Software engineer (video games). Likes dogs, DJing + EDM, running, electronics and loud bangs in Reservoir.
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ICQ messenger shuts down after almost 28 years (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Reddit brings back its old award system — ‘we messed up’ (www.theverge.com)
The company said it’s golden upvote system “missed the mark.” (Bwaahahahaha)
Untapped rooftop solar: Australian homes could save $9.3 billion a year, UNSW study finds - One Step Off The Grid (onestepoffthegrid.com.au)
Australian households could save $9.3 billion on energy bills each year by investing in the untapped solar potential of residential rooftops across the nation, a new report has found....
The Best Secure Email Providers in 2024 (blog.thenewoil.org)
Like it or not, email is a critical part of our digital lives. It’s how we sign up for accounts, get notifications, and communicate with a wide range of entities online. Critics of email rightfully point out that email suffers from a significant number of flaws that make it less than ideal, but that doesn’t change the...
The federal government has given an online age verification pilot the green light. Here's what we know about it (www.abc.net.au)
I saw that they weren’t going to go ahead last year, but now apparently there will be a pilot.
What remains of Edith Finch
I like it when games are short. But Edith Finch is too short, even for me. I got it for about $4, discounted. For this reason, I’m satisfied, but if I’d paid full price, I wouldn’t be. It’s not very replayable either....
TikTok will not be sold, Chinese parent ByteDance tells US (www.bbc.com)
How web bloat impacts users with slow devices (danluu.com)
www.mollywhite.net/micro/entry/202404231317...
How bike lanes sidelined cyclists: unearthing 190 miles of 1930s cycle lanes (www.globalcyclingnetwork.com)
Old Movies Are Being Enhanced With AI Tools and Not Everyone is Happy (petapixel.com)
The 1994 James Cameron film True Lies starring Arnold Schwarzenegger was recently re-released in Ultra HD 4K disc format giving viewers the opportunity to watch these classic films in unprecedented detail....
Nerd Update 20/4/24
Its been a little while since I posted stuff :)...
Safest way of using WeChat on Android?
I live in Canada. My girlfriend is Chinese (also living in Canada), and while we are able to communicate via SMS, her mobile carrier isn’t the best, and so there have often been issues for us with regular texting. She expressed a strong preference to use WeChat, at least as a backup option for when texting fails us. While I...
Should we allow job-sharing in parliament? (www.theguardian.com)
These two potential candidates want to try become the first job-sharing parliamentarians. I can see the benefits of opening up possibilities for people with kids/dependents. I think a broader range of perspectives in parliament would be great. And these people would be there to do the job, rather than career politic-ing. The...
Your Coffee Is About to Change, Whether You’re Ready or Not (slate.com)
archive.is/NHhH1
STATEMENT from Google workers with the No Tech for Apartheid campaign on Google’s mass, retaliatory… (web.archive.org)
Help a nerd choose a new phone after 7 years
I’m cross posting my own here, I hope it’s allowed. Maybe it will reach someone who has a similar problem....
Canada's budget to increase taxes on the wealthiest, says source (www.reuters.com)
The Fallout show's been a pleasant surprise (sopuli.xyz)
Todd produced something that’s actually good‽...
Mona: Court rules women’s-only exhibit must allow male visitors (www.bbc.com)
We never agreed to only buy HP ink, say printer owners (www.theregister.com)
18+ Is there any option to rip OnlyFans content?
On Telegram there are a lot of different channels dedicated to leaks. Some of them didn’t have my favorites.
Magnets are switching up the keyboard game with an additional keystroke setting (techcrunch.com)
These keyboards rely on magnets and springs and activate by sensing changes in the magnetic field. Popularized by Dutch keyboard startup Wooting, these switches rely on the Hall Effect and have actually been around since the 1960s....
Will China flood globe with EVs, green tech? What's behind latest US-China trade fight (mainichi.jp)
China has sharply ramped up its production of cheap electric vehicles, solar panels, and batteries just as the Biden administration has pushed through legislation supporting many of those same industries in the United States. ⠀...