Nawor3565

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[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

That's fair, although I think that depends a lot on the type of car you drive. There's an option to tell Maps what type of car you drive (electric, hybrid, or gas), which will change the results, because cars with regenerative breaking often get better "city" milage than "highway" milage.

It also probably depends on factors like how aerodynamic your vehicle is, because it makes a huge difference above ~50mph (air resistance/drag increases exponentially with speed)

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 week ago (5 children)

It does indicate the "fuel efficient" route pretty clearly though, and always gives multiple other options including the quickest one that isn't as efficient. If this is what's causing the issue, OP just needs to look closer at what's on their screen.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've been out of the game for a few years, who's TG?

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, even if they did, this isn't an emergency since they're not in any danger. The station is still working fine, they have plenty of supplies, etc.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I've been running PiHole for awhile, in short it's your own DNS server that's configured to block DNS requests to known advertising domains. So when you load a website and it sends a DNS request to PopularAdvertisingCompany.com to load an ad, PiHole blocks the request so the ad can't be loaded. It's useful for devices that you can't put an ad blocker on, like iPhones and smart TVs and such, but can't block stuff like YouTube ads cause they come from the same domain as the videos themselves.

It also has bonus features like DNS caching which can speed up web browsing.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Any router from a mainstream brand is likely fine, just don't enable any of their "cloud" BS and don't use their smartphone app. I've had good luck with Asus, they have an app but you don't have to use it at all.

For security, try to enable WPA3 on your Wi-Fi networks, otherwise WPA2 is probably fine unless you're being targeted by a government-sponsored hacking operation. Choose a long password for your network.

Once you get it up and running, then worry about DNS and PiHole and VPNs and all that. Don't get in over your head.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

Ha, I just came here to post this! It's seriously cool, and the Navajo's history in the semiconductor industry is something I never knew about.

I would love a rug like that.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It's pretty hard though. Without mass, everything travels at the speed of light and doesn't experience the flow of time, which don't really mesh well with classical physics (or quantum mechanics, and definitely not relativity).

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 6 months ago

They don't actually provide decryption keys, the user has to either extract them from their own Switch or find them elsewhere online. However, it could be argued by Nintendo that using an unreleased game ROM for testing proves that the devs themselves were guilty of piracy, and were therefore somehow condoning the use of their emulator for piracy.

Either way, we won't know how well Nintendo's arguments would have held up in court, because the devs settled rather than fight it out.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 months ago (3 children)

It was a settlement. The devs decided, for reasons that are not public, that it would be easier to just pay Nintendo some money and take down the emulator than to fight them in court. It's very possible (even likely) that they figured it would be more expensive to fight Nintendo's lawyers than to just pay a fixed amount up front.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago

Pretty much every food regulatory agency in the world has deemed aspartame safe. There were some worrying studies all the way back in the '70's, but those were almost certainly bogus due to conflicts of interest with the sugar industry. It's just as safe as MSG, which I personally believe people get so worked up over just because it has a "scary-sounding" chemical name.

[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think Google Voice still gives out a free phone number as long as you tie it to your actual phone number. I used it for Craigslist all the time years ago to avoid giving out my actual number

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