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US intelligence officials share evidence that Russia has used North Korean missiles to strike Ukraine in c/world

Framework boosts its 13-inch laptop with new CPUs, lower prices, and better screens in c/technology

[–] dunestorm 6 points 5 months ago

Rounded corners don’t bother me at all, but a notch sure as hell would.

Why People Don’t Catch The Politics In Their Favorite Games in c/games

UK Government Response to the Stop Killing Games Petition in c/games

[–] dunestorm 20 points 6 months ago

The UK gov are as useless as nipples on a man. They don’t act on anything unless they see monetary gain.

Spotify quietly moves lyrics behind a paywall. in c/technology

[–] dunestorm 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Even as an Audiophile, I agree, FLAC is a waste of bandwidth and disk space unless you’re remixing tracks (which most people don’t do!)

European car safety body is coming for touchscreens. The European New Car Assessment Programme mandates that key controls need physical buttons or switches in c/world

[–] dunestorm 1 points 7 months ago

This is the perfect example of, just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Physical buttons are always more reliable without having to take your eyes off the road.

Valve's iFixit partnership is a game changer in c/[email protected]

[–] dunestorm 10 points 8 months ago

I did the exact same thing with my Steam Deck LCD and I had the same problem. It was a piece of piss to swap out the part thanks to Valve and iFixit :)

Modularity and upgradability should be standardised in everything!

US asked China and India for help to prevent Russia from carrying out a nuclear strike in 2022, report says in c/world

Rip Yuzu in c/[email protected]

[–] dunestorm 2 points 8 months ago

Those loyal fans love sucking off Nintendo and defending every decision they make even when it fucks them in the ass in the long run.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/technology

[–] dunestorm 153 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Google are so needlessly hostile to people that root, what the fuck does sending messages have to do with having elevated permissions on a phone?!

New GNOME Mutter Code Prepares Fractional Scaling For XWayland in c/[email protected]

[–] dunestorm 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’m guessing you’ve never used an electron app before?

‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood in c/[email protected]

[–] dunestorm -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Smartphones are bad for the mind of developing children; I’d go as far to say as they’re bad in general for adults (but that’s a different topic).

I never had a smartphone when I was a child and I turned out just fine…