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Comment on New Firefox features: Built-in free VPN, split view, tab notes in ~tech
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Comment on New Firefox features: Built-in free VPN, split view, tab notes in ~tech
all_summer_beauty Link ParentSplit view is the thing I miss most from when I daily drove Zen for a few weeks. Very happy to be getting it back (assuming it has good UX).Split view is the thing I miss most from when I daily drove Zen for a few weeks. Very happy to be getting it back (assuming it has good UX).
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Comment on New Firefox features: Built-in free VPN, split view, tab notes in ~tech
all_summer_beauty LinkSeveral things I'm excited about are coming in the next few Firefox updates! Split view is probably my #1, closely followed by the VPN (depending on how good it is). Full list from this post:...Several things I'm excited about are coming in the next few Firefox updates! Split view is probably my #1, closely followed by the VPN (depending on how good it is).
Full list from this post:
- Settings navigation improvements
- Free built-in VPN - "Users will have 50 gigabytes of data monthly in the U.S., France, Germany and U.K. to start." Available in Firefox 149 starting March 24.
- Smart Window (formerly AI Window)
- Split view - Available in Firefox 149 starting March 24.
- Tab notes
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New Firefox features: Built-in free VPN, split view, tab notes
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Comment on I’m looking for landscape architects or designers who use watercolor in their master plans in ~arts
all_summer_beauty Link ParentThat definitely does, great explanation! The piece I overlooked is that, by definition, similar images are not far from where you currently are. Which should have been obvious haha. I think I read...That definitely does, great explanation! The piece I overlooked is that, by definition, similar images are not far from where you currently are. Which should have been obvious haha. I think I read the part about "we don't need tags or metadata, just the image" and misinterpreted it to mean that the system itself doesn't use them, when in fact that sentence refers to user input specifically.
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Comment on I’m looking for landscape architects or designers who use watercolor in their master plans in ~arts
all_summer_beauty Link Parent/offtopic Holy cow, same.energy is incredible. I appreciate that it links to where it gets each image. How is it so fast?/offtopic
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Comment on Ageless Linux emerges to protest OS-level age verification laws in ~tech
all_summer_beauty (edited )LinkQuestionable accuracy of the Ageless Linux website aside, here's New York's bill that's currently in committee (emphasis mine):...Questionable accuracy of the Ageless Linux website aside, here's New York's bill that's currently in committee (emphasis mine):
"Age Assurance" shall mean any method to reasonably determine the age category of a user, using methods that reasonably prevent against circumvention. Such method (...) may be a method that is identified pursuant to new regulations promulgated by the Attorney General.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8102/amendment/original
Clearly worse than California's if it passes in this condition.
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Comment on Proton Mail helped US FBI unmask anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ protester in ~tech
all_summer_beauty Link ParentI was thinking this too, but apparently Signal has a way to handle this: So, if I'm interpreting this correctly, Signal and your payment processor know that you paid money to Signal, but that...I was thinking this too, but apparently Signal has a way to handle this:
Is my payment information linked to my Signal account?
No. Your payment information is not associated with your Signal account. Using the anonymous credential scheme that we introduced for Signal private groups, clients make payments and then associate a badge to their profile such that the server can authenticate the client is in the set of people who made a payment, but doesn’t know specifically which payment it corresponds to.
So, if I'm interpreting this correctly, Signal and your payment processor know that you paid money to Signal, but that payment (and thus any identifying information associated with it) is not linked to your Signal account in any way. It does make me wonder why Proton hasn't implemented something similar.
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Comment on The first multi-behavior brain upload in ~science
all_summer_beauty Link ParentWant to find all the most effective ways to exploit flaws in human psychology? No more painstaking trial-and-error over the course of years, just run simulations at high speed for a few hours/days...it would be very interesting to test
flyhuman traps on simulatedflieshumansWant to find all the most effective ways to exploit flaws in human psychology? No more painstaking trial-and-error over the course of years, just run simulations at high speed for a few hours/days until you see the desired outcome!
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Comment on The first multi-behavior brain upload in ~science
all_summer_beauty LinkNot really sure how to respond to this. I had a whole thing written about the AI character Cortana from the Halo series, who is a clone of a person's brain running on a flash drive, but I guess I...Eon’s mission is to produce the world’s largest connectome and highest-fidelity brain emulation, targeting a complete digital emulation of a mouse brain and laying the groundwork for eventual human-scale emulation.
Not really sure how to respond to this. I had a whole thing written about the AI character Cortana from the Halo series, who is a clone of a person's brain running on a flash drive, but I guess I don't know what to do with that connection. "Human-scale emulation" is not a phrase that makes me feel good about the future. "Look, we built a functioning human brain!" Okay, and what are you going to do with (to?) that brain sealed inside a computer? What will it be able to do? What will you allow it to do? Is a disembodied brain a mind? I'd lean toward "not quite", but where is the line drawn?
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Comment on ABC's 'The Rookie' to crossover with Dropout's 'Game Changer' in March episode in ~tv
all_summer_beauty Link ParentNot great... could be worse, I guess?I can’t speak for the cast, but I’ll speak for myself and say that the opportunity to expose Dropout to a big audience – one that’s probably not already familiar with us – felt too good to pass up. We owe everything to our fans, who are super passionate and hold us to a high standard, so it’s perhaps inevitable that we upset folks sometimes.
Not great... could be worse, I guess?
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Comment on Motorola and GrapheneOS Foundation partnership announced in ~tech
all_summer_beauty LinkVery happy to see this. I haven't paid attention to Motorola phones in a few years; it seems like the Razr folding phones are their "flagship" models (in the US, at least), is that correct? If so,...Very happy to see this. I haven't paid attention to Motorola phones in a few years; it seems like the Razr folding phones are their "flagship" models (in the US, at least), is that correct? If so, does anyone have experience with one they'd care to share? I've never had any interest in a folding phone but maybe I'm missing something. If the GrapheneOS phones are foldable and affordable, I could be persuaded.
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Comment on ABC's 'The Rookie' to crossover with Dropout's 'Game Changer' in March episode in ~tv
all_summer_beauty Link ParentThanks, I haven't paid much attention since dropping it after the first few episodes so I didn't know that it's more self-aware now. That's good to hear.Thanks, I haven't paid much attention since dropping it after the first few episodes so I didn't know that it's more self-aware now. That's good to hear.
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Comment on ABC's 'The Rookie' to crossover with Dropout's 'Game Changer' in March episode in ~tv
all_summer_beauty Link ParentOh jeez how did I not type that? Thanks for the correction.Oh jeez how did I not type that? Thanks for the correction.
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Comment on ABC's 'The Rookie' to crossover with Dropout's 'Game Changer' in March episode in ~tv
all_summer_beauty (edited )LinkIn case the title makes anyone think Nathan Fillion will be on Game Changer, that's not what this is announcing - an episode of The Rookie will take place at Dropout on the Game Changer set,...In case the title makes anyone think Nathan Fillion will be on Game Changer, that's not what this is announcing - an episode of The Rookie will take place at Dropout on the Game Changer set, featuring Sam Reich, Vic Michaelis, Jacob Wysocki, and Zac Oyama (Edit: and Anna Garcia!).
Sounds fun and will undoubtedly be a lot of publicity for Dropout. I'm a little surprised Dropout wants to be associated with a police show, though? Maybe it's different nowadays, but the early episodes of The Rookie that I've seen definitely gave me a "copaganda" vibe.
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ABC's 'The Rookie' to crossover with Dropout's 'Game Changer' in March episode
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Comment on Wikipedia blacklists archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links in ~tech
all_summer_beauty (edited )Link ParentHere's the previous discussion from the first thread about this, for continuity's sake. Wayback Machine and ghostarchive seem to be the main two mentioned there.Here's the previous discussion from the first thread about this, for continuity's sake. Wayback Machine and ghostarchive seem to be the main two mentioned there.
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Comment on Godot beginners: Here's how to fade in a 3D mesh in ~comp
all_summer_beauty LinkI don't have anything particularly constructive to add as I haven't worked in 3D much at all, but thanks for sharing! Always interesting to hear about other people's experiences with this stuff....I don't have anything particularly constructive to add as I haven't worked in 3D much at all, but thanks for sharing! Always interesting to hear about other people's experiences with this stuff. That's wild that fading in a mesh in 3D is so much more complex than fading in a texture in 2D.
+1 for both GodotShaders and Kenney. The former helped a lot when I was venturing into writing shaders for the first time, and the latter is just an excellent part of the indie community.
If you end up making anything cool, please share!
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Comment on I made a word game - and it has come a long way in ~games
all_summer_beauty Link ParentI found this the other day: gameaccessibilityguidelines.com Looks very helpful and good-quality! I don't need many accommodations myself though so I can't vouch for most of the information it...I found this the other day: gameaccessibilityguidelines.com
A collaborative effort between a group of studios, specialists and academics, to produce a straightforward developer friendly reference for ways to avoid unnecessarily excluding players, and ensure that games are just as fun for as wide a range of people as possible.
Looks very helpful and good-quality! I don't need many accommodations myself though so I can't vouch for most of the information it provides.
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Comment on Slay the Spire 2 | Early Access trailer in ~games
all_summer_beauty Link ParentI was thinking the same thing! It's awesome that Godot is starting to have bigger names like this attached to it.I was thinking the same thing! It's awesome that Godot is starting to have bigger names like this attached to it.
I don't have much to add to this - you've outlined roughly what I was thinking. I also had a "wait, what? How...?" moment when I got to the part about the VPN being free.