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- Comment on Typing monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study finds 2 weeks ago:
Fuuuuck there goes my plan to get this monkey to write Hamlet within the lifetime of the universe…
- Comment on Microsoft fires employees who organized vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza 3 weeks ago:
When the workplace is assisting the genocide of the people the vigil is for.
- Comment on Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics 3 weeks ago:
Article link not requiring you to sign up: archive.ph/Th1Sq
- Comment on Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible 1 month ago:
Calling making a subreddit private “harming redditors and Reddit” is insane
- Comment on AI bots now beat 100% of those traffic-image CAPTCHAs 1 month ago:
Sorry to hear about your ankle. When you’re able to, I’d also like to know what the add-on is
- Comment on AI bots now beat 100% of those traffic-image CAPTCHAs 1 month ago:
And yet I can’t beat the CAPTCHAs because reCAPTCHA doesn’t like VPNs lol
- Comment on GrapheneOS now officially supports Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro XL | GrapheneOS is a private, secure mobile operating system with Android app compatibility, developed as a non-profit open source project 2 months ago:
I’m sorry to hear that, but also, what does that mean for people in your country who don’t have smartphones? I know that sometimes people aren’t allowed to own smartphones (refugees, or sometimes imposed on a defendant as part of criminal proceedings)—if you don’t own a smartphone can you just not participate in society there?
Tbh when I’ve been required to install some kind of dodgy proprietary app that doesn’t work well with GrapheneOS I just tell them I don’t have a smartphone and they seem to be fine with that and offer me a “low-tech” alternative for whatever it is (usually some kind of 2FA app). It’s concerning when important things are inaccessible to people without a smartphone, because of course that’s the baseline for things being accessible for everyone regardless of their phone situation, e.g. people with degoogled phones etc.
- Comment on GrapheneOS now officially supports Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro XL | GrapheneOS is a private, secure mobile operating system with Android app compatibility, developed as a non-profit open source project 2 months ago:
If your priority is to not give a cent to Google then don’t use GrapheneOS. There are other degoogled OSes for people whose priority is that. If your priority is security then you’d be willing to sacrifice on avoiding anything Google by getting GrapheneOS.
In any case, technically if you wanted to avoid anything primarily made by Google you’d have a Linux phone. The degoogled Android OSes are still based on Google’s open-source code.
- Comment on Tumblr to move its half a billion blogs to WordPress 2 months ago:
Use rss feeds maybe? Adding
/rssto a tumblr blog’s url (in the x.tumblr.com format) shows an rss feed - Comment on Founder and CEO of Telegram messaging service arrested in France 2 months ago:
People need houses to live. Taking stuff off your own server doesn’t throw someone out onto the streets and leave them to the elements. Come on lol
- Comment on Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10 2 months ago:
uses busybox so I can um actually your um actually
- Comment on YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers 2 months ago:
- Comment on Custom ROMs have had just about enough of being Android's second-class citizens 3 months ago:
Personally I’m fine with 8as’ specs and don’t need any of the extra features of the Pixel 8 so I’d prefer to save the money and get an 8a. Plus 8as are supported for longer. Nothing wrong with getting an 8 instead if that’s what you want though
- Comment on Custom ROMs have had just about enough of being Android's second-class citizens 3 months ago:
A contactless card barely takes up any space. It’s not particularly easier to lose either. I’ve never lost my card; I just keep it in my wallet, in my pocket, just like my phone is in my pocket.
- Comment on Custom ROMs have had just about enough of being Android's second-class citizens 3 months ago:
Enjoy! For future reference I’d recommend just getting the latest Pixel as you’ll get the longest software support. E.g. a Pixel 8a is supported till May 2031, which is plenty of time to get a lot of usage out of your phone.
- Comment on Google Says Sorry After Passwords Vanish For 15 Million Windows Users. 3 months ago:
Me when I don’t use Chrome, I don’t use Windows, and I don’t use browser password saving either
- Comment on Google Says Sorry After Passwords Vanish For 15 Million Windows Users. 3 months ago:
I would rather lose my passwords than have my password database be accessed by someone else. Most websites have a “forgot password” function, and for passwords that don’t have that (e.g. to decrypt my hard drive or log into my computer) I’ve memorised the passphrase and always type it manually anyway. And for passwords where neither applies, it’s probably not a huge loss anyway if I’ve not prepared for the possibility of losing my password db for that particular password.
- Comment on Google Says Sorry After Passwords Vanish For 15 Million Windows Users. 3 months ago:
Keepass with syncthing is completely free
- Comment on Google Says Sorry After Passwords Vanish For 15 Million Windows Users. 3 months ago:
I like to think that most people would just contact the devs privately to get a fix pushed asap instead of ransoming everyone’s passwords.
- Comment on There is no fix for Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs — any damage is permanent 3 months ago:
I think a lot of things can cause that. Unfortunately it’s difficult to diagnose hardware issues for certain without just having a bunch of spare cpus, spare mobos, spare ram, etc lying around and a lot of time on your hands to keep swapping out parts until you find a swap that fixes it. Especially when it’s an issue that happens occasionally so you have to keep using your computer without issue for long enough until you think it’s likely that the problem is fixed.
- Comment on There is no fix for Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs — any damage is permanent 3 months ago:
after getting burned twice
Can I ask what happened?
- Comment on Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal 3 months ago:
Really for technical answers things should be on a forum. Troubleshooting a linux distro, post on the distro’s forums. Troubleshooting a piece of software, make an issue on its codeberg/github/gitlab/etc. It makes sense that if you’re having an issue with a specific thing you ask for help on a forum dedicated to that thing. I don’t think it’s a positive that things are becoming centralised onto generalised social media, even for more decentralised federated social media like Lemmy. It just makes support for a given piece of software more spread out and harder to find.
- Comment on Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal 3 months ago:
Really? For what queries though? I mostly look up tech troubleshooting when ime there are much higher quality results from forums or sometimes stack exchange sites
- Comment on Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face. 3 months ago:
Oh fair enough lol
- Comment on Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face. 3 months ago:
It isn’t necessarily. Had a police officer greet me by name once (had never interacted with this officer or the station they were from). They’ll have the data necessary to identify you by sight. If you’re a British citizen the British government most likely has a photo of you somewhere if you have any photo ID, not to mention if your face is known to the state through other means eg through interaction with the criminal justice system.
- Comment on LAPD warns residents after spike in burglaries using Wi-Fi jammers that disable security cameras, smart doorbells 3 months ago:
Because jammers are not inherently burglary tools. It provides extra information about the technology in discussion.
- Comment on Bethesda Game Studios workers have unionized 3 months ago:
Well it’s not the company that did it, it’s the workers
- Comment on Valve runs its massive PC gaming ecosystem with only about 350 employees 3 months ago:
It has been years since I’ve contacted Steam customer support so maybe things have changed, or maybe my experience was not representative, but I found them to be pretty helpful and not-shit when I contacted customer support for something in the past.
- Comment on Valve runs its massive PC gaming ecosystem with only about 350 employees 3 months ago:
I assume Valve, like the vast majority of tech companies, outsources moderation. It’s normally outsourced to incredibly underpaid and overworked people in the global south not given proper training for these things.
- Comment on It’s never been easier for the cops to break into your phone 4 months ago:
Thanks, that makes sense.
