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Annoyed by all the animations and music videos in Spotify? I explain how to turn them all off over at WIRED:
How to Disable Music Videos in Spotify
A recent update made video playback the default for songs and podcasts with a visual component. If you just want to listen to music—and…
wired.com
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One week into migrating from dot social and around 3000 of you have made it over here. Welcome! There’s 2000 stragglers still over there, many of which seem to be active accounts. Does anyone have an idea of how long these migrations take? Could I be holding it up in some way without realizing it?
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The only teams left in the World Cup are England and countries who upset about England controlling nearby islands.
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What’s your most unnecessarily elaborate tech workaround?
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Plex keeps getting worse but Jellyfin, the main open source alternative, has a few real downsides. I break things down for WIRED:
Plex Keeps Getting Worse. Is Jellyfin a Decent Replacement?
If you want to stream local media, this free and open source media server is just as good as Plex. But if you rely…
wired.com
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Cursive isn’t faster, and a few other handwriting myths I debunked over at PopSci:
3 myths about cursive handwriting
It's not faster, and it's not legally required for signatures.
popsci.com
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Rest is the most underappreciated productivity tool
Science shows rest makes you more productive (but that’s not why you should rest).
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Google is strip mining the web. Publishers might leave.
USA Today may pull their articles from search results to avoid feeding the AI machine. Other publications could follow.
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I spent way too much time thinking about a video game from 1993 and now you have to read about it. Sorry.
Zork and the social impact of design choices – Justin Pot
justinpot.com
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Both Bluesky/ATProto and Mastodon/Fediverse posts show up on my posts, alongside traditional WP comments, and I can reply to them all in one place. Feels like the future, somehow.
Justin Pot
justinpot.com
