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Comment on List animals until failure in ~games
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Comment on Steam Deck hits 25,000 games Valve have rated Playable or Verified in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentGenerally speaking those games will run on various Linux distributions. As others pointed out, have a look at protondb.com to see experiences and hacks of other users to learn if/how well spdcific...Generally speaking those games will run on various Linux distributions. As others pointed out, have a look at protondb.com to see experiences and hacks of other users to learn if/how well spdcific game runs.
25000 games are verified or playable, but that doesn't mean other games will not work. They just simply may not have been tested. Even the ones that say there is zero compatibility may actually run - like Assetto Corsa does after some hacking (there is some page with manual on how to get it running).
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Comment on Lawsuit alleges that WhatsApp has no end-to-end encryption in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI did two Androids and one iPhone past year or two. I will likely do another this year. I will pay more attention next time.I did two Androids and one iPhone past year or two. I will likely do another this year. I will pay more attention next time.
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Comment on Lawsuit alleges that WhatsApp has no end-to-end encryption in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI will pay close attention on how the process goes next time. I don't want to share wrong information in the future.I will pay close attention on how the process goes next time. I don't want to share wrong information in the future.
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Comment on Lawsuit alleges that WhatsApp has no end-to-end encryption in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI don't want to sound like someone who has evidence or is absolutely certain of something. It is just my own opinion on the situation that is not based on any evidence. I hope I don't present...I don't want to sound like someone who has evidence or is absolutely certain of something. It is just my own opinion on the situation that is not based on any evidence. I hope I don't present myself and my opinins as something that is absolutely 100% thuth as I personally don't think it is 100% truth - I have no evidence to back such claim up. If I did sound like that, I apologize, it certainly wasn't my intent.
The ridiculous question - E2EE for me means it is encrypted on my device and decrypted on receiving device. In my eyes it is still E2EE even if someone else also owns the keys - in principle it is still encrypted on my side and decrypted on the other BUT someone else can also decrypt it along the way. Still the encryption from one end to the other is present. Maybe this is just abozt wording it. I don't want to cause some flame war as I think it is unnecessary.
I'm also looking forward on how it goes with the lawsuit.
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Comment on Lawsuit alleges that WhatsApp has no end-to-end encryption in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentBecause I'm the "tech wizard" in my family who does this stuff for others. I just badly phrased my comment.Because I'm the "tech wizard" in my family who does this stuff for others. I just badly phrased my comment.
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Comment on Lawsuit alleges that WhatsApp has no end-to-end encryption in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI don't trust them either, which I probably already gave away.I don't trust them either, which I probably already gave away.
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Comment on Lawsuit alleges that WhatsApp has no end-to-end encryption in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI certainly fon't know how it goes in the background. But I would bet some money on the fact that you don't have control over your private encryption keys. I think Meta has them as well. If that...I certainly fon't know how it goes in the background. But I would bet some money on the fact that you don't have control over your private encryption keys. I think Meta has them as well. If that really is the case then the question stands - what is E2EE good for then?
Or I'm in the wrong here and my question isn't valid. That may also be the case.
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Comment on Lawsuit alleges that WhatsApp has no end-to-end encryption in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentActually, I don't use WA. I have been that "expert" who set up the new phones a few times. If I recall correctly, you just input your phone number and the chats comes from the WA itself (cloud...Actually, I don't use WA. I have been that "expert" who set up the new phones a few times. If I recall correctly, you just input your phone number and the chats comes from the WA itself (cloud backup on their side I presume).
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Comment on Lawsuit alleges that WhatsApp has no end-to-end encryption in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkMy question is: If WA has E2EE, where are my pricvate keys? When I buy a new phone WA just works and I can see all the messages sent and received, thus they must be decrypted. Where did the keys...My question is: If WA has E2EE, where are my pricvate keys? When I buy a new phone WA just works and I can see all the messages sent and received, thus they must be decrypted. Where did the keys come from then? If I'm not sole owner of the keys what is E2EE good for then?
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Comment on Lifetime Windows user seeking feedback for improvements on my Linux setup in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkI'd bet my real money that the problems with video playback and resolution options come from running Kubuntu in virtual. I believe if it run in bare metal, you wouldn't experience any of that...I'd bet my real money that the problems with video playback and resolution options come from running Kubuntu in virtual. I believe if it run in bare metal, you wouldn't experience any of that problems.
The best would be to.dual boot from.different drive, if you can. And try how gaming works for you on that drive as fast as possible to learn if it is worth switching completely or running dual boot for some Windows-only program thag you need once a week.
I don't use Plex, so I don't know about how their client works. When I tried it, I used browser to access my library. Is that an option? Remember that running outside of virtual will very likely fix your video issues in browser.
As for games - Kernel level anti-cheat ones won't work. Otherwise I play what I want on my Linux desktop. You can get an idea how game would run from Steam score/badge on the Steam store page of the game or you can have a look at protondb.com and how players actually.report the game running and what hacks you may want to do. But many times it.just works out of the box.
I don't want to recommend any distro, but I wouldn't use LTS Ubuntu or.other LTS clones. It is stable and you can find many information about resolving various problems but it is just too backwards for gaming, it doesn't have the newest software stuff. Havingnsaidnthat I would likely abandon the Ubunut and clones entirely. But I don't have strong recommendation for what distro... Myself I would pick Arch, but it's not really beginner friendly. Maybe Fedora, which is probably more fresh than Ubuntu and yet it uses .rpm which is the other package format (with .deb being the first one) - my friend switched to Fedora from Windows and he seems pleased.
But first of all - try booting straight to Linux, not VM, to see how it actually runs on your hardware.
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Comment on Where to buy mp3s legally? in ~music
Pavouk106 LinkI buy MP3s (actually I buy FLACs) on supraphonline.cz. It's Czech site, it doesn't certainly have everything there ever was, but what I wanted, I found there. Could be probably translated by...I buy MP3s (actually I buy FLACs) on supraphonline.cz. It's Czech site, it doesn't certainly have everything there ever was, but what I wanted, I found there. Could be probably translated by Google or maybe figured out.
Payment is via card in CZK, exchange rate is around 25 CZK for 1 USD or 1 Euro with some/many albums costing 200 CZK (8$/€). You can find the purchase in your profile where you can download the song or album - you can buy even single songs this way, but sometimes there are restrictions when you actually have to buy the album as a whole.
I haven't read their terms and conditions, maybe foreigbers will be blocked from buying there via region lock or based on card number (if it maybe bears the country of origin in the number itself) but I can't confirm or deny this.
I have to add one more thing - this is 100% legal business. And you actually download the files, no app-only offline listening or other bullshit.
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Comment on Youtube channel recommendations 2026 in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI'm not unto replicas, but it's great to see him working on anything. Don't get me wrong, even the "talking" videos are great, but the technical ones are top notch.I'm not unto replicas, but it's great to see him working on anything. Don't get me wrong, even the "talking" videos are great, but the technical ones are top notch.
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Comment on Youtube channel recommendations 2026 in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI don't think about it that much. I consider the videos the same - Derek comes up with some thought that I wouldn't consider even having and then goes down the rabbit hole. Maybe the titles...I don't think about it that much. I consider the videos the same - Derek comes up with some thought that I wouldn't consider even having and then goes down the rabbit hole. Maybe the titles are.clickbaity, but the video itself is as deep as it ever was, in my opinion. I also watch on Odysee where only the first title and thumbnail shows up and I know he changes both throughout the first days of video on Youtube.
What is more important for you probably - he has, say, apprentices or helpers or new hosts in the videos and it seems (and I believe he said something like that in recent video) that he will be stepping a bit back, it won't be just Derek in every single video. The quality is still though here in my opinion. You won't probably find another channel like this one where they wpuld question something you have been certain about for your whole life... and disintegrate that certainty.
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Comment on Youtube channel recommendations 2026 in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkI would consider: Veritasium (answers to questions you wouldn't ask) Steve Mould (how random/not-usual stuff works + author of Mould effect, see wiki) Stuff Made Here (overengineered solutions for...I would consider:
- Veritasium (answers to questions you wouldn't ask)
- Steve Mould (how random/not-usual stuff works + author of Mould effect, see wiki)
- Stuff Made Here (overengineered solutions for problems nobody has)
- Integza (loves rockets)
- Adam Savage's Tested (1/2 of Mythbusters, sometimes goes into more detail about some workshop thing or two, but not inmajority of his videos, I recommend his "I want to make this today" kind of videos)
- if you are jnto electronics, have a look at EEVblog and ElectroBOOM
- if you are into vintage/older/niche audio stuff, Techmoan is your guy
And as was already said, Technology connections is a must!
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Comment on Jet Lag Season 16: Hide + Seek United Kingdom | Trailer in ~hobbies
Pavouk106 LinkI'm just now watching the fifth episode on Nebula and it's great! Spoilers While Ben and Adam had their luck from the start coming to the Sam's station pretty early and Sam bad luck for not...I'm just now watching the fifth episode on Nebula and it's great!
Spoilers
While Ben and Adam had their luck from the start coming to the Sam's station pretty early and Sam bad luck for not getting the cards he so desperately wished for, the end game completely stands out in this episode!Sam knowing he's not doing great time on his run really screwed Ben and Adam with the curses. This end game was really hilarious! If not for winning Sam discarded time bonuses to cast curses to amuse us, viewers, and he executed on this perfectly! Sam, your run will not be the winning one, but it will be forever remembered for the end game, bravo!
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Comment on Is it possible to live without WhatsApp? in ~tech
Pavouk106 (edited )LinkI'm replying on the headline. Short amswer: Yes. Long answer: Yes. I never installed it on my phone. Part of that is I had Pinephone at the time, which is basically Linux computer so I would have...I'm replying on the headline.
Short amswer: Yes.
Long answer: Yes.
I never installed it on my phone. Part of that is I had Pinephone at the time, which is basically Linux computer so I would have to get it running somehow in the first place, and I installed Element, which is Matrix.org client. And since then I'm installing Element to family members and talking my friends into using it. I now have Android phone yet I still use Element exclusively.
I'm seen as outcast by many of them though. But since I'm that IT weirdo anyway, I couldn't care less about my image.
Why don't I jump on the WA train then? There are more reasons and ways to look at that. Some of them are:
- owned by Meta; I don't want to throw even more of my pruvacy at them than I already do by browsing the web and having Facebook links everywhere... I have Facebook account, but only for my work and only on my work laptop, I don't use it in my private life
- it boasts having end-to-end encryption (E2EE) but literally nobody around me ever questioned why they don't have to input they private key when installing WA on their new phone (this is what you have to do with Element/Matrix or you lose all history because you can't decrypt it); even worse, people don't realize that it may have E2EE but Meta owns your keys - when I tell them it's like wanting to go into your own house but having someone else to come by and unlock it for you because that stranger is the only one who has keys they just shake it off... People don't realize what is being done to their own data when they use the app and even worse - they don't care. Well, I care!
How I do without WA with friends who don't want to use Element ("I won't use it because you don't want to use WA")? If I want to tell them something I use what the phone is best for - call. When something less immediate is needed, I do the second best thing the phone does - SMS. And when I need to send them photo? I will let you make a guess... ... ... Yeah, you probably got it right - e-mail. And when I make some video at some place and they want it shared with them I teach them how to use Quick Share (Airdrop for Android for all the Apple people here) and share the video FAST and in really truly original quality (last time I sent 500MB video in 10 seconds using that).
There are ways to live without WhatsApp, all it takes is your own willpower (or stubborness, I guess).
EDIT: Finally read the article/blog post. Nice read, author gets to many great points - the best one being "Long conversations on WA (or whatever IM) can be done in one pretty short call".
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Comment on What's something you're "in too deep" on? in ~talk
Pavouk106 Link ParentI tend to not do binpkgs, I'm masochist. Buz I don't care how long it takes, the server runs 24/7 anyways and such rebuild isn't that crazy even on electricity bill. I happened to stumble upon...I tend to not do binpkgs, I'm masochist. Buz I don't care how long it takes, the server runs 24/7 anyways and such rebuild isn't that crazy even on electricity bill.
I happened to stumble upon profile update long after it got out as I update the system like once a month or two. And I just followed instructions, easy as that. Compared with Gentoo of 15 years ago, it's a piece of cake nowadays.
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Comment on What's something you're "in too deep" on? in ~talk
Pavouk106 Link ParentWell, I run it on home server, you may even call it "production" if you will. And that is really adventurous! But I'm pleased with how it runs. It can have problems here and there like: "You can't...Well, I run it on home server, you may even call it "production" if you will. And that is really adventurous! But I'm pleased with how it runs. It can have problems here and there like:
"You can't update Perl because you have lrevious version" - Well, that is THE reason I want to update it! And to update it, I had to remove it and then install it again (the new version). Or the whole system being pleased with Python 3.13 and that one package doesn't want to update because Python 3.13 is too new for it. You know - the everyday Gentoo stuff :-D
Actually this happens like a few times a year at max, more like just once or twice.
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Comment on What's the coolest thrift store find you've ever scored? in ~talk
Pavouk106 LinkI bought Gran Turismo 2 for 8€ a few years back. I wanted to finish the collection so this was a perfevt buy for me. And I needed PS1 save card and boughr one from Ebay (let's consider it a thrift...I bought Gran Turismo 2 for 8€ a few years back. I wanted to finish the collection so this was a perfevt buy for me.
And I needed PS1 save card and boughr one from Ebay (let's consider it a thrift store for this one) and when I got it... What do you know - Gram Turismo 1 save on it after finishing the game!
Well, this is hard for non-english speaker. For example I know many birds by their name in my native langueage, yet I don't know english version. The same goes for some snakes.
But this is fun concept nonetheless!
EDIT: Managed to do 50 anyway, which I am proud of!