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The Spacebar Jun 29

Apple's history is hiding in a Mac font https://www.spacebar.news/apple-history-hiding-in-mac-font/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news #tech #technology

Apple's history is hiding in a Mac font

FireWire, the Newton PDA, and other technologies from Apple's past are still hiding in macOS.

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The Spacebar Jun 15

How to download audio-only media files with yt-dlp https://www.spacebar.news/how-to-download-audio-only-media-files-with-yt-dlp/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news #tech #technology

Yt-dlp: How to download audio-only media files

You can download videos and audio as MP3, M4A, OGG, or other audio formats with the yt-dlp command line tool.

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The Spacebar May 29

This is every Ubuntu Linux default wallpaper https://www.spacebar.news/ubuntu-linux-default-wallpapers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news #tech #technology

Every Ubuntu Linux default wallpaper (download)

The default wallpapers from over 20 years of Ubuntu Linux, from Warty Warthog to Plucky Puffin, in full original quality.

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The Spacebar May 27

Moonbase Alpha: That time NASA made a meme video game https://www.spacebar.news/moonbase-alpha-nasa-video-game/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news #tech #technology

Moonbase Alpha: That time NASA made a meme video game

John Madden. John Madden. Aeiou. Aeiou.

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The Spacebar May 12

The worst tech event ever: looking back at Google I/O 2024 https://www.spacebar.news/worst-tech-event-ever-google-io-2024/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news #tech #technology

The worst tech event ever: looking back at Google I/O 2024

Put some glue in your pizza, while you do vibe home renovation.

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The Spacebar Apr 30

Data hoarding is more important than ever https://www.spacebar.news/data-hoarding-more-important-than-ever/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news #tech #technology

Data hoarding is more important than ever

The destruction of public data and media is reaching critical levels. You can help stop it by downloading literally everything.

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The Spacebar Mar 24

What is real in the age of AI slop and SEO spam? https://www.spacebar.news/real-information-ai-slop-seo-spam/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news #tech #technology

What is real in the age of AI slop and SEO spam?

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to find factually-accurate information online in 2025.

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The Spacebar Mar 2

Why can't we go back to small phones? https://www.spacebar.news/cant-go-back-to-small-phones/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news #tech #technology

Why can't we go back to small phones?

The iPhone SE is dead, and with it, the compact smartphone as a mainstream product. What happened?

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The Spacebar Feb 3

The flip phone web: browsing with the original Opera Mini https://www.spacebar.news/the-flip-phone-web-browsing-with-the-original-opera-mini/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news #tech #technology

The flip phone web: browsing with the original Opera Mini

Opera Mini was first released in 2005 as a web browser for mobile phones, with the ability to load full websites by sending most of the work to an external server. It was a massive hit, but it started to fade out of relevance once smartphones entered mainstream use. Opera

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