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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trying to earn a record for "youngest person to <insert a thing>" is just an IRL speedrun⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Makes me thing of high-scores runs, mainly in arcade games. Have to play for a long time, and eventually you get stopped by a kill screen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monster Hunter Wilds - Release Date Reveal Trailer | PS5 Games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I get this. Loved Tri and Freedom Unite, played a decent amount of 4, some of World, and barely started Rise.

  They’re always exciting, and I don’t dislike any of the games, but it’s just a lot to get going, really invest the time, and get the value out of these.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Understandable, I’m really looking forward to FF getting tab groups too. I don’t know why such a nice feature was left unimplemented for so long. 🫤

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And I mean, there’s still time now. Switching browser’s isn’t that bad. Export+import some bookmarks and adjust some settings, good to go.

  I think FF has been a good option for a while. But the second best time is now. I can totally get it if people didn’t want to switch until they had more of a concrete problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit blocking all major search engines, except Google⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just like Reddit’s changes last year, seems like a clear and reasonaly expected consequence of ‘the our text is so valuable because AI’ idea.

  The web will probably continue to become more gated and more fragmented as a result of that, plus trying to get more control to force ads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any good casual/low-stress mobile games that aren't filled with microtransactions?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The website nobsgames.stavros.io helps surface these, and let’s you filter out based on different things.

  One that I like in particular is Gauguin. It’s a Sudoku-like with different math-y rules.

  Anuto TD is also really good, but not so low stress.

  Lichess, if you’re into Chess. It’s a great, no compromise, high quality app. Stressful if you get too worked up about competitive, but puzzles are at least relaxing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky opens to public registration⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not really federated so far, right? They talk a lot about being open, but (when) will they be really? Can I sign up for an account that intereacts with Bluesky through any other provider?

  I mean, I signed up, it seems interesting enough. If nothing else it has some recognizable accounts to follow, better network effect than Mastodon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We're listening and we hear you. We've been planning a business update event for next week, where we look forward to sharing more details with you about our vision for the future of Xbox. Stay tuned.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Should be interesting.

  I haven’t kept the closest eye on this - rumor is they’re planning to port more of their games to competing platforms, maybe allow 3rd party Xbox hardware, and phase out most physical Xbox games, right? Or am I way off the mark?