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I'm still annoyed that I can transfer files (slowly) over Bluetooth with every (bt) device, including ancient feature phones that are really hard to interface with otherise, except iPhones

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it seems to be rolling out on a per-device or per-manufacturer basis, my G6 doesn't have it but a friend's Motorola just got it

I hope they're serious about putting it on any Android ≥6, and I also hope they'll keep Beam (or merge the two)

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Innuendo Studios' co-vids series of shorter-form videos is really good youtu.be/dQjVbk6JSck

me: *looks at financial calculations for the total amount* gross

I have Opinions on the Atlassian stack but their icons are nice

if you have one, try running sudo fwupdmgr get-devices, if you're on Gnome it's integrated with Software Center and it'll show up like all other updates

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today I learned about fwupdmgr, which handles firmware updates for Thinkpads running Linux

I don't wanna work, I wanna go home and play Flight Sim 2020

in other news MS Flight Sim 2020 is really impressive and it also absolutely wrecks my computer

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turns out flying a plane is really hard

who knew

okay, MS Flight Sim really pushes my computer but it is playable

ooh, this minidisc holder is cute, and apparently impossible to find. I don't think it'd be super hard to replicate, though 🤔
old.reddit.com/r/minidisc/comm

(protip: ms flight sim is in game pass which is 1€ for the first month)

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argh Windows can't handle two drives that are a dd copy of each other because they have the same signature

can't even wipe one

remember when they were trying to push phones with TV tuners

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