cley_faye

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:
Coincidentally an alarming lot of people that impose pure bullshit on us seems to think of the children a tad too much.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is anyone NOT steaming their Music?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
I have my NAS on a private VPN running on my own server. The NAS have my music (roughly 2/3 from physical media, 1/3 from various DRM-free source). I use it with a simple mobile app (CloudBeat) that can work in both online and offline mode where you can download what you want ahead of time by ticking a checkbox.

It doesn’t cost much: the VPN server do other stuff and is cheap to begin with, the NAS have some maintenance cost for storage, but that’s like a drive every two years top, content never change of disappear, it doesn’t slurp my bandwidth constantly, etc.

Even factoring the cost of a separate backup, since the whole setup store a bunch of other stuff and services, it’s probably more cost efficient too, if you don’t consider the initial setup cost.

And if needed, I can “lift” some content from streaming services too and put them there.

The only reason paying for a streaming service still exist is convenience, at the cost of bending over whatever craziness they come up with.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
“What about the president?

- What about the president.”
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oui oui⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Remember this meme: “you mess with Ratatouille, you get Stabatouille”.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
They both go for the least open option. If asking for all devs registration and validation from google is viable and legally sound, apple will do the same if that’s not already in the pipe.

Both “stores” are targeted for the same issues.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cooking 😋⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yours maybe.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cooking 😋⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Why “instead” ?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung brings ads to US fridges⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

without imaging how the manufacturer can make it worse in the future.

We reached the point where companies do shitty things with all their digital services years ago. As long as it’s not open source, you’ll get shit “features”. And even if it is open source, it can be reverted on a whim (hello bambulab).
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung brings ads to US fridges⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I’m now at the point where I actively seek out variants of devices that don’t have wifi capabilities. Did that for a ceiling fan and an AC unit. They were a bit cheaper, too, so win-win.

I wonder how long it will take for the “dumb” versions to become more expensive.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung brings ads to US fridges⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
You got a bit trigger happy for the last few points, but seriously, why isn’t the first 3 standards now. It can’t be that expensive to put that in a fridge, and with an open platform manufacturer could even get away by providing the barest software offering and let us do the job for them.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung brings ads to US fridges⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I see a bright future for “low tech” tech companies soon.

“Here’s our new fridge.

- What does it does?

- It cools your food.

- And?

- That’s it.”
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why didn't he just call on his powers to stop the bullet?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
“He was asking for it”

Now, was that sarcasm or not? hehe. We’ll never know.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me, whenever I see AI slop on my shitposts (original content I suppose)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
There are plenty of tool for that. And, for that matter, “making an account” for gemini means having used gmail/youtube/anything vaguely google related in the last ten years. I’m pretty sure lazy people are already there.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's an impressive drop. Any ideas why?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
That is what I thought I said, yes.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me, whenever I see AI slop on my shitposts (original content I suppose)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

fine tuning the prompt until it is perfect.

hahahahahahahahaha
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me, whenever I see AI slop on my shitposts (original content I suppose)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
What effort? I can open gemini and type “give me a shitpost meme about being angry for something random, you pick” and get a picture. I don’t even have to think about what it would be. The part that requires the most effort is copy/pasting it here.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's an impressive drop. Any ideas why?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
You think 1990 where a time of full consent and awareness about other sensitivities? Oh boy.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's an impressive drop. Any ideas why?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
The awareness is relatively recent. “The woman place is in the kitchen” is not an old thing.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's an impressive drop. Any ideas why?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

think about the wild and unnecessary risk they’re taking and how they’ll regret it functionally forever

hmm what? Unless I missed a very big part of this, you’re not dropping a percentage of your soul when you have sex, it usually conclude with a good shower, and if you were not cautious at all with protection, a pill.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's an impressive drop. Any ideas why?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I’d say a larger part of the population being aware that they can reject “unsolicited requests” is a part of it.

Also, it requires meeting people to some extent. That sounds boring.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How long do we have before PCs get locked bootloaders and corporations ban installation of "non-approved" software? (for context: Google is restricting sideloading worldwide on Android ETA 2027)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It’s been tried a bit before, but didn’t get through. The current situation with secure boot is worrying, because we’re one manufacturer playing ball away from it to become a reality.

I’d like to say there’s strong incentive to not do that, but it seems that logic alone would not stop this kind of push. And weirdly enough, even financial risk might not be enough, as we’ve seen baffling decisions made these last few months.

The main saving graces is that there are more than two manufacturer for motherboard, and as far as I know, patent lockdown and secrecy isn’t as big on PC hardware than on mobile boards, so it might be easier to escape such lockdown. But fully locked down systems under external control is clearly where some people wants us to go.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you share⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
The best way to go is a some “a”, a few “o”, a long string of “m”, and write “oh yeah” in the last question.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Watch the whole world go “ahaha age verification go brrrrr” in the next months/years, and we’ll talk again. I’m particularly baffled at the EU that was all “privacy friendly, consumer first” until a handful of month ago.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I think that was the point. Not only decentralized services, but a lot of small and/or individual services too. The way age verification is done is both stupid, and expensive. Only the big names will remain.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He really said this, look it up!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
If your plan is to kill me by excessive exposure to well endowed lesbian female protagonists, you can expect me to endure to the maximum of what is physically possible from the human mind, and then some.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Schools in Florida are testing armed drones as a defense against school shootings⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
You know, as someone who like the looks and the mechanical side of guns, I find that idea interesting. It would not be practical, I guess, bullets are probably easier to pass under the table than guns, but eh.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
They are in the same room with all the third-party support for them, ESPECIALLY from state-built applications that are increasingly being required to do administration stuff and mandatory banking apps that are required for online payment and even opening their websites these days.

That room does not exist.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
My current phone, a Pixel 7a, cost me around 350€ (let’s say it’s roughly the same in $). There is definitely cheaper options. And most of these options will give you a decent phone.

A $200 computer will bring you to basic office stuff and playing facebook games.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
EU is moving full steam ahead toward the end of “private” computers and mandatory state surveillance on your devices. They’ll be delighted with that. The funky “hey, we’re consumer friendly” times are over.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
They also managed to remove a feature from the fucking clock app. It’s not much, but seriously, it’s like a headless chicken running toward a cliff from the business end.