doleo

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

I'm pretty new to all this, I just got a smart light and hub, etc. With the idea of using voice commands on my iphone/ipad.

But I was really disappointed to find out that I can't voice activate the command "living room light on", because as soon as Siri hears this, it responds "oh you havent setup a homekit device".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

ExpressVPN is the only one I've got working with iplayer, thus far. There used to be 'tvcatchup', but that got nerfed then killed. I haven't found anything else since.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 6 months ago

The internet, as experienced by most humans today, primarily consists of ads, sponsored content, propaganda and spin. I don't really see how it's contributing to our development in a constructive manner.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Might have been more apt if they'd written "recognised", instead.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

32% voted NASDAQ, huh?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Oh, fuck. He's optimistic

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In this case they used the dashes for dramatic effect. It's sometimes used to mimic spoken English, in that the cadence of the sentence is changed by the information contained in the dashes. Often, it's replaced by commas in the form of a non-defining relative clause (The man, who lived in the house next to me for many years, was coming to visit). Think of it like a cue to take a pause before saying/reading the information.

Here's a link, if you want to read a bit more: https://writingcommons.org/section/grammar/mechanics/punctuation/dashes/

[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago

1 every 5 years?? Yeah, ok, Mr. Popular.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Sorry for the off-topic
Is anyone else seeing the thumbnail for this post as the cover to Slint's Spiderland?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He was more like that Bond parody with Rowan Atkinson. Bumbling and fumbling while bragging and shagging.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Britain is not holding up its end here, producing the mega-shagger we need to save us all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

back before internet days, me and the boys got the fear while out smoking, seeing this in the night sky.

 

Hey everyone, I'm a bit out of the loop with these pedals, and I'm trying to understand the ways people are using them.

I understand what they do, I'm just wondering why someone would use a pedal instead of just setting on an amp that has the gain or tone shaping characteristics that they're looking for.

In particular, because the pedal then (presumably) gets plugged into the amps preamp section anyway, which is going to colour the sound again. So then, would the optimum use be to plug into a really transparent, clean amp?

To be clear, I'm talking about pedals like the UA Ruby, Zvex box of rock, Benson Preamp. Not so much about Helix, ToneX, etc. I know the latter are more like an all-in-one recording solution, so you can DI and still get great sounds at home, but the former? I'm not so sure what they're best used for!

 

I'd like to offer an alternative to the subreddit dedicated to my favourite football (soccer) team. I'm pretty sure none of the reddit mods are interested in doing this, and I've deleted my account there, so I'm not going to try to persuade them.

Where would you recommend starting the community if you were in my position? I don't mind doing the leg-work in the beginning, but I'm a bit too new to all this to know where to start.

I have made a magazine on kbin, but that doesnt seem to show up on a search of lemmy, for example. Am I missing something? I'm hoping to just get a visible presence on the fediverse, so anyone interested in leaving the reddit community can see they're not alone.

#RedditMigration

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