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SockThief··on Deshittification Part 2: Bypassing the App Store Gatekeeper
"Under GDPR Article 7(4), consent must be freely given. In plain terms, a company cannot hold a basic service hostage to force you into data collection. If data processing is not strictly necessary to deliver a service, bundling the two together violates EU law."

I'm very curious how it will all unfold with all the cover LG is getting lately. Props for the author!

SockThief··on Alberta's image as world's only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
Cats don't care that much about rats.

"Temporal and Space-Use Changes by Rats in Response to Predation by Feral Cats in an Urban Ecosystem" - https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/a...

SockThief··on Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
Well, there's 24 people still playing it now on Steam
SockThief··on The Mystery of Dark Oxygen
I actually find your comment very useful and therefore upvoted it.
SockThief··on The Economist Who Predicted 2008 Crash Says AI Bubble Bursts Soon – Steve Keen [video]
Could you address his arguments rather then himself? A little background doesn't hurt, but let me make up me mind before calling people names.

Also I don't necessarily agree with him, but at no point in the interview a housing market is mentioned.

SockThief··on The Economist Who Predicted 2008 Crash Says AI Bubble Bursts Soon – Steve Keen [video]
Original title: " The Economist Who Predicted The 2008 Financial Crash Says The AI Bubble Will Burst Soon | Steve Keen "
SockThief··on The Indo-European Family Tree
It's quite funny for me, because (from the article) in Slovene the dialect is refered to as "kočevarščina".

I don't know Slovene, but I speak one of the Slavic languages and it sounds to me as "cat's growl".

Not very nice maybe, but we're talking about meanings long lost in time.

We call Germans: "Niemcy" and it comes from the word "niemy", which now means "mute", but used to mean "foreigner" in proto-slavic. We don't think of mutes when meeting Germans tho. We never did.

Of course no ill will intended here. Just a bit of history perhaps.

SockThief··on Sam Altman is now talking to the White House about decelerating AI
https://nitter.net/AISafetyMemes/status/2082569026929394008#...
SockThief··on IMDB now automatically creating user accounts when you are signed into Amazon
There's TMDb

https://www.themoviedb.org/

SockThief··on Australian energy retailers must offer three hours of free daytime electricity
I feel like this is still relevant today:

Clarke and Dawe - The Energy Market Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELaBzj7cn14

SockThief··on China Says It Has Found Security Vulnerabilities in Anthropic's Claude Code
https://archive.ph/bqGdS
SockThief··on Europe's economy is a mess. Its stock markets are a steal
https://archive.ph/9LlZY
SockThief··on Google loses fight over record $4.7B EU antitrust fine
> In 2018, the European Commission slapped Google with the record-breaking penalty on the grounds that it abused Android's mobile dominance...

What do you think?

SockThief··on Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)
He's actually both [0]. Probably better off as a commentator though, so you've got a point there.

[0] https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Winter_(American_player)

SockThief··on Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)
The game is very mature and well thought RTS. The user experience and performance is beyond anything on the market now. It beats all well known AAA studios attempts at it by far.

It's still actively developed and very free to play.

Here's a cast of 40 vs 40 players by a former Star Craft 2 pro player: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1a5dkjUq3o

SockThief··on High-performance, cross-platform real-time ASCII video rendering engine
Discussion with author on Reddit: https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/SideProject/comments/1u2z50q/i...
SockThief··on The HOBBIT: Bilbo walks to the Lonely Mountain (and back again) [video]
Join Bilbo Baggins in walking* every step of his travels from the Shire to the Lonely Mountain in The Lord of the Rings Online. Narrated by Andy Serkis, with Benedict Cumberbatch as the voice of Smaug.
SockThief··on Notes on DeepSeek
"National attention is still on basic needs and infrastructure buildouts, and on providing more medicines for people. The “dreams of singularity" seem like a luxury or distant consideration."

Further on. Refreshing indeed.

SockThief··on Valve says it's ready to launch the Steam Machine this summer
The original announcement: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/d...
SockThief··on Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot
I switched too and love it. It's arguably just a bit faster then the one I learned in childhood, but it's so much more reliable. I got couple of snickers I use daily and don't untie them at all, and the Ian's Knot [0] stays firmly knotted for months!

[0] https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm

SockThief··on Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites
> For web search, Uruky currently integrates Mojeek, Marginalia, EUSP (Ecosia/Qwant) (only works with French, German, or English), Linkup, Serper, and Uruky Site Search.

> For image search, Uruky currently integrates Pixabay and Serper (image results).

https://uruky.com/faq

SockThief··on Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave
Great choice of sets! Really appreciate them.

Just though I drop by and say it, because nobody seems to notice.

SockThief··on Microsoft Accused of Sharing Dutch Officials' Data with U.S. Government
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4mYv849Uro
SockThief··on Germany goes from labour shortages to hiring freezes
https://archive.ph/FtxZ9
SockThief··on What Were Ancient Greco-Roman Curse Tablets?
That link forcefully redirects me to different site: https://historytv.pl/

Despite me blocking scripts, mind you.

SockThief··on That "viral" song, movie, drama was probably the product of a stealth marketing
Original title:

" The Feed Is Fake - That “viral” song, movie, meme, influencer, and celebrity drama was probably the product of a stealth marketing campaign. "

SockThief··on Dutch suicide prevention website shares data with tech companies without consent
> Stichting 113 has temporarily disabled all measurement and analysis tools.

It seems that it is only temporary.

> “We realize that visitors must be able to trust that their privacy is protected and regret that concerns have arisen regarding this.”

They also regret that "concerns have arisen". No other regrets have been mentioned.

SockThief··on A Primer on Bézier Curves – So What Makes a Bézier Curve?
"This site (obviously) works best with JS enabled But it's not required.

If you're reading this text block, then you have scripts disabled: thankfully, that's perfectly fine, and this site is not going to punish you for making smart choices around privacy and security in your browser. All the content will show just fine, you can still read the text, navigate to sections, and see the graphics that are used to illustrate the concepts that individual sections talk about."

That is how I'd like to the rest of the internet to work as well.

SockThief··on Influencers Are Spinning Nicotine as a 'Natural' Health Hack
https://archive.ph/kBGti
SockThief··on Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, private, works offline
I'd love to get the audio book if it's not too much trouble

Edit: I'll send you an email

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