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Scoring6931on Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font

Took them long enough to change!

Both Inter and Iosevka are gorgeous fonts.

Cantarell was so, so ugly.

Scoring6931on Penguin Mail – open-source Rust email client for Linux with AI

Threading as in grouping together all replies to an email. This is still somewhat buggy on Thunderbird in 2026.

Scoring6931on When did Google get so weird?

Last time I tried Kagi, which was a few months ago, it was 90% Google results, just with a tad of filtering and reordering.

So the trick is to drop that nonsensical AI summarizer at the top.

Scoring6931on When did Google get so weird?

Kagi uses mainly Google for its search results, so that's a given.

Scoring6931on Microsoft abandons personal AI chatbot race with Copilot reboot

But in this case, the discount comes with a downgrade. Still worth it for many people, and Microsoft shouldn't hide it.

Scoring6931on You can defeat the Dream Devourer from Chrono Trigger using an int overflow

I used to listen to this album all the time some good 15 years ago, but have forgot its name.

Thank you so much for this. I am so glad to find this again.

Scoring6931on Oracle’s 6am layoff emails hit staff amid new wave of cuts

It seems to be a British article.

For European standards, it's not only cold but would be absurdly illegal.

Scoring6931on iPhone Duo

It was a genuine question. I also suffer from eye issues and a bigger font and warmer colours really help, with no need for a bigger screen in my experience.

Absolutely no need to be rude.

Scoring6931on iPhone Duo

Why don't you try an increased font size with the display size you already got?

Scoring6931on Muse: Meta's personal AI agent, features and capabilities

Well, perhaps. But to the same extent that all the other social networks' usage numbers would also be highly inflated.

Scoring6931on Stacked PRs are now live on GitHub

git rebase --update-refs

If one wants to keep it to vanilla git.

Scoring6931on The iPhone Upgrade Program is being replaced by Apple Upgrade

Europe has a concept novel to most Americans which is known as public transport.

Scoring6931on The iPhone Upgrade Program is being replaced by Apple Upgrade

You need to travel more. Plenty of people in Canadian cities rely on public transport just fine.

Scoring6931on Brazil's Pix payment system faces pressure from Visa and Mastercard

As if Visa and Mastercard did not sell customer data...

Scoring6931on Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11

It's called 365 Classic and it's hidden in the Subscriptions section of your Microsoft account.

Scoring6931on Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps

They haven't been dominant in the gaming market for a long time now. Since the beginning of the last generation (Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch), Microsoft has had the worst selling game consoles. And they are getting weaker with every year: the Xbox director was fired just a few weeks ago.

Scoring6931on Just the Browser

What a rude thing to say. No one is forcing you to use it.

Scoring6931on Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal without proof of seeding

Market cap is not cash in the bank.

Scoring6931on 2M users but no money in the bank

It's hardly annual price times 30. You must account for inflation.

Scoring6931on Android's theft protection features

It's literally in the second item under Section 1.

Scoring6931on Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose

If it wasn't for Turing your job might not have been a thing. If it wasn't for Tim Berners-Lee, we might not have been here having this discussion.

Hint: neither is/was American. Just to throw some examples.

Scoring6931on FAQ on Leaving Google

They had a YouTube. It was called Google Video, and it went nowhere.

Scoring6931on Google Podcasts to shut down in 2024

Google Video was YouTube’s competitor. Only after some years Google acquired YT

Scoring6931on HP fails to derail claims that it bricks scanners on printers when ink runs low

I have one of the same model. WiFi connection doesn’t seem to work. I’ve tried every troubleshooting article I could find, to the extent of setting a static IP for it in my router. Otherwise a great printer, but that issue did leave a bad taste in my mouth

Scoring6931on Return to Office Is Bullshit and Everyone Knows It

It is about being present in the office. As opposed to working from home, as in a house in the US.

Scoring6931on MP3 vs. AAC vs. FLAC vs. CD (2008)

It could be simply a difference in sound volume. Our brains tend to believe louder is better.

Scoring6931on EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-pr...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants...

Scoring6931on EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals

Nothing will change in your use case. Just keep using the App Store. No one is going to force you otherwise.

Scoring6931on EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals

Don't worry. Apple already installs spyware on their devices for the Chinese market. It's called iCloud.

Scoring6931on EU tells Apple to open everything up to its rivals

On Windows you can purchase games skipping a fee-incurring store altogether.

Apple is the one one getting flak for it because there's no other choice. You are forced to use their store.