Updated this to bring back rewind/fast-forward using arrow keys on Hotstar for IPL matches.
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Something I noticed while making this.
From The Indian Express frontpage dataset:
From 1933–1994, there were 0 full page ads.
From 2009–2017, 11.57% of front pages had full page ads.
From 2023–2025, that number jumps nearly 4 times to 42.33% of all front pages!!
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A film's censor board certificate is required to be published in the Gazette of India by the Cinematograph Act, 1952. In the 2023 amendment, the government did not remove this mandate. Yet, CBFC refuses RTIs for certificate copies under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act.
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Today @Vonterinon and I are launching CBFC Watch, an archive of over 1 lakh censorship records for ~18k movies released in India since 2017. For the first time, you can search for any movie and see how they were modified before release.
🔗cbfc.watch
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Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?
It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
Love a good internet mystery and the new search engine episode "the dave & buster's anomaly" hits the spot
Reminded me of the classic reply all episode - the roman mars mazda virus (one of my fav investigations from them)
Here is a very good breakdown of the anomaly: rambo.codes/posts/2025-05-12…
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I made a streetview roadtrip simulator where we all vote on a direction every 10 seconds
Also we have to vote to change the radio station. Enjoy!
Mashable used to be a big name back in the day. Now they're writing puff pieces about browser extension guys
can't believe how incredibly nice everyone’s been in the comments - all for a browser tool to mute ads for a biscuit (that most won't even install)
there must've been a lot of collective quiet suffering caused by these ads for something so niche to get such a warm response
Full instructions on how to install and download here:
github.com/pea1bee/hotstar-i…
slightly related: also made a small browser extension/adblock filter to remove those newly introduced intrusive tobacco warning overlays from Prime Video
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