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Keanu Reeves wants to find a way to play Cyberpunk 2077's Johnny Silverhand again, so series creator Mike Pondsmith quips "I have ways to do that, Keanu, contact me" in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fuck yeah Samurai, I'm awake, let's go!

nooki is a small, comfy corner of the internet built on AT Protocol. Share posts, stories, and ideas while keeping full control of your data in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 17 points 2 months ago

"Built on AT protocol, centralized on BlueSky". No thanks.

Bluesky rolls out age verification for users in Ohio | TechCrunch in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 4 points 2 months ago

Good one, got a chuckle out of me :)

All British adults to require a digital ID 'Brit Card' in c/news@beehaw.org
[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah, the poster above said "no wireless capability" though. NFC is wireless.

All British adults to require a digital ID 'Brit Card' in c/news@beehaw.org
[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Hard to use when having to ID you on websites

I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 15 points 2 months ago

Of course it was. Don’t need to be scientist to understand that

Regulating AI hastens the Antichrist, says Palantir’s Peter Thiel in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If we think Elon, Gates and Bezos are far-right, exploiting, scum billionaires, then Thiel is about 715 Texas sized football fields to the right of them politically. Dude is and has always been insane.

Google just broke *all* third-party YT clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required. in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They’re still running on VC money so it’ll be a while. My guess: ads, selling user data, AI training on user behaviours, limiting what content is suitable (getting rid of NSFW), promoting corporate brands (so algorithmic advertising) and adding crypto in one way or another. And all the other tricks that older platforms have been doing.

And probably burying the thought of distributed protocol, hoping people will stop talking about it.

Google just broke *all* third-party YT clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required. in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

should work as cross-indexing domain-specific, configuration-specific video galleries

Yes indeed - this is great idea and probably the only way a "web scale" distributed video service can work - unfortunately this doesn't quite exist yet. Even mature implementations like Mastodon have hard time dealing with "global" free text searching (or any kind of taxonomy). But maybe that's the idea that starts a truly free web!

Google just broke *all* third-party YT clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required. in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 21 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I doubt it. Bandwidth and storage costs for distributed video on the scale of YouTube isn’t going to happen without some kind of monetisation beyond stray donations.

Places like Nebula have better operating models but they’re also very niche.

Google just broke *all* third-party YT clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required. in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 23 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Bsky is just another VC financed grift though.

LinkedIn set to start to train its AI on member profiles in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago

Same techbro hegemony as Meta's "Facebook AI Friends" they are trying to roll out.

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Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose (arstechnica.com)
 

Pulling this off requires high privileges in the network, so if this is done by intruder you're probably having a Really Bad Day anyway, but might be good to know if you're connecting to untrusted networks (public wifi etc). For now, if you need to be sure, either tether to Android - since the Android stack doesn't implement DHCP option 121 or run VPN in VM that isn't bridged.

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Purchase Advice: Linux Laptop (beehaw.org)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by 0xtero@beehaw.org to c/linuxhardware@lemmy.ml
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My current Dell XPS 13 has been my trusty old companion for the past 4.5 years and I'm very happy with it.
Inevitably, the battery isn't what it used to be anymore - it won't reach full charge anymore and discharges in 2-3 hours of normal use (webrowsing, coding etc).

I could replace the battery, but at 4.5 years, I guess it's time for an upgrade.

My general requirements:

  • Good Linux support
  • Portable (13-14")
  • Great battery life
  • Good keyboard
  • A nice screen that doesn't have too much glare
  • At least 16Gb RAM / 1Tb SSD

This is my work machine so I'm not especially budget-sensitive.
Durable build would be awesome, I travel quite a lot and it gets banged around in my bag.
I work in cybersecurity and do coding, so it doesn't need "content creator" features. The less "bells and whistles", the better.
I'd love a microSD-card slot.
I think I'd melt of happiness if it also has a HDMI port.
I don't game on this machine (except chess.com, lol) , so don't really need gfx performance.
I don't need touchscreen or 2-in-1 functions.
Reasonable mic/cam - but I think that's pretty much given on a modern high-end laptop..

I'm thinking I'm probably going with new Dell XPS 13 or some ThinkPad variant, but I'd be happy to hear some suggestions and experiences (both good and bad) of recent purchases from the community.

Ps. Framework/System76 don't ship here. Unfortunately. I'm stuck with the big-corpo brands.

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Ransomware causes mental, physical trauma to security pros (www.theregister.com)
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None of these people exist, but you can buy their books on Amazon anyway (conspirator0.substack.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by 0xtero@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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Our AI-generated future is going to be fantastic.

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Their Songs Were Stolen by Phantom Artists. They Couldn’t Get Them Back. (www.nytimes.com)
 

Non-paywall: https://archive.is/mWKBz

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