noxypaws
@noxypaws@pawb.social
Furry (feral dhole), he/him, feet/(hind)paw worshipper, car appreciator, mechanical watch wearer, cloud engineer, thinkpad/pop!os!!/i3wm user, occasional synth/guitar/handpan player, car/track enthusiast
Avatar and banner artist: Heatherwolf
- Comment on Microsoft admits it would have to let Trump spy on EU data if demanded 2 weeks ago:
Right?? Like some shit doesn’t have to be part of the competition…
- Comment on Microsoft admits it would have to let Trump spy on EU data if demanded 2 weeks ago:
Hetzner is really trashy though. They seem to suspend or permanently ban folks for no good reason.
- Comment on Microsoft admits it would have to let Trump spy on EU data if demanded 2 weeks ago:
The first sentence and the first paragraph of the article:
even if that data is stored overseas
- Comment on Itch.io deindexes NSFW games after becoming the latest target of skittish credit card companies and anti-porn group Collective Shout, catching an award-winning indie and more in the crossfire 2 weeks ago:
Yes they are. Yes the fuck they absolutely are.
- Comment on Itch.io deindexes NSFW games after becoming the latest target of skittish credit card companies and anti-porn group Collective Shout, catching an award-winning indie and more in the crossfire 2 weeks ago:
Actually insane to say that Collective Shout is blameless. Go look at the vile shit their members are spewing. Not only are they demonstrably culpable for this, they’re also engaging in hate speech and disinformation and targeted harassment.
The payment situation is also to blame.
- Comment on Oxygen 2 weeks ago:
that trike fucks so hard, holy shit
- Comment on Watermarks offer no defense against deepfakes, study suggests 2 weeks ago:
I thought GPG was bad? I don’t have enough personal experience with it to quickly summarize or opine on the merits of either of these two articles, but:
The PGP Problem: www.latacora.com/blog/2019/07/16/the-pgp-problem
What To Use Instead of PGP: soatok.blog/2024/…/what-to-use-instead-of-pgp/
I do agree with “fuck NFTs” though, and mostly agree with “fuck cryptocurrency” (mostly because porn and drugs are in my view legitimate use cases for at least a hypothetical non-environmentally-destructive cryptocurrency).
- Comment on Tool that helps you find people to follow on Mastodon by looking up your "follows' follows". 2 weeks ago:
Ughhhh. WHY. Completely unnecessary to put that shit there.
- Comment on Tool that helps you find people to follow on Mastodon by looking up your "follows' follows". 2 weeks ago:
where? I don’t see any images other than two icons on the page at all
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 3 weeks ago:
yeah but it’s run by an active opponent of LGBT folks
- Comment on Nintendo can disable your Switch 2 for piracy in the U.S., but not in Europe, as confirmed by its EULA 3 weeks ago:
Get a Steam Deck OLED if you want a Steam Deck. Don’t wait for a hypothetical next version. I have both the LCD and OLED, and while both are excellent, the OLED is a slight improvement in a few days (lighter, less bezel, 90hz instead of 60hz, obviously you get an OLED screen, and the CPU/GPU are a tiny, tiny bit beefier).
- Comment on Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance 3 weeks ago:
FedEx drivers routinely lie about folks not being home to accept delivery, but in reality they never even go up to the door to ring the doorbell or knock on the bell. Having evidence that the driver never showed up can help dealing with FedEx to get a package that they repeatedly fail to deliver.
That’s about it though, I don’t actually have a doorbell camera at the moment (I did, but it died, and I haven’t bothered to replace it), and I really resent the mass adoption of surveillance cameras pointed out at public roads and sidewalks, especially Ring cameras which have been repeatedly shown to be readily available to law enforcement.
- Comment on Microsoft suddenly kills its movies and TV store on Xbox and Windows 3 weeks ago:
but it can’t store things you haven’t seen yet! and it can’t store things you’ll never actually bother to experience, unlike my steam library…
- Comment on Feds in Catalonia, Spain think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer 4 weeks ago:
From whom? That sounds inadvisable
- Comment on YSK: You can make supercapacitors out of cement, water and carbon black 4 weeks ago:
ooh fancy!
- Comment on YSK: You can make supercapacitors out of cement, water and carbon black 4 weeks ago:
as much as I’d love a giant concrete cube adorning my yard, I doubt most people share my peculiar taste
- Comment on Stardew Valley dethrones Valve classic as Steam’s top-rated game 4 weeks ago:
Good.
Nothing against Portal 2, but Stardew Valley just offers so much more for so much longer
- Comment on The Steam controller was ahead of its time 5 weeks ago:
I honestly wish the Dualsense took AAs. I’ve really grown to appreciate how Xbox controllers have always been two AA. Making a small investment in a bunch of Eneloop batteries and chargers is SO worth it.
- Comment on The Steam controller was ahead of its time 5 weeks ago:
The steam controller takes AA batteries. Doesn’t get much more “standard size” than AA.
- Comment on Google Gemini is coming for your private apps. Here's how to stop it 5 weeks ago:
Then either get one or don’t switch?
- Comment on Google Gemini is coming for your private apps. Here's how to stop it 5 weeks ago:
Yep!
- Comment on Google Gemini is coming for your private apps. Here's how to stop it 5 weeks ago:
Yes, because pixels are currently the only android phones with hardware security that third party operating systems can take full advantage of.
- Comment on Google Gemini is coming for your private apps. Here's how to stop it 5 weeks ago:
Gemini never gets installed automatically on GrapheneOS. Yet another reason to switch if you can
- Comment on The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact 5 weeks ago:
Curtailing developer choice is rather the point, no?
- Comment on Mullvad's ads are good 1 month ago:
I was surprised to see Mullvad ads on the Link. Pleasantly surprised, at that!
- Comment on two wolves 1 month ago:
Yes PLEASE
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 1 month ago:
don’t make me tap the meme again
- Comment on Not for me, tho 1 month ago:
If a mechanical clock or watch was like that it would be one hell of a fascinating movement
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 1 month ago:
- Comment on PewDiePie: I'm DONE with Google 1 month ago:
- Gmail -> proton
I recommend Tuta over Proton. They’re much more focused on their core product (not making their own crypto wallet or VPN or storage service or password manager), plus Tuta’s leadership has never endorsed US Republicans, unlike Proton’s
