BoycottPro

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[–] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I sometimes (jokingly) wonder if Hospitals show Fox News to try to get repeat business, and I don't mean repeat business due to people who enjoy Fox coming back, I mean due to health complications caused by the stress of watching it.

[–] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 49 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We must increase our pressure against Elon Musk. Until he's bankrupt or behind bars he's still a huge threat to our country. Boycott all his companies. Sell your Tesla stock (it's high right now I can't predict the future but maybe it's peaked right now), stop using Twitter if you use it. Contact pension funds and demand they divest from Tesla.

For Starlink If you think it's the only choice for you maybe if you're just on the edge of cell phone reception you can use a parabolic antenna to get a reliable signal for 5g internet. This will likely be lower cost than Starlink. OneWeb has a competing service but they don't sell directly, I'm not sure how you can switch to OneWeb. Project Kuiper just launched their first satellites about a month ago. AST SpaceMobile might be an option too. If those options aren't available to you I predict there will be more alternatives for Starlink within the coming years.

[–] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

“This is what was done in the United States as soon as the scandal broke, to save thousands of lives. We’re talking about thousands of asthma cases, hundreds of thousands of days not worked for the economy. It’s worth it. We must act.”

Finally we did something right.

[–] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's a very good point you bring up! I totally see what you mean and agree!

[–] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But Google’s guidance was also telling us that recovery was possible if we just “removed” our “unhelpful” on-page content:

This is very chilling because it means websites will delete content. If the internet archive didn't grab it in time it means knowledge is gone forever. An algorithm is not going to always be accurate in determining what is helpful.

[–] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (7 children)

For those people they should all contact the government agencies that are still on Twitter and demand they switch to Bluesky.

[–] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

I read about the Flipper Zero and it seems really awesome! I even saw some high power LEDs for it that could in theory change the channel from a long distance.

[–] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's right but it doesn't necessarily mean that access is impossible, just need the codes for the box instead of the TV assuming it has an infrared sensor on the box.

[–] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

GSMarena has specs for most smartphones including infrared (listed under connectivity).

Here's a link to a search showing all phones in their database with IR: https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?chkInfrared=selected note I haven't checked accuracy or completeness, it might be best to check the specs for your phone or search if your phone supports it.

If you got an old phone or an old PDA it might have IR if your current one doesn't.

[–] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The TV-B-Gone is really cool especially because it's so small but of course it just shuts off the TV. I've seen a few keychain sized universal remotes that have buttons.

I just wrote a comment in reply to someone suggesting unplugging the TV: https://lemm.ee/post/65246982/20771041

Basically it's nice that you get peace and quiet but turning it off is more noticeable.

[–] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That's really annoying. Do you think they'd notice you using your phone to change the station and possible remove Fox from the channel list? Is there windows in the building with the TVs? There are some high power IR blasters that might let you change it from outside.

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