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Comment on "Privacy-Preserving" Attribution: Mozilla disappoints us yet again in ~tech
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Comment on The asymmetry of nudges in ~tech
Tiraon (edited )Link ParentThe difference with tech being of course that it is a direct large part of life of an average person. Expecting a trivial amount of knowledge should be a given(no more than would be needed to run...The difference with tech being of course that it is a direct large part of life of an average person. Expecting a trivial amount of knowledge should be a given(no more than would be needed to run say Windows XP).
Edit: to clarify - even if it is sadly not
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Comment on The asymmetry of nudges in ~tech
Tiraon Link ParentIt's not even that I disagree, exactly. I simply come down on the side of the end users having control over their devices. If they actually, consciously chose to hand over that control with the...It's not even that I disagree, exactly. I simply come down on the side of the end users having control over their devices.
If they actually, consciously chose to hand over that control with the full understanding of what that means for the benefit of security, with the option of getting that control back, there would be no problem.
Even if it was the other way around and the end user could reclaim control over their own devices instead, that would be no problem too(technically you sometimes can battling the os all the way, fighting the os is not what I mean here).
That is not the situation we are in. Concern for users is laudable but adding security against the user instead of for the user is not that.
There are plenty of massively harmful approved and algorithmically favored sw packages on say PlayStore, or AppStore or wherever. They are simply harmful in a different way.
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Comment on Framework Laptop 16, six months later in ~tech
Tiraon Link ParentExactly that there is no option to have it preinstalled. Maybe it is not a big deal and people inclined to both order a framework laptop and run Linux on it have no problem to do it themselves but...Exactly that there is no option to have it preinstalled. Maybe it is not a big deal and people inclined to both order a framework laptop and run Linux on it have no problem to do it themselves but maybe it would mean more people would be willing to order it like that.
There is a difference in perception between the possibility of running the os(even with good support) and having it officially be an option during checkout. It would probably not do much as framework is not a mainstream manufacturer but it would be something.
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Comment on Framework Laptop 16, six months later in ~tech
Tiraon LinkI don't have and don't want the 16 though I would buy the 13 if they actually deigned to sell it to me. The quality issues in sw and hw are unfortunate but it is probably inevitable with a product...I don't have and don't want the 16 though I would buy the 13 if they actually deigned to sell it to me.
The quality issues in sw and hw are unfortunate but it is probably inevitable with a product such as this and most problematic are tied to the dGPU which is entirely optional.
Early adopter tax is usually very severe in tech and can manifest as either quality problems, or in price(here it seems it is a bit of both which is unfortunate but modular laptop is a massive undertaking only dwarfed but the likes of making non-Android smartphone). In the end it simply depends on the customer if they want to support the idea behind the product.
It's not like I don't have problems with how they do things. From their entirely abysmal shipping policy to the fact that this would be an excellent product to make Linux a first class citizen instead of, hey it works. Though in the end it would seem generally better if they succeeded than not given the horrible state of repair and upgrade possibilities of mainstream manufacturers among others.
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Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2024: Hidden gems in ~games
Tiraon LinkBuried Treasure Titan Outpost - a non combat RPG taking place on an outpost on Titan. Offers an atmosphere of isolation that the player can break or not as preferred and several possible paths...Buried Treasure
Titan Outpost - a non combat RPG taking place on an outpost on Titan. Offers an atmosphere of isolation that the player can break or not as preferred and several possible paths through.
The Next World - a visual novel, simulation taking place after a crash landing on a planet.
Underrated Great
Golden Treasure: The Great Green - a visual novel, survival exploration hybrid. Does a very good job of giving unique voices to various animals including the dragon that the player takes from hatching to maturity.
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Comment on YouTube is testing "Premium Jump Ahead" (built-in sponsorblock) in ~tech
Tiraon Link ParentAs to the second paragraph - that is the question. My very much would need a lot of refining solution would be to let the uploader decide what they value their content at - anyone could upload...As to the second paragraph - that is the question. My very much would need a lot of refining solution would be to let the uploader decide what they value their content at - anyone could upload what content they want but the central servers would only index content that:
- passes content moderation
and distribute content that:
- is viewed at least x amount of unique times in y time period
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Comment on YouTube is testing "Premium Jump Ahead" (built-in sponsorblock) in ~tech
Tiraon Link ParentWhy, what of what I said implies that? The whole reason for p2p here is scalability. Done right that would likely eliminate orders of magnitude of resources that would be needed to run Youtube...Why, what of what I said implies that? The whole reason for p2p here is scalability. Done right that would likely eliminate orders of magnitude of resources that would be needed to run Youtube clone. The central servers would be there as a compromise to ensure smooth service.
Eliminating 90% or more that basically no one never sees on YT would not affect size of the service, simply its run costs.
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Comment on YouTube is testing "Premium Jump Ahead" (built-in sponsorblock) in ~tech
Tiraon Link ParentWho says a competitor has to be a carbon copy of Youtube? Very large portion of those videos will never be seen by a more than single digit amount of people if that. Even minimal barriers would...Who says a competitor has to be a carbon copy of Youtube? Very large portion of those videos will never be seen by a more than single digit amount of people if that. Even minimal barriers would lower that amount immensely.
Nothing also also says the platform has to be centralized. I see no reason that a hybrid peer-to-peer model where the central servers are there to serve low demand content and act as balancer would not be feasible.
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Comment on Microsoft erases guide for switching to local Windows accounts in ~tech
Tiraon Link ParentTo be honest I don't think any possible current problems with Linux is something solvable by Linux. Installation is frankly easier than Windows but Windows comes preinstalled. Third party support...To be honest I don't think any possible current problems with Linux is something solvable by Linux.
Installation is frankly easier than Windows but Windows comes preinstalled.
Third party support is spotty but a lot that is not deliberately broken by the developer can still be run in compatibility layer.
There are recommended are well supported beginner distros.
It is generally not as easy as other options but that is consequence of not sticking the user inside a walled garden(in the case of Windows an attempt of, but they are getting there) where it is impossible to solve any problems without an order of magnitude more knowledge and settings are largely superficial.
In my opinion as the world currently stands the user simply has to choose. It is possible and it would be nice if that was not the case, but no one with the resources to do so is interested. There is either possibility of choice and a control over the sw or a convenience with the so far high likelihood of erosion.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Tiraon LinkStellar Blade(PS5) The first impression is of course that this is a very fan service heavy game, almost as much as is possible without going into soft core pornography territory. On one hand and...Stellar Blade(PS5)
The first impression is of course that this is a very fan service heavy game, almost as much as is possible without going into soft core pornography territory. On one hand and in my opinion we could generally really use better attitudes about sexuality, on the other here it is very blatant and not well integrated into the word.It had surprisingly decent story though it suffers from insufficient investment in characters and instead has too heavy handed foreshadowing. It could really have been something that set the game apart but instead it simply surprisingly good, for a video game.
The general idea of combat is good but it is certainly something to get used too. The timings are way too tight and the input delay is annoying. Personally I was parked on story difficulty the whole game and it felt more like normal.
And then there are some genuinely stupid parts - though thankfully not that many. The most egregious is an optional fishing minigame where you can eventually catch a whale probably bigger than the body of water you fished it out of???
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Comment on My Windows computer just doesn't feel like mine anymore in ~tech
Tiraon LinkNowadays I increasingly feel that when using this kind of sw I am just supposed to shut up and do as it says because it knows best what is good for me. Then there are the fundamental privacy and...Nowadays I increasingly feel that when using this kind of sw I am just supposed to shut up and do as it says because it knows best what is good for me.
Then there are the fundamental privacy and basic function violations in the form of forced updates, forced telemetry, ads in a paid os, online account requirement, ever increasing obfuscation of settings, bastardization of search, various ui tweaks just to have ui tweaks.
And yes there could be a debate about updates, but it should be a debate acknowledging both viewpoints.
Just up to release of Windows 10 the os used to be a tool that the user used and it if it did not do something you wanted it was bug or just not implemented, not a forced normally uncustomizable behavior that you have to go digging way past normal user space just to try to curb this one instance and there will be more.
And yes, due to legacy nature of the os you generally still can go an run various scripts and have more or less unobtrusive os, up until...
If I absolutely have to fight the os I'm using I personally prefer to fight bugs rather than malice(or just shut up and take it). At least the first one stays fixed.
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My Windows computer just doesn't feel like mine anymore
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Comment on Recommendations for less mass-produced and more artistic tv in ~tv
Tiraon Link ParentRegarding the anime. I simply never really got into either anime or western animation(out of these I have Inside Job and Gravity Falls on to watch sometime list) so far so that show is the only...Regarding the anime. I simply never really got into either anime or western animation(out of these I have Inside Job and Gravity Falls on to watch sometime list) so far so that show is the only one that stuck with me though I welcome other recommendations.
Mostly I am just looking for shows that show some spark regardless of whether they are similar to something that I listed.
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Recommendations for less mass-produced and more artistic tv
I'm looking for tv shows, films, animation that feel unique, smaller and less like it was made to order and taken through incessant A/B testing and market research and more like a creative type...
I'm looking for tv shows, films, animation that feel unique, smaller and less like it was made to order and taken through incessant A/B testing and market research and more like a creative type was given a bit of freedom and went with it, and least to a point.
A few that I think would qualify though obviously filtered through my own preferences.
Films
Children of Men
A post-apocalyptic journey.The Man From Earth
Just a few people talking in a room about a fantastical scenario. Strangely I tried to imagine a bigger more cinematic version going through the events and actually came to the conclusion the I'd probably like it less.Stardust
A fantasy romance with a truly whimsical, wondrous feeling. And a bit of humor.TV shows
Alphas
A superhero show, however they are flawed and the powers are limited. I particularly liked that the problems depicted were small, personal and only started to ramp up later.Station 11
A post-apocalytic show following a traveling troupe with a repertoire of Shakespeare's plays.Severance
What if the work and personal lives were separated taken to the logical extreme.Firefly
A sci-fi western. Small family feel with the crew.Animation
Mushishi
Episodic series about dealing with varied and fantastical creatures.Webseries
Anyone but me
A lesbian slice of life romance.LARPS
A life of a guild of role players. I particularly like how the sessions manage to still get a bit of an epic feel with people simply talking and a bit of props.Watch blue movies
NSFW theme, though I don't recall much of actual NSFW material. Just hilarious.33 votes -
YouTube tests harder-to-block server-side ad injection in videos
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Comment on Denmark has recalled several spicy ramen noodle products by South Korean company Samyang, claiming that the capsaicin levels in them could poison consumers in ~food
Tiraon Link ParentIt completely depends on the person, maybe I am off but most people are not really into spicy food.It completely depends on the person, maybe I am off but most people are not really into spicy food.
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Comment on Denmark has recalled several spicy ramen noodle products by South Korean company Samyang, claiming that the capsaicin levels in them could poison consumers in ~food
Tiraon Link ParentAt least my impression here was that the ~10k is for the whole meal while the ~260k is for the packet sauce. For reference 10k is really hot, in a way that an average person will likely go for...At least my impression here was that the ~10k is for the whole meal while the ~260k is for the packet sauce.
For reference 10k is really hot, in a way that an average person will likely go for water right away and refuse to eat anymore of the food while I can definitely imagine 260k causing medical problems in some people. Though apparently there are some that could and would eat the packet by itself, but for a random person it would be at minimum an 11/10 pain.
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Comment on What slow-burn game is worth the time? in ~games
Tiraon Link ParentI guess I will put here a counter opinion in that for me this was a game that gripped me immediately and then it didn't. It is possible than it was at least partly because I was using kb+m but in...I guess I will put here a counter opinion in that for me this was a game that gripped me immediately and then it didn't.
It is possible than it was at least partly because I was using kb+m but in that case I still count it against the game since if it supports a control scheme it should be usable.
Mainly i truly disliked the platforming sequences, especially since the cost of failure has a very high chance to be the same 10+ minute sequence. Why they felt they needed them I have no idea since this is supposed to be an exploration puzzle game.
I also genuinely hated the unskippable cinematic sequence.
Is it truly that hard to respect the players time?
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Comment on Introducing the Light Phone III in ~tech
Tiraon LinkOn one hand this seems like a decent evolution of the "dumb" phone(I also did not research them that much and so I don't know what is their privacy impact which seems it would have been either a...On one hand this seems like a decent evolution of the "dumb" phone(I also did not research them that much and so I don't know what is their privacy impact which seems it would have been either a major pro or a massive con here).
On the other it is not really for me personally. Despite my hate for "smartphones" I don't think the massive downsides(some of this device wants to address) are inherent in a pocket size computer capable of connecting to a cellular network. They were simply added.
Personally I would love well supported, decent hw, e-ink, small form factor pocket computer capable of running mainline Linux kernel just like that.
While there is high variance in cost of advertising on individual level, on average it is easily the most expensive option even if we ignored the massive societal and enviromental costs which we should not.
Personally I consider ads to be this predatory payday loan that gives you something up front but requires time and attention for an action explicitly designed and optimized to compromise the decision making of the user.
The money for all the imnense costs needed for ads needs to come from somewhere and while that costs is obfuscated to hell in ultimately comes from the end user.