Today I Learned
TIL what an Ortholinear Keyboard is
noodlejetski 7 hours ago • 100%
the one on the thumbnail looks like it contains at least 95% cocoa
Technology
Google has been blocking many tools/IP ranges that try to synchronize with YouTube
noodlejetski 1 day ago • 100%
hopefully they come up with a workaround.
noodlejetski 1 day ago • 84%
noodlejetski 2 days ago • 98%
yeah but how good would it feel
Privacy
How do you filter ads and trackers outside of a browser while still using a VPN service?
noodlejetski 3 days ago • 100%
Mullvad provides a DNS service that can be used with or without their VPN for free: https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls
personally, I stick with NextDNS despite using their VPN.
Technology
OpenAI is reportedly going all-in as a for-profit company
noodlejetski 3 days ago • 100%
I͖ͭ̍̀̏͂̋̏͛ ͕͚̱̗̭͗͗͑ͥͨ̆ͥ͊ͅm̤̻͕̪̥͓͍̿̑̚a̜̝͖̯̰̦͐ͭ̄͋c̠̹̱̱̖ͦ̿̋͗̎l̝̭͚͇̎ͧe͙͕͂͆ ̳̩̦͙̯̮̙t̘̯̯ͣͧ̍ȉ̩̜́̏̂ͯ̉͑̄s̪͖̎ͬ̐͆
Technology
Generative AI is reportedly tripling carbon dioxide emissions from data centers
noodlejetski 3 days ago • 89%
Startpage and DuckDuckGo, but you might want to disable summaries in the latter's settings.
www.gamingonlinux.com
> There's a lot of blog posts and news articles being written right now centred around Microsoft's plans for updates to Windows 11, and potential kernel changes, with some thinking this means big things for Linux gaming. > Sorry to say, but I'm here to bring a more realistic take and to help keep all your feet on the ground. quite relevant to [yesterday's discussion](https://lemm.ee/post/42265523).
Technology
The Tippy Type makes typing with long nails less tedious
noodlejetski 4 days ago • 85%
it's all in the article, with a paragraph dedicated to you. and it's free to read!
Technology
new foss adblocker for safari (macOS, ipadOS, iOS)
noodlejetski 4 days ago • 100%
yabai, mayhaps? https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai
disclaimer: I've never used macOS nor a tiling WM disclaimer 2: totally not stalking you
Patient Gamers
The Longest Journey, a game series that lived up to its name
noodlejetski 4 days ago • 100%
it must've been... 20 years? since I've played it, and I still remember it. I also remember that the solution was in the guide that came with the game, and it actually acknowledged that it was one of the most convoluted puzzles in the game.
Patient Gamers
The Longest Journey, a game series that lived up to its name
noodlejetski 4 days ago • 100%
sometimes really, really, REALLY stupid puzzles
oh god, the wrench in the subway rail
Linux Gaming
I've got banned from Apex Legends
noodlejetski 5 days ago • 100%
I don't know how popular ApeLegs actually is
13th 7th most played game on Steam in the past 24 hours, and 13th at the moment https://steamdb.info/charts/
noodlejetski 6 days ago • 100%
try disabling cosmetic filtering on such websites and see if they load faster after a refresh.
New EU #ChatControl proposal leaked +++ Governments to position themselves by 23 September, will be very tight... +++ Will messenger services be blocked in Europe? https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/new-eu-push-for-chat-control-will-messenger-services-be-blocked-in-europe/ Help pressure your government now to defend privacy and secure encryption: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/take-action-to-stop-chat-control-now/
New EU #ChatControl proposal leaked +++ Governments to position themselves by 23 September, will be very tight... +++ Will messenger services be blocked in Europe? https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/new-eu-push-for-chat-control-will-messenger-services-be-blocked-in-europe/ Help pressure your government now to defend privacy and secure encryption: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/take-action-to-stop-chat-control-now/
New EU #ChatControl proposal leaked +++ Governments to position themselves by 23 September, will be very tight... +++ Will messenger services be blocked in Europe? https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/new-eu-push-for-chat-control-will-messenger-services-be-blocked-in-europe/ Help pressure your government now to defend privacy and secure encryption: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/take-action-to-stop-chat-control-now/
New EU #ChatControl proposal leaked +++ Governments to position themselves by 23 September, will be very tight... +++ Will messenger services be blocked in Europe? https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/new-eu-push-for-chat-control-will-messenger-services-be-blocked-in-europe/ Help pressure your government now to defend privacy and secure encryption: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/take-action-to-stop-chat-control-now/
Technology
Search Risk – How Google Almost Killed Proton Mail
noodlejetski 7 days ago • 100%
Last update on July 10, 2023 Published on October 26, 2016
Androidnoodlejetski 1 week ago • 100%
have you tried Reader mode on Firefox? I found it works really well for articles and blog posts, and it's how I usually end up reading them.
Free and Open Source Software
Out of curiosity is there a FOSS (add-free) short form video type social media?
noodlejetski 1 week ago • 100%
I love stux, I have a Mastodon account on one of his instances, and I donate every now and then. he's a good human being, and his cats are supreme.
that being said, I feel like sometimes he's a bit ADHD with his side projects, so he creates one, and then just lets it fizzle out over time while he starts two new ones. goldfish.social was one of them, and it looks like the domain has expired and got bought out by someone else. perhaps it's his way of learning new stuff, or preventing himself on getting burned out or something - whichever it is, I'm not judging, he's never making promises that they're long term commitments anyway. his Masto instances have been solid, on the other hand.
noodlejetski 1 week ago • 100%
when people's eyes start hurting from looking at something, they generally tend to look away from the something.
noodlejetski 1 week ago • 100%
...same way I'm able to read the title on a horizontal tab? it's even easier since the vertical ones don't shrink in size when they reach a certain number, like the horizontal ones do.
Technology
Despite tech-savvy reputation, Gen Z falls behind in keyboard typing skills
noodlejetski 1 week ago • 100%
Being able to operate a cell phone doesn't make you tech savvy
it does, to a boomer
Linuxnoodlejetski 1 week ago • 100%
I'm working on a script that runs yay every hour, gets the list of upgradable packages, and creates a post about each one of them
noodlejetski 1 week ago • 100%
Buster is a great help on desktop: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/buster-captcha-solver/
Technology
Kagi is announcing an AI Assistant.
noodlejetski 1 week ago • 100%
so, no summary at all, or one that does shit job pointing out important bits or gets them wrong and therefore isn't a proper summary? choices, choices.
Technology
Kagi is announcing an AI Assistant.
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 100%
It's not terrible
it sucks at summarising information, though https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/03/ai-worse-summarising-information-humans-government-trial/
Technology
Kagi is announcing a AI Assistant.
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 100%
it's still ironing out some bugs, but you can try it out after enabling it in the "lab" section
tacking on a bunch of LLMs sure is a way to "make the web more human".
pivot-to-ai.com
Did you know you can play Doom on a diffusion model now? It’s true, Google just announced it! Just don’t read the paper too closely.
YUROPnoodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 100%
Why wasn't this more widespread on Lemmy?
https://lemmy.ca/post/26890755
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/10697468
https://sh.itjust.works/post/17288948
https://feddit.org/post/1506017
https://swg-empire.de/post/1304549
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/25057728
https://slrpnk.net/post/11942514
https://lemmy.giftedmc.com/post/653693
https://slrpnk.net/post/12250966
https://lemmy.world/post/13838295
https://lemmy.ca/post/26304160
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/15126890
https://feddit.org/post/1696486
https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/20168841
https://feddit.org/post/1854600
https://feddit.org/post/2071604
Technology
These repairable phones still aren't built to last
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 100%
CalyxOS supports two latest Fairphone models, the 4 and the 5. I've been running it on my FP4 for the past year and a half.
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 100%
well it's definitely not inside Vienna
Technology
Zen Browser - A very nice, Firefox-based, clean UI browser
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 100%
right click on the space around the URL bar, choose "Customize toolbar...", and then check "Title Bar" in the bottom left corner.
Fediverse
Instance admins, how much does it cost you to run your instance? How much does that represent per active user?
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 100%
Beehaw's financial update https://beehaw.org/post/15866385
Technology
What kind of messaging apps do you use?
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 100%
Signal for some friends and family, Whatsapp (ugh) mainly for work, Discord (ugh ugh) with a few gaming buddies, and Matrix for a group chat or two.
Technology
Goodbye FireFish.
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 100%
Greentextnoodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 100%
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 100%
usually it boils down to deleting a specific file or adding a parameter (a symbol and a short word) to the launched application, but I'm not here to judge other people's reading speed.
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 94%
PCGamingWiki is a great resource that includes instructions on skipping intro videos for every game that it's possible to do it with.
Technology
Don't expect Blackwell GPU's any time soon.
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 100%
okay, I won't.
Technology
Google & Facebook partner admits it can listen to device microphone to serve ads - Dexerto
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 98%
they've claimed the same last year in December, and it turned out they were overselling their capabilities
Technology
Participants rated the same text presented in Wikipedia lower than in ChatGPT or Alexa for credibility
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 100%
from Wikiwand's description:
Welcome to Wikiwand, an AI-driven wiki aggregator created to enhance user experience on Wikipedia by streamlining knowledge consumption.
We integrate AI alongside, not as a replacement for, the full-contextual articles from Wikipedia, Wikiquote, and Wiktionary.
By leveraging cutting-edge AI technologies, Wikiwand helps users quickly grasp key points and related topics without the need to sift through lengthy articles.
oh how the mighty have fallen.
Technology
Snapchat is going to put ads next to messages from your friends
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 100%
"private"
Technology
Intel is the latest Fortune 500 giant to test the ‘4 wrong CEOs’ rule
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 96%
hopefully the bubble bursts soon enough so we'll never have to learn how does it feel to deal with it for five years.
Today I Learned
TIL the first ever traffic light was installed in London in 1868. A month later, it exploded. It was gas-lit.
noodlejetski 2 weeks ago • 100%
🇬🇧🚨#ChatControl is back on the agenda: As soon as next Wednesday representatives of EU governments will resume work based on a secret document. https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/public-register/public-register-search/?DocumentNumber=12319%2F24 This is what you can do now to help: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/take-action-to-stop-chat-control-now/
🇬🇧🚨#ChatControl is back on the agenda: As soon as next Wednesday representatives of EU governments will resume work based on a secret document. https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/public-register/public-register-search/?DocumentNumber=12319%2F24 This is what you can do now to help: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/take-action-to-stop-chat-control-now/
🇬🇧🚨#ChatControl is back on the agenda: As soon as next Wednesday representatives of EU governments will resume work based on a secret document. https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/public-register/public-register-search/?DocumentNumber=12319%2F24 This is what you can do now to help: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/take-action-to-stop-chat-control-now/
www.wired.com
Experts aren’t unanimous about whether the AI-powered search startup’s practices could expose it to legal claims ranging from infringement to defamation—but some say plaintiffs would have strong cases.
www.wired.com
Experts aren’t unanimous about whether the AI-powered search startup’s practices could expose it to legal claims ranging from infringement to defamation—but some say plaintiffs would have strong cases.
www.patrick-breyer.de
Today EU governments will not adopt their position on the EU regulation on “combating child sexual abuse”, the so-called chat control regulation, as planned, which would have heralded the end of private messages and secure encryption. The Belgian Council presidency postponed the vote at short notice. Once again the chat control proposal fails in Council.
www.patrick-breyer.de
Today EU governments will not adopt their position on the EU regulation on “combating child sexual abuse”, the so-called chat control regulation, as planned, which would have heralded the end of private messages and secure encryption. The Belgian Council presidency postponed the vote at short notice. Once again the chat control proposal fails in Council.
www.gamingonlinux.com
A moment I've no doubt many Linux fans have been waiting to see. The Linux user share on Steam has smashed through the 2% barrier. Not actually for the first time though, it did initially rise up above 2% in March 2013, shortly after the original Steam for Linux release when it left Beta. Part of the reason it had higher numbers at the start, was that Valve added a special Tux item into Team Fortress 2 only on Linux but it _quickly_ dropped in the following months.
www.404media.co
"You can also add about 1/8 cup of non-toxic glue to the sauce to give it more tackiness."
Is the LAM a Scam? Down the rabbit hole we go
blog.mozilla.org
also: [https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/why-im-joining-mozilla-as-executive-director/](https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/why-im-joining-mozilla-as-executive-director/)
follow-up Mastodon thread from the author: https://hackers.town/@lori/112255132348604770
proton.me
www.bloomberg.com
Automattic purchases Beeper in $125 million deal; CEO to join https://blog.beeper.com/2024/04/09/beeper-is-joining-automattic/
github.com
well that sucks a lot, a bunch of projects including microG have relied on it. adjacent discussion on microG's Github: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/issues/2237
www.404media.co
"I found it very weird that there essentially is no way to browse the web in an open manner. So that's what I am trying to build," the founder of Stract said.
www.404media.co
"I found it very weird that there essentially is no way to browse the web in an open manner. So that's what I am trying to build," the founder of Stract said.
skiff.com
> As we begin to shift focus to our shared efforts with Notion, we will be closing down Skiff's product suite after a 6-month sunset period
piped.video
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/22344236 > they're not mentioning *how exactly* is it privacy focused, sadly. still, perhaps worth looking into.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/22344236 > they're not mentioning *how exactly* is it privacy focused, sadly. still, perhaps worth looking into.
they're not mentioning *how exactly* is it privacy focused, sadly. still, perhaps worth looking into.
www.theverge.com
> Last week, I turned on my PC, installed a Windows update, and rebooted to find Microsoft Edge automatically open with the Chrome tabs I was working on before the update. I don’t use Microsoft Edge regularly, and I have Google Chrome set as my default browser. Bleary-eyed at 9AM, it took me a moment to realize that Microsoft Edge had simply taken over where I’d left off in Chrome. I couldn’t believe my eyes.
www.gamingonlinux.com
Well, here we go again. Apex Legends just launched the Ignite Update, and with it sadly it seems they messed up Easy Anti-Cheat for Steam Deck/Linux.
www.patrick-breyer.de
This week, the European Parliament’s negotiators reached a broad majority agreement on a common position concerning the controversial EU chat control bill. The Commission’s bill proposes bulk scanning and reporting of private messages for allegedly suspicious content by using error-prone algorithms, including „artificial intelligence“. But the European Parliament’s position removes indiscriminate chat control and allows only for a targeted surveillance of specific individuals and groups reasonably suspicious of being linked to child sexual abuse material, with a judicial warrant. End-to-end encrypted messengers are exempted. Instead, internet services will have to design their services more securely and thus effectively prevent the sexual exploitation of children.