On a regular basis, probably classic DooM / DooM 2.

None of the Android 16 changes so far have made my phone nicer to use. Most of them have been jarring and unpleasant. This is absolutely vile.

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I feel like people might be misunderstanding the request. Are you after something like AlarmPi?

I have been known to say it to my cat though, which is kinda deserving of a little ridicule.

“behind”

IIRC, the term predates Android, and was originally coined to refer to installing non-apple applications on the original iPhone. At the time, this could only be done via cable. So, as distinct from “downloading” from the app store to the device, it does make a certain kind of sense. It’s been accepted into the vernacular with a slightly warped meaning, but that’s language for you.

Most interesting part of this article is the mention of VegaOS, which I hadn’t heard of. Not because I approve of anything Amazon does, ever, but depending on how much of a Linux it actually is, the jailbreaking / homebrew potential is intriguing.

This isn’t -bad- news, but I’m still not impressed. They could have just, you know, not done it in the first place. They don’t get credit for partially walking back a bad decision. The “advanced flow” is more likely a dark pattern, and will still have a chilling effect on FOSS uptake and distribution, which is still the intended purpose of the change.

Sort of? Never used OneTab but it looks like a single list. Tabs aside breaks up tab sets into sessions / windows.

Tabs aside.

Nothing you can’t do with bookmarks, but it’s a much nicer interface.

+1 for Soulseek. Torrents for music tend to be very hit and miss.

I’m happy enough with my current (non-oss) watch that I’m not going to change until it becomes unusable, but if I had to make the decision today, I’d probably have a go at installing Asteroid OS on a secondhand device.

Bielefeld conspiracy. The city of Bielefeld in Germany does not exist. Everyone claiming to live there is a paid actor. Anyone who says they’ve visited is either in on it or has been decieved.

Agent Mode can click around as if it were a human user, with full access to that user’s authentication and browsing history

Yeah, that should be fine.

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I had no idea gPodder could do that. I’d never tried it, just assumed it was mostly for playing and syncing with the web service.

Thanks!

Actually that’s something I hadn’t considered. I do have a Jellyfin / *arr setup, there might be something in that ecosystem that does at least part of what I want.

Social skills are like any other skill; they can be learned. I’d suggest volunteering. It’s usually okay if you’re a bit weird and awkward so long as you’re contributing. I’ve done a fair bit of volunteer work and been on both sides of that. Plus it gives you a common goal and instant common ground with people; there’s at least one thing you all care enough about to do it for free.

I guarantee you they’ll still collect marketing data, they just won’t show the resulting targeted ads until you let your subscription lapse.

No, the point of the entire site is to generate revenue. They’ve been pushing subscription based AI to “help” with profile writing for a while. GenAI content is also supposed to be good for juicing engagement numbers to show to advertisers.

I agree with you that it probably won’t work and the whole thing will degenerate into shrimp Jesus and bots replying to bots, but that’s the line of thinking. They don’t give a fuck about the quality of the service.