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@isthereanydeal.com do you have a place for feature requests? I would really like to only get notified for games that are at least 1 year old. Would allow me to add to my wishlist when they are new, but wait to buy them until bug fixes and updates are in.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

absolutely wild. i went to youtube to watch a video and the autoplay ad was an AI fake of tom hanks spouting fake diabetes cures. google is making money off this???

submitted 11 days ago • 79 comments

"The administration's latest efforts to halt activity at the CFPB makes clear that they are intent on effectively shutting it down for the next four years," said Delicia Hand, senior director, digital marketplace, at CR. (via Reuters)

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Did the sound guy leave early from the game? This is horrible, I can't hear him at all.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

never gonna Alt+F4 never gonna Ctrl+W never gonna :q! and desert you never gonna Ctrl+X never gonna Esc never gonna Ctrl+D and hurt you

submitted 24 days ago • 78 comments

There were better shows on Netflix when it cost $10 a month

submitted 34 days ago • 1299 comments

classic mixup

submitted 34 days ago • 12 comments

Many people reported having their accounts banned and content removed after commenting on the assassination of UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson, showing just how much control over our online expression social media and financial platforms have.

submitted 40 days ago • 32 comments

New: The FTC has formally sued John Deere over its tractor repair monopoly, which is the strongest punitive action the federal government has ever taken against a company over restricting right to repair www.404media.co/ftc-sues-joh...

submitted 40 days ago • 5 comments

If you want to know how congestion pricing benefits the working class, this is a big part of the story. A lot of working people take the bus in NYC--many times the number who drive. Early reports suggest that buses are moving faster in and around the congestion zone. That is a real win.

submitted 43 days ago • 7 comments

ATTENTION: I am starting a charity bundle to benefit victims of the Southern California wildfires. Game (and other) makers, please submit your projects so we can do some good. There is a call for submissions of projects through the 18th, please share widely! FAQ below: itch.io/jam/californ...

submitted 43 days ago • 24 comments

the post: I want better SD cards the replies: so you hate USB flash drives???

submitted 45 days ago • 22 comments

Just going to reiterate - We are on this bot problem. We shall fight them on the beaches. We shall fight them in the signup process, we shall fight them in the notifications

submitted 49 days ago • 1607 comments

It was dead years ago except for marketplace. Now it's just filled with crap that makes it unbearable to try and even use.

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Colorado Democrats rolled back public meetings laws, with a promise to hold a public meeting on the reduced transparency. They scheduled it during the middle of the holiday season when attention was elsewhere. #copolitics www.9news.com/article/news...

submitted 52 days ago • 7 comments

I bet my calculator app wrapped would be pretty shameful.

submitted 57 days ago • 21 comments

Just a gentle reminder that it’s ok to post things here other than screenshots of Twitter. 🙏🏻

submitted 59 days ago • 19 comments

People quoting these AI summaries for fact checks drive me wild. I sussed out a core factual conflation it made between two areas of a technical standard last week. It's good I didn't trust it. Glad I grew up with Wikipedia being drilled as untrustworthy. Wikipedia has issues even when sourced!

submitted 58 days ago • 9 comments

Sam Altman comes on stage to apologize, admits this was all just a ploy to make a computer powerful enough to play ray tracing at 4K 120FPS without DLSS.

submitted 57 days ago • 12 comments

I hate nested settings menus, I can never guess the right subsection - just give me a search box

submitted 57 days ago • 6 comments

Dear medical offices: I did not fill out 27 forms explicitly authorizing you to leave explicitly detailed voicemail messages so that you can leave a message saying "I'm calling about an issue related to your medical care so please call me back."

submitted 66 days ago • 7 comments

Sharing another piece I'm proud of this year: After Slate published an article in which a writer urged progressives to get on board with police surveillance, they let me write a rebuttal articulating exactly what's harmful about more surveillance.

submitted 67 days ago • 5 comments

Situation: There are 65 unknown drones in the sky "Ridiculous! I need to go investigate this myself! Better send my drone!" Situation: There are 66 unknown drones in the sky

submitted 71 days ago • 14 comments

Latest comic: While app-connected air fryers may not pose the greatest privacy risk in our everyday lives, they are part of a growing Internet of Things capable of collecting data when and where we least expect it.

submitted 72 days ago • 20 comments

One of the more interesting gift ideas list I have read. The first one with the train PCB maps is awesome.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Internet Archive is looking for some new musicians to play at our twice-weekly all-hands Zoom meetings! It's a great way for musicians to make a bit of money, introduce themselves to our music-loving employees, and support the Archive! Please DM me if you're interested.

submitted 73 days ago • 26 comments

UnitedHealth officials are pointing to their CEO's murder as a reason they cannot comment on an unrelated @propublica.org investigation into the company's practice of strategically limiting access to critical treatment for kids with autism. "We are in mourning," a spokesperson wrote.

submitted 73 days ago • 620 comments

Yes but to be fair we also spend fewer years alive. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 74 days ago • 43 comments

Hundreds of musicians are speaking out against the recording industry’s lawsuit against our library for preserving 78rpm records 👉 www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... (🚫🧱) Want to show your support? ⬇️

submitted 74 days ago • 31 comments