In light of the recent news about the 3 dimensional aperiodic monotile (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.24779v1) Here an animation of the assembly of the rep-tile it is based on
Finally! No more trending garbage when I want to privately watch YouTube videos.
Seriously, I never understood the mentality that privacy front-ends need to show what's trending. It honestly kind of defeats the purpose and I really just want to enjoy the content I want to watch without a care in the world.
I'd like to point out that about 5.74 billion investors (70% of the worlds population) lost about $1.14 trillion on their entertainment purchases over the last 12 months.
I bring this up because of the negative publicity California is bringing and laws they're pushing to ban public officials from creating memecoins or anyone from using public officials likeness in producing memecoins.
The question is why are people permitted to invest in (translation buy/rent/subscribe/etc) other entertainment, ya know like hollywood's movies and tv shows/streaming content/etc, but when we start talking memecoins it's an 'investment' and has to be regulated or even banned????
I say this as someone who would NEVER buy a memecoin and I don't 'invest' in memecoins. I do however use cryptocurrencies as cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin were intended (not that I am a fan of BTC, it's not privacy friendly, Monero is better). That is as a means of transferring value/ease conducting business:
"The governor's office pointed to reports that about a million investors lost an alleged $3.8 billion on their purchases of the memecoin released by President Donald Trump in 2025 as a the motivation behind the new rule."
if you used a camera to paint a picture its not real art
How you know the law is unfair to your average user / individual publisher:
"Websites that are blocked by mistake can ask the court to modify the order. However, unlike Issa’s bill, which offers up to $250,000 in compensation, the DEFEND IP Act has no payout for collateral damage."
So in other words there is basically zero chance that a small guy is going to be able to get stuff blocked, but the ~7 hollywood studios (do we even have 7 left???) will be able to basically block any site they like without consequences even if it's non-infringing or primarily non-infringing because the little guy won't have the funds / lawyers on staff / etc to defend against the over-blocking that is inevitable and has occurred in EVERY country that has implemented a censorship regime.
Lets not forget that this also is one of the tactics that is used against political opponents. Particularly the authoritarian kinds (and yes- the very folks we have in congress too!). They have pushed for financial "sanctions" and used such censorship (of a financial nature) in Canada (Prime Minister Justin Trudeau froze the bank accounts, credit cards, and donations of those he disliked for protesting thanks to a highly regulated financial system) and the US against those they oppose. Europe has done the same thing for that matter, but it isn't just who you think. It's a large number of groups from "conservatives" during democrat administrations to folks previously involved in the legal porn industry (bank accounts being shut down by order of republican administrations).
In Canada which does have a censorship regime and site blocking like this bill proposes has attempted to add (?and maybe has?) other non-piracy sites to the list including gambling sites. Censorship doesn't end.
Guys, I need help trying to find a particular PC game and I don't even know what it was called or exactly what genre it was.
So as we all know, big box stores (or maybe even stores in general) don't sell physical PC games anymore, but a few years ago, when they still carried some games like The Sims 4, there was a game in a brown jewel case still being sold in many places. It stood out because it seemed to be old, but was still in print. It must have been a full version of those casual shareware games that used to come with your PC back in the mid-2000s. It must have been a puzzle game, a virtual board game, a game show game, or a collection of those. I just know it existed but never cared about it, but now want to know about it for historical purposes.
If anyone has any idea what it was, please tell me.
I really want to know how this protects free speech or consumers, this literally makes zero sense, talk about propaganda (internet censorship bill / site blocking):
"'By enacting this legislation, our country can deploy a highly effective tool to protect creators and consumers from overseas digital piracy, all while safeguarding free speech and preserving the open internet,' MPA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin says. "
Bill to censor the US internet: