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pHr34kY

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  • Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation

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  • Age verification took away the need to regulate it so it's safe for kids. Now it's not safe for anyone.

    Remember when people would post event flyers to facebook and everyone subscribed to the group would see it?

    Now it's like trying to withdrawal your pay from a poker machine instead of an ATM.

  • GrapheneOS Will Overhaul Default Apps and Implement a Secure Clipboard

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  • The current messaging app doesn't even have a search function. This is well overdue.

  • LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices

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  • I ran a packet capture on my TV as I left it turned off overnight.

    They wake up in the middle of the night, do "stuff" then go back offline. Like a zombie.

  • Intent to Ship: JPEG XL – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

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  • There seems to be a "JPEG reconstruction" feature that gets the original JPEG back.

  • Intent to Ship: JPEG XL – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

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  • I think many of us have several GBs of JPEGs that have accumulated over the years. It would be nice to shrink them a bit.

    However I wouldn't do it until the majority of my software supports it. At least with JXL, you can transcode it back to legacy jpeg without losing quality

  • Featured

    Milo Yiannopoulos says he was ‘terrified’ by the ‘brutality’ of his ICE deportation | CNN

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  • It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell · Bit Nebula

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  • I was tempted to run PoE to the other side of the wall where my server is. A doorbell that could do it all locally on my server.

    Then I thought "fuck it" and bolted an antique brass bell there instead. At least you know it's working.

  • Microsoft Outlook Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Reports

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  • Microsoft Outlook the exchange server.

    Microsoft Outlook the lunchbox.

    Microsoft Outlook the flamethrower.

  • Skip today's Windows 11 update: it breaks cursor styling, resets wallpaper, and more

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  • 17195-OEM-0001875-01864

    Yeah, I reinstalled that much that I remember it.

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    Finally moved family off Google Photos to Immich on a closet Optiplex 7040 — almost lost a month of kid photos in January

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  • I have immich running on a server that's under the stairs. It's a bit loud, but it's out of the way. I can only access it over SSH.

    For backups, I wrote a shell script to do it. I just plug in my external drive, run the script, and unplug it again. The next day I'll swap the drive for one that I keep in my workplace locker. There's also a mirrored RAID for the server. That's 4 copies in total.

    Yeah, it's still a bit of work. I couldn't imagine teaching anyone else how to do it.

  • Motorola's 2027 flagships will officially support GrapheneOS

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  • Would you trust a pre-flashed phone though?

    I guess with GOS they have integrity checkers.

  • GTA 6 leaks prompt Take-Two to subpoena Microsoft for Windows device IDs of everyone in three Discord servers — daily gameplay leaks shatter cloud of secrecy around the much-hyped game

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  • Basically, Microsoft spies on everyone. They'll identify you and let the feds trawl through your OneDrive account. On Windows, it actually takes a very conscious effort to NOT upload files to OneDrive.

    They're targeting a guy just because he unknowingly interacted with the suspect. As a joke.

    If anyone questions why people like me have a GrapheneOS pixel connecting to self-hosted cloud storage on a home linux server, this is why.

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    TIL that in Massachusetts, white families have a median net wealth of $549,000. For black families, it is just $7,800

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  • That's the funny thing. You could have a huge house debt with massive repayments, but your net worth is based on the value of the house and what you still owe. Your disposable income is comparable to a homeless person.

    I felt dirt poor right up until my last payment.

  • One In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Lives

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  • Every time it intervenes, it makes things worse. They have a 99% false positive rate.

  • Whistleblower Says Mark Zuckerberg Is Only Pretending to Care About Child Safety

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  • I thought this was every argument for child safety by everyone ever tbh

  • Website behind widely shared fake election polls run by 21-year-old

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  • I did this once, except I just messed with the polls on most of Australia's biggest news outlets. It was surprisingly easy to do, and even the outlets themselves reported on my fabrications.

    It was good lulz tho. Especially when they finally figured out that they'd been had. They all stopped running polls after that.

  • Ubuntu is growing faster on Windows 11 than on native Linux PCs, says Canonical

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  • I installed WSL out of spite to show that my program compiled way faster when the AV didn't know about it. It went from 18 minutes to about 6.

  • Retro phone trend reveals growing desire to disconnect, research finds

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  • Retro phone trend reveals growing desire to disconnect, ECU research finds

    The study by Edith Cowan University (ECU) researcher Dr Jess Hardley suggests these products reflect a broader desire to interrupt the close relationship people have developed with their phones over the past two decades. The smartphone as a constant companion

    Dr Hardley's research explores how smartphones have become deeply embedded in everyday life and why increasing numbers of people are now looking for ways to use them less.

    "Smartphones were designed to be with us all the time," Dr Hardley said.

    "We carry them from room to room, keep them within reach and don't think twice about holding or checking them." Creating distance from devices

    Drawing on more than a decade of research with Australian smartphone users, Dr Hardley found many people are actively creating physical distance from their devices.

    One participant told Dr Hardley she locked her phone in a work drawer because mobile gaming had become "obsessive" and was affecting her concentration.

    "What interested me wasn't just that people wanted to use their phones less," Dr Hardley said.

    "It's that they're often creating physical distance from the device by putting it in another room, locking it away or making it harder to reach for."

    The study also points to growing interest in phone-free events, app restrictions, greyscale settings and phone-locking pouches used at concerts. More than a quirky trend

    Dr Hardley said the popularity of retro-style accessories, including wall-mounted docking stations and coiled-cord handsets, may reflect the same impulse.

    "At first glance these products can seem playful or nostalgic," they said.

    "But they also point to something more significant. People appear to be looking for practical ways to interrupt the constant habit of picking up and interacting with their phones." A broader cultural shift

    The research comes as Australian states enforce school phone bans and international debate continues around young people's social media use.

    "We're seeing personal responses and policy responses develop in parallel," Dr Hardley said.

    "Individuals are finding their own ways to step back from smartphones, while schools and other institutions are introducing rules that limit access during parts of the day."

    Dr Hardley said understanding why adults are voluntarily experimenting with ways to distance themselves from smartphones may help explain wider shifts in attitudes toward technology.

    "The popularity of phone-free events, phone jails and retro accessories suggests people are questioning the always-on relationship we've had with smartphones for many years," they said.

    "We're still living in a world shaped by smartphones, but we're also seeing the beginnings of a new conversation about when, where and how we want them to be part of our lives."

    The paper Revisiting the 'Snug Tether': Smartphones in an Era of Scroll Free Social events, Landline Accessories, and Device Bans was published in M/C Journal.

  • Here’s The Argument For Why A Disc-Free PlayStation Could Actually Drive Game Prices Down

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  • The Sony PSX launched at $800 (aud) and dropped to $400 a few months later when the N64 was released at $400.

    It turns out that Sony had that 100% headroom all along.

    Reducing costs just pumps margins. Removing competition with retail boxes will not reduce the price.

  • Programming @programming.dev
    pHr34kY @lemmy.world

    Winamp source code is now on GitHub

    github.com /WinampDesktop/winamp