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Firipu

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  • Valve's DRM was inspired by an exec's nephew, who 'used a $500 check I'd sent him for school expenses and bought himself a CD-ROM replicator… he sent me a lovely thank you note'

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  • To be honest, selling copied games also paid for my games, my CD writer and then some when I was 14-15. Took ages to copy a single CD, and it would regularly fail, but friends happily paid me 10 euro for a working copy of the latest fifa.

  • The Pixel 10 will have faster startup performance thanks to this Android change

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  • Any references for that? First I hear of it.

    Not that I don't believe you, but I'd like to read up about it. I basically never reboot my phone, never had issues.

  • Britain issues travel warning for US

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  • The father complained that his daughter got refused entry into Canada and was then detained in the US. If she would have had the correct paperwork for Canada, nothing would've happened.

    But I agree, my rant is a bit out of place in here. Not the right place to relieve stress about dealing with entitled white people :)

  • Britain issues travel warning for US

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  • While the US is going batshit insane, fuck white people that ignore visa requirements.

    Most countries have very clear visa regulations, especially for short term visas. If you travel to the US and Canada as a European white person and you get refused entry because your paperwork is not OK, that is entirely on you. I deal with those entitled people on the regular. It's satisfying to see them not being able to use their white card. L2read and prepare.

    If you're not white and European, that's a different story unfortunately...

    (and just to be clear, I absolutely do not agree with what Drumpf is doing, the guy and his cronies and enables are criminals...)

  • Computer related pet peeves

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  • Screenshots are so much faster than a link though on a phone. I do crop mine before sending, but I send a lot of Screenshots in my group chats.

  • Would you have a drink at lunch and then go back to work?

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  • Where I work, it's a non issue. As long as it doesn't impact your work and nobody notices it (foul odor or behaviour), nobody could care less.

  • US says South African ambassador ‘no longer welcome

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  • Have you seen his ears? It's Macro Dumbo Rubio

  • Guide to Removing DRM From Amazon Kindle E-Books

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  • To be honest, books are the only form of media I don't pirate. They deserve my money. Sucks that I have to use big shops to get them digital, but it's so easy...

  • Guide to Removing DRM From Amazon Kindle E-Books

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  • After some more thinking, I guess the original piracy has to come from somewhere :)

  • Guide to Removing DRM From Amazon Kindle E-Books

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  • Genuine question : why not just download a pirated version of the book then? Seems like a huge hassle for the same end result

  • Firefox alternatives?

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  • While it was an interesting read, the article is quite outdated and the author is overly negative of literally everything, not just privacy. If a browser has a glowy button, it's horrible because it's too fancy... I feel for the guy...

  • Japan ‘on verge of no longer functioning’ after birth rate plummets to record new low

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  • The weird thing is that once you get a foot in the door, Japanese immigration policies actually aren't that strict. You just need a guarantor (company) to be willing to hire you.

    The language barrier and hesitancy of companies to hire non-Japanese is the actual barrier, not so much the immigration policies themselves. The government could ofcourse encourage companies to hire foreigners...but Japan changes at a glacial pace.

    I'm sure they'll be ready to deal with the new world under trump by 2035-40

  • Emergency disable biometric on Android?

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  • I tried using it. Putting my phone down on any surface would trigger it. Made my biometrics completely useless. Too sensitive on my device, even on the lowest settings :(

  • Clicks keyboard cases are coming to Pixel 9, Galaxy S25, and Motorola Razr+ [Gallery]

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  • I've seen multiple ppl review them and say they are complete shit.

    The lack of staggering between the rows would drive me nuts. Fuck that...

  • John Oliver launches "Make yourself less valuable to Meta" website, suggests Signal, Mastodon, Pixelfed, and BlueSky as Meta alternatives

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  • My Instagram is full of fitness content (and good looking people tbh). Nothing comes even remotely close on pixelfed. No offence to federated social media, but we all ain't good looking :) (or suck at using filters...)

    It's still a very long way off from taking over Instagram.

  • Is Lemmy community nice to new users?

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  • Lemmy has a hardon for FOSS, and an irrational hatred for windows.

    Aside from that, it's quite nice imo

  • Age Restricted Youtube

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  • Being overly Paranoia? Can't think of another valid reason.

  • Lenovo Tab review – 10-inch tablet as an affordable alternative for school, college, and the living room

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  • What casual use can you do on windows/Linux that you can't on android?

    And Android is so much better than windows/Linux for touch that it's not even a competition.

  • How do I break a fizzy drink addiction?

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  • Swap to a 0 calorie version and just keep enjoying it? Fizzy drinks are a pretty harmless vice in the grand scheme of things. Hollow calories, so if you can replace it with a 0 calorie version, it would at least stop affecting your weight.

    I know everyone is against artificial sweeteners. They won't kill you faster than microplastics, pollution, break pad dust, war, alcohol, smoking,...

    Enjoy life! Enjoy a fizzy drink! I thoroughly enjoy my daily coke zero can.