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  • Yeah, that’s not a thing. Interacting with an assistant is just simply the fact that you’ve got a microphone on. If you connect it to a phone with an assistant…tada, it uses that mic. And earbuds with their own apps on a smartphone are how they do the things like EQ adjustments, because bluetooth doesn’t have a standard for that; and get this – the apps are completely optional on all of them.




  • kitnaht@lemmy.worldtoBuyItForLifeUn-enshittified Bluetooth earbuds?
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    So…what about current bluetooth devices are “enshittified” or did you just see the word on your word-of-the-day calendar and have to use it?

    Enshittification is used for platforms that are great in the beginning, and then slowly are designed to wring money out of their users. Bluetooth anything doesn’t really fit that description.



  • kitnaht@lemmy.worldtoCasual Conversation @lemm.eeMy dad contacted me out of nowhere
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    With no context on what caused you to go no-contact, nobody can give you a worth-a-shit answer.

    Did he beat you, violently rape you, murder your mother, and rip off your pet birds head and shit in its corpse? You should definitely stay no-contact.

    Did they make a mistake that anyone could make and you were just an angsty teenager that overreacted? You should probably talk to them.

    Without the context of that interaction, don’t take anyone’s advice here.







  • kitnaht@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlI'm both happy and scared!
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    Yeah, I probably used too harsh of a term there – It’s not stupidity or laziness, but more ignorance. You can’t exactly chase something that you haven’t been taught about.

    And you’re right, the process is daunting - many of the people that argue against it are those that have to live in the city, and refuse to live further out in order to get better pricing. I’ve got plenty of housing around me being built in the 200k-300k range (2/1 and 3/2) - in Florida no less. But it’s in the country.

    I went the “buy a slum house and live in squalor, putting whatever extra money I have into it to fix things” route. I learned a lot about housing maintenance; installing your own appliances, replacing well pumps and tanks, electrical, etc.

    A buddy of mine is shacking up with his brother and they’re buying a house together for now so that in 10 years they can sell it an split the equity for their own individual houses.

    It’s all possible, though for sure - you may have to do some things that we’d consider unconventional today. It’s definitely not ideal. The big guys are going to find out sooner or later that not paying people for jobs ends up with nobody having any money to spend.


  • kitnaht@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlI'm both happy and scared!
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    Many states have first-time homebuyers programs that will absolutely shunt the issue of transitioning to Rent/homebuying. Most people are too lazy or stupid to take the initiative though. Every person I have talked to about renting vs home owning has always managed to make excuses why they can’t do something, instead of working to make it happen. It’s daunting as fuck, for sure - but it’s possible if you scrimp and do without for a while. That short-term of doing without, ultimately ends up with you paying into something you OWN. You’re building your personal equity with a house, and many people will argue against that because of learned helplessness.