if you can’t access the page through region blocks:

https://archive.ph/I5cAE

then you have the bot picking Xbox-esque usernames like BluePanda72 instead

this is visually interesting, but crucially it's also actually fun to play.

i managed to kill three enemies before succumbing to my fate

from https://9to5google.com/2026/03/30/android-developer-verifier... -

> Starting in April, Android Developer Verifier will be installed on devices.

so they're rolling out a system app that will call home to check whether any sideloaded apps have been "verified" with the developer's government ID? and this process will happen regardless of whether the user has enabled the "advanced flow" in Developer settings?

Good of a reason as any to go google-less on my Graphene pixel, I guess. But man it sucks, mostly for all the people who can't. I can manage my financials and 2FA from my laptop, that was my last real reason to have google play installed, but it's just a convenience. (I know it's mandatory for others.)

I wonder how that sys app will be handled in GrapheneOS's google play sandbox?

It'll probably always confirm it's been verified.

GOS have already said users won't be impacted by this clampdown.

So F-Droid will be installable without sacrificing livestock?

That essay about being licensed to use a debugger was supposed to be an absurdist over-extrapolation for the sake of making a deeper point about software freedoms ... right? Seems more like they're using it as an instruction manual.

i don't love the HTML response for "payment required" endpoints, not least because it just asks the agent to install an arbitrary NPM package for "full wallet connection and payment UI". seems so easy to exploit maliciously - what's to distinguish genuine payment instructions with crypto stealers

looking good! getting red/inverted video flashes on Firefox, M4 Pro. could be an issue with canvas anti-fingerprinting though, not sure its root cause

The universal license.

excellent story, it was both interesting and mildly terrifying. to think that one day software could be malleable seems so wrong to me - you would think having deterministic results is important for programming - and yet with "vibe coding" that really seems to be where it's going.

The whole reason it is called software is because of its malleability :)

visit this page and click the bright blue, prominent button labeled "Convert to Robux":

https://www.roblox.com/my/account#!/billing

you will receive the exact amount you would get from the equivalent conversion rate of the closest "package"

Assuming this works like any other tiered package system, wouldn't this make you still lose more money due to the lower tiers being less efficient?

Not really. The lower tiers are only less efficient on platforms that require purchase through an app store or other payment processor that takes a large cut. Buying through a gift card or through the Roblox website or non-Microsoft Store PC app gives more Robux for the same price <https://www.roblox.com/upgrades/robux>. These increased rates are also balanced to prevent the lower tiers from being less efficient: the package for 800 goes to 1000, whereas 10 000 goes to 11 000.

other platforms don't give you unlimited game servers, near-infinite scalability with no initial cost, a potential player base in the hundreds of millions, etc

https://create.roblox.com/docs/get-started/why-build-on-robl... https://create.roblox.com/docs/get-started/tools