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End of Japanese community | SUMO community discussions | Forums | Mozilla Support
November 6, 2025 at 2:39:34 PM GMT+1 * - permalink -I have contributed to the Support over 20 years, before the beginning of support.mozilla.org.
Today, November 4, we decided to end our SUMO Japanese community
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums/contributors/717446
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Lord of the Rings fan spends 10 hours walking to Mount Doom in 18-year-old game - Dexerto
November 5, 2025 at 9:39:28 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -superfan has recreated Frodo’s exact journey from Bag End to Mount Doom in a 10-hour virtual trek through Lord of the Rings Online, an 18-year-old MMO.
Despite Boromir’s iconic warning, it turns out you can, in fact, simply walk into Mordor
- https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/lord-of-the-rings-fan-10-hours-walking-to-mount-doom-18-year-old-game-3279438/
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Huge dinosaur trackway uncovered in the UK - BBC News
November 5, 2025 at 8:22:45 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -How a huge dinosaur trackway was uncovered in the UK
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-5f8c77b0-92bc-40f2-bf21-6793abbe5ffe
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Cocktails and checkmates: the young Britons giving chess a new lease of life | Chess | The Guardian
November 4, 2025 at 7:22:41 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -Cocktails and checkmates: the young Britons giving chess a new lease of life
Laid-back clubs proving a hit in London, Birmingham and elsewhere as people look for new ways to socialise
- https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/04/young-chess-clubs-london-birmingham
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New Design Trend: People Downgrading 'Smart' Homes to Analog 'Dumb' Homes, Some with Landlines and Offline Appliances - Slashdot
November 3, 2025 at 6:48:29 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -A home where "technology is always in the background, working and listening, feels anxiety-producing" instead of restorative, architect Yan M. Wang tells Axios
- https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/11/02/067245/new-design-trend-people-downgrading-smart-homes-to-analog-dumb-homes-some-with-landlines-and-offline-appliances
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Perplexity
October 31, 2025 at 11:02:17 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -Großes Ägyptisches Museum öffnet nach 20 Jahren Verzögerung
- https://www.perplexity.ai/discover/you/grand-egyptian-museum-opens-af-Q121pWuqRyCrdabK752cKg
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'Keep Android Open' Campaign Pushes Back On Google's Sideloading Restrictions - Slashdot
October 31, 2025 at 8:57:07 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -A "Keep Android Open" campaign is pushing back on new rules from Google that will reportedly block users from sideloading apps on Android phones
- https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/30/2225257/keep-android-open-campaign-pushes-back-on-googles-sideloading-restrictions
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4K or 8K TVs Offer No Distinguishable Benefit Over Similarly Sized 2K Screen in Average Living Room, Scientists Say - Slashdot
October 29, 2025 at 10:28:05 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -4K or 8K TVs Offer No Distinguishable Benefit Over Similarly Sized 2K Screen in Average Living Room, Scientists Say
- https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/10/27/1821210/4k-or-8k-tvs-offer-no-distinguishable-benefit-over-similarly-sized-2k-screen-in-average-living-room-scientists-say
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Study Finds Growing Social Circles May Fuel Polarization - Slashdot
October 29, 2025 at 10:21:19 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -study from the Complexity Science Hub Vienna finds that as people's close social circles expanded from two to five friends around the rise of social media (2008-2010), polarization in society spiked
- https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/27/2325201/study-finds-growing-social-circles-may-fuel-polarization
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The 'Great CEO-checklist' - The Dutch Investors
October 28, 2025 at 9:48:34 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -What makes a great CEO? What should you avoid? Find out!
- https://thedutchinvestors.substack.com/p/the-great-ceo-checklist?publication_id=2349701&post_id=175726249&isFreemail=true&r=6ik3s&triedRedirect=true
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The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me
October 27, 2025 at 9:54:27 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -My robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, transmitting logs and telemetry that I had never consented to share
- https://codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day-my-smart-vacuum-turned-against-me/
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Dungeons & Dragons Brings Purpose and Fulfillment - and Maybe Structure and Connection for Retirees? - Slashdot
October 27, 2025 at 9:46:31 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -Dungeons & Dragons Brings Purpose and Fulfillment - and Maybe Structure and Connection for Retirees
- https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/10/26/034248/dungeons-dragons-brings-purpose-and-fulfillment---and-maybe-structure-and-connection-for-retirees
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Smartphones manipulate our emotions and trigger our reflexes — no wonder we’re addicted
October 26, 2025 at 10:41:11 PM GMT+1 * - permalink -Smartphones manipulate our emotions and trigger our reflexes — no wonder we’re addicted
- https://theconversation.com/smartphones-manipulate-our-emotions-and-trigger-our-reflexes-no-wonder-were-addicted-265014
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But What is the Internet Layer? - by Lakshya Mittal
October 26, 2025 at 8:55:27 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -Everyone knows what the Internet is. But do you know how it actually works?
- https://lakshyamittal.substack.com/p/but-what-is-the-internet-layer
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What Happened to Apple's Legendary Attention to Detail? - Fragments & Reflections
October 24, 2025 at 7:50:38 AM GMT+2 * - permalink -In my mind, "Apple" as a brand used to be synonymous with "attention to detail" but sadly, over the course of the last 8 - 10 years, their choices have become anything but detail oriented.
This year, things have gotten so bad that I'm starting to think they've stopped caring about user experience, accessibility, and detailed QA tests altogether.
- https://blog.johnozbay.com/what-happened-to-apples-attention-to-detail.html
In my mind "Apple" as a brand used to be synonymous with "attention detail" but sadly over the course of last 8 10 years their choices have become anything detail oriented. This year things gotten so bad that I'm starting think they've stopped caring about user experience accessibility and detailed QA tests altogether.
