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klu9

@ klu9 @lemmy.ca

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  • MAGA:

    • Make
    • America
    • Gamergate
    • Always
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  • Ackshually, given this is Ten Forward, should have posted this instead:

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  • TIL I learned about the 12 golden mullets on the European flag

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  • D'oh!

    I wrote it one way (full words), then changed to the abbreviation... but obviously ballsed it up. 😊

  • Boldly I might add.

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  • And just a pair of standing legs in the background... must be Tasha.

  • China bans compulsory facial recognition and its use in private spaces like hotel rooms

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  • Given that the US government has recognized how unprotected technology (like unencrypted messaging) leaves its individual employees vulnerable to Chinese snoopers, I wonder if China is starting to realize just how vulnerable its pervasive unencrypted tech could leave it to US snooping.

  • China bans compulsory facial recognition and its use in private spaces like hotel rooms

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  • Chinese fintech giant Alipay has for some years now had the "Smile to Pay" system: Alipay users can pay for something by just smiling into the camera in an Alipay "Smile to Pay" POS terminal. IIRC KFC was the first place to have it.

    In China, many operators of public toilets seek to prevent theft of toilet paper (I shit you not 😉) by having some kind of rationed dispenser (a certain user can only receive a certain amount of paper in a certain amount of time) or a vending machine.

    Public toilet + toilet paper vending machine + "Smile to Pay" = facial recognition in toilets.

    In fact, I think a few wanted fugitives have been caught (out?) by the cameras on toilet paper vending machines.

  • Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Mark Zuckerberg in one day than it has in two years of selling custom domains

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  • That was something I liked about ZeroNet; in addition to it being incredibly easy to universally block a specific user, there were also block lists anyone could create or subscribe to.

    (Although IIRC ZeroNet blocks would only mean you didn't see blocked users; others could still see that person's comments etc on your content.)

  • Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Mark Zuckerberg in one day than it has in two years of selling custom domains

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  • In 8 years, anyone not mainlining Truth Social through their compulsory Neuralink will captured and euthanized.

  • Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Mark Zuckerberg in one day than it has in two years of selling custom domains

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  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • Yeah, me too. Never used it since.

    So I was glad when Opera co-founder von Tetzchner announced Vivaldi, and I did use it for a couple of years. But I don't want to become dependent on something not completely FLOSS, so lately using mainly Firefox mods like Floorp, Zen and Firedragon.

  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • IIRC it was something to do with the difficulty of getting the browser to use hardware acceleration/GPU in the countless variations of Linux, to the point where they don't even bother trying because of the infinitesimally small market share of each distro.

    But I'm not 100% sure of that.

  • Is there a federated or open source search engine alternative?

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  • You're welcome. I'm still trying out a few, including Yep and the SearchXNG instance that comes built into Firedragon browser.

  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • Back when I used to watch Netflix in a web browser, I had a browser extension that gave me lots of different capabilities, including all kinds of playback speeds.

    I can't remember the name of the extension I used then, but I see there are still plenty of extensions available. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/search/?q=netflix

  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • You're welcome.

    I don't know about hosting costs. I do know that Firedragon is a side project of Garuda Linux, a volunteer-developed distro with a Donate page.

  • How Three Alleged Tesla Vandals Got Caught

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  • One thing: Turn off your phone's WiFi and Bluetooth when travelling.

  • Investigators say South Korean president’s bodyguard asked ChatGPT about ‘martial law’ hours before coup

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  • Anyone looking into the search history of Trump administration officials, Secret Service, DC police, US Marshals etc?

  • Is there a federated or open source search engine alternative?

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  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • IIRC major streaming services like Netflix and Prime do not offer 1080p or 4k streams to Linux browsers, mainly for technical reasons. You have to use some tricks (special extensions or add-ons?) to get anything above 720p.