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What type of laptop do you recommend for simply browsing the internet? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I don't know if other distros have that too, but Ubuntu and Mint (being Ubuntu-based) have a nice graphical driver manager. Really simplified things when I used Nvidia GPU and Realtek WiFi card. Just click to install, restart, there you go.

What type of laptop do you recommend for simply browsing the internet? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 17 hours ago

First I'll address "less addicting":
Short form media (e.g. YouTube shorts and TikTok) combined with notifications from everything that is fighting for your attention at all times. Mobile apps are specifically made to be addicting, whether it is just another 30 second vertical video, game with daily sign-in bonus or Amazon app telling you that you're ugly ("You haven't purchased any beauty products yet")

Ease of use, typically you have Windows pre-installed. Not my choice of OS, but nevertheless a "just works" experience.
Phone is going to do plenty of tracking.
Phone is going to need an account (to use Play Store).
And when speaking of web browsing, you get a physical keyboard to type comments/posts. If you want to watch movies, you get a larger screen, ditto if you just want to read articles.
When you open a website, you get the website, not some limited interface prompting you to install 200th app that just ends up being a web UI anyway.
When you open up multiple things, you can nicely have multiple tabs and windows. And they won't get closed just because you opened the calculator or locked the screen and now the browser got optimized to save battery (hopefully you copied whatever you were typing to clipboard).

What type of laptop do you recommend for simply browsing the internet? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

mobile is way more simple to use and less addicting.

Is this sarcasm or not?
I am actually asking.

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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 days ago

type:swf does however bring up around 8.5k results on e621.

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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

And simple games

...and a major Slovakian bank Tatra Banka used it for internet banking until 2019.

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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 61 points 5 days ago (11 children)

First wholesome Vaporeon meme.

Early access in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 days ago

Is that what was wrong here?

How do you argue against "I have nothing to hide" in relation to privacy and security? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Am I missing something or are you conflating two different issues? Why isn’t anyone saying anything about this.

The issue was choosing a password, which not being a single word, my mom ended up forgetting. That part is security. The privacy part comes with my father arguing that setting a more complicated password is stupid because they have nothing to hide.
Plus he mentioned usage of Google Photos backup system, which in this case wouldn't really be secured. But he says the photos also aren't private, because it's just photos made in public and old photos of me as a kid (which I hoped he lost with his old phone).

Woman Told FBI Trump Abused Her at 13, Epstein Files Reveal in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Well, actually, about that.
According to DSM-5, which is basically the thing for diagnostic criteria in the US:

Pedophilic disorder

302.2 (F65.4)

  • A. Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children (generally age 13 years or younger).
  • B. The individual has acted on these sexual urges, or the sexual urges or fantasies cause marked distress or interpersonal difficulty.
  • C. The individual is at least age 16 years and at least 5 years older than the child or children in Criterion A.

Note: Do not include an individual in late adolescence involved in an ongoing sexual relationship with a 12- or 13-year-old.

Specify whether:

  • Exclusive type (attracted only to children)
  • Nonexclusive type

Specify if:

  • Sexually attracted to males
  • Sexually attracted to females
  • Sexually attracted to both

Specify if:

  • Limited to incest

So it does generally include 13.

Edit: Improved formatting (trying to copy the book).

How do you argue against "I have nothing to hide" in relation to privacy and security? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

I was thinking of Android, and whatever some apps may be doing. They should already be pretty limited in what they can do, so it might be forced to just read the clipboard from time to time and hope you don't notice (android now shows pop-up when something reads clipboard).

How do you argue against "I have nothing to hide" in relation to privacy and security? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

in which case you’ve lost before you even started.

And once I came across even better limitation. "Only English characters and numbers are permitted. Passwords are case-insensitive."
OK, the last one wasn't actually mentioned, but I just found out the case didn't matter either.

How do you argue against "I have nothing to hide" in relation to privacy and security? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Is there something that would perhaps also work on Android? Also, how do you move the passwords from password manager into the fields? My problem with clipboard is that anything can read it. Of course, that means there has to be something to exfiltrate the data, but 1 problem is better than 2.

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How do you argue against "I have nothing to hide" in relation to privacy and security? (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

Just came up with my father again.
He blames me that mother forgot her phone's and Google password because I recommended against it being a word.
I mentioned encryption, "not necessary unless you're doing something illegal".
When mentioning lack of privacy with targeted advertisements, he said that he actually really likes them, because he bought a couple of things he wanted for years.

I don't really have good arguments.

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If you have one, how much do you pay for a domain name? Any cheap registrar recommendations? (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

Domain names seem expensive in comparison. The cheaper VPS that I use for playing around is just $10.29/year.
I thought I'd get a domain name from RackNerd as well, but they're $24.95/year + I think $4.99 for privacy.

I've checked Namecheap, and that seemed great, until I found that renewal prices are often through the roof.

I don't really care about it being nice. For now, mostly I just want to use the VPS as image host for Lemmy, since Imgur and Catbox are both a bit problematic.
And without a domain name, the images only show as link posts in the default LemmyUI (though it seems to work elsewhere). Plus it makes migration impossible.

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"You must be able to log in without the use of own electronic devices" gave birth to pre-generated list of (time-based) 2FA codes (for over 3 hours) rule: (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by user224@lemmy.sdf.org to c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Yeah, they overlap since I did whole hour (120 30-second codes). I didn't know specific time, so it's 2 pages, 3 hours, 42 minutes and 30 seconds.

Credit goes to oathtool (and LibreOffice Write).
Font: Liberation Mono

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Gamers, how complicated is it to play games? (setup question) (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

People often find it odd when I say I don't play PC games, but it seems rather complicated (and also expensive) to me.

I mean, I enjoyed it back when I had friends with PS, but I never had to set up anything myself. Searching around it seems rather... overwhelming, and I don't know if it's actually the case.

  1. PC seems most versatile, and with the prices, I considered piracy, but I would need a separate computer for security. Hell, I wouldn't even trust the device firmware on it afterwards.
  2. So I considered maybe paying the amounts, but I went to check some games and lo and behold, kernel-level anti-cheat. Great, so pirated games might even have less malware in the end.
  3. Since I'd need a separate device anyway, how about getting a PlayStation. With a disc drive, I want to be able to go future proof and fully offline. Well, about that... apparently it needs to verify the disc drive online. For what? It's a BluRay drive, either it works or it doesn't. And then I heard another shitty thing, "most games are released almost unplayable and need updates right away". So they just release Alpha quality software on the most permanent medium???

So that just sounds like shitty experience no matter what. How is it actually? I'd expect consoles to be least buggy and fully future proof.
The only thing I ever had was a $4 NES bootleg console from AliExpress, Contra was glitched out and Battletank unplayable because they forgot the select button, but ok, $4.

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Stop doing DNS (167.160.186.15)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by user224@lemmy.sdf.org to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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And it always causes issues.

Anyway, I hope the main joke got spotted too.
Let's Encrypt now does IP certs: https://letsencrypt.org/2026/01/15/6day-and-ip-general-availability

Certbot doesn't seem to be up to the task yet, but lego works.

But I'll probably change it to some image host later, because I have no idea what I am doing.

Why does it not work... It embeds when creating the post.

Seems fine too, it's HTTPS after all, should work.

OK, seems that it's just the default LemmyUI that doesn't like it, which is strange for the number of pict-rs requests in access.log.
Also by the number of 429, 5r/s is probably too low. Was. Anyway...
OR, that's why there is the burst option. Right.

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Cum - the preposition rule (files.catbox.moe)
 
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20 year old Russian man fined for searching "Azov brigade" and looking at images on Google (novayagazeta.eu)
 

According to the prosecution, Glukhikh searched for pictures of Azov insignia on Google while he was on the bus on the morning of 24 September, though how the security forces had been made aware of the search was not disclosed.

The case materials include an image of Glukhikh’s phone lying on the table, clearly displaying the search query he is accused of making.

Bruh...

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Valid sexuality rule (files.catbox.moe)
 
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It all makes sense now. It's calling them! (rule) ps ps ps (i.ibb.co)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by user224@lemmy.sdf.org to c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Top image source: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/9ol79n/are_we_doing_blurry_server_cats_now/

Seen on Cisco Catalyst 3560G during pirated software update (just for playing around, not production use).
The checksums were verified against Cisco download center.

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Switching the breaker to offn't position (files.catbox.moe)
 
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Corpo free money glitch - pay to hide your phone number, but 2nd party can pay some more to undo that (i.imgur.com)
 

Sorry for the Imgur link, catbox wasn't loading as image, just as a link again: https://files.catbox.moe/j3a7cl.PNG

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Another questionable nightruletime purchase (files.catbox.moe)
 

Approximately EUR 8 including shipping. Still sealed (probably - if not re-sealed).
There's definitely some more stuff in the box like a manual and driver disc that I can hear moving around. After all, the boxes are fairly large compared to what you'd get today.

I'd want to unpack them... but I also don't because they survived so long. I don't know. Maybe if I'll get yet another one...

Here's a look at the entire box:

Specs:
Bluetooth 1.2 Class 1
USB 1.1

Minimum requirements:
300MHz CPU
128MB RAM
Windows 98SE

So what about the Class 1?
Typically the devices you use are Class 2 with Tx power of up to 2.5mW and range of around 10m.
Class 1 can go up to 100mW with range of around 100m. Assuming both ends are same class. Otherwise you're just causing more interference on 2.4GHz.
https://www.sharetechnote.com/html/Bluetooth_Specification.html#Bluetooth_Classes_and_Ranges

It also has an external antenna giving it some cool factor.

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