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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal gets new video call features, making it a viable alternative to Zoom, Meet and Teams⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re barking up the wrong tree here, buddy. I’m not the person who said “it’s a few buttons.”

  I was merely pointing out that from a conceptual standpoint, deep links don’t need a team of dedicated researchers to figure out. The difficulty—as you pointed out—comes in knowing how to work with the various different platforms and integrating the feature into existing codebases.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal gets new video call features, making it a viable alternative to Zoom, Meet and Teams⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not really the best example to prove a lot of work. Call links are actually pretty easy from a conceptual standpoint:

  • Make a small website to accept https://join.my.website/?callid=…&password=…

  • Have the website redirect to: myapp:join/:callid/?password=…

  • Have your app register as a myapp protocol handler.

  • When a myapp:join/:callid/ URL is visited, open the same window that would be used normally for joining a call by ID.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo shuts down Ryujinx⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Because a subset of people are idiots. Remember: some people think unions exist to steal your money, socialism is communist dictatorship propaganda, and privatization of government services is good for everybody.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo shuts down Ryujinx⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Obligatory fuck Nintendo, but I also blame the selfish dumbfucks who keep posting videos of themselves playing unreleased games on YouTube and Reddit. If you want nice things contingent on having software which exists in a legal gray area, don’t openly poke the litigious hornets’ nest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft paves the way for Linux gaming success with plan that would kill kernel-level anti-cheat⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because people are technologically inept and buy into the propaganda that kernel-level anticheat is more effective than the alternative solutions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is enabling BitLocker device encryption by default on Windows 11⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This would be more acceptable if they didn’t unconditionally use software encryption by default. But, nah. Microsoft is going to Microsoft and force their preferences down the consumer’s throat, and there doesn’t appear to be a way to upgrade it to hardware encryption without a wipe and reinstall.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean…

  • It takes code from a remote source, compiles it into native machine code, and then executes said machine code.

  • It exposes hardware information, sensors, and system statistics to remote actors.

  • It can consume inordinate amounts of resources by mining for cryptocurrency in the background.

  • It keeps trying to get you to change system settings.

  • It’s hidden within the installers of other programs (thanks, Electron).

  Out of context, those sure make it sound like malware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Chromium*, but yes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SCOTUS agrees to review Texas law that caused Pornhub to leave the state⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In other news, the NSA adds blackmail to their income sources.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X is about to start hiding all likes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My theory is that it gives Elmo a way to promote authoritarian and anti-LGBT tweets without making it obvious that the algorithm is politically based.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X is about to start hiding all likes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s just another Tuesday for MAGAts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helldivers 2 has received 100,000 negative reviews since announcing players must link Steam to a PSN account⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You won’t know until you try.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CenturyLink left users with no service for two months, then billed them $239⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Internet Lackof Service Providers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vanguard takes screenshots of your PC every time you play a game⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve tried to see if this is real but I fail to find any source code leaks for Vanguard or if it has ever been leaked.

  The variable names suggest it’s a decompilation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Intel investigating games crashing on 13th and 14th Gen Core i9 processors⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You mean my 250W processor isn’t better than a 120W one from AMD? A 100W light bulb is clearly better than a 60W one, so I’m calling bullshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck hits over 14,000 games rated Playable or Verified⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now it all works except for anti-cheat because of those terrible cheaters. publishers are too cheap to pay for dedicated authoritative servers, instead relying on P2P networking that blindly trusts other clients’ game state updates.

  FTFY

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you like fries with that?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The McFuckAround is nice up until the child support garnishments start showing up. After that, you’re stuck living with the Wendy’s Regrettinator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The ROG Ally is Still Getting Better (Updated Review)⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If “you are what you eat” holds true, that explains a lot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The ROG Ally is Still Getting Better (Updated Review)⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Should’ve joined the trades, my guy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have another meme⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s easier to accept the grim reality we live in when you can make fun of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck as a laptop replacement?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It gets a lot less painful when you can use Nix to install everything.