What games are you playing that regularly send out lots of DNS requests to different domains?

The worrying part:

Most TVs on the market today come with a technology called automatic content recognition (ACR) built in. This is basically Shazam for TV — Shazam itself helped popularize the tech — and gives smart TV platforms the ability to monitor what you’re watching by either taking screenshots or capturing audio snippets while you’re watching.

The author then just gives up and says “maybe targeted adverts aren’t so bad”, concluding that the only way to avoid them is to buy an older TV. Fuck that! Either never connect it to the internet and plug in a more trusted devices, or go for a deep dive down the pihole.

As if an exe could truly understand unix socks

I’m not sure you’re supposed to form an air-tight seal around the toilet bowl, but if your farts are that bad then thank you for your consideration

I suppose technically yes, but not in normal conversation (in Britain at least). It’s not like it’s completely nonsensical, but to us school is primary and secondary education, higher education is university; they’re distinctly different things and saying “gets kicked out of school” would be way less ambiguous.

Yeah but that can be done after you’re finished, definitely shouldn’t be part of planning!

Is “blackout” a bingo term for filling every box, or just falling unconscious from overwork?

Americans call uni “school”

Same principle as a former burglar who now installs security systems or a former soldier who now works as a bodyguard. You’ve got the skills, you just want to use them in a different way!

Scientists smart enough to get approval for buying ecstasy for research purposes!

Super Mario Run was quite fun as a single-button Mario platformer. You could also try visual novels or point-and-click adventures, or even something just with simple controls like pokémon.

The line between banter and bullying can be pretty simple: does the target find it funny, and can you take back what you dish out?

Was “lather, rinse, repeat” an advertising jingle or something for you guys, or do you just all get taught to wash your hair twice?

Not showing up for me, did they only add it recently?

Good to know, thanks!

Behold, the master hacker

automatically lock the phone a few minutes after the screen turns off

Isn’t the default behaviour of phones to lock as soon as the screen turns off?

Requirements - Device admin permission for locking screen.

Does this mean it requires root access (which brings additional security concerns) or just that a non-restricted user needs to set it up?

It does? How do you set it up?

Actual answer:

The data shows that from January 2024 to December 2024, 67% of player hours on PC were spent on a game that was six or more years old. A further 25% of player hours were spent on games that were two to five years old, and the remaining 8% of time was spent on games that are less than two years old.

Sample:

The results are extrapolated from a yearly in-depth survey of 73,000 players, alongside data from over 10,000 games