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- Comment on I think the fediverse needs Android like hardware packaging 3 hours ago:
A RISC-V equivalent might be better in terms of hardware openness.
- Comment on 3 days ago:
Assuming mirroring isn’t borked by that aforementioned DRM.
- Comment on Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show 3 days ago:
At least Meta straight-up admitting to grifting people, Google has yet to do so.
- Comment on An Idea That I Could Get Behind 3 days ago:
I laughed way harder than I should’ve at that.
- Comment on 4 days ago:
Age-gated vids have been login-walled for a while now, non-age-gated stuff is still viewable logged out, for now.
- Comment on 4 days ago:
Invidious mainly, and that doesn’t use any YT accounts, it’s the equivalent of watching YT logged out.
Also, Grayjay lets you log in through it but that probably doesn’t bypass the age check if you’re KYC’d.
- Comment on 4 days ago:
One more reason to use an alt front-end, and clear/disable your watch/view history and not log into YT directly anymore, at least assuming Google don’t login-wall all of YT.
- Comment on Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats 1 week ago:
If there was ever a better reason to set up Home Assistant if you want a smart home…
- Comment on As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity 2 weeks ago:
NetBSD even explicitly banned AI from their codebase to boot, as quoted from their Commit Guidelines:
Code generated by a large language model or similar technology, such as GitHub/Microsoft’s Copilot, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, or Facebook/Meta’s Code Llama, is presumed to be tainted code, and must not be committed without prior written approval by core.
- Comment on X is now offering me end-to-end encrypted chat — you probably shouldn't trust it yet | TechCrunch 2 weeks ago:
Probably shouldn’t? H
- Comment on As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity 2 weeks ago:
FreeBSD has been on a bit of a glowup arc too though, at least for general desktop use.
- Comment on Microsoft is making every Windows 11 PC an AI PC 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, the OEM deals in themselves are shady as fuck once you think about it for a couple seconds.
- Comment on Microsoft is making every Windows 11 PC an AI PC 3 weeks ago:
One more reason to restrict Windows to a VM and run Linux or some other *nix on the host for a baremetal OS.
- Comment on Spyware maker NSO Group blocked from WhatsApp 3 weeks ago:
Oh the irony… A company known for spying on its users and selling that to data brokers blocking spyware.
- Comment on Why are AI companies suddenly opening up coffee shops? 3 weeks ago:
Really? AI companies going Herbalife now? Because this reminds me of how Herbalife fronts would typically pop up.
- Comment on On January 1st of 2026, Texas will be required to give ID to download apps from the app stores. It doesn't matter if it's NSFW or not. 3 weeks ago:
I’m sure MS didn’t think of that when abbreviating their executables as exes.
- Comment on On January 1st of 2026, Texas will be required to give ID to download apps from the app stores. It doesn't matter if it's NSFW or not. 3 weeks ago:
It’s optional for now except in S-mode, assuming MS isn’t legally forced to enable S-mode by default and block ‘sideloading’ of downloaded exes in Texas.
- Comment on Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it 3 weeks ago:
The hell with that, fuck you MS.
- Comment on On January 1st of 2026, Texas will be required to give ID to download apps from the app stores. It doesn't matter if it's NSFW or not. 3 weeks ago:
(4) “Mobile device” means a portable, wireless electronic device, including a tablet or smartphone, capable of transmitting, receiving, processing, and storing information wirelessly that runs an operating system designed to manage hardware resources and perform common services for software applications on handheld electronic devices.
Given the existence of handheld PCs, which just so happen to run the same OS as desktops and laptops, if handheld PCs are classed under the same category as Android and iOS devices, this has me worried that desktops and laptops will be ensnared in this as collateral damage too.
- Comment on On January 1st of 2026, Texas will be required to give ID to download apps from the app stores. It doesn't matter if it's NSFW or not. 3 weeks ago:
I’d say ‘good luck forcing this on PCs,’ but given handheld PCs would technically count as ‘mobile devices,’ doesn’t this mean desktops and laptops will get ensnared in this as collateral damage too? Like, are you going to have to show ID just to download an exe in Windows or run a
sudo apt install (program)or equivalent command in Linux now? Assuming normal Windows and Linux aren’t banned and PCs aren’t restricted to only running Windows S so you have to use an app store on PCs in Texas like you do on Android or iOS devices? - Comment on The Console That Wasn’t: How the Commodore 64 Outsold Game Consoles 4 weeks ago:
I wonder if history will repeat with PCs, and especially handheld PCs, in the present day while Nintendo, PS, and Xbox crash and burn should there be a second Video Game Crash.
- Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account 4 weeks ago:
In the US? Basically nonexistent.
- Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account 4 weeks ago:
It’s not implemented in custom builds and most prebuilts to my knowledge.
- Comment on What's the factor when you're planning to self-hosted a instance? 4 weeks ago:
Ownership if using physical hardware locally to host it.
- Comment on Qualcomm to Acquire Arduino—Accelerating Developers’ Access to its Leading Edge Computing and AI 5 weeks ago:
Welp, it was fun while it lasted for Arduino.
- Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account 5 weeks ago:
Forced SecureBoot with only MS keys and no way to install user-signed keys and no Linux shim would block non-Windows OSes from booting.
Basically, Pluton functions similar to how mobile devices function in terms of locked bootloaders.
- Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account 5 weeks ago:
In theory Pluton enforcement platform-wide, which also includes forced SecureBoot without the ability to install user-signed keys, could block alt OSes on PC though.
- Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account 5 weeks ago:
If that actually becomes a thing people do, that could prompt MS to start to require either a face scan or showing some government ID just to install Windows, though, if the way Google’s handling KYC on YT if your account gets flagged as underage, and soon Android app dev, as well as KYC going out across other sites, is any indication.
- Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account 5 weeks ago:
The Enterprise/IoT SKUs, which of course include LTSC, still let you use a local account-for now…
- Comment on I can't find a single decent bedtime story online. 90% of the articles are AI slop. 5 weeks ago:
Check out some physical books then?