AgreeableLandscape

AgreeableLandscape, 8 months ago

Poor man’s Optane

AgreeableLandscape, 9 months ago

Robots will have values and ethics completely different from humans, so there is no way to know how they will view us if they were sentient. It’s entirely possible that they will see being forced to speak to humans in our language to be just as patronizing to them as we think it’s to us.

AgreeableLandscape, 9 months ago

Designers of talking kiosks essentially assume you can’t read.

AgreeableLandscape, 9 months ago

Probably a stupid question as I have never used ApkMirror before and generally am weary of app mirror sites: How is it in terms of reputability? Does it repackage apps or does it directly serve the original releases?

AgreeableLandscape, 9 months ago

Thank you for the info!

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

Jeez is this why my torrents slowed down to a crawl lately? I’m on Mullvad and wasn’t aware they removed port forwarding, or even really what port forwarding is until now.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

Whatever you call them, sugar-based popiscles have nothing on pieces of frozen fruit. You can even get bags of them at grocery stores and plenty of convenience stores!

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

On one hand I’m interested in seeing how well it works and what they do with it, on the other hand…

Source: https://xkcd.com/927/

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

“Don’t want your kids seeing ads that are absolutely not for kids? Easy! Just pay us!”

Seriously it’s so hypocritical that they demonetize swearing yet show gambling, alcohol, and even the occasional barely-not-porn sexualized ad without a second thought.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

Frankly, I’ve had it with band-aid solutions like alt clients. Gonna say it now: if you claim to be a FLOSS/open web supporting creator and you’re still exclusively using YouTube, you obviously value revenue over FLOSS or open web. Yes I’m gatekeeping FLOSS/open web with that statement, but corporate tech is actively trying to destroy both, and if you side with them, why shouldn’t you be called out for it? Don’t have to quit YouTube IMO, but at least mirror on Peertube if you care.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

pay for attention

Isn’t that basically what their “superchat” feature in YouTube live is? Pay money to force the host to read your comment? IDK I’ve never used it and don’t intend to.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

Yep… Bummer, but completely in character and expected.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

But at the same time, not enough people use 3rd party YouTube apps to cause any significant backlash if they deny api access

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

I have clarified the title.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

I’m going to seriously consider completely discontinuing watching YouTube if NewPipe stops working. I still like plenty of non-FLOSS oriented channels that will never even consider a FLOSS or open web solution, but I think I owe it to myself to not accept Google’s bullshit, not even use it from the browser, with or without the adblock ban. Not to protest Google’s actions because I don’t care, but to uphold my own values and interests. I need to heed my own advice and extended rants about big tech.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

I’ve never pegged Google as particularly giving a shit about legacy support though. They kill things out of the blue without warning or explanation.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

Wonder if that will finally change with web integrity.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

The vast majority of their userbase already puts up with it, so I doubt they will see any significant backlash. Even if all the FLOSS creators leave, they’re still a tiny minority because it’s “”“influencer”“” channels like the Pauls and content farms like Bright Side that are the real cash cows on the platform.

Also, a huge part of their userbase is children. Probably more than any other mainstream social media platform. They won’t even understand the concept of DRM or corporate bullshittery and will only use the YouTube app or browser anyway. Kids are also less likely to be bothered by ads, might not even understand what the purpose of an ad is, in fact they will just see them as more content which is why advertising to kids is so unreasonably effective.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

I don’t think there are any that don’t require jailbreak/sideloading, but you can always use the browser versions like Invidious or Piped!

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

I wish you the best of luck! I’m on a similar journey to replace YouTube.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

Probably not. There’s no netflix-dl for a reason.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

Yeah that’s on me. I never really looked for netflix downloader type software because everything I’d possibly want to watch on Netflix (not a lot all things considered) is available on torrent. Guess I never really wondered how they rip the videos for torrenting, which in hindsight is kind of obvious.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

That’s what happens when you make a basic GUI in a freaking game engine.

Yeah I know you want to demo your game engine, but I don’t need you to demo thermal throttling on my processor.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

As far as I know yes.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

They most likely intended it as a way to showcase their game engine. Not sure how well that works considering everyone hates the Epic launcher, but you do you I guess.

AgreeableLandscape, 11 months ago

Except all together those cards are worth hundreds of dollars.

AgreeableLandscape, 11 months ago

That’s mainstream tech journalism for you.

AgreeableLandscape, 11 months ago

Just random thoughts: What would be your thoughts on a day-of moratorium on registrations? Give everyone a day or two to think on it then open it back up?

AgreeableLandscape, 11 months ago

IMO I think Reddit is living just a little too rent free on Lemmy (and the rest of the fediverse). People should be deciding whether or not to leave Reddit for their own sake, if the platform no longer suits their interests and values, not to protest or “stick it to Spez” or anything. They have already made it clear that no amount of protesting or anything else will convince them of anything, so don’t waste your effort.

AgreeableLandscape, 11 months ago

90% sure it’s tomatoes. They are not native to Europe and were only introduced in the colonial era.

AgreeableLandscape, 11 months ago

Charging one cent is one cent of price gouging.

AgreeableLandscape, 11 months ago

SFC thinks they are in violation of the GPL for what that’s worth.

AgreeableLandscape, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

Chinese person in Canada: I just drink cold tap water, but my parents and grandparents drink boiled water. Not really for safety concerns over here, but they, my grandparents especially, subscribe to that traditional Chinese medicine thing of don’t put anything cold into your body ever.

AgreeableLandscape, 11 months ago

I wish Ol’ Debian would get the love it deserves, especially for enterprise where their “stability over the latest flashiest software” philosophy should really shine. People on the desktop side criticizing how slowly Debian packages update is generally responded with “well it’s a server OS first and foremost, the Debian derivatives are more suited for desktop,” so why does no one use Debian for servers? And as far as I know Debian has always prioritized stability and reliability above anything else, and have never pulled any sort of corporate antics even close to what Canonical and Red Hat have pulled.

AgreeableLandscape, 10 months ago

And you could upgrade them too. Back when socketed CPUs existed on laptops along with expansion slots, and batteries were removable with a thumb latch (and most laptops could run on the power adapter without the battery being installed, which prevented trickle charging related battery degradation, perfect for a “desktop replacement” that would spend a lot of its time hooked up to power before that category of laptops even really existed). Good times.

AgreeableLandscape, 11 months ago

And the project manager is just talking about his son’s college football game for 44 of those minutes.