Owl yeah!

The title rubs me the wrong way. “Private alternatives” implies the US tech isn’t privately owned.

Is this really such a thing now? I apparently only use Steam.

Elliot Would

Unlike their boomer ancestors, the current generations talk with their partners about all sorts of things, not just about sex and dinner. Almost as if they are not only sexual partners but also close friends that understand each other.

TL;DR: Ok, boomer.

Slammed!

Now pronounce Qt.

The mobile version of Papers Please is exquisite. I highly recommend reading the developer’s documentary of it: https://dukope.com/devlogs/papers-please/mobile/

Hey, a little respect for the developer of PuTTY. (yes, it’s the same guy)

The password cannot contain the Epstein’s client list.

They can have it. We just don’t want to federate with them, which doesn’t prevent them from having their own instance all for themselves.

This is a great stance for disagreements. Not so much for an actual danger!

I mean, we’re all taught for the whole life that the fire extinguishers and fire alarms are absolutely off limits. I’m pretty sure that during a fire I would still hesitate to break the glass and press the fire alarm button.

For the record, you’ve used en-dash here, not em-dash. These are used mostly for number/date ranges. Em-dash is even longer: — vs – vs -

As a person that has been using en-dash and em-dash for years, this is annoying me as hell that they are used as a telltale sign of AI slop. I’m just a typography nerd, not AI!

I’m doing okay then. Thanks for providing a baseline.

What are you talking about? Ringtones were the original paid cosmetics!

Same here. Nobody ever noticed, so why even bother with memorizing if I can calculate it fast enough.

Right, I was too vague too. See my other comment please.

I’m sure some people are perfectly okay with the bottom part and would consider it a great justification for the top part. That’s what I meant.