always my favourite

Good use of Scary Shiny Glasses 👍

I’m autistic and this would really simplify things tbh

Thank goodness he didn’t hear about Channel 4 airing several hours of his lies back-to-back to “welcome” him to the UK. 😬

https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-announces-night-tv-dedicated-donald-trump-untruths

I do the opposite. 😄

If you give it back with scratches on it, will you be into negative equity? 😬 I assume it’ll come with all the bad parts of car leasing, too…

Streisand effect?

For instance, Toad is referred to as Kinopio (I assume the wordplay is “Pinokio” – Pinocchio – with the syllables rearranged to be a play on “kinoko” which means mushroom?) while Bowser is literally called Kuppa (“Koopa”) (basically the same shit with Pokemon, since Satoshi is renamed as Ash Ketchum in the American version, like why?

…like they just say “Zelda” by name when in JP they refer to her as Hime-sama (“Princess”, but super respectful, kinda has “Your Highness” vibes I guess) from dialog.

You don’t see rofl nearly enough nowadays

I’m thinking about it more and more, but mostly because of Google and others becoming so intrusive, I hadn’t even considered that it might be good for performance.

I sadly fell for the big Pixel 10 hype campaign (from Android Authority and others) and switched from Samsung. My phone is so fucking slow and hot all the time, and sometimes needs charging twice a day. 💀 My bf and I went on a trip; he drove and we used my phone for Android Auto. Wired Android Auto, and I still had to hold my phone in front of the air con vent the entire time to stop the music skipping.

Thinking I might get an Oppo Find X9 Pro in a couple months. It’s not even that much more expensive than a Pixel (in fact they’re both on sale for £899 at the moment), but it seems like it might actually last me a few years.

That, and constant bullshit “advice” like

I disabled my Pixel 10’s file system and it hasn’t overheated since! Here’s how! Some Pixel fans may miss their favourite apps, or being able to make and receive phone calls, but it’s totally worth it to fix one of the platform’s most enduring problems! Let us know how you get on in the comments!

Salma Hayek

Greta

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU
HELPING YOU REMEMBER YOUR IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS

I always wonder whether we’re getting it backwards.

Like, did you see ads for kayaks because you had that conversation about kayaking, or did you have the conversation because an ad company/social network decided it was time for you to get into kayaking?

Or it accidentally got the wording wrong, oops