jbaber

joined 2 years ago

App suggestions for vocab that's not Duolingo? in c/languagelearning@sopuli.xyz

[–] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Busuu looked promising.

Non-US alternatives to digital services in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 weeks ago

Fastmail is really, really nice.

Best alternative to WhatsApp? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

For my family member who moved out of country, signal's voice quality was not very good. WhatsApp's quality was better than a regular phone call, very impressive.

Also, outside the US WhatsApp is some kind of standard the way rich Americans think iMessage is. Companies will ask her to contact them on WhatsApp, so she'll have to have it regardless of your personal involvement.

There's also jitsi.

What instrumental songs would you be most intrigued to hear someone made lyrics for? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago

Tangentially related: Barber also wrote his Adagio for Strings as an Agnus Dei. It's great.

T-Mobile imposes $5 monthly price hike on customers using older plans in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How?

What is the most destroying command you can type in the Linux terminal? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

sudo apt remove ratpoison

Not even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11 in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

"Ubuntu" is Zulu for "can't install Debian".

Not even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11 in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, really? I've had it disabled for a while for other reasons. I'm safe from a Win11 forced upgrade?

Why can't we decrease our eye's FPS to get better night vision? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 year ago

I discounted this theory the first time I heard it because it's too cool.

What is a good privacy respecting app for keeping track of goals? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.markuspage.android.atimetracker/

has served me well.

hacker news in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I love the weird fast-scrolling button in Hews.

How (not) to get people to download your app 🫣 in c/reddit@lemmy.ml

[–] jbaber@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

It's pretty ironic that a page about bad UX, specifically en mobile, contains a 99 page slidedeck that I can't zoom in to read on mobile...