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Setting up a new laptop - How do I get around needing a Microsoft account? (lemmy.world)
 

Title I do not want a Microsoft account. Microsoft doesn't need any more info about me than they already have. Thanks

Do you remember what your first ever favorite song was? What was it? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Talking post-Sesame Street/Mister Rogers/Electric Co. tunes

Circa 1983 on my first plane ride alone, aged about 10, from CA to GA, headphones plugged into the armrest with the ashtray inside: 'The Tide Is High' by Blondie was the first 'grown-up' song I recall that grabbed me.

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Q re: New Yorker. Article online vs print? (lemmy.world)
 

How can I tell which print edition of the New Yorker has the online article? Do all online articles appear in the print edition?

I read the online Interview with Justin Torres, loved it, I want the print edition to frame. The online edition says it was published 12/31/2023, I just can't find it in print.

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What's the significance of calling it "Israel-Hamas War" vs "Israel-Gaza War"? (lemmy.world)
 

I'm in the US.

I haven't discerned a pattern, by the media, in the titling of the horror currently underway.

I've seen Al Jazeera use both phrasings. I haven't determined that other media sites are hardlining their terminology either, but I notice the difference as I browse.

Maybe it doesn't mean anything, but these days people seem extra sensitive about names.

How did you stop smoking? What was your motivation, and how did you finally do it? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I quit in 2019, by basically OD-ing on the patch. I had multiple patches on me at all times; at the end, it felt like my skin was burning

If you had a pet yak, what would you name it? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I thought 'Kay' was too obvious

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How many fediverse instances are you signed up with? (lemmy.world)
 

Title.

Newbie, recently joined, 7/1/23.

Right now, I'm on three: Lemmy.world (my 'main' or 'home'), kbin, and Blahaj Lemmy. I'm looking at Reddthat and sh.itjust.works as well.

Just curious. I know most of the content will overlap, but there are differences in philosophy/moderator style, etc.

Do you like having ONE instance?

I'm loving Alexandrite as the Dove dark chocolate enrobing my lemmy.world ice cream bar!