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by bramhaag 1y ago
> Take for example nitter - it says its using an unofficial twitter API. I'm assuming this means its using one of these third party services that provide an API You misread that. It actually says: Uses Twitter's unofficial
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Avoiding the Global Lobotomy(jdemeta.net)
83 points by bramhaag 1y ago|69 comments
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by bramhaag 1y ago
'source available' means the source code is available. Open source comes with a whole set of guarantees [1] about free redistribution and derived works. Copyleft licenses like the GPL come with extra guarantees that do not violate
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by bramhaag 1y ago
> I would suggest that you consider also add a mobile app so you have a rounded offering Why does everything have to be a mobile app? The website works fine on mobile.
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by bramhaag 1y ago
Seeing Microsoft employees argue with an LLM for hours instead of actually just fixing the problem must be a very encouraging sight for businesses that have built their products on top of .NET.
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by bramhaag 1y ago
You may dislike the ICC, but please don't spread misinformation about them. The ICC has never prosecuted a Dutch citizen (or anyone, for that matter) over war crimes committed during the Bosnian War. The events of Dutchbat happened in
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Microsoft's ICC blockade: digital dependence comes at a cost(techzine.eu)
308 points by bramhaag 1y ago|200 comments
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by bramhaag 1y ago
I have a Boox Go 10.3 and the hardware is fine. What is not fine is that they actively violate the GPL [1], use outdated and vulnerable Android and kernel versions, and send loads of telemetry to some Chinese servers [2]. If you do end up g
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by bramhaag 1y ago
Some things are difficult to do with a Bluetooth keyboard: you cannot do anything before the OS is booted, such as changing BIOS settings, installing an OS, or choosing a GRUB boot entry. There are workarounds (buying a Bluetooth adapter th
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by bramhaag 2y ago
> The B&H example is ridiculous and I definitely would churn if I ran into that. Not only does B&H close their webshop on Saturdays, they also observe many holidays and close both their physical stores and webstore for them. This
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by bramhaag 2y ago
Unexpected Keyboard [1] has a similar concept: you can tap keys to enter letters or swipe to the corners to input special characters. It also has all of the usual modifier keys so it's really nice to use together with Temux. [1] https
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by bramhaag 2y ago
This is simply wrong. If you think about math as only solving differential equations and inverting matrices by hand, then maybe. This might be how maths are taught in secondary school, but is not at all representative of university-level ma
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by bramhaag 2y ago
You do not have to put up with this. Your lecturer is significantly undermining your education (which you pay for!). You should bring this up with the department chair of your study. The purpose of your CS degree is to build a strong theore
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by bramhaag 2y ago
> While Mozilla didn't share technical details regarding CVE-2025-2857, it said the vulnerability is similar to a Chrome zero-day exploited in attacks and patched by Google earlier this week Related: Operation ForumTroll: APT attac
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by bramhaag 2y ago
https://undo.io/ supports Java
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by bramhaag 2y ago
> Signal to leave Sweden if backdoor law passes
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by bramhaag 2y ago
Well, only some claim to "remain committed to offering our users the highest level of security for their personal data" while turning off E2EE cloud storage for an entire country.
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by bramhaag 2y ago
On the surface it's mostly "think of the children" and "terrorists use encryption" type arguments. I'm sure some of the politicians advocating for this have ulterior motives, but I hope we won't get in a p
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by bramhaag 2y ago
Unlike a certain big tech giant who pretends to care about privacy until it cuts into their profits.
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by bramhaag 2y ago
I too am very annoyed by this, and it has been happening for as long as I can remember. KeePassDX [1] works around this by providing a custom keyboard you can use to fill in your passwords anywhere. [1] https://github.com/Ku
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by bramhaag 2y ago
I can only speak for my own setup: KeePassXC on multiple devices with a local NextCloud instance for syncing my database. First and foremost, automate backing up your database. NextCloud also supports versioned files, so if something does g
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by bramhaag 2y ago
Vaultwarden [1] if you want to keep using the Bitwarden clients but with a different, self-hosted backend. You can also use KeePassXC and self-hosted file service to sync your database between devices [2]. KeePassXC has a merge feature in c
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by bramhaag 2y ago
This of course only helps if ADP is available in your country and you've turned it on.
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by bramhaag 2y ago
I have been using Aegis [1], a FOSS (GPLv3) TOTP authenticator app, for the past years. It supports: - Local encrypted backups. You can sync these to where ever you like on your own terms. I automated uploading mine to my local NextCloud in
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by bramhaag 2y ago
Aegis [1] is a FOSS TOTP app that supports local encrypted backups and has an export functionality. [1] https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis
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by bramhaag 2y ago
Next time, it is worth disclosing that you work for Proton's PR department. > Proton had to comply with a Swiss court order I agree this isn't Proton's fault, but that does not change the fact that it happened and lead to
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by bramhaag 2y ago
> Email runs the risk of de-anonymization, as most people don't know about Proton Proton is not perfect. They have surrendered recovery email addresses to law enforcement [1] and endorse Republicans through their official social med
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by bramhaag 2y ago
> I think that's already the case, isn't it? afaik, only the stack height is regulated. Specific technologies like foam, carbon plates etc. are not. > I don't understand why you would in the first place, what would be t
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by bramhaag 2y ago
Kiplimo is managed by Rosa, who was involved in some of the most famous doping cases in the sport [1] [2]. This new record is a bit suspicious (a relatively new record broken by 49s) and WADA has stopped caring about doping... This is the 5
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by bramhaag 2y ago
> How so? There are no restrictions on use or distribution. It's not open source because it does not use an open source license (public domain is not a license). It's not free because this depends on your and the author's

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