wintermute

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The thing is that USB type C is only about the physical plug/socket, and the USB standard and version that uses it is a separate thing.
  I’m this case it’s probably a PD only charger and the device only supports plain old 5v 500mA USB power

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I really really like my Garmin Instinct 2. It a kind of hybrid but between old digital clock and smartwatch, instead of analog.
  It has strong Casio Pro Trek vibes. One color, no touch LCD screen. Solar charging, more than 3 weeks battery life, GPS, all health sensors and smart stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you are referring to GNU Taler.

  It recently started operating in a kind of open beta in Switzerland https://news.itsfoss.com/gnu-taler-swiss-operations/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As governments around the world are set to make the Internet more restrictive and privacy-invading, we need a solution⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Unless I missed that feature, no, you only have one version.
  But it creates a link to archive.org so you can see if there’s older versions there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As governments around the world are set to make the Internet more restrictive and privacy-invading, we need a solution⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You have two things, the application and the libraries.
  The libraries are files with the data you want to host (wikipedia, stack overflow, etc).
  There’s a lot of applications for different platforms. Some allow to download the libraries directly, otherwise you can download them manually into a folder and tell the app where to find them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As governments around the world are set to make the Internet more restrictive and privacy-invading, we need a solution⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes! It saves it as HTML, readable HTML, PDF and image.
  Results can vary a lot depending on how the page is implemented. Sometimes most of the formats are empty or broken, but I always got at least one that’s usable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As governments around the world are set to make the Internet more restrictive and privacy-invading, we need a solution⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The official website has a lot of good resources. You can burn the firmware into the devices directly from there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As governments around the world are set to make the Internet more restrictive and privacy-invading, we need a solution⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have Kiwix (offline versions of Wikipedia and other online resources) and Linkwarden (preserve specific websites in multiple formats) running on my home server.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Zero-day: Bluetooth gap turns millions of headphones into listening stations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think BLE is only required for the initial compromise (extracting the pairing key). After that the attack can be performed over classic BT, and can impersonate either part (headphones or phone) to the other.
  It’s still very targeted and sophisticated, so no reason to panic unless you have reasons to think someone with the resources could target you.
  Regarding the attacks, they got way beyond eavesdropping calls, since BT headphones usually have access to contacts and smart assistants, that you can use to extract a lot more information

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Every frickin day… at least once, I read a post’s title and start looking around for clues that it’s not real… My mind goes: “is it the onion? Is it April’s fools again already? This can’t be true…”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how are my fellow peeps hosting your music collection these days?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  +1 for Volumio! I didn’t know it can use Jellyfin as a media source. To be fair, I just started using Jellyfin and didn’t want to migrate everything to it until being sure it will stay. So far it’s looking very good though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The current system of online advertising has been ruled illegal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  1. ‘No’ is already the default, that’s why you get the banners, to trick you into opting in. There are a couple of filters that you can enable in uBlock Origin to get rid of (most of) the banners.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Searchable db/Knowledge Management Software⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cool! I’ll give it a try!

  It’s heatmap-calendar right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Searchable db/Knowledge Management Software⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I recently installed the “Dataview” plug-in, and it’s amazing. You can create documents or sections by querying data from other documents, effectively using Obsidian as a database.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The World's First Mass-Produced Flying Car Is Here and It Costs $1 Million⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen them in Germany, but between relatively small cities and towns.
  Not Just Bikes made a video about Trams not long ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doom the dark ages...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not talking about any reviewer in particular, but in general, even if they are not payed, they get the game for free and usually have affiliate links to buy the game, so there’s at least a couple of incentives to do a better review.
  Again, not accusing anyone, but the potential for bias/conflict of interest is something to keep in mind when watching those types of reviews.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In some countries, you need to declare expensive items when you are leaving the country, otherwise you pay the tariff when you return.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly… I’m enjoying it very much so far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m starting a run of Project Zomboid without zombies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4 or more hours of daily screen time linked to more anxiety and depression in teens, data shows⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. Also, the key word in these type of studies is “linked”, which means that’s only a correlation, with no prove of causality. The way it’s written, it makes you think that the screen time causes anxiety and depression, but there are other studies that suggest the causality goes in the other direction, kids that suffer from depression tend to spend more time in social media.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Keepass is exactly that. Basically all the client side parts, and the database is a single encrypted file that you can sync however you want.