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  1. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes (iOS version) is open for alpha testing on TestFlight in ~tildes

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    Yes finally, an iOS client that considers older versions! Been waiting for something like this to be made ever since clients started being made.

    Yes finally, an iOS client that considers older versions! Been waiting for something like this to be made ever since clients started being made.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Hyprland is a toxic community in ~lgbt

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    Warning: The text log (from Hyprland Discord) that Drew DeVault provided contains slurs. A point that ddv (Drew) has raised regarding Vaxry's response also highlights the disparity between the...

    Warning: The text log (from Hyprland Discord) that Drew DeVault provided contains slurs.

    A point that ddv (Drew) has raised regarding Vaxry's response also highlights the disparity between the latter's thoughts on handling a trans person causing a stir compared to a transphobe doing it.

    12 votes

  4. Comment on Microsoft announces new Copilot Copyright Commitment for customers in ~tech

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    Highlights from the blog post:

    Highlights from the blog post:

    The Copilot Copyright Commitment extends Microsoft’s existing IP indemnification coverage to copyright claims relating to the use of our AI-powered Copilots, including the output they generate, specifically for paid versions of Microsoft commercial Copilot services and Bing Chat Enterprise.

     

    There are important conditions to this program, recognizing that there are potential ways that our technology could intentionally be misused to generate harmful content. To protect against this, customers must use the content filters and other safety systems built into the product and must not attempt to generate infringing materials, including not providing input to a Copilot service that the customer does not have appropriate rights to use.

     

    This new benefit doesn’t change Microsoft’s position that it does not claim any intellectual property rights in the outputs of its Copilot services.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls in ~tech

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    What’s new in this article, compared to prior coverage of the (as of time of posting) current Linus Media Group controversies, is CEO Terren Tong has said that an outside investigator will be...

    What’s new in this article, compared to prior coverage of the (as of time of posting) current Linus Media Group controversies, is CEO Terren Tong has said that an outside investigator will be brought in regarding harassment accusations by former employee Madison Reeves.

    Also, Linus claims to not recall any of the accounts Madison has talked about.

    80 votes

  8. Comment on Squabblr is now a free speech platform in ~tech

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    If you still like a hybrid of Twitter and Reddit, look into kbin. It is using ActivityPub and has both link aggregation and microblogging.

    If you still like a hybrid of Twitter and Reddit, look into kbin. It is using ActivityPub and has both link aggregation and microblogging.

    4 votes

  9. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes (Android version) is open for alpha testing on the Google Play Store in ~tildes

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    For the iOS version, are they any plans for compatibility with iOS 15? Haven’t been able to try out any of the other Tildes clients for iOS, since my iPhone just stopped getting major iOS versions.

    For the iOS version, are they any plans for compatibility with iOS 15? Haven’t been able to try out any of the other Tildes clients for iOS, since my iPhone just stopped getting major iOS versions.

    1 vote

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  11. Comment on Dolphin Emulator no longer releasing on Steam, still legally safe in ~tech

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    Nintendo didn't send a DMCA takedown notice regarding Dolphin at all. Valve inquired Nintendo about the emulator, to which the latter cited the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions as...

    Nintendo didn't send a DMCA takedown notice regarding Dolphin at all. Valve inquired Nintendo about the emulator, to which the latter cited the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions as justification for blocking the Steam release of Dolphin. Valve then forwarded Nintendo's statement to Dolphin and required them to have an agreement with Nintendo, before the release could move forward.

    The Dolphin Emulator team doesn't believe that the project is in any legal danger, due to the following:

    • The Wii Common Key used to decrypt Wii games was freely distributed for years without objection from Nintendo
    • Wii Common Key in Dolphin was contributed by a member of Team Twiizer, the group which extracted it from a Wii console with a pair of tweezers
    • Dolphin isn't primarily designed to circumvent protection, despite Nintendo's claims to the contrary
    • GameCube games aren't encrypted at all
    • Dolphin is also a game development platform; homebrew and mods exist that specifically target the emulator due to less limitations
    • Dolphin still falls under the DMCA's reverse engineering exemptions for interoperability
    • Even if the DMCA's anti-circumvention clause were to be interpreted as disallowing all Wii game protection circumvention, removing the Wii Common Key wouldn't make a difference anyways
    • Nintendo never claimed that Dolphin violated any copyright, since randomly-generated strings of letters and numbers aren't copyrightable under current US law

    Since coming to an agreement with Nintendo is unlikely, Dolphin won't be releasing on Steam. Some features originally developed for it will still be coming out, however.

    17 votes

  13. Comment on Red Hat’s commitment to open source: A response to the git.centos.org changes in ~tech

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    Red Hat's Mike McGrath (VP of Core Platforms Engineering) responds to the backlash stemming from the decision to close RHEL public source code access Highlights from the blog post:

    Red Hat's Mike McGrath (VP of Core Platforms Engineering) responds to the backlash stemming from the decision to close RHEL public source code access

    Highlights from the blog post:

    We will always send our code upstream and abide by the open source licenses our products use, which includes the GPL.

    I feel that much of the anger from our recent decision around the downstream sources comes from either those who do not want to pay for the time, effort and resources going into RHEL or those who want to repackage it for their own profit. This demand for RHEL code is disingenuous.

    Simply rebuilding code, without adding value or changing it in any way, represents a real threat to open source companies everywhere. This is a real threat to open source, and one that has the potential to revert open source back into a hobbyist- and hackers-only activity.

    17 votes

  15. Comment on Looking for beta testers for my Tildes.net iOS app! in ~tildes

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    Are you open to expanding support for older iOS versions? Would really like to help test this, but unfortunately my iPhone is limited to iOS 15.

    Are you open to expanding support for older iOS versions? Would really like to help test this, but unfortunately my iPhone is limited to iOS 15.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Stack Overflow 2023 Developer Survey Results in ~comp

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    Think this is the first time Haiku appeared on the Stack Overflow survey. 0.2% personal and 0.08% professional uses, was honestly expecting much lower figures. It will be interesting to see how...

    Think this is the first time Haiku appeared on the Stack Overflow survey. 0.2% personal and 0.08% professional uses, was honestly expecting much lower figures. It will be interesting to see how the numbers change over time.

  17. Comment on Can you recommend me some Android games to play on my flight? in ~games

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    DATA WING is a free (no ads or microtransactions) puzzle action game that has a surprisingly compelling story. It’s rather short, but it’s quite good and there aren’t many like it on mobile AFAIK....

    DATA WING is a free (no ads or microtransactions) puzzle action game that has a surprisingly compelling story. It’s rather short, but it’s quite good and there aren’t many like it on mobile AFAIK.

    Just make sure that you have tissues on hand for the ending. ;~;

    For people on iOS, it’s also on the Apple App Store.

    5 votes

  18. Comment on What do you use for note taking/writing? in ~creative

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    Just have Markdown notes synced to a Nextcloud instance, using QOwnNotes on desktop and Nextcloud Notes on mobile. Before that, I was using Simplenote. There are some other note-taking options...

    Just have Markdown notes synced to a Nextcloud instance, using QOwnNotes on desktop and Nextcloud Notes on mobile. Before that, I was using Simplenote. There are some other note-taking options with Nextcloud integration too, but haven’t explored them all yet.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on ASEAN Tildespeople? in ~talk

  20. Comment on What operating system do you run your home servers on? in ~tech

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    Currently have a free VPS on Oracle Cloud that’s supposed to be running Ubuntu, but was converted in-place to Debian for YunoHost. Really tried to use Docker for getting multiple web apps on it...

    Currently have a free VPS on Oracle Cloud that’s supposed to be running Ubuntu, but was converted in-place to Debian for YunoHost. Really tried to use Docker for getting multiple web apps on it but due to only having a free subdomain, most of the reverse proxy guides weren’t applicable; they were guiding towards hosting web apps per-subdomain. Someday when I can afford a full domain (or really any recurring payment), I’ll try with Docker again.

    2 votes