JustARegularNerd

@JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crunchyroll just Committed a Federal Crime.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I think it was clear there was sarcasm when they concluded on newspaper being the best form to get tech news lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU to Apple: “Let Users Choose Their Software”; Apple: “Nah”.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not about if a company is shafting you then don’t use them. If a company is shafting it’s userbase, it shouldn’t fall squarely on the customers to make a company stop shafting them, it’s legislators and governments with teeth who should do something about it.

  Try telling this argument to the team behind Netscape Navigator. Microsoft’s most attractive aspect was using their Windows market share to, in their case, take market share in other submarkets like browsers and word processors. If the customers don’t want to be behind such a dick move, they shouldn’t use it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was thinking this, because that’s what Facepunch did when they stopped Linux support. If you had played Rust at all on Linux, regardless of hours, you were eligible for a refund.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Aren’t IDE drives basically the only thing that used the master/slave terminology?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft begins cracking down on people dodging Windows 11's system requirements⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well this was a good way to have me actually watch the video instead of skip over the link

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is DNS often joked about in the I.T. Industry?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Only a support tech chiming in, so far I’ve found when it goes wrong, it causes errors or behaviours that are unusual and could be hard to trace back. Clients might be confused as to why their laptop isn’t connecting to some services but their co-worker still can.

  I’ve currently got an infuriating issue where the DNS on my modem just dies at seemingly random intervals. I set up a monitor using Uptime Kuma to let me know when it goes down, and ever since it just hasn’t been a problem yet so I have no idea why it’s going down. I might just set up a pihole and just work around the problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SanDisk introduces the first 8TB SD and 4TB microSD cards - Liliputing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel it’s worth mentioning the application of them also factors into their longevity.

  Good quality SD card holding some documents and random files? Yeah probably 10+ years. Good quality SD card being used in a dashcam, constant writes? I’m replacing my good SD card after about ~2 years of service because its showing signs of failure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux Mint 22 released: An attractive option for migrating away from Windows | Windows 11 system requirements block millions of PCs from upgrading, while Linux Mint continues to work on older hardware⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Kind of, its based on the latest LTS of Ubuntu if memory serves me right

  I try to avoid Ubuntu for a lot of the common reasons seen here, so a Debian based Mint suits me well

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux Mint 22 released: An attractive option for migrating away from Windows | Windows 11 system requirements block millions of PCs from upgrading, while Linux Mint continues to work on older hardware⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve got an older Latitude that I’ve nearly maxxed out on a shoestring budget, it runs LMDE 6 and is my dedicated Linux machine. I use it for online study, Zoom sessions, content consumption, and some Python here and there, LMDE is rock solid and hasn’t given me any fuss at all.

  Unless LM22 has undergone some significant changes, I would say LMDE 6 doesn’t feel “modern” but it feels polished

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok pushed far-right AfD party on young voters in Germany⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The algorithm is just garbage at this point. I ultimately just watch YouTube exclusively through Invidious at this point, can’t imagine going back at this stage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DVDs are dying right as streaming has made them appealing again⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember this as a kid, where (usually a Disney DVD) would have 2x 3 minute trailers, before you even got to the main menu, for other movies and if you tried to hit Next Chapter it would just spit back “Unable to do this at this time”.

  Sometimes you might bypass it by hitting Root Menu if your DVD player remote had it, but yes very frustrating.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh that’s a good typo, I’m leaving that!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Effectively Google has a browser extension (just like the ones you’d install from the Chrome Web Store like uBlock Origin) that comes with the browser that’s hidden.

  This extension allows Google to see additional information about your computer that extensions and websites don’t normally have access to, such as checking how much load your PC has.

  The big concern in the comments is that this could be used for fingerprinting your browser, even in Incognito mode.

  What this essentially means is that even though the browser may not have any cookies saved or any other usual tracking methods, your browser can still be recognised by how it behaves on your machine in particular, and this hidden extension allows Google to retrieve additional information to further narrow down your browser and therefore who you are, even in Incognito mode.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose your difficulty⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably the most I check in day to day life is just under the toilet seat before I sit on it. Haven’t yet had a spider under there yet but have definitely heard of it. Otherwise just being careful of huntsmen when you have something like two sheets of iron or wood, as they love to be in between them.

  Have otherwise had little spiders come out from the car’s crevices while driving and calmly pulled over to deal with it.

  Overall not really that paranoid or bad in Australia

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’d get a bunch of support, but I think they know that people would just continue to ride Win10 even longer, than actually spend the extra time upgrading.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Speculation on my part (so was my parent comment to be fair), prior to Windows 11 and even the later major updates to Windows 10, Windows had a horrible rep for physical security. It was well known that if someone stole your computer, all your data is compromised and whoever stole it just needed a YouTube video on various lock screen bypasses.

  Microsoft wanted to do something about this, so Windows 11 relies on the TPM so that BitLocker can be enabled, and having the TPM makes it entirely transparent to the user.

  Unfortunately, they would rather that the image of Win11 is this really secure OS, rather than let users who don’t have a TPM upgrade anyway, which really will just leave more users insecure on Win10 and overall in a much worse spot from a security perspective.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think there’ll be some users but honestly? I think you’ll have three general kinds of users. Those that just bite the bullet and upgrade to 11, those that don’t care and will continue to use Win10 for more years to come, and the minority that care enough to try this “Linux thing” out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I genuinely think Microsoft won’t extend anything for Win10 unfortunately, no matter how many users cling to it. I’d love to be eating my words here, but I think Microsoft would rather pull all the marketing tricks out the book to force everyone into Win11.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m also a decade long Linux user and it drives me insane too. I’m happy to support someone if they have questions ABOUT Linux, but otherwise I don’t shove it down their throat or really mention it. I nearly lost friends being the way so many other Linux users are and that was the changing point for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bitwarden has launched a new authenticator app⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They did. DUO was born.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never gone down that route myself, but I have both an iPad 2 and iPad 3.

  The iPad 2 is downgraded to iOS 6, making it significantly useful and faster, and this can be done with the Legacy iOS Kit. That being said I did this over a year ago when the App Store still worked on iOS 6, so you’d need to instead find IPAs and install them, which is definitely a more subpar process. I have a metric ton of old games on mine, as well as TwomonUSB so I can use it as a second monitor

  My iPad 3 is downgraded to iOS 8, which is maybe a 15% speed improvement but it is more bearable than stock iOS 9, and the app store works as well as more apps like Spotify, Discord (with tweak), Telegram (editing Info.plist). Against the grain of what r/LegacyJailbreak would suggest, downgrading to iOS 8 is probably better than iOS 6.

  This doesn’t answer your Linux question, but if you wanted to get more use out of your iPad in the meantime I love having mine as a second monitor for my laptop (could also use VNC instead of TwomonUSB) and in general what I’ve said above makes them 100x more useful than on iOS 9.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit embracing all out enshittification⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s understandable that you suspect InvaderDJ as a bot, but rest assured that InvaderDJ is not a bot. This is a troubling time for you, so it is important that you reach out to friends and family members to ensure your safety in learning of this news.

  I implore you to consider reaching out to the website www.totallylegitrecommendation.org to further test if other users you suspect are bots or not, they only require a $54.99/month subscription but is well worth it. Free and confidential.

  In terms of detecting bot accounts, it is important to consider the worthiness of detecting bot accounts to begin with. From there, you can then determine which financial advisor you should seek out so that you are able to be financially stable during this troubling time whilst also supporting my overlords on www.totallylegitrecommendation.org who make use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms to determine with a 99.77% success rate, if users you find on the internet are bot accounts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is my voice annoyingly high?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you stream? Purely based on your voice, I’d be interested in popping in and watching. I think your voice is completely fine FWIW

• ⁨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:

  I’m confused, was this supposed to be a reply to another comment?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Portable monitor recommendations?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bugger, I am pretty sure that the PC Companion App for TwomonUSB requires admin, unsure about Duet. In any case, hopefully some other commenters here will be able to help. Good luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Portable monitor recommendations?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This might just be me, but I have an old iPad 2 with an app that lets you connect the iPad as a second display to your PC. The app is TwomonUSB, although I don’t endorse it. There are alternatives like Duet Display.

  An old iPad of any kind shouldn’t set you back any less than $20 (or what you may have lying around), the disadvantage mostly being limited to the 10" size.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Meanwhile my work mandates that we must use Edge. It’s fine from a usability perspective but I would much prefer my beloved Firefox at work, especially with the tab groups they have where you can have multiple different sessions

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI wants to raise 5-7 trillion dollars. Yes, Trillion⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Open for business

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brought to you by the vertical mouse gang⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought a wireless cheap brand one from Officeworks in Australia for $20AUD to see if I liked the form factor.

  I did so I ultimately went and bought my Logitech Lift which has been great for study and general use, although I still go for my traditional gaming mouse over it if I’m gaming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft's AI obsession⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Native to Linux I’d say. Probably a few more but I’m more of a mousepad guy myself.