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  1. Comment on Exploring the mind bending simplicity of Baba Is You in ~games

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    Baba is You is one of those pieces of media where I've become adequately aware of the limits of my own brain. It's up there with when my history professor assigned Heidegger. I got as far as like...

    Baba is You is one of those pieces of media where I've become adequately aware of the limits of my own brain. It's up there with when my history professor assigned Heidegger. I got as far as like World 7 before realizing… alright, I have my limits.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Mojang has updated the system requirements for Minecraft: Java Edition, raising recommended system memory from 4GB to 16GB in ~games

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    I installed Minecraft recently and was a bit disconcerted by how… intense it looks? It runs so bad on smartphone and tablets now. It looks decent but I don't think it's worth the performance...

    I installed Minecraft recently and was a bit disconcerted by how… intense it looks? It runs so bad on smartphone and tablets now.

    It looks decent but I don't think it's worth the performance penalty esp that these shaders cannot be turned off

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Pepsiman Recompiled Webport in ~games

  4. Comment on Israel changes crocodiles legal status in push for Ben-Gvir's 'crocodile prison' in ~society

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    It plays well to their voter bases which are remarkably similar cruel assholes.

    It plays well to their voter bases which are remarkably similar cruel assholes.

    9 votes

  5. Comment on Framework cuts memory on Laptop 13 Pro preorders after LPCAMM2 costs more than double in ~tech

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    I am somewhat critical of Framework, but to put it in perspective, Apple can and do eat part of the cost + they get volume deals from memory suppliers. Framework has no such luck, they are hit...

    I am somewhat critical of Framework, but to put it in perspective, Apple can and do eat part of the cost + they get volume deals from memory suppliers. Framework has no such luck, they are hit with the full force of whatever consumer RAM prices are.

    I am willing to cut them some slack here. But they likely should have just cancelled as you said.

    11 votes

  6. Comment on France becomes the first EU country to ban social media for children in ~tech

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    My feelings about this heavily depend on whether it's just algorithmic platforms or including things like forums and Discord. If it's the former, I'm not losing much sleep. If it's the latter,...

    My feelings about this heavily depend on whether it's just algorithmic platforms or including things like forums and Discord.

    If it's the former, I'm not losing much sleep.

    If it's the latter, that would have wrecked me as a child.

    21 votes

  7. Comment on Sweden prides itself on equality, so why is its political gender gap growing – as general election looms, survey shows twice as many men as women support far-right Sverigedemokraterna in ~society

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    It's amazing how we spent the last decade with the right electing the most radical candidates, completely ignoring all conventions on "electability" and center-right voters falling in line and...

    It's amazing how we spent the last decade with the right electing the most radical candidates, completely ignoring all conventions on "electability" and center-right voters falling in line and ultimately voting with them. And then center-left politicians scream that the opposite won't work if you try to push left.

  8. Comment on I wonder if years from now hand written code will be antique in ~tech

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    I really dislike this modern likening of non-vibe coded software to assembler because the gap is much much wider. A C compiler will not forget to leave an admin user misconfigured on a server or...

    I really dislike this modern likening of non-vibe coded software to assembler because the gap is much much wider. A C compiler will not forget to leave an admin user misconfigured on a server or something.

    Which mind you, I'm not claiming that LLMs are useless, I just think even the best agents are not as good at being autonomous as they're trying to sell them.

    EDIT: Re-articulated some parts.

    6 votes

  9. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I did somewhat expect this. In the release newsletter Toby stated: It's kind of a last hurrah of "old Deltarune." I think that'd have landed better if 3, 4 and 5 came out together as was...

    I did somewhat expect this. In the release newsletter Toby stated:

    In Chapter 4, we saw dark clouds on the horizon…

    That’s why, let’s not look there for now. Let’s turn around and watch the sun, before it goes down completely.

    It's kind of a last hurrah of "old Deltarune." I think that'd have landed better if 3, 4 and 5 came out together as was originally planned because 4 was so packed with plot that we managed to basically guess 5 already from all the hints!

    Nonetheless it was extremely fun and I still loved it.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Deltarune Chapter 5, PC/Steam Deck: Another solid chapter in a great game, though the relative lack of main plot advancement is wearing on me (and a chunk of the community, I've learned)....

    • Deltarune Chapter 5, PC/Steam Deck: Another solid chapter in a great game, though the relative lack of main plot advancement is wearing on me (and a chunk of the community, I've learned). Character writing, comedy and music remain fantastic.

    • The House in Fata Morgana, Switch 2: I'm not a visual novel person despite liking what I'd call VN-adjacent games like Ace Attorney. This managed to hook me nonetheless with a very heartbreaking story. Visuals are also really, really gorgeous.

    • OneShot: World Machine Edition, Steam Deck: Very early on in this one. Want to see what all the fuss is about. I have a lot of anxiety about the "one shot" aspect of it though…

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Chat control 1.0 passes even though majority actually voted against in todays vote in ~society

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    I fail to see how this contradicts "the EU parliament can only reject laws by absolute majority."

    I fail to see how this contradicts "the EU parliament can only reject laws by absolute majority."

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Does anyone here own a Humane Ai Pin they’d be willing to part with? in ~tech

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    The Humane AI pin had a projector interface thing which was in a vacuum pretty cool, I assume that's what OP wants to toy with

    The Humane AI pin had a projector interface thing which was in a vacuum pretty cool, I assume that's what OP wants to toy with

    10 votes

  13. Comment on Chat control 1.0 passes even though majority actually voted against in todays vote in ~society

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    It'd be closer to the Senate, an intentionally undemocratic compromise so smaller countries don't feel like they're losing their sovereignty

    It'd be closer to the Senate, an intentionally undemocratic compromise so smaller countries don't feel like they're losing their sovereignty

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Chat control 1.0 passes even though majority actually voted against in todays vote in ~society

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    Her role is analogous to the role of speaker of the house in other parliaments, she was basically just elected by her party. Her party would need to either elect to replace her or her party needs...

    Her role is analogous to the role of speaker of the house in other parliaments, she was basically just elected by her party. Her party would need to either elect to replace her or her party needs to lose.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Chat control 1.0 passes even though majority actually voted against in todays vote in ~society

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    Patrick Breyer contends that: (src)

    Patrick Breyer contends that:

    If the urgency is approved on Tuesday, the decisive vote on the substance is scheduled to take place as early as Thursday – the final sitting day before the summer recess. Experience shows that significantly fewer MEPs are present on this day. [emphasis mine]

    (src)

    10 votes

  16. Comment on Chat control 1.0 passes even though majority actually voted against in todays vote in ~society

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    There is some chicanery going on that I'm having trouble wrapping my head around but the idea is the EU parliament can basically only reject laws by absolute majority. The absolute majority wasn't...

    There is some chicanery going on that I'm having trouble wrapping my head around but the idea is the EU parliament can basically only reject laws by absolute majority. The absolute majority wasn't there because the head of the EU Parliament herself forced the vote on the last day before summer vacation, where some MEPs are like… just not there.

    9 votes

  17. Comment on Obsidian Entertainment reportedly lays off a quarter of staff, cancels multiple projects, and begins work on new Fallout game in ~games

  18. Comment on Why does WhatsApp drain so much phone battery? in ~tech

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    WhatsApp on Mac is a Catalyst port of the iPad version FWIW, so it's surprisingly pretty solid It's why I kind of hated the complaints about Catalyst, compared to Electron apps they are a strict...

    WhatsApp on Mac is a Catalyst port of the iPad version FWIW, so it's surprisingly pretty solid

    It's why I kind of hated the complaints about Catalyst, compared to Electron apps they are a strict upgrade

    5 votes

  19. Comment on Chat control passed, on Thursday only an absolute majority can stop it in ~society

  20. Comment on Discord bans (then unbans) around 8400 accounts because of a CSAM neural hash collision in ~tech

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    I am not sure whether this belongs in ~tech or ~society, so please move it if appropriate. I am posting this in light of the renewed push for Chat Control in the European Union, which would not...

    This weekend, our safety systems incorrectly triggered and banned around 200 accounts. Everyone affected has been reinstated.

    Here's what happened. A thread 🧵

    Our systems flag content by matching it against known harmful material. This kind of similarity matching can produce false positives, which is why a member of our Trust & Safety team always reviews flagged content before any action is taken.

    The intended behavior is to temporarily pause uploads during that review, not ban the account.

    We had a bug that caused the latter. When our staff reviewed and cleared those accounts, the same bug prevented the ban from being lifted automatically, so it just stayed in place.

    Around 8,200 accounts were affected from May 2026 through last week, plus the 200 more this past weekend. We've unbanned everyone affected by this bug.

    We know that's not a satisfying explanation if this was your account, and we should have caught this sooner. We're working on better safeguards so this can't quietly happen again, and more broadly, on making sure our safety systems don't penalize people who did nothing wrong.

    If something still feels off with your account, reply here.

    I am not sure whether this belongs in ~tech or ~society, so please move it if appropriate.

    I am posting this in light of the renewed push for Chat Control in the European Union, which would not only yield a suspension from a chat platform but also mandate a report to the police, except the scanning would be running on-device and undermine end-to-end encryption. In this scenario, any image of a grid would have gotten users reported.

    Of course, false-positives are inevitable doing any kind of moderation- but still! Worth thinking about what happens if/when this is deployed at scale. Discord appears to be using the gold-standard PhotoDNA system: https://discord.com/safety/how-discord-leverages-machine-learning-to-fight-csam)

    40 votes