Yaky
@Yaky@slrpnk.net
- Comment on What are your technology mispredictions? 6 days ago:
When Steam first appeared (and was required to play Half-Life 2 IIRC), I thought that was a ridiculous idea to have a middle man to play a game. Well, what do I know, everyone loves Steam now (yet hates on other launchers).
- Comment on genius 1 week ago:
IIRC that entire plane was a DIY plane from a popular kit, not a commercial vehicle.
(not clicking on a Google shortlink)
- Comment on The most bizarre tech announced so far at CES 2026 1 week ago:
TBF, specifically for games, enemy behavior has been called “AI” for decades.
- Comment on I'm there! 2 weeks ago:
More of a self-directed way, but check out eBird for submitting bird observations and iNaturalist for almost everything else. The cool part about iNaturalist is that your observations also get identified by other people, so you know the submissions haave been reviewed. And you could help identify others’ observations too.
- Comment on Apple announces more ads are coming to App Store search results 4 weeks ago:
Absolutely. Somehow, Apple and Google convinced people (even more tech savvy ones) to want constant app and security updates as if the world would end otherwise. I’ve seen complaints about gemini (the protocol not Google’s AI) browser not being updated (protocol has not been updated since 2022), and someone asking if it’s safe to boot up an old Android 7 phone.
And Apple dev license consting money does not help the situation.
- Comment on Apple announces more ads are coming to App Store search results 4 weeks ago:
Now up the challenge: In App Store, find a simple app that is not a “solution”, “ecosystem” nor a “lifestyle”, does not have ads, and does not require a subscription for basic functionality.
(Years ago, I tried about 10 RSS readers, News Reader was what I finally found, way down the list)
- Comment on Is there a word or (concise) phrase to describe the paradox of sharing something (like a website) that you don't like, but because you're sharing it you're tacitly helping it? 4 weeks ago:
That sounds like a Streisand effect, or a variation of it.
- Comment on WhatsApp status and channels now showing ads: Here's how to hide and manage them 4 weeks ago:
Snikket is an all-in-one XMPP server-client that supports calls.
But yes, in its current state, Matrix calls are pretty broken as there is no feature parity between Element Classic and Element X apps.
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- Comment on Does anyone know of a plug-in or extension that will make your web browser convert all websites into what they would look like in 1999? 5 weeks ago:
There’s FrogFind, search engine + converter/proxy for old machines. Runs via non-secure HTTP of course, which was standard in 1999.
Some sites have simple variants, such as
- Comment on Self-hosting a Matrix server for 5 years 1 month ago:
For me, it was not monthly, but rather “when it bites you in the ass”.
- Delete all empty rooms and federated rooms without local users.
- Clean up state_groups_state table.
- Delete old media.
All of this is made worse by having more active users and made better by having a large hard drive (my VPS had 20GB, which I almost filled up with the db and media after a few years, with only few users)
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- Comment on Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser? 1 month ago:
The only instances of this I have seen (on mobile) were not very tech-savvy people who click links in messages and apps, rarely open the browser, and/or don’t understand how to use the browser to begin with.
- Comment on how to repurpose your old phone into a web server 1 month ago:
Fake it! Make the phone think it has a charged battery: yaky.dev/2022-09-06-smartphone-without-battery/
- Comment on Your old android phone is begging to be a cheap home server! 1 month ago:
Hey, just stumbled upon this too, Android4Lumia, and 520 is one of the supported devices: android4lumia.github.io/downloads.html
- Comment on Your old android phone is begging to be a cheap home server! 1 month ago:
Looks like it is partially supported: wiki.postmarketos.org/…/Nokia_Lumia_520_(nokia-fa…
I have a Lumia 635 and got tmpfs to start, but then I am lost at “locate your ramdisk” wiki.postmarketos.org/…/Nokia_Lumia_630_(nokia-mo…
- Comment on Your old android phone is begging to be a cheap home server! 1 month ago:
IMO you would need a large capacitor between power (after diode) and ground, to provide enough current when device’s power consumption spikes (otherwise, it will shut down)
Here is my version without touching BMS or original battery: yaky.dev/2022-09-06-smartphone-without-battery/
- Comment on I never understood what it was people did on Twitter. I understand it even less now that it is X. 2 months ago:
It always seemed like shouting in a room full of people. Any coherent thought instantly became an unreadable mess due to the post character limit. Never understood live-tweeting. You could DM some company’s support person… but why?
And I blame link shorteners’ existence on twitter, too.
- Comment on Starlink rival ‘Project Kuiper’ rebrands to Amazon Leo 2 months ago:
So did “Amazon”… :/
- Comment on Needy Programs 2 months ago:
The most obnoxious case of needy apps I witnessed was when I disabled Google Play Services on a OnePlus phone. Every default app (including Phone and SMS!) would spam notifications saying something like “Google Play not found, functionality is limited” every minute or two, while the real impact was minimal.
- Comment on Why Does So Much New Technology Feel Inspired by Dystopian Sci-Fi Movies? 2 months ago:
IMO not as good as The Circle. Although it follows one character, they move between so many departments, it reads more like a collection of short stories.
- Comment on Why Does So Much New Technology Feel Inspired by Dystopian Sci-Fi Movies? 2 months ago:
Did you read The Every yet? It’s a sequel, but instead of anti-privacy, it leans more into greenwashing, and how only the powerful corporations can save us from a climate disaster.
- Comment on How the Web Became Unreadable 2 months ago:
Welcome to Gemini!
- Comment on How the Web Became Unreadable 2 months ago:
There’s a widespread movement in design circles to reduce the contrast between text and background
This was the trend circa 2012 too, at least I recall Microsoft’s pages and software becoming less legible. Not sure if I got used to it, screens got better, or it went back to higher contrast.
- Comment on The 512KB Club is a collection of performance-focused web pages from across the Internet. To qualify your website must both be actually useful and under 512KB in size. 2 months ago:
.kkrieger for those who want to look it up
- Comment on Is (Matrix) Element Server Suite overkill for a dozen users? 2 months ago:
Ironically, this was the first thing I tried for Matrix deployment circa 2019. Worked like a charm… Until a reboot. Then, since I did not know where anything was installed and how it worked, I had no idea where to even start.
I guess it would make more sense now that I know a bit more.
- Comment on Is (Matrix) Element Server Suite overkill for a dozen users? 2 months ago:
What will I see? I mean I am seeing some corporatization and incompatibilities as I described.
- Comment on Is (Matrix) Element Server Suite overkill for a dozen users? 2 months ago:
Same for me, I initially went with Matrix for the bridges.
I think for XMPP it’s gateway or transport, Slidge author (Nicoco) has developed some in the last year.
- Comment on Is (Matrix) Element Server Suite overkill for a dozen users? 2 months ago:
Any hidden nuances that one has to know for Snikket nowadays?
E.g. with Matrix Synapse, user accounts cannot be deleted via API, DB accumulates hundreds of thousands of records in state_groups_state taking up space, and for client-side, onboarding is a pain
- Comment on Is (Matrix) Element Server Suite overkill for a dozen users? 2 months ago:
Why did you switch? I went from Matrix to XMPP around 2019 since Riot/RiotX (matrix client) at the time would not get notifications in time and/or was a battery hog. And then went back to Matrix when it seemed more stable, to avoid messing with prosody configs.