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Comment on How Europe is gearing up to follow Australia's teen social media ban in ~tech
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Comment on Millions of Americans mess up their taxes. A new law will help. in ~society
donn LinkI'm gonna choose to call this law a Good Thing. It doesn't beat the free filing DOGE shitcanned earlier this year, but it sure is a hell of an improvement.I'm gonna choose to call this law a Good Thing. It doesn't beat the free filing DOGE shitcanned earlier this year, but it sure is a hell of an improvement.
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Comment on Millions of Americans mess up their taxes. A new law will help. in ~society
donn (edited )Link ParentThat is how it works in most of the world, btw. If you're an equivalent of a W-2 worker, your employer actually withholds and sends the government your taxes without you even having to lift a...That is how it works in most of the world, btw. If you're an equivalent of a W-2 worker, your employer actually withholds and sends the government your taxes without you even having to lift a finger. If you make any extra income (stock market, side hustle, etc), you file that separately (EDIT: or amend your filing).
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Comment on Finland cut Russian energy imports and closed the shared border, erasing €12 billion in trade. The shocks deepened the Nordic nation's deficit, already strained by defense and welfare spending. in ~society
donn Link ParentSanctions on Russian oil have also been effective in China: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/china-state-oil-majors-suspend-russian-oil-buys-due-sanctions-sources-say-2025-10-23/ And with...Sanctions on Russian oil have also been effective in China: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/china-state-oil-majors-suspend-russian-oil-buys-due-sanctions-sources-say-2025-10-23/
And with green energy being China's primary economic vehicle now Russia can't rely on them long-term anyway. Something will have to give eventually.
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Comment on Rapid Support Forces massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show in ~society
donn LinkThe UAE really does not get nearly enough shit for its involvement with this. They had enough sway to get the EU to not mention them in their resolution, too.The UAE really does not get nearly enough shit for its involvement with this. They had enough sway to get the EU to not mention them in their resolution, too.
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Comment on Prime Video pulls eerily emotionless AI-generated anime dubs after complaints in ~anime
donn Link ParentIt's also wreaking havoc on bilingual/language learning channels. One of the streamers I watch is German who streams primarily in English with the occasional German interjection and that was...It's also wreaking havoc on bilingual/language learning channels. One of the streamers I watch is German who streams primarily in English with the occasional German interjection and that was enough for the auto-dub to kick in and ruin a short in one instance.
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Comment on FEX: Emulate x86 Programs on ARM64 in ~tech
donn LinkReally wonder how performance compares to Rosetta with Hypervisor.framework. Would be a fun benchmarking experiment I suppose.Really wonder how performance compares to Rosetta with Hypervisor.framework. Would be a fun benchmarking experiment I suppose.
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Comment on Drunk raccoon found passed out in Virginia liquor store in ~news
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Comment on Ex-Barack Obama aide says Holocaust education is ‘confusing’ young people into sympathizing with ‘weak, skinny’ Palestinians in ~society
donn Link ParentI contend, or perhaps hope, that it's panic. Israel support was ironclad and bipartisan until very recently. Jonathan Greenblatt of the ADL (who defended Elon's Roman salute) was an assistant to...I contend, or perhaps hope, that it's panic. Israel support was ironclad and bipartisan until very recently. Jonathan Greenblatt of the ADL (who defended Elon's Roman salute) was an assistant to Obama too.
A more sinister side to this is that while pro-Israel forces have coalesced around the Republican party (more or less), it's having some less than ideal side effects, because factions of the far-right are unabashedly antisemitic and are capitalizing on the youth's hate for Israel too: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/politics/nick-fuentes-tucker-carlson-heritage-foundation-kevin-roberts
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Comment on White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt now has a family connection to a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest in ~society
donn Link ParentProbably a perfect sacrificial lamb too so they show they're being "consistent"Probably a perfect sacrificial lamb too so they show they're being "consistent"
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Comment on Against 'Metroidbrania': a landscape of knowledge games in ~games
donn Link[noise, low-stakes rant] I hate when people are prescriptive about language. When I say Metroidvania, people know the exact kind of game I'm referring to. In Japanese "探索型アクション" is just how the...[noise, low-stakes rant]
'Search action' is a calque of a Japanese term that refers to the same thing as 'metroidvania'. It's increasingly preferred by Western fans of the genre
I hate when people are prescriptive about language. When I say Metroidvania, people know the exact kind of game I'm referring to. In Japanese "探索型アクション" is just how the cookie crumbled. I don't know what reasons of linguistic or moral purity or whatever that makes people want to pivot away from the term Metroidvania which works and does its job quite well, actually.
there hasn't been a new search action Castlevania in a long time now.
There hasn't been a new Castlevania period in a long time now. The second-to-last Castlevania is "search-action." The team behind it also later worked on Metroid Dread. It couldn't be more on the nose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania:_Lords_of_Shadow_–_Mirror_of_Fate
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Comment on The hard-left shooters leading a gun culture revolution in ~society
donn Link ParentAlso, it's a deterrent. No one wants war, but it won't even be one if targeted minorities do not know their way around a weapon.Also, it's a deterrent. No one wants war, but it won't even be one if targeted minorities do not know their way around a weapon.
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Comment on The DoorDash problem: How AI browsers are a huge threat to Amazon in ~tech
donn LinkCritical support to AI browsers for this one thing onlyCritical support to AI browsers for this one thing only
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Comment on By administratively redefining 'who is a foreigner,' the Lai government is turning the constitutional 'One China' framework into a dead letter in ~society
donn Link ParentThey'd be wise to just let Lai dig himself deeper in tbh. He's doing a better job than China sinking the DPP in part due to stunts like this....They'd be wise to just let Lai dig himself deeper in tbh. He's doing a better job than China sinking the DPP in part due to stunts like this. https://globaltaiwan.org/2025/10/lai-ching-tes-fragile-presidency/
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Comment on Android Quick Share can now work with iOS’s AirDrop in ~tech
donn Link ParentHence the uh-oh. The only reason why they might not now is that the DoJ still has an open case against them.Hence the uh-oh. The only reason why they might not now is that the DoJ still has an open case against them.
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Comment on Android Quick Share can now work with iOS’s AirDrop in ~tech
donn Link ParentUh oh.However, Google did not partner with Apple on this interoperability, and is leveraging its “own implementation.”
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Comment on Android Quick Share can now work with iOS’s AirDrop in ~tech
donn Link ParentYes, it's bidirectional. https://9to5google.com/2025/11/20/android-quick-share-airdrop-pixel-10/Yes, it's bidirectional.
https://9to5google.com/2025/11/20/android-quick-share-airdrop-pixel-10/
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Comment on Android Quick Share can now work with iOS’s AirDrop in ~tech
donn LinkWait, that's awesome. What the hell. I hope this works on more devices in the future. Guessing these are the EU interoperability laws at work?Wait, that's awesome. What the hell. I hope this works on more devices in the future.
Guessing these are the EU interoperability laws at work?
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
donn LinkIt's time for the "mature adult played Pokémon Legends Z-A for 80 hours" post. Pokémon is weird because on an objective level, this game is repetitive, ugly, a sequel to my least favorite Pokémon...It's time for the "mature adult played Pokémon Legends Z-A for 80 hours" post.
Pokémon is weird because on an objective level, this game is repetitive, ugly, a sequel to my least favorite Pokémon games, and I really shouldn't be playing it.
But here's the thing: the game is actually just Pokémon layered on top a kind of a lite version of two of my favorite series in a blender, Xenoblade and Like a Dragon/Yakuza. The gameplay is pretty fun - I've been playing without items in battle (which I've been doing recently for Pokémon games,) the game is actually pretty challenging. The city is full of zany sidestories, some are fun, some really aren't. Another thing really trending well for this series is the characters. I really love the cast for this, like a lot.
The lack of voice acting and the bland textures make Lumiose City a bit soulless however and dings everything I said about the side stories and characters. Nonetheless, it's still a fun mindless romp just trying to catch them all, which again, like Arceus, is possible to do in one game without interacting with other people which is appreciated.
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Comment on Did NPR just shut down support for RSS? in ~tech
donn Link ParentDouble-checked and yeah from my home address, forbidden, VPN to the US, works fine. It's georestricted. Likely as a cost-cutting measure, they're struggling rnDouble-checked and yeah from my home address, forbidden, VPN to the US, works fine. It's georestricted. Likely as a cost-cutting measure, they're struggling rn
I have really mixed feelings about this trend.
I had very few friends in my teen years and only found refuge in online communities. On the other hand I'm hardly a model for good mental health so lol