First reactions to new Star Wars show The Acolyte are calling it Twin Peaks meets The Batman - Feddit UK

> The first reactions are in for The Acolyte, the newest Star Wars show on Disney Plus – and viewers are loving the series’ dark, murder mystery vibes and “Force-fu” fight scenes. > > “Star Wars: #TheAcolyte is a DREAM for fans of The High Republic era and a fresh experience for everyone else. 4 eps in and it’s taking its time layering in the dark mystery. RIVETING fight choreography and SUPERB performances from Amandla Stenberg and Lee Jung-jae. I’m diggin it,” said one fan. > > Others also praised the fight scenes, particularly the “Force-fu,” which will see characters engage in hand-to-hand martial arts rather than reaching for their lightsabers. “Star Wars: #TheAcolyte is filled with mystery and darkness that delves deep into new and diverse depths of the galaxy. I’ve seen 4 eps and dig the sinister story it’s steadily setting up. BIG potential in this era. Carrie-Anne Moss with a lightsaber doing Force-Fu is PERFECTION,” wrote one viewer. > > “#TheAcolyte is a blend of murder mystery with Star Wars charm. 4 episodes in, and it’s clear that this new timeline will add to the lore of the galaxy in BIG ways. The Kung Fu force fighting is MAGICAL! JJ as Sol is the COOLEST Jedi since QUI GON! Can’t wait to see where it goes,” agreed another. > > Audiences have also made comparisons to other titles, from fellow Star Wars series Andor to some more unlikely parallels, which have done nothing but raise our expectations. “THE ACOLYTE Eps 1-4 are superb. A captivating murder mystery that evokes the detective tales of Twin Peaks & Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Mature like Andor while fully embracing & thematically connecting to the prequels. Seeing the High Republic in live-action does not disappoint,” a viewer tweeted. > > “#TheAcolyte is the force-sensitive version of Andor. The cast is stellar, the writing of each episode is jam packed. Practical sets and amazing costumes, as well as sfx work make every location feel lived in, while having an emotional throughline to keep it focused,” wrote another.

GitHub - uszie/firefox-breeze-theme: A Breeze theme for Firefox🔥 - Lemmy

Total War: Star Wars reportedly in development at Creative Assembly - Sopuli

Are there any privacy-friendly (including offline) AI detectors? - Lemmy.ca

I can see far too many privacy issues with copy and pasting text into a website, and/or registering an account which will keep a history of the text checked. Are there any services available that are noted for being private? For context, I’m using uBlacklist to manually block website that use AI generated content.

Beware the "Cached Apps Freezer". It's the new Doze and may be delaying your notifications. - Lemmy.World

Recently I got a new phone and immediately had trouble with my notifications coming in on time. Emails, calendar alerts, even alarms were being delayed up to 15 minutes. This isn’t the first time I’ve had problems like this. When Doze first came out back in Android 6 around 2017, it caused me a lot of grief, until I figured out how to whitelist apps and disable it. However, none of my well-known fixes and workarounds were effective. A new sinister menace has arisen. It’s the Cached Apps Freezer, and it must die. Before I wrote this post, I did a lot of research and found very little information. It’s clear that this feature and it’s negative side effects is not well know to the Android user community. The one exception was the Termux community and it’s dev agnostic-apollo, who had some excellent notes which I link to below. The Cached Apps Freezer first appeared in Android 11 QPR3. It’s a feature that still seems half baked, like it’s in beta, but it’s being enabled by default on some devices. Notably, all Google Pixel devices have it enabled by default, but I’ve read that some Samsung devices also have it enabled by default. So what does it do? In basic English, it periodically pauses and unpauses any app that isn’t in the foreground so that it can’t run. The process isn’t killed, but it can’t do anything until it gets unfrozen. If you watch your logcat, you will regularly see ActivityManager messages with the word “freeze” and “frozen”. It’s a power saving feature and you will find a plenty of ignorant users praising how it makes their battery last longer, but you won’t find any mention of the side effect of delaying notifications. Note that you might have seen the term “frozen” and “freeze” before in relation to Android apps, where the app is still installed but disabled. This is not the same thing and is not related in any way. If battery life is your primary concern, then feel free to turn this thing on. It definitely works, but don’t expect your notifications to come in right away. They might come in instantly, but most of the time they are going to be delayed up to 15 minutes. So, what can you do about it if you want it disabled? Unfortunately this feature has no user-facing control. Google didn’t create any kind of knobs or controls for the end-user. Maybe this is intentional, or maybe it’s just a half-baked feature. Either way, your only option is to disable it completely. There are two ways to disable it: Option 1: Enable Developer Options and disable “Suspend execution for cached apps”. You must reboot to apply the change. Option 2: Run the following command on an adb shell, a terminal, or wherever, and then reboot: “device_config put activity_manager_native_boot use_freezer false”. Below are a bunch of links with reference info. https://source.android.com/docs/core/perf/cached-apps-freezer [https://source.android.com/docs/core/perf/cached-apps-freezer] https://www.xda-developers.com/hidden-changes-android-11-source-code/ [https://www.xda-developers.com/hidden-changes-android-11-source-code/] https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/11574-cached-apps-freezer-breaking-foreground-services-pixel-7pro-qpr2 [https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/11574-cached-apps-freezer-breaking-foreground-services-pixel-7pro-qpr2] https://www.reddit.com/r/termux/comments/13z7cpg/prevent_termux_from_closing/ [https://www.reddit.com/r/termux/comments/13z7cpg/prevent_termux_from_closing/] https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/2366 [https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/2366] https://github.com/agnostic-apollo/Android-Docs/blob/master/en/docs/apps/processes/phantom-cached-and-empty-processes.md [https://github.com/agnostic-apollo/Android-Docs/blob/master/en/docs/apps/processes/phantom-cached-and-empty-processes.md]

YSK : Dark patterns among large companies are becoming more mainstream - Lemmy.World

While it is no secret that exploitative practices are interlaced with capitalistic tendencies, the practices are becoming intolerable. Signing up to pay usually takes only two clicks that are prominently visible whereas cancelation options are hidden away in deep settings requiring multiple clicks. Pricing often feel arbitrary with no reference points. Every large company grows with the intention of exhibiting monopolistic behavior. This is not sustainable and should not be tolerated.