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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What foss MP games are still active?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
For games where there is a list of servers, it would be cool to have a central software like gamespy to let players know where the other players are.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘We didn’t vote for ChatGPT’: Swedish Prime Minister under fire for using AI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
One thing I struggle with AI is the answers it gives always seem plausable, but any time I quiz it on things I understand well, it seems to constantly get things slightly wrong. Which tells me it is getting everything slightly wrong, I just don't know enough to know it.

I see the same issue with TV. Anyone who works in a compicated field has felt the sting of watching a TV show fail to accurate represent it while most people watching just assume that's how your job works.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Florida sues some of the biggest porn platforms, accusing them of not complying with the state's age verification law⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
And all the alcohol ads.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
There is the case of the worriers. People who, when not given positive confirmation otherwise, assume the worst. I'm not talking cheating, but like accidents. "He's 5 minutes late, maybe he got in a car accident and died!" It's not healthy, but it is common and isn't a trust issue.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Password manager by Amazon⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
LastPass's biggest problem was that they were almost the first in the game, and mistakes/choices they made 20 years ago bit them hard when they got hacked.

There were two major issues with LastPass's security model:
1. Non-Password data wasn't encrypted. So usernames and urls were visible by the people who stole the vaults.
2. Passwords were encrypted with a number of iterations based on when the account was created, so older accounts were only run through a single iteration. The iteration process makes it much harder to guess the master password(by making it take a longer time). So single iteration makes it pretty quick to guess the password.

So with flaw 1 you could see what vaults might have valuable passwords like banks and crypto wallets. And with flaw 2 you could reasonably quickly break into the vaults of long time users.

So aside from their lax security allowing the compromise to happen in the first place (Nothing is fool proof), they weren't providing the level of protection most people assumed.

More modern password managers like BitWarden fixed those problem a long time ago.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨KDE Plasma Bigscreen (Android TV alternative) is back from dead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Being Linux, if you were really motivated, you could probably write a shim service that converted CEC to basic input that it does support, or someone out there probably already has.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨KDE Plasma Bigscreen (Android TV alternative) is back from dead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
You are probably correct that the firewall is the culprit. Good suggestion.

I realize disabling the firewall for testing is OK, but I recommend looking up what it takes to open the ports or app in the firewall instead. I've spent my whole career running into and fixing instances where techs disabled firewalls for "testing" and never re-enabled them.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨KDE Plasma Bigscreen (Android TV alternative) is back from dead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
As others have mentioned, the websites tend to be limited both by resolution and functionality.

My TV supports CEC(most do these days) which will pass the remote input onto the devices connected to it, like a computer. Which means with Plasma Big Picture I can navigate with my remote, and any app that supports navigation with simple arrow key input would work great.

Unfortunately, the streaming websites, last time I tried, absolutely suck at that and assume you are navigating with a mouse.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨KDE Plasma Bigscreen (Android TV alternative) is back from dead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Glad to see it being picked back up. I tried it previously and I really didn't like it. It felt half baked. The new version looks like a substantial improvement. Now if only every streaming app didn't lock their services behind DRM and mobile apps.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(LLM) A language model built for the public good⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Machine learning is a subset of the AI branch of computer science. I agree that the pop culture definition of AI is different than the computer science one, but the computer science one is still valid.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PieFed.World is now open⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Interstellar is what I'm using. Generally usuable, but certainly doesn't understand the things that make PieFed special. With so many of the major Lemmy instances spooling up secondary piefed instances, it means it is probably only a matter of time before this issue is resolved.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PieFed.World is now open⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
It's pretty critical to topic feeds. The app I'm using doesn't understand the link consolidation thing that Piefed offers, so I'll see 5 of the same post all together in it. Really I just need to start using a PWA instead of the app until Piefed has better app support.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
A neat feature in the new Death Stranding game is a "Pretend I Won" button on the death screen for bosses. It's nice when games recognize that skill checks can be a problem, and what makes some games fun for some users isn't being challenged.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ELI5: How to put several servers on one external IP?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
There's nothing saying you can't have ports forwarded for the NAS, and have a VPN for everything else. Censorship may be a problem, but those more often block VPN services like NordVPN, not protocols. So running your own is less likely to be stopped. That said, of course comply with local laws, I don't know where you live or what's legal there.

If you really want multiple things exposed at the same time, you have two options(which can be used in combination if needed/wanted):
1. A reverse proxy. I use caddy. I give it a config file that says what address and port binds to what hostname, and I forward port 443/80 to it. That works great for web content.
2. Use custom ports for everything. I saw someone else walking you through that. It works, but is a little harder to remember, so good notes will be important.
I still recommend against forwarding a lot of ports as a beginner. It's very common for software and web apps to have security vulnerabilities, and unless you are really on top of it, you could get hit. Not only does that put all your internal devices at risk, not just the one that was original breached, it also will likely become part of a botnet, so your local devices will be used to attack other people. I'd recommend getting confident with your ability to maintain your services and hardening your environment first.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ELI5: How to put several servers on one external IP?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I'll be honest, if you aren't planning on sharing with others, I'd recommend switching to something like wireguard to connect back into your house instead of exposing everything publicly. Some firewalls have wireguard built in, so you can setup the VPN easily. But then all you have to do is keep your VPN endpoint safe to keep your internal network protected from the Internet, instead of having to worry about the security of everything you expose.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ELI5: How to put several servers on one external IP?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
The synology NAS can act as a reverse proxy for stuff inside your network. I don't have mine in front of me, so you will have to google the steps, but basically you point the synology to an internal resource and tell it what external subdomain it should respond to.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any open source tv focused os/ui?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
That's what it was called! I remembered the program a few weeks ago but couldn't for the life of me recall the name.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 Teardown: Still Glued, Still Soldered, Still Drifting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
There are two major advantages to what Nintendo did. The plastic top significantly increases shatter resistance. Look at Jerryrig Everything's review to see, it's almost impossible to break the screen now via blunt force, which is a big problem for people with kids. Surface scratches are far better than a shattered screen.

The second advantage is that you can put a glass screen protector on it and get the best of both worlds. A replaceable glass surface that is nice and hard. What I think would have made it better is if the console came with a pre-installed glass protector that was replaceable.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Android 16 is here⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
The emoji thing is built into the keyboard, but it doesn't do like on-device generation or anything. They just have a list of pre-made(maybe AI generated) combos. I'm guessing they are AI generating them, then having humans approve it, before including it in the keyboard emoji list. It's kinda neat, in that it expands the options, but really not much. Overall the OS really feels the same. I haven't looked forward to an Android update in many years.

Also, as someone who doesn't use Google's launcher or keyboard, yeah, I get almost none of these features.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Update on the ["crushed letters" issue](https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/36243859)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Just a thought: Try making the first layer of letters empty so the letter fill is actually a layer 2 bridge.

A trick I have done is printing the first layer solid in a transparent filament, then layer 2 as 2 color.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NAS Power Consumption⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I use a KillaWatt device. It is a simple device you plug into the outlet and then plug the device you want to measure into it. I've had mine for a long time so I have no idea what a new one would cost, but I'm guessing sub $30.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Voyager moved the default instance to lemmy.zip⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I had the same problem with lemmy.one shutting down. I've been exploring around and am currently trying feddit.online, because it isn't lemmy based. So far I'm liking it, but Piefed just got a proper API for apps and the first app launched yesterday, so we'll see how it goes.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Voyager moved the default instance to lemmy.zip⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
A region check might be a good way to handle it and load balance at the same time. Pushing people to a larger variety of instances while also making it easy on them. The down side is certainly the overhead of vetting and maintaining the list.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Voyager moved the default instance to lemmy.zip⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
This is them, to the best of their ability, complying with UK law. If more people tried to comply, perhaps the UK government would realize how foolish their Online Safety Act is and do something about it.