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  • Why is self-hosted voice chat so hard?

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  • The one point that has basically been solved is NAT traversal. Thanks to Wire guard, Tailscale and the like. The relevant parts are open source and can be used basically as a library.

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  • No, cause it's at work and not my choice. It's also just one example of many. I don't run Windows on any of my own PCs any more.

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  • You can't even install Windows (local account) these days without answering 3 of these. If you ever click on one of the recovery options, you'll be asked for one of them.

    My solution is usually to just randomly smash the keyboard for a while.

  • How do you argue against "I have nothing to hide" in relation to privacy and security?

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  • Password managers on Android (and frankly all platforms) actually try to avoid using the clipboard. They prefer the auto-fill service, which is intended for applications just like this. Unfortunately this isn't working in all cases, but you can also set your password manager as a keyboard (temporarily), so it can directly input a selected username/password without anyone else seeing it.

    Examples where I know this is the case are open source keepass options (Keepass2Android, KeepassDX). But I'd assume bitwarden and the like also work this way.

  • Microsoft Just Killed the "Cover for Me" Excuse: Microsoft 365 Now Tracks You in Real-Time

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  • That really depends on how the VPN is setup and configured on the company side. And possibly how the applications it their servers are configured as well. In our case, absolutely nothing breaks and it just works.

  • Windows 10's extended support ends in eight months, but users are still rejecting Windows 11, at least in Germany

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  • I know that isn't the point of your comment, but what issues do you have with Logitech hardware on Linux? I have just mice from them, but honestly an embarrassing amount. I just use Solaar and I can configure all I need? I also have always only used the onboard memory (so I can move them between computers), and don't really use macros though...

  • LEGO and Crocs' new collaboration lets you wear oversized bricks for your feet

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  • Yes, in serious. I'm personally not much of a Lego collector and/or builder, but two close friends of mine are. They were big Lego fans and collectors for most of our lives (decades). I'd say 10-15 years ago they started to complain about declining QC and just generally lower quality. Molds were clearly used for much longer, parts having worse tolerance and either not fitting well or being lose. Then the creative side also got worse, with kits just not meeting previous standards either. Clearly just being cranked out for the sake of releasing something, often under license (Star wars, marvel or whatever).

    Then when the patent ran out, some (select few) of the alternatives started to gain favor. Unfortunately I don't remember who, but I can ask next time I see either of them. Not saying everything they make is great, but actually less problems with gas parts, and some kits are apparently just like old Lego.

  • LEGO and Crocs' new collaboration lets you wear oversized bricks for your feet

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  • They have for a whole. Their whole business model was having a patent. When that ran out, the predictable happened.

    I mean their quality was already going down hill in the lead-up to the patent end. Everyone else being allowed to compete on even ground just showed how bad their quality had actually become.

  • Micron Says AI-Driven Memory Crunch is ‘Unprecedented’

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  • the form factor is easy to get around

    Why did you just ignore everything I wrote, but you still replied to me? No, it isn't easy to get around. You can use a server to game, but the server mainboards and CPUs expect and work with differently configured memory (registered DIMMs). All the AI infratructure uses that type. You can't use that memory in a normal PC. Wikipedia reference if you'd like to read about it, but a relevant quote:

    [...] the motherboard must match the memory type; as a result, registered memory will not work in a motherboard not designed for it, and vice versa.

    You would have to un-solder all the chips and remanufacture new memory modules, and nobody is doing that, especially not at scale. It might be an actual buisness model to do that once the bubble pops, but it isn't a problem that's "easy to get around".>

  • Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch

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  • It no longer works as a shortcut, but the actual bypass still works. In practice the command line you have to enter just got a bit longer is all.

    At least last time I needed it, to that still worked fine. It's been a few months.

  • Micron Says AI-Driven Memory Crunch is ‘Unprecedented’

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  • You can't put the kind of memory used in servers (registered ECC dimm) into normal/personal computers. It's not just that the ECC won't work, they don't work at all.

    That's different with unregistered ECC dimms, those will work (at normal spec speeds), but the ECC part will just be unused. These are in the minority though for servers, in practice they are more used in workstations.

  • Self-Hosted Document & Budgeting Automation: Paperless-ngx, Firefly III, and n8n – Good Idea?

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  • First my context: I'm also running multiple Proxmox hosts (personal and professional), and havea paperless-ngx instance (personal/family). I tried Firefly, but the effort required to get it to a point where it would be if use to me was too high, so I dropped it. Haven't used n8n.

    For the setup I'd just use the Proxmox community scripts, if you haven't heard of them. Makes updates trivial and lowers the bar to just trying something to basically zero.

    Paperless-ngx I actually use, cause it means I can find something when i need it. It's all automatically ocr'd and all you have to do is categorize them. With time, it'll learn and do this for you. You can (manually) setup your scanner to just directly upload files to the "consume" folder and it just works. PC/server power is near irrelevant, it just means OCR takes slightly longer, otherwise it's a web server. You can run this just fine on a raspberry pi.

    I don't have any real automation setup, so I can't really comment on that. My advice is to just install it, see what it does and how it feels. Try to anticipate if and how much automation you need. Many aspects of all this are of the "setup once" variety, where once it's working, you don't have to touch it again. Try to gauge if the one time effort is worth it for you, then go from there. As I said, it was fine for paperless for me, but not for Firefly (but I might need to revisit this).

  • Upcoming exFAT Linux Driver Patch Can Boost Sequential Read Performance By ~10%

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  • You asked a very loaded question, implying seeing no use for the file system and/or no point to these optimizations as a result.

    If you genuinely didn't know what exFAT is used for, or what is a common use of it is, you could've asked just that. Like "what is exFAT used for" or "I've never heard of this, an I using this and just don't know it?".

  • Valve amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high

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  • I mean there's isn't anything to fix. Could just be an unlucky month in selecting people for the survey. As the other person said, it does seem to be a statistical anomaly or actual error. But that is still a pretty massive dip for either of those two options. In and of itself also kinda statistically unlikely, hence my question.

  • Valve amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high

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  • The heck happened in March?

  • Fish Shell 4.3 Released With Scripting and Terminal Improvements

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  • Yup, that's a great summary.

    I just wanted to add that the reason it's good, specifically better than bash, is that daring to create something that drops compatibility after I don't know how many decades allows to actually apply the lessons from an this time. The lack of portability is basically the reason it can be better, but also obviously a bummer.

  • KDE Internet of Things Development Restarted For Home Assistant Integration

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  • The main idea is that the state of your computer/desktop is known to home assistant and you can react to it. Media starts playing on PC, so mute the tv. A meeting starts (camera in use), so dim room lights and turn on the ring light.

    PC turned off: wait 30s, then turn off the whole outlet to act as a master/slave power strip and save power on monitors and otherpc associated standby devices. Or just turn off desk lights.

    Finally you can have scripts on the PC that do whatever you want, and you can trigger them from home assistant. Movement detected in the garden, so open the camera preview on the corner of 3rd monitor. Backup server just came online (or was woken up by wake-on-lan from ha), so run a backup if the PC is on.

  • SparkyLinux 2025.12 Brings Kernel 6.17 and Updated Desktop ISOs

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  • Isn't PicaOS gamers Debian already?

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    Is audiophile bullshit cheating?

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  • In the same spirit, I don't know where I heard the quote, but it went someone like this:

    I use my headphones to listen to music, you use music to listen to your headphones.

    Could also be written across the "we are not the same" meme.