Wait what.

Can you show a picture?

I like podcasts at work

What happened with hushed? Did they cancel your lines or change them to monthly?

I just learned about one but I forget what it was called. It was like a Google voice replacement.

I’ll have to try and find itin Lemmy and then edit my comment.

EDIT: https://jmp.chat/

I think I found it: cassette. Unfortunately it is iOS, not selfhosted :(

https://9to5mac.com/2025/08/12/cassette-brings-vhs-nostalgia-to-your-iphones-camera-roll/

https://blog.devthedev.co/p/cassette

I’m too deep into the android ecosystem, sadly, but if I found a good Linux phone I’d try it.

What problems have you had?

This is like a google voice number? Do they do VoIP and voicemail transcription, because I don’t have a replacement for Google voice yet.

https://jmp.chat/

Edit: yes they do voip, voicemail, and transcriptions, but they do not do RCS yet. When they do, I might consider switching, especially if I can use their voicemail for my regular number, like gv.

JMP does not (yet) support these features:

• RCS, which allows for video calls over the phone network.

That’s funny, I never use 1 and 2, but I use 3 often.

I used to use tap to pay, but I recently acquired one of those adhesive credit card holders that has obviated my need for to pay.

I have an old car and just have my phone in a holder if I need to see turn by turn directions. Unfortunately the credit card holder fucks with the phone stand a little bit, but it mostly still works. The few times in my life I used android auto I disliked it.

I most often use voice assistant to ask for a song to play on Spotify. This was really convenient with “hey google” while I was driving or had my phone in my pocket listening to headphones, but I live without it these days.

I think the difference is that while other services boom and bust, the fediverse keeps growing slowly because it is decentralized, and can’t be enshittified in the same way.

It is not as easy or attractive as Bluesky right now, but it keeps growing slowly and getting more kinds of people.

Maybe it won’t be the network of choice for journalists, metal celebrities, etc, like twitter and bluesky, but it already is making its way as something more like old school tumblr – some people like it, some don’t.

There is a place in switzerland called dignitas

You can still tip based on the subtotal before tax

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Parallax Error yet.

Because when the time is say…9:22 and 5 seconds, the hand will clearly be on the 9:22 mark. But when it’s 9:22 and 45 seconds, it looks like it’s actually 9:23 when it isn’t yet.

The best way to avoid this error is to look exactly straight on at the watch or clock, which isn’t always possible for wall clocks. If you look from an angle, it is easier to mistake the time for 9:23 or 9:21 when it is really 9:22. This is a physical limitation of any measurement gauge or dial.

The other bit of information is the second hand, if you have one.

My mental algorithm goes something like this, it i were to step through it slowly:

1. General impression of the clock. The shape of the hour and minute hand together. I recognize the approximate time: a few minutes past 9:20. This is usually sufficient precision for my needs.
2. Minute hand fine position: somewhere between 9:22 and 9:23.
3. Second hand position: at 45 seconds. I now know the time is 9:22:45.

This gets faster with practice. Instead of having to work out the time, you’ll just know it, the more you do it.

Looks…dumb?

A bigger clock absolutely makes it easier to read the time down to the minute.

I’m having trouble making friends. There is one guy sort of near me and we do things here and there, but he and his wife are about to move. Most of my other friends live far away.

I don’t have a lot in common with the people I work with, or live near, and I don’t have much energy to do things outside of work. There is more that I’d say but I’m acutely aware / paranoid that some ai tool is reading all of our comments and building profiles on us. I’m trying to build a better life and find more communities where I feel welcome, but it’s slow going. Maybe that explains it somewhat?

Maybe you could tell us how you made 5 close friends in a new country.

I don’t get it, I thought it allows all browser with JavaScript enabled.

Maybe you can repack it in bigger bottles so the air has more space to expand

Edit: I don’t think this is a good suggestion any more based on what others have said.

You could maybe do this with tailscale: all your devices will be reachable from each other, and you can specify that you want the external one to be the exit node. It uses wireguard under the hood.

Yesn’t!