NotKyloRen
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- Comment on Elon Musk Promises Grok in Tesla Vehicles By Next Week… as the New Grok 4 Blames “Anti-White Hate” on “Jews” 3 days ago:
Your Cybertruck now identifies as a WWII era Porsche tank.
- Comment on Brickadia - Early Access Launch Trailer 3 days ago:
Close enough. Welcome back, Lego Island.
- Comment on You're not alone: This email from Google's Gemini team is concerning 2 weeks ago:
I can’t bring myself to use a Pixel because I don’t trust Google-everything. I have so much to say, and yet I’ve said it a thousand times already. So I’m just gonna sigh.
And yes, I know I’m on Android either way.
- Comment on YSK - That there is a lot of trolling and brigading starting to happen around the LA peaceful protests to start violence. Here is a roadmap from 2015 on how they do it. 5 weeks ago:
Yup. Knew this would come to light one day, as soon as Trump thanked Elon for being “so good with the voting machines” and saying he couldn’t have won without him. Because he can’t help but brag, even when he thinks he’s being cryptic (he’s not).
- Comment on VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website. 5 weeks ago:
They should actually take to the streets (again). Not joking. What is this nanny-state BS?
- Comment on A Hitman co-op mode with Stone and Knight is in the works at IO Interactive 5 weeks ago:
It wasn’t even a good mission. You fight him. You “kill him”. Then there’s a cutscene where he’s revived in a lab… So what was even the point?
- Comment on MindsEye studio execs depart Build a Rocket Boy, one week before game's debut 5 weeks ago:
I remember getting ads for this months ago on social media. I was like, “Why is the guy from Mafia 3 in this?” Fast forward to now, and my understanding is that the game is simply a series of scripted sequences (“missions”) made in a Fortnite/Roblox-like platform called “Everything”.
It sounds like the game is just that, with FMV’s?
- Comment on Telegram and xAI agreed a one-year deal to distribute Grok; Telegram will get $300M in cash and equity from xAI and 50% of subscription revenue 1 month ago:
Been saying this for years. Then they introduced Premium to “help fund things” (but they’re also taking $300 MILLION from Elon, and giving them access to user data.
So will basic features stop being paywalled now? Or are people going to have to keep paying to stop random people from messaging them?
- Comment on Telegram and xAI agreed a one-year deal to distribute Grok; Telegram will get $300M in cash and equity from xAI and 50% of subscription revenue 1 month ago:
I don’t know why people stuck with it. I’ve used it; I get that a lot of the initial success/hype was:
- It’s not owned by Meta
- "Putin hates Durov!"
- “Unlimited” storage (lots of people using it as free cloud storage, which is dumb if you value your files)
But your messages are not E2EE by default (only “Secret Chats”, which aren’t synced across devices)…Telegram (the organization) could always read your messages. I said this so many times and got called everything under the sun.
“Why would they care about my messages though?” ------> Because $300 Million.
- Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data 1 month ago:
Thanks for the info. I’m sure it’ll also be useful to others reading the comments.
This sucks because, functionally I have zero issues with Emby. But morally, this bothers me a lot. I thought it was going to just be because of the license (I think I paid $99 around Christmas a few years ago for a Lifetime license).
Guess I’ll be switching to Jellyfin then and donating to the project. If I paid for Emby, there’s no reason I can’t donate to a free, open-source project being developed and maintained by volunteers.
- Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data 1 month ago:
Do you mind elaborating on that? It sounds like I got in on Emby after the rugpull. It works fine for me and I use it without the Connect (online account) feature.
- Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data 1 month ago:
Can I ask why nobody recommends Emby? I’ve been using it for years with zero issues. The only thing I can think of is that Jellyfin exists and is free. Emby is sort of a middleground between Plex and Jellyfin; it has a paid license (lifetime option exists), but it’s closer to Jellyfin than Plex on the whole.
- Comment on List of Fan (OpenSource) Ports/Remakes of Games 1 month ago:
Don’t forget the Xash3D engine for GoldSrc games (e.g. Half-Life and mods). It runs on everything from a PSP to a PC. And it’s faithful. It relies on the original assets.
- Comment on Apple executives ban Fortnight from the App store 1 month ago:
Which Android phones did you have?
- Comment on Selfhosting on old MSI laptop 1 month ago:
Or remove the battery if you can, to spare it from pillowing. I know it has the benefits of being a “psuedo-UPS”, but unless you also have your modem/router on a UPS, it’s pointless (internet goes out; you can’t access the laptop anyway).
- Comment on First Look at Google’s Unfinished DeX-Like Desktop Mode for Android 1 month ago:
Yeah, that’s the entire point. There’s a DeX program on PC that just lets you use DeX on your computer (using your phone). The latter is a much more niche use case.
- Comment on Google Says iPhone Adoption Of RCS Has Led Users To Share 'More Than A Billion' Messages Daily, Yet SMS/MMS Still Reign Supreme In The U.S. 1 month ago:
What?
- Comment on Just months after reportedly cancelling two live service games in development, Sony announces a new PlayStation studio with a live service game in development 2 months ago:
And the funny thing is I’d be fine with my 18 year old Steam account and 450 games (and a huge backlog).
- Comment on On the prospect of an $80-$90 GTA 6, former PlayStation boss says 'it's an impossible equation' for big-budget studios to keep their prices down 2 months ago:
Meanwhile I’m still enjoying Schedule I, which is made by a single dev and has “low quality” graphics by choice. We don’t need AAA games left and right; we need good, fun ones with strong foundations. Games that don’t demand paid DLC, or season passes, or fucking Shark Cards.
I truly understand that Rockstar is under a lot of pressure as the creator/publisher of GTA. But not every company/developer needs to be like them.
- Comment on Jellyfin / Remote Access Help (windows) 2 months ago:
The feature is called DDNS (Dynamic DNS).
- Comment on Microsoft getting nervous about Europe's tech independence 2 months ago:
www.protondb.com to check your Steam library against Proton (Linux) compatibility. You can log in with your Steam account and it’ll give all your games a compatibility rating.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 2 months ago:
It’s not exactly difficult if you use Tailscale or really any VPN. So I really don’t see the value for the cost; if you’re even considering self hosting a Plex server/instance, there’s a list of basic knowledge you should have or learn (like what you mentioned).
- Comment on eSIM reccomendations (IOT - UK) 2 months ago:
If you can run tailscale or similar, your IP becomes a non-issue (CGNAT vs static IP)
- Comment on How to send backups on multiple location? 2 months ago:
Yeah but it’s like 100 devices, I think. And I believe 3 users (meaning under one account; sharing a device with someone who makes their own account doesn’t count as a “user”). You’re right, but they’re pretty generous.
I don’t think it takes many resources to provide the service to consumers; it’s not like you’re using any of their bandwidth (minus the tiny amount used for coordination between clients). Oh, or if you use their DERP servers (encrypted, but still).
- Comment on Synology Lost the Plot with Hard Drive Locking Move - ServeTheHome 2 months ago:
You picked an excellent time (in terms of consumer choice on NAS’s). I’ve been using a DS920+ for the past few years, and the software is solid (e.g. the core apps like Drive, Photos, etc). Synology is (was?) also always number one in terms of security. But honestly, there’s little to no reason to expose your NAS to the internet these days since tools like Tailscale make life a lot easier (and safer).
That being said, I also was a beta tester for Ugreen’s NAS(es) last year. Their software sucked at the time, but it’s gotten way better. The hardware itself is gorgeous, and they don’t skimp on parts. The one I have is one they never intended to sell in the US: DX4700 (they sell the DXP4800). This one has an Intel N5105 (predecessor to the N100), 8GB RAM, and dual NVME slots (for cache or for storage). Plus they listened to us testers when we told them to allow third party OS installs without voiding the warranty (e.g. OpenMediaVault, etc).
Point is, no matter who you go with or if you build your own, it’s a good time (minus tarrifs).
- Comment on need help finding a racing game 2 months ago:
Was also going to mention Distance and Blur, but Blur is more like neon-colored Mario Kart, but with real cars.
- Comment on Morpheus Actor Laurence Fishburne Reveals He Was Turned Down for The Matrix Resurrections — So He Might Not Be Back for Matrix 5 Either - IGN 2 months ago:
I’ve watched it. It is, though it also makes more sense in the context of the film’s plot.
- Comment on Comcast announces a five-year price lock for Xfinity internet plans 2 months ago:
Depends where you live. I pay $70/month for gigabit Fiber from Verizon (it works extremely well and rarely goes down or has issues). No ISP in NYC has data caps. We have 8.3 million residents.
So I never understood the bs justifications given by Comcast and other ISPs who operate in less populated areas (most of the country, honestly). Like yes, I understand that no matter what they say, it’s about the money. But people in NYC would literally riot if we got data caps on home Internet.
Why doesn’t the rest of the country push back?
- Comment on Microsoft's many Outlooks are confusing users and employees 3 months ago:
That’s fair. I should have said *if you can help it.
- Comment on Microsoft's many Outlooks are confusing users and employees 3 months ago:
Yeah, you’re talking about MDM (Mobile Device Management) solutions/tech. I’m not an IT employee myself, but I am familiar with these things from work (similar situation as yours), and also because I’m a nerd and like researching these things.
On some phones, like Samsung’s (“Secure Folder”), you can have [essentially] a second, containerized instance of Android running. Or you can think of it like a virtual second user that ultimately you have control of. So what I did was install Outlook in that. Because the MDM permissions (e.g. wipe the phone) would only affect that container.
