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Check out BF2Hub. The community isn't big, but you can generally find a server or three with real players in it (just look for players with a ping; 0 ping means a bot).

> They are using Microsoft formats instead of the open-source one. They will need to focus on Microsoft's formats for the foreseeable future because of the sheer amount of archaic,…

I'm astonished just how quickly LLMs have eroded critical thinking, perhaps exposing my own biases and assumptions about just how much I believed or understood others critically ev…

> those who called themselves "consultants" often did the same thing Still do, but merely parrot what the stochastic parrot squarks these days.

It had help, to be fair. XD

Do these Firefox extensions help? I haven't used this, as I didn't know it was a feature I needed until you mentioned it. - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/find-in-p…

> I think people are being naive here thinking this can't or won't happen in tech. What would this future look like? Software developer salaries burrowing into the ground?

> Domain knowledge can be learnt much quicker than how to apply good engineering principles. Partially disagree. Broad-strokes domain knowledge can be learned quickly, but honing t…

Microsoft's key customers aren't consumers, its business and government: specifically enterprise licensing agreements. If Microsoft seriously upset business and governments, they w…

And this won't be their first time breaking Australian Consumer Law... Twelve months ago no less! https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/microsoft-in-court-for... The ACCC is going …

The key bit: > 'AB 1921' is one of the first instances of bringing these demands into the institutional fold. Under the bill, companies selling digital games released or resold aft…

A few now opt for twilight sedation - you'll not remember a thing though you're not fully knocked out, which I understand helps mitigate the risks. I've had multiple surgeries unde…

Horse and cart might be antiquated and slow, but my god are they so much cheaper and more reliable than the modern car. Many parts of the world still rely on horse and cart today, …

Software Freedom Conservancy is at least fighting back. https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/may/18/bambu-studio-3d-p...

> Dario Amodei and Elon Musk worked out a sweetheart deal, which they - framed as a “ramp-up,” - that allowed Anthropic to artificially depress its costs. I also question how much …

> Use AI to make things clearer, not longer. Let it sharpen your thinking, not replace it. If someone sends me an AI generated email, chat message, or message substantially influen…

> It still says "Always free" on the website for me. It's both on the billing page on the page linked in the article. Just went to the website directly: says "Get Started Free". "A…

> You lay off 1100 who are late in their career for younger people who will work more hours for less. Yet management always seems to miss the institutional knowledge, and experienc…

> February 2026. An employee at Context.ai, one of those AI productivity tools that promises to "supercharge your workflow," downloads a Roblox cheat. The cheat contains an infoste…