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groovybits··on Firefox Private Browsing mode upgrade
> put a permanent private mode indicator in the UI.

There is. The purple and white mask icon in the upper-right window corner, and in each private tab.

groovybits··on Meta to sell Giphy after UK watchdog confirms ruling
> far poorer security and privacy practices

Poorer than Meta? Is that even possible?

groovybits··on Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think
I've been a Shadow PC [0] user on and off for the past few years. The performance was very good, granted I have a 1 gigabit Internet connection.

0: https://shadow.tech

groovybits··on X64 Cheat Sheet (2019) [pdf]
It really depends where you go. In undergrad, my first intro CS course was basically working through the Intel x86 manuals[0].

Partway through, I transferred to another state, and their college's intro course was about C.

0: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/t...

groovybits··on The deception of “buying” digital movies
Awesome, thank you! Have you attempted transferring those backups from one computer to another? (i.e. upgrading from one Mac to the next)
groovybits··on The deception of “buying” digital movies
Hi, can you explain (or link to) the process you use to download them? Is it manually one-by-one? Or is there a way to batch backup?

Thanks

groovybits··on Listenbox: Listen and publish YouTube shows as podcasts
I've been using Listenbox for a bit now, and its been great to bring YouTube-only content into my preferred podcast client (Overcast) to enable dead-noise reduction and voice boost.

I saw the last time it was posted here was 2019, and I've since seen discussion on how folks would appreciate a service like this.

groovybits··on “Privacy”.com–Yeah Right
Wow, I have a Citi card and I never knew! I don't think I've ever been promoted this feature before.

I remember BofA used to. When they closed it, I thought everyone else followed suite.

groovybits··on “Privacy”.com–Yeah Right
Younger audiences may not remember, but yes: major card providers used provide virtual card numbers back in the day.

This is a feature of the past, and most providers don't do it anymore. The only one I know of is Capital One's Eno: https://www.capitalone.com/digital/eno/virtual-card-numbers/

groovybits··on GeForce RTX 40 Series
Can you show me a build that you can make from off-the-shelf parts today for $700 that is comparable to the 6700XT in the Series X, without carrying over existing parts?

PC Part Picker doesn't seem to think so: https://pcpartpicker.com/builds/#X=0,70000&sort=price

groovybits··on uBlock Origin Lite: Description
> I'd suggest stop trying to support chrome and let it die?

You're living in a bubble. If the extension doesn't support Chrome, its the extension that dies, not Chrome.

groovybits··on GeForce RTX 40 Series
In the US, at least, its common to simply pay that $1k phone over time on a plan - or simply never stop paying off a phone through an upgrade program, either through their carrier or direct (e.g. iPhone Upgrade Program).

$30/mo doesn't hit as hard as $1100 up front. For some consumers, its a fundamentally different way of thinking.

groovybits··on GeForce RTX 40 Series
As a PC gamer who's slowly losing interest in favor of console gaming...

I don't mean to sound ignorant, but how is any GPU comparable to a console.

For $500, I can get: a Series X and a controller, ready to play out of the box. With GamePass (currently $1 first month), I get instant access to a large library of games.

A current GPU (20, 30, or 40 -series) costs more than that, and I also need to purchase the additional components to put it all together.

I built a PC in college because it used to be the most cost effective option. But that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. These 40-series prices will define the cost for the next generation of cards, and IMO its too much to justify for casual gaming.

groovybits··on Rockstar Games confirms they were hacked by an outside party
GTA 6 was officially announced Feb 4, 2022

At the bottom of this blog post, under "What's next"

https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/ak73k92o47ko7...

groovybits··on Factorio is coming to Nintendo Switch
Not sure if Valve 'woke up' too late, as opposed to simply taking longer to come to market, and with a much more grand vision than other manufacturers have.

Valve recently released a promo booklet for the Steam Deck [1]. Page 14 of that booklet describes how each of their products have iterated in various verticals for their platform to make one cohesive device.

Namely:

* The Steam Controller: Produced the Steam Input system, one of the most flexible input systems in existence.

* The Steam Link: Produced Remote Play, which to my knowledge has no relative competition on other platforms.

* The Steam Machine: Produced SteamOS and Proton.

* The Valve Index: Produced the first premium product from Valve, and the lessons learned from manufacturing, shipping, and support.

All of these devices combined gave us the Steam Deck. Considering the pandemic's impact, Valve has made more rapid progress than Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony since 2015 in the gaming space. The usual market players have had years to make small iterations. Valve caught up in approx. 7 years, and with an open platform that provides more innovation to come.

Don't get me wrong - the Nintendo Switch is a fantastic device, and sparked a new form factor and experience that others only hope to emulate. As usual, they define the handheld gaming market. But Valve shot for the sun and came very close.

1: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/3401926...

groovybits··on Factorio is coming to Nintendo Switch
> I wonder for how long Switch will remain as a popular platform

2023 will likely bring us the next Switch hardware revision. If backwards compatibility remains, the Switch line will remain relevant for years to come.

> Personally, I just wonder why something like Genshin Impact isn't on Switch yet

Leaks in August reported that Genshin Impact on Switch was delayed because of CPU limitations due to size and regularly updated content.

groovybits··on Factorio is coming to Nintendo Switch
Off the top: Monster Hunter Rise, Xenoblade series, Doom 2016 and Eternal, New Pokemon Snap, Zelda BOTW, Luigi's Mansion 3, Super Mario Odyssey, Astral Chain, Crysis, and Alien Isolation.
groovybits··on Nintendo escaped the console war. Now Microsoft and Sony want out, too
I think the 'console wars' are still relevant, maybe even more so now that both Microsoft and Playstation have their own subscription models. I think there will always be a market segment for console gamers, despite how many Xbox and PS titles go to PC.

> Sometimes I feel like Nintendo is becoming a brand for middle age millennials trying to relive their childhood.

As someone coming into middle-age, I relate to this. With less free time, but more money, I personally suffer from 'choice paralysis' sometimes. I almost exclusively played PC games in college, but now I don't want to use a computer after work to play games. Consoles give me simple, high-quality bursts of fun - and for less hassle than a PC. Nintendo specifically gives me that hit of nostalgia wrapped in new experiences.

Everyone has their preferences. But I've been leaning away from PC and towards consoles.

groovybits··on Nintendo escaped the console war. Now Microsoft and Sony want out, too
> completely novel IP

No kidding - Splatoon 1 launched on the Wii U platform in May 2015, when everyone considered the Wii U to be a flop. It had so much going against it at the time:

- New/unrecognized IP

- Shooter genre, which typically doesn't cater to Nintendo's fan base

- Third-person shooter, which is all but extinct, save for Gears of War

- Online-centric, something Nintendo is not known for

Splatoon has been a surprise success from the very beginning.

groovybits··on iOS 16 Available September 12th
FWIW, the iOS 15 beta was also solid leading up to release.

There's something about general availability that just hits different, exposing bugs to be fixed in the eventual .1 release.

groovybits··on AdGuard publishes the first ad blocker built on Manifest V3
> What do you think is the future (+2 years) for people with hatred for ads?

DNS-based blocking

groovybits··on Debian's Chromium changes default search engine to DDG
Agree that is was not a great idea, or one that anyone asked for.

I saw it as a way for Canonical to start bringing end-user-oriented features to the Linux desktop, something that Linux sorely needed circa 00s and early 10s. They also had the forethought to bring web apps to the desktop before most major players did.

It was all part of their 'continutity' push at the time: desktop and phone in one cohesive interface. Too early for its time, but its clearly working for Apple.

groovybits··on Debian's Chromium changes default search engine to DDG
Citation?

Lots of folks misremember how the Unity Home Lens feature actually worked, and that the Ubuntu installer explicitly asked you whether you wanted it enabled.

If enabled, there was no presumption of local-only search. It was front and center in your search results, and the affiliate revenue was only collected when you clicked on that Amazon result.

Canonical claimed that the search was forwarded to them, and then anonymized to Amazon. That's more than what Microsoft seems to do with Bing results in Windows search, which you can't seem to disable without installing third-party scripts.

Was it a perfect solution? No - But it was a way to make revenue in an otherwise open-source project and free of cost. Its interesting how on some days, people argue for more money towards FOSS devs, and then others argue that revenue-building systems shouldn't be implemented. Yeah, Canonical makes enterprise investments, but they're obviously weren't in the realm of Red Hat in terms of enterprise support.

groovybits··on Apple expands Self Service Repair to Mac notebooks
No need to speculate. The LinusTechTips crew posted a video detailing what you get: https://youtu.be/F90q1WVZ2N4

I'm not an Apple employee or repair technician. They seem like professional tools - I would definitely need to reference the included instructions.

groovybits··on Putting Tailscale on the Steam Deck
Two different things - client and server

Moonlight is a client for Nvidia GameStream, a local streaming server solution. A computer running GeForce Experience hosts the GameStream server - a client device running Moonlight receives the stream.

Typically GameStream is only hosted from a computer running GeForce Experience, which I believe is Windows-only and only compatible with Nvidia graphics cards. This Sunshine project is an alternative GameStream server, so that it can be hosted on macOS and Linux as well.

groovybits··on Putting Tailscale on the Steam Deck
I also suggest being wary of early reviews of battery life. Later software updates introduced useful features that can improve battery life, such as 40 Hz refresh mode and FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR).

Most early reviews wouldn't have taken that into account.

groovybits··on An incident impacting 5M accounts and private information on Twitter
Last time I tried (last year), Twitter did not accept VoIP numbers. I tried Google Voice and Sudo (which are provisioned by Twilio).
groovybits··on Rocky Linux 9.0
I don't have exceptional experience with either Alma or Rocky, but I've been administering enterprise Red Hat and CentOS for years.

1.5 years in enterprise time is hardly any time at all. Heck, it takes that time to approve a budget in some enterprises. Yeah, time-to-release is an important metric, but software compatibility and industry support is really the magic sauce.

In my industry, we'll be using current CentOS 7 installs until EOL, and watch all derivatives with interest over the long term - given they provide anything over current RH ecosystem (RHEL, CentOS Stream, Fedora).

groovybits··on Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent
Very common in NYC. Someone on the street will ask you to "have something" or "check out something I'm giving away for free", acting as if it is a gift.

As you walk away with said thing, that person will accuse you of stealing and use it as means for a physical altercation.

groovybits··on Ask HN: Examples of large acquisitions that did not ruin the acquired company?
Lucasfilm, perhaps.

LucasArts (now known as Lucasfilm Games)... tell that to the games that were put on hold and then eventually cancelled upon acquisition.

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