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- Comment on As AI and megaplatforms take over, the hyperlinks that built the web may face extinction 3 days ago:
Gemini, the protocol is built on never adding new shit, so it’s only basic pages
- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 3 weeks ago:
“But it looks bad and could be bad for the battery!”
Every other wireless mouse has it in the front, Apple has no valid reason to leave it at the bottom.
- Comment on Update: Bitwarden posted to X this evening to reaffirm that it's a "packaging bug" and that "Bitwarden remains committed to the open source licensing model." 4 weeks ago:
Was yes. They have introduced an “internal sdk” into all their clients with no available source code. That’s what everyone’s complaining about. They call it a “packaging bug”, but in reality Bitwarden clients are just no longer open source.
- Comment on 10001 4 weeks ago:
As in, 0x11 is 17 in decimal.
- Comment on Clipped it blud 1 month ago:
No, this is Patrick!
- Comment on Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code 1 month ago:
The actual cheaters completely bypassed the new anti-cheat in about 6 hours. They had to update their cheats a bit, but are otherwise essentially unaffected. Linux users, Steam Deck users, and people who don’t want to give a single game full hardware access, are all affected. None of those can play GTA:Online anymore, unless they mod the game to bypass the anti-cheat, which can be seen as cheating in itself, and could result in a ban.
The ddos attacks are likely being orchestrated by a small group of people or even an individual, it probably does not represent the vast majority of affected users.
- Comment on Don't let the media and the masses fool you, It is possible to visualize 4D 1 month ago:
I took a shortcut when typing that, quoting the OP instead of further explaining. It is definitely possible to visualize 4 datapoints, but not 4 spatial dimensions. The only way to do so is to project to lower dimensions or take a lower dimension slice and display that. That works for 2D slices/projections of 3D objects because we already have a full understanding of 3D. It does not work for 2D projections of 4D objects, similar to how “flatlanders” couldn’t make sense of a 2D or 1D projection of a 3D object.
- Comment on Don't let the media and the masses fool you, It is possible to visualize 4D 1 month ago:
Wasted my time watching this. 23 minute video that repeats itself so often there’s only ~30 seconds of information. It feels very AI-generated. And it is not possible to “visualize 4D”, the video does not prove otherwise.
- Comment on GrapheneOS now officially supports Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro XL | GrapheneOS is a private, secure mobile operating system with Android app compatibility, developed as a non-profit open source project 2 months ago:
Louis Rossman’s video describes his behavior in public spaces accurately: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4To-F6W1NT0
- Comment on GrapheneOS now officially supports Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro XL | GrapheneOS is a private, secure mobile operating system with Android app compatibility, developed as a non-profit open source project 2 months ago:
His activity on GrapheneOS repositories, issues, etc. indicates he’s still very active in development and in the community.
- Comment on GrapheneOS now officially supports Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro XL | GrapheneOS is a private, secure mobile operating system with Android app compatibility, developed as a non-profit open source project 2 months ago:
is clearly on the spectrum in some way
This is not an excuse to behave the way he does.
Very good decision from him to withdraw from social media
He hasn’t, still on github, still on HN.
- Comment on GrapheneOS now officially supports Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro XL | GrapheneOS is a private, secure mobile operating system with Android app compatibility, developed as a non-profit open source project 2 months ago:
“Limited patience” is understandable, but the behavior of the GrapheneOS dev is completely different. I’ve personally interacted with them not too long ago, and nothing has changed since the public accusations from a year ago.
- Comment on GrapheneOS now officially supports Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro XL | GrapheneOS is a private, secure mobile operating system with Android app compatibility, developed as a non-profit open source project 2 months ago:
- Comment on GrapheneOS now officially supports Pixel 9, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro XL | GrapheneOS is a private, secure mobile operating system with Android app compatibility, developed as a non-profit open source project 2 months ago:
Lead dev of grapheneos is extremely toxic in communication. I don’t trust someone like that developing the software running on a phone.
- Comment on OpenAI has built a text watermarking method to detect chatgpt written content 3 months ago:
Research on this topic exists, and it is possible to alter the output of an LLM in minor ways, that statistically “watermark” the results without drastically changing the quality of the output. OpenAI has probably implemented this into ChatGPT.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kx9jbSMZqA
I think the tool exists, and is (at least close to) as good as they claim it is. They can’t release it, because once the public can tell with high accuracy whether ChatGPT wrote some text, another AI can be developed to circumvent detection from this method, making the tool useless.
- Comment on PlayStation VR2 PC Adapter Features Trailer 3 months ago:
I don’t own one, so I can’t guarantee the following: Compared to other PCVR headsets, the screen is very high quality, the tracking is easy to set up, it’s not a facebook headset, and the price is still very good compared to other non-facebook offerings.
Eye tracking on PC would’ve allowed for “foveated rendering”, a technique where only the part you are directly looking at is rendered in high quality, with peripheral vision rendered at lower resolution. Even very powerful desktop PCs are going to struggle rendering the full resolution of the PSVR2s displays.
Please look up reviews, and check if the headset is compatible with the games you want to play, before purchasing one.
- Comment on PlayStation VR2 PC Adapter Features Trailer 3 months ago:
Of course it would be less than on PlayStation. Game developers on PC don’t have features like headset feedback and adaptive triggers built into their games, and the standard VR protocols (afaik) do not support stuff like that.
The main thing that’s disappointing is eye tracking being unavailable. There’s no technical reason for them to not expose that, and would’ve made the PSVR2 one of the best PCVR headsets.
- Comment on YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete 3 months ago:
If they don’t link to the advertisers page, they’ll lose advertisers, which is the last thing YouTube would do. Legally, a video-embedded “Advertisement” indicator could work, but the link to the advertisers page remains.
- Comment on YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete 3 months ago:
Due to legal reasons, and to keep advertisers happy, YouTube is forced to display the “Advertisement” mark and a link to the advertisers website. With these, all the required information exists to allow an adblocker to skip any ads embedded in the video stream. No community flagging of ads is required.
- Comment on Apple Confirms Governments Using Push Notifications to Surveil Users 11 months ago:
Most “standard” messaging apps (that includes signal, telegram) use the “OS provided” push service. On Android, they use firebase cloud messaging, a component of google play services.
Degoogled Android means not having any notifications, unless the app supports UnifiedPush, runs in the background 24/7 (which drains battery), or runs in the background occasionally (which delays notifications).
If the app runs in the background occasionaly, you can “burden” the people on the other side by being slow to respond.
- Comment on Microsoft is finally making custom chips — and they’re all about AI 1 year ago:
Idk man I don’t see Apple going all in on AI like Microsoft right now. You should give them at least a little credit for their own terrible ideas.
- Comment on 'Signal tests usernames to avoid using phone numbers.' Great move? 1 year ago:
WireMin is a massive scam, please don’t use it. It’s been advertised on several Lemmy communities with unsolicited posts and comments, and it promises things it can’t do, like offer any type of privacy.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
WireMin markets itself as a decentralized service. The question was “why use this”, so I mentioned the pros of using decentralized services. I did not ignore the question. WireMin should not be used. Other (truly) decentralized protocols like Matrix, XMPP, or anything running on ActivityPub have benefits over services owned by companies like Signal or Telegram.
However, most people are locked into a platform by their contacts, and their contacts choice of chat application. If most (or all) of your contacts are already on Signal, there’s no good reason to use anything else.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
Ah look at what we have here, reposting memes on the twitter account. You are the developer of WireMin, this is a blatant advertisement disguised as a review.
Oct 27, 2023 at 3:51 AM UTC: lemmy.deadca.de/post/94628 | lemmy.world/post/7388906 | archive.ph/f8fY5
Oct 29, 2023 at 4:04 AM UTC: nitter.net/WireMin/status/1718478766547324992 | twitter.com/WireMin/status/1718478766547324992 | archive.ph/u8XxG
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
As a 3-month user of WireMin, I am quite familiar with the ‘Spaces’ feature; it is definitely their standout feature. Here are a couple of things you can do in the WireMin Space: *proceeds to list off features*
This is not a review of WireMin, this is blatant advertising. Advertising of a service that is a scam.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
There is a great benefit to using decentralized services. They cannot be taken down by any entity, and control over data is in the hands of server hosts, rather than one company. Once running and popular enough, a decentralized service will continue to exist. With so much infrastructure owned by so many different people, no single person can “decide” to take it down.
That said, WireMin is still a scam, please read my other comment for more info. Use whichever chat application works best for you.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
(I can’t believe I’m replying to a spam account) In case you can’t read my linked comment:
It’s not open source. There’s no way to actually verify any of their claims.
As others pointed out: “Contact Us” with gmail, facebook, twitter, or instagram. Any company (or individual) remotely advocating for privacy would be using (semi-)private services, even when advertising their own alternative.
The terms of service / privacy policy includes:
WireMin establishes a self-organizing network only by a number of active instances of WireMin apps. WireMin, as a protocol, utilizes advanced security and time-tested cryptography to provide a private messaging tool and social network. All of those are achieved in a democratized network without relying on a cloud service or back-end server.
No single bit of user data will be collected. WireMin is not even capable of doing that.
No user information will be provided to us, not a single bit.
however, it also contains
WireMin collects minimum device information
and
Occasionally for WireMin App on mobile devices, an additional device notification token (e.g. iOS devices) may be collected, to enable push notifications. Again, that information is collected without exposing user identity or the device’s IP which eliminates the possibility of user tracking.
It is impossible to not receive user information, and impossible to receive such notification token without knowing the device IP. User/device info gets provided to the app developers when someone downloads their app from the app store or play store. To actually use the push notification token, it requires server infrastructure. A push notification token is useless without having a centralized server to use it. Not having any servers means you can’t use the token, and having the token spread across different servers to remain decentralized would be dangerous, as the token could be used to fake notifications from the app.
Added to that, the blatant spam and advertising that’s happening in posts like these or comments under other posts related to chat applications. Your post is part quoted “update log” and part advertisement written as if it’s a review.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
WireMin is a scam, unable to deliver on their promises. I already explained this on one of the previous ads that was posted: lemmy.deadca.de/comment/599111
Please use FOSS decentralized software, such as Matrix.
- Comment on Discord file links will expire after a day to fight malware 1 year ago:
Depends on how it’s implemented. Anyone using a “media proxy” will see their discord bridged media probably fail to load (outside of possible caches) after a day. Anyone who has their bridge configured to reupload discord media to their homeserver should see no change.
- Comment on Linux vs Windows tested in 10 games - Linux 17% faster on Average 1 year ago:
(Not so) fun fact, a lot of Windows viruses work under Wine on Linux. If you have ransomware bundled with your pirated media, it will likely also encrypt your Linux files.
Use Bottles as a Flatpak, isolate all your applications from each other and from your host system.