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  1. Comment on Light Phone III begins shipping on March 27th in ~tech

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    Here's a text link describing the product for those that can't (or don't care to) watch a video: https://www.thelightphone.com/lightiii

    Here's a text link describing the product for those that can't (or don't care to) watch a video:

    https://www.thelightphone.com/lightiii

    11 votes

  2. Comment on FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies in ~tech

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    It's a great post. The only part I disagree with is saying this: ...while also saying: I can easily imagine the majority of humans not waiting 1-2 minutes for a website to load. I doubt it's 97%...

    It's a great post. The only part I disagree with is saying this:

    Over Mastodon, one GNOME sysadmin, Bart Piotrowski, kindly shared some numbers to let people fully understand the scope of the problem. According to him, in around two hours and a half they received 81k total requests, and out of those only 3% passed Anubi's proof of work, hinting at 97% of the traffic being bots – an insane number!

    ...while also saying:

    there's one user reporting one minute delay, and another - from his phone - having to wait around two minutes.

    I can easily imagine the majority of humans not waiting 1-2 minutes for a website to load. I doubt it's 97% bots.

    That said, I would do the same thing, regardless of the real percentage - it's ludicrous the hosting costs they racked up because of irresponsible bots crawling their pages with no respect for robots.txt.

    16 votes

  3. Comment on World Bicycle Relief introduces The Buffalo Bicycle S2 featuring a 'low-tech' dual chain with a dual freewheel system for casual and mountainous conditions in ~transport

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    I don't think there's one anywhere near me. They could charge twice the price and it would still be way cheaper than anything else I've seen, and then they could use the extra profit for their...

    I don't think there's one anywhere near me. They could charge twice the price and it would still be way cheaper than anything else I've seen, and then they could use the extra profit for their real mission.

    5 votes

  4. Comment on World Bicycle Relief introduces The Buffalo Bicycle S2 featuring a 'low-tech' dual chain with a dual freewheel system for casual and mountainous conditions in ~transport

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    It's obvious how to donate one, but is it possible to buy one of these bikes for yourself?

    It's obvious how to donate one, but is it possible to buy one of these bikes for yourself?

    5 votes

  5. Comment on Framework (2nd gen) event: 25th February in ~tech

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    Could be. I really hope they update the standard 13" AMD at the same time, though.

    Could be. I really hope they update the standard 13" AMD at the same time, though.

    3 votes

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  7. Comment on We're bringing Pebble back! in ~tech

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    I'm perhaps more excited about the update from Rebble, because they've been putting in work for years now to keep Pebbles alive, so they probably have the best infrastructure for supporting it,...

    I'm perhaps more excited about the update from Rebble, because they've been putting in work for years now to keep Pebbles alive, so they probably have the best infrastructure for supporting it, and they might already have code to support the chips in Pebble that Google has (sigh) redacted.

    22 votes

  8. Comment on Bike manufacturers are making bikes less repairable in ~transport

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    Thanks for all this awesome information! I'm trying to find a bike under $1k for my wife. There only seem to be two from the list, and they're both right at the top of that range: the Surly...

    Thanks for all this awesome information!

    I'm trying to find a bike under $1k for my wife. There only seem to be two from the list, and they're both right at the top of that range: the Surly Preamble, which still looks fairly complicated for people with no bike maintenance experience, and the All-City Big Block, a single-speed, which I'm not sure about.

    Do you have any thoughts on Priority bikes (like this Gotham), which seem simpler? Or would an older used Trek from your list be the best value?

    1 vote

  9. Comment on CloudFlare beats patent troll Sable, forcing them to dedicate all its patents to the public in ~tech

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    Infrastructure providers can choose to police content or not. They chose to. That's not the issue. The issue is what they've chosen to police. They've made their political beliefs very clear, and...

    Infrastructure providers can choose to police content or not. They chose to. That's not the issue. The issue is what they've chosen to police. They've made their political beliefs very clear, and they're awful.

    9 votes

  10. Comment on CloudFlare beats patent troll Sable, forcing them to dedicate all its patents to the public in ~tech

  11. Comment on Coax wire tools in ~life.home_improvement

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    I've had good experiences with Klein wire tools, crimpers and others. They're more ergonomic and reliable than the no-name versions. I don't think you need anything more expensive than Klein for...

    I've had good experiences with Klein wire tools, crimpers and others. They're more ergonomic and reliable than the no-name versions. I don't think you need anything more expensive than Klein for regular home jobs.

    4 votes

  12. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (September 2024) — Version 1.1 adds an in-app YouTube player in ~tildes

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    Thanks! Working great now. Glad I can get rid of the PWA!

    Thanks! Working great now. Glad I can get rid of the PWA!

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (September 2024) — Version 1.1 adds an in-app YouTube player in ~tildes

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    Is there a trick to logging in? When I paste my 2FA code, I just get a spinner that stays forever. (Android user here.)

    Is there a trick to logging in? When I paste my 2FA code, I just get a spinner that stays forever. (Android user here.)

    4 votes

  14. Comment on IFixit introduces USB-C portable soldering iron in ~tech

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    Exactly - it's a huge jump in price between the iron and the station, and I think they'd do well to introduce a cheaper, wired station.

    Exactly - it's a huge jump in price between the iron and the station, and I think they'd do well to introduce a cheaper, wired station.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on IFixit introduces USB-C portable soldering iron in ~tech

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    In particular, I think the price for the station is too high. I would consider buying a set if they offered a station without the battery for a much better price. I'm always going to be near an...

    In particular, I think the price for the station is too high. I would consider buying a set if they offered a station without the battery for a much better price. I'm always going to be near an outlet when I'm soldering.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Introducing Steam Families - now out of beta! in ~games

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    No parental restrictions, but is your son's account in the family group as an adult or child?

    No parental restrictions, but is your son's account in the family group as an adult or child?

    2 votes

  17. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    I don't understand. I've been borrowing books from the Internet Archive for years, and they are indeed borrowed - I don't get to keep them. And the time limits are much more strict than with...

    I don't understand. I've been borrowing books from the Internet Archive for years, and they are indeed borrowed - I don't get to keep them. And the time limits are much more strict than with physical libraries.

    21 votes

  18. Comment on You should own your games in ~games

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    I admire Gog, and I wish they cared more about Linux support, like Steam has. You should own your operating system, too, in addition to your games.

    I admire Gog, and I wish they cared more about Linux support, like Steam has. You should own your operating system, too, in addition to your games.

    14 votes

  19. Comment on Inside the "three billion people" National Public Data breach in ~tech

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    They're just text files, so not from that part, but they're in 7z compressed archives, so theoretically someone could have private knowledge of a vulnerability that would affect anyone who opens...

    They're just text files, so not from that part, but they're in 7z compressed archives, so theoretically someone could have private knowledge of a vulnerability that would affect anyone who opens or extracts them. I'd say that's unlikely, but we had something similar in xz recently...

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Radxa X4 low-cost, credit card-sized Intel N100 SBC goes for $60 and up in ~tech

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    But how many of these types of Intel-based single-board computers get BIOS/EFI security updates? ARM has less attack surface there.

    Not having to deal with the software support headaches brought on by ARM is benefit enough already.

    But how many of these types of Intel-based single-board computers get BIOS/EFI security updates? ARM has less attack surface there.

    2 votes