I have game consoles that are more than twice that old and still play reliably. Apple really skewed our idea of lifespans for electronics, didn't they? It's a thermostat, they should be designed to install and forget for the next half-century. It's a core part of a house, like the plumbing and breaker box.
Conditioning everyone to see their computers as media consumption kiosks instead of the powerful, productive machines they are. That's where MS OSes are headed. They tried too early with Windows 8 Metro, but they haven't lost sight of that concept.
"My TV shows ads so it's only natural my computer does too." - I bet a lot of people already think like this.
Below is a look at the most exasperating news from streaming services from this week. The scale of this article demonstrates how fast and frequently disappointing streaming news arises. Coincidentally, as we wrote this article, another price hike was announced....
In a world with finite resources, a system seeking infinite growth will eventually collapse.
That's why some of the most powerful capitalists are starting to look up. Our great-great-grandchildren are going to be indentured servants on an asteroid mine. They know what's coming. They'll pack each SpaceX Starship with 100s of them just like they did 200 years ago. That thing ain't no exploration vessel. It's a future slave ship. Private companies don't do "exploration" unless it's to find more things to make a profit on.
Can't get a train track to every single depot and loading dock in the country that receives shipments (which is like, practically every big box store and warehouse there is). There has to be a handover at some point.
Edit: also not a big fan of the train system in the US, since the vast majority of rail is privately owned. The operators have too much control. They'll charge towns extra to put automated crossing guards on their rail and then keep charging them for its maintenance. The jurisdiction can't use their own third party workers to maintain it. The railroads are legally only required to put up a sign. It's extortion if you ask me.
For those of you who don’t know, Linux From Scratch is a project that teaches you how to compile your own custom distro, with everything compiled from source code....
Did it for shits and giggles once back in 2006. I think everyone serious about learning Linux at a "pro" level should go through the process at least once, even if the system gets wiped afterward in favor of a more usable distro. Teaches you what the standardized core components are and what they do, and gives you a clear understanding of how Linux is structured. That knowledge will carry on over to other distros and will make it much, much easier to troubleshoot issues with your system if you know how the parts of that system work.
For those unaware or who never used it, it has a huge setup guide with copy/pastable commands to guide you through each step. Theres even an automated script from what I remember. They don't just give you a pile of source code and tell you "good luck".
So i tried to connect steamdeck to pc using usb and i read its immpossible because steamdeck is a computer and some explanation on quora about strong master slave relationship. But then why is it possible for android phones to connect to pc whilist also having the ability to use USB and other usb c accesories. Also why cant it...
Ethernet had this figured out almost 30 years ago with auto-negotiation. Last crossover cable I ever used was in 2004 for a customer's old hub they didn't want to replace. Yes, "hub", not "switch".
In that case, you implement the old API or other interfaces so older things will continue working, while having the new one alongside it, and then phase the old one out when nobody is using it anymore. It's not that hard to emulate an older API with a newer subsystem. Just a shitload of function wrappers and things so that the things your program used to call now transparently use the new system while the program is unaware anything changed from its perspective.
That's what happens with the Linux kernel. Linus would go apeshit if one of the devs straight up broke a ton of user programs with a change. He's already demonstrated his commitment to not doing that in one of his mailing list rants. Because unlike GNOME, the kernel is running some pretty critical things all around the world.
GNOME seems to be treating their DE like their own little pet project that they're tinkering with alone in the basement without caring that millions are relying on it every day. Breaking a large portion of programs on a regular basis is what I do in the evenings. Not professionals.
There are several other states considering bans too. Here we finally have a viable way of ending the suffering we inflict on nonhuman animals and it's facing so much resistance. Pisses me off. Things like this shouldn't even be part of a discussion if it's determined to be safe through rigorous testing, they should just be straight up promoted and implemented immediately.
So many things society could massively benefit from are constantly held back by a minority group of hardheaded, self-centered, unscientific, anti-intellectual morons.
Instead of guessing, you people need to learn to use Wireshark and find out for yourself.
No, they don't just listen all the time with an open mic and just send all audio to the cloud. Anyone in cybersecurity would definitely notice that and sound the alarm. There's probably tens of thousands of people watching what these companies and their tech do all day long.
They can get all the data they need through other means, like trackers. Most of us aren't consciously aware of the metric shitton of bread crumbs we all leave behind on the net.
If you're monitoring the traffic, and you start speaking, and you suddenly see packets spewing out of a device every time you talk, that's a good indication. There's indirect methods to analyze it without necessarily being able to see the actual data.
Poking around the PCB with an oscilloscope to see electrical signals will probably be useful too.
This entire article is full of absolutely nothing but speculation with no sources and poor experimentation without proper knowledge in the field, software, or equipment. No technical analysis at all. This person kind of has no clue and is taking ignorant shots in the dark to try to confirm preexisting notions. The "experiment" they ran sounds like something my mother would do and then get all bent out of shape and frantically call me about it.
What's up, I'm 42 years old. USSR collapsed over 30 years ago, it's irrelevant. Like the person said, modern Russia doesn't have 900+ bases around the world. The US was an unchallenged hyperpower for a long time and definitely took advantage of that fact.
We went through all this shit with Afghanistan and Iraq and now we're supposed to believe the US is helping out simply because they feel sorry for Ukraine? Countries don't just do things without a good motivation.
I'm not bashing Ukraine here either. May they win their fight and live in peace.
Everybody says that...but I'd like to see Russia try. And if they resort to nukes, they'll be erased in a day. They may be Russian, but they're not stupid or suicidal.
Excuse me? Crimea IS (or was) part of Ukraine. The fuck are you on about "second" country? This invasion has been already happening for a decade more or less.
Article said they they actually have a service that reproduces news articles without paywalls. People are deliberately choosing to get their news filtered through ChatGPT when everyone should know by now that these things are not to be trusted with any important information.
I use a combo of Pihole + OpenDNS with filters. And my kid's user account does not have privileges to change network settings. Yet. Things will be enabled one by one in due time until he's in 100% control of his own computer.
And if he actually knows what a DNS server is and is digging around for the setting, and trying to hack my shit, then I'd say he's ready for the "adult" computing world.
After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat (www.theverge.com)
What would an ENSH*TTIFIED Linux distro look like? [video] (tilvids.com)
Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our unshittified experience (sh.itjust.works)
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All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week (arstechnica.com)
Below is a look at the most exasperating news from streaming services from this week. The scale of this article demonstrates how fast and frequently disappointing streaming news arises. Coincidentally, as we wrote this article, another price hike was announced....
Will self driving trucks hit the roads with nobody on board or will they keep a human supervisor?
According to the news self driving trucks are about to hit the road with no driver on board....
Has anyone here ever tried Linux From Scratch?
For those of you who don’t know, Linux From Scratch is a project that teaches you how to compile your own custom distro, with everything compiled from source code....
why cant we connect 2 computers using USB
So i tried to connect steamdeck to pc using usb and i read its immpossible because steamdeck is a computer and some explanation on quora about strong master slave relationship. But then why is it possible for android phones to connect to pc whilist also having the ability to use USB and other usb c accesories. Also why cant it...
Linux Mint 22 Will Include Preinstalled App for Matrix (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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Gnome's Adwaita team is breaking icon compatibility (cullmann.io)
Why Florida banned a kind of meat that doesn’t really exist (www.vox.com)
People left seriously creeped out after woman shares how to find out everything Google knows about you (www.uniladtech.com)
What 10 Years of U.S. Meddling in Ukraine Have Wrought (Spoiler Alert: Not Democracy) (www.realclearinvestigations.com)
Newspapers Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement and ‘Fake News’ Hallicunations (torrentfreak.com)
‘This machine bonks fascists’: US student protester’s water jug becomes symbol of resistance (www.theguardian.com)
I'm too predictable (lemmy.world)
Elon Musk wants to turn Tesla’s fleet into AWS for AI — would it work? (lemmy.eco.br)
Apparently, we will have a large neural network supported by the processing of Tesla cars.
Linux for Kids?
I’m thinking about building a desktop with one of my kids and I would really prefer to put Linux on it. My wife is not a fan of the idea, however....