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crtasm··on AI fan wikis riddled with errors are muddying the waters of games culture
This story seems to be missing the part where someone verified any of the document is correct.
crtasm··on Distributed Proofreaders
Turned 26 this month: https://blog.pgdp.net/
crtasm··on Ofcom concedes defeat in 4chan case
Did they fully block it or just put it on the blocklists that you can turn off in your account settings?

https://www.blocked.org.uk/site/http://www.4chan.org suggests the latter to me, but the checks aren't very recent

crtasm··on Laser Fault Injection on a Budget: RP2350 Edition (2025)
Just watched a talk on this topic from last December: https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-of-boot-vectors-and-double-glitc...
crtasm··on Steam Client is now faster than Epic's new vibe coded launcher
Thankfully you can turn off that news popup in the settings.
crtasm··on OpenAI engineer arrested in bugging of executive conference room
Pictures on https://sfstandard.com/2026/10/13/openai-engineer-arrested-a...
crtasm··on Passkeys are a trap
>2

Incredible... if I ever get that I'll enjoy pointing out I've had my domain longer than gmail has existed.

crtasm··on So, you’d like to sell your print issues of The Onion?
>Certain issues of The Onion newspaper are mysteriously missing from our 270-year archive, and you might be able to help us recover them.
crtasm··on Why should I have to pay more for buses if I don't use a smartphone?
In London you can top up your Oyster card in many small shops. Maybe someone here can confirm what the financial arrangement is - my assumption is the shop doesn't charge the operator as they get the benefit of more customers spending on other items.
crtasm··on Why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl
What form does a book take on patreon if there's no file to download - is it just one huge text post?
crtasm··on Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel
Clicking them here lists specific kernels, is that enough to tell you?

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/l...

crtasm··on Hacking SimCity 2000 saved games
Have you seen sites like https://www.moddb.com/ https://gamebanana.com/ etc? The modding scene always seems very active when I drop in there
crtasm··on Pirating the Pirates
In the UK Red Dwarf had full series on VHS from 1991, albeit a messy release and taking some years to catch up with what was currently airing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dwarf#Home_video_releases
crtasm··on Pirating the Pirates
As far as I can see none of the content mentioned in the post is under an exclusivity rule (it can all be shared in other places).

Whether a 90GB file will still have anyone seeding it on a small or public tracker at the point you want to download it is another question of course.

crtasm··on PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock
I'm also on Android, running LineageOS without adding google services
crtasm··on PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock
I use NewPipe so I can subscribe to channels and put channels/videos into playlists, without needing to make a youtube account.
crtasm··on PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock
Says it was archived in July? https://github.com/polymorphicshade/Tubular
crtasm··on Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges
dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49815381 1 day ago | 270 comments
crtasm··on A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts
Strangely in Tor Browser I can middle click but not right click, despite it being based on Firefox and running in the same xfce session.
crtasm··on Two Git ignore files nobody told me about
Yes you may have to create the directory :)
crtasm··on Samsung accidentally freezes its smart fridges with a software update
When you had an offline fridge did you ever find yourself in a situation where remotely setting the temperature would have been useful?
crtasm··on Two Git ignore files nobody told me about
Out of the box you can use ~/.config/git/ignore and ~/.config/git/config
crtasm··on Custom home server built from spare parts
On the wifi requirement I just noticed unraid has added wifi support
crtasm··on NATS Major Incident Preliminary Investigation Report [pdf]
dupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49754064
crtasm··on The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week
what was the url? asking for a wayback friend
crtasm··on Alternatives to MinIO for single-node local S3
as per the title the scope here is single-node local S3
crtasm··on The High Crime of "LMAO": How Cops Are Treating Mass Surveillance as a Joke
more comments on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49699493
crtasm··on Jimmy Kimmel Interviews James Talarico
>Kimmel said that since the show began over 20 years ago, he has interviewed “Americans who are running for office with no problem at all”, noting that this ranged “from Hillary Clinton to Ted Cruz to Donald Trump himself”.

>“I interviewed Donald Trump when he was running for president in 2015,” Kimmel said. Trump came back for another interview, just before he became the Republican nominee in 2016.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/jimmy-kimmel...

crtasm··on Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns
Oh that's a redirect, it's on https://nitter.miningtcup.me/

You'll need to remove a couple of unintended spaces when copy pasting the rule.

crtasm··on Tiny $70 Xteink X3 e-reader
Easy to flash Crosspoint and then you can add any font you like (there's also a selection you can download directly on the device) https://crosspointreader.com/fonts

Kerning and hyphenation is also better than the stock firmware

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