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  • I remember back when this was going around as cokegift.exe in the 90s.

  • Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 26th
  • Going back and forth between Little Kitty, Big City and Tape to Tape.

    There are quite a few post-game things I need to do in LKBC but I'm trying to spread things out so I don't rush through it all.

    I've maxed out just about everything in Tape to Tape but still have some achievements left.

  • Police warning parents about new iPhone feature
  • If that is the case then it's better but I'd still shut it off and err on the side of caution. The Apple demo video does not mention needing Air Drop enabled, only that both users need to be signed into iCloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZL5D1k-4aI

  • Police warning parents about new iPhone feature
  • Except if there is the possibility of it happening without their knowledge/consent, the other person could use even the name for further social engineering. It's better to not give out any information automatically. Granted the user has to approve a Name Drop share but the screen does display the user's contact info that would be shared either way, so if the phone is visible to the person trying to obtain the info, they'd still be able to see it even if the target doesn't approve the share.

    It is a bit overhyped since it's not like someone shady can go around sniffing everyone's contacts automatically, but it's still worth tuning off for anyone who is privacy or security conscious.

  • Spider-Man 2 fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game ever
  • Hopefully they do a PC port of this one, too, eventually. The first game (and Miles Morales) worked great on Steam Deck.

  • Why the Pixel 8's Face Unlock upgrade is a big deal
  • Happy to see it return. I would have really missed secure face unlock going from a 4XL to 8 Pro. Though I doubt the 8 Pro will work in complete darkness like the 4XL could.

    I don't understand the recent trends of ditching the upper camera bezel and doing questionable things like cutouts, islands, etc. that disturb the dimensions of the screen in odd ways. Did people really dislike having a dedicated area just for the camera and other sensors? I'd rather have a complete uninterrupted screen and upper bezel.

  • Pixel 8 series MEGATHREAD
  • I hope so! Allegedly they have made it easier to swap out the battery on the 8/8 Pro as well but I'll believe it when I see it. Google said in the keynote that they are partnering with ifixit for replacement parts and so on. You can already get parts from ifixit for older pixels but the process is rather complex.

  • Pixel 8 series MEGATHREAD
  • I was tempted by the 7 Pro last year but my 4XL still works really well. After being without updates so long, though, it's hard to justify staying on it any longer.

  • Pixel 8 series MEGATHREAD
  • There is some more Tensor G3 info here: https://blog.google/products/pixel/google-tensor-g3-pixel-8/

    Biggest takeaway from that is that the Pixel 8/8 Pro will once again have secure Face Unlock that's been missing since the 4/4XL.

    I ordered an 8 Pro to upgrade from my 4XL, along with some Pixel Buds Pro. I already had a Pixel Watch last year and it still works great, so now I can pass that old one on to someone else.

    I can see someone being undewhelmed if they already had a 6 or 7, but for those of us coming from farther back it's still quite an upgrade, and unlike other OEMs, it's still the whole Pixel software experience.

    With 7 full years of OS updates, too, maybe I can keep this one going even longer. My 4XL is still decent, the battery is starting to show its age but otherwise it runs well, just no more updates.

  • Introducing: Raspberry Pi 5
  • I have 5 different Orange Pi devices of varying types and they all work well. I don't have the higher end one that was competing with the Pi 4 and such, but some of the smaller/low end ones. They all run Armbian and do what they need to do for me without any fuss. Given my experience with the smaller ones if I needed something faster now I wouldn't have any reservations about buying the bigger ones.

    The main problem I had was finding reputable sellers, even when I did find one it only shipped from China. Took them a while to get here but otherwise it was fine. I think the more popular/faster models may have some resellers on Amazon that ship from the US now.

  • [Exclusive] Google Pixel Buds Pro ‘Bay Blue’ and ‘Porcelain’ variants images leaked ahead of launch
  • Exactly my thoughts. I see people making such a fuss over the colors offered for the phone itself, too. I don't really care about the color as long as it works well, it's going in a case anyhow.

  • [Exclusive] Google Pixel Buds Pro ‘Bay Blue’ and ‘Porcelain’ variants images leaked ahead of launch
  • From what I've seen the preorders should open up on October 4th at some point during or just after the Google event which starts at 10AM Eastern time.

  • Beautiful games?
  • Stray. There were lots of times I'd perch up high and look around at everything going on below.

  • So Elon's a "visionary" who wants to turn X into a single website where you can do everything — kinda like Yahoo!
  • Link to your URL on your home instance, e.g. https://mastodon.something/@myname

  • So Elon's a "visionary" who wants to turn X into a single website where you can do everything — kinda like Yahoo!
  • He's trying to make zombo.com, but with an X.

    Welcome to Xombocom. This is Xombocom. You can do anything at Xombocom. Anything at all. The only limit is yourself!

    /Anything is possible!

  • Evernote alternatives?
  • You can export notebooks directly from Evernote, and then some apps can import them from there. I know Joplin can but there are some others as well.

  • Evernote Lays Off Most of Staff, Triggering Fears of Closure
  • Inertia was carrying me as well. First it was $35 for premium, then $70 for several years, and then last month they announced it was going up to $130 and that's when I bailed.

    At $70 it wasn't too bad and I stayed the last year or so also because they actually published a native Linux app that worked on par with the Windows and macOS app. I won't say it worked great because since they moved it all to Electron or whatever it's been slow/clunky all around. But at least it was available and consistent.

  • Evernote Lays Off Most of Staff, Triggering Fears of Closure
  • They still have a free tier but it's locked way down (2 devices only, and accessing the web site counts as a different "device" from each system).

  • Evernote Lays Off Most of Staff, Triggering Fears of Closure
  • There is a recent thread discussing Evernote alternatives at https://beehaw.org/post/986939

    Personally I exported my notes from Evernote, imported them to Joplin, and setup Syncthing to handle synchronization of note content between my devices. Not exactly a trivial setup but not difficult either. Also fully open source and much more secure.

  • Evernote alternatives?
  • I wanted to use Syncthing so I didn't need a server involved and didn't want to work off mapped drives/network shares. The client devices all handle the syncing themselves so the files are local on every device and kept in sync within a reasonable time period and if they can't connect for a bit, that's fine, they can work on the local files and sync up next time I'm back on the home network.

    If your NAS has a similar function it can do that natively. Joplin can sync using files on the device filesystem which is how Syncthing works but it also supports syncing through a variety of other servers/services, such as Nextcloud. It's very flexible in that way.

    So essentially you can do it however you choose to do it since they are just plain text files being copied around.

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