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  • Considering, other than the fiber that is still having issues being installed, the main ISP inn town is DSL with 3mbps max, this is really good. Does it suck? Yes. Is it about the best option i have at the moment? Also yes.

  • TIL There is a star to favorite communities

    I had no idea this star was there. I touched it on accident last night and favorites a community. Great feature, poor color choice.

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    Chicago style deep dish pizza
  • My mother is from Long Island, so I was raised to abhor anything that was not New York style pizza. Then my wife asked me to take her out for Chicago style pizza. I now make Chicago style far more than anything else.

    Did you do yours in cast iron?

  • 28 December 1986
  • I always liked in the Sunday strips the first couple panels that seemed to be a joke on their own and seemingly had nothing to do with the rest of the strip until the last panel.

  • 25 December 1986
  • My youngest of 4 is now 17. In all of my years of being a father, only twice did my kids wake up before me on Christmas. Most years we had too wake the kids to get the presents started.

  • Today is the last day for Joe Biden to keep the Apple Watch on shelves
  • Not saying he should or should not (it is the title of the article) but the precedent was set in 2013.

    In 2013, President Barack Obama vetoed an ITC ruling to ban older iPhones and iPads after it determined Apple was in violation of one of Samsung’s patents.

  • Today is the last day for Joe Biden to keep the Apple Watch on shelves
    www.cnn.com Today is the last day for Joe Biden to keep the Apple Watch on shelves | CNN Business

    The clock is winding down on a last-minute, emergency action to keep the latest Apple Watch on store shelves.

    Today is the last day for Joe Biden to keep the Apple Watch on shelves | CNN Business

    > The clock is winding down on a last-minute, emergency action to keep the latest Apple Watch on store shelves.

    > President Joe Biden has until the end of Christmas day to overturn a US International Trade Commission ruling that will prevent Apple from selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, among other newer models, because they violate patents registered to another company. But it appears unlikely he’ll intervene.

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    Looking for Recommendations for a Smart Thermostat and smoke detector that work with Apple home

    It is time to replace my 10+ year old Nest and since I have moved from Android to iOS I am looking for something that will work with Apple home. I see the ecobee listed in the Apple Store but is that the only thing? Or just the one that Apple recommends/has a partnership? I would like one that can use temperature sensors as the bedrooms on either end of the house can vary quite a bit from the thermostat.

    I also have a single nest smoke detector and several dumb ones that I need to replace. Are there any that work with Apple home?

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    Looking for a Hisuian Zorua (or Zoroark)

    I did not realize that Teal Mask had a Hisuian Zorua (and a deadline to obtain it) and i waited to long to purchase it. If anyone has an extra they would not mind trading please let me know and what you may want (i have some extra Iron Valiants, but none are adamant at the moment).

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    Prepare for Mass Outbreaks of Dragon-Type Pokémon in Scarlet and Violet!

    Dragon Dance Your Way into the New Year! Get ready to ring in the new year by catching droves of Dragon-type Pokémon! From Monday, December 25, 2023, at 00:00 UTC to Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at 23:59 UTC, Dratini will be appearing in mass outbreaks throughout the Paldea region, Jangmo-o will be appearing in mass outbreaks throughout the land of Kitakami, and Duraludon will be appearing in mass outbreaks throughout the Terarium at Blueberry Academy.

    Pokémon encountered in these special mass outbreaks are more likely to have the Joyful Mark. These Dragon types must be excited to celebrate the new year!

    Event Schedule:

    Monday, December 25, 2023, at 00:00 UTC to Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at 23:59 UTC

    Locations and Featured Pokémon:

    Paldea: Dratini

    Kitakami: Jangmo-o

    Blueberry Academy: Duraludon

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    Walking Wake and Iron Leaves Return to Tera Raid Battles

    It does not look like it is on the Pokemon site yet, but inn the PokePortal it has been announced that Walking Wake (Scarlet) and Iron Leaves (Violet) will be returning to Tera Raid battles starting 25 December at 00:00 UTC until 07 January 23:59UTC.

    You can only catch them once per save, and if you have caught them in previous events you will be unable to catch them this time around, but cannot still participate in the battles. Walking Wake will have a water tera type, while Iron Leaves will have psychic tera type.

    From Home: > From Monday, December 25, 2023, at 00:00 UTC to Sunday, January 7, 2024, at 23:59 UTC, Walking Wake will be appearing in 5-star Tera Raid Battles in the Pokémon Scarlet game, and Iron Leaves will be appearing in 5-star Tera Raid Battles in the Pokémon Violet game. > >These Paradox Pokémon cannot normally be encountered in Paldea. The Walking Wake appearing during this event has Water as its Tera Type, and the Iron Leaves appearing during this event has Psychic as its Tera Type. Try joining Tera Raid Battles hosted by Trainers playing the other version of the game to help complete your Paradox Pokémon collection! > >The special Walking Wake and Iron Leaves featured in this event can each be caught only once per save data. If you caught these Pokémon during a previous Tera Raid Battle event, you cannot catch them again. You can still participate in Tera Raid Battles against these Pokémon to obtain other rewards if you’ve already caught them. > >The Walking Wake and Iron Leaves appearing during this event may be featured in future events or become obtainable through other methods.

    Edited to add info from home. Thanks Flit.

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    Palia on Mac
    github.com Releases · DanMossa/paliaOnMac-release

    Palia Launcher for Macs. Contribute to DanMossa/paliaOnMac-release development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Releases · DanMossa/paliaOnMac-release

    When Palia released on Switch earlier this week, I had no idea it was also available on PC. I did some digging and found this launcher and guide for running Palia on Mac. So far I have been playing it most of the day without issue. Setup was just as easy as setup on Windows.

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    Palia on Mac

    When Palia released on Switch earlier this week, I had no idea it was also available on PC. I did some digging and found this launcher and guide for running Palia on Mac. So far I have been playing it most of the day without issue. Setup was just as easy as setup on Windows.

    https://github.com/DanMossa/paliaOnMac-release/releases

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    Utopia Expedition is finally available on Mac

    There is finally an update for the Mac that opens up the Utopia expedition. It is about 3gb. I got it downloaded today and had just enough time at work to get it finished.

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    Challenge Dialga and Palkia Now!

    https://scarletviolet.pokemon.com/en-us/events/dialga-palkia-raid/#

    > Catch Version-Exclusive Legendary Pokémon!

    > You have until Thursday, December 21, 2023, at 3:59 p.m. PST to challenge these Legendary Pokémon in Tera Raid Battles! Dialga is appearing in 5-star Tera Raid Battles in the Pokémon Scarlet game and Palkia is appearing in 5-star Tera Raid Battles in the Pokémon Violet game.

    > Dialga and Palkia cannot normally be encountered in Paldea, and the Dialga and Palkia appearing during this event both have Dragon as their Tera Type. Try joining Tera Raid Battles hosted by Trainers playing the other version of the game to help complete your Legendary Pokémon collection!

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    App behavior questions/suggestions

    While browsing your feed you can swipe a post to up/downvote it, or reply to it. However if you are within the post itself this does not appear possible and you have to use the buttons. Can this be changed?

    Collapsing a post/comment currently only needs a slight touch, and as such I have collapsed posts, or a comment while merely trying to scroll. Can this action be made to require a long touch (or give us the option?)

    If either of these are already available within the app would someone point me to the settings as I have been unable to find them.

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    Possible to adjust the color of the instance?

    While browsing in dark mode the color of the instance is very close to the background in color. Is it possible this could be made the same color as the community name? My poor eyesight is having a really hard time reading the instance name and there are some I just would rather avoid.

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    No reexpeditions this year?

    I have been playing NMS via GOG off and on since release day. I completed the first expedition and then have not played another one until the most recent three, which I did on my PS5, and the most recent one I did also on Mac via Steam. I have been looking forward to playing older expeditions I missed in years prior, plus being able to have them done on both Steam and PS5.

    But in looking at the last two years both times the expedition replays started in November. I am slowly losing hope that I will get to play them this year.

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    Unable to block users while using mlem

    At first I thought maybe the users i was attempting to block were mods or admins or something because i keep getting a message "unable to block xxxxxx" then i tried using another app without issue.

    Any reason why mlem does not allow user blocking? I had tried on both my ipad and my iphone.

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    Bug: after opening a YouTube link on ipad pro unable to get back to mlem

    If you do not have the YouTube app installed and you open a YouTube link there is no way to close the YouTube window that opens and return to mlem without closing mlem.

    Device: ipad pro 11" (2018)

    iOS: current, non-beta

    Mlem: test flight

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    User icon key?

    Is there an icon key for the user icons mlem uses? It appears the hammer is moderator, maybe? And the >_ is bot? I looked through all of the settings within mlem and could not find anything that showed what is what it a way to change it.

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    New 7 Star raids coming to Scarlet and Violet this weekend?

    Somewhere yesterday or the day before I saw an announcement about new 7* raids coming to S&V this weekend. I can no longer find where i saw this sadly. I thought it was in an email from the Pokemon Company.

    Anyone have info? And i guess it is finally time to get serious in my Violet game.

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    Mlem reloads lemmy when i switch apps to copy a link

    This has been happening quite a lot lately, i switch to safari to get a link to post to lemmy and when i come back to mlem the page reloading (i was viewing a thread in all, but upon copying the link i am back at my default viewing of subscribed and unable to find the thread again.) Can mlem not reload when you are within a thread? Or provide a quick way back to where you were?

    ETA: This appears to only be happening on my iPad Pro. I opened Mlem on my phone after posting this and the thread I was browsing hours ago was still open.

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    Alternative to Google home for multiple smart devices?

    I just has to change up my Internet and WiFi setup in my business and my smart plugs and switches were no longer connecting to my guest WiFi. I had to remove everything and use a different WiFi (normally I just replicate the ssid and passphrase) now not everything is adding back Google home, and what is there is not functioning properly.

    Currently I have plugs and a switch from Kasa, a switch I use through smart life app, and lights from Avatar.

    Is there a smart home app that will link all of them the way Google home did?

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    Is it possible to use a Pi to notify of internet issues?

    I have been having quite a lot of trouble with my T-Mobile business internet. I would like to set up a pi so that when it loses internet it sends an email, and another when internet is restored (I realize without net the outage email will not actually send, but if there is a time stamp I can at least present it to T-Mobile and say look this is a serious issue when my net is down more than it is up), and run an hourly speed test and email the results. For a novice is something like this feasible?

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