Wasn’t there a viral Reddit post for a similar issue where someone recommended sucking on the left earbud and it worked?

I’d be interested to know exactly when this was published. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a satirical take on a shortage of switchboard operators in Hungary at the time.

Kind of funny to see how much longer the original German is to express the same dialogue, even accounting for the difference in font size.

For extra context: szünet is Hungarian for intermission

Ah, I didn’t consider that! It’s not a thing in the UK.

You mean if there was enough traffic ahead of you at the lights that by the time you reached them they’d gone red again? In that scenario you still pulled forwards and then had to stop again, so I’d consider it two stops.

It’s only one stop if you stopped once and then didn’t move at all between one red light and the next (in which case either the entire queue is blocked from entering the junction, or you’re doing something wrong).

Not these days. Apple hasn’t launched a new product with the ‘i’ prefix since Steve Jobs was around.

This article is a couple of years old but goes into some of the factors involved. It specifically covers mobile SOCs but they’re still ARM.

That said, I’m no hardware expert so others may be able to explain in more detail.

Kind of funny to see the Lemmy version of this meme in action.

I don’t think I’ve ever wiped my phone camera lenses.

The case I use has a lip around the camera module that keeps it recessed, so they never really touch anything. Looking at them now, they’re perfectly clean.

Some that come to mind that I don’t see on your list:

• The Cramp Twins
• The Raccoons
• Watch My Chops!
• The Critic
• Sharky & George
• Biker Mice from Mars
• Insektors
• The Wild Thornberries
• Jackie Chan Adventures

Also, out of interest, why no 70s Hanna-Barbera?

Mostly a mix of CDs, vinyl, and streaming on Apple Music.

Yeah that’s fair - it’s been a few years now and I’ve seen others say similar things, not to mention the rise of AI generated music which Spotify is apparently all too happy to push.

I hate Spotify for many reasons and don’t use it any more, but one thing I found it did very well was recommending new music based on existing tastes. Their daily mix and discovery playlists could be a little hit and miss, but there were always at least a handful of great tracks that were new to me.

That’s the benefit of having so many subscribers I suppose - the data pool that drives their recommendation engine is unfathomably massive.

For me it’s Mountain Town, but yeah that soundtrack is incredibly catchy.

I always have a song stuck in my head, often for days at a time (right now it’s Zorbing by Stornaway), but there are a handful that come back over and over for years.

The two that come to mind most often are Don’t Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John/Kiki Dee and, weirdly, Babaji by Supertramp.

I’m a professional writer and this is the way. You’ve just got to force yourself to write. Even if it’s nonsense. Even if you don’t want to. Especially if you don’t want to.

People ask what the difference is between a professional writer and an amateur. Some might say it’s getting paid, but that’s not true - plenty of professional writers don’t get paid. The difference is discipline. When you’re a professional writer you need to be able to turn it on every single day, even when there’s not an ounce of inspiration in your body.

Pretty much all seafood. Shrimp in particular tastes fantastic but looks like something you’d try to flatten with a shoe.

Which servers? (But the answer is almost certainly Linux.)

wow, what an original and well-conceived take