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lustrum ,

Just speed. Share an article to pocket and its saved…

lustrum ,

It wouldn’t be so bad if i could just launch the app and type a query…

Duck duck go have just launched an AI chatbot that acts as a middle man between the LLMs to try protect your privacy. duckduckgo.com/chat

lustrum ,

Learn bangs!

95% of my searches, DDG is fine and I’ve learnt where it might struggle and I just end the search with !g

This then searches Google, yeah I’m still using Google for 5% of my searches but it’s better than 100%.

Or use !start to search startpage.

lustrum ,

Is one of the options “because I fucking told you to”

lustrum ,

I installed Linux mint on my Framework laptop because fuck windows.

I had to move back to windows, it didn’t feel ready and couldn’t get it working easily how I like.

Heres some of the issues(any pointers would be great)

  • 120hz just wouldn’t work on one monitor, it detects it but won’t apply. (Works fine in W10 and Ubuntu).
  • Scrolling on the touchpad is unbelievably fast and makes it unusable.
  • Fractional scaling is a joke, my laptop screen needs around 125% but everything becomes a blurred mess.
  • The mouse is a bit jittery and can’t explain why (usually using a Logitech gaming mouse when docked).
  • Governor cannot be different on battery and AC. Defaults to max turbo.
  • Fingerprint sensor doesn’t work (works fine on Ubuntu and w10).
  • Unsure how to get hardware accelerated disk encryption working?

Some stuff is better but a combination of these just brings me back to windows. It just loads and works?

lustrum ,

Not that it’s feasible, but they themselves won’t have the bandwidth for a few 50gbps users 24/7.

My 1gbps service is a 2.5gbps GPON split between 32 other users, i’ve always seen 1gbps. But theoretically it would only take 3 of us to max the connection out

lustrum ,

You could probably sell a 1gig service to 200 users on a 50gbps line. That’s how GPON works and mostly people don’t have issues.

What shitty things have your favourite bands/artists done?

Discovered recently that Electric Wizard were kinda dicks back in the day. “At the time, we were pretty bad people. I got arrested for arson of a car, outside a police station. Tim [Bagshaw] went to nick a crucifix off a church roof so we could use it onstage…”...

lustrum ,

I used to enjoy Lostprophets

lustrum ,

Does it? It’s a fantastic service that works really well, whether it’s worth the price or privacy is a slightly different conversation

lustrum ,

Does some of the payouts need normalising? Some of the bigger content creators make absolutely bank for hardly doing anything with little overheads.

lustrum ,

Maybe start by not murdering babies or people at a festival?

lustrum ,

I don’t have an opinion on the conflict and each sides claims. I just know one side murdered and beheaded some children, seems a bit more severe than dropping bombs with collateral damage.

lustrum ,

I’ve started using Duckduckgo, less specifically for the search and more for the bangs. Fed up of search surfacing sites they care about. I can now quickly search wikipedia with !w etc.

lustrum ,

Yeah but that’s slower and not using the sites specific search

lustrum ,

It saved less than 0% because it wrote the comment twice…

lustrum ,

Even if you selfhost, having a cloud provider can still be a good option to maintain 3-2-1 without hosting a second server offsite (at parents or friends etc).

I backup to backblaze b2

Samsung joins Google in RCS shaming Apple (www.theverge.com)

Samsung has released a new video in support of Google’s #GetTheMessage campaign which calls for Apple to adopt RCS or “Rich Communication Services,” the cross-platform protocol pitched as a successor to SMS that adopts many of the features found in modern messaging apps… like Apple’s own iMessage.

lustrum ,

I switched my parents group chat to RCS from whatsapp after pestering them for ages.

Over the span of 2 months we had 4-5 inconsistencies where I would recieve a message from my mum or dad in the group that would be in another language or clearly not be written by them. It wouldn’t show up on her phone but my brother and dad would see it.

Here’s the proof of the last occassion it happened. They’re never going to switch now…

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/2c43d381-51a2-4c11-ba35-6206549db4c1.webp

lustrum ,

It’s a jpeg

Then encoded in the metadata is a map of brightness.

If your website/app/phone doesn’t support it, the metadata just sits there with info about the lens, shutter speed etc.

If it does support it, the JPEG is automatically processed with the metadata to increase brightness in the original jpeg.

lustrum ,

Yeah it’s insane. I bought a 1 year old Hyundai and knocked tons of depreciation off an already cheaper brand.

At my work people be driving around in leased Range Rovers/AMG Mercs. Then they will take the piss out of my car.

Seriously? I now have more disposable income because i’m not wasting it renting a car and also I own my car… It should be me bragging

lustrum ,

People need to stop “pretending” they can afford all this shit, it’s not needed and noone cares, who are people showing off too?

New iphone? Don’t need it

Maybe if we stop buying shit these companies will actually try

lustrum ,

🤑

lustrum ,

I have mint dual booted on my laptop with Win 11. I find myself using Win11 more.

Idk why, linux mint doesn’t feel finished to me:

  • 120hz won’t work with my dock (works fine in ubuntu and w11)
  • Touchpad scrolling is insanely quick and almost unusable
  • My mouse jitters allover, accelleration or something seems wrong.
  • Can’t seem to set different governors depending on battery or power.
  • Fingerprint doesn’t have a driver (works in Ubuntu ok though).
  • Scaling 125% seems janky, everything is blurry as shit

It does work mostly ok though and is quick, but it doesn’t feel polished. Ubuntu was great but fuck snap packages.

lustrum ,

Subscriptions need to fuck off. I made a stand a few months ago. I will not subscribe to anything at all unless i’m getting INSANE value.

Cancelled streaming, random apps, patreon etc. I now have usenet and backblaze b2 for about £3 a month each. Saving me a fortune 🏴‍☠️🦜

lustrum ,

They once wanted twice as much as booking another ticket to change a name…

lustrum ,

Depends what you want to do but Backblaze B2 is reasonably cheap. $6 per TB

lustrum ,

Yeah that’s the best for me. I use about 600GB.

500GB plans aren’t enough and 1TB plans are too much. Paying what you use is so good.

Apple may reduce the performance of the 3nm A17 Pro processor due to massive overheating of the iPhone 15 Pro (gagadget.com)

Apple may reduce the performance of the 3nm A17 Pro processor due to massive overheating of the iPhone 15 Pro::The problem of overheating of iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max smartphones is becoming widespread. It is possible that Apple will be forced to take the unpopular step of reducing the performance of the latest 3nm A17 Pro chip.

lustrum ,

“May” = some possible outcome written as the company are considering it.

lustrum ,

No.

I meant the article and writing the article as if apple are considering when it’s not even true.

lustrum ,

I can see my phone getting that if I let every app just push whatever they want. I purposefully and carefully go through and ensure I’m only getting notifications for what I need them for.

I average 250 a day. With 3/4 of those being messaging apps.

lustrum ,

Think you got the ads meant for me

lustrum ,

If you’re in the UK Cinema Paridiso is a good service, similar to how lovefilm was back in the day.

Why Do Companies Not Use Existing 2FA Standards?

This is something I am seeing more and more of. As companies start to either offer or require 2FA for accounts, they don’t follow the common standards or even offer any sort of options. One thing that drives me nuts is when they don’t offer TOTP as an option. It seems like many companies either use text messages to send a...

lustrum ,

Mobile apps can suck a fart. I hate installing apps when the browser works perfectly fine.

SMS is way less secure but it is convenient for the masses to get your grandma easily using 2FA without any apps or more complex setup. It also doesn’t require internet like an app would.

I personally use Fido2/uauth > TOTP > Email > SMS.

lustrum ,

Kind of.

lustrum ,

I ain’t reading this but I would like to. Anyone got a paywall free version? I tried 12ft.io to no avail.

lustrum ,

Thank you

lustrum ,

Cancelled all subscriptions apart from Usenet and VPN.

Now I just pirate it all and bang it on Plex. All in one place on all devices, easy peasy

lustrum ,

I don’t disagree but it was hard enough getting my dad and grandma to work plex. I’m not changing now.

Plex is working really well for me at the moment.

lustrum ,

Yeah I run Plex with the Arr dockers.

I use an app on my phone and it’s all just done for you.

Someone recommends a show or movie? Open app, search for show and add it.

In the background the setup will automatically search the download providers you’ve setup (Usenet or torrents), filter them for the quality profile, download the files and place them in the correct folder ready to stream on Plex.

It’s so seamless once working.

lustrum ,

I built it up over months.

The simplest setup though I copied from Spaceinvador One on YouTube.

lustrum ,

Gas ain’t cheap here. I bath once or twice a week, but i’ll have a quick shower once a day (unless I bathe)

lustrum ,

Yup same here. It’s also made me realise I don’t ever want to be tied into a platform anymore.

I’ve been moving cloud, passwords, email, accounts, podcasts, notes, news etc all to platforms or services that are either selfhosted or are easily exportable and can be backed up for access into another platform.

lustrum ,

Can see it now.

30% under 25 turnout. 100% 60+…

lustrum ,

Is it a downside? Just dont use it

lustrum ,

Pixel phones it’s harder:

Change fucking launcher… The google bar is always there, cannot be removed and it’s always google.

lustrum ,

You can’t remove it on a pixel without changing launcher or root. It’s at the bottom. It’s not a widget

lustrum ,

Nope. The pixel phones have a Google widget on the homescreen that cannot be removed.

I have a pixel and it would be those steps +

Open Google play, find a launcher, find a new search provider. Set new launcher as default, insert new search provider widget. Probably missed a few steps.

lustrum ,

I can change the browser search just as easily on a pixel. Just the default device search is always Google.

lustrum ,

I’ve done all but the launcher. The gestures became super choppy with another launcher (nova).

I have put a FF search bar above the Google one and I just ignore it.

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