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It looks like something you put VHS tapes in to rewind them.

My first thought upon seeing the Haptic Music feature is to wonder how long until they make compatible headphones and I can relive my high school years, walking around listening to…

>People often forget the the first season of many shows (comedies particularly) are particularly ropey while the writers and actors find their groove. Parent mentioned Picard, well…

Crave recently did the same thing in Canada, got rid of their $9.99 “mobile” plan, and now the $24.99 subscription is the only choice available for new subscribers. Sucks because a…

> We are excited to begin rolling out a new plan at $6.99/month from November 3 in the US. You have to click through the link to see that "in the US" actually means > Australia, Br…

Nope, unfortunately an EV is not in my budget. It's an Elantra with an ICE.

I don't understand how that can be true. I put a deposit on a new Hyundai last month and Hyundai Canada is telling me it won't even be built until February 2023, specifically citin…

I worked in an academic library where the scale was on the order of hundreds of users per day, but many of those users were faculty/researchers spread out across the globe who got …

I live in Leafs region and last I checked I think you have to be subscribed to three different premium cable channels to watch all 82 Leafs games. Similarly frustrating is trying t…

Anecdata here, but I owned an HP Spectre 360 laptop a few years ago and I would never buy another HP laptop again. It cost almost as much as a Macbook, and within ~2 years of gentl…

Downtown Hamilton, or downtown Toronto?

I don’t know much about the technical aspects of microphones, but over the last 10 years or so I’ve listened to a lot of ASMR on YouTube, and I would say the Yeti is a pretty decen…

I have the exact opposite problem. I own at least a dozen game consoles and a gaming PC, and have a huge attach rate for all of them. Games look fun and interesting to me, I watch …

I know exactly the sound you mean, and I hear it all the time in other media too. You can hear it repeatedly starting at 1:19 in this video: https://youtu.be/GQnuj5QsJFE

> as opposed to customers of those corporations voting with their wallets, e.g. by not listening to Rogan). How is it “voting with your wallet” if you’re still giving them money ev…

>Nintendo has finally sued too many smart people, and shut down too many fan projects. I've always wondered, with Nintendo's history of being rather litigious and forcing fans to t…

>Study authors said the findings suggest vaccinating young children against COVID-19 could also elicit a similar or greater degree of protection than that of adults. >Given similar…

I've heard other people say this and in addition to the common response of helping to reduce spread, I wonder: won't those children grow up to become adults who might experience mo…

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I don't think most people were outraged at FB for _researching_ how Instagram affects teens. What people were outraged about was that upon finding that Instagram appears to have de…

Can anyone recommend an Android/iOS app that does the same thing?

I used to watch Jonas and Heather’s Twitch stream every night for a while back in 2019. I had no idea he had passed away, only a year older than me :-(

I was watching a review of the Pixel 4a on YouTube last night in which the reviewer likes the Pixel 4a and calls the iPhone SE “trash” in comparison because it has bezels. Nevermin…

I have a Key2 which I bought because I like the physical keyboard, battery life, features, and physical appearance/feel, but I don't buy any of the security/privacy marketing for a…

I just upgraded from a KeyOne to a Key2 and it's better in just about every way. Twice the storage and RAM, faster CPU, dual camera, more spacious keyboard, cleaner design, more so…