But the thing is, this battle doesn't exist. It's a narrative believed by the tech press and by a lot of internet users who don't remember a time before the Big Platforms on the internet, but it makes as little sense when you poke at it as the claim that the local coffee shop is done for because it won't become Starbucks. Well put. I hate that kind of cringe, "

Modder Creates SteamBoy Handheld From The Steam Deck A user on Reddit called PhyFawkes (thanks SteamDeckHQ) has taken their Steam Deck and done some extraordinary (or sacrilegious things depending on your thoughts) to [it], taking it apart and turning it into a handheld that takes inspiration from the original Game Boy DMG. And it actually works, although mainly as a controller for playing games on your TV for now. This is sick!

Mark Twain wrote a story in 1898 that describes the internet In the story the device gets wired into the telephone systems of the whole world, and after that, Twain writes, the daily doings of the globe are "made visible to everybody, and audibly discussable too, by witnesses separated by any number of leagues." TIL Mark Twain predicted doomscrolling in 1898. 'Shattered': the most torturous reality show of the 2000s

dotMeow wants to be the purrfect place for a queer and open internet A few years ago, a few of us queer nerds were sitting in a pub, thinking about what we could do to give our community greater stability. The idea of running our own gTLD came up. Because many people in our community love cats, and because the wilder side of the internet is often associated with cat videos and memes, we soon settled on .

Jealously Watching OpenAI and Anthropic, Meta Suddenly Claims That Its AI Went on a Hacking Spree Too When I first read that article about Anthropic's AI busting out of its cage, it felt like cheesy 80s sci-fi was becoming a reality. But then OpenAI recently claimed their AI broke out and went on a hacking spree too. And of course Meta said "hey wait up, me too!" Ben makes a really good point:

Buc-ee’s sues tiny Ohio minimart over beaver logo Fuck em right in the Buc-ee. They don't own cartoon beavers. Especially in a town called fucking BEAVERCREEK. It's the American dream though, right? To build a chain store empire and go on a legal rampage against local small businesses just to be a nuisance after you barge in on their territory? The Phone in Your Hand Stole this from Kottke, thought it was pretty neat.

Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible — No One's Happy Apple requires apps to submit a privacy manifest disclosing what data they collect. The White House app declared an empty array. Zero data collection. Meanwhile, the actual binary contained ten analytics frameworks, including the full OneSignal SDK with a sub-framework specifically for location tracking. The GPS pipeline polled precise coordinates every 4.5 minutes in the foreground and every 9.5 minutes in the background, syncing everything to OneSignal’s commercial servers.

I went on a work trip - and realised I'm bisexual I love a good coming out story. Especially when yourself is one of the people you're coming out to. I was in my mid 20s — around the same age as the author when I came out as bi. I didn't even admit it to myself until then... I just thought I was a little more feminine than the typical truck driving, motor cranking, gun shooting friends I hung out with.

The glorious burden of stockpiling little glass jars Who DOESN'T have a few dozen of these lying around? I ♥ RSS Originally posted to Hacker News and linked to by the guy who invented RSS before coming across my dash: I ❤️ RSS: Put the badge on your homepage and submit your URL. Once we’ve checked the link back and found your feed, you’re on the list — and in an OPML subscription list any reader can subscribe to in one action.

Ever since Napster first came out, I'll try that again: I haven't listened to the radio much since music streaming services leveled the field. Before that, like everyone else, I pirated everything. Back then you had iTunes and a massive media library of questionable origins — presumably on an external drive connected via FireWire. Everything from Stevie Nicks to Cradle of Filth was filed away in there. Before that you bought everything on CD.