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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • Signal Contingency Plan (spoiler: it's Delta Chat)

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  • deltachat will leak metadata everywhere

    Got a citation for that? Genuinely curious

  • Kiss goodbye to 8K as support from the TV industry 'dwindles'

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  • I would like to see 8K for movies in cinema, especially for remasters/digitizations from existing film negatives and archival purposes.

    While I wouldn't say no to it, 8K on a TV under 75" is not going to add much value to the average consumer.

  • Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off

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  • Right, exactly. It also takes 3-4 seconds to load in which time I could have just middle clicked and loaded it in the background. Maybe on mobile I'd use it but only in rare circumstances.

  • No wonder Reddit has turned to shit

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  • Every platform is going to have someone trying to exploit it.

    Reddit turned to shit because the people who own it allowed it to.

  • Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off

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  • What exactly are the AI features everyone is talking about? The only one I've encountered is the "long click to preview link" and it's... not super useful but far from annoying like Copilot.

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    Yes, Windows is the Problem.

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  • I upvoted you, but I do feel it's only a matter of time before the open source community outpaces Apple as well. Just a few short years ago the "year of the Linux desktop" was a joke. Now for many, Linux is unquestionably the better option.

    Imagine having the option to be-exactly-like-MacOS-if-you-want-but-aren't-forced-to (basically what's happened with Linux and Windows this year). It would be game over for Apple, at least from a software perspective.

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    Yes, Windows is the Problem.

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  • Zorin is a good OS but IMO it's a little too simplistic for most people who know what an operating system is.

    But as the video gets at, the question of "when will Linux be better than Windows" is solidly "today". MacOS is probably still "better" for someone fully invested in the Apple ecosystem. But Linux is not far behind that either.

  • Framework 13 To See Fan Target & Fan Temperature Thresholds Support With Linux 7.0

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  • Thank goodness, the fan has a mind of it's own sometimes.

  • You Are Being Misled About Renewable Energy Technology [Technology Connections]

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  • He seems to be active in replies to his own posts. I recall him being frustrated by a lack of tools available for high follower accounts like they apparently offer on Twitter.

  • You Are Being Misled About Renewable Energy Technology [Technology Connections]

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  • This was an unusual (For Alec) and remarkable episode. I found it very inspiring. Also Alec is one of the few YouTubers I know of on Fedi. @TechConnectify@mas.to

  • Syncthing on Android - I'm out of the loop. Where can I get a trusted & maintained version?

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  • Installing self-hostable services on a cloud server isn't self-hosting ???

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  • I can see you care about this a lot, so please tell me; in your opinion at what point does a PC cease to be "self hosted"? When it's carried across the property line? Maybe if the electricity bill is paid by a roommate?

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    Some potentially interesting data: horses per capita in the U.S. and China

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  • wow 9/11 changed everything

  • Installing self-hostable services on a cloud server isn't self-hosting ???

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  • Love to see the people in here gatekeeping "selfhosting" 🙄

    We're all just out here trying to escape big tech. A docker container doesn't suddenly stop becoming "selfhosted" once the hard drive it's on crosses a property line. Who the hell cares, seriously.

  • Immich 2.5 Released With Free Up Space, Web Backups

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  • Yeah I saw that... not really what I would consider a "web backup" exactly. I was hoping they were rolling out encrypted photo storage plans.

  • Bazzite, others announce Open Gaming Collective

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  • If I was the tyrant king of Lemmy I would force all communities to do this

  • Immich 2.5 Released With Free Up Space, Web Backups

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  • I can't find anything about the web backups in the article or release notes.

  • Is there a Chromecast equivalent?

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  • It's my understanding that anything doing this would also need to also emulate Chromecast, since the "cast" buttons inside the Amazon Prime/Netflix/Spotify/etc apps uses the proprietary Chromecast protocol.

  • Richard Stallman Was Asked: Is Software Piracy Wrong?

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  • No a pro-piracy argument, but most artists get fractions of a penny from the sales of media anyway. Only the biggest stars are paid a fair share of the profits. I always try to find a way to support directly or use a platform (bandcamp, steam) that adds some value and gives a majority to the creator.