ilmagico
@ilmagico@lemmy.world
- Comment on X (formerly Twitter) has been experiencing international outages for a second time in a week. 1 week ago:
Artificial Insanity?
- Comment on VS Code: Open Source AI Editor 2 weeks ago:
It’s an extension so it can be deactivated
Article says:
[…] then carefully refactor the relevant components of the extension into VS Code core.
So… maybe you won’t be able to deactivate it anymore. Not cool, microsoft (but totally expected).
- Comment on VS Code: Open Source AI Editor 2 weeks ago:
One thing I don’t like though, the article says:
then carefully refactor the relevant components of the extension into VS Code core.
So … you won’t be able to deactivate it anymore? not cool, it I interpreted it correctly.
- Comment on VS Code: Open Source AI Editor 2 weeks ago:
For example, that someone could fork it and make it use a local or self-hosted LLM instead. Yes I know, other alternatives exist (Continue extension) but aren’t that good.
- Comment on VS Code: Open Source AI Editor 2 weeks ago:
it is a lot of effort and time invested on a feature no one requested
At my last job there were several people using copilot very successfully, some even had the paid subscription, and clearly it was very useful to them. I tried it and found it not that good, barely saves me any time and sometimes actively wastes time, but that’s me. I won’t judge if others want to use it, as long as the code gets reviewed by humans, like during a pull request (and it was, in our case).
It’s just a tool. Just because I don’t find it very useful, I shouldn’t tell others not to use it.
- Comment on Chromium Blog: Fighting Unwanted Notifications with Machine Learning in Chrome 3 weeks ago:
Gmail, outlook web, whatsapp web, slack web … just some examples of webapps that I use or used in the past that someone might legitimately want notifications from. Maybe you don’t use them, or are not required to use them for work, and that’s fine.
The article is specifically talking about android though, and there you’d most likely use an app for those, so I personally never needed them on mobile, but I can see someone else might need them.
- Comment on Microsoft Bans Employees From Using DeepSeek App 3 weeks ago:
Hasn’t been true for my past two jobs at least (US based), what I do outside of company premises / my own hardware and my own time is mine. They only own what was done on company’s dime. Not saying it doesn’t happen, but that’s not my experience so far, and I’m not sure if would be legal.
- Comment on Microsoft Bans Employees From Using DeepSeek App 3 weeks ago:
I literally run deepseek r1 on my laptop via ollama, and many other models, nothing gets sent to anybody. Granted, it’s the smaller 7b parameter model, but still plenty good.
Microsoft could easily host the full model on their infrastructure if they needed it.
- Comment on YouTube says goodbye to decade-old video player UI, but users hate the new design 5 weeks ago:
I mean, they could stop messing with things that aren’t broken for once…
- Comment on Windows Defender Anti-vitus Bypassed Using Direct Syscalls & XOR Encryption 1 month ago:
According to the research published by Hackmosphere, […]
I cannot find a link to the original research, anybody has the link to the original research?
- Comment on Failure Has Many Fathers at Apple Right Now. 1 month ago:
Some of Apple’s struggles in AI have stemmed from deeply ingrained company values—for example, its militant stance on user privacy, which has made it difficult for the company to gain access to large quantities of data for training models and to verify whether AI features are working on devices.
So, Apple is behind in the AI race at least partly because they’re trying to do it more responsibly and more respecting of their users. I don’t really like Apple, but I guess I’m starting to like them more… a bit more. tiny bit. but still.
- Comment on Teardown Of A Scam Ultrasonic Cleaner 1 month ago:
Few years ago at work, people were using them to clean electronics after soldering, etc. but once, they did it on a board with a MEMS device, a gyroscope and accelerometer chip. Took them a while to figure out while none of them worked until they narrowed it down to the ultrasonic cleaner…
- Comment on Do you dislike your dependency on Android? To the rescue comes Mobile Linux "PostmarketOS" - Funded via Donations, Focus on Reliabilty for 2025 2 months ago:
While I’m a fan of GrapheneOS, I think it could still be considered “tied to Google” both due to it being based on Android, and also because it only runs on Google Pixel phones. Graphene focuses more on security, then on privacy, but not so much on reducing our dependency on Google’s software and/or hardware.
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 2 months ago:
You’re right, I thought I remembered that article giving actual figures but instead it just handwavily says they didn’t sell many.
So, here is one that actually quotes a number, 3% of the whole iPhone lineup: macrumors.com/…/iphone-13-mini-unpopular-march-qu…
And another: cultofmac.com/…/iphone-13-mini-makes-up-a-tiny-pe…
And another, this one says 5% for some reason: notebookcheck.net/iPhone-13-Mini-sales-continue-t…
Either way 3% - 5% is a small number for Apple (or Samsung, or…) which might not justify making a small phone, but in absolute numbers, thats actually a lot of people! A smaller manufacturer should definitely be able to profitably fill this niche…
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 2 months ago:
Yeah, sounds like they improved quite a bit, I might consider it, thanks! Still, lack of 5G means not so future proof
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 2 months ago:
The old jelly pro had a decent modding community, and I definitely was able to unlock the bootloader and root it, though not sure about degoogling.
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 2 months ago:
There is. The screen is smaller, but the actual phone is bigger 🤦♂️
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 2 months ago:
They can just make them a little thicker, but still usable with one hand.
Really, it’s not a technical problem, it’s a marketing problem (i.e. not enough demand, unfortunately).
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 2 months ago:
As a lover of small phones, unfortunately that’s the truth. Apple tried a couple years ago with their iPhone mini and sold very few. Still, there should be enough of us that maybe some smaller phone manufacturers could fill this niche.
And maybr make it fully unlocked and repairavle, replaceable battery, etc. while they’re at it.
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 2 months ago:
I have their old Jelly Pro, awesome tiny phone, replaceable battery, fits easily into any pocket, was my daily driver for a few months, but then again, it’s just a bit … too tiny. Also, battery life sucked, camera quality forget it, speaker not loud enough, low res screen, etc. I’d be curious if they improved on these things with this new version.
Still, one thing is still missing from the specs is 5G support. I mean, 4G is plenty fast, but not very future proof, carriers are starting to shift more towards 5G, 3G is already being phased out, and it’s just a matter of time before 4G follows.
- Comment on US Bill proposed to jail people who download Deepseek 3 months ago:
Always have been, and this is a bipartisan value, heck, it’s common to all political parties of the world.
- Comment on Embodied Is Actually Trying To Release ‘Moxie’ Robots To The Open Source Community 5 months ago:
That people who bought it can hopefully continue using it after the money runs out.
- Comment on Manjaro is experimenting with **opt-out telemetry | Hacker News (More like op-out spying) 6 months ago:
I had a forum account from long ago that I barely use and even I was able to vote … so if you had an account there, give it a try and vote!
- Comment on Podman or rootless docker? 6 months ago:
Was this with podman or rootless docker?
I also would like to switch to rootless, I have some experience with podman and, while I generally like it, it’s not 100% compatible with (rootful) docker, and can have performance issues if you’re not careful, especiallt with certain file systems like btrfs. I wonder if rootless docker is now better than podman, or preferred for some other reason.
- Comment on REPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets 7 months ago:
I could be wrong, but I think Qualcomm designs its own chips and only licenses the “API”, so it would be no difference for them.
- Comment on Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source 7 months ago:
I was finally able to find some technical detail on passkeys on FIDO website, and yeah, it actually looks like it’s a real improvement over passwords: it’s simple, uses proven technology (public/private keys), and should be much more secure than passwords.
Also, nothing in the “specs” says I need to entrust my private key with the OS or a third party, which is good.
That said, it seems some OS support is required nonetheless, to show the pin / biometrics prompt (or is it?), and on android at least, I’d need to buy a new device with Android 14 to use a non-Google passkey provider…
- Comment on Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source 7 months ago:
I use KeePassXC on desktop and Keepass2Android on, well, android, and sync via nextcloud. They all seem to handle syncing correctly, merging changes made on one side, or showing a notification about a conflict, and KeePassXC can definitely merge the two “conflicted copies” together reliably with a couple of clicks (yes, a no-click solution would be better, I know, but it’s not “manual”). Keepass2Android integrates directly with nextcloud and seems to handle it fine.
The situation can definitely be improved but it’s not so bad for me. Also, two different people should probably use two different database files and not share passwords ;)
Not sure how syncthing handles conflicts, it’s been many years since I tried it.
- Comment on Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source 7 months ago:
I use KeePassXC’s browser integration daily and it works pretty well with Firefox (linux), well enough that I’m not complaining, but I cannot compare it with Bitwarden cause I never used it. On Android I use Keepass2Android and works well with autofill, but again, I can’t really compare it.
Something tells me Bitwarden works better, just by virtue of being a commercially supported product, but I have no complaints with KeePassXC & Keepass2Android (KeePassDX works well on android too). Original KeePass desktop client was never great though.
- Comment on Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source 7 months ago:
I see, that makes sense and should be more secure, in theory. Thanks for the explanation.
The issue I have is, whether I need to trust a third party with my private key, e.g. Google with Android, Microsoft with Windows, etc. (yes on linux it’s different, but that’s not my only OS).
Also if the private key does get compromised (e.g. local malware steals it), hopefully there’s an easy way to revoke it.
- Comment on Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source 7 months ago:
Ok, from a quick search, it seems passkeys rely on some trusted entity (your browser, OS, …) to authenticate you, so, yeah, I’m not sure if Ilike that. The FIDO alliance website is all about how easy, convenient and secure passkeys are, and nothing about how they actually work under the hood, which is another red flag for me.
I’ll stick to old-fashioned, long, secure, randomly generated passwords, thanks.