Except now they will be written by AI, an updated one gets left on your doorstep 3 times a week, and the built in DRM sets itself on fire when the new one is printed.

Image files can contain thumbnail exif data. Basically the thumbnail isn't created on the fly every time its needed, it's a second image in the same image file. Some software doesn't edit that exif data when it edits the image, so you can end up with a mismatch like this.

Try a different image editor

Second protontricks.

Also, when you open random exes with proton tricks, it will give you a list of existing proton instances. If you have a decent steam library already using proton, it's going to be a list of installed games. If a game on there uses the dll that you need, you can just pick that game and you don't need to setup anything, it already is.

I asked Google for a list of games that use directx9c, and it gave me Fallout: New Vegas, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Portal (early builds/legacy render paths), Left 4 Dead 2, and Mirror's Edge. L4d2 is free I think, so you can just install this game then run your game through that proton instance. Zero headache.

This probably has some hidden caveat I'm not aware of, I'm just trying to play games.

I'm going to eat a whole jar of this seasoning straight just to exercise my freedoms

Background blur? Who asked for this?

Just looks like a bunch of bullshit that ensures my 5 year old phone can't run the app with any reasonable response time.

A really long noodle that you both slurp up until you kiss.

The tracking is happening on your mobile phone. That's where mobile apps go.

It sees where you go when you don't have a car.

It sees what public transit you use.

It sees how all sorts of habits are altered without a car.

They will probably find new ways to A/B test the shit out of you too. I'd rather test new medications for cash than be a part of unregulated behavior studies ran by psychopaths.

Metro has partnered with GoCarma, whose mobile app automatically tracks travel behavior and odometer readings — making participation easier than ever. 

There's the fun part. They're going to track the shit out of you and your car. Whether you successfully earn that $600 or not, they're going to hoover up your data and sell it for more.

He won't say what's wrong, he doesn't say much of anything anymore. He spends most of his time staring into the void.

I think when you export your Google account data you have options on how it will split your Gmail across mbox files, and I think you can pick an option to split it by labels/folders.

Unspoken?

I think that AI will probably, most likely, sort of lead to the end of the world. But in the meantime, there will be great companies created with serious machine learning

According to the report, Ukraine also suggested using SpaceX’s military-grade Starshield network if Musk refuses to authorize Starlink, although Ukrainian officials said Starshield would be more expensive and harder to integrate into existing drone systems.

This is in the linked article. Kyiv Post and UA officials disagree that they're essentially the same, and they want starlink.