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earthworm

@ SnoringEarthworm @sh.itjust.works

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  • What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows

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  • To Torvalds, Chromebooks "are the path toward the desktop."

    What does he mean by this?

    I struggle to believe Chromebooks will meaningfully contribute to more people adopting Linux, because Google is more interested in getting people to adopt Google instead.

  • Spotify vs. Anna's Archive

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  • Simone reminds me of the class perspective: musicians here behave like atomized small owners, caught in their enterprecarity, who (legitimately) ask for some defense of their property rights, attacked both by hackers and by the big monopolists of platforms and AI. Because from these property rights, in this case IP, comes a rent, and from this rent, independent artists and label owners try to make a living. Again, right or wrong, this is what’s happening.

    I remember reading somewhere that independent artists make basically no money from Spotify.

    Is that still true, or have creators found a way to claw back value from the platform, and that's why they're defending it?

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  • I agree that the (primary) problem is the state.

    We're talking about surveillance in the context of a surveillance empire, not just cops having bodycams (that they they can turn off at will).

    Surveillance at scale is like giving a chronic pain patient a freezer full of fentanyl.

    With perfect discipline, it's not a problem. It's effective pain medication that they'll only use when they need it.

    They will always find excuses to "need" it.

    After all, why not?

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  • This is how people justify surveillance states.

    What you actually get is "accountability for thee, none for me", because people with power get to turn the cameras off whenever they want.

    Just look at !Epsteinfiles@lemmy.world to see how easy for people with money and power to [REDACTED].

    We don't need (state) surveillance (on citizens).

    We need (citizen) surveillance (on the the state).

  • The Mysterious Forces Steering Views on Hacker News

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  • Thanks for the transcript and the tl;dr.

    What is punycode?

  • Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog

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  • We even had a huge reminder with V for Vendetta, but maybe that was too subtle.

  • It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"

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  • Price of a 'bot army' revealed across hundreds of online platforms worldwide

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  • “Telegram is widely used for influence operations, particularly by state actors such as Russia, who invested heavily in information warfare on the channel.” WhatsApp and Telegram are among platforms with consistently expensive fake accounts, averaging $1.02 and $0.89 respectively.

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    Small vendors resell and broker existing accounts, or manually create and “farm” accounts. The larger players will provide a one-stop shop and offer bulk order services for follower numbers or fake accounts, and even have customer support.

    A 2022 study co-authored by Dek showed that around ten Euros on average (just over ten US dollars) can buy some 90,000 fake views or 200 fake comments for a typical social media post.

    I'm glad that the fediverse is mostly humans and not corpo-bots, but I think this is mostly because it's not popular enough to be a target yet.

    We have manual sign-ups and instance-level blocking, but I wonder if that would be enough if the botters really decide they want a piece of us.

  • Using E-Ink tablet as monitor for Linux - alavi.me

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  • Looking through reviews and official specs, they are infuriatingly vague about what the refresh rate actually is.

    It's all "super refresh technology" and "four different modes", which is about as meaningful as "natural flavors" on food packaging.

  • Using E-Ink tablet as monitor for Linux - alavi.me

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  • The latency with VNC is very little. The main bottleneck is the low refresh rate and the lag of my old E-ink tablet. This can be a much better experience with a newer tablet with higher refresh rate.

    What refresh would we need to hit with e-ink monitors for this to be a viable alternative?

  • Judge hands Lambo.com to Lamborghini after ruling owner acted in bad faith

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  • What the judge should have done is threaten to cut the domain name in half and see who was willing to give up their claim out of motherly love.

  • When a video codec wins an Emmy

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  • The video codec was AV1. Saved you a click.

  • Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100

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    Trying to figure out what is up with that formatting.

    I got nothin'.

  • I Went All-In on AI. The MIT Study Is Right.

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  • Hundreds of thousands of internet strangers is different from lived experience.

    I take the author's opinion more seriously because they went out and tried it for themselves.

  • The Latest Windows 11 Update Gets Rid of the Start Menu and Explorer

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  • At the moment the only fix is likely a reimage, unless you can get to the registry to make some edits or deploy a Powershell script to delay the launch of Explorer.exe until the system is ready for it.

    How has Satya Nadella not been fired for this dumpster fire of a rollout?

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    Best Project Management and Time Tracking Software

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  • Guys, I don't think we should use this for work.

    It's not safe.

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  • December 2, 2025 02:52 PM

    It looks up to me right now.

  • Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn

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  • If you VPN into the UK or Australia, you'll run into the same restrictions.

    As more countries pass this kind of legislation, VPNs become less and less of a solution, and they were only ever a solution for people who can afford them.

  • 4.3 Million Browsers Infected: Inside ShadyPanda's 7-Year Malware Campaign | Koi Blog

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  • TL;Dr: Browser extensions are malware sleeper agents.

    The systemic problem isn't just one malicious actor. It's that the security model incentivizes this behavior:

    1. Build something legitimate
    2. Pass review and gain trust signals (installs, reviews, verified badges)
    3. Collect large user base
    4. Weaponize via update
    5. Profit before detection

    ShadyPanda proved this works. And now every sophisticated threat actor knows the playbook.