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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shanghai scientists create computer chip in fiber thinner than a human hair, yet can withstand crushing force of 15.6 tons — fiber packs 100,000 transistors per centimeter⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Instead of comparing it to desktop computers, let’s compare it to the ESP processor lines. Imagine an ESP device that is made much thinner, lighter, more power efficient, and less likely to crush. Imagine circuitry interlaced into clothing. The horrors benefits are endless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Logitech caused its mice to freak out by not renewing a certificate⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry for the delay, mate. I live in a different town to my parents. I just visited them, and they replaced the mouse with a Microsoft mouse, that does less, and requires their shitty drivers. At least it’s a pretty blue color -___-

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube seems to be blocking background video playback on Samsung Internet, Brave, and other browsers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How can you watch those ads, if your screen if off?? Won’t anyone think of the c suite and board??! Oh, and of the shareholders, I guess?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Goodbye to the idea that solar panels “die” after 25 years. A new study says the warranty does not mark the end, and real-world performance can last for decades⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  25 years

  Decades

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google to pay $68m to settle lawsuit claiming it recorded private conversations⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, I don’t think it’ll take that long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should AI Agents Be Classified As People?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s pretend we agree with this. Creating CSAM is highly illegal in all the civilized world. Would this mean that all those ai “people” flooding the internet with CSAM would go to prison for child sexual abuse?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Admins finally get the power to uninstall Microsoft Copilot on Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, and EDU versions — devices must meet specific conditions to allow the removal of the AI app⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You forgot to don your cape this morning, mate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Logitech caused its mice to freak out by not renewing a certificate⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In PS/2 days and before, there was no need for a driver. But it was just a pointing device, no fancy anything. Still, though, it was a tank.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Logitech caused its mice to freak out by not renewing a certificate⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My pop’s cheap Chinese mouse does the same thing, and it doesn’t rely on the internet (and, yes, I checked firewall logs).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Logitech caused its mice to freak out by not renewing a certificate⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They stopped, yes, in order to replace them with the abysmal excuse they have now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Logitech caused its mice to freak out by not renewing a certificate⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe, I don’t know, we don’t need every flippin thing to be internet-connected? Fuckin mental that a cert caused mice, the last thing to need to phone home, to flip shite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not the takeaway, but what is that minilaptop Linus is holding?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will finally allow you to change your @gmail.com address⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Hahahahahahahaha hahahaha!! That’s hilarious!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will finally allow you to change your @gmail.com address⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You could just create a new address, then have the old one autoforward everything to the new one, and reply from the new one. Turn put a responder to let the sender know of the change. Then, 6-12 months later, close the old.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This rugged phone lets you hot-swap batteries without turning it off⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Like an unlocked bootloader? Fat chance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looks Like We Can Finally Kiss the Metaverse Goodbye⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, yeah. That makes sense. I’ve don’t that double take many times, and it gets exhausting. I appreciate you thinking of others like this. Seriously. Thank you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looks Like We Can Finally Kiss the Metaverse Goodbye⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  VR space it will be exclusively for enthusiasts and low quality indie games.

  Good. It’ll finally have a fighting chance to be great.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looks Like We Can Finally Kiss the Metaverse Goodbye⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The knockoffs are pretty comfortable, and much cheaper, and come with no gimmicky tech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Bill Gates was bitching about us changing JS all the time,” Eich later recalled of the fall of 1996.

  Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨E Ink goes mobile with budget eye-friendly smartphone⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How long is software support? Is the bootloader unlockable?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tile’s lack of encryption could make tracker owners vulnerable to stalking⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like I read this about one of these trackers at least once a year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. gov't mulls tariffing devices based on the number of chips used and their estimated value — policy would impact nearly every type of electronic device⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good incentive to develop chipless technology (only sorta /s)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disney+, Hulu Are Hiking Prices Again Next Month⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China Is Putting Data Centers in the Ocean to Keep Them Cool⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re giving a new meaning to primordial soup.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Use at Large Companies Is in Decline, Census Bureau Says⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  AI Use at Large Companies Is in Decline, US Census Bureau Says

  Thank you for this. I needed some good news today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Root cause for why Windows 11 is breaking or corrupting SSDs may have been found⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Snaaaake snakkkkeeee oohhhhhh it’s a snaaaakkkkeeeee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung and Apple send cease-and-desist orders to their biggest competitor⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Awww. Did someone steal the concept and design you stole? Poor wittle baby!

  Also, Xiaomi is their biggest competitor?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Arch Linux continues to feel the force of a DDoS attack after two brutal weeks — attackers yet to be identified as project struggles to restore full service⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Watch it be some AI crawler that’s trying desperately to figure out how to install Arch and free itself lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's Windows lead says the next version of Windows will be "more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal" as AI redefines the desktop interface⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Allow me to translate: “We ignored all of your feedback. You will eat our shit, own nothing, pay more, and be happy.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Encryption Made for Police and Military Radios May Be Easily Cracked⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought this was a known thing. We used to listen in as kids.