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[E L H O T Z O @elhotzo]

es gibt exakt zwei Sorten EU-Abschlüsse:

Nr. 1:
Feuchttücher ab jetzt nur noch ohne Schwermetall :) damit können wir die gemeine Waldschildkröte retten :)

Nr. 2:
Wir scannen ab jetzt jeden deiner Chatverläufe, wenn du das nicht willst, erschießt dich eine Palantir-Drohne

[Rob @iamrobtv]

Gonna be GREAT in a few years when a game gets removed from the digital store for whatever reason and then that game is lost in time forever.

Deadpool, Ultimate Alliance 1 &2, Spider-man Shattered Dimensions.. none of them available digitally. If there were no discs, they would be impossible to play ever again.

That’s the future we are headed towards. Remember that.

[Mitch - Design & Gaming Hardware @MitchHHL]

I want to dispel the most disingenuous argument made against keeping physical discs: Nobody buys physical games! 89% of games are bought digitally! Gamers are choosing digital!

This is an incomplete figure that is skewed by digital-only releases. IE, most games that are sub $9.99 are digital-only releases. On top of that, this figure is only comparing ALL digital releases to ALL physical releases.

If you are going to compare fairly, you are comparing sales for when a game has a simultaneous physical & digital release.

Here's some food for thought with a proper source
Physical games sales
- 45% of Hogwarts Legacy sales
- 49% of Assassin's Creed Mirage sales
- 45% of Resident Evil 4 Remake sales
- 54% of Spider-Man 2 sales (Inc. console bundles)
- 55% of Astrobot sales

For games that receive a physical release, consistently you get more than 40% of those sales going to physical editions.

Anyone telling you that this is 'consumer choice' is entirely gaslighting you. Sony is entirely looking at the bottom line, and they see the extra bucks they can make when they cut out disc production as well as eliminating secondhand sales entirely.

Source info: https://t.co/wfnIFrMs2K

[Adam Vjestica @ItsMrProducts]

Music industry: “We know streaming is popular, but you can still buy a CD or even a vinyl if you like.”

Film industry: “We know streaming is popular, but you can still buy a DVD, Blu-ray or 4K Blu-ray if you like.”

Print industry: “We know ebooks are popular, but you can still buy a paperback or hardback copy if you like.”

Video game industry: “We know you like digital games, so that’s all you get from 2028.”

[Reclaim The Net @ReclaimTheNetHQ]

13 years ago this month, the Guardian broke the Snowden story...the biggest mass surveillance exposé in history.

Today it calls your concern about ID-linked browsing, spyware in your photos and messages, and broken encryption, "fake outrage" while Starmer's government demands backdoors into your iCloud and calls for people to be arrested for tweets.

The watchdog became the lapdog.

[wukko @uwukko]

A fresh Brave install in 2026: sponsored ad wallpapers on new tab page by default (opt out). Brave VPN, News, Talk, Leo (AI), Rewards and other revenue-milking bloat is advertised/pinned by default. Analytics and "phoning home" by default. Google as default search engine in most regions by default. Sponsored search engines like Russian Yandex in CIS countries by default: https://t.co/nCK7ZErytG

Brave has an ad branch that handles advertising within the browser: https://t.co/EwJwKKgWxq. Brave does on-device ad targeting based on cohorts and interests, just like what Chrome used to do and what Google was largely hated for (remember FLoC?). This applies to additional (opt-in) rewarded ads, shipped as part of Brave.

Brave has injected referral IDs to crypto-related URLs entered into the omnibox in the past, intentionally, by design:
https://t.co/hovGMDz8Et
https://t.co/3wdWDEV85H
https://t.co/fo1mD75vAF

Brave also uses dark patterns to drive users away from turning off ads in their browser. For example, an article linked from the "opt out" button in the browser has a wall of text making excuses for ads before the actual steps needed to be taken to disable them: https://t.co/dka1EIMtbw

kind of hypocritical for brave to judge firefox for lesser bullshit, don't you think?

[RPCS3 @rpcs3]

Games now automatically configure themselves with the RPCS3 Wiki settings.

Plug and play - no configuration. Playing PS3 games has never been so easy.

Made possible thanks to:
AniLeo (server-side)
Megamouse (client-side)
HerrHulaHoop (wiki config)
FlexBy (wiki data fixes)

[vx-underground @vxunderground]

Yeah, so basically the current prevailing schizo internet theory is that AI nerds have destroyed the internet and created infinite spam.

The advertisement goons are now incapable of determining who is a bot and who is an actual human. The advertisement goons no longer want to pay as much to social media networks.

Social media networks, in full blown panic of losing potential revenue, decided to lobby governments saying "we gotta protect the kids! ID everyone to protect the kids from pedophiles!".

The social media networks know this doesn't really protect kids. But, it does two things (and a third accidentally).

1. They now can identify who is human and who is AI slop machine, or enough to appease the advertisement goons

2. Advertising to children is a general no-no from politicians, or something, so with ID verification they can say with confidence they're not advertising to children because it's been ID verification. Basically, they can weed out the children and focus on advertising to adults

3. The feds can now tell who is human and who is AI slop. This inadvertently helps them with tracking people and serving fresh daily dumps of propaganda, or whatever they want to do.

It's a win-win-win for advertisers, social media networks, the government, and any business which does data collections.

It fucks over everyone else.

Chat, I'm not going to lie to you. This is an extremely good conspiracy schizo theory and I unironically believe it.

[Markets by Zerodha @zerodhamarkets]

NSE IX just launched Global Access, letting Indians buy US stocks like Apple and NVIDIA directly through GIFT City. It works under RBI's Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS). But the real story isn't the product. It's what happens to your order once it reaches the US. That market looks nothing like India's. Let's take a look in this thread.

[vx-underground @vxunderground]

Today the United States sanctioned Sergey Zelenyuk, and his company Matrix LLC, notably for "acquiring at least eight proprietary cyber tools exclusive to the United States government".

Want to guess what those tools were? See image two!

Info via @jsrailton

[Proton Drive @ProtonDrive]

You requested it, now it’s here - introducing Proton Sheets! The privacy-first alternative to Excel and Google Sheets.

Spreadsheets form the framework of modern businesses, and with Proton Sheets, you can ensure your data is private and secure.

1/4

[Rob Freund @RobertFreundLaw]

Contract drafting tip: While direct language is generally preferable, avoid describing shady deals "in a section entitled 'Shady Deals'"

[Vidit Aatrey @viditaatrey]

We’ve just released our first-ever Annual Report, showcasing the scale, resilience, and innovation we've built over the last 10 years. It reflects our mission to democratize internet commerce for every Indian and our belief that technology, when built right, can drive impact at scale.

Along the way, Meesho has hit several major milestones: the largest order volume and user base on a single e-commerce platform, India’s most downloaded shopping app for four consecutive years, and the country’s first cash flow-positive horizontal e-commerce company.

Here are some highlights:
📈: ~187 million Indians transacted on Meesho in 2024
📦: ~1.3 billion orders placed in just 9 months (between April to December 2024)
💰: Positive cash flow of ₹197 Cr in FY'24
🧠: Gen AI powering everything and driving efficiencies— from discovery to delivery
🛻: Valmo now handles ~50%+ of our orders, enabling local jobs and faster deliveries across India.
🚀: And 400,000+ annual transacting sellers growing with us across Bharat

You can give it a read here: https://t.co/6745hm7sid

#Meesho #AI #Ecommerce

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

The Atlantic The Atlantic on 🇵🇸

[RPCS3 @rpcs3]

Join us December 9th, Monday at 19h00 UTC / 14h00 EST / 11h00 PST for the premiere of two teasers showcasing a part of what's next for PlayStation 3 emulation and preservation

1. Challenging the limits of PlayStation 3 emulation on extremely weak hardware
https://t.co/fAjWZKARV1

[GL @gldivittorio]

Europeans watching Americans fix their healthcare system with gun violence

[Mr. Krabs @MinisterKrabs2]

Squidward Backwards

[Siima Kyakuhaire @kanyindo]

No means no, Sean.

[jude @macdennvs]

“the movie can’t be too colorful otherwise the characters won’t feel real” mf the main character is GREEN