overview for Parallax

It's always the one you least suspect in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] Parallax@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

That sounds a lot worse than the spiders we allegedly eat in our sleep 👀

You get what you paid for. in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] Parallax@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"how hard could it be"

The result:

European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] Parallax@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

To be fair though, I've never heard of a modern phone battery swelling. That's something that will happen years after it's EOL, and at that point the company is no longer obligated to supply a replacement (as ideal as that would be).

An integrated battery allows the company to minimize the size and design of the phone. It's not 100% greed and planned obsolescence, though its virtually guaranteed those are components of the design decision.

I want replaceable batteries too. But I want them to be standard so I don't need 3 chargers for each company's phone. And I want them to be sleek like modern phones so they fit in my hand and pocket like I'm familiar with.

Are artists and creators not welcome in this community? in c/main@sh.itjust.works

[–] Parallax@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Come on over to the kbin instance. I see at least one magazine so far and no rules about Patreon links: https://kbin.social/m/art

Personally I would WELCOME you to post your Patreon. It's just a link, it's not an ad or spam. You put a lot of effort into your work and that's only fair. In fact as we push for a more decentralized web, I think it's critical content creators are able to receive funds independently of ads or platforms. Many of my favorite YouTube channels are only possible because of Patreon subscribers.

What disros works on low end, slow, very outdated pc's? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] Parallax@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd like to do something similar on my Pentium 3 box. Maybe Debian with a really light WM would be a good fit, maybe IceWM? It only has 512MB of RAM though so I might have to go even lighter than Debian. I also have an Athlon XP box with 2GB of RAM, but that's too new to be fun. :p

What custom ROM is on your phone? in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] Parallax@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I miss custom ROMs. I haven't messed with them since 4.4 KitKat.

Hacker News: APIs for content sites must be free in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] Parallax@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Replacing "comment" with "artwork" kind of helps illustrate it. If we all made tons of artwork for Reddit, then they started gating it behind a paywall and while painters and all the behind-the-scenes painting staff earned nothing -- well that's kinda where we are today.

I definitely think r/gaming has the biggest banger of a privated notice in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

[–] Parallax@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I like kbin a lot already too. I like the highly functional feel. It's close enough to Reddit that I hope it draws in more users. I found it a lot more approachable than Mastodon, and "Lemmy" just doesn't have a nice ring to it IMO.