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- Comment on Federated End-to-End Encrypted Messaging is Coming Soon 2 days ago:
Pgp is protocol agnostic, you can use it over email, xmpp, irc… Over pretty much anything that supports plugins.
It’s usually used for email tho.
- Comment on The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about 1 week ago:
Paywalled
- Comment on The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about 1 week ago:
Unfortunately there’s no good term for that, I guess. Market manipulation?
- Comment on Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 day 1 week ago:
I meant that it would die as an “open” platform, so power users would be compelled to stop using android.
- Comment on Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 day 1 week ago:
I understand, but there’s a good argument that Android is the reason why GNU/Linux phones don’t get good.
The death of Android as an “open” platform would put some pressure to actual develop an alternative.
- Comment on Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 day 1 week ago:
Not sure how I should feel about this, if I should support the cause to keep android “open” (when it’s everything but), or if I should be happy that this piece of shit OS finally shows it’s true colours and people (including me) will finally be forced to find an alternative or stop using this trashware all together.
- Comment on The 20 Darkest Anime Series of All Time, Ranked 1 week ago:
I would include too, The Day I Became God, Gunslinger Girl, Mahou Shoujo Site.
- Comment on Western Digital runs out of HDD capacity: CEO says massive AI deals secured, price surges ahead 1 week ago:
Let’s just pray my anime harddrive doesn’t fail meanwhile…
- Comment on "I am going to punch you" WHAT A BOSS! 1 week ago:
The punch was sufficient to pass a message without causing serious body harm that may get the kid into very real trouble.
Ofc nothing prevents the nazi scum from getting someone else to punch him really hard so he can claim damages, but he seems too much of a pussy for that.
- Comment on A “QuitGPT” campaign is urging people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions— Backlash against ICE is fueling a broader movement against AI companies’ ties to President Trump. 2 weeks ago:
Not sure if it works like that.
Just from using their platform you’re giving them value, at least in the form of data.
- Comment on Western Digital details 14-platter 3.5-inch HAMR HDD designs with 140 TB and beyond 2 weeks ago:
The point is that 8TB are too small, and not enough for my anime.
- Comment on What type of laptop do you recommend for simply browsing the internet? 2 weeks ago:
Used thinkpad. You can get a nice laptop 140 to 220 in Europe on eBay and cheaper in US, depending on the specks or how old it is.
Generally speaking anything like the x280 / t480 / L580 or newer should be fast enough for most web browsing, including online meetings.
I seriously recommend spending extra on something with an IPS screen, or else your eyes are in for a bad time.
Also, try to get something with 16GB of ram, 8GB is enough for casual web browsing, but 16GB allows you to open many tabs comfortably and is run many applications at once.
- Comment on A WhatsApp bug lets malicious media files spread through group chats 3 weeks ago:
Oh yes, let me cut myself completely from society and 90% of people I’ve ever met. That will tell Zuckerberg!
- Comment on The upgrade argument for desktops doesn't stand up anymore 3 weeks ago:
Depends on what you use the computer for, for gaming, maybe you’re right, idk. I personally use the computer for 3D modeling which mostly relies on the GPU.
I’ve recently built a computer with the latest gen GPU and got a nice 12 gen i7 as platform for it, the GPU is from 2025, but the CPU is like 4 years old.
The thing is, I could have gotten a much older CPU haven’t I found the 12th gen for the same price. If I could just upgrade the GPU and ram on my old laptop I wouldn’t have bought a whole computer.
Besides, buying a laptop with 16GB of vram would have been much more expensive than a desktop.
- Comment on The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K 3 weeks ago:
Meanwhile I’m still at 1080p and most content I watch not even that.
- Comment on We can't even pump fuel anymore without holding a digital billboard (Netherlands) 3 weeks ago:
Paint spray
- Comment on Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption 4 weeks ago:
Only a tech illiterate can expect privacy from a closed source program, open source is a requirement for both privacy and security.
- Comment on Doing Gigabit Ethernet Over My British Phone Wires – The HFT Guy 4 weeks ago:
It wouldn’t matter because 4 pair ethernet cable can still transport 2 pair phone signals just fine (if not better), so he could just replace the the sockets back to the old RJ11 ones and the landland wouldn’t ever know that anything was changed.
Either way, reading at the other replies, it seems that houses in UK don’t actually use ducts to pass the cables so replacing the cable is nearly impossible. Didn’t know that.
- Comment on Doing Gigabit Ethernet Over My British Phone Wires – The HFT Guy 4 weeks ago:
That’s interesting, but those boxes seem rather expensive, wouldn’t it be cheaper to just pull ethernet cable over the phone installation?
- Comment on Doing Gigabit Ethernet Over My British Phone Wires – The HFT Guy 4 weeks ago:
Ham radio operators hate it.
- Comment on Why are they different shapes? 5 weeks ago:
US , EU and FR variants.
Side question: Why do people buy baguettes? Do they make sandwiches with them?
Sometimes, sometimes just eat with butter. They make good toasts too.
How do you even make a sandwich from them?
Just cut it open and put the ham and cheese inside it, not much to it really. Either cut the slice in half if I’m feeling poor or fold it in two if I’m feeling rich.
- Comment on Developer patches Wine to make Photoshop 2021 & 2025 run on Linux — Adobe Creative Cloud installers finally work thanks to HTML, JavaScript and XML fixes 5 weeks ago:
Does this include adobe substance?
- Comment on Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking 5 weeks ago:
I want to agree, I used to hate wireless headphones, until I realised that they don’t last long if I wear them anywhere outside my desk.
The cable keeps getting caught in door handles, accidentally stepped when I need to crouch and then snapped when I get up or the plug simply gives up from being constantly bent inside the pocket.
I’m a person who can use a soldering but that doesn’t make repair much easier, phones don’t usually like the 3.5mm jacks available in the market, opening and closing whatever plastic thing covers the contacts or the back of the drivers often break after a third time opening it.
The cables themselves start to breakdown and that time I ordered a whole replacement cable off eBay the phone lost all bass (probably high impedance).
Another issue is that modern phones output a very quiet signal that doesn’t get loud enough even when plugged the HD25.
In end wireless headphones solve this problem, I still use wired headphones on my desk. But for mobile use wireless it is.
- Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET 1 month ago:
I will never get a ham license, one day I will get a 100W out of band CB rig, but as a matter of principle I will never become a ham.
There are several reasons for it, reason number one is privacy, I would never say my legal name to strangers on the internet, for obvious safety reasons, why should I have to identify with a callsign when chatting over radio?
Reason number two is that you can lose your license just for “swearing”? Like what the fuckl? What censorship is this?
Reason number three, it’s illegal to use encryption on ham bands, so I can’t even have a private conversation over ham radio.
Reason number four, I understand that licensed hams don’t want unlicensed noobs jamming their frequencies, I understand the need to reserve some of the spectrum to people who actually understand that just because you can’t hear anything, doesn’t mean you’re not jamming, but there should be parts of the radio spectrum reserved for free personal use. Reduce ham bands by half for all that I care, but I should be able to just buy a radio and transmit how many watts I need on those free bands without needing authorization from the government.
- Comment on Report: Microsoft quietly kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet 1 month ago:
Until the user tries the “reset your device” option in the control panel. Then he’s stuck in the “please signup to your Microsoft account” screen.
And without internet, he’s never going to figure out the obsomething/bypassnsomething command.
Also this isn’t windows specific, my samsungs phones also doesn’t let me get pass the initial screen without connecting to the internet.
- Comment on If you're a parent, how do you prevent your kid from watching AI slop? 1 month ago:
He always wants to watch the video that’s the lowest quality shit just based on the thumbnail, because they have thumbnails that stick out.
There’s an add-on by the same guy who makes sponsorbock that replaces thumbnails (and video tittles) for more more accurate ones, maybe you want to try that.
(Disclaimer: The add-on itself is free software (as in freedom) but the developer added the restriction that after one hour trial you can either pay or wait 24h and then you can use it without restriction. It’s an interesting model.)
- Comment on What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET 1 month ago:
Meshtastic sounds great in concept but IMO it’s useless in most parts of the world due to it’s extreme low power.
If all your neighbours have one or there aren’t many buidings around blocking line of sight then meshtastic has great potential. Otherwise I would stuck be sending messages to myself.
Now, they made boards with more power that operated and crossed at several different frequency bands, specially shortwave, then meshtastic would be an incredibility powerful too. However illegal.
- Comment on NVIDIA To Bring Back The GeForce RTX 3060 In Q1 2026 To Tackle Current-Gen GPU & Memory Shortages 1 month ago:
No offence taken.
My desision comes from two factors that play together.
First I am relatively poor and if I save to painfully save money and give up on other things that are also important so I can buy a GPU I want to make sure that I pay as least as possible for the most performance, if it takes a day to render a small animation on an nvidia GPU, it will take two days to do the same on AMD at the same price point. Besides I want to try to do this professionally one day, if that is to happen I can’t let my clients wait double, they will hire someone else.
Also I use Linux, so trust me I would love to get an AMD instead and get proper drivers.
The other factor is that I don’t believe my purchases as single individual make any dent in the market whatsoever. I can’t get it in my mind, I’m just one person, there are billions out there with way more money than me. The children get killed in Palestine and the data centres boil the earth no matter if I personality buy nvidia or buy from amazon or not. It’s kinda of a paradox because if everyone thinks like me then collective action doesn’t happen.
It’s kinda similar how I would be vegan if I had to kill the animals myself, but I don’t believe that if I stop buying chicken that less chickens get raised and killed, the retailer orders 1000 chickens independently if I buy one or not.
- Comment on NVIDIA To Bring Back The GeForce RTX 3060 In Q1 2026 To Tackle Current-Gen GPU & Memory Shortages 1 month ago:
I would buy AMD, I really would, but for what I use GPUs for, 3D rendering on Blender (cycles), nvidia is must much faster for a card of the same price point due to optix raytracing acceleration.
- Comment on The information density on a vinyl can be higher earlier in the record than later... 1 month ago:
The outerwards part of the record can hold louder signal without the needle jumping.
That’s why there’s actually a record that plays backward www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Afikv6k1-c because Bolero gets louder and louder as the song progresses,