circuscritic
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- Comment on Is the Raspberry Pi Still an Affordable SBC? I Don't Think So 13 hours ago:
I used to purchase several Pi’s each time they released a new model and probably have a dozen in total.
But I haven’t purchased any since they told all of their hobbyist and retail user base to go fuck themselves during the chip shortages.
- Comment on Is the Raspberry Pi Still an Affordable SBC? I Don't Think So 14 hours ago:
lol no
The Pi Foundation died when it was reborn as a for-profit organization.
- Comment on They wonder why nobody wants kids anymore. 16 hours ago:
You generally have a fixed amount of paid sick days per year. Those are what’s being transferred.
- Comment on They wonder why nobody wants kids anymore. 1 day ago:
It’s where they make you beg your coworkers for their own sick leave to be transferred to you, or have HR send out an email blast begging employees to donate their own meager PTO to you, instead of the employer granting an appropriate amount of sick or maternity leave to begin with.
- Comment on FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled 2 days ago:
All of my banking apps work in Graphene, but yes, some banks apps don’t work, which is why there’s published lists so you can check before flashing.
- Comment on FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled 3 days ago:
It’s not a hobby.
Don’t confuse Graphene with a tinker box, or some ROM you once rooted.
It’s a professionally polished and very secure fork of Android.
There are some minor limitations with a handful apps that can’t pass their internal security checks, but there’s lists for them that you can check to see if any are a deal breaker for you.
- Comment on Iran plans permanent break from global internet, say activists 3 weeks ago:
If a nation state cuts off global internet access, satellite is one of the only options.
That doesn’t change just because it’s not ideal, or because governments have countermeasures.
- Comment on Iran plans permanent break from global internet, say activists 3 weeks ago:
Are you saying that because they Iranian government has increased their satellite jamming capabilities, that all Iranian citizens should stop using satellite internet…?
Or are you under the impression that because the government may be jamming signals in one, or multiple different locations, that they’re jamming all frequencies, in all places, at all times?
- Comment on Iran plans permanent break from global internet, say activists 3 weeks ago:
P2P mesh systems aren’t a replacement for a loss of global internet connectivity from domestic ISPs, but satellite internet can be.
- Comment on ‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats 1 month ago:
The evidence of this crime will be on someone’s Instagram or other social media account.
I only hope that some dedicated sleuths uncover who it was and can get the evidence to an authority with the ability and desire to prosecute.
- Comment on What are your opinions of using Pi-hole for DNS within a homelab environment? 1 month ago:
I have Unbound configured on my pihole, it’s been running fine for years.
- Comment on Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox 1 month ago:
Their user base is almost exclusively tech savvy people, the same people who are most opposed to AI.
I think this move signals that they believe we have nowhere else to go, and they’re daring us to go fuck ourselves, because fuck you, what are you going to do, use Chrome?
Yes, yes I will.
In general, I prefer the look and feel of chromium-based browsers, but I use Firefox and Firefox forks for the reasons that I’m sure everyone here is aware of.
If those reasons go away, I’ll just switch to Vivaldi as my primary browser. I won’t be happy about it, but if Firefox becomes another AI slop project. I might as well go with the browser who’s looking to feel I prefer.
- Comment on Iran frees child bride sentenced to death over husband's killing: activists 1 month ago:
She was only released because blood money was paid to her abuser’s family.
- Comment on The best browser for privacy? 1 month ago:
Which is why I have my Firefox based browsers on Android set to only open up private windows.
But that’s not how I normally use web browsers, so yeah, sandboxing does matter if you have more regular browsing habits, such as not using incognito all the time.
- Comment on The best browser for privacy? 1 month ago:
I that depends on how much privacy you get when your browser can’t properly sandbox and provide site isolation.
- Comment on The best browser for privacy? 1 month ago:
Why do you think GrapheneOS uses a Chromium fork as a base for its browser, Vandium?
Its because Firefox on Android is seriously lacking in security relative to Chromium.
I use Firefox based browsers on my desktop, but for Android, I mainly stick to chromium-based ones, such as Chromite and Vandium.
If you’re insistent on using Firefox on Android, then IronFox.
- Comment on Landmine casualties globally hit 4-year high as states exit ban treaty 2 months ago:
They are just too useful of a defensive weapon.
I don’t mean they can’t be used a belligerent party, but their role is to defend an area and deny access, and they’re really good at it.
That’s not me justifying their continued use, just explaining why they’re still used.
If you’re a European country with a Russian border, you’re now certainly looking at using technologies perform similar role that are a treaty compliant, but much more expensive, or simply leaving the treaty.
- Comment on Aluminium OS will be Google’s take on Android for PC 2 months ago:
That wasn’t built around agentic AI integration.
This will be.
- Comment on YSK about SearXNG - an open metasearch engine 2 months ago:
At best, DDG results are only 33% less shitty than Google’s, but the UI is 2000% better.
- Comment on US | Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order were blown apart after Hegseth verbal command to ‘kill everybody’: Report 2 months ago:
Stop, I’m choking on the irony.
- Comment on Australia | Teenagers sue over social media ban for ‘violating their right to communicate’ 2 months ago:
Social media is not the internet.
Social media is a privatized mass-spying and manipulation tool that directly and intentionally destroys the mental health of its users.
- Comment on US | Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order were blown apart after Hegseth verbal command to ‘kill everybody’: Report 2 months ago:
I sorry that I live in reality.
I’m sorry that you want to pretend that when Democrats get back in power, that they’re going to hold these criminals to account.
But most of all, I’m sorry that you still have faith in the system so much that you are casting shame on anyone reminding people that the Democrats are not our saviors, and that it’s up to us.
- Comment on US | Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order were blown apart after Hegseth verbal command to ‘kill everybody’: Report 2 months ago:
Remind me, who was the last non-centrist Democratic President?
- Comment on US | Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order were blown apart after Hegseth verbal command to ‘kill everybody’: Report 2 months ago:
Misread your comment the first time.
What is my type?
Again, I have lived through many transitional elections and I’ve seen this cycle many times before, so I’m sorry saying out loud the reality of our broken two-party American political system is hurtful to you.
What I’m actually eager for, is to stop that cycle, and to stop it, you must first acknowledge it.
- Comment on US | Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order were blown apart after Hegseth verbal command to ‘kill everybody’: Report 2 months ago:
That’s not a both sides argument.
That’s someone who’s lived through many cycles of American hot potato, and is under no illusion as to who the Democrats are, which is not the same as the Republicans, but still their own lesser brand of banal evil.
- Comment on US | Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order were blown apart after Hegseth verbal command to ‘kill everybody’: Report 2 months ago:
They’re called elections.
And before you tell me Trump is going to rig them, they just lost the last batch of them.
So please take your civil war bullshit somewhere else.
- Comment on US | Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order were blown apart after Hegseth verbal command to ‘kill everybody’: Report 2 months ago:
When Democrats inevitably take power again, and refuse to prosecute these war crimes, remember this to remind yourself that they are the enemy as well, even if not the immediate one.
- Comment on US adults social media usage by platform 2 months ago:
Why do these studies include YouTube as a social media network?
Might as well include Medium.
- Comment on I analyzed 200 e-commerce sites and found 73% of their traffic is fake 3 months ago:
It’s systemic, and whether or not it’s perpetrated directly by big tech, they are the primary beneficiaries i.e. increased ad sales.
This is a problem that requires regulation, which means it will not be addressed meaningfully, as that won’t happen anytime soon.
- Comment on People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads 3 months ago:
Not entirely true, but necessarily false either.
Projectivy launcher for Android TV is great and will remove home screen ads, and provide a much more streamlined interface overall.
Apple TV is really nice though, clean, smooth, and stable. I honestly would recommend that to most people, especially if they already have Apple products.