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[–] demesisx 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Every nation in the world should fund open source technologies with a large chunk of their tax revenue. The fact that this isn’t even close to happening almost everywhere says all we need to know about world governments and their corporatist nature.

[–] demesisx 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

You conveniently dodged my question, then asked me stupid questions, thinking I'd have to agree with cherry-picked offenses by China. I am not a fan of China. I just think they are justified in defending themselves. Furthermore, I think it's hilarious that the the US decided to offshore our high tech goods to have them manufactured there as if we weren't ASKING to be hacked. The only solution going forward is CLEARLY domestic RISC-V manufacturing and not allowing our enemies to manufacture our critical technologies.

Do I support China's:

  • domestic surveillance: of course not
  • transnational repression: of course not
  • supression (sp!) of free speech and freedom of the press: of course not
  • bullying of its neighbours: of course not
  • aggression against Taiwan: of course not

Do I support China engaging in pre-emptive cyber warfare against aggressors: absolutely

Do I support the US engaging in pre-emptive cyber warfare against aggressors: absolutely

Do I support Israel engaging in pre-emptive cyber warfare against aggressors: absolutely

Do I support war crimes being committed by ANY of these countries: NO

[–] demesisx 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

IMO, it’s a mistake to be shutting out other cultures because of these easily-fixed technical issues.

Personally, I’d rather a translation option was added like they have on Mastodon. I’d miss out on some smart people if I blocked all German and French posts from my feed. Those just happen to be the best languages for high assurance engineering talk (which is basically all I care about).

[–] demesisx 5 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Embedding Trojans in your enemy’s infrastructure and leaving them to be switched on in times of war is ABSOLUTELY defense. You may not like it. But that’s called cyber warfare.

Quick question: Do you fundamentally disagree with what China is accused of but fully support Israel and the US’s extrajudicial backdoors, Trojan horses, domestic spying, pager bomb assasinations, AI targeted air strikes, and other clandestine war crimes just because they are perpetrated by “the good guys”?

[–] demesisx 7 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

This story deserves a “no doy!”

All major world powers are bolstering their cybersecurity. If they weren’t, they wouldn’t survive in such an opportunistic world.

 

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/19641665

Slate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen

Ask just about anybody, and they'll tell you that new cars are too expensive. In the wake of tariffs shaking the auto industry and with the Trump administration pledging to kill the federal EV incentive, that situation isn't looking to get better soon, especially for anyone wanting something battery-powered. Changing that overly spendy status quo is going to take something radical, and it's hard to get more radical than what Slate Auto has planned.

Meet the Slate Truck, a sub-$20,000 (after federal incentives) electric vehicle that enters production next year. It only seats two yet has a bed big enough to hold a sheet of plywood. It only does 150 miles on a charge, only comes in gray, and the only way to listen to music while driving is if you bring along your phone and a Bluetooth speaker. It is the bare minimum of what a modern car can be, and yet it's taken three years of development to get to this point.

But this is more than bargain-basement motoring. Slate is presenting its truck as minimalist design with DIY purpose, an attempt to not just go cheap but to create a new category of vehicle with a huge focus on personalization. That design also enables a low-cost approach to manufacturing that has caught the eye of major investors, reportedly including Jeff Bezos. It's been engineered and will be manufactured in America, but is this extreme simplification too much for American consumers?

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28625297

Google Fi is launching a $35 / month unlimited plan

[–] demesisx 6 points 4 weeks ago

Get this fucking Google ad out of here.

[–] demesisx 3 points 4 weeks ago

Me too! Gelbart is world-class!

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submitted 4 weeks ago by demesisx to c/machinists
 

Collection of little-known machine shop tips by master Dan Gelbart.

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Surprise AMA 04/23/2025 (www.youtube.com)
submitted 4 weeks ago by demesisx to c/cardano
 

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/27144642

IOG's Hoskinson on Blockchain Voting during his recent AMA

Charles seemed in a pretty good place in this AMA after his recent spiritual journey in the Amazon with bullet ants. He talks about blockchain voting at this timestamp.

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submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by demesisx to c/blockchainvoting
 

Charles seemed in a pretty good place in this AMA after his recent spiritual journey in the Amazon with bullet ants. He talks about blockchain voting at this timestamp.

 

I absolutely adore Voyager. I wnat to extend a very special thank you to the Voyager team.

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/33030734

cross-posted from: https://vger.social/post/15192818

Voyager’s new promo site!

Hey there!

I just published Voyager's new promo site at https://getvoyager.app/. This site is intended to be an easy way to share the app with your friends and family. Let me know what you think! I'm hoping to roll out a couple more improvements to user onboarding soon™️, so stay tuned.

In other news, I hope you like the latest app update! ICYMI: the video player was significantly revamped, you can now upload videos (assuming lemmy instance support: keep reading...), and Android users can now long press links to preview the url, as well as for share/copy/open options.

https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/releases/tag/2.26.0

Speaking of videos: If you've ever wondered why videos sometimes fail to play in iOS, it's because many Lemmy instances are misconfigured. Please share this site I just published with your Lemmy admin to help debug issues: https://aeharding.github.io/lemmy-streaming Around 50% of instances are misconfigured 😳 so I really appreciate your help on getting the word out to admins! 🫡

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27215397

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27182708

At the time of writing Summit for Lemmy should be completely open source.

After a lot of contemplation I've decided to open source the app. There are still some changes that probably need to happen before it can be considered "FOSS" but this is a huge step I think.

As I'm voiced my opinions on this previously, the main repository for Summit will not be to the public for PRs. If you encounter bugs or have any feature requests please continue to send them through the proper channels (ideally to this community).

Enjoy~~

 

I want to personally thank the MLEM devs for opting to go with the GNU General Public License v3.0

Here is the app store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mlem-for-lemmy/id6450543782

If anyone here can afford to, please help them out by donating some cash here.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by demesisx to c/lemmyapps@lemmy.world
 

It is long past time for us to build a movement where we shower recognition, rewards, and donations on the devs that were selfless and wise enough to share their source code with the community.

!fosslemmyapps@infosec.pub

Since the recent rash of devs looking to capitalize on a FOSS platform by spamming their closed source apps here, I decided to build a community dedicated solely to Free and Open Source lemmy apps and software.

Please join us. Help fight #enshittification before it takes over Lemmy too.

 

Spray welding is what got me into this whole trade in the first place. Abom79 had the first demo I ever saw of it.

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