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- Comment on "It's Silencing" - Albania Shuts Down TikTok. 4 days ago:
- Comment on GameChat - Nintendo Switch 2 1 week ago:
… interesting
Nintendo now makes a Forza?
- Comment on GameChat - Nintendo Switch 2 1 week ago:
Their example of what a game chat sounds like in Mario Kart is ridiculous
“Let’s make a left up here”
My brother in Christ you are on a track, you go where it tells you to go
Also not enough swearing, insults, and slurs
- Comment on Everyone knows all the apps on your phone - by peabee 1 week ago:
Seeing people say “GrapheneOS fixes this!” “It’s only on old versions of Android!”
Device Info HW app that can read my applications
Permissions requested (viewed in Google Play, lack of any “read applications” permission)
Permissions granted in settings app, still lacking any “read applications” permission
This is on a Pixel 8 Pro with the latest version of GrapheneOS. This is an issue and has been for a long time. Many apps detect root by looking for the Magisk package using this method, and many collect this information just for advertising (go ahead, export your Snapchat data)
- Comment on How to Delete Your 23andMe Data. 2 weeks ago:
Giving them your genetic data was fine, but your birthday was too much?
- Comment on OneNote to perish alongside Windows 10. 2 weeks ago:
No, The OneNote UWP app is going away (“OneNote for Windows 10”), OneNote itself is still a part of office & still maintained
- Comment on "Toastify is awesome!” Lemmy fuck up 3 weeks ago:
Yeah but it’d be kinda weird if the demo said “Idk man Toastify is aight I guess”
- Comment on Steam has shifted its business strategy 3 weeks ago:
Good to know. I’m on a rooted version of GrapheneOS and was a little hopeful substratum was back. I wonder if crdroids mods could be easily merged
- Comment on Steam has shifted its business strategy 3 weeks ago:
Totally off topic, but are you rocking substratum? Stopped working for me long ago and I gave up trying after a while
- Comment on What host names do you use? 4 weeks ago:
My server is still called driveway because the install originated in an HP laptop a customer ran over with their car. Motherboard still worked though!
- Comment on [Louis Rossmann] Brother turns heel & becomes anti-consumer printer company 5 weeks ago:
FYI an MBR table with a fat32 partition is probably what it was looking for. If that doesn’t work odds are the port is broken
- Comment on I did it because I had to! 1 month ago:
- Comment on EVGA closes its official forums and transitions to Reddit 2 months ago:
The company has erased all mentions of GPUs on its website, leaving just power supplies, gaming peripherals, and a few last-generation Intel motherboards
Not that it really matters, but graphics cards is still on their main page www.evga.com/Concept/Product_VGA.asp
- Comment on Xiaomi has provided official support for Home Assistant 3 months ago:
Local control is implemented by Xiaomi Central Hub Gateway (firmware version 3.4.0_0000 above) or Xiaomi home devices with built-in central hub gateway (software version 0.8.0 above) inside. If you do not have a Xiaomi central hub gateway or other devices having central hub gateway function, all control commands are sent through Xiaomi Cloud. The firmware for Xiaomi central hub gateway including the built-in central hub gateway supporting Home Assistant local control feature has not been released yet. Please refer to MIoT team’s notification for upgrade plans.
Xiaomi central hub gateway is only available in mainland China. In other regions, it is not available.
- Comment on Corning offers bundle of commitments in bid to settle EU antitrust probe 4 months ago:
Correct me if I’m wrong, but exclusivity clauses seem kinda redundant for Corning. Gorilla glass is top of the chain; but I guess it (would’ve) protected future products from eating their lunch
- Comment on People born after 2000 have never seen the cosmic microwave background on their TV set. 4 months ago:
I had a CRT as our family’s main TV until 2017
- Comment on Apple IOS 18’s New Repair Assistant: Easier Parts Pairing Yet With Many Limitations 5 months ago:
They’ve got a long way to go, but as a lifelong Android user, I have to commend Apple for the improvements they’ve (undoubtedly have been forced to) make thusfar.
- Comment on Arc Browser - Changing focus when the main product isn't even finished? 5 months ago:
I’ve been using the Zen fork of Firefox and have been enjoying it greatly. It’s still pretty early, and a lot of the Firefox issues are still there, but regardless it’s felt better than any other browser I’ve used lately.
And since it’s Firefox, it’s unaffected by he Mv3 bullshit
- Comment on Lexar doubles up the NM790 series SSDs max capacity to 8TB — new drives spotted at retail for approx $1,000 5 months ago:
Personally I’ve used Western Digital, Seagate, and PNY drives with no failures. Stay away from anything HP branded; they don’t actually produce drives but rather rebadge other failure-prone models and make it damn near impossible to claim any warranty.
I’ve had a Samsung Evo drive fail on me, but warranty was pretty easy. I’ve also had a PNY 2.5" ssd that has never failed on me, but I did break the connector off accidentally. Warranty was actually ridiculously easy on that, despite it being entirely user error.
If data is mission critical, it’s worth shelling out extra; stay away from any cheap brands (HP, SanDisk, etc) and opt for the higher end models in reputable brands (Eg WD Red, Purple, and Gold vs Green and Blue, or Seagate Ironwolf or Firecuda)
These are my own personal experiences. Others will have better/worse experiences and I encourage you to seek out others’ experiences and options, as well as others to add their own
- Comment on Lexar doubles up the NM790 series SSDs max capacity to 8TB — new drives spotted at retail for approx $1,000 5 months ago:
Friendly reminder that Lexar isn’t micron anymore and was acquired by Longsys. I’ve had reliability issues with their products since
- Comment on Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible 6 months ago:
“While we are making this change to ensure users’ expectations regarding a community’s access do not suddenly change, protest is allowed on Reddit,” writes Nestler. “We want to hear from you when you think Reddit is making decisions that are not in your communities’ best interests. But if a protest crosses the line into harming redditors and Reddit, we’ll step in.”
Yall have very clearly demonstrated that you do not care about the communities best interest, and you have no interest in hearing what we think. Fuck Spez and good riddance to reddit
