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TIL: #Obsidian has a sandbox vault to play around and experiment with

(Help -> Open Sandbox Vault)

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Ukraine war: influential Russian think tank proposes a ‘demonstrative’ nuclear explosion https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3264672/ukraine-war-influential-russian-think-tank-proposes-demonstrative-nuclear-explosion?utm_source=rss_feed

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#PayPal is building an ad network based on your #Venmo data

Quoting: “If you’re someone who’s buying products on the web, we know who is buying the products where, and we can leverage the #data..."

They will collect this data by default - users will have to opt-out.

This will affect both PayPal _and_ Venmo users.

#privacy #privacymatters

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/28/24166381/paypal-building-ad-network-transaction-data

Found an interesting plugin for Obsidian called Webpage Export https://github.com/KosmosisDire/obsidian-webpage-export. Really interesting for building simple static websites. You'd build you things in Obsidian as usual, click export et viola you have static html to upload wherever you want. I'm still considering where it will fit in my online life. I may rip and replace everything or just add on as a digital garden. #indieweb #obsidian

Bud Anderson, Last of World War II’s ‘Triple Ace’ Pilots, Dies at 102 - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/18/us/bud-anderson-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tE0.nCmB.1Lw7GUCyPggI&smid=url-share 'He single-handedly shot down 16 enemy planes in dogfights over Europe. After the war, he became one of America’s top test pilots during the “Right Stuff” era.'

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10 Random But Helpful #Obsidian Tips: https://amerpie.lol/2024/05/25/random-but-helpful.html

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Jim Morrison in Paris, 1971. Last known photo taken of him before his death. https://reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/1czugfz/jim_morrison_in_paris_1971_last_known_photo_taken/

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After you die, your Steam games will be stuck in legal limbo

It turns out that digital rights management and its consequences extend even beyond your passing when it comes to Steam. Valve has made it clear that no, you cannot will your Steam account or games to someone else when you die.

The issue of digital game inheritability gained renewed attention this week as a ResetEr

https://www.osnews.com/story/139793/after-you-die-your-steam-games-will-be-stuck-in-legal-limbo/

#Games

🚀via @Techmeme

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A look at Daylight Computer's DC1, a 10.5-inch, $729 tablet that feels like a hybrid of an iPad and a Kindle and runs on a custom Android-based OS called SolOS (David Pierce/The Verge)

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24163225/daylight-dc1-tablet-livepaper
http://www.techmeme.com/240523/p45#a240523p45

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horror writers, start your engines