<p>so like... since chrome and android are more or less loss leaders for search, does this mean android can potentially end up fucked</p><p>idk what i dislike more: monopoly on search, or having to use vendors&#39; proprietary mobile OSes *again*</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> Loving that they&#39;re preparing another Steam Controller. I&#39;ve only recently been taking advantage of how customizable the original is.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> I read that as &quot;sometimes, a programmer will turn into a regex to solve a problem&quot;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/01/china-worlds-biggest-economy-usa-think-tank-covid-coronavirus/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">weforum.org/stories/2021/01/ch</span><span class="invisible">ina-worlds-biggest-economy-usa-think-tank-covid-coronavirus/</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@neuronakaya" class="u-url mention">@<span>neuronakaya</span></a></span> </p><p>Thank you for this. It’s well done, obviously very true, and it goes well with my current read which is “Amusing Ourselves to Death” by Neil Postman from 1986. All the things he said about TV and the everything-is-entertainment shift is amplified today by social media. Terrifying.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> sometimes a programmer buys a lottery ticket, and they win.</p><p>Other times they turn to a regex...only to reimplement it in explicit, stateful code a few weeks later. :-)</p><p>(sure, I have my lot of regex working neatly - but it was really sad the day I had to change my 3-line regex-using-method for parsing something by 50 LoC)</p>

<p>Sometimes, a programmer will turn to a regex to solve a problem and then they do. /end</p>

<p>Steam getting proper Season Pass support with clearer guidelines and refunds for cancellations <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/steam-getting-proper-season-pass-support-with-clearer-guidelines-and-refunds-for-cancellations/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/stea</span><span class="invisible">m-getting-proper-season-pass-support-with-clearer-guidelines-and-refunds-for-cancellations/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LinuxGaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PCGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PCGaming</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@neuronakaya" class="u-url mention">@<span>neuronakaya</span></a></span></p><p>I grew up on a college campus, it formed me.</p><p>You are correct of course. But now that I am old I am impressed with how few academics I hang with. Many are uninteresting snobs.</p><p>I suppose I am more willing to generalize in my old age as well.</p>