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Post by drhickman1983 on Dec 11, 2023 14:13:57 GMT
I figure if anything is serious enough and close enough to have a direct impact I'll hear about it sooner rather than later. And I normally do.
Anything else can just wait.
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Post by elstoof on Dec 11, 2023 14:46:02 GMT
They have print mags in the library itself, but no e-book type things. Japanese love a print magazine don’t they, there’s one for everything you can imagine. I was even the cover star of one a few years ago with a 5 page write up of my work |
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Post by Whizzo on Dec 11, 2023 15:00:09 GMT
I'm glad a lot of people don't want to know about things happening in the world as it happens.
That's not me so I'll continue to use Twitter until hopefully everyone I follow moves on.
A lot of journalists, sports accounts and legal Twitter are incredibly reluctant to go elsewhere, fuck knows why, their opinions aren't published anywhere else so there's that too.
Obviously sensible law professionals also use Bluesky and I'm still wondering why some follow me back...
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Post by sport✅ on Dec 11, 2023 15:01:56 GMT
Hold on, does this mean that user stoof is big in Japan?
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Post by 😎 on Dec 11, 2023 15:08:03 GMT
You can use Twitter and also not spend every waking moment going on about it too you know.
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Post by rhaegyr on Dec 11, 2023 15:17:08 GMT
I'm glad a lot of people don't want to know about things happening in the world as it happens.That's not me so I'll continue to use Twitter until hopefully everyone I follow moves on. A lot of journalists, sports accounts and legal Twitter are incredibly reluctant to go elsewhere, fuck knows why, their opinions aren't published anywhere else so there's that too. Obviously sensible law professionals also use Bluesky and I'm still wondering why some follow me back... Not entirely sure you need twitter for the bolded part. Like I said, I've never used it and still feel relatively well informed. ...unless space lizards landed five minutes ago. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Dec 11, 2023 15:21:55 GMT
Hold on, does this mean that user stoof is big in Japan? You didn't know?! |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Dec 11, 2023 15:22:34 GMT
...unless space lizards landed five minutes ago. You didn't know?! |
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Post by Chopsen on Dec 11, 2023 15:38:37 GMT
My uncle works at Nintendo and tells me the news before it even hits twitter
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Post by cubby on Dec 11, 2023 15:39:44 GMT
Dunno what it's like where you are, but I have access to lots of magazine print editions online via my local library and the PressReader app, including The Week (and loads of others The Economist, Newsweek, and er.... EDGE and New Scientist via Libby). All for free. It's so amazing I genuinely struggle to believe it's a thing Unfortunately, such things don't really exist here. Far too high-tech.
They have print mags in the library itself, but no e-book type things.
Which was particularly ironic for about the last 6 years since Rakuten bought Overdrive. But I think they sold it off recently.
I really wish I still had my UK library card!
I use Libby a lot as our local libraries use them (a pleasant recent development), but I'm fairly sure I blagged a library card for the next county over, so I wouldn't be surprised if there's ways to get one from overseas. |
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Post by geefe on Dec 11, 2023 15:54:01 GMT
My uncle works at Nintendo and tells me the news before it even hits twitter Yeah well my dad works at Sega |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 11, 2023 16:00:33 GMT
Well this got dark pretty quickly.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Dec 11, 2023 16:17:06 GMT
You can use Twitter and also not spend every waking moment going on about it too you know. If people didnt talk about how much it sucked or make fun of elon it would be bankrupt by the end of the week. It does sometimes feel like he knows his goonery is the only thing that keeps it on life support, like when thousands of dickholes used to fall over themselves to 'own' Donald Trump after he tweeted something stupid. |
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Post by Vandelay on Dec 11, 2023 16:51:24 GMT
I always enjoyed following events unfold through Twitter. Mostly news events, such as election nights. A lot of it is gossip that turns out to not be accurate, but you still get an insight into what is going on within the halls of power from journalists that follow these things. Plus, you get great things from people like Cold War Steve and other satirists.
Personally, I've dropped my twitter account and not too sorry about it, but I will happily jump on the next iteration if it ever comes along (well, probably not if it ends up being Threads). I wish the journalists would hurry up and move, as it is surely inevitably going to happen at some point and the other services won't really kick off until the media figures still on Twitter make it happen.
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Dec 11, 2023 19:15:00 GMT
I think 95% of my posts are Twitter; I'm basically an unfunded and far less intelligent bot.
But without it I'd miss things like this:
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Post by Nanocrystal on Dec 11, 2023 20:50:38 GMT
News stories will always break first on twitter when the story is just "oooh, someone's a bit upset at something a guy said".
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Dec 11, 2023 20:58:43 GMT
I very, very rarely post anything on Twitter because it feels utterly futile unless you treat it as a second job.
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Post by cubby on Dec 11, 2023 23:01:26 GMT
I already have a second job here.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Dec 11, 2023 23:06:47 GMT
News stories will always break first on twitter when the story is just "oooh, someone's a bit upset at something a guy said". Someone getting upset is a news story in itself! |
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Post by Syrette on Dec 12, 2023 0:20:46 GMT
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Post by mothercruncher on Dec 12, 2023 7:08:59 GMT
Did some detective work and 99% sure I’ve found the mag guys-
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Post by mothercruncher on Dec 12, 2023 7:09:19 GMT
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Post by otto on Dec 12, 2023 8:13:36 GMT
Plus, you get great things from people like Cold War Steve and other satirists. Cold War Steve is on Bluesky now #justsaying
Speaking of which I have five invites going spare
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Post by Vandelay on Dec 12, 2023 8:18:14 GMT
Plus, you get great things from people like Cold War Steve and other satirists. Cold War Steve is on Bluesky now #justsaying
Speaking of which I have five invites going spare
Oh nice. I'm on Bluesky (thanks to an invite from Whizzo), so will follow him right away. |
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Post by apollo on Dec 12, 2023 14:40:51 GMT
Cybertruck being shit part 23823: Cybertruck stuck off-road in the snow
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/18gke2c/cybertruck_stuck_offroad_in_the_snow/
from the comments on reddit
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Post by minimatt on Dec 12, 2023 18:15:46 GMT
i once took a citroen 2CV over the alps and other than needing to do a couple of sections in reverse to make it "rear" wheel drive and provide lower gearing than 1st it got better traction and made more rapid progress than elmo's cybertruck in two inches of slush
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Post by 😎 on Dec 12, 2023 18:29:43 GMT
Apparently one of the reasons it happened is the software got confused and turned off differential locking.
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Post by cubby on Dec 12, 2023 18:46:10 GMT
Also that tree just doesn't fit in the truck at all.
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Post by Whizzo on Dec 12, 2023 19:25:00 GMT
Apparently one of the reasons it happened is the software got confused and turned off differential locking. Always something to be aware of when playing Snowrunner. |
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Post by mothercruncher on Dec 12, 2023 23:00:05 GMT
God, I love that game. But it doesn’t love me.
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