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  • jballs@sh.itjust.workstoxkcd@lemmy.worldxkcd #3109: Dehumidifier
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    3 days ago

    I got new appliances a couple weeks ago and they’re all “smart”. Turns out a smart microwave just sends you a phone notification when it’s done. By default.

    As someone with multiple people living in the house, I can confidently say this is the dumbest “smart” feature ever. Promptly disabled.












  • jballs@sh.itjust.workstomemes@lemmy.worldThank you Ubisoft!
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    16 days ago

    I’ve got 30 hours into it and haven’t finished it yet. I feel like it’s got a decent amount of gameplay so far. Plus I am already planning a replay once with different party members. I’ve also heard the story is better in the 2nd playthrough (you don’t really figure out wtf is going on until pretty far into the game). Definitely worth checking out, especially if you have Gamepass.




  • jballs@sh.itjust.workstomemes@lemmy.worldBooks
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    16 days ago

    I read one of his short stories recently that followed one of the characters whose child died in Cujo. I love the idea of Stephen King completely forgetting he wrote that book and having to go back and read it to come up with characters for his later stories. Do you suppose while reading he was like “Damn this book is great, I wonder what’ll happen next?”


  • jballs@sh.itjust.workstoMemes@sopuli.xyzA true horror
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    17 days ago

    Yeah Facebook was vastly different back in the day. Instead of having a shadowy algorithm deciding which posts to show you, you just got a chronological view of all your friends’ posts. So during major events, you’d usually see lots of posts that taken out of context make absolutely no sense.

    When Facebook moved to them deciding what you wanted to see, it completely changed the whole vibe.