Stop Saying "We're Like a Family" - We Are a Damn Team in a Damn Business
Let's be honest, the worst jobs are the ones that say we are a family

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@evilcookies98 BARD does get quite a few audible books.
The audible exclucivity deal has been an issue for authors and narators for at least 10 years now that I know of.
The problem is if you want the exposure you put it on audible else, no sales for you. other book sites don't get nearly the traffic of audible.
It's a problem with not much of a solution.
Stop using audible, lose the ability to get 90% of your books.

@simon I've had that happen with audio books.

@FreakyFwoof I find most all those services way too expensive. However, I heard about a cheaper one called easy optouts. Since it was $20 a year I decided to try it. It removed me from 78 people finder sites. My spam folder has actually shrunk quite a bit.
They remove you every 3 months for a year. I'll be really curious to see how well it sticks. Do you end up getting back on those sites right away? or, does it last a while?

@BorrisInABox to get stuff up and running the heltech v3 stuff is on amazon. you just need the board the case and the battery. put one outside and one inside and tweak things from there. the heltech stufff is the least efficient for battery but it is the cheapest way to get started.

@amy0223 There’s one that is all MiraLAX, and you can use that one. They just don’t like to use it because it’s not as thorough.

@amy0223 mine didn't have any sweateners in it, it just tasted nasty.

@mikedoise I would be happy with a thicker, and larger phone just to have a better battery.

@Kaliah oh if you are on the 5 gb plan it's pretty easy. the backup is getting pretty big by it self

@Kaliah you could just upgrade to the 12tb plan and not have to clean until 2030

Northeastern college student demanded her tuition fees back after catching her professor using OpenAI’s ChatGPT 
https://fortune.com/2025/05/15/chatgpt-openai-northeastern-college-student-tuition-fees-back-catching-professor/

@musicofhope I’m glad you’re able to figure it out.

@lexipic I like soft tacos because the hard shells always break in stupid ways.

@BecBox No, it does have a web interface as well. Some stuff is easier on the web and some stuff is easier in the app though.

@BecBox yes they have a simple one now.
https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/cloud-gateways-wifi-integrated/products/ux7

Mandatory AI Education For All U.S. Students? Top CEOs Say Yes https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliekatz/2025/05/06/mandatory-ai-education-for-all-us-kids-250-plus-ceos-say-yes/

@singingnala Why do you think more votes would have changed the results? Don’t you think it would’ve just been more of the same? And if you force voting, people vote just to vote. I would much rather have an election where people vote for what they truly believe in than forcing them to do something. The way our system works now, people vote because they believe in the system and the candidates. If you force people to vote, then they’re going to vote for whatever just to get it over with.

@lynnskyi no. it just means that people need to click the install now button on an update instead of install later.

If you’re a Louis Rossman fan, you should watch this video. If you don’t know who he is, this is a good video to get acquainted. They say you should never read the comments, but on this one, the comments are worth reading. https://youtu.be/qFe5LiACN9k?si=OUDge1nauUDfKpUr

@jscholes I see what you mean.
I wonder if you send them to him he would murge them in to the main branch?