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It's still a security risk though: you still have to visit those sites to determine if they have ads or not. Why browse without proper protection?

EA-3167 is referring to Iran, not Ukraine.

There's a MiSTer core: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/BBCBridgeCompanion_MiSTer

I'm continually baffled that there are people on HN that browse the internet without a content blocker. UBlock origin on Firefox, I see none of what you describe. I just wouldn't r…

> Sony is discontinuing disc sales as a response to how gamers are buying games not the other way around. I disagree. They are using that as an excuse, when in reality they simply …

I disagree about drywall versus plaster, save for ease of repair. Maybe it's just in most cases you won't encounter the highest quality drywall, nor will the installation be well d…

There are some spots in the US where you drive on the left, albeit for a short distance and the road is divided. Still messes with my brain. E.g., here in the northern suburbs of D…

You don't care about game ownership, collecting physical media or being able to sell or let someone borrow your games, nor that a big company controls when you can play your games.…

"Somewhat dishonest"? It's plagiarism. Just because you claim the output of a machine as your own instead of the writing of another human as your own doesn't somehow make it yours …

It also lists some "castles" that no longer exist, e.g., Fort Detroit, which was where downtown is and very much not extant (and not to be confused with Fort Wayne to the southwest…

What is microtx? I see some Oracle product called that but I don't get what it has to do with games.

This article is just a summary of one from Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-07-17/valve-...

If Windows continually supports third parties installing malware (without your consent and through Windows update, not some third party updater), at what point can the OS itself be…

The selling point, for me, is that it's a console in both form factor (not a PC tower, smaller than small PC cases) and easy of use (you plug it in, you play games, no shopping aro…

SteamOS uses KDE Plasma for the desktop mode, not Gnome.

Not only do you have to build them, but in all those builds the cases are several times larger than the Steam Machine, so they are not actually equivalent. If you care about the fo…

The author of this article is way too kind to LG. They write: "I think the terms and conditions are an attempt at corporate ass-covering rather than something sinister: the precedi…

This is also about monitors (as per the article, even the title...). Those are dumb and can't connect to the internet, but as soon as you connect them to a Windows 11 PC software i…

Tired of adware and spyware on TVs? Get a monitor that doesn't connect to the internet... and Windows will happily install spyware for you. N.B., the title here is wrong, this is a…

Plus: (1) the security camera footage is constantly overwritten. (2) the video from the glasses is being uploaded to Meta .

How would permanent DST matter in that regard? Are people going to bed at like 4 pm in the winter and now upset they'd have to wait until 5? DST is already used in the summer (and …

I've definitely talked to people that though daylight savings time is the time used in the winter, since that's when there are the fewest daylight hours and you need to "save" them…

I mostly just want the time change to end, but I definitely prefer DST since the afternoon sun is something everyone can enjoy in the winter. I don't get how dark mornings (when a …

I don't know how people can even manage to read through this stuff, much less upvote it. It's even more depressing to me that a comment her got flagged for pointing out this was sl…

Skin Deep by Blendo games, which came out in 2025, used Id Tech 4 (despite its age). Super fun game with a ton of personality!