jayandp
@jayandp@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on AI bots now beat 100% of those traffic-image CAPTCHAs 1 month ago:
That tip of a handle bar that makes you wonder if that square counts or not.
- Comment on Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text 1 month ago:
Yep, had basically a throw away account for the occasional thing that basically required a Facebook account, and then I guess because I never posted anything they locked my account and demanded ID. Hell no.
- Comment on Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots 2 months ago:
At least, not this case. AI music is its own can of worms that hasn’t been decided on in court or law yet.
But the main issue in this case is that he was scamming listens from the music services. So if he’d just let people naturally discover the AI songs somehow, and he earned money just like other Music publishers, then he would’ve been fine.
- Comment on Now you'll be able to purchase sunlight at night! 2 months ago:
Mustard actually just did a video on the first attempts of this by the Soviets/Russians.
- Comment on Texas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Matters 2 months ago:
There needs to be a ban on any judge presiding over something within at least one or two degrees of separation of relationships with said judge. Any direct relationships, either direct relatives or friends or direct investment, and possibly second degree relationships like a relative or friend being invested, or a relative/friend of a relative/friend.
- Comment on Capacitive controls could be the cause of a spate of VW ID.4 crashes 3 months ago:
I only accept Touch Screens for Media and Navigation. Everything else better be a button.
- Comment on 🥬grocery shopping🥬 4 months ago:
Produce - noun - things that have been produced or grown, especially by farming.
- Comment on Apple bows to Kremlin pressure to remove leading VPNs from Russian AppStore — Novaya Gazeta Europe 4 months ago:
- Comment on RIP Twitter Dot Com: Elon Musk Moves Social Network to X Web Address 5 months ago:
- Comment on Apple introduces M4 chip 6 months ago:
The BOOX Tab Ultra C Pro is probably closest to what you’re looking for. It’s basically a full fledged Android Tablet, just with an eInk screen. It even has a camera you can use for document scanning and such, and a pressure sensitive stylus powered by WACOM tech. Of course, this hinges on if you can find the apps you need on Android. I love Android, but Apple definitely has a leg up when it comes to proprietary productivity and creative apps.
I personally have a BOOX Nova Air C which is a 7.8in model from a couple years ago, which has a color eInk screen, Bluetooth, Mic, Speakers, Stylus, Android 11, and the full Google Play Store. I personally use it mostly for reading, but the stylus works really well for taking notes, and I’ve even played games on it (GameBoy Tetris for the win).
- Comment on @pixelfed: Loops is a new platform for sharing short videos, and it's open source + federated Using #ActivityPub 6 months ago:
As far as I can tell, it’s always used ActivityPub for instances to communicate with each other, with video streaming mainly facilitated using WebTorrent on the backend to keep use of the host low.
- Comment on @pixelfed: Loops is a new platform for sharing short videos, and it's open source + federated Using #ActivityPub 6 months ago:
You mean Peertube?
- Comment on VPN by Google One is shutting down for good 6 months ago:
Yeah, but that’s still an extra expense. Most people using Google VPN were using it because they were already paying for Google One.
- Comment on VPN by Google One is shutting down for good 6 months ago:
The only plus in this situation is that switching VPNs is far easier than other services since it’s just a pipe you’re swapping out.
Still annoying though, since Google VPN was nice if you were already paying for Google One. Now people will have to pay extra for something else.
- Comment on Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent 7 months ago:
- Comment on This was the first result on Google 7 months ago:
“Mr. President, we’ve come up with an ingenious way to automate our nuclear defenses.”
“Oh wow, how does it work?”
“We gave a toddler the nuclear football and told him to press the red button when pictures of the “baddies” appear on its screen.”
“You what?”
- Comment on Oregon Passes 'Right to Repair' Law With Extra Cojones: Oregon’s “right to repair” bill, which now only needs the governor’s signature before it becomes law, has teeth not found in similar legislation 8 months ago:
“An iPhone contains its owner’s important personal data including financial, health, and location information, and this bill introduces the possibility that Apple would be required to allow unknown, non-secure third-party Face ID or Touch ID modules to unlock that personal information,” Apple said in a statement on March 4.
What BS. Sure, making sure every fingerprint sensor or whatever has a unique signature would allow you to lock a module to a device to prevent tampering and security bypass. But you should be able to just enter a password or recovery code in order to authorize a new part to be used with your device’s security, then it’ll be the customers responsibility to make sure that the part operates as it should. None of Apple’s business.
- Comment on Mozilla Firefox is Working on a Tab Grouping Feature 8 months ago:
For me Simple Tab Groups add-on works great, but it might be overkill for others. I can understand something simpler and sleeker.
- Comment on Mozilla Firefox is Working on a Tab Grouping Feature 8 months ago:
I use Simple Tab Groups personally. Been working for years. Might be overkill for some though.
- Comment on Mozilla Firefox is Working on a Tab Grouping Feature 8 months ago:
There are various add-ons for this on Firefox so it’s never bothered me.
- Comment on Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025 8 months ago:
Also worth checking AreWeAntiCheatYet? if you play online games. Some work with Linux, some need elbow grease, others purposefully break it.
- Comment on Microsoft Ending Support For Windows Subsystem For Android 8 months ago:
Whelp, even less reason to upgrade to Windows 11 when Windows 10 is retired. Microsoft doing its best to convince me to switch to Linux full-time.
- Comment on Vudu’s name is changing to “Fandango at Home” 8 months ago:
In the US at least, it’s one of the bigger PVOD services, where you can buy and rent movies and TV shows. It also integrates with MoviesAnywhere, a service that lets you sync Disney, WB, Sony, and Universal movie purchases between multiple PVOD services like Vudu, ITunes, Amazon, Google, etc.
- Comment on Rakuten launches cloud storage with unlimited file transfers, targets businesses and individuals, with free 10GB storage 8 months ago:
They also bought Kobo, a Kindle competitor that I actually like. (Partially because you can still easily remove their DRM).
- Comment on Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere? 9 months ago:
Because it’s great at killing things, including human skin. Seriously, my local gym has people practically sign their life away before letting them into a UV-A/B tanning booth. No way are you putting the even worse UV-C bulbs out in public. That’s how people got their retinas fried at a crypto conference in Hong Kong last year.
- Comment on Google Will Now Back Right-to-Repair 10 months ago:
Companies see the writing on the wall with all the right to repair legislation going around, so they’re trying to make themselves look good now instead of fighting it anymore. At least publicly.
- Comment on HP raising Instant Ink subscription pricing significantly 10 months ago:
I got one during Black Friday years ago and it came with so much extra ink that I still haven’t bought more ink for it 😅
- Comment on VW Is Putting Buttons Back in Cars Because People Complained Enough 10 months ago:
Reason why I love my Subaru is that it still has buttons for almost everything, yet still has Android Auto.
- Comment on None of these anchors are real: Channel 1 plans for AI to generate news, broadcasters 10 months ago:
Looks like it’ll be one of those free streaming channels on things like Pluto TV. So not an actual TV channel.
- Comment on What Amazon Kindle? Here's an Open Source eBook Reader 10 months ago:
Kinda basic for the price, and the built-in store is the B&N Store. But they at least have EPUB and PDF support, and Adobe DRM compatibility, so you can hook them up to a PC and transfer books.
They do run a stripped down Android underneath, so you might be able to Root them and install a third-party launcher and apps on it, I’ve done this in the past, but I haven’t kept up in recent years(I’ve switched to Boox devices) so it might not be as easy to Root these days.
