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  1. Comment on Population decline in Japan has led to more than 8000 public school closures since 2002 in ~life

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    Same. Seen articles how population in Korea have been declining for a while as well

    Same. Seen articles how population in Korea have been declining for a while as well

  2. Comment on Privacy is priceless, but Signal is expensive in ~tech

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    Many use the same ones as their friends right?. Doesn't look like any of my friends use Signal.. and getting them to swap is... well i think others who have tried will know how i feel.

    Many use the same ones as their friends right?. Doesn't look like any of my friends use Signal.. and getting them to swap is... well i think others who have tried will know how i feel.

  3. Comment on 4G networks - does SMS and standard voice calls still work if 3G/2G networks are shutting down? in ~tech

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    Cheers. Wish it could keep going tbh. Darn telco networks. Havent found anything good im willing to pay much for so a Poco, Moto G54 or Nokia Xr20 on sale at moment might tide me over...

    Cheers. Wish it could keep going tbh. Darn telco networks. Havent found anything good im willing to pay much for so a Poco, Moto G54 or Nokia Xr20 on sale at moment might tide me over...

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Email provider recommendations? (Privacy-focused, paid-for) in ~tech

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    Fastmail is paid, its been my primary email for both personal and work. Was able to get the name i wanted as well.Gmail accounts for mailing lists and use as email for promos or login to various...

    Fastmail is paid, its been my primary email for both personal and work. Was able to get the name i wanted as well.Gmail accounts for mailing lists and use as email for promos or login to various shopping , entertainment sites which arent important.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Email provider recommendations? (Privacy-focused, paid-for) in ~tech

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    Have both Fast mail and Proton (almost no downtime in last few years been with them ). Spam filters work mostly.

    Have both Fast mail and Proton (almost no downtime in last few years been with them ). Spam filters work mostly.

    1 vote

  6. 4G networks - does SMS and standard voice calls still work if 3G/2G networks are shutting down?

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    Hey all, Over here in Australia (imagine in USA and a few other countries), the 3G/2G mobile networks are being shutdown. My carrier Vodafone is gradually shutting its down with Dec 15th 2023...

    Hey all,
    Over here in Australia (imagine in USA and a few other countries), the 3G/2G mobile networks are being shutdown. My carrier Vodafone is gradually shutting its down with Dec 15th 2023 being the final closure date. The 4G network will have VolTE but my device (LG V20) does not appear to support VolTE nor does it look like i can update the firmware easily (if at all) to do so.
    Anyone else have this issue with their phone? (i realise it will be older ones)
    Question about VolTE though - will sms and standard voice calling still work on 4G on my device or similar devices without VolTE ?.
    thanks
    Nig

    24 votes

  7. Comment on Millions of UK households forced to unplug fridge or freezer amid rising bills in ~food

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    It's called Greedflation 🤔

    It's called Greedflation 🤔

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Amazon is warning employees they risk undermining their own promotion prospects unless they return to the office (RTO) for three days a week, as was mandated by CEO Andy Jassy months ago in ~life

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    At the end of the day, Amazon runs everything. If employees are supposed to return to office and dont, what would you as a boss ?. All these people who are LUCKY to even be able to wfm should...

    At the end of the day, Amazon runs everything. If employees are supposed to return to office and dont, what would you as a boss ?. All these people who are LUCKY to even be able to wfm should appreciate it (most of rest of us can't/unable to) and stop complaining. Honest to goodness. Get a job which has it built in ffs. 😂😂😂

  9. Comment on How do you feel about AI and the future? in ~tech

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    I won't be the only one who looks at it from a simple persons view. At the moment stuff like OpenAI makes it easier to generated answers or summary to questions based off existing data right ?....

    I won't be the only one who looks at it from a simple persons view. At the moment stuff like OpenAI makes it easier to generated answers or summary to questions based off existing data right ?. Isn't AI meant to be something that can think for itself, makes own decisions and create and resolve within some sort of limit ?. Their should be limits on AI generated art, music, novels... All of it currently pulls and meshes from existing original works created by other people

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Privacy is priceless, but Signal is expensive in ~tech

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    Its a killer for me as well. Most of the people i know are average users and dont think about security and privacy stuff - they want something that just works and something many others actually...

    Its a killer for me as well. Most of the people i know are average users and dont think about security and privacy stuff - they want something that just works and something many others actually use. Which isnt signal unfortunately.

  11. Comment on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake is dead in ~games

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    Also fan of the original two. Not sure what a remake would bring to the table except arguably better graphics?. Cash grab anyone?

    Also fan of the original two. Not sure what a remake would bring to the table except arguably better graphics?. Cash grab anyone?

    4 votes

  12. Comment on All of this year’s National Book Award finalists, reviewed by Vox in ~books

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    Cursed Bunny is the only one which interests me. Korean author (translated to english). I have a thing for stuff by Korean and Japanese authors (started to collect and read a fair while ago)....

    Cursed Bunny is the only one which interests me. Korean author (translated to english). I have a thing for stuff by Korean and Japanese authors (started to collect and read a fair while ago). Havent gone back to english stuff much except for scifi/fantasy stuff which doesnt seem to appear on the list in the article.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on Population decline in Japan has led to more than 8000 public school closures since 2002 in ~life

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    Couldnt that be said similarly for Korea and some other countries?

    Couldnt that be said similarly for Korea and some other countries?

  14. Comment on The Game Awards 2023 nominations in ~games

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    So there isnt a indie goty nominee - what would your indie game of the year be? (i tend to ignore the big boys maybe will play BG3 one day... when i have the hd space.)

    So there isnt a indie goty nominee - what would your indie game of the year be? (i tend to ignore the big boys maybe will play BG3 one day... when i have the hd space.)

  15. Comment on ‘The Marvels’ meltdown: Disney MCU posts lowest box office opening ever at $47m — what went wrong in ~movies

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    I suppose the incoming issue which may happen is Disney overextending the Star Wars universe at some point, which makes me a bit sad to be honest. I mean businesses are all about making money, but...

    I suppose the incoming issue which may happen is Disney overextending the Star Wars universe at some point, which makes me a bit sad to be honest. I mean businesses are all about making money, but oversaturation of loved/popular franchises really isnt a health thing is it?.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on ‘The Marvels’ meltdown: Disney MCU posts lowest box office opening ever at $47m — what went wrong in ~movies

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    Isn't just the quality, the average person might feel there is a point of over saturation with these types of movies . I'm not the biggest fan but the last Guardians movie was the last one I...

    Isn't just the quality, the average person might feel there is a point of over saturation with these types of movies . I'm not the biggest fan but the last Guardians movie was the last one I really enjoyed..

    8 votes

  17. Comment on Grammy nominations 2024 in ~music

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    As an older person who doesn't listen to radio much (and love 1908's 90's music ), i recognise only a handful of the nominations (Taylor Swift is obviously doing something right...). That's also a...

    As an older person who doesn't listen to radio much (and love 1908's 90's music ), i recognise only a handful of the nominations (Taylor Swift is obviously doing something right...).
    That's also a boatload of the categories.
    When was Spoken word poetry a thing? (i thought Rap was basically spoken word....imho)
    I like african music (im mainly a jpop/kpop fan these days) as there seems to be a few fans at work who has extensive playlists with african music....but may i ask why there is no asian category? (genuine question)

    4 votes

  18. Comment on Lighthearted comedy anime? in ~anime

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    The old classic Love Hina series - lots of comedy, yes a harem but one of the better original ones (has great music too imho). The MC only really has eyes for the one girl too :D

    The old classic Love Hina series - lots of comedy, yes a harem but one of the better original ones (has great music too imho). The MC only really has eyes for the one girl too :D

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Spotify has added audiobooks to its subscription model – reaching millions of people, it may revolutionise the already booming audiobooks business in ~tech

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    I might try that later. I have used audible on and off (I'm a hardcopy book reader mainly), not comfortable it being run by amazon. And now I find Spotify trying their hand at audio books ( I only...

    I might try that later. I have used audible on and off (I'm a hardcopy book reader mainly), not comfortable it being run by amazon. And now I find Spotify trying their hand at audio books ( I only ever used them for hard to find music I couldn't buy in CD form - of which there is a ton)... Gee whiz

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Is Tildes anti-smileys / emoticons? in ~tildes

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    Never understood why people are either anti emoji or do not use them. To me they help better express an emotion to what I am trying to say (I'm quite expressive).

    Never understood why people are either anti emoji or do not use them. To me they help better express an emotion to what I am trying to say (I'm quite expressive).

    2 votes