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Most of these are also on Crunchyroll, if it's useful.

Not sure it is the same kind of thing, but I've been using Homebank ever since the various personal financial management applications pulled out of the UK market.

I've always been a fan of "dropping the kids off at the pool".

Though it will probably backfire if you say it to your own crotchfruit...

By "that shit", do you mean every website/app that may contain age-restricted (not just sexual) content? Because that's what comes into force in the UK next week.

I've been dreading this for decades. 🤬

It's not just Reddit, nor are they the first to roll it out early.

Same here. And the reasons you mention are exactly the reason I deleted that account a few years ago when I switched to Fastmail.

A couple of my friends are willing to put up with it, but always mention the volume of spam they deal with.

I've had my new email address for 6-odd years and only have one regular spam source - from a hack of an online shop - but as I used a username+shopname email alias for it, it's easy to detect and automatically handle.

Now I use Fastmail's "Masked Email" feature for each online account. When (not if) a site gets hacked, I just change the site to use a new masked address and block/delete the old one, and then it's useless to scammers/spammers.

ARM was European. Until its shareholders agreed for it to be acquired by SoftBank.

That's a large part of the problem, I think: shareholders and "number must go up!" mentality can change a company's nation of ownership/influence overnight. And a private European company can choose to go public on a foreign stock exchange (eg. Spotify).

If a viable competitor to Intel or AMD was to come into being in Europe, there's currently nothing* stopping its shareholders selling the company to non-European venture capital whenever they want (eg. ARM).

*There is usually a competition or monopoly regulator, but they typically have no teeth, have been captured by industry interests, or have to bow to political pressure.

You can see some of them that way, particularly the ISS and Iridium satellites. Both require that you, the satellite and the sun be in the right position for you to see a reflection (or "flare").

It's worth noting that some satellites are smaller than a loaf of bread and low-earth orbit is 800-2000 km. By comparison, the horizon can be under 5 km. And there's also the atmospheric conditions between you and it to consider.

If you want to watch a satellite flyover, there are sites and apps that provide the times for your location.

The first time I saw the ISS go over, it reminded me of those silent, fast action scenes in The Expanse. 😄

Doesn't every Instagram user automatically have a Threads account now? (Even if they're unaware of it.)

Meta faking Threads user count that way on top of what's happened with X user count would explain this "milestone" quite easily.

If it eventually gets outed as being Ponzi scheme, I'll not be remotely surprised.

Classic Reg. They style their headlines on Daily Fail language, meant to be a bit hyperbolic and/or tongue in cheek - which worked in the era of lad's magazines - but really doesn't now.

Good article, tough.

I've been using SelectSpecs for 15 years. I think they drop-ship from SE Asia.

Mostly to have a spare set, but for the last year or so they've been my primary pair.