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Google's "Manifest V2" Chrome extension phaseout next month is expected to impact the original uBlock Origin extension, which still uses the V2 framework and has 37 million users (www.theregister.com)

The new MV3 architecture reflects Google's avowed desire to make browser extensions more performant, private, and secure. But the internet giant's attempt to do so has been bitterly contested by makers of privacy-protecting and content-blocking extensions, who have argued that the Chocolate Factory's new software architecture...

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I never left, because I'm not a sucker that fell for chromes marketing wank.

The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates (www.theguardian.com)

Despite its name, the infrastructure used by the “cloud” accounts for more global greenhouse emissions than commercial flights. In 2018, for instance, the 5bn YouTube hits for the viral song Despacito used the same amount of energy it would take to heat 40,000 US homes annually....

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Why don't you just hand over all your income to the government just to be sure you won't engage in any unnecessary activity.

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Good for the people sailing the seas too. Yarrr!

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They wouldn't need to 'improve' their search experience if they never enshittified the results page like 10 years ago.

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Probably trying to cash in on some sweet intelligence agency and law enforcement funding for helping the government bypass the 4th Amendment by supplying the government with your data.

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Go ahead and walk, no one is stopping you.

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Rip all the computer shit out of your car and slap a carburetor on it, problem solved.

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Good, the taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizing rich peoples tech toys.

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Roads are critical infrastructure, a luxury vehicle is not.

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Don't forget 70mph winds blowing across the highway in the Plains states too.

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pfff... I'm going back to Windows XP Pro x64 Edition.

Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time?

I'm sick of random capitalisations mid sentence. I'm sick of common words being replaced by less common ones or even downright nonsense. I'm sick of it taking three attempts to successfully get the word I want. I swear it's been like this for five years or more. Can we have a better version yet, or at least the old one back?

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It worked great on Blackberry and earlier Samsung Galaxy S devices... How did they make it worse?

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Stop using biometrics period.

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Never happen, why would the government shut down one of its favorite surveillance tools.

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PSA: Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC doesn't have any of this shit, won't bother you and is supported until 2027

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If anything, they need to revert back to control panel.

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They can pry MPC-BE from my warm cheeze curl stained hands! I've been using it to play 4K BluRays on an HTPC, and to decode all these new proprietary surround sound codecs so I don't need to buy a new expensive ass AVR.

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And then those updates have a tendency to break shit, in a way that forces you to spend hours fixing it.

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The internet should have just stuck with IRC

Generative AI Is Coming To Your Home Appliances (www.forbes.com)

Across all industries, organizations are rapidly embracing generative AI. Among them, makers of home appliances like fridges and ovens. Generative AI in your oven? Why not? Ater all, AI has been creeping into our homes for years (think smart lightbulbs and Alexa) – but thanks to generative AI, these interactions will become...

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I'm am seriously getting tired of having to buy, restore, and maintain antique devices/cars/electronics/etc just to get away from this cancerous "smart" tech shit that is infecting everything.

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I literally cut the Bixby button out of my old phone because I'd keep accidentally bumping it.

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Such an amazing resource that was, not only did it have the albums available, but several different pressings, source media, and versions of each one. Something no commercial entity can come close to offering at any price.

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Most CDs pressed after the mid-90's are audiological garbage not worth paying for.

If the waveform looks like this, I ain't buying it:

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/dc5cb3dc-9c79-41b6-ac0c-55617cf62bb0.jpeg

Google will start showing AI-powered search results to users who didn't opt in (www.engadget.com)

If you're in the US, you might see a new shaded section at the top of your Google Search results with a summary answering your inquiry, along with links for more information. That section, generated by Google's generative AI technology, used to appear only if you've opted into the Search Generative Experience(SGE) in the Search...

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Just give me back the results from the 00's era of google. They need to go backwards not ""forwards"".

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Its been dead ever since normies found it and took it over. Around when /r/wtf turned into into a G rated Disney movie to appease advertisers or soccer moms, etc.

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Double of nothing is, let me do the math here, nothing into nothing, carry the nothin'...

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If you've got disposable income and use the latest tech devices as a status symbol, absolutely.

If you're going the projector route, I'd say definitely. New laser projectors and screen tech is waaaaaay beyond what it used to be.

If you're a gamer (or using a TV as a PC monitor) I'd say yes, the tech here has advanced quite a bit, and 4K gaming looks really good if your hardware can support it.

If you've got a home theater setup, and are a movie buff, I'd say maybe, depending on how big of screen you want, how much money you want to spend, and how satisfied you are with your current gear. For me I don't think the latest tech improvements justify the thousands of dollars of new gear I'd have to re-buy just to get 4K/HDR and ATMOS support when most of the movies I watch don't even have good 5.1 tracks and are still on 480i or 1080p based media because they're so old.

If you're a casual viewer of movies, streaming content, and TV shows, absolutely not. Any LED 1080p capable TV that isn't trash tier is fine.

IRS has launched its free tax filing service, Direct File, in 12 states (arstechnica.com)

"Direct File provides a free, secure option for taxpayers with simple tax situations in 12 states to file their taxes directly with the IRS," the Treasury Department said. "Direct File is easy to use, with no hidden junk fees, and works as well on a smartphone as it does on a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer. Direct File...

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Would be better if people would vote for candidates that would work to eliminate income taxes entirely.

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There are multiple distros with live-cd (or usb drive) where you can boot to a desktop environment without installing anything if you want to try them.

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Should just end Windows 11 instead.

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The corporations and political groups that employ them would pick up the tab.

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No, we need less urban environment. High density cities are a cancer on the earth.

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Without capitalism there wouldn't be anything to enshitify...

Tech Used to Be Bleeding Edge, Now it’s Just Bleeding | After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling. (www.vice.com)

Tech Used to Be Bleeding Edge, Now it’s Just Bleeding | After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling.::After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling.

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Somewhere along the line they went from creating goods and services that people could use to improve their lives, to dreaming up some dystopian futuristic bullshit, then using their control over technology, governments, and media to make that dream a reality.

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This, I had multiple old machines with these kinds of specs, I put Slackware on them, dropped in an ethernet card (or two), and used them for all sorts of things, iptables firewall/router, email server, network storage, irc server, etc. It breathed new life into seriously outdated hardware.

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