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by dvdkon 1y ago
A new maps app and a revival of Tangram ES from the developer of my favourite note taking app, I'm glad I checked this comments section :) And I see you open-sourced Write, thanks!
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by dvdkon 1y ago
Maybe it depends on regional data availability, but here in the Czech Republic, that's mostly how search in OSMAnd works: You search for a town, then a street, then a house number. I don't know why it only works for you after impo
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by dvdkon 1y ago
Personally I've settled on OSMAnd, due to its extra features (e.g. hillshading and map configurable hiking trail display) and better (IMO) map styles. The Topo style is one of my favourite styles for hiking. It has two downsides not me
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by dvdkon 1y ago
I'm not too keen on anti-theft systems, because they effectively brick otherwise usable devices when they are thrown out. I think e-waste recyclers should have some way of bypassing this protection and then reselling the device.
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by dvdkon 1y ago
I agree, if Google's going to disallow "normal users" from installing apps from unknown sources, I'd like there to be some escape hatch other than the (increasingly blocked) nuclear option of rooting/bootloader unlo
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by dvdkon 1y ago
That's how bootloader unlocking has worked on Android phones for ages, and I've never heard of it being abused, so I think it's a good model.
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by dvdkon 1y ago
You seem to be arguing that adding complexity reduces freedom, but I don't think that's true in a reasonable interpretation of the word. Your argument would suggest that virtual memory takes away user freedom, because it's no
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by dvdkon 1y ago
Why are you assuming the result will be a "hodgepodge" or "tangled mess of wires"? Unless you take it apart, you won't be able to tell if a product runs on a bespoke PCB with SoC, a Raspberry Pi, or an old phone&#x2
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by dvdkon 1y ago
Way to go denying the relevance of multiple established product categories. - IoT sensors are a thing, whether the "average person" needs them or not. Think remote weather stations, car counting cameras, GPS trackers... - "Sm
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by dvdkon 1y ago
IoT sensors, thermostats, dashcams, home intercoms, mobile data modems, smart TV dongles... I could name a dozen more products that could have an old phone as their heart, if they were cheap, unlocked, and easier to develop for. An iPhone
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by dvdkon 1y ago
I'd say that's a spurious correlation, if it exists at all. Just look at all the Android phone makers who don't allow bootloader unlocks and those who do. Personally I'd say Google Pixel or Sony Xperia phones last longer
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by dvdkon 1y ago
I feel like e-ink displays/EPDs are widely used, but underexplored, by major manufacturers at least. The person behind the Modos project already linked by someone else has put a lot of effort into pushing EPDs to their limits and put t
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by dvdkon 1y ago
For one, a Synology box won't get into the habit of restarting for ten minutes daily because Windows Update managed to break itself and keeps retrying the same update. But it's true that you could probably leave a desktop on &quot
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by dvdkon 1y ago
That would be nice, but Synology doesn't offer that either, no? The closest thing available now would probably be a Radxa ROCK 5 ITX+, a motherboard with a Rockchip SoC and two M.2 slots, into which you could put their six-port SATA ca
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by dvdkon 1y ago
That's not really comparable hardware. The AS6804T has four 3.5" HDD bays, Synology hardware generally offers two to eight bays. They're NASes, the NUC is just a mini computer with little to no built-in storage capacity. It&#
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by dvdkon 1y ago
PostmarketOS is, as the name implies, an OS. And I don't think OP was trying to make an exhaustive list. The point is, there's plenty of "competing" options, but hardly anyone uses them.
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by dvdkon 1y ago
Because then you have plain HTTP running over your network. The issue here (I presume) is not how to secure access over the Internet, but within an internal network. Plenty of people leave these devices without encrypted connections, becaus
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by dvdkon 1y ago
Is driving regulated because drivers can seriously harm themselves, or is is because drivers can easily harm others?
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by dvdkon 1y ago
If so, then this change will likely make it illegal to distribute APKs of GPLv3 software, since the recipient couldn't run their modified version.
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by dvdkon 1y ago
Freedom of speech rarely makes "tactical sense", which is why we as citizens need to continually fight for it.
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by dvdkon 1y ago
Fine, then let's not bother with anti-cheat at all, since an aimbot can work by just filming the screen and sending HID events over USB. Anti-cheat is like DRM: You have to make do with a compromise. Hundreds of thousands of raycasts p
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by dvdkon 1y ago
I don't know much about TPM APIs, but I think (barring some hardware attestation scheme) a malicious kernel could intercept any game-TPM communication.
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by dvdkon 1y ago
Sure, but you could stop the most blatant wallhacks at least, but most times I see a video of a cheater, it's something stupid like that. It can't be that hard to do occlusion calculations server-side, right? Don't let perfec
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by dvdkon 1y ago
That's a good idea, sadly I think gamers would reject it due to extra latency. The ultimate "anti-cheat" is playing on some trusted party's computer. That can be a cloud machine, but I think today a game console would wo
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by dvdkon 1y ago
This looks nice. While I don't think tile download and decoding is a bottleneck for web maps, the efficient in-memory representation might help elsewhere as well. Maybe someone here will know: What is MapLibre GL JS' current in-me
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by dvdkon 1y ago
IIRC the new EU spec doesn't actually require using "secure elements" that could limit the user, only says they should be used if present. It shouldn't be hard to find some device where the hardware isn't present or
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by dvdkon 1y ago
I agree about smartphones, but ID cards actually are effectively mandatory in Germany (per Wikipedia, you don't need one if your primary address on record is in another country, or if you have a passport). The situation in the neighbou
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by dvdkon 1y ago
Do you mean they don't "want war with the US "? Because right now you seem to be saying that China "doesn't want war, they just want to annex another sovereign country". Likewise, I wouldn't describe havi
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by dvdkon 1y ago
It's nice to have a (niche) community around open source HW, but I'd argue it's even better when that community's ideals and ethics can spread to more people through OSHW business, not to mention the benefits flowing bac
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by dvdkon 1y ago
I feel like patents are nowadays only used for things that would be easy to reverse-engineer or must be made public anyway. You can't recreate any modern technology by looking at patents, from semiconductor manufacturing to food proces

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