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Following months of testing, Plex has started to roll out its redesigned mobile app to Android and iOS devices, and it will arrive to everyone within the next week. The new app comes with an updated navigation system that should make it easier to access different parts of the app and find content to watch, along with a dedicated tab for centralized media libraries.

It also has a button in the top-right corner of the screen for your Watchlist and more artwork across detail pages for shows and movies, as well as cast and crew profiles. In a post on the Plex forum, the company outlines a ton of improvements it has made to the app since the preview, including faster load times and scrolling, the addition of a sleep timer, and picture-in-picture support.

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Unihertz is one of the only phone manufacturers still making small phones. The Jelly Max is the only compact 5G Android phone on the market.

BUT... Unihertz has a terrible track record when it comes to supporting their phones. Most OEMs issue Android and security updates for years. Unihertz phones often get less than 1 year of software/firmware support, including security updates. In a recent email to me, Unihertz confirmed, verbatim, "We don't update our phones very often. And we're not sure of the exact frequency of updates."

This is crazy, and it doesn't have to be this way. Chris Allegretta has argued that Unihertz could allow the Lineage project to take over the Jelly Max and ensure that the phone is supported for years to come, simply by sending them some restore zips and 5 pre-prod units. That's it!

Tell Unihertz: Either support the Jelly Star, or help the Lineage team take it over.

Unihertz also told me, "we do collect user feedback and forward it to our technical department. They will evaluate the feedback and implement updates if necessary." So let's give 'em some feedback!

Their email is:

service@unihertz.com

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This composition, inspired by the eponymous track by the musician Solvant, is a patchwork of symbolic elements borrowed from modular synthesizers and electronic sound creation. Made up of elements found in certain semi-modular synthesizer brands like Make Noise and their iconic designs, this work is a homogeneous and minimalist assembly of waveforms, electronic components, button symbols, jack cables, and other small details characteristic of these mysterious and monolithic instruments.

At the end of 2020, I owned a few semi-modular synthesizers that I would tinker with from time to time. I once had to make a choice between music creation or engraving. Rather than being mediocre in both areas, I chose to abandon one and focus on the other.

This work is therefore a small personal tribute to certain styles of electronic music.

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I took this the other day at my friend's house in Phoenix. I didn't think these would grow here because the humidity is so low, but I guess I am mistaken.

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Oiva is going to be a big good boy

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/20134554

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After nearly a year of regulatory hurdles, Meta has finally begun deploying its conversational AI assistant across the European Union and neighboring countries this week.

The rollout, which covers 41 European countries and 21 overseas territories, marks Meta’s largest global expansion of Meta AI to date, though European users will initially access only a limited version of the technology.

European users will initially have access to what Meta describes as an “intelligent chat function” available in six European languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and Italian.

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The AI assistant will be integrated across Meta’s suite of applications, including WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. Users can access Meta AI by tapping a blue circle icon within these apps to initiate conversations.

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Meta has indicated this limited release is just “the first step” in its ongoing efforts to bring more AI capabilities to European users.

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In case you missed it you can follow the City of Ottawa on BlueSky at @ottawacity.ottawa.ca et aussi à @ottawaville.ottawa.ca as of about a month ago.

Be sure to check out their following page for other prominent Ottawa-related accounts.

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Jamrock Hobo got a hold of an internal presentation to this cancelled ZA/UM project. We could have had a Cuno & Cunoesse game. Looks like they made pretty good progress, too.

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The administration froze $400 million in funding to Columbia last month over similar concerns

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The Trump administration, which has pledged to reprioritise capital punishment for serious criminals, is seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione.

Mr Mangione is accused of killing health insurance CEO Brian Thompson in New York in December.

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Some other stuff has been re-sized or model swapped as well.

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TNG s4e7 "Reunion"

For aeronmelon@lemmy.world

I'll have to try it the other way around and see how well Leslie Nielson can pull Worf's lines.

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Just a simple and (in my opinion) sleek phone stand. Link for anyone interested: printables.com/model/1251408-simple-static-phone-stand

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/27991220

Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem, Malak A Tantesh in Gaza and Julian Borger
Tue 1 Apr 2025 14.17 EDT

"Dr Ahmed al-Farra, a senior doctor at the Nasser medical complex in Khan Younis, witnessed the arrival of some of the remains.

“I was able to see three bodies when they were transferred to the Nasser hospital. They had bullets in their chest and head. They were executed. They had their hands tied,’’ Farra said. “They tied them so they were unable to move and then they killed them.”"

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They seem so good in the movies, but actually taste mostly just like straight vodka, which most people aren't goign to enjoy.

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Happy holidays 🤡

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Williams' success with APX led him to create several games for Synapse Software, including the beloved Alley Cat and the incomprehensible fantasy masterpiece Necromancer, before moving to the Amiga, where he created the experimental Mind Walker and his ambitious "cultural simulation" Knights of the Crystallion.

Necromancer, Williams' later creation for the Atari 800, plays like a fever dream—you control a druid fighting off spiders while growing magic trees and battling an undead wizard. It makes absolutely no sense by conventional standards, but it's brilliant in its otherworldliness.

"The first games that I did were very hard to explain to people and they just kind of bought it on faith," Williams said in a 1989 interview with YAAM (Yet Another Amiga Magazine), suggesting this unconventional approach started early. That willingness to create deeply personal, almost surreal experiences defined Williams' work throughout his career.

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Just thought it was funny

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