Gen Z grew up with phones and are now grappling with with their social media habits - ABC News
I am cackling at the "drugphone and saladphone" tips. Admittedly, I effectively did the same thing...but I didn't call it that.
We got a cybersecurity expert to hack this BYD. It was too easy - ABC News
Has that weird "immersive article experience" thing if you view in a featureful web browser. Also a few of the usual mainstream coverage of technical topics, eye-twitch-inducing traits.
Technical Support
Helpfully lists the ~demands~ requirements of studying at TAFE. I suspect some of these will be easier to dodge than others, and I want very little of it touching my network. :)
EMERGENCE[Y] Exhibition — Science Gallery Melbourne
Science Gallery Melbourne’s latest free exhibition EMERGENCE[Y] explores how we adapt to a rapidly changing world.
How I fought my smartphone addiction
How I fought my smartphone addiction par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
GitHub - steveloughran/edinburgh_cs: handouts and notes from undergraduate Computers Science at edinburgh university 1985-89 · GitHub
handouts and notes from undergraduate Computers Science at edinburgh university 1985-89 - edinburgh_cs/1985-cs1/1985-ee2-an-introduction-to-the-text-editor.pdf at main · steveloughran/edinburgh_cs
Keep Android Open
Your phone is about to stop being yours. In 2027, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.
How to build a f**king printer · Nishant Joshi
If you're giving me e-paper, I'm going to make an e-printer.
'I don’t like that he made this donation' — Mullvad CEO reacts to co-founder’s donation to controversial Swedish populist party | TechRadar
Mullvad says co-founder's 5 million SEK donation to the Örebro Party 'is not part of Mullvad's values or mission.'
In Blind Test, Audiophiles Unable to Tell Difference Between Sound Signal Run Through an Expensive Cable and a Banana
A forum mod ran high-quality audio through a banana, old microphone cable soldered to pennies, and wet mud. Nobody could tell the difference.
Latest Hearing Aid Self-Fitting (DIY) topics - Hearing Aid Forum - Active Hearing Loss Community
The place for hearing aid DIY fitting. I've since opted to stick to my biologically lousy ears, but it was useful at the time.
Notes:
- Of course all the software is windows only and passed around under the table
- Many HAs have a hardware dongle requirement for reprogramming, which can be sourced reasonably easily secondhand
- If I've inspired a friend, I do have a spare noahlink wireless going unused, absolutely send me an email...
- Your audiologist will know someone meddled with it if you do
- The theory behind fitting a hearing aid is daunting if you don't have a known-good (hell, known-okay) reference point, but it can be done
- The state of the HA industry is rage inducing enshittified disability tax hell, and only getting worse
- Ears are hard, man.
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