It isn’t just D&D. I’ve picked up Cyberpunk RED recently - combat is more streamlined, but it can still drag.

the fireball dice?

✅ pure of heart

✅ red of hair

✅ bearer of the Pendant of Zork

pretty sure that’s the chosen one

which one is it

What’s the mysterious and dangerous creature that lives in the garden?

All existing health data and features, however, will remain free.

Perfect!

something came up

I’ve worked with three incredible developers who I’d consider 10x: people who can reliably build a solution quickly, or debug problems that go deep into the OS. One would fit your description, one is a mom who shuttles her kid to after school stuff, and the other is a really nice music nerd.

Like the post states, some people are in the right place at the right time: they have the right background and temperament to do really well at their job. They don’t need to be shitty people.

I don’t really get what selling Chrome and Android would accomplish.

There was a leak of Google’s old page ranking algorithm (not PageRank, but how they change the order of results on search) - it looked like they used a bunch of signals from Chrome about the amount of time users spend on a page, how quickly they go back, etc. Chrome gives the search side of the business an advantage.

Conversely, Android feeds a bunch of extra data to the ad business about what people do in real life.

Both products give the rest of Alphabet a significant advantage over their competitors, and make it harder for new entrants to get a foothold.

Reddit users attribute this boost in GPU performance to changes in Android 16. However, my Pixel 6a is running the latest stable release of Android 15, and it still saw a nearly 23% increase in the Geekbench 6 GPU benchmark. In fact, my Pixel 6a scored a total of 8252 points in the test, outperforming even the Pixel 9 Pro. Therefore, it’s unlikely that anything particular in Android 16 is responsible for this boost in GPU performance.

I’ve noticed that animations seem a bit smoother, but that’s hella anecdotal.

I haven’t noticed problems on my P8P.

I’m surprised the repair places don’t send you a loaner phone while they have yours. Then again, I guess nobody would trust a loaner with their personal info.

it’s ok she has baby

They can still differentiate with software features, storage, memory, and other hardware features (UWB and uh, I dunno? the temperature sensor? lolololol).

Advanced fireball

I appreciated the last round of UI improvements for the setting app. It looks like this might be another improvement.

Damn! I didn’t realize the radar was so expensive.

I really like that it tracks speed. Being able to tell officials that a significant portion of drivers are speeding seems like a great first step when requesting stop signs or speed bumps.

Ask it about the nets!

It depends on your threat model. If you’re concerned with smaller services getting a strong handle on your identity (e.g. a porn site knowing your actual name), then leaking your IP address may not be a problem.

If you’re worried about your online actions being traced back to you by Google then using a VPN to limit your exposure may help.

If you’re worried about three letter agencies, I’d assume that most VPNs are compromised and try to avoid doing anything online.

To be clear, users can still manually share Google Photos pics with connected frames.

It’s shitty that they removed apps ability to see all photos when authorized, though.