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[–] nix@midwest.social 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We're social creatures. The laugh track makes us feel like we're in a social situation. I think different shows use this more or less cynically.

[–] nix@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

For DF: The free version had a Linux build for a long time. The paid version adds new graphics, and it took a while for that to get a Linux release.

For Minecraft: you should be able to play without an account if you're single player and using a third party launcher. I almost exclusively play with friends.

[–] nix@midwest.social 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Off the top of my head: Half Life 2! OpenTTD, Dwarf Fortress, Minecraft.

[–] nix@midwest.social 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I use mailbox.org personally. Disroot is probably fine. Do they have 2FA? That would be the most essential thing you want here if you're worried about being hacked by an outside party. 2FA would even mitigate a password leak in most cases, since they'd only have 1 of the authentication factors.

If you're worried about hacking, you can do some things to mitigate the damage that would cause. Download important old emails and delete them from the server, this is pretty easy to do in a desktop client (like thunderbird or outlook) where you'd just move them to a local folder. That way if someone gains access, or they sell to someone that processes the data, they won't have the old emails (unless they for some reason retained a separate copy, which seems doubtful).

Sign your email up for https://haveibeenpwned.com/. Then you'll get notifications if there's any data leaks, including of your email provider. Obviously this is only useful if nobody has stolen your account before the leak is reported, but that's more likely than not (unless you're a particularly valuable target for some reason).

[–] nix@midwest.social 20 points 3 months ago

A craftsmen wouldn't be damaging it, they'd be modifying it to make it more useful to you.

[–] nix@midwest.social 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

One thing I've tried to take to heart on lemmy: On reddit I nearly never posted articles. But here, I try to post any article I find interesting. I think with such a small space we've gotta be the change we see. Every time you read something worthwhile, try to remember to find somewhere to post it here.

[–] nix@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago

Yea, I couldn't tell you the specifics. I know new members of group chats don't see any previous messages. I think it might re-negotiate the keys every time someone is added. It's probably not meant to scale up to very large groups (tho I've never tried), but I've noticed no issues in 25ish people chats.

[–] nix@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It works about the same as any other app's group invite link. It can be set to automatically add the person or be treated as a request to join that needs approval.

[–] nix@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Thanks for the detailed reply. Signal does have location sharing and invite links, FWIW.

[–] nix@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago (6 children)

What polish and features is signal missing?

[–] nix@midwest.social 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This article is also only applicable to EU, where (as your link mentions) alternative browsers don't need to be WebKit. Chrome and Firefox are already working on switching.

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