dogs0n
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- Comment on Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand 20 hours ago:
Seriously rediculous, most people don’t even know if their card is Visa or Mastercard, nor do they care (because they dont know what they are or what they mean).
(This is from my experience with people i know)
- Comment on Itch.io has begun restoring NSFW content, but only if it’s free 2 days ago:
It would likely be the same in the eyes of the payment processor. It technically is the same thing, except you must “top up” your account with money first before buying a game, instead of buying it directly.
- Comment on Duckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users. 3 days ago:
Are you smoking crack right now? You sound like you are hopped up on something.
- Comment on Gamers Bombard Visa & MasterCard With Emails and Calls Over Steam and itch.io Censorship 5 days ago:
Great
- Comment on UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill 5 days ago:
Crazy because every (isp provided) router I have used has these options. They probably aren’t 100% correct all the time, but it would be good enough for children (even though you shouldn’t rely soley on filters to replace watching your kid).
- Comment on Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.io 6 days ago:
True but 2 > 1
- Comment on Rule34 blocked the UK entirely rather than comply due to the new law. 1 week ago:
Have to agree with you. If every site just blocked the country with a stupid law like this, then the regular (regarded) folk that are gonna send over their ID the first chance they get will maybe log off their wank station and idk join the cause.
- Comment on Itch.io apologise for "frustration and confusion" after delisting thousands of NSFW projects 1 week ago:
Maybe the idea of BTC was fine. What wasn’t fine is the idea of mining.
The mining is how BTC, etc are decentralised & secure (so the idea of btc and mining are the same idea in my head).
- Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2025 has begun! 5 weeks ago:
Yeah idk if its nostalgia or wut.
In my head, the sales were much deeper like you say, but I could be wrong.
I also miss when the sale would start and there’d be a minigame or some type of event. They’ve really been streamlining a lot of stuff though I think to reduce network traffic maybe, or maybe they haven’t had the time for events when they are redesigning their whole client and steamos and stuff.
- Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2025 has begun! 5 weeks ago:
Has the refund process changed? From what I remember it has always been very easy to refund?
- Comment on Sony faces another class-action lawsuit over PlayStation Store prices and monopolistic practices 5 weeks ago:
Cheapness ended after PS3 era I think. Even if it (ps4, ps5) is cheaper than a comparable PC, online access after a year or two would probably ruin all the savings.
- Comment on Sony faces another class-action lawsuit over PlayStation Store prices and monopolistic practices 5 weeks ago:
Assuming they are forced to open up their platform, I’m sure they would be required to make changes to make it possible for others to use it.
- Comment on Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weapon 1 month ago:
Like how im a really shitty painter, so therefore im exactly as bad as hitler in everything.
If you say so.
- Comment on 10000 hours to become an expert, avg person poops for ~12 minutes a day. It would take 137 years to master. 1 month ago:
There’s always a bucket, or squeezy bottle or garden hose for you in these dark brown times.
- Comment on Luv Me Chips, 'ate Seagulls... 1 month ago:
You don’t know it didn’t suffer and he didn’t kill it so that he could eat it.
Also im not sure if you are saying that you dont judge him for what he did or just saying youre not vegan, but doing as he did is judge worthy.
- Comment on It's bad man 2 months ago:
Wait
- Comment on First Look at Google’s Unfinished DeX-Like Desktop Mode for Android 2 months ago:
I have done no research, but my guess is it will be a waste of money right now. Any existing linux phones are too new for everything to be figured out. Pricing is likely very high for what you get right now too, since they don’t have the scale yet (and probs other things).
- Comment on A person born in 2015 is 20 years old 2 months ago:
Dam i bothered looking it up after seeing your comment and 10 years of seeing it online makes sense to me now
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 2 months ago:
We wanna play on release!!! We want them big booties in our face on day one!!! Not day 365!!!
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 2 months ago:
Sorry, I wasn’t clear. When I said “why do you care?”, I didn’t mean YOU specifically with OPs potential problem of losing users.
I meant why do people in general, who self-host software for friends/family, care if their friends/family stop using the software.
E.g. I have friends on Plex, but for whatever reason, I decide I want to move to Jellyfin. My friends stop streaming my media because they dont like jellyfin for whatever their own reasons may be. I personally wouldn’t care about losing them as “users”, because it’s not like they are paying customers. I let them access my instance for free, if they aren’t bothered enough to use it, then thats on them, not me to cater to their needs by keeping Plex around.
Hope that cleared up my meaning. I wasn’t attacking you for caring with your original response.
p.s. you are at risk by hosting Plex too, just in different ways. Plex still requires your server is open to the internet, right? Even if only Plex’s servers can access it, who’s to say Plex themselves don’t get hacked. Always a risk/reward type deal with hosting software, in my opinion, either are fine to expose.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 2 months ago:
Yes, you are right, but I think my point was missed.
Theres not much reward for hackers to hack private jellyfin hosts (unless there is some big exploit that gives remote code execution that im unaware of), sure the bots will scan and try exploits on open ports, but are they specifically targetting jellyfin?
There is always a risk, but in my opinion, the chances of being hacked through jellyfin are way too low to bother with over-bearing measures, like a required vpn connection.
Running jellyfin in a secure manner (without root, only access to your content, etc) reduces the risk of much harm too.
- Comment on Tabletop Convection Oven* 2 months ago:
My guess is they were making popcorn and fish sticks for a movie night.
When shaking the air fryer to get all the corn cooked, a single fish stick stuck itself to the top.
- Comment on The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes | CNN Business 2 months ago:
Maybe this type of automation could be improved by letting trains handle the long journey part:
Autonomous truck -> train -> autonomous truck
Then, the automated trucks (that could maybe be dispatched from rail networks when you have cargo to send) dont have to do the long distance part. Only the last couple miles each time from train to warehouse and vice versa.
I’m sure there are complications im missing, but at scale this sounds like a feasible plan
- Comment on Several phone brands rumored to be planning a major shift away from Android 2 months ago:
If you’re looking at getting a new (used) phone, I would suggest GrapheneOS (the most secure/private de-googled rom afaik).
You need a Pixel phone, the newer you get the longer you will keep getting software updates for the future (if you keep the phone past these many years of support, then I believe switching to a other rom will be required for security patches etc. Each phone is supported until Google stops supporting them I believe).
If you plan on never touching a google service, GrapheneOS allows for that (nothing google by default), but on the other hand, if you need google play, etc for banking apps or whatnot, they have that covered with Sandboxed Google Services (which you can run solely in another user profile on your phone for added privacy).
Anyways, I think GrapheneOS in a great option & their website has much more info if you’d like to continue hearing about it:
- Comment on Several phone brands rumored to be planning a major shift away from Android 2 months ago:
That sounds funny, but In that reality, the government with all its power will find a way in (they probably already have programs (as in departments) for finding their way into other countries tech).
Better to just install a proper de-googled android build (grapheneos, etc) and only use wifi (if data/phone num not needed) for the best odds.
In a couple of years (with more r&d, development and investment) I bet this will change to being use a linux phone.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 2 months ago:
Hm I don’t remember posting the comment you are replying to, to the one I replied to.
You are right, but I still argue that keeping Jellyfin up to date is fine, there’s no serious bugs (afaik) that will compromise your whole server for instance, so these bots have nothing valuable to exploit here.
When I say don’t post your instance url I was talking about normal people finding it to try streaming from it without auth, I think I was replying to someone else and though this was the same thread.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 2 months ago:
I find it hard to believe that there are bots scanning for jellyfin exploits, since as far as I’m aware, the exploit is for viewing content without auth. 99% of bots are scanning for old instances of wordpress or other outdated software to exploit.
If my content on Jellyfin was illegitimate, the person scanning for my files would have to prove that before they can sue, no? I don’t think this makes sense for anyone to do.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 2 months ago:
You may need to reevaluate your threat model.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 2 months ago:
I agree with you, it’s likely this vulnerability is only known because Jellyfin is open source… how many are hiding in Plex’s proprietary source code…
Anyways when has anyone ever been pwnd by this “exploit”, I have seriously never heard of anyone being “hacked” by one of them.
Definitely overblown as far as I am aware… don’t post your instance url all over the internet and you will likely be fine.
Using Plex (is fine, do whatever u want) and giving them your data instead doesn’t really help you (or at least sending your data through them).
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 2 months ago:
you will absolutely lose a bunch of them
I always see this and I have to ask: why do you care?
They likely aren’t paid customers of yours, if they don’t follow your rules and the software you like to use, then they are free to use any other method of consuming media.
VPN
Have to agree with the other comment that asks why do you need to use a vpn. Fax