Doug

I mostly work in the tech field.
I have experience in Linux, Raspberry pi, windows, accessibility, and VOIP
I do a lot of reading mostly in the mistery,, thriller and suspense category.
I enjoy grilling when I get the chance.

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2025-08-14

You're not making the most of YouTube and YouTube Premium if you're not using this trick
I stuck with one YouTube profile until I realized I could keep my temporary interests under a different one.

androidauthority.com/youtube-b

2025-08-11

@ner It sounds like my bad luck. I Hit my shin on a planter in may, I thought it was healed, and 2 weeks ago, it exploded in to a horrible infection that not only had to be cut open, but turned in to a major staph infection.
I've had to go to urgent care almost every other day for this stupid thing for the last 2 weeks.

2025-08-11

@Jage Since you’re putting it in a house, why worry about the cord, just wire it to the panel directly. You can buy everything they have without an extension cord. It would be much cleaner that way anyway. Mounted on the baseboard disappear the Romax into the wall and wire it directly to the panel.

2025-08-11

@Jage
Here is one of the best places to look for long power strips. You may not get your surge protection, but you can get a UPS to solve that problem.
Most of their stuff has outlets spaced out 4 inches.
I know they have them as long as 8 feet for sure.
x1up.com/product-category/powe

2025-08-07

@amy0223 Yes, it just makes a folder for your iCloud files like dropbox

2025-08-06

@ner To get rid of that on your iPhone, just go into Safari settings and clear all of your cookies. It’s being done with a simple cookie.

2025-08-02

@amy0223 @tinygirl @ratking yes, for sure. switch to esim. that way you can move it through apple first. out of all the ways I mentioned the apple transfer is still the smoothest.

2025-08-02

@amy0223 @tinygirl @ratking If you are keeping your mint mobile, ESim will be easy. There are multiple ways to activate it.
In the Mint app
give them the IMEI number on the phone or in the app
Type an activation code on your phone,
or scan a QRCode.
Most all of the carriers are making it Super easy now.
But if you are keeping your old phone, then, it is just as easy to let apple transfer it through iCloud.

2025-08-02

@tinygirl @ratking Yes, they always say to make sure that you have a good Wi-Fi connection. As long as the phones on Wi-Fi, you can either give the carrier the IMEI number either in the app or by phone and they can push it to you over Wi-Fi, which is really helpful. Or do what you did, and type in that annoying long ass code.

2025-08-02

@ratking @tinygirl Who told you it was bad? It’s actually been quite awesome since at least the iPhone 11. You go to settings you go to cellular and it will tell you that it sees a Sim from another phone and ask you if you want to transfer it. You confirm on the other phone, count to 2 1/2 and it’s done. Transferring eSIM within the same platform is awesome, what I would like to see is a better method of transferring eSIM between iPhone and android without needing the stupid carrier apps. The carrier that is probably the most difficult to do an eSIM swap with is AT&T, since they don’t really make it obvious in the app how to generate a QR code for another phone. Basically, I can say that ESI’s have been able to be transferred flawlessly from every version since iOS 14. I haven’t done an eSIM swap with iOS 26 though. So it’s possible something might be weird with that version. We’ll see that’s on my list for next week.

2025-07-13

@vick21 Unfortunately, I don’t know. I found it on Facebook and it was just worth posting over here.

2025-07-13

@mcourcel It’s more fun to put it in a plastic bottle and screw the lid on.

2025-07-12

@miki And to think, the awful people of today are going to use artificial intelligence. It’s going to destroy society just like those books did.

2025-07-12

In the 1700s, teens were accused of being… addicted to novels.
Not alcohol. Not gambling.
Reading.
Across Europe, a strange fear gripped adults. Young people were devouring novels at a pace never seen before. They read at the dinner table, in bed, even while walking through the streets.
This wasn’t seen as a harmless hobby.
It was called “reading fever” or “book addiction.”
Some claimed it would rot their minds.
Others worried it would damage morals, ruin posture, or lead to dangerous daydreaming. Fiction was accused of causing everything from laziness to madness.
Moralists and educators sounded the alarm.
Pamphlets warned parents. Schools debated limits.
It wasn’t just what teens were reading — it was who was writing it.
Books like Samuel Richardson’s Pamela (1740) or Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) stirred emotion, imagination, and independence.
They were often written by or for women — a major threat to the era’s social order.
But despite the panic, teens kept reading.
And quietly, something revolutionary was happening.
This “reading mania” helped fuel mass literacy, gave rise to the modern novel, and encouraged generations to explore new ideas through story.
The so-called crisis?
It laid the foundation for modern literature as we know it.
Funny how things change.
Today, we beg kids to pick up a book.
Had you ever heard about the 1700s reading panic?
What do you think society would say if teens got “addicted” to books again?

2025-07-10

@FreakyFwoof @klittle667 @jakobrosin @cachondo Still using twitter here. I have made a18 page thread with xfinity support. it's the best and easiest way to talk to them. Twitter is still the best way to deal with the larger companies.

2025-07-10

@lynnskyi I see what you are saying, But I heard this very same argument as recent as 10 years ago regarding having to do so much online with a smart phone.
You appreciate your phone because of your hearing loss but there are people that resent it like people resent AI. People did the same thing with the internet in 1994 through 2000. News flash, humans cry and pout, and scream and shout about forced change.
That all said, this is happening faster than any change in the passed.
The people that hate AI will just have to line up with the people still collecting VHS and developing film.

2025-07-10

@lynnskyi It's just like the internet and smart phones. It's something new and people either have to gush about it or hate it. Like it or not, it's here to stay, and we can either figure out how to make piece with it, or fret to death about not using it. I haven't turned off the AI features on the iPhone 16, but I don't use them much. If I find a use for them I'll use them. else it's going to hang out there like the pop corn button on my microwave.
It's funny to me when people complain about AI being a future you will never use, or don't want to use. How many of the features on your phone do you not use?
Neither are a big deal for me, because if I find a use next week, I have it. and if not I don't care.
Do I think AI is moving too fast? Yes, but it's here and we better make piece with it and understand it to the best of our ability.

2025-07-08

@evilcookies98 Also, they told you not to get in cars with strangers. Now you call Lyft or Uber and get in a car with a stranger.

2025-07-04

@BorrisInABox @SirMars Also, if you have the STL file, you can get them printed for many places on the Internet.

2025-07-01

@munchkinbear What platform are you using for your forms?

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