IphtashuFitz

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Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books in c/technology
[–] IphtashuFitz 1 points 10 hours ago

My wife borrows a lot of ebooks from our library, which are delivered to a kindle through Amazon. I’ve used this USB download option to remove the DRM from some of those borrowed books. Guess I’ll have to figure out a new approach now…

Tesla stock is tumbling. Blame BYD in c/[email protected]
[–] IphtashuFitz 15 points 4 days ago

I blame the erratic behavior of the Tesla CEO.

The Fifth Element | Sci-Fi Epic, Action, Adventure in c/moviesuggestions
[–] IphtashuFitz 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Super green!

Russians complain that they received donated FPV goggles booby-trapped with explosives. in c/[email protected]
[–] IphtashuFitz 8 points 1 week ago

I believe those boobytrapped pagers that Israel used against Hamas were so well designed that X-rays of them didn’t show anything unusual. I think the explosives & detonator were incorporated into the rechargeable battery. A visual inspection likely wouldn’t have caught it either.

What do you all think about Ted Lasso? in c/[email protected]
[–] IphtashuFitz 7 points 1 week ago

My wife and I enjoyed it so thoroughly that when we were in London a few months ago we took a Ted Lasso tour of Richmond. It was so much fun to see all the spots that were locations in the show.

What do you all think about Ted Lasso? in c/[email protected]
[–] IphtashuFitz 3 points 1 week ago

Same. Can’t wait for season 3!

Trump ‘does not have the authority to abolish’ USAID: Congressional Research Service in c/politics
[–] IphtashuFitz 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In another day or two Elon and his minions will likely be able to halt all money going yo USAID, including salaries to workers. So that will effectively abolish it.

Watch The World's Fastest-Charging EV Hit 80% In 9 Minutes: 'Freaking Wild' in c/[email protected]
[–] IphtashuFitz 2 points 1 week ago

Yup, exactly this. When people ask, I tell them it takes me less than 5 seconds to charge my EV. I plug it in as I get out at night and I have a full “tank” each morning.

Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt in c/technology
[–] IphtashuFitz 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Time for the US military to replace all their humvees?

Karoline Leavitt tells press 'Jesus didn't have electricity either' in c/nottheonion
[–] IphtashuFitz 31 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Jesus didn’t have guns.

Google Forcing Gemini Down Our Throats Feels aLot Like Microsoft and Internet Explorer, But More Insidious in c/technology
[–] IphtashuFitz 2 points 2 weeks ago

My employer is switching from Microsoft to Google for office tools next month and they’ve been championing its availability to all of us. I’m not looking forward to it…

Trump demands California voter ID law for wildfire relief and threatens FEMA upon arrival in North Carolina in c/politics
[–] IphtashuFitz 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well only for the blue states. Certainly not Florida.

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Companies issuing RTO mandates “lose their best talent”: Study (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 months ago by IphtashuFitz to c/news
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Return-to-office (RTO) mandates have caused companies to lose some of their best workers, a study tracking over 3 million workers at 54 "high-tech and financial" firms at the S&P 500 index has found. These companies also have greater challenges finding new talent, the report concluded.

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The new SiriusXM app for Tesla sucks (self.tesla)
submitted 2 months ago by IphtashuFitz to c/tesla
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Tesla just released a SiriusXM streaming app for the Model 3, Y, and Cybertruck. I’m a longtime SiriusXmM subscriber, and actually have a free streaming account with them. Ever since I got my MY I’ve listened via their streaming app on my phone & Bluetooth.

Not only will my current streaming account not transfer to the Tesla app, but I also can’t activate an old existing account with it either. In fact I can’t even add the Tesla streaming account to my existing SiriusXM account. They want me to create a new account on SiriusXM with a different email address just for the Tesla app. The fact that I’d have to create and manage a second account is downright absurd. Whoever approved that asinine decision at SiriusXM should be fired…

I guess I’ll just keep streaming their stuff through my iPhone…

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No more EV app folders: Universal plug-and-charge is due to launch in 2025 (arstechnica.com)
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Swing state voting support for college students (studentvote.info)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by IphtashuFitz to c/politics
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This website helps students at colleges in the following swing states to register so that they are able to vote. Please share this with any college students you know:

  • Arizona
  • Georgia
  • Michigan
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Pennsylvania
  • Wisconsin
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Northeast Massachusetts (lemmy.world)
 
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What's the funniest/strangest thing you have seen out your office/apartment window? (self.asklemmy)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by IphtashuFitz to c/asklemmy
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This just popped into my head after a similar question came up with a coworker…

Back a few decades ago I worked in Kendall Square in Cambridge, MA. My office window looked out towards another building about 15 feet away, and for some reason our floors were about 8 feet higher than the other building. So we could look down into the offices across the way.

The person in the office I could see into had his desk set up so that his back was to the window and he faced his office door. This gave me and my coworkers a clear view of his computer screen over his shoulder. He played Microsoft solitaire constantly, except when somebody walked in. He would very quickly close it so he wouldn’t get caught.

My coworkers and I actually tried to figure out his phone number, but never did. We wanted to call him up and tell him he should have played the red 9 on the black 10…

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