I tried Ladybird browser for fun, and it looks more stable than when I ran it for the last time, which is great!
It doesn't properly load the given substack (it seems to stop loading it in the middle), but it looks fine. :)
Surprisingly, loading Google Maps even work, but I can't seem to do more than move the map around. Github even works!
So far it seems better than Servo in throwing random sites at it, but I last tried Servo years ago so it's not fair. I guess I will try Servo now for the heck of it
edit: yeah Servo still seems worse, but it loads the whole substack post :)
Well, I goofed. Nonetheless, Threema is claiming GDPR-complaince:
Excerpt from their main web page:
Threema is 100% Swiss Made, hosts its own servers in Switzerland*, and, unlike US services (which are subject to the CLOUD Act, for example), it is fully GDPR-compliant.
Make no mistake I would never use Threema, and "made in switzerland" is usually just putting lipstick on a pig; the one time someone seriously looked into Threema it was full of weird decisions, if I remember correctly
Still GDPR is unrelated to what we are talking about
Yes, everyone wanting to serve clients in the eu (even if they are on vacation in non eu) must comply with the gdpr; this article however is not related to the gdpr though.
google meet is part of their office suite, called google workspace. the higher tiers of google workspace include access to the paid tier of gemeni.
also, in a previous iteration of google's AI branding, meet had a feature that would create llm-generated meeting notes for you. i'm unsure if this still exists
It's not related to Gemini. I suspect they're putting non-LLM stuff behind the Gemini paywall to make Gemini look more profitable than it is. Like most LLM rollouts, it could maybe become cashflow-positive, but it will likely never be profitable because of the many billions it takes to compete with OpenAI and Meta.
Bundling could also be a strategy to get people to try LLM products. You want X, you have to buy a package with both X and Y to get X. Many people will think, "I'm paying for Y, might as well try getting something out of it."
ICQ was bought by... uhh Russians? Israelis? Something like that... and was changed several times what it actually is; when I tried it recently, it was just a WhatsApp clone; they even removed all the old ICQ number accounts.
I'm actually kinda bummed to hear that. I logged in sometime in the past few years and was pleasantly surprised to see my number from the 90s still worked. Moot point now if the whole thing is being shut down anyways, I guess.
It is using Chromium Embedded Framework, so it's not using native UI. But it also isn't Electron.
I don't see any Node.js anywhere in Acrobat Reader.
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