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Amazon drone delivery footage
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European Union orders X to hand over algorithm documents
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TCL's bet on screens that look like paper
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The day Google killed the Pixel 4a
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Nepenthes: a tarpit intended to catch AI web crawlers
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TikTok is coming back online after US President-elect Donald Trump pledged to restore it
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Randomized trial shows AI tutoring effective in Nigeria
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TikTok makes app unavailable for US users ahead of ban
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US Federal Trade Commission takes action against GoDaddy for alleged lax data security for its website hosting services
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Donald Trump says he'll 'likely' give TikTok a ninety-day extension to avoid US ban
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US$ 30 million to reinvent the wheel (Bluesky vs. Mastodon)
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Apple Intelligence doesn't work the way I want it to
Recently I did an update on my Macbook and it started showing alerts about Apple Intelligence. I've heard a little bit of marketing about this but I haven't really spent any time trying to figure...
Recently I did an update on my Macbook and it started showing alerts about Apple Intelligence. I've heard a little bit of marketing about this but I haven't really spent any time trying to figure out if it is just hype. Well, I've tried it a few times and I'm completely underwhelmed.
One of marketed features is that Siri is much improved. That would be nice, I thought, because there are only a few use cases like "Set an Alarm" where Siri could ever do anything besides a google search.So there are two times recently I tried to use this improved Siri to solve a problem. My background using AI: I use Copilot at work. I get mixed results for it, but it does use my local context (open files etc) and is able to ask follow up questions if my prompt is too vague.
First Use Case: I want to solve a technical problem on my laptop
- My Prompt: "Can you help me fix Discord so that audio is shared when I share a video stream"
- My Expectation: Maybe an AI summary of the cause of the issue. Maybe open up system settings or open up Discord or give an explanation of why this is a technical problem on Macs.
- Actual Siri Response: Does an internet search and shows some links. Essentially just did a google search which I could have done by typing the same prompt in a browser.
Second Use case: I want help finding a file on my laptop
In this case, I made a summary of my finances on my laptop a few months ago. I can't remember what I named the file or what kind of file it was. Maybe a spreadsheet? I know it was on my local computer.
- My 1st Prompt: Can you help me find a specific file on my computer
- My Expectation: Maybe some follow up questions where it asks me for a date range or something that is inside the file. Yes, I know that I can do this in Finder but I want Apple Intelligence to save me a few minutes.
- Siri: Shows the result of a web search on how to find files on a computer. The first few results are for Microsoft Windows
- 2nd Prompt: Can you help me find a specific file on my mac
- Siri: Tells me to use Command-space and use the search
In both cases, Siri just acted like a shortcut to a google search. It didn't even recognize that I was asking the question on a Mac. This is same as Siri has always been. I assume that it can still figure out to set a timer and do a few things, but it doesn't seem to be working in a way I would expect an AI to work at all.
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Seeking programmable mouse with top buttons
I am looking for a new mouse that meets the following: Must have: at least 3 (ideally 5+) programmable buttons on the top (not the sides), preferably to the outer edges (of the top), rather than...
I am looking for a new mouse that meets the following:
Must have:
- at least 3 (ideally 5+) programmable buttons on the top (not the sides), preferably to the outer edges (of the top), rather than in the middle
- those top buttons should not be right-handed-biased (most that I've seen put more additional buttons beside left click, and fewer near right click)
Nice to have:
- Can be configured with Linux; but I don't mind temporarily using Windows or OSX for initial and a once-in-a-while setup
- not too many buttons on the sides, since I won't be using them, so that would just drive up the price for features I won't use
I am currently using a Logitech G300s (images from DDG). I am very satisfied with it, as it meets all my criteria, but one of my primary mouse buttons is starting to unintentionally double click (on single click). I know that that is a common problem with mice in general, but I don't want to bother with DIY fixing, especially any operation that involves soldering. Prior to that, I used a Roccat Kova (images from DDG) which had only 3 additional buttons on top.
I would just buy another G300s, but it's not in stock any more anywhere that I've looked, presumably due to its age.
I've done a little websearching, and have asked ChatGPT, but everything I've come across either is biased to right-handed users, or doesn't have enough buttons on top. Most options I've seen have many buttons on the sides, but that's not the way I mouse (I move the mouse with the thumb, and ring and pinky fingers).
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US Supreme Court unanimously backs law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company
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Read.cv and Posts sold to Perplexity; will be closed soon
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The making of Community Notes
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Any real AI recommendations from the community?
Hey - I'm wondering if we've got any real-life recommendations for AI's out there? I'm not looking for a list of AI's - they're everywhere! What I'm interested in is whether and how anyone here...
Hey - I'm wondering if we've got any real-life recommendations for AI's out there?
I'm not looking for a list of AI's - they're everywhere! What I'm interested in is whether and how anyone here has started to use an AI on a regular basis to the extent that you consider it genuinely useful now?
For example,
- At work with have a ChatGPT3 wrapped app in Slack which I use quite often to improve summaries and formal comms I write. I think everyone knows it's basically good at that.
- I use Pi.ai as a "sympathetic" and filtered advisor for more sensitive topics relating to mental health that I have to deal with - it's useful insofar as I'm less worried about hallucinations or bad output when I'm using it. This might be misplaced confidence to be fair, but I've not had a bad experience with it so far.
- I use ChatGPT built into Apple Intelligence more and more since getting a device capable of using it. I think the use case I'm most warming to is that "search" is less and less useful nowadays because of blog spam and assumed corrections to my searches. I can use ChatGPT as a replacement to search in a growing number of use cases.
What I'm wondering about:
- Gamma.app promises to be a .ppt replacement via AI. I'm skeptical. I have to summarise and present a lot of content at work. Having a means of an AI doing some of the lifting here would be incredible, but I remain unconvinced.
Any sites/services you use regularly and effectively that you'd recommend?
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US President Joe Biden won't enforce TikTok ban
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Why I make smart devices dumber: a privacy advocate's reflection
36 votes -
The trouble with Elon Musk
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New York starts enforcing $15 broadband law that ISPs tried to kill
51 votes -
Supreme Court seems ready to back Texas law limiting access to pornography (gifted link)
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TSMC may have approval to create 2nm chips in the US
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Fluid simulation pendant
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Announcing Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers
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Best way to set up NAS?
so I have a setup where I have a NUC that has docker on it, one of the containers is my nextcloud that I use for sharing my files across my computers. I also have a synology NAS which is connected...
so I have a setup where I have a NUC that has docker on it, one of the containers is my nextcloud that I use for sharing my files across my computers.
I also have a synology NAS which is connected to my NUC via NFS and the files themselves are stored on that NFS file via a docker volume mount.
Hopefully that made sense.
My problem: not often but it does happen where my router has an issue, today it just needed a restart. another time it was cause I deliberately disconnected it from the power not realizing it would mess up the connection between my NUC and my NAS.
Why is this an issue? it causes my nextcloud to freeze up as the files it is supposed to share are no longer available. necessitates me restarting my NUC to get the connection going again.
Thankfully hasn't happened often but still something that can be scary in the moment. My question is, is this just one of the pitfalls I have to accept of utilizing a NAS the way I am or is there a way to connect a Synology to a NUC and ensure router issues don't cause the nextcloud docker instance to freeze?12 votes -
Five things privacy experts know about AI
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Incident with Git(Hub) Operations
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US introduces additional export restrictions on AI-chips
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Revisions of ‘hateful conduct’: what users can now say on Meta platforms
58 votes -
Another post about bulk deleting content from Reddit
Is there a utility that will bulk delete threads and comments I made, but from 1 subreddit only? Thanks for any clues.
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Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork
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Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the thousands of apps hijacked to spy on your location
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Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta's latest pivot in three-hour Joe Rogan interview
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Adobe Lightroom's AI Remove feature added a Bitcoin to bird in flight photo
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TikTok says it plans to shut down site for US unless Supreme Court strikes down law forcing it to sell
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Russia carves out commercial surveillance success
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Google faces US trial for collecting data on users who opted out
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Tencent designated as a Chinese military company by US
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US based The Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
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Nvidia announces four next-gen RTX 5000 GPUs
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Facebook is censoring 404 Media stories about Facebook's censorship
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Walled gardens, privacy, SEO and the open internet
Hey all! So I was thinking of how when looking at privacy, having a platform being a walled garden (i.e. data not being found on search engines) can feel like a worse experience for what is...
Hey all!
So I was thinking of how when looking at privacy, having a platform being a walled garden (i.e. data not being found on search engines) can feel like a worse experience for what is regarded as the open internet.
I don't have a solid solution for this. So my question to you is,
How do you respect privacy while sharing content for search engines on a platform?
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OpenAI boss Sam Altman denies sexual abuse allegations made by sister, Ann Altman
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HTML is the most significant computing language ever developed. Underestimate it at your peril.
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is reaching end of standard support soon: April 2025. Plan to upgrade soon!
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Cherry MX 10.0N mechanical keyboard - A non-enthusiast's thoughts after one month
So bit more than one month ago my very old Microsoft Sidewinder X4 keyboard broke the membrane on the 'A' key, meaning it was effectively kaput. I decided that I wanted to try a mechanical. The...
So bit more than one month ago my very old Microsoft Sidewinder X4 keyboard broke the membrane on the 'A' key, meaning it was effectively kaput. I decided that I wanted to try a mechanical.
The Search
My use-cases are as follows, in the order of importance:
- Gaming
- Programming
- General typing
These were the first requirements I settled on, based on my limited knowledge of mechanical keyboards:
- ISO nordic layout
- Full size: Because I make heavy use of both numpad and the insert-delete-home-end-page island of keys. Whatever it is called. I have zero interest in compromising on the standard layout.
- Nice to have: Metal body
- Nice to have: General high-quality
- Nice to have: Wireless, but only if 2.4Gz.
- Nice to have: Tactile switches
- Nice to have: Backlit keys
- Nice to have: Simple elegant aesthetic. I especially want to avoid typical gamer aesthetic.
- Budget basically unlimited
With these requirements I eventually settled on Keychron Q6 Max with Jupiter Brown. But just before ordering one, I started thinking about the height of the keys on a normal old-school mechanical.
I don't remember when I have last used one, all my recent keyboard had been modern low-profile so I didn't have a reference for what I was buying other than images.
I started reading about wrist problems from keyboard height and the recommendation of a wrist rest. I looked at the Keychron options and saw that they only had rests that were completely detached from the keyboard.
Thing is that I move my keyboard around my desk a lot, so I figured that having a wrist-rest that was not attached would become an annoyance.
After this I decided to just stick to what I am used to and added another requirement:- Low-profile
Unfortunately when you set requirements for 100%, ISO, and low-profile, then the otherwise extensive Keychron catalogue becomes super limited. So I started looking elsewhere.
At the time there was a new post about a search engine on the /r/MechanicalKeyboards front page.
Using this I discovered the Cherry MX 10.0N. This seemed like a good deal. High quality all-metal body.
The only real sticking point was that the switches are linear with very short actuation, but I liked the look of this keyboard so much that I decided I could probably learn to live with it.The review
The keyboard looks great in person. The all-metal body feels very solid and high-quality. It's got good heft and sticks to the table. The entire board is very thin and feels good to rest on.
The keys also feel high quality with minimal wobbling, and long keys sound and feel the same whether pressed on the edge or in the middle.That's all the good stuff. Now on to the less good.
The foot
The adjustable foot in the back has no real positions. Meaning that there is no point in adjusting it where it will click in place and stay there, and it is under constant spring pressure to return to the stowed position. This means that the only thing keeping the extended foot in place is the weight of the keyboard. As mentioned I move my keyboard around frequently, and this means that everytime I move it I have to readjust the foot.
Additionally, it's highest position is sort of a balancing point, meaning that it you are a bit off, or accidentally push the keyboard a bit in this position, then the foot will suddenly collapse.
It's a minor annoyance, but one that is unique to this keyboard since I don't see this kind of foot design anywhere else. Otherwise the full-length metal foot is really nice, if only they had added proper click positions in its travel.The switches
As mentioned, these are linear with very short actuation. CHERRY MX LOW PROFILE RGB SPEED switches to be specific. My first thought when trying to type with these was "Oh my god I hate this, how can some prefer this?!".
Constant mistyping was the name of the game. I was so used to being able to slightly miss a key, but still only actuate the intended. But that doesn't fly with this keyboard. If you depress any key even the slightest, it WILL actuate.
For gaming I first didn't understand why I sometimes kept jumping. I eventually figured out its because the mere weight of my thumb resting on the spacebar can be enough to actuate it sometimes.After 1 month of regular usage, I can confidently say that my thoughts are now "Oh my god I hate this, how can some prefer this?!". Okay, I improved my typing somewhat to maybe half my mistyping. Gaming is still a pain, and I've had to regularly rest my thumb on the table instead to stop the sudden jumping.
Unfortunately this keyboard does not have hot-swappable switches, so there is no fixing it unless I want to buy a soldering iron and replace every single key, which I am not willing to.Key spacing
So while the keyboard is technically 100%, Cherry has still designed it to be as compact as possible. One area where they have shaved off the length is the spacing between the main keys and the arrows keys and those above. Aswell as on the other side with the numpad.
I didn't know this prior to puchasing this keyboard, but apparently this spacing is essential for my muscle memory to be able to find those keys. The lack of spacing has meant that maybe 25% of the time I use them, I press the wrong key.Overall
Now the issue with the switches and spacing is really an issue of preference. These aren’t quality issues. They were designed this way because some people like it (somehow). So if this keyboard looks interesting to you, and these preference design choices don't bother you, then I can only recommend the Cherry MX 10.0N. It really is a very high quality keyboard.
For me though, I just can't overlook these choices, so I have started looking for another keyboard again. I'm currently split between the Cherry KW X ULP and Logitech G915 X Lightspeed. None of them are full-metal body unfortunately. The cherry one seems to be the higher quality, but the the key caps remind me of laptops keys, which I really hate the feel of. Maybe I'm overreacting to it. The Logitech one is lower quality, but has all the the features that I would want. If you know of something better then please do leave a comment. I might reconsider my low-profile requirement. I'll give it at least another month before I become serious about switching again.
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UK users: Lobsters needs your help with the Online Safety Act
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What do you do to secure your Linux server when exposing ports to the internet?
I've been self-hosting for a few years. However, now I have a single server hosting all of my things whereas, before, I had multiple old machines physically isolating services. I'm getting ready...
I've been self-hosting for a few years. However, now I have a single server hosting all of my things whereas, before, I had multiple old machines physically isolating services. I'm getting ready to host a game server or few (at least one for Tilde) on this machine.
While I'm not a neophyte to Linux, I'm not a guru and definitely not an infosec expert.
Given that, what steps do you take to secure a Linux server, LXCs, and docker containers that are receiving port-forwarded internet traffic?
FWIW, I expect I'll have an LXC running docker containers. I can instead run a VM doing same.
Advice welcome!
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