But Russians started pirating way before the shit hit the fan, even before Chinese Spy Mr Putin
Also, (post)soviet mentality, having 100 hammers and files per adult and kid created this mindset where a lot of people get technical about some things(make stuff, fix stuff), at least to widely adopt torrenting. (Also, another thing to mention, when the torrents first were getting on the rise, most of the ISPs were hosting their own trackers, and many city and towns had their local city trackers)
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s most northern state, is starting its switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, and is planning to move from Windows to Linux on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions....
The latest PlayStation Portal update has supposedly addressed an exploit that allowed PlayStation Portable (PSP) games to be emulated natively on the streaming handheld....
Error message when trying to view an Instagram post sent from a friend: “If this page is not displaying as expected, you can reduce advanced privacy protections which may resolve issues”....
Mostly correct, but at the same time Techlore in their “Graphene toxic community” videos explicitly multiple times said that it’s better to avoid projects that have bad/toxic communities or devs
I’ve got some DOOM WADs I have been meaning to play so I would probably grab Trench Foot, Total Chaos, and the sequel to Ashes 2063, Ashes: Afterglow with a portable install of GZDoom to play them....
I’m concerned about the privacy implications of DNA testing services like 23andMe or AncestryDNA. What are the potential risks of sharing our genetic data with those companies, and are there any privacy-focused alternatives available?
List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots (www.eff.org)
Tired of lame search engines? And don't have friends to share your instance? (searx.neocities.org)
My searx instance is down for a while, and I was forced to use and try all the search engines, all of them are really bad...
Russians Pirate Premier League, Add Their Own Graphics & Commentators (torrentfreak.com)
Plex Asks GitHub to Take Down 'Reshare' Repository Over Piracy Fears (torrentfreak.com)
A German state is ditching Windows and Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions (www.theregister.com)
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s most northern state, is starting its switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, and is planning to move from Windows to Linux on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions....
Programmers got PSP games running on the PlayStation Portal, then “responsibly reported” the exploit so it could be patched (www.techradar.com)
The latest PlayStation Portal update has supposedly addressed an exploit that allowed PlayStation Portable (PSP) games to be emulated natively on the streaming handheld....
Best place to buy btc?
It seems like everywhere is asking for my ID multiple times and there are multiple international companies involved....
Instagram thinks I should reduce my privacy protections (programming.dev)
Error message when trying to view an Instagram post sent from a friend: “If this page is not displaying as expected, you can reduce advanced privacy protections which may resolve issues”....
FALLOUT 2 REMAKE - Remake vs Original Comparison [Project Arroyo] - YouTube (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/13023192...
the bread to charcoal pipeline (lemmy.world)
I did not know the origin of the quote (lemmy.world)
Cross-posted from lemmy.world/post/13888155
Google fixes two Pixel zero-day flaws exploited by forensics firms. GrapheneOS discovered and reported these flaws. (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
More Information: GrapheneOS Mastodon account
The Pirate Bay’s Oldest Torrent is Now 20 Years Old * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
Everyone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professor (www.theguardian.com)
ELI5: GrapheneOS questions
edit: thank you all for your replies! They are all very helpful. I am reading through them and will ask follow-up questions if needed....
You are going to be trapped in a room for 12 hours with a mid 2000s office desktop with no internet connection and an external hard drive; what are you putting on the hard drive?
I’ve got some DOOM WADs I have been meaning to play so I would probably grab Trench Foot, Total Chaos, and the sequel to Ashes 2063, Ashes: Afterglow with a portable install of GZDoom to play them....
What are the risks of sharing DNA?
I’m concerned about the privacy implications of DNA testing services like 23andMe or AncestryDNA. What are the potential risks of sharing our genetic data with those companies, and are there any privacy-focused alternatives available?