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@ loutr @sh.itjust.works

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  • My "privacy" browser now adds an extra unique tracking URL to every link that I share, to advertise itself and track the opening rate

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  • It's only for links shared via WhatsApp for some reason. Not sure how they know you're sharing to WhatsApp... (Edit: firefox implements a custom share widget instead of the one provided by the OS, so they get a callback when the user selects the target)

    OP is wrong about the "unique" part tho, I get the same URL as them.

  • Google Play announces its best Android apps and games of 2025

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  • I bought Dredge and finished it, it was really nice. But yeah I had to look for it after reading some nice reviews, the play store is a dumpster fire when it comes to discovery.

    I want to pay up to 10€ for a complete game. I don't want these "free" games where half the screen is littered with timers, microtransactions and a billion different currencies. I tried Underdark as I've seen it recommended multiple times, the gameplay is OK I guess but seriously, look at this shit:

    Each red dot opens a popup where you collect a miserable amount of currency. There are usually tabs and scrolling lists in the pop-up, you need to spend 5 minutes just to collect them all while avoiding the ad-supported ones because there's no way to come back to the game once the ad is opened.

    $31 for a weekly box?? Who the fuck pays for those??

  • If Valve creates an "entry point" for living room PCs, the console-beating Steam Machines will follow, argues Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director

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  • I’m tired of ‘free’ apps that are just trying to bully me into paying

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  • Even if the app is relatively simple and feature-complete, you need to go back to it at least once a year to make sure it complies with the latest guidelines/restrictions, replace deprecated APIs, and check dependencies for security issues.

    Simple enough for a calculator, but if the app needs to do stuff in the background, communicate with web services, play multimedia content, or use the camera, it can become very time consuming.

    It may make sense on Macs where users accept making a $10 or $20 one-time payment, but very few mobile users accept paying for apps at all, let alone $5 or $10. In that case, you need a lot of buyers or you'll end up maintaining it out of pocket.

  • I’m tired of ‘free’ apps that are just trying to bully me into paying

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  • Yeah, you can't expect devs to actively work on an app indefinitely just because you gave them a few bucks that one time. It makes no sense financially if the app isn't exceptionally successful.

  • Chatcontrol news!

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  • More like:

    To protect the children, WhatsApp will now scan all your messages for potential CP. If you don't agree to this, please check the following box:

    I'M A DEGENERATE PEDOPHILE AND I WANT TO KEEP MY CP PRIVATE

  • Gavin Newsom leading JD Vance among young men: Republican pollster

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  • Their source of "news" is tiktok. Newsom has a better meme game, that's all there is to it.

  • Jarvis, arm the valediction

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  • This implies some respect might be due. OP's version leaves no room for doubt.

  • Netanyahu says prison abuse leak caused ‘enormous reputational damage to Israel,’ calls for inquiry

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  • It's just "people", sadly. Recently in a small town here in France, a gay school principal killed herself after several years of anonymous harassment. She received no support from the ministry of education, nor the mayor. Reactions from the townspeople, before and after the suicide, amounted to "yeah yeah this is very sad, but have you thought about the damage this will do to the town's reputation?"

  • Totes me

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  • 100dB high-pitched guitars, relentless double bass and shrieking vocals at a black metal show: total bliss.

    My kids when they yell out of excitement: unbearable.

  • Gotta get those tickets!

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  • With good ear protection though, or the pain will remain.

  • Gotta get those tickets!

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  • Still better than the morons who took their baby to a Taylor Swift concert...

  • Gaming Copilot is Watching You

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  • Proton is WINE, it's a fork maintained by Valve and Codeweaver with DXVK (Direct X -> Vulkan) on top. If you use Steam for gaming it will set up proton automatically for you.

    And yes macOS is a step up from Windows, but it's still a walled garden. Want to develop an iOS app? You must buy a Mac, you must buy a developer license, you must use the worst IDE ever created, and you must distribute it through the app store (except in Europe in theory, but they worked hard to make the experience so miserable that almost no one bothers).

  • Holy fucking shit, imagine being a Columbus apologist 😬

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  • If that wasn't bad enough, his treatment of them after being granted control of the region was so abhorrent that the Spanish crown, itself hardly a bastion of humane treatment and sentiment, stripped him of his position on grounds of cruelty.

    My understanding is that he was stripped of his position because of what he did to his European subjects and because his rival wanted to take his place, and that hardly anyone back in Europe gave a shit about his abuse of native people. Is that not correct?

  • Holy fucking shit, imagine being a Columbus apologist 😬

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  • French schools too. In 1992 Columbus was a huge deal, we spent a lot of time staging a play about his first voyage, and he was of course depicted as a righteous hero. I was just a lowly soldier, in hindsight I'm glad they didn't make us reenact the actual events, shit would've scarred me for life...

  • Why would I buy this?

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  • From time to time I'll still look at their steam page during sales, because I'd like to play a blockbuster single player FPS where I can mindlessly mow down bad guys, with good story and production value.

    But the price point and reviews always turn me off... Do you have a good alternative to recommend?

  • London mosque faces criticism over 'men and young girls only' charity fun run

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  • Forbidding women from participating in a "fun" event doesn't seem very benevolent to me.

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  • Framework supporting far-right racists?

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  • It's literally impossible to use the internet (or even computers?) without patronizing American companies, at least indirectly.

  • Updates that don't tell me what is being updated

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  • I'd argue that if the app is not monetized, you deserve whatever the dev feels like giving you, for free.