Thursday, July 31
Daily News Stuff 31 July 2025
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- Spotify collects your private information and then leaks it. (The Verge) (archive site)
Which doesn't sound so bad except that Spotify collects a lot more than your playlists.
- So do your sneakers. Here's why that's a good thing. Maybe. (Tech Crunch)
Skechers makes kid's shoes that have a hidden compartment for an Apple AirTag. Which is great if your child has a habit of wandering off or you live in a crime-ridden left-wing shithole.
Tech News
- Micron has announced its first PCIe 6.0 SSDs. (Tom's Hardware)
These are not for desktop computers - there are no PCIe 6.0 desktop computers after all - but rather for high-end servers.
There are also no PCIe 6.0 servers, but PCIe is backward compatible so they'll work fine with ten year old PCIe 1.0 hardware.
The drives can transfer data at up to 28GB per second and will be available in capacities up to 245TB, both of which used to be a lot.
- The future is self-hosted. (Drew Lyton)
The article title says the opposite.
The article title is wrong.
- Well, that's sneaky: There was a bug in Google's "refresh outdated content" button that let anyone delete anything. (Ars Technica)
If you adjusted the capitalisation of the URL it would raise a 404 internally when it tried to refresh the link because URLs are usually case-sensitive.
But Google's system was not case-sensitive, so on seeing the 404 it would consider it a dead link and remove it from the search index.
Mostly Not Tech News
- Was able to sleep soundly last night. Added to the previous three nights, that put me back to... About half of normal.
- Ruri Rocks continues to be worthwhile.
In episode three, our grad student promised Ruri a sapphire.
This week she found one.
It was the size of a grain of sand. And she spent a whole day hunched over a microscope looking for it.
Also we were introduced - sort of - to the fourth member of the team, who will presumably be making her entrance proper next time.
Musical Interlude
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"Have you ever wondered what bops powerful figures are listening to on Spotify?"
I can honestly say I have never, ever, wondered that.
I can honestly say I have never, ever, wondered that.
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, August 01 2025 06:51 AM (Xf/Q5)
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"Elizabeth is a reporter who uses words her grandkids would find trite, stupid, and clichéd. Her IQ can be measured with a scanning electron microscope."
Yeah, Rick C, `bops` is something you give people like Elizabeth. Bops on the head. With an oaken stick. Until she goes back to waiting tables.
Yeah, Rick C, `bops` is something you give people like Elizabeth. Bops on the head. With an oaken stick. Until she goes back to waiting tables.
Posted by: normal at Friday, August 01 2025 07:21 AM (XUcVo)
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Normal, you're not wrong!
Posted by: Rick C at Friday, August 01 2025 12:38 PM (1zWbY)
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I looked away and then I find...Okay, so Minecraft Java Edition does not need Java installed on your PC, but mods might require it? I guess I am playing only vanilla Minecraft because I am not installing Java on my system.
Posted by: cxt217 at Friday, August 01 2025 02:50 PM (ZLF73)
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Minecraft Java Edition bundles Java into the binary. You don't need to install it yourself unless you are creating your own mods - standard mods from sites like Curseforge will work without it.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Saturday, August 02 2025 03:21 AM (PiXy!)
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You can't play Java Edition Minecraft without Java, vanilla or otherwise. But as Pixy says, Minecraft installs its own copy of Java.
Posted by: Rick C at Saturday, August 02 2025 09:29 AM (1zWbY)
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