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- Comment on Google’s ‘Secret’ Update Scans All Your Photos 2 days ago:
I have used Waydroid, mainly with FOSS apps, and although it has some rough edges, it does often work for just having one or two Android apps functionality.
Linux on mobile as a whole isn’t daily driver ready yet in my opinion. I’ve only tried pmOS on a OP6, but that seems to be a leading project on a well-supported phone (compared to the rest).
- Comment on PS5 Pro sales ‘have fallen behind PS4 Pro in the US 6 days ago:
The Steam Deck is a PC. The most console-like PC experience you can get, but still a PC.
- Comment on PS5 Pro sales ‘have fallen behind PS4 Pro in the US 6 days ago:
The Steam Deck is a PC. The most console-like PC experience you can get, but still a PC.
- Comment on I Tried CalyxOS For 3 Months (So You Don't Have To) 3 weeks ago:
Not only is comparing these not the point (CalyxOS has a different purpose than GrapheneOS), the chart is heavily biased towards Graphene. Take for example the whole section on privacy. They list Graphene specific features, note that Graphene has them, and make other roms look bad for “not having them”, or even provide incorrect information. “Storage Scopes” and “Contact Scopes” for example, two Graphene features, intended to make closed source apps “happy” with giving them fake permissions. Although there’s definitely a use for this feature, being much more FOSS focused, Calyx provides the option to isolate non-foss apps into a work profile. This is effectively doing something very similar, although more limited to the user. Or the “Tracking through Android Advertising ID?” column, which lists only Graphene as “Not part of the system”, and everything else as “Randomized ID”. Graphene runs the official Google play services “in a sandbox”, without modifying or patching anything significant. This also means Google’s implementation of Advertising ID is being used. This is not randomized, and worse for privacy than anything using MicroG. Calyx MicroG and Graphene Google Play Services are both opt in, yet the chart favors Graphene by claiming it doesn’t have the anti-feature.
- Comment on I Tried CalyxOS For 3 Months (So You Don't Have To) 3 weeks ago:
This person does not understand open source or Android whatsoever. They talk a decent bit about “default installed apps”, without properly understanding what most of them even are. They complain about some apps “being out of date” when installing CalyxOS, calling it “concerning” that they’re not on the latest version out of the box, as if they couldn’t update the apps themselves. The whole “review” feels more like an iPhone user trying to switch to Android for the first time, being confused because it’s different, and complaining about it because they don’t understand it.
The main benefits of CalyxOS lie under the hood. It’s built to be more secure out of the box, and doesn’t connect everywhere without consent like most other Android ROMs. If you’re fine with the privacy and security of using something like LineageOS, CalyxOS doesn’t have much extra to offer.
- Comment on New social experiment 1 month ago:
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- Comment on Wubuntu: The lovechild of Windows and Linux nobody asked for 2 months ago:
While it might seem interesting for your usecase, please be careful which specific distro you use, especially when it comes to “windows-like” distros. Wubuntu (previously LinuxFX) has terrible security for your payment info, and the developers have made a ton of questionable decisions.
- Comment on As AI and megaplatforms take over, the hyperlinks that built the web may face extinction 3 months 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 months 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 months 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 months ago:
As in, 0x11 is 17 in decimal.
- Comment on Clipped it blud 4 months ago:
No, this is Patrick!
- Comment on Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 6 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 6 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 6 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 7 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 7 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 1 year 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.