People often ask why I contribute to open source projects or otherwise work on building automated tooling. They see me spending hours to automate a task or fix a bug that take seconds to do or avoid manually, in a way that the original XKCD comic says won’t pay off. The disconnect seems to be that the comic and those people...
I’ve always just used konsole or gnome terminal. Never really looked into what else is available. Tried cool-retro-term the other day, but the novelty wore off pretty fast for me....
They have an “Office Key” on some official keyboards. Pressing Office+L opens LinkedIn. The Office key is actually mapped to that long modifier shortcut.
I’m going with this Dell and returning my Lenovo Slim 7 Pro. In my previous thread saying I switched to Windows I read that Dells offer great compatibility. I ordered this Dell XPS 13 and plan on going with Pop OS. Thoughts on this? Good choice?...
I recently was gifted a raspberry pi 5 and was looking at domains to buy to host my own instance. What happens to my instance if the domain expires?...
You can’t do that. Installing custom ROMs on Android devices is very different than installing an OS on a desktop/laptop. Most devices don’t allow changing the OS at all, most of the ones that do don’t have any Linux builds, and then you’ll be stuck with whatever distro you’re given (probably UBPorts or maybe PostmarketOS) rather than choosing your own.
Kindles are really hard to root. Use XDA Developers forum for this kind of thing. xdaforums.com/…/fire-hd-8-2018-only-unbrick-downg…, which is what that guide is based on, looks like it only works for the 2018 version and seems way more difficult and risky than most ROM installations. Also, that won’t install Linux, just a different Android version.
How? It’s not a MitM or anything like that, it’s connecting exactly how an Apple device would connect. Everything is still E2EE, just one of the ends can now be an Android device.
What do you think an API is? They have reverse engineered the iMessage API and are using that to connect to the iMessage servers. It is literally impossible to do as you suggest (use entirely their own resources) because iMessage is centralized and cannot federate with any other server, even if one did exist.
Their hope was that they got close enough to an actual Apple device that breaking it would break Apple devices. It turns out they weren’t close enough, but they could be with a few improvements.
From what I understand, their guess is that Apple is now checking if the device also has support for other services, such as FaceTime. Beeper Mini and pypush don’t pretend to support FaceTime, so it breaks.
Kind of, but it’s more complicated. I’m not sure if the app itself will be open source, but currently, the method they use is. Either way, the hardest part is already done, but you still need a client (maybe; they might open-source it) and a notification server. I’m planning to attempt to build a Matrix bridge if I have enough time and it’s not beyond my skills, but if you don’t want the messages to be decrypted by the server, making the notification server and maybe client would be really difficult.
Good&Evil is a classic altrock album by Tally Hall, and now, for something completely different, JSON
Is It Worth The Time? XKCD 1205 updated for open source and shared tools. (lemmy.world)
People often ask why I contribute to open source projects or otherwise work on building automated tooling. They see me spending hours to automate a task or fix a bug that take seconds to do or avoid manually, in a way that the original XKCD comic says won’t pay off. The disconnect seems to be that the comic and those people...
Which terminal emulator do you use?
I’ve always just used konsole or gnome terminal. Never really looked into what else is available. Tried cool-retro-term the other day, but the novelty wore off pretty fast for me....
Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994 (arstechnica.com)
Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.
Thoughts on this? (futurology.today)
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Trying to revive this community (files.catbox.moe)
I'm returning my Lenovo laptop that gave me tons of compatibility issues and getting this Dell XPS 13 instead. Thoughts? (www.bestbuy.com)
I’m going with this Dell and returning my Lenovo Slim 7 Pro. In my previous thread saying I switched to Windows I read that Dells offer great compatibility. I ordered this Dell XPS 13 and plan on going with Pop OS. Thoughts on this? Good choice?...
What happens to my instance if my domain expires?
I recently was gifted a raspberry pi 5 and was looking at domains to buy to host my own instance. What happens to my instance if the domain expires?...
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Beeper vs Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ investigation - Android Authority (www.androidauthority.com)
US senators have urged the DOJ to probe Apple’s alleged anti-competitive conduct against Beeper.
December Updates: The Spirit of COSMIC (blog.system76.com)
what is your favorite browser tab?
Yes, im talking the design of the tabs on your browser, mines opera gx, if only it wasn’t spyware (does browsers count as technology?)
Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app (www.theverge.com)
Beeper Mini’s iMessage app for Android is broken, possibly by Apple (arstechnica.com)
Vivaldi Is Available on Flathub – Brno Hat (enblog.eischmann.cz)
There’s a new iMessage for Android app — and it actually works (www.theverge.com)
• A new Android app called Beeper Mini allows users to send iMessages as blue bubbles from non-Apple devices....