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xlfonsx, in What's the point of buying new phones every years?

My 4 year old iPhone XR is holding strong, so im gonna keep it a couple of years more!

bootyberrypancakes,
@bootyberrypancakes@lemmywinks.xyz avatar

iPhone XR gang woo! Mine still works perfectly fine but I’m worried that iOS 17 is gonna be the last version for the XR :(

pavnilschanda,
@pavnilschanda@lemmy.world avatar

iPhones tend to last a long time for some reason. They can last up to 7 years.

jack55555,

My XR that I bought on launch was still going strong in its third year, until I dropped it in a lake. Only 20 cm deep, for 3 seconds, but it was enough to kill the screen :( I would probably still have it if that didn’t happen.

Moghul, in It would be nice if Lemmy had a "hide" option

This isn’t a question, and fits better in one of these communities:

Ricaz, in It would be nice if Lemmy had a "hide" option

It does. I used Connect and Voyager, and both have this feature.

nachtigall, in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

Mine was The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap on a Gameboy Advance

Pons_Aelius, in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

Still vividly remember the day I saw and plated Space Invaders (1979) for the first time. I was walking home from primary school and there was a new machine, that Was Not Pinball!, in the arcade (called pinball parlours then).

I watched for about 30 minutes while I waited my turn, played 2 games and was hooked and still am 45 years later.

tarjeezy, in What are these comments on lemmy posts?

The encoded string contains the URL zelensky dot zip. Zip is one of the newer top-level domains. It itself is not a zip file, but I am not going to visit that site to find out whatever treasures it has to offer…

Dirk,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

Another reason to block this TLD in the firewall solution.

Snipe_AT,
@Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev avatar

sorry i’m missing it. why this specific TLD? can’t they just use any TLD for this and achieve the same thing? why is this a reason to block it?

Dirk,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

Because .zip is a commonly used file extension.

Snipe_AT,
@Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev avatar

i think i understand that part but why is this specific event “another reason to block this TLD”? can’t they just use any TLD for this and achieve the same thing? is there another inherit security issue with .zip that doesn’t exist with other domains?

Dirk,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

They can and they do. Using a commonly known and used file extension to “hide” a malicious URL is just easier.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCVJsz7EODA

Snipe_AT,
@Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev avatar

gotcha ok i think i’m getting it. just to make sure i’m not missing anything, you’re saying that in this case it didn’t matter as in the end they could use any TLD and achieve the same effect.

but in general, threat actors hope to confuse people into thinking this “.zip” TLDs are only referencing local files instead of web addresses. right?

Dirk,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

but in general, threat actors hope to confuse people into thinking this “.zip” TLDs are only referencing local files instead of web addresses. right?

Exactly!

godless, (edited ) in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?
@godless@latte.isnot.coffee avatar

I forgot the name, was on a 8086 machine. You controlled a little diamond shaped character and have to squish enemies shaped like the letter H (on higher levels with double outlines) between moveable and immovable blocks. Later they also lay eggs that would hatch faster and faster.

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_(video_game)

Reverendender, in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

Atari Lynx! It was awesome, but it broke all the time.

crossfadedragon,

handheld right? never played one but a friend had an atari jaguar.

we played some independence day game for it. i remember being put off by the controller. i was more of a fan of the n64 one.

b3nsn0w, in What's the point of buying new phones every years?
@b3nsn0w@pricefield.org avatar

Only reason I see is because of phones breaking. My current Mi 10T Lite was great for the first two years, then it started getting annoying. I can no longer use Wallpaper Engine because of a stupid system update, notifications started getting stuck, sometimes it has other minor annoyances. The hardware is still fine, there’s no reason this phone shouldn’t work, but it doesn’t. Xiaomi clearly wants me to go buy another phone.

So I did. Just not from them. My Fairphone should be arriving any day now. My friend already got hers, and she got me super excited for it.

MurphysPaw, in What's the point of buying new phones every years?

I’ve felt this way for a long time. After paying off an expensive contract for a S7 edge, I swore to never pay more than £100 for a phone. My S7 lasted 5 years before the battery gave out and the phone started to struggle.

I replaced it with a Redmi not 9 and after a year and a half i was having problems running my most used apps, bit to mention the ammount of bloatware was shocking.

I have just bought a refurbished Pixel 6 for £250 and the difference is in quality and performance is staggering! I have never been happier with a phone.

So my advice would be avoid the cheap brands and buy something future proof, but i totally agree there is no need to get a kew phone every year.

slaacaa, in Does anyone else feel like advertising has little to no effect in them?

Advertisments are like fake boobs: you only notice and complain about them when they are badly done.

Noxvento,
@Noxvento@lemmy.world avatar

Or when they are HUGE.

Screwthehole, in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

Wonder Boy on Sega

bilb, in What's the point of buying new phones every years?
@bilb@lem.monster avatar

I do it because it might fill the terrifying emptiness inside me for a moment or two. Looking forward to trading my Z Fold 4 in for a Z Fold 5 soon!

Emma, in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

My first ever video game I’ve ever played was Lego Batman on the Xbox 360 back in 2013. I also a started replaying it in Xenia for nostalgia.

Shurf116, in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. It was a good one. Replayed it several times later.

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