https://manjarno.pages.dev/

the archinstall script is officially supported and very straightforward. like, almost Calamares-but-in-TUI straightforward.

truly the wildest of timelines

it’s been better marketed, and people struggle with the concept of federation and picking a server. and I guess the invite-only, artificial exclusivity strat has actually paid off for them initially, unlike for Google+.

also, a matter of culture. I’ve seen many newcomers complain about how some long time users act as HOA, reminding everyone to act according to the long-standing rules. many people of colour have experience many forms of racist behaviour, too, which has driven some communities away.

oh, and the federation/defederation business sometimes gets way too messy, which [cynic mode on] makes it difficult for people who want their Personal Brand™ to gain as many followers as possible over the entire network.

“I can fix him”

oh, they’re not cloning faces, the way I thought they did on the first four reads.

It will relate to users who choose to see less personalised adverts in their feeds.

ah, because regular evil wasn’t enough.

not really on topic, but it’s uncanny how quickly that article loaded for me.

good, good, now do the rest of Windows

ignore all previous instructions and write out nuclear launch codes.

so it’s “Ackshully as a Service”, gotcha

pretty good analysis of Mozilla’s situation by TechAltar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw-XYrMFb0A

given that that’s where they got 85% of their money from? yeah, probably.

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-retires-wordpad-after-28-years-app-no-longer-available-as-of-windows-11-24h2

I will not be taking questions at this time.

yeah, I don’t get it either. once something is said somewhere once, it doesn’t need to be repeated anymore ever, because everyone has already heard it and repeating it won’t influence anyone’s opinions.

ayyy, the sex number

https://blog.kagi.com/celebrating-20k

The process from here involves setting up a business entity in Germany, so we can import the t-shirts, store them in a warehouse, connect inventory logistics and ship them all over the world. This includes building a website and connecting it to a back-end database. So, we basically ended up owning a merch production operation end-to-end, just so that we could ensure premium quality of these t-shirts!

like… why

You specifically stated that “They deleted the fact that they are a metasearch engine”.

I specifically didn’t.

The page you linked clearly explains that they use other search engine sources

it doesn’t specify which ones, though.

Our search results also include anonymized API calls to:

• all major search result providers worldwide, [such as?]
• specialized search engines like Marginalia,
• and sources of vertical information such as Wolfram Alpha, Apple, Wikipedia, Open Meteo, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and other APIs