jqubed
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- Comment on I make games and this literally happened to me this morning 1 day ago:
I think in the US I’ve heard ETF/ACH transaction fees are usually around $2.50? It might be possible to have that apply across a batch, though, as in if you submit 10 payments to 10 different people as a single transaction it’s still just $2.50, or 25¢ per person. I’m only getting this from hearing accountants complain at companies I’ve worked with, so I don’t understand the details. But I’ve seen it pretty common with companies doing payouts to want to see a minimum amount before they actually send the payment, otherwise it’s not worth doing.
- Comment on Flaw in Kia’s web portal let researchers track, hack cars 1 day ago:
They can bring some nice benefits like remote starting in cold (or hot) climates, but there needs to be much better design to minimize the exploitability of these systems.
- Comment on It's coming! :( 2 days ago:
I was an early adopter of Firefox 20+ years ago. It started going downhill more than 15 years ago and I bailed to Chrome when that launched. It really was better than Firefox at the time. Then Chrome got worse and I wound up back on Firefox, not because Firefox had gotten better in that time but because everything else had gotten worse than Firefox in the intervening time. Also, if going from 48% market share in 2009 to a barely relevant <5% in 2024 doesn’t count as a downfall I’m not sure what does.
- Comment on It's coming! :( 3 days ago:
This process has been underway since the project switched their focus from the Mozilla Suite to Firefox. Early Firefox was lightweight with limited features and the idea that you would add your own as extensions for the features you wanted. Then it started gaining traction and the Mozilla developers started forcing features in that should’ve been extensions. It’s been downhill ever since!
- Comment on Summit supercomputer set to be retired in November — it was the world's most powerful back in 2018-19 2 weeks ago:
TL;DR: although this computer still ranks in the world’s top ten most powerful, Oak Ridge has a new computer delivering over 8 times more computing power while using only twice as much electricity.
- Comment on Facebook and Instagram are making AI labels less prominent on edited content 2 weeks ago:
I didn’t realize they were trying to detect and label AI-generated content. When I’ve uploaded things there’s been a switch to enable if I used AI, but I’ve seen plenty of obvious content that wasn’t labeled so I assumed that if someone didn’t click the button to label it then Facebook doesn’t say it.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
You have 13 months left on Windows 10 before it becomes potentially unsafe to use:
- Comment on These repairable phones still aren't built to last 3 weeks ago:
TL;DR: Repairable, but no long-term OS support and not easy to load an alternative OS on.
The specifications pages for the HMD Fusion and HMD Skyline explain the phones are only guaranteed to receive two major Android operating system updates and three years of Android OS security patches. There’s no guarantee of a release schedule for security updates on the Skyline, while the Fusion will get two years of monthly updates and quarterly updates for the last year.
I think it’s a valid criticism. I was a longtime Android user (at least a decade) but my last Android was a Pixel 2 that I bought at launch. That was the first Android phone I’d had that I wasn’t dying to replace after 2 years. I made it to 3 years and then the phone stopped getting security updates, a Qualcomm problem as much as a Google problem at the time. Meanwhile I looked at my stepdaughter using my wife’s old iPhone, which was 6 years old at that point and still receiving updates and still easy enough to take to a local shop for repairs when she would break it. That was my largest reason to make the switch.
I’m glad to see Google is now promising much longer support on its phones, 6 to 8 years on more recent Pixels, and it seems fairly easy to put an alternate OS on. Other Android brands should really try to follow that lead.
- Comment on Why is Facebook filled with so much random junk now? 3 weeks ago:
I’ve been assuming that their user engagement is down. Fifteen years ago when I was fresh out of university I had several hundred friends and could spend hours every day going through posts from dozens of different people. Now it feels like I can spend ten or fifteen minutes to see everything and mostly it’s from the same half-dozen people, and I’ve realized most of them are people I don’t really know as well and frankly am not as interested in seeing. At first I thought it was because they were the most prolific posters and I’d inadvertently trained the algorithm to show me more from them by interacting with them the most.
But over the past year I’ve noticed if I actually click on someone else’s profile, maybe having seen their name on a memory or just randomly think of an old friend, most of them only make a few posts a year or haven’t posted anything at all in years. Their accounts still exist, but they’re not using them.
If your feed was only this, a few posts a day from a few people, you’d have no reason to be on Facebook much. So they fill it in with junk from other places that will hopefully engage you. If it doesn’t they’ll try other posts. Whatever it takes to keep you browsing longer.
- Comment on YubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channel 3 weeks ago:
Reading the article I think most people don’t need to worry about upgrading because of this flaw; this would be a very targeted attack. And I can understand not letting the firmware upgrade; I’m pretty sure I’ve seen examples of nation-state hacks for phones that involve attackers installing an “upgraded firmware” that disables security protections to access otherwise secured info. But yeah, cost is definitely a risk with this design.
- Comment on YubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channel 3 weeks ago:
It doesn’t affect their newest keys, but you can’t upgrade an older key to fix it:
All YubiKeys running firmware prior to version 5.7—which was released in May and replaces the Infineon cryptolibrary with a custom one—are vulnerable. Updating key firmware on the YubiKey isn’t possible. That leaves all affected YubiKeys permanently vulnerable.
- Comment on Can you trust Valve? Honest criticism of Steam. 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, I feel like I trust Steam as long as Gabe is calling the shots at Valve. I’m sure it helps that they’re a private company. Hopefully whoever takes over after him will have learned the lesson that you can make a nearly unimaginable amount of money in this industry without putting the screws to the consumer. If they were public or let the business “experts” in I’m sure there would be all sorts of moves to extract more money from customers that would end my trust, but I feel like overall I have a couple of decades of experience at this point that Valve isn’t actively trying to hurt me.
- Comment on US: Alaska man busted with 10,000+ child sex abuse images despite his many encrypted apps 4 weeks ago:
This whole thing is horrifying, but the last paragraph is especially disturbing:
Since Herrera himself has a young daughter, and since there are “six children living within his fourplex alone” on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, the government has asked a judge not to release Herrera on bail before his trial.
Even more disturbing is it said he was also producing content.
- Comment on Tumblr to move its half a billion blogs to WordPress 4 weeks ago:
I’ve been looking off and on for a few months, but it seems like there aren’t many options anymore like there were 20 years ago. A couple I’ve found are FlatPress and WriteFreely, but I haven’t tried any yet.
- Comment on Anyone else get random cancellation emails from onlyfans? 4 weeks ago:
I had a friend from college (female) who had some guy with the same name in Atlanta constantly using her email to sign up for things, like gym membership, dating sites, utility bills, etc. This went on for a decade at least. She even tried calling some of the companies to try and get his phone number. I’m not sure how she ever got it to stop.
- Comment on A Game Of Snake On A LEGO Mechanical Computer 5 weeks ago:
It’s not actually fully built or operational yet, if that’s a deal-breaker for you clicking in. It’s an interesting project, though!
I don’t think it addresses yet how the food pieces will be added to the game.
- Comment on Formula 1 is reportedly forcing some F1 creators to change their names 5 weeks ago:
I am not a lawyer but from my understanding of trademark law this is not surprising.
- Comment on Where Are You Supposed To Buy Pajama Shirts? 5 weeks ago:
I found some at Costco once, and they’re more comfortable than a normal T-shirt. Only seen them the one time, though.
- Comment on Linkwarden - An open-source collaborative bookmark manager to collect, organize and preserve webpages | August 2024 Update - Added More Translations, Code Refactoring and Optimization and more... 🚀 1 month ago:
Question I’ve been meaning to ask: if I start with cloud can I move to self-hosted later? I’ve seen this before and it feels like a product I could make good use of, especially for getting tabs closed.
- Comment on 62% of Funded Blockchain and Web3 Companies Attract Fewer Than 100 Monthly Organic Visitors 1 month ago:
From the Wikipedia entry:
Specific visions for Web3 differ, and the term has been described by Olga Kharif as “hazy”, but they revolve around the idea of decentralization and often incorporate blockchain technologies, such as various cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).[5] Kharif has described Web3 as an idea that “would build financial assets, in the form of tokens, into the inner workings of almost anything you do online”.
I don’t want financial assets to be created from almost everything I do online!
- Comment on Windows 11 24H2 reduces BitLocker eligibility, turns on automatic encryption for more PCs 1 month ago:
Thanks!
- Comment on Windows 11 24H2 reduces BitLocker eligibility, turns on automatic encryption for more PCs 1 month ago:
Thanks!
- Comment on Windows 11 24H2 reduces BitLocker eligibility, turns on automatic encryption for more PCs 1 month ago:
I haven’t used Windows much in a long time but am helping my dad set up a new computer. The end of the article talks about disabling BitLocker and presents it like that’s a good thing. Is BitLocker not a good encryption to use?
- Comment on Unofficial Metroid Pixel Art eBook Is Free For A Very Limited Time 1 month ago:
Unofficial? Even giving it away I assume it’s only a matter of time before Nintendo’s lawyers put a stop to it.
- Comment on Second Life Concept: How Used Taycan Batteries Became An Energy Storage System for the Leipzig Plant 1 month ago:
I was wondering the same thing but the article explains these came from preseries/development vehicles. I had no idea that many preproduction vehicles would be made, but they might also make more for electric powertrains than they would ICE since they have less experience with those.
- Comment on Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line 1 month ago:
Google’s gonna Google
- Comment on What self hosting feels like (It's painful, please help 🥲) 1 month ago:
I haven’t done any programming in over 20 years, but I think I can make a contribution to projects by trying to improve documentation, once I start using some projects
- Comment on TikTok Lite exposes users to harmful content, say Mozilla researchers 2 months ago:
From Mozilla’s report:
Executive Summary
To attract users across the Global Majority, many technology companies have introduced “lite” versions of their products: Applications that are designed for lower-bandwidth contexts. TikTok is no exception, with TikTok Lite estimated to have more than 1 billion users.
Mozilla and AI Forensics research reveals that TikTok Lite doesn’t just reduce required bandwidth, however. In our opinion, it also reduces trust and safety. In comparing TikTok Lite with the classic TikTok app, we found several discrepancies between trust and safety features that could have potentially dangerous consequences in the context of elections and public health.
Our research revealed TikTok Lite lacks basic protections that are afforded to other TikTok users, including content labels for graphic, AI-generated, misinformation, and dangerous acts videos. TikTok Lite users also encounter arbitrarily shortened video descriptions that can easily eliminate crucial context.
Further, TikTok Lite users have fewer proactive controls at their disposal. Unlike traditional TikTok users, they cannot filter offensive keywords or implement screen management practices.
Our findings are concerning, and reinforce patterns of double-standard. Technology platforms have a history of neglecting users outside of the US and EU, where there is markedly less potential for constraining regulation and enforcement. As part of our research, we discuss the implications of this pattern and also offer concrete recommendations for TikTok Lite to improve.
- Comment on Olympic drone spying scandal lands Canadian coach a red card 2 months ago:
I don’t think “preventing spying on opponents’ practice sessions” is the primary reason drones are banned at the Olympics
- Comment on RSS newsfeed communities (BBC, New York Times, Ars) 2 months ago:
Neat idea!