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  • Engy is a relaxing class only if you play on Capture the flag. The other modes are pretty stressful lol. But yeah, I usually also go for the Engy. Scout if I feel particularly adventurous, sometimes Sniper on 2Fort. Spy intrigues me but I'm just not able to use it, I'm a disaster.

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    Unblockable political spammer ads now on Reddit.
  • An ad is something that a 3d party buys to appear on a platform. This is a recommendation by the platform itself, so I would not define it as an ad

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    Unblockable political spammer ads now on Reddit.
  • Oh, definitely agree with you on that one. I was only defending the right of a platform to suggest content to its users, regardless of what that content is

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    Unblockable political spammer ads now on Reddit.
  • Reddit shows you communities that you are not subscribed to in your subscription feed.

    Yeah, like I said, not spam and not an ad. It's just an internal algorithmic recommendation

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    Should I avoid or engage in current news right now?
  • IMHO you always have to stay informed. Just find a news source that does not create too much FUD and you're set. E.g: Axios, NPR, Reuters, etc

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    Spotify quietly moves lyrics behind a paywall.
  • Re: tidal on Linux, if you use Arch there are a couple of options in the AUR. I don't know about other distros.

    linux as a non supported web browser

    I'm confused about this one, lol. I did not know that Linux was a browser rofl

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    Spotify quietly moves lyrics behind a paywall.
  • Friendly reminder that Tidal costs the same, has a bigger catalog, does not pester you with podcasts, has lossless quality audio and it includes lyrics

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    Spotify quietly moves lyrics behind a paywall.
  • Tidal has recently eliminated its most expensive plan and bundled everything it offered into the cheaper tier. So it's actually the opposite of enshittification. I love it

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    Papers please
  • OK I read the bandcamp thing and... It's not enshittification at all. Can we stop applying the term to every online service that kinda gets slightly worse for some reason or another?

    Just in case:

    Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. I call this enshittification

    None of those things happened with Bandcamp

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  • https:// irpimedia.irpi.eu /cometisenti-quello-che-i-giornalisti-non-dicono/

    Sapevo che il giornalismo è messo male, ma mai avrei pensato a una cosa del genere. Un esempio dall'articolo (che è molto lungo ma che vale la pena leggere per capire tante cose):

    "Un articolo per il Corriere della Sera online viene pagato 15 euro lordi, un articolo sul Giornale di Sicilia online cinque euro, un articolo per la Gazzetta dello Sport 14 euro, un lancio di agenzia di cinque righe per Italpress 1,50 euro."

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    Yes, it looks like a dumb question, but hear me out.

    I've recently discovered that, for babies, it's normal to sleep in sleeping bags. They can either look like this (not great, with the arms out) or... - prepare for what you're about to see - like this.

    Now - how awesome must that feel? Naturally, my fist instinct was to look up sleeping bags like that for grownups. Unfortunately, they apparently do not exist. I can only find the usual sleeping bags that are used for camping etc., which are all made of that horrible, plasticky, noisy material.

    So my question is twofold: do "home sleeping bags" for adults exist? And, if not, WHY?

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    I'm a longtime This Week in Tech listener and I've realized that downloading the new episode every Monday morning has become a habit I could never imagine quitting.

    As I was thinking about that, I've started wondering which other tech podcasts are people listening to, and if that's second nature for them, too.

    So, what's your favorite technology podcast? (And why should I start listening to it? I would love some recommendations!)

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    I've been using AdGuard's DNS resolver on my Android phone for a couple of months, and I'm pretty satisfied with it.

    The idea is that it filters out ad networks at the DNS level, so there is no need to root the phone (nor to install any app). You just put dns.adguard-dns.com in your "private DNS" settings and that's it.

    Recently, though, I've seen a couple of people around here mentioning how Adguard is not trustworthy, or "kinda shady". What's your take on them? Their privacy policy seems OK to me, but I'd be interested to know more about them.

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