bluetidepro

Please add an alternative sign up that isn't through Google. I don't want to connect my Google to something like this. Allow plain email/password, please.

I could understand that for the code/theme side of things, but they still seem like the best site for things like source graphic templates, logos, after effects/premiere pro video files, etc. I feel like that's going to suffer the most from this acquisition. That's what I use for my side projects.

This is terrible news. I loved using Envato for quick graphics, or various other design work on side projects. I can only imagine the quality drop when Shutterstock acquires them. RIP Envato, you had a good run. Time to cancel my subscription.

That's fair. That was just poor phrasing on my part. I meant "forever" vanish.

Right, but they pretty much all came back. I'm not saying some don't do the blackout for protests, but none I have ever subscribed to have gone away 100% forever.

I have never seen a subreddit for a game/hobby that I've subscribed to vanish overnight. In all my 13+ YEARS on reddit.

EDIT: "Vanish" forever. Yes, there have been protests and black outs, but everything I have ever subscribed to did come back.

I don't use reddit for any real news, I just use it for hobbies/interests. Using reddit for news is a terrible idea for all the content farming and spam trash that this post is talking about. That would be like getting your news from just random people shouting on the side of the street.

So the hobbies/games I'm currently playing are subreddits I subscribe to and actively browse. Games like Anno 1800, Cities Skylines, and Manor Lords. All 3 have very active and passionate community members that are constantly posting high quality content around inspiration for builds, tips and tricks, community update news, patch discussions, mods, etc. etc.

If you want more silly subreddits not related to hobbies, it depends on what your humor is. Here is a wide range of options: r/AnimalsBeingBros, r/ActLikeYouBelong, r/softwaregore, r/raspberry_pi, r/lockpicking, r/FellowKids, r/dogswithjobs, r/BirdsArentReal, r/BreadStapledToTrees - subreddits that are related around hobbies or niche humor will make you love reddit.

Again, tl;dr, reddit is not the place for real life news. If you don't use it for that, you'll find yourself enjoying the website a ton more.

The key to make Reddit still an amazing resource is finding niche subreddits that fit your interests. The very broad subreddits like funny, news, pics, politics (where this is likely from), etc. etc. are all just full of spam, and trash like this. They have been for YEARS now. However, say you dive into a subreddit for a specific video game you like, it's going to be full of relevant content with very little spam. Or if anything, the type of spam is just reposting content which still may even be new for you. Reddit is not dying, just the giant stadium size subreddits are trash. I visit video game subreddits for games I actively play almost daily and they are all incredibly useful and interesting.

Agreed, the people falling for this would already fall for a much more basic phishing attempt. Thus, the attacker has no need to put this much extra effort/thought into it.

I don't doubt phishing happens. I just think this specific scenario/technique is one that is probably extremely rare. The attacker likely wouldn't put this much extra effort/thought in when their basic attacks already work, like you're describing.

> “However, you are still not convinced, so you call your manager to ensure that the email is legit. He confirms, so you transfer the money.”

I feel like it’s a HUGE (silly) assumption you’d ask generically “did you send this email” instead of something more specific like “do you REALLY want me to transfer you money like this?” to which the manager would obviously be confused and the attack would likely be killed in that conversation.

This is an interesting attack vector but I am questioning how likely it is to succeed. The article paints a very specific and narrow window of events for this attack to really work. I don’t buy it, personally.

EDIT: I know phishing happens and works. I am not saying it doesn't. I just mean the people that fall for phishing don't need this sophisticated of an attack to fall for. In fact, the attacker probably narrows the chance of success by putting this much extra (very specific) effort into the attack. They are likely to just succeed with their typical phishing email.

“Am I out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong.” Haha

Slightly off topic: Haven’t tried it, but does a simple VPN for the EU allow you to access all these great EU features like 3rd party appstores?

On Super Tuesday in the US today, too. Very interesting timing for how much political nonsense is on social media.

> For example, the tests showed that when you interact with a notification from Facebook, the app collects IP addresses, the number of milliseconds since your phone was restarted, the amount of free memory space on your phone, and a host of other details.

I feel like "...when you interact..." is a very key part of this. If I understand it correctly, that to me really makes the headline seem less bad. So if you just delete the notification and never tap it, do they not get any data? That part is unclear but very important to this context.

Controversy of PalWorld aside, this site is very clean and nicely done! Great work!

Sorry, fixed it. I meant Dragon's Quest.

Yup, exactly.

First off, look into how much IP/character design Pokemon stole from Dragon Quest. Pokemon isn't the "og" of this style. Also, the Palworld creator is already known for this style of "rip-off" game. Their other title, Craftopia, was a game they basically ripped directly from Zelda's Breathe of the Wild. They also have a title, Never Grave, which is basically a rip of Hollow Knight. They seem to know how to toe the line without getting sued.

Have been wondering this, too.

I think you’d have to figure out a way to “jailbreak” it, if you did. Most (if not all) are locked down via software, and can’t just be used without that aspect.

It was back in 2018 or 2019, I believe. I THINK it was maybe iOS 15? Here is an old Verge article I found that you can check your settings: https://www.theverge.com/22309965/block-ad-iphone-data-how-t... - It was turning off "Personalized Ads" in your settings. I believe today in iOS 17 it lives in `Settings > Privacy > Apple Advertising`

This seems neat. I will sign up once there is a non Google sign up available. Also, it would be useful to have a demo site of an example, not just a screenshot. Anyone have links to a demo?

Just turned it off in my account, appreciate the heads up/post. I can't stand when companies turn this type of thing "on" by default. Apple pulled the same thing with advertising settings a few iOS versions back.

Yeah, I mean I personally do not like Airbnb, but I feel like the "large close friends/family" use case is the only reason to still use them. Sadly there isn't really a good alternative for that. If it's just me and my partner, I always use a hotel instead. No value in Airbnb for small parties, for many reasons like you mentioned.

> ...I still can't believe anyone would stay in a thing like this.

What alternatives are there for large groups of say 10-20 close friends/family that are that well priced with the amenities the average AirBnb offers (kitchen, pool, living room, etc.)? Hotels are not really an option for that size if you all want to be together with private communal areas.

Satire?

I love Kagi, too. I’ve mostly switched over. The one main thing I still find myself using Google for though is sports scores. That’s one thing I wish Kagi had. I love just searching “bears” or “colts” on Google on a NFL game day and immediately getting the live score at the top of the results. Kagi doesn’t have that feature yet, and I hope they add it.

> ...only possible because of crypto.

Yeah, it's a bummer the perfect/no crime world we lived in pre-crypto got ruined by crypto. /sarcasm

Is there a build of something like this for Windows? Would be nice to just get a plugin pre-configured build of OBS. Esp. if you are confident they are all compatible and on latest versions.