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How to deal with those annoying TVs blaring Fox News all day (sopuli.xyz)

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Source: https://bsky.app/profile/funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social/post/3lmkfwebeuc27

In fact you can use your smartphone to change the channel on nearly any TV. In the comments on that post some people talk about how to do it. Basically you need a smartphone with either builtin IR or use a USB-C IR blaster or if your phone has a 3.5mm headphone jack you can also try one of those but I'm not sure if the 3.5mm ones are as commonly supported.

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

From experience, that channel stays where you put it more reliably than any other. It's not merely inoffensive, it's bland. It draws attention away from itself.

When entitled people change the channel, they first have to register that there's even a tv present. The weather channel camouflages public televisions as bland information kiosks that dispense information you already have on your phone. Not only that, since no one would intentionally put on the weather channel, it has the air of being required by policy, so some of the karens who are capable of shame will leave it alone.