tallpaul

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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 2 weeks 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 2 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/

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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)