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Wicked movie: Mattel 'deeply regrets' porn site misprint on dolls in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 48 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Maybe they do crossover marketing?

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Wicked movie: Mattel 'deeply regrets' porn site misprint on dolls (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
42 comments fedilink
 

They linked to wicked.com when the movie site is at wickedmovie.com

Unreliable samba transfers - common issue? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

If you're transferring Linux to Linux then I really wouldn't recommend samba. Why not SFTP/Rsync? Compression, and error checking built in.

what should one archive in a fascist regime? in c/[email protected]
What's science fiction without the machines? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago
  • 'The Chrysalids' and 'The Midwich Cuckoos' by John Wyndham
  • 'West of Eden' by Harry Harrison
The .io domain might be in trouble in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I know right? I'm constantly confused by this when I'm dealing with kubernetes networking

The .io domain might be in trouble in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You haven't addressed the case of migraine to a non geographic tld

The .io domain might be in trouble in c/[email protected]
The .io domain might be in trouble in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Oh wow! And that reservation makes so much sense under these circumstances. Obviously, we could never consider the possibility of a three-letter TLD for a country or migrating a two-letter TLD to a non country specific name because reasons.

Here we go again - Apple again rumored to buy Intel in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is about as likely as them buying NXP (who bought Freescale, which used to be Motorola PowerPC)

Options for "iPlayer will stop working on this device" in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

iPlayer isn't an 'open' service- you have to use a supported client, even if that client is a web browser. Your options are limited to platforms that can support those clients. Personally I've found Roku preferable to Chromecast, firestick, full PC. I may at some point have tried to get iPlayer running with Kodi back in the day, when it was XBMC, but XBMC was pretty clunky anyway, let alone on raspberry pi.

Are there any show series based on Feudal Japan? in c/[email protected]
Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extend in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

Looks like it's too easy to delete. I click on the link and I get a not found exception

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Taliban bans women from ‘hearing other women’s voices’ (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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Burger King, Taco Bell, KFC and others pull onions after McDonald's E. coli outbreak (www.today.com)
 

Literally, 'not the onion'

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Children’s soft play centre apologises over ‘body bag’ Halloween decorations (www.theguardian.com)
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PwC to start tracking working locations of all UK employees (www.theguardian.com)
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Trump Suggests Planes Can’t Fly When It’s Not Sunny (www.theatlantic.com)
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Options for non-smart TV in UK 2024? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
49 comments fedilink
 

I am considering replacing my old 50" 1080p TV which I use with (external) Chromecast and Roku. I would like a 4K display 60" or greater but I really, really don't want any smart features. I am aware that I could purchase a commercial display to achieve this and that's my fallback option. Can anyone here make any useful recommendations? I am in the UK so e.g. 'Sceptre' is not available here.

In advance, with respect, I am technically capable (check my post history) but could I ask to please avoid threads along the lines of:

  • 'non-smart TVs aren't a thing' - fallback is a commercial display
  • 'Nobody wants/buys non-smart TVs' - I do
  • 'Any TV not connected to internet is dumb'/ 'Just don't connect it' - This is no longer true since many TVs require a setup before use involving internet access and/or will seek access via open wifi/bluetooth/HDMI.

Thanks!

Edit:

Some commenters seem to be struggling with the 'why do you care if it connects?'. Some examples why:

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Where to discuss Home entertainment/TV hardware recommendations (lemmy.world)
 

I'd like to ask about home entertainment hardware - I would have thought there would be an existing community or few but I am struggling to find any - can anyone point the way?

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Father pays tribute to ‘daddy’s girl’ found d**d at school before detention (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
7 comments fedilink
 

Trigger warning: self harm

Caitlyn Scott-Lee, 16, is thought to have taken her own life the day before she was due to have her first ever detention

The father of an autistic schoolgirl who is believed to have taken her own life the day before she was due to have her first ever detention has paid tribute to his “daddy’s girl” at the inquest into her death.

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Brazilian woman arrested after taking corpse to sign bank loan: ‘She knew he was dead’ (www.theguardian.com)
 

She should have said - well we tried calling first but were on the phone for quite a while- you said our call was important to you and you were 'experiencing an unusually high volume of calls'...

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