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Comment on The battle inside Signal - The fast-growing encrypted messaging app is developing features that would make it more vulnerable to abuse. Current and former employees are sounding the alarm. in ~tech
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Comment on US officials are ramping up criticism of the GDPR, which they say protects cybercriminals in ~tech
SpineEyE LinkThe argument of criminals being harder to catch just doesn't make sense. Long before the GDPR there were Domain Privacy services: providers that don't put their customers' details into the WHOIS...The argument of criminals being harder to catch just doesn't make sense. Long before the GDPR there were Domain Privacy services: providers that don't put their customers' details into the WHOIS database. In such cases, they would need a judge anyway.
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Comment on Ultimate guide to Python debugging in ~comp
SpineEyE Link ParentI think the content loads only with Javascript. Maybe you have any script blockers installed?I think the content loads only with Javascript. Maybe you have any script blockers installed?
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Comment on If Zoom is wrong, so is Apple in ~tech
SpineEyE Link ParentThat logic is flawed, as Apple's marketing for privacy, so data leaks hit them as hard as Google. One could also argue it's easier to find alternatives for Apple products than for Google's.Google, on the other hand, is intentionally grabbing as much data as they can, but they do have a big motivation to protect that data, as targetting ads with that data is their main profit generator.
If Apple's data on you leaks, it's a bad PR story. If Google's data leaks, they've lost their business model because nobody has to go through Google anymore.
That logic is flawed, as Apple's marketing for privacy, so data leaks hit them as hard as Google. One could also argue it's easier to find alternatives for Apple products than for Google's.
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Comment on Microsoft announces the Windows Package Manager preview in ~tech
SpineEyE Link ParentWhy do you prefer Windows over Linux? I would prefer if I could run windows apps on Linux.Why do you prefer Windows over Linux? I would prefer if I could run windows apps on Linux.
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Comment on France announces complete lockdown for fifteen days in ~health.coronavirus
SpineEyE LinkWhat happens if your apartment rent contract expires within this time? Are you not allowed to move out?What happens if your apartment rent contract expires within this time? Are you not allowed to move out?
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech
SpineEyE LinkCouldn't these frequencies just be filtered out?Couldn't these frequencies just be filtered out?
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech
SpineEyE Link ParentOn Linux you can do that with the tc program. See for ex. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/83936/is-there-a-method-for-simulating-high-latencyOn Linux you can do that with the tc program.
See for ex. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/83936/is-there-a-method-for-simulating-high-latency
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Comment on Apple News no longer supports RSS in ~tech
SpineEyE Link ParentFirst of all: I don’t want to insult you or disregard your opinion. I’m trying to argue as factual as possible. As I don’t know what argument of mine should be in bad faith I enumerate them: the...First of all: I don’t want to insult you or disregard your opinion. I’m trying to argue as factual as possible.
As I don’t know what argument of mine should be in bad faith I enumerate them:
- the user doesn’t care if it’s atom, rss or some other XML based syntax, even though you as a developer do, out of which perspective you are arguing. So you don’t reply to any of my arguments here.
- increasing use of mobile devices, especially running iOS, android and other flavors and systems.
- polling many different servers often, doesn’t make sense on such devices as it uses a lot of electricity.
Now to your arguments:
Browsers not supporting Websockets HTTPS/2 are definitely a decreasing minority. Even without that, what is the argument? The web server likely falls back to https 1.1 +TLS. If an event driven notification system fails once, the user can poll the web site, app, etc. if it fails often, people wouldn’t use it.
Beside browser notifications (which do not work on phones for longer intervals) I mentioned E-Mail, Reddit notifications (which can be forwarded to email), chat apps and other mobile apps which don’t have to run on web engines and which use a phone’s notification system.
I don’t see how users miss out on push notifications if they are not running an app. That sounds like a failure of the notification system. It should run as a service in the background like on all iPhones and all androids with google services and probably most other modern phone OS. How else would the average user (!) use messaging apps?
I don’t tell you to implement an event driven push system. Go ahead and offer RSS on your blog. You are right, it won’t go away soon. If you want to increase your audience, offer email notifications and post your blog posts on relevant subreddits, tildes groups, telegram groups, or other platforms where users get notified.
PS: I think both markdown and hyperlinks are very good technologies yet I didn’t use them as much as I would like in this and my previous posts since I’m writing from a phone and not a PC and it’s very cumbersome to use it on this device but I don’t have any other device these days neither more time. It took me over an hour to write this because of annoying copy paste functionality, autocorrect, app switching, other input problems (and to formulate my arguments in a foreign language as neutral as possible so this random internet comment which won’t even get one vote won’t be seen as an attack). Happy new year.
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Comment on Apple News no longer supports RSS in ~tech
SpineEyE Link ParentYeah I didn’t say these alternatives are exact replacements. The problem is that the average user doesn’t care if it’s easier to use XML and wouldn’t even use it as fallback. Also they don’t use...Yeah I didn’t say these alternatives are exact replacements. The problem is that the average user doesn’t care if it’s easier to use XML and wouldn’t even use it as fallback.
Also they don’t use their desktop PC but rather a mobile device to regularly read internet content. And polling numerous web servers on mobile devices in small intervals just doesn’t make sense.
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Comment on Apple News no longer supports RSS in ~tech
SpineEyE Link ParentEmail newsletters, push notifications in mobile apps and „social notifications“ (e.g. bots in chat apps or actual users in subreddits etc.) are the alternatives.Email newsletters, push notifications in mobile apps and „social notifications“ (e.g. bots in chat apps or actual users in subreddits etc.) are the alternatives.
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Comment on PinePhone: Everything you need to know about the $150 Linux-powered phone in ~tech
SpineEyE Link ParentThere is signal-cli which can be used as a main „device“. It can create a signal account via sms verification and you can pair the desktop client with it. Of course you will prefer to use the...There is signal-cli which can be used as a main „device“. It can create a signal account via sms verification and you can pair the desktop client with it.
Of course you will prefer to use the desktop app on your phone, which means you can’t use calls (yet) and it’ll probably be a bit of a hassle sending messages to numbers that you haven’t written to before, as the desktop app won’t have access to your contacts. I think you would have to write the first message via command line or ask the contact to message you first.
Disclaimer: signal-cli is not developed by open whisper systems and I don’t know how trustworthy it is.
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Comment on Please recommend me a Linux distribution that is super-stable and never make me install again, but at the same time allows me to have some newer packages with ease (xpost /r/FindMeADistro) in ~comp
SpineEyE Link ParentBut it doesn't give you up to date software. Just one example: I'm on Ubuntu 19.04 and when I install digikam, I get version 5.9 while they are offering 6.3 on their website. For up to date wine I...But it doesn't give you up to date software. Just one example: I'm on Ubuntu 19.04 and when I install digikam, I get version 5.9 while they are offering 6.3 on their website.
For up to date wine I need a custom repository and for the latest wine release I needed to install an additional binary of some obscure library that wasn't in either repository (licensing...).
Don't get me started on snap...Stuff like this is why I hate Ubuntu, but unfortunately the current admins where I work only offer Ubuntu when you ask for Linux.
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Comment on Please recommend me a Linux distribution that is super-stable and never make me install again, but at the same time allows me to have some newer packages with ease (xpost /r/FindMeADistro) in ~comp
SpineEyE Link ParentYeah, /u/mrbig, I would really like to understand what you mean with unstable with respect to Arch/Manjaro. I kind of understand that Arch Linux is not for you since you have to install the right...Yeah, /u/mrbig, I would really like to understand what you mean with unstable with respect to Arch/Manjaro.
I kind of understand that Arch Linux is not for you since you have to install the right packages for your system and also set up a few more config files than say in Manjaro. But when you install an LTS kernel, I think Manjaro's packages are as stable and more up to date and more extensive than those of other distros.
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Comment on What is Vulkan? in ~games.game_design
SpineEyE Linktl;dw: It's made to replace OpenGL leaving out the cruft and using less abstraction to program the hardware, leading to better performance. The drawback of being less beginner-friendly is...tl;dw: It's made to replace OpenGL leaving out the cruft and using less abstraction to program the hardware, leading to better performance. The drawback of being less beginner-friendly is compensated by modern game engines "available to anyone basically for free" like Unity and Unreal.
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Comment on Wirecutter has selected TunnelBear and Mullvad as the best current VPN services, and written extensively about how they made this decision in ~tech
SpineEyE Link ParentIn what way? Don’t you think a VPN provider who steals their customers‘ money would disappear quickly just because others call them out? And i think many of them can’t deal with the legal problems...In what way? Don’t you think a VPN provider who steals their customers‘ money would disappear quickly just because others call them out?
And i think many of them can’t deal with the legal problems of providing a VPN that can be used to access all kinds of illegal content. Therefore they need to stay anonymous to be able to provide their service.
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Comment on Wirecutter has selected TunnelBear and Mullvad as the best current VPN services, and written extensively about how they made this decision in ~tech
SpineEyE Link ParentCounter argument: why do you trust people more who disclose their identity? Usually the identity doesn’t tell you more about those people....I suppose that's a good point.
Counter argument: why do you trust people more who disclose their identity? Usually the identity doesn’t tell you more about those people.
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Comment on Browsers are pretty good at loading pages, it turns out in ~comp
SpineEyE Link ParentIn the optimal case, the animation wouldn't slow anything down anything because network latency is limiting and leaves spare CPU cycles which can be used for an animation. In real life though, the...In the optimal case, the animation wouldn't slow anything down anything because network latency is limiting and leaves spare CPU cycles which can be used for an animation. In real life though, the bandwith-delay product is rather low and the CPU is also doing other things than just waiting for network input.
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Comment on Proposals for new groups - July 2019 in ~tildes.official
SpineEyE Link ParentEdit: didn't even finish reading the comment and literally wrote partly the same. I'd be interested in it.Edit: didn't even finish reading the comment and literally wrote partly the same.
I'd be interested in it.
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Comment on Suggestion: Hide my logged-in username while browsing in ~tildes
SpineEyE Link ParentYeah, I'm hiding my username with uBlock origin (just used the element picker). Whenever I need to click my user name, I just disable cosmetic filtering in uBlock's popup menu. No userscript...Yeah, I'm hiding my username with uBlock origin (just used the element picker). Whenever I need to click my user name, I just disable cosmetic filtering in uBlock's popup menu. No userscript required. Although that doesn't help for the purple comment highlighting.
I think his highest priority is to offer something that is more secure/private than the current market leaders.
And with that goal comes the necessity to move quickly. Tell me an alternative app that users can install on their iPhone and Android phones with a similar amount or growth rate of features as Signal.
He might think a little too high of himself, I don't know him personally, but ultimately he offers us a better, more private/secure, alternative than the current market leaders. Sure it's not the pinnacle and yeah you need to trust him (and his team) not to destroy the service. And you don't really have to trust him as you can reproducibly compile the app or in theory even fork the project and use your own servers.
But the important point here is that it is progress to the status quo and therefore I don't understand why you should not recommend it to the mainstream, i.e. people currently using Whatsapp, Telegram, Viber, etc.