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  1. Comment on Supermarket rewards card- yes or no? in ~finance

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    Maybe spreading your purchases among a bunch of stores is better privacy-wise than concentrating all of them in a few or only one?

    If you are already an Amazon member, Whole Foods uses your Amazon account as the rewards account. If you shopped there, you at least wouldn’t have to give away personal data to additional companies.

    Maybe spreading your purchases among a bunch of stores is better privacy-wise than concentrating all of them in a few or only one?

  2. Comment on Microsoft warns that Windows 10 reaches end of support today in ~tech

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    One possible alternative is to move to Linux. There's even a website promoting it in face of Windows 10 end of life.

    One possible alternative is to move to Linux. There's even a website promoting it in face of Windows 10 end of life.

    22 votes

  3. Comment on LineageOS 23: Sleek sixteen, streamlined suite, future flow in ~tech

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    TL;DR:

    • Google no longer pushes monthly tags and patches to AOSP; and most fixes/security patches are now pushed quarterly, if at all.
    • Security patch levels may occasionally lag: we only increment them once all patches are public.
    • LineageOS 23.0 is based on Android 16 “QPR0” because QPR1’s source isn’t public yet.
      • Because of this some headline features (like Material 3 Expressive) will come later, once sources drop.
    • Pixel support continues, but with reduced source access, they’re no longer guaranteed, let alone on day one.
    13 votes

  6. Comment on Brazilians don't get dry, minimalist literature. A bit of a rant. in ~creative

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    That's a harsh, generalizing opinion to have regarding literally millions of people and based in one rejection. Not a genre that I'm into, but off the top of my head I can remember Carla Madeira,...

    That's a harsh, generalizing opinion to have regarding literally millions of people and based in one rejection. Not a genre that I'm into, but off the top of my head I can remember Carla Madeira, a contemporary that fits this description/style.

    7 votes

  7. Comment on Brazilians don't get dry, minimalist literature. A bit of a rant. in ~creative

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    It's an expression used when you despise your own stuff (place, home etc.) in face of a supposedly better alternative elsewhere. An example: a Brazilian saying that US or Europe are better in...

    It's an expression used when you despise your own stuff (place, home etc.) in face of a supposedly better alternative elsewhere. An example: a Brazilian saying that US or Europe are better in every aspect and that Brazil is shit. That's viralatismo.

    12 votes

  8. Comment on Bluesky melts down over Jesse Singal in ~tech

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    It was resurfaced after this post from Bluesky CEO Jay Graber.

    It was resurfaced after this post from Bluesky CEO Jay Graber.

    11 votes

  11. Comment on My take on Apple's Liquid Glass in ~tech

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    Just so you know, I fixed it. Now it's pure CSS, no flashbang effect. Thanks!

    Just so you know, I fixed it. Now it's pure CSS, no flashbang effect. Thanks!

    1 vote

  12. Comment on My take on Apple's Liquid Glass in ~tech

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    I use the default Podcasts app and have no complains as well. There was a rough transition to the current version (I guess in iOS 16?), but after that it got really good and intuitive. I've tried...

    I use the default Podcasts app and have no complains as well. There was a rough transition to the current version (I guess in iOS 16?), but after that it got really good and intuitive. I've tried a lot of alternatives (Overcast, Pocket Casts, Castro), none of them better than Apple Podcasts (IMHO, obviously).

    2 votes

  13. Comment on My take on Apple's Liquid Glass in ~tech

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    Same here. Calendar and Mail are such a joy and surprisingly unique. Thunderbird, the second best option, is heavy and ugly (although it works fine) and other than that, there’s basically nothing...

    Same here. Calendar and Mail are such a joy and surprisingly unique. Thunderbird, the second best option, is heavy and ugly (although it works fine) and other than that, there’s basically nothing comparable. Such an overlook on two of the most basic apps. I suspect for most people these apps were replaced by web-based ones, so no one cares.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on My take on Apple's Liquid Glass in ~tech

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    Even if it does, reducing transparency and/or increasing contrast turns Tahoe's look and feel (more) awful.

    I wonder if reducing transparency and motion would noticeably improve performance?

    Even if it does, reducing transparency and/or increasing contrast turns Tahoe's look and feel (more) awful.

  15. Comment on My take on Apple's Liquid Glass in ~tech

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    How is that going? I'm seriously considering a change for Linux…

    As for me, I'll just keep using my personal MacBook with Fedora.

    How is that going? I'm seriously considering a change for Linux…

    6 votes

  16. Comment on My take on Apple's Liquid Glass in ~tech

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    Oh, I wasn't aware of this issue. (I only use light mode.) Thanks for pointing it out. Now I'll try to fix this bug.

    Oh, I wasn't aware of this issue. (I only use light mode.) Thanks for pointing it out. Now I'll try to fix this bug.

    10 votes

  18. Comment on iOS 26 is here in ~tech

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    Yes, they are. As a (disappointed) owner of a 13” MacBook Air and a 4,7” iPhone SE, things got really cramped…

    Yes, they are. As a (disappointed) owner of a 13” MacBook Air and a 4,7” iPhone SE, things got really cramped…