Google has decided to rename Lake Ontario in the US. Please uninstall Google Maps.

While I understand they’re pulling data from the US government, they have no actual legal obligation to comply. This is entirely a choice an executive at Google made.

Did you know: When you click a link on Google and then go there Google tracks your location and links it to all your ads. This feature is called Local Search Ads, and you can hit Google’s pocketbook directly in protest by not having Google Maps installed.

When you have Google Maps installed Google is always tracking you. That tracking data feeds into a lot of products: things like mapping cell and wifi networks to geolocations, ads, recaptcha, search, and more. Google stores a profile of who you are, where you live, where you work, who you visit, etc.

If uninstalling is too much for you go to your Google account and disable Location History in privacy settings. Alternatively, click your user profile icon and turn on incognito mode, which disabled tracking and other features.

This will reduce the data linked to your profile (though, in reality, there’s no assurance this does anything, like when that disabled Nest camera was used by the FBI last year).

Browsing without an account does not have the effect. If you simply log out you have no privacy limitations enabled.

I just discovered this game, I’m on my third base, it’s my first one that’s not totally screwed over and kind of functions.

The base got attacked by a pack of mad wolves. One of my colonists fought off three, but her leg was ripped off in the melee.

She was the only one who could operate the machine mill, so after a lot of rest she hauled steel across the base, milled her own prosthetic leg, and when I checked her stats the only thing keeping her from a mental break was a bonus for loving her work!

Then my retired/marooned assassin, now the colony doctor and janitor, attached the leg and she’s back to normal, just with a lot of scars and no nose.

This game generates some really fun and memorable moments, it’s amazing

I will also not forget my first base. A visitor walked in to my camp to find a bunch of starving people, two in drug dependency caused comas, everything covered in blood, vomit, or both, and a half eaten corpse on the table. They still traded with us, but not having anyone who could clearly communicated meant they overcharged us.

Sadly, my enameled cast iron pot chipped. It flakes off at the edges of the chip, so not food safe anymore.

This pot is my go to for making spaghetti sauce, stews, etc. I baby it, no metal utensils, silicon or wood only.

It’s had that little crack forever, so I think this is related. I’ve emailed the manufacturer to see if they’ll replace it under their lifetime warranty.

I will miss this pot, it was a Christmas gift from my spouse and I’ve made many good meals with it. It’s weirdly sentimental to me.

I'm trying to get back into reading, and for a few weeks have been reading a chapter (or half) of the Hobbit before bed.

Does anyone have recommendations for similar books? I'm not up to reading LOTR yet.

What I'm looking for are relatively chill books that don't stress you out before bed, something that I can just let my imagination run with abd has a cozy feel, if that makes any sense at all.

Don't care too much about genre, but I do like fantasy.

Edit: I should add I don't like books like Candide or Hitchhikers Guide, HG was fun, but I can't do "and stuff just keeps happening to the main character" types. And I know Candide is purposefully frustrating, bit it was too effective.

There’s only 1 Caesar, or Slim Shady, or Charlemagne or Attila.

Unsloth has quants for both

• Unsloth Qwen3 Next guide
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This was a great day to check the news. I also saw that vllm has just added support for strix-halo.

It drains very well now.

Using as a snake tool worked way better than trying to hook the mess with a screwdriver and pliers.

I just finished this movie and thought it was fantastic. This is a more classic haunting horror film, with a great slow burn build up that actually made me feel scared, which is generally pretty rare.

Initially I had low expectations, initially the chemistry of the actors wasn't great, but once I got into the movie it blew me away, like 8/10 for sure. Probably the best horror movie I've seen in a long time.

I made the mistake of reading the reviews and it's a freaking 5/10 on IMDB, which surprised and bothered me. I would definitely recommend this one.

So, have you seen this one, what did you think?

I do not recommend doing this.

Each time I washed it salt would recrystallize as it dried, so after 3 washes I decided to soak it in a lot of water which resolved that.

Then I went to use the salt and without any salt build up it poured out way quicker and ruined my breakfast.