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[–] lemann@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The last time I checked, piped had a button right on the playlist page to export playlists as JSON. You can then switch instances and re-import that data back in

I'm not sure about subscriptions though, only really use piped for watching videos quickly or listening to music playlists

[–] lemann@lemmy.one -1 points 2 years ago

The room might stink, but nobody intentionally shat on the floor.

I like this figure of speech a lot, stealing it 😁

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Pressure shortens that timeline significantly IMO, similar to what happened with USB-C

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

I assume it's a feature to prevent Android's memory management from forcefully killing Firefox... for me the tabs don't unload, but they behave as if the JS running inside them has been frozen/paused.

Maybe installing those tabs as apps via Firefox's menu will bypass this

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

That's really nice! Feels great to have a positive impact on others

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

From GoG specifically, as they patch the older games on their store to "just run" on modern Windows

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That typo 🤝 Your username

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 39 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like this, but would really prefer if Google works with the GSMA to get these implemented into the actual RCS specs, rather than using specially crafted proprietary RCS messages to add features to RCS (like they have done for E2EE)

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago

For me it's the ability to set up a shared instance with the base request URL, and set headers for things like the user's token, allowing all requests made with that shared Axios instance to be sent to the right path with the token without needing to define them for each individual request.

To be honest though something similar can be done with spread syntax in the Fetch API's options parameter

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

It's not natively supported by the base RCS standard, in the section at the end of the paper in the section titled "Third Party RCS Clients" Google explains that they've built the e2ee their Messages app themselves, (on top of standard RCS).

A developer has to use Google's implementation specifically in order to send and recieve e2ee messages to Google's Messages app (and Samsung Messages who also implemented this recently)

Although the e2ee implementation is using the Signal protocol under the hood, it's for message content only - this is what is transmitted in cleartext (taken from the paper)

  • Phone numbers of senders and recipients
  • Timestamps of the messages
  • IP addresses or other connection information
  • Sender and recipient's mobile carriers
  • SIP, MSRP, or CPIM headers, such as User-Agent strings which may contain device manufacturers and models
  • Whether the message has an attachment
  • The URL on content server where the attachment is stored
  • Approximated size of messages, or exact size of attachments

Without using this implementation of the Signal protocol on top of RCS, the message will deliver to the contact's phone, but shows up as unencrypted garbled text

That is a very useful resource though, never knew there was a paper available on the implementation. Saving 😁

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

What a compact thing, also charges to full in just 3 hours from a normal outlet 🤯

 

Louis has been recieving emails showing a general dislike towards electric mobility, primarily due to the restrictions on how freely people can work on and operate these machines.

In this video he makes the point that electric mobility isn't the problem - companies are choosing to make these machines restrictive.

The primary example cited is VanMoof, an e-bike company that has folded, leaving most users unable to unlock their bicycle or transfer ownership. Unlocking the bicycle usually requires an app & key stored on VanMoof servers. A rival company "Cowboy" released an app that extracts the bike key from VanMoof servers, so owners can continue using their bike until it breaks down.

He makes the comparison to his own ebike built using off-the-shelf parts, choosing products that gave the most autonomy to the buyer. He designed his bicycle to be able to keep up with New York traffic speeds, something that many prebuilt ones cannot do due to either an underpowered motor or speed limiter.

Some criticisms are raised towards prebuilt e-bikes that use speed limiters and proprietary technologies - personally I see no problems with restrictions as long as they can be bypassed with sufficient technical skill, however that can become a slippery slope where artificial limits get normalised, possibly reaching a point where bypassing them is no longer feasible (such as unlocking the bootloader on a modern Android device).

YouTube/Invidious (Piped link in comments by bot)

 

Steam dropping support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 means users who purchased games for their PC during that era are SOL if their machine is not capable of running the latest Windows.

Synopsis

In the video, Louis reads a discussion thread between a Steam customer and their support team regarding older Windows versions being dropped. The customer is admittedly a bit salty in their writing. Steam doesn't directly answer the customer's questions, and instead points the customer to Steam's existing statements made about dropping support for older Windows versions.

Louis makes the argument that even though he agrees with Steam's stance on things such as piracy and their general consumer-oriented attitude, if we are dependent on Steam to launch games, especially on older systems where we can't unplug the ethernet and be able to still launch the game, do we really own the game to begin with?

Commenter views

Some commenters mentioned that this is a Chrome issue, as Steam's interface itself is a web browser and if Chromium drops support for older systems, Steam is stuck.

Other commenters mentioned it's a Microsoft issue, as more issues surface in unsupported Windows versions, it would be in Steam's best interests to drop support for these.

Another one mentioned that the DMCA provides an exemption for cracking games that you already own, if it is no longer being supported.

Links

What's your take on this?

Youtube/Invidious (A piped link should be posted by a bot below)

 

For me, a bike was the fastest way to get around campus, and practically cost me nothing as a broke student 😅

From there I ended up going on progressively longer rides for leisure, getting to know how long I can ride before running out of steam. Now I'm pretty comfortable commuting by bike - for longer distances though I tend to take public transport

 

Brave Browser has started running "Block this ad" ads on Youtube, following a recent change where Youtube is blocking users that use an adblocker.

Pretty ballsy move by Brave IMO.

Louis has switched over to Brave for unrelated reasons, which was interesting to know! Personally I'll be sticking with Firefox.

YouTube/Invidious

 

About three years ago I upgraded from a cheap MTB bike to an upright dutch-inspired urban bike.

For the equivalent of about $300 USD on sale, I got an aluminium frame, front and rear mudguards, internal 7-speed hub, extended handlebars, and all-weather rollerbrakes. They're nowhere near as powerful as diskbrakes, but they do the job.

The pie chart data is from a bike expenses spreadsheet I keep, was surprised actually to find out how little I've spent on maintenance, in comparison to completely optional accessories for the bike...

About my previous and current commuter

My cheap MTB had served me well for 4 years prior, despite being a bit neglected in the maintenance department. Don't get me wrong - there was chain cleaning and re-lubing after wet weather, replacing diskbrake pads and all that stuff, but it wasn't perfect and sometimes it was just plain tedious to do.

The upgrade made a lot of sense at the time, and after 3 years of owning the Dutch-inspired bike I've not needed to do much maintenance at all. However, it's a little difficult to get parts for the bike outside of the Netherlands, worsened slightly by the original retailer no longer selling consumables such as the rollerbrake grease and internal gear grease. Despite that the bike has been rock solid, still shifts and stops like new. I'll need to give the internal hub an oil bath at some point though - not looking forward to that...

 

It's unsurprising but disappointing that most authorised repair places are bound by policies that kind-of force customers to purchase a new device, especially in cases where their existing faulty device can be repaired on the spot for little cost.

I'm happy this repair shop owner (who decided to stay anonymous, for obvious reasons) carried out the minor repair for the customer despite Samsung not allowing this.

There's some people in the comments also talking about times where they carried out minor repairs for customers in situations where their company policy would have forced an expensive and unnecessary parts replacement.

Right to repair should create more repair options for consumers, leading to a reduction of expensive parts swaps in cases where they aren't necessary IMO

YouTube/Invidious

 

I last topped up my front and rear brakes with Shimano's rollerbrake grease after hearing a loud unsightly noise while braking.

The brake performance has been OK so far since the re-greasing, but I'm concerned at how much grease has been coming out consistently.

There are a lot of hills in my area (sadly not an environment the rollerbrakes are recommended for) so my usual braking style is similar to 'cadence braking', where I pump intermittently to prevent overheating and cooking the grease.

Is this leaking something to be worried about or is this normal for my use case?

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I don't understand this attitude at all... Some people are better off staying on Reddit IMO

 

As far as I'm aware it's always been possible to bypass an iCloud activation lock (by directly interfacing with the flash storage) - however now the barrier for entry is so much lower with online services offering activation lock removal with a quick turnaround time.

Louis goes into much more detail in the video, however it's likely an insider at Apple doing this.

My main takeaways are: It's unlikely Apple is going to do anything about this, since these stolen & reset devices are bringing more users into the Apple ecosystem, as well as driving AppleCare sales (theft cover) and purchases of new devices. Also, since no user data is exposed, they aren't necessarily at risk of bad press, since the privacy of the original owner is not compromised.

Do you think Apple will fix the process flaw allowing an insider to unlock these devices with no consequences?

YouTube/Invidious

Edit: Fix typos

 

YouTube/Invidious

This is an interesting take from Louis.

I can't say I fully agree with his view on the moderators blacking out subreddits though - from my perspective, although the users are the primary contributors to the subreddit, the moderators are the ones who curate the community into what it is, keeping spam out and making it an inviting space for everyone.

While it is unfair for regular users to be locked out of their communities due to the blackout, I believe the mods have every right to do so. Some/most of the subreddits participating held a vote in which community members wanted their subreddit to join the blackout too, where those mods could have decided to not allow a vote to begin with.

Personal opinions aside, the rest of the video is informative, but unfortunate. I really am curious as to how Reddit's IPO will go

 

YouTube/Invidious

He touches on lots of important points in this video - such as app accessibility, the site's contributors and moderators doing Reddit's work for free, the CEO's (in my opinion) really bad take on the internal memo, the Q&A, and more.

Informative, and unfortunate.

 

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/519774

We really do live in a boring dystopia


I think it's going to take something significant for consumers to understand how risky it is to give a single corporation control of everything, even though at the moment this is seen as the norm.

Louis sums up in this video (and the follow-up responding to a commmenter YouTube/Invidious) why this is a dangerous path.

The follow-up video is a good watch in my opinion, he highlights how having a go at people who are uninformed can do more harm than good.

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