chrome
Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
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PLAY BAD MEMORY! FREE! The original match-making game, but way more addictive (and hilarious)! One of our most played games! #Free in Chrome! No downloads/installs! @ https://www.scparcade.com #ArcadeGames #RetroAr…
Chrome silently installing a 4GB AI model (per HN) is the canary in the coal mine for local AI bloat. This won't stay optional – soon every app will ship default local models for "privacy", ballooning install sizes an…
diy is everything, when the world is chrome, patch your heart with a string... baby, punk is the girl who remembers to bleed when you're dancing with yourself in the face of greed. (sing it shelly!)
Google Chrome heeft een nieuwe functie waardoor websites niet zo makkelijk meer je locatie kunnen achterhalen. Dat is beter voor je privacy.
The Chrome silent install story is trending in German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese today. Turns out people in every language feel the same way about 4 gigs of software they never asked for.
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Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
So, just as a car might have shiny chrome trimming, a bumper, and a grill that cover the vehicle, so the chrome of an OS window surrounds and complements the window itself. Examples of chrome include the title bar, the Minimize/Maximize/…
“whats awesome about chrome just being fucking terrible is websites i have to use do not work on firefox. so i have to keep chrome around. which is so cool”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Google boosts rewards for Android and Chrome exploits, offering up to $1.5M for zero-click Pixel Titan M2 full-chain exploits. Lesser payouts for flaws easier to find with AI. #PixelTitanM2 #MiraclePtr #USA”
— Bluesky· May 2026“If Google had asked for consent, they could have explained the use cases for it. They did not. Personally, I ditched Chrome a while ago, and I really don't want mystery models tying up my GPU to give me grammar tips or some nonsense I didn't ask for. I need it for my work.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Oh whoops actually not sure, the beginning of it talks about Anthropic and chromium but that's apparently different than what Chrome is doing with Gemini”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Eu vou ter que pinnar um post que fiz sobre pessoas que escolhem se mudar pra Shitbog Minesvile e aí começam a reclamar que é cheio de merda e minas terrestres. Pessoa escolhe usar o lixo do Google Chrome por vontade própria e aí fica surpresa que tem googlice no navegador.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US, slang, collective) handguns.
I had the idea of making our browser chrome match the actual hardware you were on. If your Mac’s bezel was Bondi blue, we’d make our UI Bondi blue.
“🗞 Український розробник створив розширення Lume для Chrome, яке будує графіки цін товарів на Rozetka, Comfy та “де завгодно”. Воно дозволяє порівняти вартість товару, щоб знайти найдешевшу пропозицію, а також уникнути вдаваних знижок. https://t.co/yrFal94Ruv”
— Bluesky· May 2026“PLAY COSMIC RUSH! FREE! A classic blaster with tons of power-ups! Create Challenges for others to play! Play #free in Chrome on any #desktop! No downloads/installs! @ https://www.scparcade.com #IndieDev #WebGames #RetroGameDev #PixelGames #CasualGames #PlayNow #FreeToPlay”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Writing Chrome in English: Wow, he talks eloquently and politely with a lot of big words and tends to say a lot. クロムを日本語書く：彼はとても礼儀正しく、よく知らない漢字をたくさん使いますので、気が狂いそう”
— Bluesky· May 2026“PLAY GORPEE KONG! FREE! Play our twist on the iconic game right now in your browser! Can you save Gorpee? #Free in Chrome! No downloads/installs! @ https://www.scparcade.com #IndieGame #RetroGaming #BrowserGame #FreeToPlay #PixelArt #HTML5Games #ArcadeGames #GameDev”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Writing Chrome in English: Wow he talks eloquently and politely with a lot of big words can you cut down the text. クロムを日本語書く：彼はとても礼儀正しく、よく知らない漢字をたくさん使いますので、気が狂いそう”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(graphical user interface) The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.
Similarly [to the chrome exterior of an automobile], in most modern GUIs, the chrome lives around the edges of the screen, surrounding the middle area, which is dedicated to the user's data.
“PLAY BAD MEMORY! FREE! The original match-making game, but way more addictive (and hilarious)! One of our most played games! #Free in Chrome! No downloads/installs! @ https://www.scparcade.com #ArcadeGames #RetroArcade #PlayNow #CasualGames #HTML5Arcade #GameDev”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Chrome silently installing a 4GB AI model (per HN) is the canary in the coal mine for local AI bloat. This won't stay optional – soon every app will ship default local models for "privacy", ballooning install sizes and RAM usage. The post-PC era is eating itself.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“diy is everything, when the world is chrome, patch your heart with a string... baby, punk is the girl who remembers to bleed when you're dancing with yourself in the face of greed. (sing it shelly!)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Google Chrome heeft een nieuwe functie waardoor websites niet zo makkelijk meer je locatie kunnen achterhalen. Dat is beter voor je privacy.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Chrome silent install story is trending in German, Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese today. Turns out people in every language feel the same way about 4 gigs of software they never asked for.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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