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Cake day: November 6th, 2023

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  • I like both games, but they’ve got very different feels. I did miss the Adventure Stages from SA1, but SA2 has some great stages. I think the early Knuckles/Rouge stages are alright, but the later ones just get too big if you don’t know where to look.

    If you liked E102’s stages in SA1, there’s no reason to dislike Tails/Eggman in SA2 imo! And like you said, Sonic/Shadow stages are still great.

    Keep in mind that SA1 has the Big stages as a requirement for completion…haha













  • Fun, sure, but not an experiment that would actually be meaningful.

    The data from your phone’s microphone doesn’t magically appear in Google’s advertising servers. It would have to go through a lot of steps before it gets there, and one of the first steps is in your home (if you’re on WiFi). One can analyze the traffic/data that leaves their phone.

    It’s good to be cautious, but worrying about your phone’s microphone is potentially like worrying about your windows while leaving your front door open.


  • Yet again, someone mistakes an anecdote for evidence. And evidence is also not the plural form of anecdote.

    I’m sure we have people here who are tech-savvy enough to have actually examined the kinds of data that their phone is sharing.

    If you have something like Google Home or Amazon Alexa, then yeah, those would be sending voice data back, and yeah, they could probably use it for advertising. But as far as I know, there is no evidence that phones are “always listening” and “always sending information back” when they’re idle.