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I think the decreasing fondness of Windows can mostly be blamed on Microsoft forcing their internet services on users; with the need for Microsoft accounts being the most recent & …

> Was it worth it? I can only give anecdotes, but the majority of the support I saw for leaving the EU wasn't rooted in hard economics – there were claims about doing our own free …

I have close friends from a TF2 community server that's been dead for over a decade now, but I can't think of anyone I've met via random matchmaking since. Game servers are the per…

Codemasters being the company who made the Game Genie AND the best racing games out there is a square I've never been able to circle. It feels a tad unreal for me. One of those stu…

Seems like a repeat of what happened in January with the Pixel 4a's battery. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42865619

Rats maps! If your mutliplayer game had a map editor, you'd be sure there'd be one of those massive house maps available.

I'm not one for external services piggybacked onto other software, but the ability to quickly send something to my Kobo has been a godsend. edit: I had no idea Mozilla actually bou…

Most anti-cheats will immediately kick/ban someone from a game if it detects certain applications or hooks. Good for removing cheaters, but that gives cheat devs immediate feedback…

I'll always be amazed at how Skype went from being top dog in 2010 to not even being considered a choice in 2020. How did Microsoft drop the ball so hard that when the Pandemic rol…

Worth mentioning that despite mentioning kids in the title, the examples in the article include multiple cases of adults at the time who were also struggling . Pointing at smartpho…

Really with a lack of resources (and the relative safety & time available), off the wall thinking became the standard for British researchers throughout the war – to the point wher…

I've been stuck down the Casio modding rabbit hole as of late. I knew filling the watch with oil ('hydro-mod') lead to a crisper display with better viewing angles and increased wa…

I can say from experience that it doesn't. I get daily notifications & popups telling me that I'm X days out of date.

Hi, (soon to be ex) Pixel 4a user here. Regardless of why this update has happened, the way Google have went about this update is sketchy at best, and deceitful at worst. To be pla…

Worth mentioning Office Space as well for 99. All three of those films comprise the Pre-Millennium paranoid, existential, system of control trilogy.

I hate to be that other guy, and I in no way way want to override your own experiences but... I'm sure my experiences with being bullied have actively hindered me in my life, even …

Not a genius but I'd speculate that it's a mix of the following in the 2010s: - Boom of small & lightweight HD cameras, your GoPros and the like. - Proliferation of video editing t…

I can't accept Drum and Bass, we need Jungle I'm afraid. Genuinely glad I got to experience so much of it growing up with a PS1 and the genre's stuck with me. If you want to focus …

I'll make sure to remember some prime numbers for when I croak.

>All weapon systems that consist of an expensive vehicle and an expensive-to-train crew are being re-evaluated against drones right now. Worth mentioning that this already happened…

I'd say half of it comes down to Valve having the staff with the key knowledge and skills to provide support, and the other half comes down to not being public. I'm sure many devs …

You're not the only one who hates it - https://nohello.net/en/

Meanwhile instead of some fancy building, their embassy over here is... Well, a little more domestic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_North_Korea,_London

The title is too clickbait for my tastes and I found it a tad too dismissive – but a lot of what it touches on paints a clear image of why things here feel increasingly bleak, and …