From what I could gather:

RCS is not supported by the Android system - probably because Gurgle doesn’t want to (not sure about iOS). Also quite few carriers still do not support it. So if you manage to send a message, you have no guarantee that it would arrive in the same format you would expect.

The only advantage it has is that you don’t have to create an account anywhere and you can simply use a phone number to send it. However, that is also it’s biggest downside, because you would have to give your phone number to other people or services, which is not a good idea in this age.

It may have been a good idea around 2007, but it’s too late now.

Someone please enlighten me. I cannot figure out why does RCS even exist? It does not solve any problems… unless the problem was that Gurgle didn’t have everyone’s phone number yet.

Seriously, If I understand it correctly, RCS requires data (either mobile or wifi), so it cannot be used instead of SMS. But if you already have data, then you can use the communication app you use normally (Matrix, Signal, WhataCrapApp, …). There is no point in using RCS at all.

EDIT: I should have posted this as a reply to one of the comments here… too late.

It’s a great app. I just wish they would improve the list layout by adding edit and delete buttons. And especially making the edit window bigger and resizable. Right now it is so small that I don’t even see the game’s folder’s full name in the path input field, not to mention full absolute path.

I do have a tendency to check where the link leads before clicking on it, so the difference between those two is quite obvious to me: http://example.com/ vs http://xn--exmple-4nf.com/, but a lot of people probably do not do that.

I would definitely not click on the second one.

It there any TV brand that we can still buy?

I’m not really sure how I will be able to setup TV or something that allows watching TV at this point.

I seriously need editable TODO tasks and calendar running on the desktop wtih CalDAV support and reminders (Linux, wayland).

Maybe something like that exists, but I haven’t found it yet. I will probably have to make it myself when I find the time.

Hey, I was looking for SSH client/terminal app the other day as well, but I still haven’t decided what to go with. Is termux really the best? Isn’t it cumbersome to use on a mobile device?

I have found other apps (Conduit, Haven Terminal) that may be better, but I don’t really trust them on the first glance. They are too new and could have been made with AI. Not sure if anyone knows anything about them.

As someone who has been learning Japanese for a very long time, I can tell confirm that Japanese grammar is quite complicated, as others have said. One example could be that adjective clauses go before the noun, instead of after the noun, which could be hard to wrap one’s head around it.

The other issue is that the sentence structure is different from other languages. Japanese language uses Subject-Object-Verb structure instead of Subject-Verb-Object - to put it simply, sentences end with a verb. It could be a problem for a beginner, or even when you get to the intermediate level, where you could start hearing 3 complete sentences before getting to the first verb.

And another potential issue is that there are multiple levels of politeness. Each level changes how you say verbs and some other words. The highest levels even change some verbs to different verbs with the same meaning. But this is mainly issue only when you are planning to live there or work in Japanese company.

I don’t know much about Mandarin Chinese other than that it uses different tones to pronounce words. And if you are like me, who doesn’t hear those tones, it could be impossible to learn.

I believe learning Japanese pronounciation is going to be easier for some people, but it really depends where you come from. I never had to learn Japanese pronounciation because it is almost identical to my own (slavic) language.

Just give any American $1000 and they will be happy to do that.

There is also an option to use an email provider that offers proper email aliases, like runbox. This way your real email address (login username) may never reach the internet.

oh, this is bad. I use SteamDB to check for new releases and get info about games… how am I going to find new games now?

I always wondered why those solo devs/admins don’t ask the community for a help if they feel the pressure or transfer it to some other hobbyist that would have the time for the project, instead of making a decision that pretty much dooms the project?

I have written my CV in HTML, CSS, little bit of JavaScript and handlebars.js library (single JS file). I have all the texts inside JSON files (one file per language). I can switch between languages simply by changing a variable and refreshing the page.

When I need to update the CV, I just change the text and print the CV as a webpage into a PDF using an Ungoogled Chrome (Firefox has a bug that causes the page to print in a slightly wrong size).

It may be overkill for some, but for me it was easier to properly style the page using a CSS than using Writer/Word.

There are quite few things you can do, depending on where you live:

• Do not put your real name or address into the forms if possible.
• Use temporary phone number.
• Use alias email address and change it if it gets leaked.

I’m still scared every time I have to update something, so I try to avoid updates if possible.

Most of the time when I had to update Windows or some software, something would break (and no previous bug would be fixed) and I would have to spend a whole day trying to fix the stupid issue.

TBH, I don’t even remember if an update ever fixed something for me (but it probably happened at least once).

Looks interesting, but it does have serious issues:

1. Cannot change controls.
2. Performance is bad. Lagging as hell.
3. Missing textures:
4. Sound does not work.

Every insteresting game I “bought” on Steam is backed up (including a crack if required).

Don’t worry. That option was there as well.

However, depending on the website it may require your watch history before allowing you to login.

It reminds of this:

There were more options on the website, but I forgot the name of the website, and I cannot find it now… :(

The PC reboots multiple times and every time I have to type LUKS password. It’s really annoying.

It would be nice if Fedora did that as well.