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by foresto 2y ago
Using GrapheneOS also means: - Giving money to Google - Using hardware that is ultimately controlled by Google - Hardware replacement costs every time Google support runs out, instead of when the hardware stops working - Ongoing environment
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by foresto 2y ago
> A GNU/Linux smartphone is an even better fit for this. Why GNU? Their runtime stack isn't exactly known as the best fit for constrained devices like a smartphone.
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by foresto 2y ago
They're talking about agency. Having control of the hardware they bought. The screenshot sound is just a convenient example.
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by foresto 2y ago
Several of them have been reporting improvements over the past couple years in the weekly Matrix development blog, and I know at least one of them has both search and embedded images. You might want to have another look some time.
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by foresto 2y ago
I was referring to the metadata that are typical complaints about Matrix, like usernames and reactions. > "Metadata" includes a lot of stuff, but basically the originator, the destination and the timing of the messages Indeed.
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by foresto 2y ago
Metadata is indeed an open issue on Matrix. I believe addressing it is on their to-do list. Many rooms are not encrypted because they are public rooms, where there would be no point in it. Encryption has been the default for quite a while n
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by foresto 2y ago
> this is pretty much what Matrix does, if I understand correctly. I think it has senders encrypt messages with each room member's public key, rather than a single shared key. (At least, that's what the behavior I've seen
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by foresto 2y ago
Related presentation from Network and Distributed System Security Symposium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoN6FLC5Hss
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by foresto 2y ago
Unless you can prove (e.g. using your old device or a recovered signing key) that the new device is yours. In that case, if the service supports it, the new device could automatically ask your contacts to re-send the old messages using the
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by foresto 2y ago
Some of these are native apps; not Electron, Java, or what have you: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/ (Of course, I don't know what qualifies as a major messenger to you.)
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by foresto 2y ago
If you bothered to look, you would find that both of the examples given are open-source servers. You might then deduce that you misunderstood the comment to which you replied.
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by foresto 2y ago
I've mostly stopped using third party identity providers. They have multiple problems, but the thing that finally drove me away was bad implementations locking me out of the accounts they were supposed to protect. The most recent examp
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by foresto 2y ago
Thank you. The site pulls in scripts and other stuff from more than a few off-site domains, which I normally block. I guess I missed one when trying to find the important piece.
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by foresto 2y ago
This reminds me that another PS4 emulator, called Spine, got some attention a couple years ago. I wonder what happened to that project. https://github.com/devofspine/spine (No source code. Just binaries.)
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by foresto 2y ago
Indeed, it was a backronym. I'm glad they finally got rid of it, because it was untrue, and because it continues to be the source of unpleasant exchanges online. Wine doesn't emulate hardware , but it absolutely does emulate the
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by foresto 2y ago
It says, "Welcome to IEEE Spectrum’s 11th annual rankings," but I don't see any rankings. Where are they? Have I overlooked a subtle link on that page?
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by foresto 2y ago
> I've used Ubuntu in the past and had all sorts of display graphics driver problems. Were you by any chance using Nvidia graphics hardware? If you play games, you'll likely have the best overall experience with AMD graphics. (
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by foresto 2y ago
Do you mean Ladybird? It would be nice to see it become competitive with the others, at least. Diversity would be welcome. I was a little surprised to learn that they'll use Swift for future development. It's not among the languag
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by foresto 2y ago
If it doesn't do what you want, it's fair not to like it. Just to offer a different perspective, though: I don't consider a lot of the things that Chrome does (bittorrent functionality in this case) to be part of "a good
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by foresto 2y ago
That makes sense, and their reasoning looks sound. Here's hoping the file read/write parts get broken apart from the rest. Thanks for the link.
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by foresto 2y ago
It was useless for large files when I tried it, at least on Firefox. It seemed to be trying to pull the entire file into RAM.
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by foresto 2y ago
It's excellent with companion tools as well. For example... Streamlink, for watching live streams without a web browser: https://streamlink.github.io/ Syncplay, for remote movie parties: https://syncplay.pl&
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by foresto 2y ago
> Do we really need multiple users for desktop unix? I do, and not just for system services as mentioned by others. I have separate user accounts for general desktop use, gaming, software builds, software testing, and a variety of contai
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by foresto 2y ago
Friendly reminder to all of us that copying is not stealing (neither in the dictionary sense nor in the legal sense) and that loaded language like that hinders objective discussion.
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by foresto 2y ago
What is a "standard" non-split keyboard? What do a game developer's assumptions have to do with objectivity? Also, you have conveniently ignored my last paragraph. The better mapping is objectively subjective. ;)
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by foresto 2y ago
> Yet ESDF is objectively better Subjectively better. If I were to switch to ESDF, I would have only one key to the right of my index finger in each row, as opposed to two. (I have a split keyboard.) You could argue that I would have two
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by foresto 2y ago
> There have been no cards that can do hardware mixing under production for more than 15 years. This is delusional. I think you are mistaken. (And a bit rude.) https://us.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blast
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by foresto 2y ago
This was recently brought into sharp focus while learning a new-to-me C descendant. After working with it for a couple months, I've found a lot to like in the language itself, but the many paper cuts and bad ergonomics of its standard
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by foresto 2y ago
> I dislike when companies mimic the prestige of open source by saying "source available" It can be a practical need, rather than a prestige grab. Some people can only sink time into developing their software if sales of that s
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by foresto 2y ago
Ever since systemd landed in the distros I use (Debian & family), that project has been by far the single most common cause of breakage on the systems for which I am responsible. However good or bad the intentions and ideas here might

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