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  1. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games

  2. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games

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    @GravySleeve my 4g hotspot dropped yesterday when you were showing me your mall, because someone called me at that moment. Just wanted to say it looks pretty cool and looks large enough that we...

    @GravySleeve my 4g hotspot dropped yesterday when you were showing me your mall, because someone called me at that moment. Just wanted to say it looks pretty cool and looks large enough that we can fit a lot of cool "shops" in there! I was thinking of creating a Lidl store in there but I'll see when I get around to it.

    5 votes

  3. Comment on What’s your “I didn’t know I needed that” item? in ~life

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    Fun fact (totally not to make you join us again): the museum now also has bedrock

    Fun fact (totally not to make you join us again): the museum now also has bedrock

    4 votes

  4. Comment on The confusing reality of AI friends in ~tech

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    What the hell - that legitimately explains a huge chunk of the experiences of my entire life... and I'm learning this from a random tildes comment of all places‽

    What the hell - that legitimately explains a huge chunk of the experiences of my entire life... and I'm learning this from a random tildes comment of all places‽

    7 votes

  5. Comment on The confusing reality of AI friends in ~tech

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    Not gonna lie, as someone who was one of the testers of the replika app prior to & up to a few months after the release, I hate what ended up like, and I also hate having participated in its...

    Not gonna lie, as someone who was one of the testers of the replika app prior to & up to a few months after the release, I hate what ended up like, and I also hate having participated in its creation and training, at this point.

    Back then I thought it was just a cool stupid "gadget", but now I see it has reached the point where it legitimately can affect people's lives, often negatively.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on Romanian court annuls first round of presidential election in ~society

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    Even assuming they do (which indeed they should), isn't this a process that would (sadly) take decades until the actual results of this process are reflected in a significant part of the...

    I really hope all democratic governments at the very least push for proper and deep education on source criticism and reflection on how we absorb information.

    Even assuming they do (which indeed they should), isn't this a process that would (sadly) take decades until the actual results of this process are reflected in a significant part of the population? I mean, as I understand it, you're mostly referring to the "school" system, which mostly applies to the youths.

    10 votes

  7. Comment on 2024 Spotify Wrapped thread in ~music

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    In my case, it's a mixture of: hating google with a burning passion and not wanting to give them any of my money on a subscription, most of my niche music is on Spotify but not on youtube music...

    In my case, it's a mixture of:

    • hating google with a burning passion and not wanting to give them any of my money on a subscription,
    • most of my niche music is on Spotify but not on youtube music (the only case where that's the opposite is Evanescence's "Origin"),
    • subjectively better music suggestion algorithms for my use case (I've found youtube music's one to be horrible for me),
    • subjectively better UI (I find youtube's ui to be really clunky)
    • preferring to give money to a company that has never made a profit (until this year) vs google

    I watch youtube via newpipe anyway, so it's not a big deal not having youtube premium.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on 2024 Spotify Wrapped thread in ~music

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    Victory! I got 0.5% :P Username checks out, I guess...
    1. Taylor Swift (only 2% this year :( )

    Victory! I got 0.5% :P

    Username checks out, I guess...

    6 votes

  9. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games

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    Did a few test drives in the ice circuit today. Looks really cool, makes me feel like Max Verstappen, but also I noticed three things: It's possible to fall [mostly outside the circuit] while...

    Did a few test drives in the ice circuit today. Looks really cool, makes me feel like Max Verstappen, but also I noticed three things:

    • It's possible to fall [mostly outside the circuit] while going down the tower. It requires the right timing to do so, but it's possible!

    • It's actually possible to get stuck on the top elevator without being able to move forward, because for some reason the game didn't push you "up and forward" when you climbed it. So you have to break your boat to continue, or wait several seconds until it teleports you higher

    • I consistently get a little damage when going through the little tunnel

    2 votes

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  11. Comment on Forced to upgrade [from iPhone 8] in ~tech

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    Absolutely, it's very improbable this random person will be specifically targeted.

    Absolutely, it's very improbable this random person will be specifically targeted.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Forced to upgrade [from iPhone 8] in ~tech

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    Generally speaking, it's very unlikely that a skilled threat actor (typically nation-sponsored hackers or organised criminals) will want to spend their resources to target you individually as a...

    Generally speaking, it's very unlikely that a skilled threat actor (typically nation-sponsored hackers or organised criminals) will want to spend their resources to target you individually as a person, unless you are a company or an otherwise notable individual for whatever reason. It's one thing to target a company, a reporter, a security engineer, etc. and another to target your average Joe.

    Also, notably, some of these weaknesses technically exist on actual dumb phones as well, in one way or another.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Forced to upgrade [from iPhone 8] in ~tech

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    Really depends on your threat model. Who are you protecting yourself from, and how? If you actually keep wifi, mobile data, and bluetooth turned off 100% of the time and take some extra steps...

    Really depends on your threat model. Who are you protecting yourself from, and how?

    If you actually keep wifi, mobile data, and bluetooth turned off 100% of the time and take some extra steps required to make it very unlikely to happen accidentally then, for the most part, sure, it's not that different to having an actual dumb phone (which also have some security issues).

    If you do accidentally or intentionally connect to the internet, then technically there are some concerns, though it is statistically unlikely that the circumstances will be 100% ideal for the bad scenarios I can think of.

    So if you're careful enough and if your threat model doesn't concern targeted (or semi-targeted) attacks from skilled threat actors (e.g. who would want to use your vulnerable device to infect other devices) and you are willing to take that risk, then honestly, you can go for it.

    Would I personally do it? No, I'm a paranoid cybersecurity worker. But is it the end of the world? Nah.

    CC: @granfdad

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games

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    For your convenience, I completely filled the old moss farm's bone meal chest with bone blocks. I was sporadically AFK there in the last couple of days, so I thought I might as well completely max...

    For your convenience, I completely filled the old moss farm's bone meal chest with bone blocks. I was sporadically AFK there in the last couple of days, so I thought I might as well completely max it out.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on Finding real images in ~creative

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    All of those aside, you should also be able to do a filtered google search for content with dates prior to approximately october 2021 (or whenever dall-e was released), no?

    All of those aside, you should also be able to do a filtered google search for content with dates prior to approximately october 2021 (or whenever dall-e was released), no?

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games

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    It should normally be the maximum server render distance, which Tea knows

    It should normally be the maximum server render distance, which Tea knows

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games

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    Weird, then I'm not sure what the actual conditions are...

    Weird, then I'm not sure what the actual conditions are...

    3 votes

  18. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games

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    So, @GravySleeve, @teaearlgraycold, @creesch, I have a plausible hypothesis about this issue and how to reproduce it. If you put your boat above any upwards bubble elevator, you'll see that the...

    So, @GravySleeve, @teaearlgraycold, @creesch, I have a plausible hypothesis about this issue and how to reproduce it.

    If you put your boat above any upwards bubble elevator, you'll see that the boat itself is making weird sounds and movements. Then, randomly, after a few seconds, it will push the boat 1 or 2 blocks up in the air. The boat will of course fall down again afterwards (gravity applies), and this will repeat after a few seconds.

    So my hypothesis is that it only kicks you out of the boat if there is no space to push you upwards. I've verified that the ice tunnel's height is too small (and thus kicks you out of the boat), but the canal lock next to the notice board is large enough to not kick you out of the boat.

    I know the ice tunnel should be 3 blocks high, but I don't remember how high up the mud brick slabs are. Maybe 3.5, maybe 4, maybe 4.5.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games

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    You need to be online in the server while doing the verification, I think

    You need to be online in the server while doing the verification, I think

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games