yardratianSoma

@yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CPU shortage is 'getting more serious day by day, no less than the memory chip situation' says unnamed gaming PC company⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I find myself playing more and more graphically simple games, like schedule 1, crosscode, jackbox, etc. . . And there are many others. I was worried that my pc would be too weak for gaming, but man, there are so many fun games that dont need photorealistic graphics to run. Even NFS 2015 looks great, and isnt hard to run.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From F-Droid to emulators, here's who's hit hardest by Android's new verification rules⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree, this is not going to be the final straw for most developers, but I, and others, will never use android again after this.

  I moved away from Microsoft because I don’t need a digital overseer policing my usage of the system. Android is moving in that direction, and so will I move, towards freedom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Unethical Life Pro Tips

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨self-hosted KeePass database in the cloud, what are some good options?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ditto, switched from keepassxc to vault/bitwarden. Couldn’t be happier. I have it accessible via cloudflare tunnels, so I always can sync so long as I have internet.

  Once I set up S3 cloud storage, I’ll have offsite backups as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  when that happens, I’ll build my own ISO with that part stripped out, or just move away from systemd

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  None of the id fields in the systemd db are required to be filled. This is useless. Simply don’t put any personal info in, and bam, you’re already liberated, from laws that aren’t even in effect yet!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ONYX: self-hosted messenger with LAN mode and E2EE — an indie project story⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  seems cool, as I certainly seen this rivalry between complexity and simplicity. I don’t really need E2EE for a simple private communication server, but it is nice to have. I mean, We use it when relying on 3rd party services, because we don’t want them spying on our communications, but when it’s a private server hosted locally/in the cloud, the only unwanted eyes are hackers, who I don’t think care that much about private servers with small numbers of users.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite low-footprint self-hosted services?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  glance averages around 20MB of RAM per day on my home server. Others have mentioned syncthing, which is also very light on resources, and super useful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, they must comply or face fines, whereas users can modify things however they please. I am ready to leave google, discord and twitter, so for users like me who won’t be on platforms that require age verification, I’d have no qualms about modding my OS to remove/disable age verification.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  DoB recording, and ID age verification, are two different things though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stupid question, but are there free VPS/VM instances for a jobless girl who wants to run her own instance?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  don’t have an old pc lying around? I literally built my first server while I was jobless, (I did purchase HDDs when I was employed, though). That same server has a cpu, mobo, ram and case that are well over 15 years old now, only the PSU and storage are new.

  I’m hosting a discord alternative called sharkord. Initially I just hosted it on my home server, but I couldn’t open ports for voice chat so I did move to a VPS with akami (linode). At most it’s costing me $5 CAD a month.

  It’s wayyy lighter to run compared to lemmy, because servers aren’t federated. I know, different application, but just wanted to provide a point of reference.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Watchtower replacement recommendations⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use dockwatch, but not for automatic updates. I just update after reviewing the changelog and user reports.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia's new DLSS 5 Brings Photo-Realistic Lighting To RTX 50-Series⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, nobody turns on ray tracing to reduce a games energy demands.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Abandoned FOSS projects⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s already been said: FOSS projects can be abandoned, but resurrected via forks and re-writes, whereas proprietary apps are simply dead with no recourse unless the original dev/team releases the source code.

  That being said, I am not a developer, so when a project dies, I am at the behest of other devs to revive the project. I do find that projects that many people value, like all the recent discord alternatives or health/money management apps, tend to survive longer because they provide value to a wide range of people. Things like wikis or new protocols are far more niche, so I am not surprised that they might not outlive projects like sharkord or rackula.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good on him for this. I started self-hosting a couple years back, so my “tech fence” is already fairly complete, with a few glaring omissions, still a WIP.

  I do wish he got someone to provide links to guides or wiki pages, but I understand that making people go out and search for things is also important, even if it’s a simple task to search on google/github for open source projects.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptops⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I got a 2nd hand x220 years ago, and it refuses to die. Running cachyOS currently.

  My next laptop will certainly be a thinkpad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Iran includes American tech giants on list of new targets⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Shit i may need to delete my google account before Iran does it for me!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm using my home server and coding to rebuild my brain after a stroke.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Inspiring tale, glad you found something you both enjoy and learn from! I think that’s a great use of time, to problem solve and develop tools that benefit you day-to-day.

  I’ve had some family that have experienced strokes, ranging from a slight scare to full on life-changing. You’re certainly doing well if you’re writing your own apps, I can barely script BASH.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  yeah, I was looking at the Moto G15 for my next phone, but with this news, I’m considering sacrificing a little upfront cost for a better OS

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  which is fine, I mean, you’d want decent specs + a secure OS in this day and age

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the Memory Shortage Intentional?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Us human really are good at making shit worse, eh?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the Memory Shortage Intentional?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck, RIP to an entire generation of kids and teens who won’t get to experience the joy of building out their own personal machines

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Worldwide Smartphone Market to Decline 13% in 2026, Marking the Largest Drop Ever Due to the Memory Shortage Crisis, according to IDC⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  episode #205 of How big tech is ruining tech again

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord delays global age verification rollout after backlash - Dexerto⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  As if backlash matters to them. There’s 200+ million active daily users. They’re are betting on the majority not giving a fuck, and they are right.

  I try and try again to convince my friends to leave discord, but they don’t care. So guess what? I’ll just find new friends, fuck discord.

  Seriously, I already deleted my discord account once before, because their terms of service already were claiming that all private messages and channel messages are being collected to sold to advertisers and data collection groups. I only joined back because I missed my friends. But now?? I could give a fuck, I already spun up Sharkord, and it runs well. In 6 months time, it will likely be good enough to completely ditch discord, so fuck it. My privacy matters more than friends who don’t use their damn brains.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, makes sense. I “solved” that issue by still doing handwritten notes but then scanning them and converting them to digital notes afterwards.

  That being said, I grew up in the 90s so I was never deprived of the skill of handwriting as a kid. It wasn’t until apple made touchscreens popular that shit kinda went downhill

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  most schools offer textbooks digitally anyways. I never once was reprimanded for using pirated textbooks. If anything, teachers are just happy to know a student cares enough to learn. It’s really the crooked publishers that are far to greedy to serve any educational purpose that profit from copyright enforcement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  lol, I mostly ditched textbooks in high school not to support technology, but because I was tired of carrying around huge books in my backpack, the bulk of which I wouldn’t even need on a daily basis. Lo and behold, even 14 years ago, I could find pdf versions of most of my textbooks, some of which were offered officially from the publisher for free via the school.

  The problems are the enshittification of the internet, the attention economy and the superb lack of American educational system, not technology itself. Almost every university in the world is filled with the sounds clacking keys from laptops, this isn’t 1984.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you had any doubts that Know-Your-Customer laws were evil, here is one very good reason: personal data of 1 BILLION people just leaked.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The Cybernews research team discovered an exposed MongoDB database containing nearly 1 terabyte of personally identifiable information (PII) exposing approximately a billion sensitive records across 26 countries.

  Welp. I guess, time to change passwords.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft claims "2026 is the moment" for AI PCs, but its essay-length beginner explanation only creates more confusion — Is it any wonder adoption is slow?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  seems like raspberry pi os on touchscreen devices supports on-screen keyboards and basic touch-screen features. There’s also the Librem 11 tablet, that runs linux on an Intel chip with Gnome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Element/Matrix Official Docker Install Method?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was scared off a couple years ago when I attempted to host it myself. I took a break from selfhosting, but now I’m back, and from what I learned in the past, I know now not to torture myself swimming upstream when there are far easier downstream currents to follow.

  I’m looking at conduit but I’m currently writing up a doc to plan out the process, and understand it before I actually deploy anything. I don’t want to open ports, don’t need federation and don’t need encryption, since I’ll be using tailscale to host a private server to only members of my tailnet.

  I’ll report back, either here or in the main community, because I don’t want to expose ports, rent a VPS or use ansible for a simple private server for less than 10 people.