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  • Team Fortress 2 Update Released with 64-bit support

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  • Maybe?

    Lots of older games never get updated to 64-bit.

    Besides the only operating system to not support 32bit code anymore is macOS, which even Valve treats as not worth bothering with anymore.

  • How come TurboVPN can have double the amount of downloads compared to NordVPN and ExpresVPN? ++

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  • It's not specific to e-girls. Can be twitch streamers, bloggers, etc

  • Scared the shit out of me ngl

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  • Also the app is used by children.

    It's not scary in any way though? Or inappropriate for kids in any way?

    Calling it nightmare fuel is quite the stretch tbh. It's like calling a 6ft basketball player incredibly tall.

  • Israel's defence against Iran attack overnight 'likely cost over $1bn'

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  • This is war. You need to allocate your resources where they will be most effective. If a rocket is on target to hit ... A bunch of crops, then it's better to let it pass and use your costly defenses on rockets hitting things of military importance or civilian centers.

  • Can someone demystify computer Ports for me? Please? Blocking, unblocking, opening, allowing, VPNs and their effect, what ports are and what they do, step by step, when you have to interact with them?

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  • Yep! The security guard is also given a bunch of rules to follow such as "don't let anyone outside of our neighbourhood (aka your local network) contact door 22", which will also determine whether messages get delivered or not

  • Can someone demystify computer Ports for me? Please? Blocking, unblocking, opening, allowing, VPNs and their effect, what ports are and what they do, step by step, when you have to interact with them?

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  • Imagine your computer is a big block of flats and your applications are all people who live in the building.

    Mail sent to the building address alone isn't going to reach the intended recipient, because the postman doesn't know what flat to post it to. So they need additional information such as 'Flat 2C'

    That's the basic concept of ports. It's basically additional addressing information to allow your computer to direct internet traffic to the correct applications.

    When an application is actively listening on a port, it means that they are keeping an eye out for messages addressed to them, as designated by the port number. While an application is sending or receiving messages using a given port number, that port number is considered 'open'.

    Now, all sorts of applications do all sorts of things. Some are for the public to use and there are some that are useful within trusted circles, but can be abused by malicious people if anyone in the world can send messages to it. Thus, we have a firewall, which acts as a gatekeeper. A firewall can 'block' a port, denying access to a given group of people, or 'unblock' it, allowing access.

    VPNs are a totally different thing. They are literally middlemen for your internet traffic. Instead of directly posting a message to somewhere and receiving a direct reply back, imagine you flew out to Italy to use a post box there and receive replies from there.

  • Is xz 5.6.1-3+ still dangerous?

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  • What they mean is if you are a affiliated with a national government. You might also be a target if you are very very rich.

    If you're an average Joe, they probably won't burn it on you.

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    Dutch police have detained activist Greta Thunberg at a climate demonstration in The Hague

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  • As much as I think the person you're responding to is being a bit of a clown, don't tell them to go kill themselves.

  • Would you think of words that you don't know, ending with "phile" as something sexual (or negative)?

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  • There is audiophile. It refers to someone who is obsessed about audio quality.

  • Julian Assange wins temporary reprieve from extradition to US

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  • It does though. As someone who isn't a US citizen, resident or visitor, he isn't subject to US laws.

    What he is subject to is the laws of the country he was residing in, and any extradition treaties they have with the US. What he allegedly did was a crime there too, which is important as most countries will not extradite if what the subject did wasn't criminal in both countries, if they were still in the request-recipient country at the time.

  • Julian Assange wins temporary reprieve from extradition to US

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  • Assange was never in the US when he leaked the documents.

  • GitLab confirms it’s removed Suyu, a fork of Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu

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  • There is no confirmation that this came from Nintendo, nor does it list the actual infringing parts like a normal takedown request should.

  • Apex Legends streamers surprised to find aimbot and other hacks added to their PCs in the middle of major competition via anti-cheat software

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  • EAC doesn’t open up ports into your network as far as I’m aware.

    No but the game code does. And that game code also interacts with EAC. You can argue it's a bug in Apex Legends, and it would be that too, but the fact is that EAC shouldn't be executing arbitrary commands based on what the game code has given it, so if that possibility exists in EAC, it is still an RCE in Apex Legends and a kernel privilege escalation flaw in EAC.

  • What things do you refuse to pirate?

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  • PC games. Too much of a worry about malware for that nonsense.

  • Removed

    "Men should be homeless for a year to toughen them up"

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  • There will always be garbage, pants-on-heads stupidity on these platforms. I doubt the women saying this even believe what they are saying, it's all to drive engagement via outrage

  • Threads is automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed

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  • The point isn't for other fedi users. It's to deter Threads users from becoming proper fedi users. It used to be those popups only appeared when something genuinely touchy came up. Now they're used for anything the parent company doesn't like as a scare tactic but people don't realise it. Google does this too with Play Protect.

  • Threads is automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed

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  • Stage 1 of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish

  • Judge rules YouTube, Facebook and Reddit must face lawsuits claiming they helped radicalize a mass shooter | CNN Business

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  • The government is already the one who makes that decision. The only thing new here is a line being drawn with regards to social media's push towards addiction and echo-chamberism.

  • Trans youth will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers, NHS England says

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  • Just when I though the UK couldn't disappoint any further.