Almost correct, except that the patterns it works with are on the byte level. Not all files contain text, after all.

Or just use Firefox Focus

“This item is unavailable in your country.”

I have just set my mobile Firefox to private browsing only.

Works for me because I rarely need to log in to websites on my phone (most have apps, anyway, e.g. Lemmy).

You mean because people think the rich earned their wealth?

Like Jeff Bezos slaving day and night, as he does, to get all those parcels sent out.

Or Elon coming up with, like, cool ideas. And shit. After smoking another blunt and thinking about how great Adolf Hitler really was.

Happy to see a fellow Hashiwokakero enjoyer. ♥️

For free games, I would like to add Gobble (by Never Ads) to the list. Unfortunately, I cannot find it in Google Play Store right now.

For paid games, After, Inc. is pretty nice.

It runs great in LDPlayer…

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… a.k.a. The United States of America, see below. This was not a Dutch decision.

True, true. But also

Looking to finish Ball x Pit. It’s been a lot of fun.

Holy shnikes, what a stoike!

Depending on the era and genre, the most ubiquitous drum machine would be a Linn Drum (late 70s & early 80s pop, e.g. ABBA), Roland TR-808 (80s soft pop, e.g. Phil Collins), or Roland TR-909 (90s House/Dance/Trance, e.g. Scooter).

There are many others, of course, and even if the actual machine wasn’t used, these sounds have been sampled and reused countless times, e.g. using a Fairlight CMI.

Interestingly, the 808 is the only one of the three that does NOT use samples itself but synthesizes all of its percussion sounds, which gives it a rather distinct character. Perhaps that is what led you to believe that it is the most ubiquitous drum machine - it’s easier to recognize than the others, even in a crowded mix.

Fear of what, then?

Perhaps.

And it wasn’t until the U.S. invaded Mexico and forced it to cede large swaths of its territory. Same with California, Arizona, Nevada, etc.

Puerto Rico didn’t exactly beg to be annexed, either.

I think a lot of this panic about Latin American people illegally taking over the United States stems from repressed colonial guilt.

Republicans: Big whoop!

Or just wishlist/buy Airborne Empire. I’m still waiting for it to come out of Early Access but the demo I played half a year ago was excellent.

Preparing their rebranding to White Supremacy Journal.

God, that reminds me of the debate on XML that I had with a developer about fifteen years ago.

Both our companies were working for a client who needed to publish product catalogues in several languages twice a year.

They had implemented a sort of Content Management System which they used with a plugin to feed data into Quark Xpress files as well as their website, IIRC. Cross-media publishing, essentially, and they had their own little set of format instructions to make words appear in bold, different colors, etc.

Since my company was tasked with translating the text into various languages, I suggested they come up with a way to store their data as XML. The standard tools in the translation industry can be easily customized to work with that, and XML would be a good way to future-proof their software. After a lot of delaying, grumbling, and ho-hum, they agreed to implement this plan.

Lo and behold, when the first meeting on the new XML format came around they showed it to me for the first time and… everything was in CDATA sections. Entire paragraphs of text with proprietary formatting instructions. 😐

When I tried to explain, very politely, and very patiently, that this was not going to work, the lead dev started insulting me. I swear to God, I’ve never been this close to punching someone in the face at a business meeting. 🤬

Thankfully, the client understood the issue and we eventually got an XML-based data exchange going. It is probably still in use today.

See, the problem was that the kid didn’t have their own gun to shoot back.

ARM OUR KIDS!