;The ridiculously wonderful Phantom 2040 "whistle light" from Ja-Ru.
There's no whistle light in the show, it's like Ja-Ru wanted to shift a bunch of stock so just shoved the 2040 licence on it. Brilliant! 😅
I've been a Google user since "don't be evil" was their main mandate. GMail, Google Drive, Android, Keep, Sites, Photos, I even used their social media and RSS feed platforms. I bought into their echo system hard (I don't use Chrome though). Now, seeing all the talk about how they are doing evil has me wanting to move. However, I'm finding it quite difficult.
Apart from the obvious (having to move email accounts, where I keep notes, etc) the prince is the main issue. I can't afford £500+ for a Fairphone or any other non-Android phone (none seem to be on plans here in the UK). The cost of could storage is also prohibitive (I want to ensure I've my photos backed up on places other than just external HDDs). Then there's the worry that those services will go down and I'll have to move everything again.
If I'm perfectly honest, my main worry is what I have on Google Drive. I'm an author, I wrote my first book entirely on Drive. It does worry me that Google's AI might have scanned the files for the book I had in Drive, and I can't seem to find any info that confirms or denies that Google doesn't do this.
I am (possibly stupidly) a little less worried about personal info as (and I know many people in this sub hate this excuse) I'm boring and have nothing to hide. Targeted advertising doesn't bother me (I block the vast majority of it anyway), but I don't particularly like the idea of my emails/ drive contents/ photos being scanned for AI.
Yes, Google owners are dicks, but is the difficulty in moving truly worth the hassle? I'm sure some on here will say yes, but I'm finding it so frustrating - especially the lack of good info on alternative services, and the cost of those services - that I'm wondering if it's worth the heartache.
Decided to so something with the cool variant covers (or covers I really love) to show them off a bit. Actually had the idea for a while but only recently had the chance to do it.
Plan to add more in the future but pretty happy with this first go.
Basically the topic. Depending on the page, the "regular" text on my pages varies. I can't figure out why this is. I've checked and double checked but just not seeing it. It's all <p> tagged.
Wondering if anyone could help me figure this out?
Hello folks. Long time lurker, first time poster.
So I've been a comic reader/ collector for about 30 years. I don't have the biggest collection (about 5000 issues) but it's got to the point where space is becoming a real issue. I'm starting to think I need to cut some stuff out and am wondering how others have done this.
I'm not hugely precious about having complete runs (bar a few exceptions), especially as modern comics keep stopping/ starting them. My thinking is to go through the issues and remove any arcs that I didn't particularly like. I might keep the odd issue if I really like the interior or cover art though.
Has anyone else ever done this? Or did you stick em all in a box in storage? 😅
Thanks in advance.
I've seen a few sites that are using tags, mostly on blogs, and wonder if this can be done without the use of an outside blog system (can't remember what they are called).
I'd imagine it would be quite a lot of work to make these manually; is there something that automates it that I've not discovered?
So this shit kicker was in my local town centre. No, I did not go in to see him.
My question is, when is Zack Polanski or any rep of the larger Green Party going to show up? It honestly feels like this area has just gone into the "too hard" basket for the Greens.
The Tories won the last local election here and it looks very much like Reform will win the next. We need the Greens to show up more now than ever and...nothing.
I understand it's not a strong area for them, but shouldn't that be MORE of a reason for Zack and co to visit?
I've been a Green voter all my life. I voted Green when I lived in Australia, and I've voted Green since I've moved here. Over the last two bunch of elections though the absolute disregard the larger Green Party has shown this area (and I don't mean the local member, there are some and they are great) is incredibly disheartening.
I hate feeling this way, but there it is.
P.S. Before anyone goes on about it, yes, I am a member. I have also donated and volunteered (although that's harder now with a newborn).
As the title says, my deck will takes aaaages to boot fully after it's been fully charged. It has to be at least two minutes. The thing is if the deck has been used and this has less than full battery it only takes half the time.
Anyone have any idea what's going on?