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Showroom7561

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  • Google's AI now listens to your English language phone conversations

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  • We use AI models processed on-device

    If it's opt-in, and the processing is done on-device, then I have no reason to be outraged.

    But the skeptic in me asks "what's in it for google?".

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  • JuryNow doesn’t store any personal data or persistent user identifiers. The questions and votes are not linked to individuals in a way that would allow tracking behavior over time.

    Great to hear!

    There is a User Agreement, Liability, Disclaimer etc…

    Are these currently in place? I don't see links to them on the homepage, or during the sign-up screen.

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  • I like the idea, but it needs a privacy policy. If someone answered 100 of those questions, the insight into their behaviour would be incredibly valuable to bad actors.

    Guaranteeing anonymity would make this much better.

  • YouTube's new ad strategy is bound to upset users: YouTube Peak Points utilise Gemini to identify moments where users will be most engaged, so advertisers can place ads at the point.

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  • “Netflix members pay as much attention to midroll ads as they do to the shows and movies themselves,” Amy Reinhard, president of advertising at Netflix, said, according to the publication.

    This is so hilarious when you think about it.

    Are their movies and shows so bad that people are watching ads with as much attention?

    Or do they mean "pay as much attention" by ignoring the content altogether as they only run Netflix as background noise while they do something else?

    😂

  • What are some cool projects that I can do with a 1st gen Raspberry Pi?

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  • Is it easy to set up SSL on a PiHole? I wanted to get Adguard home setup (similar to Pihole) but the complexity of setting up secure connections and I'm like, "yeah, nobody in my family is going to be able to fix this if something happens when I'm not around". 😂

  • 3-2-1 Backups: How do you do the 1 offsite backup?

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  • For context, I have a single Synology NAS, so recovering and testing the entire backup set would not be practical in my case.

    I have been able to test single files or entire folders and they work fine, but obviously I'd have no way of testing the entire backup set due to the above consideration. It is my understanding that the verify feature that Synology uses is to ensure that there's no bit rot and that the file integrity is intact. My hope is that because of how many isolated backups I do keep, the chance of not being able to recover is slim to none.

  • 3-2-1 Backups: How do you do the 1 offsite backup?

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  • How does one realistically test their backups, if they are doing the 3-2-1 backup plan?

    I validate (or whatever the term used is) my backups, once a month, and trust that it means something 😰

  • It took 250 years to build what Trump is trying to undo

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  • Yes, Trump has said publicly several times that he would not have won if the elections weren't rigged.

    That said, he didn't fabricate tens of millions of votes.

  • It took 250 years to build what Trump is trying to undo

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  • And there's no chance of ever getting pre-Trump America back. You guys voted for this. Twice.

    Actions have consequences, and you're in the "found out" phase.

  • Tesla confirms it has given up on its Cybertruck range extender to achieve promised range

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  • Longer range so it can get stuck further from home? 🤭😀👍

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  • Is he reopening Jurassic Park? 🤭

  • Does a president need to uphold the Constitution? Trump says 'I don't know'

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  • Can't do a bad job if you don't even know what the job is! /s

  • 'I did not vote for a neutron bomb': Pro-Trump CEO says administration killing small businesses

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  • It would be nice if people took the power of voting more seriously.

  • That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing

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  • Immich, I believe, is linked to Futo. And Futo has a license model that's basically "if you like this app, and want to support the development, consider buying a license."

    Sounds like it might be similar with Immich.

    Better than "donate to this project", since a license seems more like the user is getting something out of it, even if it's basically a glorified donation 😂

  • TIL- The idea of how much you can afford to buy with your income is called “real income.” And if real income falls, that’s called a recession.

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  • And if real income falls, that’s called a recession.

    But by that metric, rich people would never experience a recession. If that's the case, why do we allow them to cause a recession for the rest of us? Madness.

  • Synology could bring “certified drive” requirements to more NAS devices

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  • Yes, but is this them being assholes, or them wanting to make sure that users aren't making their system unreliable? I think there would be a huge distinction there.

    For example, say a user wanted to create a cache drive using an SSD. But because the user doesn't know better, they buy the cheapest crap they can find, install it, and set up caching. But because they're using cheap shit, the drive is slow and the user reports poor performance, system hangups, and other instability.

    Wouldn't it be in Synology's best interest to say "here's a list of drives we know will give you the best experience."?

    Now, Synology has already done that, but users are ignoring it and continue to use poor storage drives expecting to use pretty sophisticated features. What now? Well, Synology disables those features.

    For example:

    De-duplication, lifespan analysis, and automatic HDD firmware updates could also disappear on non-approved drives

    Um, yeah. That makes sense. If a shitty hard drive can't reliably get firmware updates through the NAS, why on earth would they want to keep that option enabled? Same with lifespan analysis. If a crappy drive isn't using modern standards and protocols for measuring and logging errors and performance data, Synology really can't "enable" this to work, can they?

    That's what I think is happening. Although, this could be just greed, too. I don't think there's any real problem for most users, unless they say that we can't use fairly common, high-quality NAS drives from Seagate or WD and must use their own branded drives. I'd have a huge problem with that.

  • Synology could bring “certified drive” requirements to more NAS devices

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  • Are we overreacting? Hasn't Synology always had a list of "certified" drives for their NAS', which end up being the same HDDs we would tend to use anyway?

    I can understand that they don't want people using any garbage storage drives, which could increase failure and make Synology NAS' look unreliable.

    Unless something has changed, this is how they've always done it, just like how every laptop manufacturer will say which RAM and storage works best (for reliability and performance) on their machines.

  • China Calls Bluff on 245% US Tariff: 'Meaningless'

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  • China just don't give a fuck! 🍯🦡 🤭

  • Is it normal to not have any malicious login attempts?

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  • Yes, incoming.

    Outgoing is another can of worms.

    I try to run any of my iot devices on an isolated network. At most, they can see eachother, and that's it.

    Some devices need an internet connection, unfortunately.

    The best you can do, if you're unable to block their collection outright, is to run them through a tracker-blocking DNS (either self-hosted or something like Adguard DNS).

    That can minimize unnecessary pings home.

    Personally, if I think that a device is being malicious in their attempts to phone home, I stop using the device. I also try to make an effort to not get a smart device, if the alternative (unconnected option) works fine.

    Digital minimalism is one way to protect ourselves from rampant data collection and profiling.