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Junk Store (for installing Epic and GoG games on the Deck) is hopefully coming to Steam store in c/[email protected]

[–] NGnius 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It'll be interesting to see how the launch goes. Maybe Decky itself will get onto the Steam store one day...

iPhones in the EU get ability to set more default apps, delete more built-in ones in c/[email protected]

[–] NGnius 1 points 8 months ago

All browsers on iOS are basically reskinned versions of Safari since they all have to use WebKit

The music control Decky plugin (and possibly some other plugins) is causing Steam OS to not load properly and should be uninstalled. in c/[email protected]

[–] NGnius 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They're mostly breaking the GUI of game mode, which causes it to restart the game mode GUI. The underlying OS isn't really affected -- you should be able to SSH into an affected system or force boot into desktop mode.

Hacktivists release two gigabytes of Heritage Foundation data (Project 2025) in c/[email protected]

[–] NGnius 3 points 9 months ago

Seems like they're keeping the link up to date on their telegram https://t.me/s/SiegedSecurity

A lesbian couple was brutally beaten by group of men in Halifax. Police still haven't filed charges in c/canada

[–] NGnius 15 points 9 months ago

I think it was more a comment along the lines of "we tried nothing and we're all out of ideas"

Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking in c/[email protected]

[–] NGnius 22 points 11 months ago

I'm sure many people would be much more willing to go into the office if they got paid for their commute. Even better if they got the pollution from their commute offset. Nothing lazy about wanting to be compensated for things you're doing for your employer.

Shout out to anyone else who did the CHEO ride today. in c/ottawa

[–] NGnius 3 points 11 months ago

I got very wet but still fun like always!

Who here's committed to not shop at Loblaws' companies this month (and beyond)? in c/canada

[–] NGnius 4 points 1 year ago

I haven't been to a Loblaws in ages, but I'm happy to continue with that.

I tend to get my groceries from local independent (not Independent) stores and Giant Tiger. They're closer so I can walk anyway.

HMD Pulse trio unveiled: affordable phones with 'Gen 1 repairability' in c/[email protected]

[–] NGnius 3 points 1 year ago

Looks like the back (and side) cover clips on. IFixit has repair guides available already. Inside, it looks like basically any regular phone. No Fairphone-esque modules. The inside seems to be well-designed for repairability though -- separate bottom board and battery pull tabs. All of the side buttons are attached to the back cover and a thin cable connects to the main board under some plastic. That's going to be easy to break while repairing...

I looked at all 3 phones, they are all similarly built to the Pro model I linked.

Are ‘mom-and-pop’ investors pricing out first-time homebuyers? in c/canada

[–] NGnius 19 points 1 year ago

If there are more than enough houses then an investment house would be a bad investment since no one would need to rent it and/or no one would want to buy it with a good profit margin. Instead, they're buying houses that people want, which is driving up home prices and letting them set high rents.

[News] Fantastic v0.5.0 released in c/[email protected]

[–] NGnius 3 points 1 year ago

It's a plugin for Decky loader that allows you to control the Steam Deck's fan

Brave browser quietly slips a VPN service onto your Windows PC in c/[email protected]

[–] NGnius 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Chromium is still controlled by Google, so having an overwhelming market share of Chromium-based browsers reduces competition and increases Google's control of the market's position and future. Using Firefox (and Safari, if it were not locked to a single ecosystem) reduces that threat.