I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.
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Note: I’m moderating a handful of communities in more of a caretaker role. If you want to take one on, send me a message and I’ll share more info :)
Finally! This was keeping me from recommending Signal to more people
If you do decide to opt in to secure backups, you’ll be able to securely back up all of your text messages and the last 45 days’ worth of media for free.
If you want to back up your media history beyond 45 days, as well as your message history, we also offer a paid subscription plan for US$1.99 per month.
That’s excellent to hear. Hopefully no one abuses the media backups, I would understand if they did it by file sizes
There are some other projects in this space already, with varying levels of open source / selfhostability / features
Zulip and Revolt looked the most promising for Slack and Discord replacements respectively
You might like !foss@beehaw.org, which is specific to software
They do make it possible to adjust the ratings on your own account for the ones you disagree on. It doesn’t affect the newsletters, but I find those to be too american-specific anyway
https://globalnews.ca/news/11344109/us-border-phone-searches-data/
U.S. border agents are searching travellers’ smartphones and other electronic devices at a record rate, new data suggests amid a broader immigration crackdown by the Trump administration.
The U.S. State Department said in June it would require all international student visa applicants to allow their social media to be reviewed for content deemed hostile to U.S. interests, and could reject anyone who doesn’t make their accounts public.
Earlier this year, the Canadian government updated its travel advice for people entering the U.S., warning travellers to “expect scrutiny at ports of entry, including of electronic devices.”
Oh nice! I’ll read up on the suggestions and see if there’s something I can add.
Off the top of my head, a nicer UI would be nice. Luma is the new thing everyone seems to be using, and the design is pretty smooth
Meanwhile mobilizon looks dated and generic. Even just updating it to reflect peertube’s new UI would be nice
(yet.)
Are you planning on working with them in the future? :)
That sounds rough
If you don’t mind sharing, what is your hardware setup? Maybe someone can recommend a distro that’s more likely to work out of the box with your computer. While I haven’t tried it myself, Bazzite might be better for you if it can get you gaming without having to do too much additional work:
I also recommend Foliate as the other comment said. Frog is great for extracting text quickly, especially with the screenshot tool
I’ve been following this project
https://github.com/epicenter-so/epicenter/tree/main/apps/whispering
They recently got a bunch of investment and hired some staff, and so they’re developing fairly quickly. I saw an update about local Whisper support the other day
Assuming it stays user friendly (currently open source - MIT), it might be a good option for you. Previously it was here:
It is available on Grayjay if you prefer that
Although Nebula is subscription based and they’d need to know what you’re watching to pay the creators accordingly?
This is a valid concern with a lot of manufacturers. My gut says that Framework actually does what it says, but here is a discussion about it:
https://community.frame.work/t/how-do-the-camera-and-microphone-switches-work/4271
As far as I can tell each switch is a U channel with a light emitter on one side, and a detector on the other. The part you move on the bezel just breaks the light beam. This creates a electronic on/off hardware switch.
Using an actual physical switch would tend to be a source of an intermittent connection over time. Hence the use of optical technology. Same thought process for the screen open switch being a Hall Effect sensor, which can work through a cover.
Both of these switches are optical switches where a vane will block the light from one side to a phototransistor on the other side. The photo transistor will then cut power to the camera circuit, or switch the mic data output from the mic to a dummy output that generates silence.
The webcam light is also hardware for once. A lot of laptops do it with software, where people complain the camera turning on without the light being on. Framework shouldn’t have that problem
The classic Technology Connections video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=m0mMF7GaIR0
Sounds good! There’s also !linux4noobs@programming.dev and similar communities to ask questions for all the specific issues you are working on
recently i just finished building a new pc. mostly for gaming since my only exposure to linux is steam os and i heard its uses arch with kde plasma so i try to emulate it as close as i can. however soon i realized how different it is and it requires more setup than i initially thought.
It sounds like you’re thinking of Arch + KDE as similar to building a PC, where if you get the same parts you can hook them up for the same experience.
I think their team chose Arch to build their distro off of because it’s very customizable and made it easy for them to add their configurations, interface layers, hardware optimizations etc. That doesn’t make it the best choice for a beginner unless you want to be thrown into the deep end and spend some time to learn a bunch.
IMO you should look into something like Bazzite or some other atomic Fedora, or OpenSuse, so that you can have a running operating system you can game on. Then you can spend some time learning about Linux with the functioning PC. There are ways to run other Linux distros inside your main one if you want to play with them and learn about them.
Unless you have another machine to use day to day, I find it annoying to be learning with the same machine I need for other things.
This is where I’d start
are there any decent wrist watches that respect your privacy and don’t send all the dam data home?
I’ve heard Garmin is decent, and Pebble is coming back
In one of the most popular presentations at 37C3, the three hackers uncovered something monstrous: Newag trains went into hibernation using a sophisticated game of hide-and-seek if they were parked for too long within the geocoordinates of competitors‘ or customers’ workshops or were left in conditions that indicated they underwent an unregistered repair. Only by calling in a Newag technician could such deactivated trains be ‘rescued’. All of this was uncovered without the potentially illegal replacement of train components which would require certifications.
What.
Streisand Effect in 3, 2, 1…
The developer and the project have profiles in Mastodon, it should be possible to tag the accounts in this thread directly
Neat! Looking forward to trying out the new changes.
By the way, you can use one account to post to all the communities. For example, if you wanted to use your lemmy.world account, the links would be something like the following:
Some guides here:
https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/detailed-overview
https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/how-to-open-in-my-instance
You could also keep using multiple accounts, but I find that to be more tedious.
It should be possible to grab the license key before you wipe it. You could also copy it into an external drive and store it away as is
These two are larger and allow asking for recommendations: !communitypromo@lemmy.ca and !newcommunities@lemmy.world
This is specifically for asking, but smaller: !lemmy411@lemmy.ca
People have also asked in !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca
I think what they’re saying is that, to a lot of people (myself included), Signal is currently the best option despite being centralized. The decentralized options have UX issues, too small a user base, or aren’t well known enough to have gone through robust security/privacy reviews. While you can’t see what’s running on the signal servers, the app is open source and so far it looks to be encrypting the information correctly and it’s not sending anything but the minimal data to their servers.
‘A lot of eyeballs on the code’ is only relevant for open source apps. They were making a comparison between Signal and the many other open source mobile messaging apps.
You might also find this chart helpful if you’re looking for other alternatives. Personally, I found Signal to be the best one to get my friends and family onto
https://www.securemessagingapps.com/