Calling “acquiring and setting up an email domain and configuring the mail server for wildcards” “basically no extra effort” is a bit disingenuous compared to “solve a captcha for a Gmail account”
EA CEO Andrew Wilson confirmed the company is considering putting ads in traditional AAA games — titles that players purchase up-front for around $70 apiece. In the Q&A part of EA’s latest earnings call, Eric Sheridan from Goldman Sachs asked Wilson about dynamic ad insertion in traditional AAA games. Wilson said,...
No actual technical solution here, but it smells slightly of XY-Problems.
From what you described it seems the main issues are
too many calls
not knowing who’s calling
not wanting to answer the phone
not reaching the phone in time
Maybe you could look into solutions like setting a custom ringtone for important callers or having the phone announce caller names so your mother can decide if she wants to make the effort to get her phone.
I’m speculating a bit here but I can imagine that getting up and answering the phone is exhausting for your mother. Also if her mindset is " a ringing phone means it’s important" that could make it even more stressful.
Maybe you could find a way to let her silence all calls except caregivers and ICE contacts. (On Android DND exceptions could work for that)
That way she doesn’t feel pressured to answer the phone every time it rings and stays reachable.
If it’s actually just the physical issue of reaching the phone in time, does she have a convenient way to carry the phone indoors like a lanyard?
Hiya, just quickly wondering how people store their coffee? Mine is in a tin box I got second hand, cos I thought it looked nice. Any rules regarding storing grounded coffee? I don’t store much at the time, it’s just if I grind a little too much and what not. I’m assuming the general thumb rule for this is to store it in a...
Threema is decent, too. Crypto is comparable, and allows signups without email or phone number. It’s a paid app, though, but anonymous purchase options are available.
I very recently bought a used Pixel 6 with a replacement screen, not thinking too much of it. I even made sure that the screen looked good during pickup....
For anything I don’t control, like door locks at work, I’m with you.
For a device controlled by me, the tradeoff for convenience is so much better.
If it’s properly implemented, extracting biometric features is hard, so stolen fingerprints are less of a concern.
It allows me to use a long password, which in android also serves as an encryption key for the filesystem, while allowing me to unlock my phone without entering that password every time.
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....
That feature is right on the border between real neat tech and deeply unsettling.
“Hey, my phone uses its last few electrons to turn into a bluetooth beacon to stay findable” sounds like sci-fi “reserve power emergency mode”
“I can’t turn off the locator chip in a device that holds half my life and memories” is just dystopian.
I’m wondering if there would be a way to keep it useful while minimizing impact for people who stay off the grid. A hardware switch would probably be a good start but they won’t fly with current all-touch designs.
I’m with you on LLMs being over hyped although that’s already dying down a bit. But regarding your claim that LLMs cannot “understand context”, I’ve recently read an article that shows that LLMs can have an internal world model:
I’m interviewing for a software dev job currently (it’s in the initial stages). If things work out, I’d absolutely prefer a work laptop with Linux installed (I personally use PopOS but any distro will do), a Mac will be second choice, but I absolutely cannot tolerate Windows, I abhor it, I hate it… (If all computers left...
Hab gerade wieder Podcasts für mich entdeckt und würd mich über ein paar Tipps freuen. Vielleicht findet auch jemand von euch neue Inhalte in diesem Post :)
Zur besseren Findbarkeit: Es heißt “Lateral” with Tom Scott, von lateral thinking - Quer- oder um die Ecke denken, aber ohne die Konnotation, die Querdenken seit Corona hat.
Yeah, nearly the same here. Brouter-web for planning + overpass queries to find infrastructure POIs (drinking_water, supermarket).
On the go: OSMand installed via F-Droid, following the gpx track or routing with brouter on my phone.
I’ve got a routing profile for following designated bike routes (luckily quite plentiful in Germany) and one that concentrates on good surface conditions for bad weather set up in brouter that are bound to two different profiles in OSMand.
I’m switching in and out of the cycloroute style on OSMand. It’s useful for planning, but on the bike I’m not used enough to it to interpret it at a glance.
It seems like the benefits are having the device lock/wipe itself after a set amount of attempts in case of a brute force attack and not having to run software to decrypt the drive on the device you plug it into....
They occupy a strange niche full of contradictions.
Entering the code on the device itself should increase security as opposed to entering it on a compromised computer.
But plugging it into a compromised computer means the data is compromised anyway.
Their security is way harder to audit than a software solution like PGP. The actual “encryption” varies from actual decent setups to “entering the code connects the data pins with no actual encryption on the storage chip”
Not having to instal/use software to use them means they are suitable for non-technical users which in turn means more support calls for “I forgot the pin, it wiped itself, can you restore my data”
They are kind of useful to check the “data is transported on encrypted media” box for compliance reasons without having to manage something bigger.
Leaked emails show organizers of the prestigious Hugo Awards vetted writers’ work and comments with regard to China, where last year’s awards were held....
JellyFed(eration) would be awesome. It should use an anonymous overlay network so federation is not limited to people you trust in copyright-zealous jurisdictions.
Light Eye of Stuttgart21 [OC] (live.staticflickr.com)
This was a guided tour of the future main station in Stuttgart called Stuttgart21....
Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue (www.404media.co)
Archive link: archive.ph/GtA4Q...
What's the best wax-on-wax-off-style advice you've heard that you can attest as being helpful in certain situations?
For security reasons (lemmy.world)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cd29e707-8f43-4511-afc6-0a778fe36a61.jpeg...
EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO (www.tomshardware.com)
EA CEO Andrew Wilson confirmed the company is considering putting ads in traditional AAA games — titles that players purchase up-front for around $70 apiece. In the Q&A part of EA’s latest earnings call, Eric Sheridan from Goldman Sachs asked Wilson about dynamic ad insertion in traditional AAA games. Wilson said,...
I would maybe like a smart watch, can you help me decide?
Hello,...
How do you store your grounded coffee? (slrpnk.net)
Hiya, just quickly wondering how people store their coffee? Mine is in a tin box I got second hand, cos I thought it looked nice. Any rules regarding storing grounded coffee? I don’t store much at the time, it’s just if I grind a little too much and what not. I’m assuming the general thumb rule for this is to store it in a...
Is WhatsApp safe for sending private photos? (proton.me)
Beware of used Pixels with a replaced screen
I very recently bought a used Pixel 6 with a replacement screen, not thinking too much of it. I even made sure that the screen looked good during pickup....
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....
Nach Cannabis-Legalisierung: "Ankiffen" vor der CSU-Zentrale (www.br.de) German
XZ backdoor in a nutshell (lemmy.zip)
Create a Public Hotspot from my router, that handles auto time out when their session is done, etc?
Hi there,...
I'm mildly proud of how I categorise my games on Steam and interested to see others' methods (feddit.nl)
They’re in order of likelihood of being played. Craig is a mate of mine who I play with when time permits.
Android 15 will let you find your Pixel 8 even when it's off (www.androidpolice.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/7007064
Remember to say please and thank you (midwest.social)
Asking for a Linux (or non-Windows) laptop during a job interview?
I’m interviewing for a software dev job currently (it’s in the initial stages). If things work out, I’d absolutely prefer a work laptop with Linux installed (I personally use PopOS but any distro will do), a Mac will be second choice, but I absolutely cannot tolerate Windows, I abhor it, I hate it… (If all computers left...
Was sind eure liebsten Podcasts? German
Hab gerade wieder Podcasts für mich entdeckt und würd mich über ein paar Tipps freuen. Vielleicht findet auch jemand von euch neue Inhalte in diesem Post :)
Maps
Which are you using?...
What are your thoughts on USB storage drives that have keypad encryption? (leminal.space)
It seems like the benefits are having the device lock/wipe itself after a set amount of attempts in case of a brute force attack and not having to run software to decrypt the drive on the device you plug it into....
Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fear of offending China (www.nbcnews.com)
Leaked emails show organizers of the prestigious Hugo Awards vetted writers’ work and comments with regard to China, where last year’s awards were held....
'Anywhere there's a camera, now there's a risk': Billions of users at risk of Peeping Toms — scientists devise incredibly simple eavesdropping system costing only a few hundred dollars (www.techradar.com)
The method, known as EM Eye, can even capture images through walls, raising huge concerns about the potential for misuse....
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