nomadjoanne

@nomadjoanne@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  hear hear!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Google antitrust ruling could be an existential threat to the future of Firefox | Financials show 86% of Mozilla's revenue came from the agreement keeping Google as Firefox's default search engine⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yes, cos that would lead to stellar leadership in Mozilla.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA: Do not approach the wildlife.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Awww, I enjoyed seeing morons get get flipped in the air by angry bison

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rabbit R1 is Just an Android App⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah in the presentation of it was clearly idiotic. I often wonder how seriously these silicon valley people actually take themselves privately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Raspberry Pi 5 vs Intel N100 mini PC comparison - Features, Benchmarks, and Price⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh it depends on what you need it for. There’s definitely some things socs are better for. No need to be up in arms about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Raspberry Pi 5 vs Intel N100 mini PC comparison - Features, Benchmarks, and Price⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If power consumption isn’t the be all end all concern for you, there is a lot to be said for the ability of x86 to boot into just about anything. You still don’t get that with ARM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The walls of Apple’s garden are tumbling down⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t totally agree but you’re definitely onto something there. I will absolutely never be simpathetic to that vision, but you’re right that Apple knows their audience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The walls of Apple’s garden are tumbling down⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly I’d be truly thrilled if they were merely forced to open up iMessage. I’d be a huge quality of life improvent for people who don’t want to daily drive an iPhone but have to keep in contact with Americans.

  And for those living in the US with Androids.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a universal basic income started today with the stipulation that you had to put 40 hrs/wk towards making the world a better place or solving societal problems, how would you spend your time?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How the hell would one define "making the world a better place?’ 😂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Their silicon is really good. I’d argue it is mostly because they have a node advantage but it is what it is.

  But especially in the MacBook Air it can only really show off its stuff in the short-bursty workloads of casual users (and Geekbench). My four-year-old PC would pull ahead quite quickly on any task when you actually have to run it at load for a while.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure or a phone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn… We bow to you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shirley you cant be serious!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah. I absolutely hate this new trend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not Mine; Enjoy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  love it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Another good reason not to open port 22⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but the majority of bots out there are going after easy prey. Honestly, if you use public key authentication with ssh you should be fine, even if it is on port 22. But it does of course clog up access logs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Is Starting to Look Like the Dot Com Bubble⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  No! Really, what a shock!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you facilitate remote access?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Https and a server. If hosting at home just leave a high numbered port open. If on a vps then you should be able to use any port you want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vodafone Finds Brits Keep Mobile Phones for 4 Years Instead of 2⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I know a lot of young men who, if they have money, just have to have those extra gigaflops and that 4k 90hz phone screen.

  Then 95% of the time they browse the web and use it for twitter, etc… 🙄

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vodafone Finds Brits Keep Mobile Phones for 4 Years Instead of 2⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. Price per flop or whatever is cheaper than ever but after a certain point it doesnt matter. Also I don’t do specialist stuff on my phone. I do it on my desktop rig that can actually run arbitrary code I give it.

  I do have a few friends with money who just need that latest 50 megapixel phone camera or that 4k phone screen. But I don’t much care.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man behind viral dress to stand trial charged with trying to kill wife⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, it still looks blue to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia starts blocking VPN at the protocol (WireGuard, OpenVPN) level⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think Ukraine is a western puppet. But that doesn’t mean Russia isn’t also shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia starts blocking VPN at the protocol (WireGuard, OpenVPN) level⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  So sad. More and more we are seeing a world were the powers that be can do anything they want but if you do it it’s (rightfully) malware and illegal.

  The vast majority of popular apps and OSes are spyware by any reasonable definition of the term.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I only dislike it for German. My other languages are Spanish and English, which have the same layout minus one extra key not even used in English. But in German Z and Y change places, so that always trips me up.

  Having to remember to switch to the different language when writing a bilingual email is also annoying and does happen somewhat more often than you’d imagine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think China’s worse. In many cases much worse, in some cases only a bit worse. But I do not excuse America.

  Look at Xinjang. The Uyghurs are facing cultural eradication. Look at African Americans. Their situation is still bad and not ok! But it is the lesser evil when you compare what the US does to their minorities compared to what China does to theirs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I use OpenBoard (it’s available on fDroid. Maybe the play store too).

  I don’t know if it’s the best but I like it. If you type in multiple languages you do need to hit a “language switcher” key on the keyboard to switch to the autocorrect for that language. A very minor complaint. Otherwise it’s great.

  And it will learn swear words. No more ducking ducks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech workers react to UPS drivers landing a $170,000 a year package with a mixture of anger and admiration⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is true. Hence why garbage men are paid quite a lot. Low skill but a very difficult job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most popular Chinese keyboard app which is used by more than 450 million monthly users sends every key typed to Tencent in China.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t swiftpad or whatever its called send every key pressed to Microsoft?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've noticed that lemmy as a whole is much more leftist than reddit (outside of political servers of course)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup it is. There are a lot of communist techie people I guess. I still generally state my political opinions here though. Let them be downvoted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  LibreWolf manages. But the idea behind Brave was to make a for-profit company.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly I don’t care who or what he personally donated to. But the ad model is the problem for me.