tallpaul

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No Fourth Hike for him in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

Upvoted for the title.

Tony's Chocolonely bars are shaped unevenly to represent farmer inequality and the coastline of Africa in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

It's also why I no longer buy it. It's a PITA to eat.

Earbuds in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I find https://gsmarena.com is the right place to start as you can search, among many other things, for phones with a 3.5mm socket.

Twitter getting worse, weird political shit. What's the best Mastodon server and Android app? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Tusky for client. Lots of good medium sized instances (avoid mastodon.social). I'm on mas.to for a general account and mastodon.scot for a local one (both reliable, run by the same person).

Earbuds in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I still only buy phones with a 3.5mm socket.

SITE CHANGED HEADLINE: Harris says she would appoint a Republican to her Cabinet if elected in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

She didn't "pledge" to, but she didn't seem adverse to the idea if it was the right person.

Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Not so effective against the likes of YouTube allegedly.

USA | Police Are Increasingly Encrypting Their Radios to Block Scrutiny by Journalists in c/globalnews@lemmy.zip
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Similar in the UK. Ours is called Airwave and came in in the early 2000s.

https://www.airwavesolutions.co.uk/the-service/emergency-services-network/

Heather Mills Tells UN Officials To 'Eat Vegan' If They Care About The Planet in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

I bet she flew to Bonn...

Does anyone else notice an uptick of extreme troll accounts? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Not every country has elections either.

Where Easter Monday Is a Public Holiday in c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 18 points 7 months ago

Scotland: we have such a massive hangover on New Year's Day that we need the day after off too.

Rest of the UK: heh, OK, so you can work on Easter Monday instead

Reddit Warns That r/WallStreetBets Could Wreak Havoc on Its Stock Price in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

They offered it to me. I've not been on reddit since the API issue kicked off.

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I was pruning a ground hugging bush today and grumbling to my wife about having to take the prunings to the dump. "Why not just hide them in the bush?" she said. Problem solved. (lemm.ee)
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Handy guide to places not to eat in the UK over the summer... (feddit.uk)
 
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