All posts tagged: Thought

I thought VLC was peak until I found this cleaner alternative

I thought VLC was peak until I found this cleaner alternative

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I have been using VLC for so long that I forgot it was even a choice. A few weeks ago, though, I was watching a film late at night and, for whatever reason, I looked at the screen a bit more critically, and all I could see were buttons everywhere. Playback controls, equalizer icons, and a menu bar stretching across the top. Even though you can customize the look and layout of VLC Media Player to hide parts of it, none of it helped me watch the movie; it was just there, demanding attention. That small, slightly irrational irritation sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole. I’d found MPV earlier and stuck with it for its minimalism, but along the way, I stumbled upon Glucose Media Player. I wasn’t expecting much, but after a few minutes, it became obvious this wasn’t just another VLC alternative. It felt noticeably cleaner. OS Windows Developer(s) Vincent L Price model Free (open-source) Glucose Media Player is a lightweight Windows video player with a clean interface and support …

Chrome was writing a lot more to my SSD than I thought — I fixed it

Chrome was writing a lot more to my SSD than I thought — I fixed it

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I decided to pay more attention to my SSD after observing constant spikes in disk activity, even when I wasn’t performing any intensive tasks. I looked through the Resource Monitor app, and I saw Chrome writing to my disk. Even though these were not big bursts, they were happening with barely any pause. It became obvious that, in addition to storing cache files, Chrome was ceaselessly updating in the background. When I poked deeper, I realized a few simple steps can keep Chrome in check and seriously reduce the number of writes it makes. OS Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS/iPadOS, ChromeOS Developer Google LLC Price model Free Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google LLC, built for speed, security, and integration with Google services. It uses the Blink rendering engine (formerly WebKit) and supports extensions, tab sandboxing, synchronization across devices, and frequent updates. Chrome writes to your SSD more often than you’d expect The cache isn’t static—it’s constantly being updated Like many people, I thought that my browser cache only gets stored …

The Apprentice 2026 winner reveals she thought Lord Sugar was going to hire differently

The Apprentice 2026 winner reveals she thought Lord Sugar was going to hire differently

Published by Daniella Wilson

The Apprentice 2026 winner Karishma Vijay has revealed she thought Lord Sugar was going to hire both her and runner-up Pascha Myhill in the final moments of the episode. Tonight (16 April), saw Karishma and Pascha go head-to-head in one finale task in a bid to win Lord Alan Sugar’s investment. Supported by returning candidates, the finalists were tasked with launching their business to a room full of industry experts and even past winners. After pitching to the masses, developing a trailer and logo for their brand, it all came down to one final plea in the boardroom as both candidates shared why they thought they were deserving of the £250,000 cash injection into their business. After much deliberation, Lord Sugar decided to invest in Karishma, despite him not having a bad word to say against Pascha’s pitch, suggesting as though he could have gone in a different direction – something he’s only done once before. In an exclusive chat with Radio Times, Karishma shared she thought at a point Lord Sugar was going to …

The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought

The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought

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Nevertheless, there are clear patterns that appear. In nearly all cases, teenage boys are allegedly responsible for the creation of the images or videos. They are often shared in social media apps or via instant messaging with classmates. And they are hugely harmful to the victims. “I’m worried that every time they see me, they see those photos,” one victim in Iowa said earlier this year. “She’s been crying. She hasn’t been eating,” another’s family said. In multiple instances, victims often do not want to attend school or be faced with seeing those who created explicit images or videos of them. “She feels hopeless because she knows that these images will likely make it onto the internet and reach pedophiles,” says lawyer Shane Vogt, and three Yale Law School students, Catharine Strong, Tony Sjodin, and Suzanne Castillo, who are representing one unnamed New Jersey teenager in legal action against a nudifying service. “She is severely distressed by the knowledge that these images are out there, and she will have to monitor the internet for the …

The heartbreaking reason why millennial women thought Adam in Girls was the perfect boyfriend

The heartbreaking reason why millennial women thought Adam in Girls was the perfect boyfriend

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Picture the perfect boyfriend. Is he almost twice your height? Does he have aggressive tendencies both in and out of the bedroom? Is he emotionally and psychologically unpredictable? Is he noncommittal and averse to wearing condoms? Does he send you d*ck pics only to follow them up with an apology because they were for someone else? Hopefully, the answer to these questions is “no”. But for a legion of millennial women, it was the opposite, as Lena Dunham reminded us in a recent interview with The New York Times when speaking about the character of Adam (played by Adam Driver), whom she created in her cult HBO series, Girls. “It’s like the girl in the horror movie where you’re like, ‘Don’t go down the …

Brian Cox never thought he’d direct a film “in a million years” before Glenrothan

Brian Cox never thought he’d direct a film “in a million years” before Glenrothan

Published by Daniella Wilson

In his long acting career, Brian Cox has appeared in a very impressive array of films and TV shows. But despite having previously directed for the stage, it’s taken him until now – at the ripe old age of 79 – to step behind the camera and helm a screen project. His directorial debut is Glenrothan, a sentimental, Scotland set drama about two estranged brothers, played by Cox himself and Alan Cumming, who are reunited after several decades apart. Cox stars as Sandy, the owner of a whisky distillery who has never moved away from his (fictional) home town, while Cumming is Donal, who has been residing in Chicago for the past 35 years but – after a disaster – decides the time is finally right to return to Scotland and possibly even make amends with his brother. Ahead of release, Radio Times spoke exclusively to Cox about what drove him to direct – and it turned out it wasn’t something that had been especially high on his own bucket list. “Blame that man over …

I never thought warming up was necessary, but adding this eight-minute routine to the start of every run has made me a more consistent runner

I never thought warming up was necessary, but adding this eight-minute routine to the start of every run has made me a more consistent runner

Published by Jenni Sidey

For a long time, I didn’t think that warming up before a run was really necessary. I would just lace up my shoes and head out the door, starting with a slow jog, then eventually speeding up. Sometimes, skipping a warm-up didn’t really seem to matter, but other times, I would feel stiff and heavy anytime I tried to pick up the pace. It made runs less enjoyable, which could put me off my next run. This affected the consistency of my running. Fortunately, I wised up and started treating my warm-up as a non-negotiable before every run. Article continues below You may like I still don’t like spending a long time on my warm-up because I’m almost always in a time crunch, so I have created a routine that takes less than eight minutes. Even though it’s short, it warms up everything I need to get going and always makes me feel ready to quicken the pace when the time comes. Unlike a static stretching routine, which is better done as a post-run routine, …

‘We thought Beirut was going to collapse’: recounting the deadliest day of the war with Israel

‘We thought Beirut was going to collapse’: recounting the deadliest day of the war with Israel

Published by Sam Flores

Soha Bsat is still trying to make sense of what happened.   When Israel bombarded the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Wednesday, Bsat – like many others – was traumatised by the sudden and intense onslaught of violence unleashed on the city where she lives. “We thought all of Beirut was going to collapse on our heads,” she said. Bsat, a 55-year-old lawyer, was at her office in the residential neighbourhood of Ramlet al-Bayda. She believed the area – which is close to the residence of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri – was safe.  The first explosion rang out just 50 metres away from her office. It was followed by a second, a third and a fourth. “It was all around us. We could see black smoke everywhere through the windows. When we turned on the television, it was chaos.” Israel later said that it bombed Lebanon more than 100 times in less than 10 minutes. Several civilian areas in the heart of Beirut were targeted. The strikes occurred just 48 hours after Tehran and Washington called a ceasefire, when many in the country …

Patrick Ball Reveals The Pitt Saved Him From ,000 in Debt: “I Thought I Was Gonna Die With It”

Patrick Ball Reveals The Pitt Saved Him From $80,000 in Debt: “I Thought I Was Gonna Die With It”

Published by Sam Flores

HBO Max’s Emmy-winning medical drama The Pitt is all about saving lives onscreen—and redefining them offscreen. The TV series revived the star of Noah Wyle, who plays Dr. Robby on the show after an 11-season run as Dr. John Carter on E.R. in the 1990s and 2000s, and introduced talents like Patrick Ball, who plays Dr. Frank Langdon in The Pitt’s currently-airing second season. Ball makes his major Hollywood debut playing a young doctor who works in the Pittsburgh emergency room. But the project has been more significant for the previously struggling actor than one could imagine. During a recent interview with Cultured magazine, Ball revealed how the series helped save him from $80,000 worth of student loan debt. “I paid off my student loans like three months into The Pitt, and that was a really profound moment ’cause I thought I was gonna die with it,” Ball said, pausing as he began to cry during the interview. “It’s a huge burden to carry, and a lot of people carry it.” The actor said the …