That’s three different things:

• Joyn - paid private streaming platform (probably geo-restricted as well)
• Mediathekview - inofficial search engine for ARD/ZDF/Arte/SRF/ORF streaming platforms (free, but geo-restricted)
• ARD-Mediathek - ARD streaming platform (free, geo-restricted)

Cum jar?

Depending on where you live, this may be the start of your plastic-free/no-waste journey. (You’d obviously need a place where you can shop plastic-free somewhere near you )

switches for each power socket – immensely convenient.

Admittedly, that’s pretty awesome. I don’t understand why these sockets with power switches are not common elsewhere.

For example, when you step on them, the plugs hurt a lot more than a Lego brick.

I think that’s coming (or is it implemented already!?)?

Let’s be needlessly toxic 🚀🤩

In any case, welcome to my block list.

Your server has updated to Lemmy 0.19.0. Voyager is not yet compatible with that version of Lemmy.

The Eternity client (0.1.2) works better for the moment, but is not flawless either.

How do ads work on it?

Antennapod is essentially an MP3 player app for Android which downloads the MP3 files it finds in podcast feeds. If the MP3 file contains ads, those will be played (but you can skip them). If there are no ads in the file, there are no ads.

Does it work well connecting to car Bluetooth?

I think it supports Android Auto.

My wife signed up for duo Spotify, so I’m wondering if there’s any reason to switch since we’re already paying for that either way.

Spotify does not really have podcasts, in the technical sense. Spotify simply decided to usurp the word, but use it for “internet on-demand streaming radio show gated with accounts and DRM” rather than “downloadable audio file discovered via RSS feed file”.

In any case, Antennapod is free, as is almost the entire regular podcast universe.

Is there a way to remove yourself from this?

Sure: There is a third box “no confession” next to “Catholic” and “Protestant” on the form. You can check that and those 9% remain with the state instead.

German secularism has a few more peculiarities. Many charitable organizations e.g. running hospitals or institutions caring for the homeless, elderly, and disabled are in fact religious (Diakonie, Johanniter, Caritas, Stadtmission, …). This has some unfortunate effects: They often hire people of Christian faith only, meaning atheists or adherents of other religions are mostly excluded at these organizations. There have also been cases of a doctor at a Christian-run hospital denying the abortion because of their faith – despite abortion being legal here. However, much of the money these organizations receive is in fact public money, supposedly spent on serving the public. Another wrinkle is that Religious Law is used when it comes to e.g. prosecuting rape cases involving priests etc. Somehow, this separate system of law that doesn’t really seem to work particularly well is accepted by the German state.

You’re right. When I grew up, I was told to brush three times as well, more I brush twice only. Not sure when or why that recommendation changed.

Could be worse, I guess. I live in a “secular” democracy that essentially collects members fees for the Catholic and Lutheran churches (and only those two!) via the federal income tax.

In a sense, I guess op is right though — I recently read that ~70% of people in a study were brushing ineffectively, no matter how long they were told to brush. Their brushing only improved after being told to make sure to brush every every “sector” of their teeth.

Electric brushes usually help with that. Do go for a brand like Braun or Philips though, otherwise it’s easy to end up with a toothbrush with non-existent or low-quality replacement heads. You don’t need an expensive model from those brands. Those work about as well as the cheaper models and only include more frills, and their replacement heads are often more expensive too. The only feature I actually find helpful is the 30-second/2-minute timer which most models have nowadays.

Never had a mini or nano so those may have been closer to 100-150.

I looked up the original pricing for the 2008 Nano: 8GB = 150€$ and 16GB = 200€$. I am no longer sure whether I had the 8 GB or 16 GB variant. But it does not matter really. I’d want 64 GB minimum and Bluetooth with proper codecs on a new device anyway.

https://store.hiby.com/products/hiby-r3-ii

Thanks! I looked at it. And ultimately, just comparing dimensions, it’s really not the same thing as the Ipod Nano. But maybe I’ll take a deeper look at the R2 II.

For one, 200 currency units is a lot of money, even my late Ipod only cost 150cu, and it was widely recognized as being a little overpriced at the time. For two, I find physical buttons (or actually: something tactile for my fingers) a major benefit, i.e. a device that is not completely touchscreen-driven. Is there anything like that? (It may seem like I am moving the goalposts, sorry. But it’s more of a clarification.)

[Edith has fixed an oddity. “porky”->“completely”]

I’ve tried it. But quality of modern MP3 players really has gone downhill. I used to have a Samsung and later an Apple MP3 player and both were better than the stuff Sandisk sells these days.

If it weren’t for the absolutely idiotic way the battery was built into my Ipod Nano and the quasi-exodus of supporting apps on Linux, I would still use it. Phones are huge/heavy, always connected, you get interrupted by messages and calls, and many of them force Bluetooth headsets.

I am saying reduce the number of cars, but not to zero. I’d guess that in developed nations, maybe 20% or 30% of cars are actually needed (obviously depending on the country and the local level of car use). Similarly, some percentage of animal products is actually useful even in developed nations (for now), e.g. for pregnant women or people with weird allergies.

And of course, society needs to support lifestyle choices for them to be viable. That’s the same for veganism and a life without a car.

At this point, the number of cars is about as disconnected from human progress as the consumption of animal products is. Much like we could easily remove the majority of animal product consumption, we could also remove the majority of cars and car miles.

Isn’t roadkill another symptom of human cruelty, i.e. building roads and cars, creating a death trap that cuts through eco systems? The only real difference is that roadkill exists because of carelessness rather than intention.