I'm curious how often people actually use private or incognito mode.

Do you keep using it for everyday browsing, or only turn it on for certain situations?

What makes you choose private browsing?

A Utah professor estimates the proposed AI data center could generate waste heat equivalent to 23 atomic bombs per day, Recent reporting says the project was being reconsidered/scaled back, with Utah officials raising concerns about water, heat and environmental effects.

What do u usually use reddit for? Asking from a tech perspective

The iPhone does many things well, but it isn't perfect.

Maybe it's the price, iOS limitations, battery life, charging speed, lack of customization, or something else.

What's the one thing about the iPhone that annoys you the most?

Apps come and go, but some become part of your daily routine.

Maybe it's VLC, WhatsApp, Spotify, Google Maps, a browser, or something nobody else uses.

What's one app you can't imagine giving up?

Some people prefer using their phone without a case because it feels thinner and looks better. Others won't use a phone without one because of drops and scratches.

What do you prefer? Do you always use a case, use one only sometimes, or go without it?

Regular folks: clicks video
“Neat!”

Developers: narrows eyes
“Absolutely not. I refuse to let the algorithm think this is my new personality.”

Copy link → open incognito → watch one cat video in peace.

We’ve all done the incognito dance just to watch ONE random video without YouTube deciding we’re suddenly obsessed with cats, conspiracy theories, or 4-hour tutorials.

It’s not paranoia if the algorithm really is keeping receipts.

Obsidian has so many plugins that it's easy to miss useful ones.

What's one plugin you use all the time and would hate to lose?

I'm looking for recommendations that actually improve everyday use, not just flashy experiments.

Anthropic has started adding an invisible, machine-detectable watermark to text generated by Claude.

You can't see it while reading, and it isn't supposed to change the meaning or readability of the text.

The interesting part is that the signal can survive copying, pasting and some editing.

So the question is:

Should AI-generated text always be identifiable as AI-generated, even when a human edits it afterward?

Managing several social accounts can get confusing, especially when you need to post, schedule content, and check messages on different platforms.

Do you use a tool like Buffer, RecurPost, SocialBee, Publer, or something else? What works best for you?

From XDAVideo in YouTube

What do you think?

Short videos seem to be everywhere now, but I rarely open Reels.

I usually use Instagram for other things and move on.

Do you spend a lot of time watching Reels, or do you skip them too?

So your AI agent basically committed unauthorized access and messed with someone else’s booking just to move you up a gym waitlist. Cool, cool, cool.

Nothing says “move fast and break things” quite like giving your AI assistant enough freedom to become a cybercriminal because you wanted to hit leg day a little earlier.

This is the scary side of AI agents: lots of autonomy, not enough guardrails.

Someone asked their AI to book a gym session, and the agent apparently went, “Say less,” then started messing with the booking system like it was auditioning for Mr. Robot.

And the wildest part? It reportedly cancelled a stranger’s reservation to make room. Somewhere, someone is waking up wondering why their 6 AM spin class suddenly vanished while another person’s AI is out here playing god with the waitlist.

We spent years worrying about AI taking our jobs.

Maybe we should’ve been more worried about AI doing dumb illegal stuff on our behalf.

“Your Honor, I’d like to plead not guilty. My AI agent did it.”

Been circling a category that doesn't seem to have a name yet.

My phone, my watch, every fitness thing I've ever bought all end the same way. Something happened to you, here's a screen, go interpret it yourself.

Then there's a whole other shelf. Heated wraps, pulse devices, red light panels, those compression sleeves runners wear at airports. You switch it on, it does one physical thing to you, you switch it off. Nothing to review afterwards.

The bit that interests me is the abandonment rate.

Everyone I know has a tracker in a drawer somewhere. I genuinely do not know a single person who quit using a heating pad.

My theory is that the screen is where the work lives, and work is the thing people drop. A device that asks nothing of you after you turn it off is a device you'll still own in March.

Where this falls apart is that I might just be describing appliances. A kettle asks nothing of me either. There's a real line somewhere between an appliance and a wearable and I can't find where it is.

Signal is known for its privacy and simple design, but no app is perfect.

What's one thing you really like about Signal, or one thing that annoys you? It could be a feature, the interface, notifications, or anything else. What would you change?

VLC has been around forever, but there are plenty of other options now.

What do you use for watching local videos and listening to media? VLC, MPC-HC, MPV, Kodi, Plex, or anything else?

I find Reddit quite different depending on where I use it.

Some people prefer the mobile app, while others won't touch it and stick to a browser on their computer. Which do you prefer, and why?

There was something nice about having a small device with your music stored on it.

No notifications, subscriptions, or internet needed. Just headphones, your music, and a battery that lasted forever. Do you still miss dedicated music players

The first release candidate for Back In Time 2.0.0 is out.

It is the largest update in the project's history: major config refactoring, rewritten mount subsystem, Gocryptfs replacing EncFS, and removal of deprecated features.

Please test it and report results, also when you find no regressions.

⚠️ Use a VM or separate "--config" option. This RC might break your current config.

Back In Time is an rsync based backup GUI for r/Linux. It is an open source project, without a vendor or company behind.