I tend to still get pulled onto it via search results when the stereotypical specific answer to specific answers are basically from there. But Lemmy has really grown so much since I first found out about it a few years ago (one of the big ditch Reddit waves of course). Still not at the "magical answer to the very issue I need info on" levels as subreddits, but getting closer and closer everyday. Also really cool to get and reply to sources from other Fediverse projects that aren't Lemmy if you choose to follow them. Just so fun overall.
If it does get far enough to be introduced and to actual vote. I am guessing there will be a massive push by Flock to flood news outlets and lobbyists to how "successfully bad guys were caught" or otherwise "prevented." Probably lock-in on any instance(s) involving children being protected/found. With any and all misleading stats downplaying the actual levels of spying on literally everyone not doing anything illegal (or that children are being scanned and added to those growing databases). And the fucked up cases of false positives that drag those people into court, job losses from being accused/arrested, and financial losses from the first two.
Since I doubt Sony will ever push the blu-ray spec beyond 100GB. It would have been nice to at least have a cart style option since storage on flash/nand storage isn't the issue it was back in the N64 days when CDs and DVDs stored more for less cost. AI stuff fucking prices and supply aside, it seems like prices for them would have made enough sense. Also seems like it would be less complicated than still having optical drives.
Ranting mostly about media beyond physical game releases below.
Also kind of seems that physical releases of TV and movies could have adapted carts for uncompressed 1080p/2160p. Don't get me wrong, I love the vibe of optical discs (even with their faults). Just hate that everything is almost completely download (for games) and streaming (for video) only. Non-game media is more frustrating since most set-top players don't have the DRM-ed periodic phone-home download options that phones and tablets have.
Might as well just make sure it is fully powered off and unplugged so it can't update in low power mode. If it hasn't been updated, it might be useful later on if an exploit is found allowing CFW. I haven't paid attention to the scene much, but old OFW tend to give the best options if found. Only "downside" is online stuff unless options have been found for per-game private servers.
It doesn't work every time (I am very much not someone that can just switch off), but I have found "floor time" to help as a method of meditating. Initially I was just doing stretches of time for the sake of countering being slumped posture all day without a specific intention of being a sleep aid. Some of us randomly do it on the cold floor at work if physically stressed out, which is why I thought to try it at home in the dark.
Tend to either have some long form video play that I have watched before and find nice for sound, or put buds in and set like a 20~30min sleep timer for podcast episodes I like and marked to never delete in a favorites section of the app. Ended up also finding some buds (Soundcore Sleep A10 for anyone that wants to know) that can auto-stop playback if they detect sleep (guessing they use like a heart-rate sensor). So they can act as an additional stop if I fall asleep before the actual sleep timer (sadly I have misplaced them ATM). Which help silence my own thoughts, and anchor onto the audio (and thoughts get kept to the video/podcast). And use the timer to formerly end the "floor time" or to avoid losing my place.
Only other thing I try to allow myself to drift into thinking about is if I feel like I have tensed-up or periodic moving my head to each side for a few mins each to stretch my neck. I just stare into the back of my eyelids, but sometimes the darkness of the room (or into something covering my eyes) for times that staring into the back of my eyelids feels weirdly stressful in the same way a staring contest does when open (very annoying feeling).
I have a high level (in my understanding) of Aphantasia, which for people that haven't heard of it, is not being able to "see" imaginations like folks that talk about "imagine a ball of light" or other guided things. Not fully lacking complete ability to "see" things, but ranging from only the idea (nothing) to extremely quick flashes of mostly super low details. So I try to learn how to focus on keeping the flashes a little longer and "see" simple things or pull the image of the room as I would be seeing it from my spot on the floor if my eyes were open. Made some progress here and there, while still not being able to do it outside of these times. Which I think might be helping me start to nod-off into really light sleep where dreams are close to starting.
Which can slip into that weird sudden falling feeling people have sometimes before fully falling asleep. However even if that happens, I can use that as a stopping point for "floor time" and move into the bed and fall asleep soon after. As my mind/body are much closer to whatever state needed for going over the edge of sleep. If the "falling" thing doesn't happen, I might reach a slightly deeper sleep where I am dreaming but can either still hear the show/podcast in the dream or it is influencing the dream to some in the short time I nod-off.
Same here. Such a weird level of social "power" given to them without actual reason. At least the old capitalist families actually had functionally important capital control with oil, land, industrial production. The Kardashian/Jenner families are just famous and rich for being famous and rich. And they (and many others like them) have inspired so many people to aspire to get famous and rich via clout chasing instead of anything else. Becoming a plague of thinking they are smart about stuff just because of their follower count.
Yeah the massive amounts of land that have no towns or even houses in the western half of the USA throws the density curve pretty dramatically. Makes it seem like the USA isn't the surveillance state it really is, while making other smaller (land wise) surveillance states seem worse. With the density looking less problematic, it really lets the frog that is the American populace not notice the water getting closer to boiling.
They don't care, but also they can point to AOSP being around. So "Android" is still "open", just making it harder and harder for it to be used without the Google Services (in addition to drivers needed for the crucial hardware bits OEMs use which are their own problems).
Conspiracy theory kind of rant/headspace. I am kind of shocked that the Pixel devices still have easy boot loader unlocking and drivers to install AOSP or Linux based ROMs. Guessing they will lock those down like the OEMs at some point, and make "must have" features for the hardware not work if an "unverified" ROM is installed. Could also see them selling "dev unlocked" versions of the devices that are more expensive, and require the people buying them to get verified for apps at time of purchase (even if the person isn't planning on actually making apps).
I also agree that court would unfortunately be the route they would rather take it (with their money and lawyers' time). Turning off the updates being an option is better than nothing regarding risks, but really sucks that even knowing the risks (possible with updates for anything) isn't something a average owner/user thinks about (and really shouldn't be expected to).
The more I hear about all the extra levels of data collecting and issues that get shifted onto the owners like this case. The more I am kind of glad to have an older model that their app/updates and features related to them hasn't supported for a while. Would be nice to be able to use the infotainment unit with my phone for displaying GPS instead of my phone on a mount that covers the screen (I think Android Auto was an option for the model the year after). I can still do calls and show blue-tooth media, and the backup camera works fine (would be pissed if the cam was tied to updates or plans that aren't an option anymore).
They should have to cover the costs if a OTA update is pushed even if the normal warranty is up. Not saying as fact, but it should be. They are the ones that push the updates and the owners of the cars are just doing what makes sense if they see an update is ready to install.
I wasn't aware of it before I saw articles talking about how we are using so much of the SPR currently. But apparently using so much of it actually can cause the caves/caverns to warp and start various chunks of the walls to fall. So even if it isn't factually about to run out, it is a big issue to be creating the "emergency" requiring pulling from it.
I guess it is a big win for the private companies that get the sellers market in government needing to fill it back up (and of course basically double-dip in profits from higher prices for normal use).
I would guess that it isn't trespassing in the normal sense since they own the house/building. Since the contract sounds like it allows them access inside and outside based on the kitchen stuff. Still would be good to see what legal protections you have for privacy as a renter in your area. If they are closing the window from the outside, it might not be legally trespassing (again in the normal sense of the law) as they could argue it is a facilities issue or something.
Agreed, my mom uses spreadsheets for things. Eventually just ended up paying for Office Home and Student 2024 because Calc confused her. Though when I helped her install Office, I did notice that she hadn't updated LibreOffice in over two years. Wish I had noticed before she paid for Office to see if the updates for Calc might have fixed her issue. Also wish I had installed OnlyOffice to see if it might have matched the "feel" of Excel better before giving MS money.
I tend to find most of their larger changes to be fine as long as I can relatively quickly adjust to locating things. It for sure will get backlash like a lot of their efforts to evolve and try things out.
Nice to know it shouldn't need compiling. Still might be fun to eventually try doing that just to say I could follow instructions.
I hope the user agent does contribute something. We need as many statistics as possible to chip away at the Chromium engine monopoly (just like the old IE Trident). Really hate all the fake "please update you browser or try Chromium" messages for random sites that are basically hard coded.
Certainly don't want to spoof the Chrome agent and give reinforcing stats that Chromium is the only thing that should be coded for. I imagine in a lot of cases the issue is more about them using DRM which FF and forks don't add out of principle. Even when DRM is supported, they still nerf FF for basically no reason (Netflix being the longest well known example). Really wish there was a way to fully switch Android's Chromium Web-view to Gecko instead of all apps defaulting to Chromium inside them while I'm ranting about it. lol
I used to try "doing my part" by installing FF on PCs I was setting up for people as a second option (left Edge as default to not completely be an asshole) and just mention it could be helpful for seeing if a site was just not working or if there was an issue with Edge/Chrome. But out of all the stuff people just somehow not "notice" just installing out of nowhere (so many will just accept those scammy drive-by Chromium browsers like Swift or Web-Discover showing up). Saying they just though it was from Microsoft updates like they did with the screen filling IE toolbars. They really noticed Firefox and be like "is this malware?" or otherwise be weirded out. So I stopped though I still add uBlock Origin and the Lite version on all browsers, and show how to white list sites when needed. So I still get to "do my part" on that front.
I really need to catch-up on it. Only annoying thing (normally) with their major changes is muscle memory with the old UI. But using Zen with all the changes they have made more frequently reminded me of how excited I would get for big things FF did over time. I loved how much better the Quantum refresh made speed and memory usage noticeably better. Less excited about the trend of apps and other software making things "rounded" to look "modern" or whatever (though I do like the "floating" tab look from Proton refresh). Just feels like things are larger/taking up too much space, but I am guessing touchscreens are the reason. Aside from the block on unsigned extensions, I hope the functional changes lead to a decent successor to the gains Quantum brought.
He is trying to speed-run social amnesia/mental fatigue/apathy on everything. Try to use Iran to try and get people to forget the massive ICE raids, used the ICE raids and Venezuela raid to pull attention from Palestine, used Palestine to draw away from the dramatic show of "big business showmanship" of all the tariffs. Rinse and repeat a lot of major shit throwing at walls.
I tend to still get pulled onto it via search results when the stereotypical specific answer to specific answers are basically from there. But Lemmy has really grown so much since I first found out about it a few years ago (one of the big ditch Reddit waves of course). Still not at the "magical answer to the very issue I need info on" levels as subreddits, but getting closer and closer everyday. Also really cool to get and reply to sources from other Fediverse projects that aren't Lemmy if you choose to follow them. Just so fun overall.
Which is why they knew you were running Linux. lol
If it does get far enough to be introduced and to actual vote. I am guessing there will be a massive push by Flock to flood news outlets and lobbyists to how "successfully bad guys were caught" or otherwise "prevented." Probably lock-in on any instance(s) involving children being protected/found. With any and all misleading stats downplaying the actual levels of spying on literally everyone not doing anything illegal (or that children are being scanned and added to those growing databases). And the fucked up cases of false positives that drag those people into court, job losses from being accused/arrested, and financial losses from the first two.
Since I doubt Sony will ever push the blu-ray spec beyond 100GB. It would have been nice to at least have a cart style option since storage on flash/nand storage isn't the issue it was back in the N64 days when CDs and DVDs stored more for less cost. AI stuff fucking prices and supply aside, it seems like prices for them would have made enough sense. Also seems like it would be less complicated than still having optical drives.
Ranting mostly about media beyond physical game releases below.
Also kind of seems that physical releases of TV and movies could have adapted carts for uncompressed 1080p/2160p. Don't get me wrong, I love the vibe of optical discs (even with their faults). Just hate that everything is almost completely download (for games) and streaming (for video) only. Non-game media is more frustrating since most set-top players don't have the DRM-ed periodic phone-home download options that phones and tablets have.
Might as well just make sure it is fully powered off and unplugged so it can't update in low power mode. If it hasn't been updated, it might be useful later on if an exploit is found allowing CFW. I haven't paid attention to the scene much, but old OFW tend to give the best options if found. Only "downside" is online stuff unless options have been found for per-game private servers.
It doesn't work every time (I am very much not someone that can just switch off), but I have found "floor time" to help as a method of meditating. Initially I was just doing stretches of time for the sake of countering being slumped posture all day without a specific intention of being a sleep aid. Some of us randomly do it on the cold floor at work if physically stressed out, which is why I thought to try it at home in the dark.
Tend to either have some long form video play that I have watched before and find nice for sound, or put buds in and set like a 20~30min sleep timer for podcast episodes I like and marked to never delete in a favorites section of the app. Ended up also finding some buds (Soundcore Sleep A10 for anyone that wants to know) that can auto-stop playback if they detect sleep (guessing they use like a heart-rate sensor). So they can act as an additional stop if I fall asleep before the actual sleep timer (sadly I have misplaced them ATM). Which help silence my own thoughts, and anchor onto the audio (and thoughts get kept to the video/podcast). And use the timer to formerly end the "floor time" or to avoid losing my place.
Only other thing I try to allow myself to drift into thinking about is if I feel like I have tensed-up or periodic moving my head to each side for a few mins each to stretch my neck. I just stare into the back of my eyelids, but sometimes the darkness of the room (or into something covering my eyes) for times that staring into the back of my eyelids feels weirdly stressful in the same way a staring contest does when open (very annoying feeling).
I have a high level (in my understanding) of Aphantasia, which for people that haven't heard of it, is not being able to "see" imaginations like folks that talk about "imagine a ball of light" or other guided things. Not fully lacking complete ability to "see" things, but ranging from only the idea (nothing) to extremely quick flashes of mostly super low details. So I try to learn how to focus on keeping the flashes a little longer and "see" simple things or pull the image of the room as I would be seeing it from my spot on the floor if my eyes were open. Made some progress here and there, while still not being able to do it outside of these times. Which I think might be helping me start to nod-off into really light sleep where dreams are close to starting.
Which can slip into that weird sudden falling feeling people have sometimes before fully falling asleep. However even if that happens, I can use that as a stopping point for "floor time" and move into the bed and fall asleep soon after. As my mind/body are much closer to whatever state needed for going over the edge of sleep. If the "falling" thing doesn't happen, I might reach a slightly deeper sleep where I am dreaming but can either still hear the show/podcast in the dream or it is influencing the dream to some in the short time I nod-off.
This should be at the top since it seems to be what the OP wants.
Same here. Such a weird level of social "power" given to them without actual reason. At least the old capitalist families actually had functionally important capital control with oil, land, industrial production. The Kardashian/Jenner families are just famous and rich for being famous and rich. And they (and many others like them) have inspired so many people to aspire to get famous and rich via clout chasing instead of anything else. Becoming a plague of thinking they are smart about stuff just because of their follower count.
Yeah the massive amounts of land that have no towns or even houses in the western half of the USA throws the density curve pretty dramatically. Makes it seem like the USA isn't the surveillance state it really is, while making other smaller (land wise) surveillance states seem worse. With the density looking less problematic, it really lets the frog that is the American populace not notice the water getting closer to boiling.
They don't care, but also they can point to AOSP being around. So "Android" is still "open", just making it harder and harder for it to be used without the Google Services (in addition to drivers needed for the crucial hardware bits OEMs use which are their own problems).
Conspiracy theory kind of rant/headspace. I am kind of shocked that the Pixel devices still have easy boot loader unlocking and drivers to install AOSP or Linux based ROMs. Guessing they will lock those down like the OEMs at some point, and make "must have" features for the hardware not work if an "unverified" ROM is installed. Could also see them selling "dev unlocked" versions of the devices that are more expensive, and require the people buying them to get verified for apps at time of purchase (even if the person isn't planning on actually making apps).
I also agree that court would unfortunately be the route they would rather take it (with their money and lawyers' time). Turning off the updates being an option is better than nothing regarding risks, but really sucks that even knowing the risks (possible with updates for anything) isn't something a average owner/user thinks about (and really shouldn't be expected to).
The more I hear about all the extra levels of data collecting and issues that get shifted onto the owners like this case. The more I am kind of glad to have an older model that their app/updates and features related to them hasn't supported for a while. Would be nice to be able to use the infotainment unit with my phone for displaying GPS instead of my phone on a mount that covers the screen (I think Android Auto was an option for the model the year after). I can still do calls and show blue-tooth media, and the backup camera works fine (would be pissed if the cam was tied to updates or plans that aren't an option anymore).
They should have to cover the costs if a OTA update is pushed even if the normal warranty is up. Not saying as fact, but it should be. They are the ones that push the updates and the owners of the cars are just doing what makes sense if they see an update is ready to install.
I wasn't aware of it before I saw articles talking about how we are using so much of the SPR currently. But apparently using so much of it actually can cause the caves/caverns to warp and start various chunks of the walls to fall. So even if it isn't factually about to run out, it is a big issue to be creating the "emergency" requiring pulling from it.
I guess it is a big win for the private companies that get the sellers market in government needing to fill it back up (and of course basically double-dip in profits from higher prices for normal use).
I would guess that it isn't trespassing in the normal sense since they own the house/building. Since the contract sounds like it allows them access inside and outside based on the kitchen stuff. Still would be good to see what legal protections you have for privacy as a renter in your area. If they are closing the window from the outside, it might not be legally trespassing (again in the normal sense of the law) as they could argue it is a facilities issue or something.
Agreed, my mom uses spreadsheets for things. Eventually just ended up paying for Office Home and Student 2024 because Calc confused her. Though when I helped her install Office, I did notice that she hadn't updated LibreOffice in over two years. Wish I had noticed before she paid for Office to see if the updates for Calc might have fixed her issue. Also wish I had installed OnlyOffice to see if it might have matched the "feel" of Excel better before giving MS money.
I tend to find most of their larger changes to be fine as long as I can relatively quickly adjust to locating things. It for sure will get backlash like a lot of their efforts to evolve and try things out.
Nice to know it shouldn't need compiling. Still might be fun to eventually try doing that just to say I could follow instructions.
I hope the user agent does contribute something. We need as many statistics as possible to chip away at the Chromium engine monopoly (just like the old IE Trident). Really hate all the fake "please update you browser or try Chromium" messages for random sites that are basically hard coded.
Certainly don't want to spoof the Chrome agent and give reinforcing stats that Chromium is the only thing that should be coded for. I imagine in a lot of cases the issue is more about them using DRM which FF and forks don't add out of principle. Even when DRM is supported, they still nerf FF for basically no reason (Netflix being the longest well known example). Really wish there was a way to fully switch Android's Chromium Web-view to Gecko instead of all apps defaulting to Chromium inside them while I'm ranting about it. lol
I used to try "doing my part" by installing FF on PCs I was setting up for people as a second option (left Edge as default to not completely be an asshole) and just mention it could be helpful for seeing if a site was just not working or if there was an issue with Edge/Chrome. But out of all the stuff people just somehow not "notice" just installing out of nowhere (so many will just accept those scammy drive-by Chromium browsers like Swift or Web-Discover showing up). Saying they just though it was from Microsoft updates like they did with the screen filling IE toolbars. They really noticed Firefox and be like "is this malware?" or otherwise be weirded out. So I stopped though I still add uBlock Origin and the Lite version on all browsers, and show how to white list sites when needed. So I still get to "do my part" on that front.
Very true. I'm sure that the large amount of wealthy people that claim both parties do appreciate his rapid cycling of ever increasing shit.
I really need to catch-up on it. Only annoying thing (normally) with their major changes is muscle memory with the old UI. But using Zen with all the changes they have made more frequently reminded me of how excited I would get for big things FF did over time. I loved how much better the Quantum refresh made speed and memory usage noticeably better. Less excited about the trend of apps and other software making things "rounded" to look "modern" or whatever (though I do like the "floating" tab look from Proton refresh). Just feels like things are larger/taking up too much space, but I am guessing touchscreens are the reason. Aside from the block on unsigned extensions, I hope the functional changes lead to a decent successor to the gains Quantum brought.
He is trying to speed-run social amnesia/mental fatigue/apathy on everything. Try to use Iran to try and get people to forget the massive ICE raids, used the ICE raids and Venezuela raid to pull attention from Palestine, used Palestine to draw away from the dramatic show of "big business showmanship" of all the tariffs. Rinse and repeat a lot of major shit throwing at walls.