Share a profession that became extinct due to technology, one you know or have heard about. I'll start: I know about the lamplighter. These people were responsible for manually lighting gas or oil lamps that illuminated the streets. In some regions, they were also called "faroleiros" (lighthouse keepers). Besides lighting the lamps, they took care of maintenance, refueling the lamps and replacing the wicks. However, with the arrival of electricity and electric lights in the... Read more ..read more

Seriously weird, huh ..read more

Only the home screen is allowed. No adjustments. (unless its a censor for sensitive info ..read more

I’ll start, starting from left to right Nokia c100 (battery life is 20% can’t charge it more than that) Samsung a03(lagging issues) BLU (works perfectly just don’t use it) Samsung a14 5G (carrier locked can’t use it no more) IPhone 14 Pro Max (carrier locked can’t use it (with data)) and iPhone 11 (which I’m using ..read more

After 6-year hiatus, Stripe to start taking crypto payments, starting with USDC stablecoin | TechCrunch The company announced that it would start to let customers accept cryptocurrency payments, starting with USDC stablecoins, initially only on Solana, Ethereum and Polygon techcrunch.com Now that Stripe accepts crypto again...think CA will start to accept from even creepier people for VIP ..read more

well as the thread title says,what os do you use? i personally use debian and windows via dual booting ..read more

If anyone wants to see what changes are coming to Apple in the 'fall' of this year, search 'WWDC 2019 in under 30 minutes' on You Tube. This has got me pretty bloody excited as I'm most likely to inherit my best mates iPhone XS Max by years end, will have Apple TV by years end and plan to buy an iPad before years end ..read more

had anybody tried android 15 on the g00gle pixel phone or android emulator yet? i got a invite cos i got a g00gle pixel so i was wondering if anybody else is using it yet ..read more

So in order for scientists to spot black holes they look for matter or stuff being absorbed and pulled into it but they say not even light can escape it but if you look at the Black hole you can see distortion and stars on other side by looking at front of it and you can see a plasma ring being absorbed into it so if we can see it then it’s still emitting light and light can escape as our Eyes See light which is all the colors that makes up light and so if we can see it then there is... Read more ..read more

anyone have preferences in mysql,sqlite, or other database systems lol ..read more