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Comment on Browser fingerprinting demonstration in ~comp
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Comment on Browser fingerprinting demonstration in ~comp
Grumble4681 Link ParentI'm curious if anyone has used Mullvad browser on it yet, besides me? It seems like it's not the case because it said I was the first and second visit, and basically all the data Mullvad gives it...I'm curious if anyone has used Mullvad browser on it yet, besides me? It seems like it's not the case because it said I was the first and second visit, and basically all the data Mullvad gives it is spoofed. I thought all Mullvad browsers were supposed to present the same spoofed details though to make it hard to track off unique fingerprints. As far as I know it's the only browser that intentionally is set up to make it more difficult to have unique fingerprints.
Even with my normal Firefox browser, not Mullvad, it didn't have all details so at least some of it was obscured, but almost surely it would have a unique fingerprint that in theory could track me across sites that share the information. To me that's the key element, even if Firefox obscures some of the info, if there's some browser fingerprint database that companies sell this data to, then they can still create a profile of sites I visit, interests etc.
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Comment on UBlock Origin got turned off with my most recent Brave browser update. Any alternatives? in ~tech
Grumble4681 Link ParentI haven't used Brave but I have used Vivaldi and their built-in adblock sucks compared to uBlock Origin. I don't know if that is just a flaw of Vivaldi or Chrome limitations.I haven't used Brave but I have used Vivaldi and their built-in adblock sucks compared to uBlock Origin. I don't know if that is just a flaw of Vivaldi or Chrome limitations.
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Comment on How do you live simply/save money? What does your lifestyle look like? in ~talk
Grumble4681 Link ParentNot sure what prior poster was referring to but at $5 per month I'd guess less likely to be a usenet setup, more likely something like torbox with stremio. Torbox can be got for $3 a month. There...Not sure what prior poster was referring to but at $5 per month I'd guess less likely to be a usenet setup, more likely something like torbox with stremio. Torbox can be got for $3 a month. There was a big post on here awhile back about Stremio you should be able to search that word and find it. VPN with torrenting plus storing data yourself can be about $5 a month but depends on storage needs if you factor those costs in.
Another frontend alternative to Stremio is Nuvio which is in beta but if anyone is more habit formed around the more modern streaming apps that autoplay stuff while scrolling through the menu, Nuvio can do that with trailers.
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Comment on China is dealing with its own manosphere in ~life.men
Grumble4681 Link ParentMaybe it could be some kind of CDN issue or something? Not entirely sure, but last few times I've tried, sometimes it loads, sometimes it doesn't, and the fact that it worked when you used a VPN...Maybe it could be some kind of CDN issue or something? Not entirely sure, but last few times I've tried, sometimes it loads, sometimes it doesn't, and the fact that it worked when you used a VPN maybe was just a coincidence of timing, or would possibly indicate that when you tried to reach it from a different region (assuming the VPN didn't originate along the exact same network path as your normal internet connection) that there may be some CDN where traffic from some regions reaches fine and then in the region your normal internet connection is, the CDN may not be stable.
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Comment on Are we burning it down by proxy? in ~talk
Grumble4681 LinkI doubt it's the people who are barely making ends meet that are going ham on fireworks. I could swear I remember someone sourcing info before, I think on this site, but can't find it from a...I doubt it's the people who are barely making ends meet that are going ham on fireworks. I could swear I remember someone sourcing info before, I think on this site, but can't find it from a search, that showed there's a bigger income disparity where there's less of a 'middle' in the middle class, and people who are above average income are well above and people below are falling much lower. In this scenario, I wouldn't find it strange that there's a lot of people struggling, and also a lot of people with a great amount of disposable income to blow on whatever.
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Comment on Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’ in ~society
Grumble4681 Link ParentIt would be interesting if it ended up not being a conspiracy but actuality. Wonder what would happen if Iran claimed credit for it? Presumably the administration would claim it as justification...Also, cue the conspiracy theorists. Graham was the loudest public advocate for assassinating Iranian leaders and cheerleader for the Iran war. He dropped dead a day after returning from a trip to Ukraine to give license for manufacturing Patriot missiles.
It would be interesting if it ended up not being a conspiracy but actuality. Wonder what would happen if Iran claimed credit for it? Presumably the administration would claim it as justification for boots on the ground, or for blindly attacking all Iran civilian infrastructure.
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Comment on Mullvad CEO gives ≈€452,000 to the Örebro Party in ~society
Grumble4681 Link ParentSo you know many other better options exist, but you can't mention any of them. What are we even doing here?So you know many other better options exist, but you can't mention any of them. What are we even doing here?
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Comment on Mullvad CEO gives ≈€452,000 to the Örebro Party in ~society
Grumble4681 (edited )Link ParentThat's partly the point. You don't know that I'm not a criminal and I can't prove it. You don't know that every other VPN co-founder isn't funding Nazis and you can't prove it. What can be done is...Asking for proof that something isn't happening isn't reasonable. You can only ever prove that something did happen, not that it didn't. Or would you like to prove right now, in front of us all, that you aren't a criminal? Prove you didn't commit a crime.
That's partly the point. You don't know that I'm not a criminal and I can't prove it. You don't know that every other VPN co-founder isn't funding Nazis and you can't prove it. What can be done is looking for clues or evidence that show absence of those markers, which while does not definitively prove anything, it serves as likely indicators. I don't have a criminal record, doesn't mean I'm not a criminal or that I don't commit criminal acts, but means from some perspectives anyhow, that I'm less likely to be one.
I just find it ridiculous that they throw out 'There's all these other options out there', but they purposely leave it open ended because they get to leave the comment feeling satisfied they called out the unethical without actually doing any work to provide an ethical alternative.
It's just like the people who were like 'Kagi, they use Yandex, I'm not paying them' and then secretly goes back to using Google. Wow, great moral high ground there.
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Comment on Mullvad CEO gives ≈€452,000 to the Örebro Party in ~society
Grumble4681 Link ParentWhat ones? What evidence do you have that not only are they not funding a 'Nazi' party, but they they aren't also funding something else bad? Also don't forget that part of what put Mullvad into a...There are options that do not fund a Nazi party.
What ones? What evidence do you have that not only are they not funding a 'Nazi' party, but they they aren't also funding something else bad?
Also don't forget that part of what put Mullvad into a better category of VPN are to some people seen as essential for a VPN. So there needs to be some actual parity of trust and service beyond just being another VPN.
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Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles in ~games
Grumble4681 Link ParentHonestly I don't even really care about the roster updates. The thing with many of these sports games is that it's been so long that they've been unavailable on PC that you can't even play ones...Honestly I don't even really care about the roster updates. The thing with many of these sports games is that it's been so long that they've been unavailable on PC that you can't even play ones with outdated rosters at this point. For example, you have to go all the way back to MLB 2k13 to even get an MLB game that was even released on PC, and at this point I bet you can't even launch it without some workarounds or hackery if at all. Similar scenario for NHL I assume. And it's worth noting that even if the gameplay of these games doesn't improve much year over year, you can generally expect that if you go back 10-15 years that the graphics if nothing else will be quite dated but also the gameplay may not be as good, even if they don't change much in gameplay year-over-year, in a 10-15 year time span there's more likely to be more noticeable differences.
And to be fair, most of the American sports simulator games are garbage because of a lack of competition. People still buy them and play them, but I'm not one of them. However if a good one actually came around on PC that wasn't a total cashgrab, then I'd be far more likely to be interested. Epic gave away an NBA 2K game for free once years ago, and that's when I found out 2K shuts down the online servers 2 years after the game launches. Never would I ever, ever, buy that shit.
For the longest time you couldn't play NFL games on PC either, eventually EA did bring Madden back to PC, but unfortunately it's EA and Madden is the prime example of sports games that don't improve due to lack of competition.
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Comment on Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles in ~games
Grumble4681 Link ParentIt doesn't matter because they are still banking on exclusives to differentiate. You still can't play MLB or NHL games on PC, among many other games.It doesn't matter because they are still banking on exclusives to differentiate. You still can't play MLB or NHL games on PC, among many other games.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 29 in ~society
Grumble4681 Link ParentThe quote about it being the "President's power" doesn't even seem right to me. If I'm not mistaken, many of these agencies were created by Congress, the legislative branch, and placed under the...The quote about it being the "President's power" doesn't even seem right to me. If I'm not mistaken, many of these agencies were created by Congress, the legislative branch, and placed under the executive branch for management of operations for practical reasons with some rule/structure that kept them from solely just being an extension of the current president, but the power granted to them is not the "President's power" to my understanding. Arguably that makes them the power of the legislature or a hybrid power sharing model of the legislature and executive branch.
This redefining as "President's power" is quite scary, and as you mentioned, is a step towards making the president more of a king.
I think that this Supreme Court is simply relying on them changing their rulings whenever they see fit when a Democrat is elected president to ensure that the king-like powers are only usable by the president who better aligns with their own personal interests. And to that end, likely using their powers to limit changes to the Supreme Court during Democratic party control. I would not doubt that if Democrats even manage to scrape out a majority in both legislative houses/chambers/bodies and gain the presidency, and even if they get rid of the filibuster if needed, and if they try to pack the courts or such, that the Supreme Court will find some grounds to rule against it.
And unlike RBG, I think all these justices understand the game and they will actually plan their retirements around what party is in control. At best we can potentially hope for some unexpected health issue like a heart attack or something to take one out in a term they weren't planning for.
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Comment on Slate Truck preorder starts at $24,950 in ~transport
Grumble4681 Link ParentRight, I really like the cut down offering and the DIY nature of being able to add things yourself. Especially with 3d printing now and what it could be in the future (like larger print beds...Right, I really like the cut down offering and the DIY nature of being able to add things yourself. Especially with 3d printing now and what it could be in the future (like larger print beds without astronomical costs), and with the amount of information available today, video tutorials etc. DIYing is much more attractive especially when it can save you thousands of dollars. The lack of power windows I could see being a big deal, hopefully there's an easy add-on for that later for people who want it.
To me, running wires in the car for auxiliary type items or additional functions like power windows, stereos etc. are something that is within the realm of the consumer to put in if it can save substantial money of not having to do it on the production line. Obviously not everyone would want to do this or can do it and some people would rather just pay for it to be done, but there's already tons of vehicles out there with that as an offering and not many with this slimmed down starting base for people who want that as an option. Even if it doesn't save a ton of money over what it would cost on the production line, you also get to choose more specifically what you want in it, the exact infotainment display or exact speakers etc.
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Comment on Signs you're a dangerous terrorist: using Signal, moving zines in ~society
Grumble4681 Link ParentI'm convinced that this was a major component behind banning gun ownership for felons and drug users since that happened in the Gun Control Act of 1968 which was shortly before incarceration rates...Tellin ya, if we want America to ban all guns, all we have to do is arm black people to the teeth.
I'm convinced that this was a major component behind banning gun ownership for felons and drug users since that happened in the Gun Control Act of 1968 which was shortly before incarceration rates ticked up, especially against black people. Set up a route by which to disenfranchise specific people, and then follow it up by pushing on all the levers.
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Comment on Plans for nearly 4,000 homes over Safeways divide Bay Area residents in ~finance
Grumble4681 Link ParentYeah, just to gather all the specific complaints mentioned in the article and look at them closer together... It seems the scale, and the specific type of housing is what is being given prominence...Yeah, just to gather all the specific complaints mentioned in the article and look at them closer together...
The possibility of these projects coming to fruition is causing anxiety among residents, who are concerned the proposals are outsized and out of step with their surrounding neighborhoods.
Neighbors like Erin Roach, the vice president of the Marina Community Association, are worried about the environmental impacts of such a high-density project, given known hazards in the area such as a liquefaction zone, toxic soil and already failing infrastructure. She is troubled by the lack of oversight that’s coming as a result of the state’s pressure on cities to fast-track many new housing projects.
“What we’re asking them [Align and Safeway] to do is just scale this down,” Roach, who has lived in the Marina for 35 years, said in a phone interview with SFGATE. She also takes issue with it being a luxury building. “It’s like if people are hungry in San Francisco and someone comes to them with wagon loads of wagyu beef ... and some people can qualify for getting that beef, but by and large, most people can’t either afford it or they won’t qualify for it.”
“The jig is up,” Taner told SFGATE in a phone interview. “The state of California is railroading multiuse, and we’re all getting the shaft. ... Our quality of life is going down the drain.”
Roach of the Marina pointed out that it’s unfortunate that the conversation around building housing has become “so black and white.”
“Either you’re for every kind of housing, no matter what… or you’re just anti-housing,” she said. “It’s just silly.”
It seems the scale, and the specific type of housing is what is being given prominence in this article, at least by the people they quoted (and the two people they quoted who have concerns seem to represent groups of people that have concerns, so presumably the views are somewhat representative of more than just two individuals). There was a specific address mentioned in the article in San Mateo and when I pulled up a satellite image of that location, it looked like it was predominantly surrounded by single family homes. I guess the most I can draw from that while somewhat reading between the lines seems to be that they probably think it will devalue their homes to add that many units in the area. Possibly also worried about additional population density (though perhaps a bit strange given the area, but I guess all areas have their limits, especially when it comes to NIMBYism) and congestion because of more people living in the area.
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Comment on SpaceX stock tumbles 23% from its high as average investor sees gains wiped out in ~finance
Grumble4681 Link ParentI have a friend who seems to be sort of going down this route. Though he basically has extremely low expenses compared to the average household, comes from a family that has a decent amount of...I dont have any statistics, but with how aggressively it's pushed, I'd assume a lot of people start with safe investments and then slowly move towards stock gambling.
I have a friend who seems to be sort of going down this route. Though he basically has extremely low expenses compared to the average household, comes from a family that has a decent amount of money so he just got something like $20,000 as a gift from his grandmother that he put into Google stock. Originally when I met him, he was just doing index funds only. Then he started getting into Robinhood and buying individual stocks and he hit big with Nvidia, but he was only doing small amounts so he didn't get a lot but I think that boosted his interest in trying to go for individual stocks rather than index funds. He basically used to follow the boglehead type strategy originally, but then he got way more into constantly checking the market performance every day, which I don't believe is part of the boglehead strategy as usually that is more like, put money in, don't even bother thinking about it or looking at it except for along planned paths in life like setting up for retirement later etc., because then you're basically trying to play the market.
So over time this friend would then start asking me if I saw the market dropped 3% today or something like that, like why would I care if it dropped 3%. But that's around the time I think he started buying into individual stocks on Robinhood, and then he kept telling me I should buy SpaceX IPO (despite the fact that I don't have a grandmother who can just gift me $20k out of nowhere). I said SpaceX just seems like another Elon pump and dump scheme to me so even if I had money I wouldn't do it, and he kept insisting that IPOs are like a guaranteed deal, even if I believe it's a pump and dump I can sell on the first day and he said 90% chance I'd make money off it. I didn't bother to argue the point any further, but I had already told him that I wouldn't gamble on those those things and to him that 90% figure he gave me was disputing the idea that it was gambling. So I think he told me he tried to buy 7 shares of SpaceX IPO but it wasn't clear at the time how many he would actually get due to demand exceeding supply, haven't talked to him about it since so not sure how many he ended up getting. And yes, if I had bought and sold right away, sure I could have made money, but again, that's just gambling to me.
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Comment on Steam Machine prices revealed, starting at US$1049.00 in ~games
Grumble4681 Link ParentI think you're vastly overstating the value of performance. How many people play games on their Steam Deck? Clearly that's not pushing the envelope of performance. Yes, it's portable, but that's...I think you're vastly overstating the value of performance. How many people play games on their Steam Deck? Clearly that's not pushing the envelope of performance. Yes, it's portable, but that's not the point. The point is, the games are playable, and people play them.
What is also unclear in some of these price comparisons people are making is the OS cost. For example, the links you had in your prior comment, say they include a Trial version of Windows 11 with an asterisk that says this
*The trial version allows you to use and test your PC, but you need to register to be in compliance
I don't know what that means exactly, do you have to pay more? If you aren't counting the price of Windows 11 in that, then it's not a straight comparison either.
And if you say that SteamOS or Linux is free and someone is free to install that instead of Windows, well that defeats the purpose of a prebuilt machine. Some people want something that works out of the box. You don't unbox your PS5 and install an OS on that, it's already there.
Also with the pricing of components for GPUs alone over the past several years, then the worsening of prices even more recently from datacenter/AI demands, I genuinely question whether the average gamer can even afford to chase performance in gaming anymore. At some point, you just have to settle with mediocre performance because of just being priced out of anything else. Nvidia and AMD don't give a shit about consumer space anymore.
So this is where I think performance is being overvalued. If the Steam Machine can land 99% or higher of games being released for the next several years as verified compatible/playable, then I think there's a market for people out there who will be satisfied with that.
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Comment on Steam Machine prices revealed, starting at US$1049.00 in ~games
Grumble4681 Link ParentI would expect that another thing you're paying for is a specific hardware benchmark that hopefully developers will be targeting for years to come. So yes, you could be paying for a SFF PC,...I would expect that another thing you're paying for is a specific hardware benchmark that hopefully developers will be targeting for years to come. So yes, you could be paying for a SFF PC, SteamOS pre-installed but I don't see that as the main draw.
I see it as more like a next tier of benchmark for developers to target beyond the Steam Deck. And it does seem like Steam Deck was meaningfully used this way, if only in part because Valve built it into the Steam store whether games were compatible. I can pick any game in the store and it tells me right away whether that game works on the Steam Deck. I would think that has some meaningful impact on what developers would target with their games, if it is within reason to target the Steam Deck's hardware for the game they are making, trying to make sure their game is compatible is the difference between getting the green flag on their Steam store page or not for that specific hardware.
And they explicitly state on the Steam Machine page linked in this post that they will be doing this for the Steam Machine.
Steam Machine Verified
We are expanding our Verified program to include ratings for Steam Machine, so customers can understand how their games will run.
This is the console-like aspect to the Steam Machine I would say, a specific set of hardware that potentially will have a large enough user base worth targeting and ensuring that the game they're developing works on that hardware.
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Comment on Yum Brands sells Pizza Hut to private equity firm LongRange Capital and Yum China for $2.7 billion in ~food
Grumble4681 Link ParentThis is probably going to sound petty, but I went to order from Pizza Hut about a year or so go, and I haven't had Pizza Hut in years prior to that and while ordering from the app the usual 'add a...I want to eat some Pizza Hut when I get a chance, but even knowing how much pizza places overcharge when you order off the regular menu, that makes me want to never give them my money again.
This is probably going to sound petty, but I went to order from Pizza Hut about a year or so go, and I haven't had Pizza Hut in years prior to that and while ordering from the app the usual 'add a tip' section is in the order placement screen even when placing a pickup order. That alone is whatever, everyone has that at this point, but Pizza Hut's went a step further and made it default 20% or something along those lines, and then on top of that if you selected 'more' or 'other' or whatever the option was that I don't remember now, 0% wasn't there. You then had to select custom and specifically put in 0% in order to not put in a tip on a pick-up order. I closed the app and didn't follow through with the order at that point, and then haven't bothered with Pizza Hut since then either.
It's not enough to even shamelessly inject tip requests in places where they don't belong, they had to go the extra step to make it even more of an inconvenience to do it. They want you to feel like you're obligated to tip by forcing you to select custom and put in 0% to avoid it.
It said that for me as well, I tried it multiple times and every time it said I typed uneven and every time I was over 105wpm.