technology Technology Major IT outage affecting banks, airlines, media outlets across the world
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    I think it's not a good idea to leave links to Piped instead of YouTube (same for Nitter/Twitter, Libreddit/Reddit, etc.). If you want to avoid YouTube, then just install LibRedirect extension or similar. Piped links are temporary, they'll break sooner or later, making it difficult for people to get to the website.

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  • technology Technology Twitter is fully X.com now.
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    "All core systems are now at X.com", so why opening x.com links in private window redirects to https://twitter.com/x/migrate?tok=, then again to x.com? I just cannot describe how stupid this is.

    As others have noticed, it drops an error: "Firefox’s Enhanced Tracking Protection (Strict Mode) is known to cause issues on x.com". The link has ?mx=2 parameter. I removed it and the page loaded correctly (but half of the viewport was clumped with banners). I tried again in a new private window, but never saw this error again, so this is a bug due to the aforementioned redirect.

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  • linux_gaming Linux Gaming SuperTuxKart - On the way towards 1.5… and 2.0!
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    discordapp Discord Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service
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    5 months ago 100%

    If Spy Pet's scrapper bot is on the server, then yes. It shouldn't affect private or small public servers.

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    Discord uuhhhhmmmm 5 months ago 94%
    Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service arstechnica.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14413882

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    degoogle DeGoogle Yourself YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps
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    5 months ago 96%

    Sounds like trouble for Newpipe, Sponsorblock, etc...

    SponsorBlock isn't affected at all, as I understood after reading an article. Why did you mention it?

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  • games Games Ubisoft is stripping people's licences for The Crew weeks after its shutdown, nearly squandering hopes of fan servers and acting as a stark reminder of how volatile digital ownership is
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    YouTube is testing a new design that you'll probably hate instantly www.androidauthority.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14192146 > > A selection of YouTube viewers have recently noticed there's a little something different with the look of the website.

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    mildlyinfuriating Mildly Infuriating Google Play Store listing apps installed from F-Droid that it cannot update
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    But Google is likely trying this dark pattern to sway people away from F-Droid or alt stores by making users uninstall these apps and install it from the Google Play Store.

    No, it's the security measure. Anyone can use existing package ID. If the user installs a different app with the same package ID as the other, that new app just overwrites the old app and will have access to the sensitive data of it.

    F-Droid apps are built and signed by the people at F-Droid. Apps from Google Play and GitHub are built and signed by the developers themselves. You can update Google Play apps from GitHub and vice versa. That's why I use Obtainium over F-Droid.

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    ObsidianMD uuhhhhmmmm 6 months ago 100%
    Announcing JSON Canvas: an open file format for infinite canvas data obsidian.md

    The Obsidian canvas file format is now called JSON Canvas and has its own site, specification, and open source resources. https://jsoncanvas.org

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    YouTube stops recommending videos when signed out of Google www.bleepingcomputer.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13000986 > > YouTube is no longer showing recommended videos to users logged out of a Google account or using Incognito mode, making people concerned they are being bullied into always being signed into the service. > > > > This change, which is now rolling out, shows a simple YouTube homepage without any videos or tips on what to watch. > > > > As noted by some on X, users who have cleaned their search and watch history or turned off their history settings also see no suggestions when they're logged in. > Some people think YouTube is being pushy about this, trying to make users turn on their history settings.

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    Discord uuhhhhmmmm 7 months ago 99%
    Discord took no action against server that coordinated costly Mastodon spam attacks techcrunch.com

    cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/9442796

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    nostupidquestions No Stupid Questions Has Google’s search results drastically declined for anyone else?
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    linux Linux What is being done to make Flatpaks better integrate into the system
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    The problem with "org" part. We'll never have org.gnome and com.gnome packages. Some apps have io.github.foo.bar. This entire thing is also case sensitive, so I have to guess is org.gnome.epiphany right name or org.gnome.Epiphany.

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  • linuxmemes linuxmemes Your .dots have arrived
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    8 months ago 100%

    Even worse, Thunderbird doesn't save data in ~/.mozilla/thunderbird, but in ~/.thunderbird.

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    YouTube now suggests new content *by colour*

    crossposted from: https://szmer.info/post/2199842

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    technology Technology Ecosia plants 200 million trees
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    They integrated AI chat which is using OpenAI technology. So they're paying for ChatGPT API instead of spending this money on trees? And doesn't running generative AI consume a lot of electricity?

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  • linux_gaming Linux Gaming Steam Hardware survey for January 2024
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    Thunderbird uuhhhhmmmm 8 months ago 100%
    Thunderbird 2024 Roadmap developer.thunderbird.net

    And for Android release as well: https://developer.thunderbird.net/planning/android-roadmap

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    opensource Open Source Alright boys, I've been converted to the light side and have installed F-Droid. Now what?
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    opensource Open Source Alright boys, I've been converted to the light side and have installed F-Droid. Now what?
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    opensource Open Source Alright boys, I've been converted to the light side and have installed F-Droid. Now what?
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    Depends on whether you're going to install apps from the official F-Droid repository or not. Third party F-droid repos (like IzzyOnDroid) are not affected by this.

    Suppose you have some app (a hypothetical Lemmy app) installed from the official F-Droid repo. You logged in an account, changed some settings. Then the developer announces an update: new features, bug and security fixes. It is published on GitHub and Google Play. F-Droid version will come after a few days, when the maintainer builds the app from source and publishes that update.

    You may don't want to wait till update comes to F-droid. But you can't install it from GitHub or Google Play, because it is signed by a different key. You'll have to reinstall the app, which will erase your settings and require logging in again.

    This is the hassle you probably may encounter in the future. If you want to avoid it, install official packages from the developers (from GitHub or Google Play). Obtainium can check for updates on GitHub, official and third-party F-Droid repos, and more.

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  • opensource Open Source Alright boys, I've been converted to the light side and have installed F-Droid. Now what?
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    opensource Open Source Alright boys, I've been converted to the light side and have installed F-Droid. Now what?
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    Important note: app developers don't publish their apps on the official F-Droid repository. Other people (maintainers) download source code and compiling these apps. Therefore, updates are delayed by a week. You cannot update the app from other source because F-Droid version signed by a different key, so you must reinstall the app, deleting all the data.

    I started using Obtainium to get updates directly from GitHub. It also has support for F-Droid and many other sources. I use F-Droid website mostly to discover apps.

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  • technology Technology Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX
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    I don't see regular Opera being used, but often Opera GX. Their marketing is so powerful, and those edgy features attract gamers.

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  • fediverse Fediverse Help encourage more reddit subs to move to Lemmy! Message the moderators of the subs you'd like to see on Lemmy. Here's an example script.
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    Most of subreddit admins and mods are not interested in migrating to somewhere else. A few months after API changes Reddit is still usable and active. Even third party apps are functioning if you apply a patch with your developer token. Also mods don't want to lose their power.

    If you really want to bring more official communities here, you should ask admins who are already interested in open-source or Fediverse. For example, I found that people behind Fossify (a Simple Mobile Tools fork) had created a subreddit. Ask them about Lemmy. It's FOSS-friendly, there are a lot of fans here, so the chances that they'll make and promote a Lemmy community are much higher.

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  • firefox Firefox What is Firefox's Use Case for Normies/Tech Illiterate People?
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    Normies/tech illiterate people are lazy to uninstall software, they have no reason for that. Just look at their taskbar or desktop icons: a lot of useless crap. It was probably preinstalled, or they installed it for one reason, then just forgot about it.

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  • technology Technology Google updates Chrome's Incognito Mode disclaimer to admit it is tracking users
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    I was always curious why is it called Incognito or Private mode? Temporary or Guest session would make more sense: "You've entered a Temporary session. Your browsing history and cookies will not be saved."

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  • discordapp Discord Discord Servers asking for Phone Numbers and 'Verification Levels'
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    8 months ago 33%

    Makes it really hard to have an pseudonym account on the Internet, for gaming purposes, and then be asked for your real phone number. I don't need to be tracked 24/7.

    You can buy a cheap temporary phone number just for SMS activation.

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  • boostforlemmy Boost For Lemmy Is there a way to browse the communities of lemmy instance?
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    8 months ago 100%

    There is a button "Explore communities" in the search tab. It opens a menu with list of communities on your instance. But seems like this button is buggy and disappearing sometimes. Switching to guest account and back returns it.

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  • lemmy Lemmy I think that it would be good to mirror the Lemmy repositories to a FOSS alternative (e.g. Codeberg)
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    Codeberg and other alternatives are used by 2 people, if not more. If a repo is hosted on such unpopular service, potential contributors must register a new account. This is very frustrating if you want to report just one issue or make one pull request. Self-hosted repos are even worse.

    This problem can be solved by implementing federation. GitLab, Gitea and Forgejo already working on it, but really slow.

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  • privacy Privacy The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend?
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    boostforlemmy Boost For Lemmy Remove karma value since it's no longer tracked after 0.19
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    Some people are really obsessed with fake internet points, turning them into a competition. They're farming it with the most obnoxious methods that degrade the overall quality of the content.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy How would you feel if Beehaw left the Fediverse?
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    Boost For Lemmy uuhhhhmmmm 9 months ago 93%
    Feature request: option to disable infinite scrolling

    Probably unpopular opinion, but recently i found infinite scrolling being very addictive. I would like to scroll about 50 posts (might be customizable), then click a button to load more, like in Voyager.

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    lemmy Lemmy Suggestion: Allow people to view the "home page" and/or a list of communities of other instances from your own instance
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    As far as I know, some clients have ability to add instances and you can view its local feeds without logging in

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  • technology Technology Discord is on a quest to become a better messaging app
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    Nitro ads? It's 1 very minor ad when you launch the app. Then there's no more ads.

    Recently I launched Discord on desktop and got big splash screen screaming about new shop items. Earlier, I've got constant popups about new nitro perks, new avatar decorations, new app icons.

    Not as good as forums? Bull. I get an answer to my question immediately on discord. I may never find the answer to my question by sifting through dozens of pages of forum posts of someone having a similar but not congruent problem to mine.

    You may get an answer immediately, but this answer will be lost after some messages. Someone with the same question may ask it again instead of searching. People in chat may get tired to answer over and over. On forums you have one question 10 years ago and answer to it. No need to ask again.

    Can't find information? Discord has integrated forums with a search feature in each server.

    Discord's internal search is very limited, not as good as Google. Discord is very hard to archive, so at some point information will be lost.

    Bloated? How so? You have an inbox and you have your list of servers on the left hand side.

    If you have many servers, you'll get many notifications and new messages badges. You'll also have many useless channels, which you need to manually mute or hide.

    it's because discord doesn't have E2E encryption and yall wanna discuss some naughty shit.

    I don't really think encryption is mandatory for every chat app, it has some problems with transferring messages to other devices. If you're working on some project, you probably don't want it to be leaked, so you'll encrypt your messages.

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  • firefox Firefox Librewolf with Firefox sync
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    12 months ago 100%

    https://librewolf.net/docs/faq/#can-i-use-firefox-sync-with-librewolf-is-it-safe-to-do-so

    Yes, you can enable it in your the LibreWolf specific UI or in your overrides. There aren't significant downsides as Firefox Sync encrypts your data locally before transmitting it to the server. Additionally, you can self-host the old version of the server if you really don't want to use Mozilla's, and there's work being done to have the new version equally easy to self-host. Find out more about the technical details of Sync's implementation here and here.

    When using Sync across multiple installations you might want to disable settings synchronization to avoid unintentional changes.

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  • linux_gaming Linux Gaming If you're having issues with audio in CS 2 add this argument
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    12 months ago 100%

    For flatpak steam, you need to run this:

    flatpak override --user --filesystem=/run/user/1000/pipewire-0 com.valvesoftware.Steam

    Then -sdlaudiodriver pipewire launch option will work.

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    KDE uuhhhhmmmm 1 year ago 100%
    Lemmy app from KDE?

    We have Tokodon for Mastodon and NeoChat for Matrix, but KDE app for Lemmy is missing here. Are there any plans for making one? There are already some GTK clients, but they are not looking well on KDE Plasma.

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    fdroid F-Droid Obtainium
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    Are you trying to install an update from GitHub to F-Droid app? This will not work because F-Droid apps built with different signature. You should uninstall F-Droid app in order to install updates from GitHub or Play Store. Or you can add source from F-Droid to keep updating app from there.

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