A cable is not a dongle
There is no functional difference, this is ridiculous.
You can not tell people they don't need to lead a dongle life. Because they do.
I haven't watched TV since 2007...
There are plenty of repositories for F-Droid
I said paid.
it is not really beneficial for most companies to compete with Google Play
Of course it is. The reasons are detailed in the OP.
user experience will be worse (install warnings, no auto-update)
This is a thing of the past at this point.
and people may get affected by malware if they don't pay attention
The same can happen on any other store.
Using ad blockers. What are you doing?
Choosing not to load potential spyware, malware and bloatware while looking at free content is no more piracy
It is not free content. You're just spreading disinformation. Just like the movies you download when pirating are not free content. The payment is watching ads. You're utilizing software to forego that payment (just like piracy).
I've never seen a bubble deflate, but I digress.
Oh good, so you went out and bought a completely new set of headphones that are already obsolete because the connector no longer exists? Well that sounds way better!
If it's anything like the laptop chips, it'll be a huge advancement.
Poor thing spent it's whole life working for humans, then abandoned by them, then murdered by them...
for whatever reason people always overlook the fact that you can still use your wired headphones with a USB-C adapter
Literally no one has overlooked that. We rejected that for the same reason we rejected Apple's USBC-only laptops; we're not interested in the dongle life.
Google has to manage a lot of huge companies' software, so while it sucks for the little guy, and Google could definitely be better about it, it's sort of understandable.
What we need are more and smaller independent (paid) app stores. Honestly, I'm shocked there aren't way more. We have the Google Store, Samsung Store, Amazon store and...that's it?
No one else wants a part of this multi-billion dollar industry? No itch.io Android appstore? No Humble? No GreenMan? No STEAM!?
The stock market is not based on income. It's based entirely on speculation.
Since then, shares of the maker the high-grade computer chips that AI laboratories use to power the development of their chatbots and other products have come down by more than 22%.
June 18th: $136 August 4th: $100 August 18th: $130 again now: $103 (still above 8/4)
It's almost like hype generates volatility. I don't think any of this is indicative of a "leaking" bubble. Just tech journalists conjuring up clicks.
Also bubbles don't "leak".
Those claiming AI training on copyrighted works is "theft" misunderstand key aspects of copyright law and AI technology.
Or maybe they're not talking about copyright law. They're talking about basic concepts. Maybe copyright law needs to be brought into the 21st century?
Immich was exactly what I was thinking of. FUTO is getting a ton of flack for trying to change exactly this. But they've already made a ton of really great "paid-optional" software. I don't know if they'll succeed but I sure hope they do.
Also this work/life balance issues seems to be a repeating pattern in the AP development scene, I wish we could do something about it to make it more sustainable for developers.
Something needs to change in FOSS culture. Too many people actively oppose any sort of compensation model other than opening up a Ko-Fi or something. I imagine Naskya would be more than happy to maintain FF as a primary career, but they probably have a 9-5 and have to do this in addition to whatever they have to do to feed their family.
I was never a big fan of the 'keys (way too much going on and still lacking basic features) but I appreciate the diversity of the fedi. Iceshrimp and Sharkkey are still kicking for the time being...
I saved myself the cash and left 1Password, personally. I turn on 2FA for everything I can, and the TOTPs go in Ente Auth. 1Password was better though.
I get lots of spam from particular mailing services like Constant Contact and Mailchimp. 100% always spam from these services. Is there a way to block messages received through these services? I can see the domains in the header of the email but I don't see an option to block messages based on info in the header.
Cygni is the Epic free game this week. Unfortunately it is not working for me. Installed using HGL. Added to Steam. Set compatibility to GE-Proton-Latest. Running on SD OLED w/ Steam Beta.
When launching, I sometimes get as far as the Konami loading screen but then it crashes.
Tips? Ideas? Anyone else get this working properly?
Trying to cover all my bases on the headline LOL.
I confirmed LACT was installed, though I don't think that has anything to do with it.
Installed movit via RPM-OStree.
GPU processing is still grayed out. Currently waiting for a 20 minute video to process on CPU only and says it will take 3 hours :(
PSVR 2 will soon be compatible with SteamVR as a result
Short version of this interview is that nothing is changing, other than they're going to be asking a flat fee "$5-20" for the app, rather than relying on donations. All donation platforms have been closed. However, if you choose not to, as Louis says "that's between you and your God".
Project will remain AGPL and thus can be forked at any time. FUTO maintains the trademark of Immich name and logos.
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> We may also automatically or passively collect information about your use of our Services, see the sub-sections below for a list of categories by sources of such information.
> Each time you use a PlayStation console or a PlayStation app on a PlayStation console or other devices (such as a mobile phone or PC), we may automatically collect information about your use of that device and app. If you sign into an Account, we may combine it with other information we have for that Account.
> The information that we collect from devices may include: Device identifiers such as your PlayStation console ID, mobile device IDs, cookie IDs, or serial numbers, Network identifiers such as your IP address and MAC address
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> Game, social media, or other information, from those third parties or services you link your Account with
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The list just goes on here, but to boil it down: Sony wants dat sweet sweet data.
I use Proton. But I continue to run into more and more websites and services that detect my VPN and refuse my connection, or just run literally 40 captchas in a row until I just give up.
I use Proton because it has a "suite" of products under a single subscription, but that benefit is losing it's allure as some of their products are pretty shitty from a user experience perspective, their customer support is atrocious, and they don't seem to pay any attention to what their users actually want.
Does anyone track known VPN servers? Is there a specific provider that causes less problems? Does anyone test different VPNs for detection?
Thinking about cancelling my subscription and moving to Mullvad.
Original video: https://youtu.be/1KEtxTQUzxY
> Pixel 9: with a 6.03-inch screen and a double rear camera. This is the heir to Pixel 8.
> Pixel 9 Pro: with a 6.1-inch screen and a triple rear camera. This is a new model.
> Pixel 9 Pro XL: with a 6.7-inch screen and a triple rear camera. This is the heir to the Pixel 8 Pro.
If we get Pixel desktop I will def have to be upgrading to 9 Pro come Black Friday...
Trying to squeeze some more storage in my MiniPC. I have questions about these. These use hardward RAID with selectable modes (Individual/JBOD/RAID1/RAID2).
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If I use RAID 1 and one of the drives fails, will I know?
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If a drive fails, and a slap in a new one, will it internally begin repairing RAID 1 again?
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Can I use these as "individual" or JBOD and have 2 separate drives through the same connector, and use something like TrueNAS to software-RAID them?
Playing Helldivers 2. My brother on the desktop on the living room TV. Me on the SteamDeck on the couch next to him. Playing co-op together.
Not sure why this doesn't exist. I don't need 12TB of storage. When I had a Google account I never even crossed 15GB. 1TB should be plenty for myself and my family. I want to use NVMe since it is quieter and smaller. 2230 drives would be ideal. But I want 1 boot drive and 2 x storage drives in RAID. I guess I could potentially just have 2xNVMe and have the boot partition in RAID also? Bonus points if I can use it as a wireless router also.
Watch "The Nintendo Switch Will NEVER Be the Same // MIG-Switch Dumper Review" on Streamable.
I really enjoy Linux but I find myself having to keep Windows partitions around for software that specifically requires Windows.
Proton makes everything easier by automatically running game files through a translation layer, and it "just works" quite well most of the time.
Also VanillaOS can apparently auto-spin a container when you try to open a .deb or AUR package (this is my rudimentary understanding).
Setting up WINE/Bottles, etc. is above my pay grade.
Is it not possible to create an OS that just does the same thing as Steam but for the entire OS?
Hi friends, I managed to get a few services running (Mobilizon, Mastodon, PeerTube etc.), and I'm just now realizing that by default none of these federated networks are subscribed to anything?
I'm going to be the only one using these services so I don't care about moderation or defederation. Is there no "subscribe all" button?
And if not, are there comprehensive lists somewhere I can download and import?
Thanks in advance.
Hi friends. I'm new to the whole homeserver. I managed to make a ton of progress very quickly using CasaOS but I've been hung up on this for a couple of days now.
I have Jellyfin set up and working properly, locally. I configured Namecheap to forward requests from [subdomain] to [WAN]. I have my router set up to port forward requests from [WAN] 80 and 443 to NGINX on [LAN] port 81. I created a proxy host in NGINX to forward requests from [subdomain] to [LAN Server] on [LAN] port 8097 (Jellyfin container).
Problem is when I type in [subdomain] into the browser, it takes me to the NGINX login page instead of the Jellyfin server...like it's not forwarding the request? Not really sure what I'm doing wrong here. Any help is appreciated.
Potential issue I see is that Jellyfin by default fires up on port 8097 but in the settings defaults HTTP to 8096 and...I'm not really sure why. Going to 8096 returns a "site can't be reached" error.
Lately I've noticed some mainstream sites injection tracking links into literally every link on their site.
When I hover over it, it shows the correct link at the bottom of my browser, but if I click it or copy it, it takes me to a hijacked tracker link.
Then I can't even get the original link without having my activity tracked.
How do I get the original link that appears at the bottom of my browser?
Just some off the top of my head: Destiny, Deep Rock Galactic, Overwatch, and most recently Baldur's Gate.
I received BG3 as a gift. I installed and loaded up the game and the first thing I was prompted to do is to create a character. There are like 12 different classes with 14 different abilities and 10 ability classes. The game does not explain any of this. I went to watch a tutorial online to try and wrap my head around all of this. The first tutorial just assumed you knew a bunch of stuff already. The second one I found was great but it was 1.5 hours long. There is no in-game tutorial I could find.
I just get very bored very quickly of analyzing character traits and I absolutely loathe inventory management (looking at you Borderlands). Often times my inventory fills up and then I end up just selling stuff that I have no idea what it does and later realizing it's an incredibly valuable item/resource and now I have to find more.
So my question is this: Do you guys really spend hours of your day just researching on the internet how to play these games? Or do you just jump in and wing it? Or does each game just build on top of working knowledge of previous similar games?
E: General consensus seems to be all of the above. Good to know!