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Mikina

@ Mikina @programming.dev

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  • The FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE, Patel says

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  • Is it even possible? I mean, you need to share the chat, and probably have it publicly joinable.

    Keeping feds out is basically impossible. Sharing the group only in person could work a bit, but I wouldn't be surprised if they had undercover agents at any major gatherings.

  • Dev creates astrology-powered CPU scheduler for Linux, makes decisions based on planetary positions and zodiac signs — sched_ext framework informed by lunar phases, cosmic weather reports, and dynamic

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  • You're right, I did realize that it's a pretty offtopic and no value comment a short while after posting, but too late to go edit it out.

    Thanks for the video, Down the Rabitt Hole videos about EVE Online are my absolute favorites, so this will be a good watch.

  • Dev creates astrology-powered CPU scheduler for Linux, makes decisions based on planetary positions and zodiac signs — sched_ext framework informed by lunar phases, cosmic weather reports, and dynamic

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  • https://allthatsinteresting.com/terry-davis

    Haven't heard about this piece of internet lore. It's really tragic, and I shudder to think how differently would it go if he had access to ChatGPT.

    Or rather, probably not much different, but there are already several cases of people nudged to the exactly same path solely thanks to AI, that they wouldn't have probably ended up on so quickly. It sucks.

  • Ads have a new trick for ad blockers

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  • The companies are wastly overestimating how much I care about seeing their slop content.

    The hatered for forced logins, age verification or prompts like these has been slowly curing my internet addiction. I'm not signing up or accepting your bullshit.

  • Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is coming to Android

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  • I'm not really looking for a new phone, but for an OS to put onto my old PinePhone. It shouldn't matter that they are no longer made, no?

    As far as I know, which isn't a lot tbh, the hardware is ok, but most of the issues were on OS level, not being mature enough.

  • Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is coming to Android

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  • I have a few years old Pinephone in a drawer I never really got around to using, because back then the state of phone Linux easn't really usable. Failed calls, issues with battery life and the like.

    Does anyone knows if it got better?

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    Google Details Android Lockdown — 750 Million Users Must Upgrade

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  • I can use my bank app on Graphene profile without google services installed. I really hope they won't require this, but if they do, it's something I'm willing to change my bank over.

    Hopefully there'll be at least one bank that doesn't.

  • If you have one, how much do you pay for a domain name? Any cheap registrar recommendations?

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  • I recommend transfering to Cloudfare, since they have guaranteed wholesale price (no added fees, and only what the tld owner and ICANN asks), so they should be cheapest (since anything less is selling at a loss for the registrar, at least ifI understand right).

    Namecheap has started overcharging me like 20+$ on a renewal compared to CF. So, transfering after a first year (which is where registrars like Namecheap take a loss and give you a discount) is probably the cheapest way how to go about it.

  • If you have one, how much do you pay for a domain name? Any cheap registrar recommendations?

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  • As far as I know, Cloudfare is the only registrar that offers you wholesale price, as in the price asked by the tld owners. So, you a registrar can't go lower, because that's what they pay for it.

    But, a lot of registrars will give you first year at a heavy discount (so, at a loss), just so they can ramp up the price to wholesale + a lot extra. I got my domain for like 5$, and they then asked for 40$ for renewal, while wholesale is around 25$.

    So, I just transfered to Cloudfare for the renewal. Tbh I don't remember if it was the first or second year, and what are the transfer rules, but I think it should be possible to just buy a first year at heavy discount with i.e Namecheap or something, and immediately transfer to Cloudfare for the first renewal at wholesale price.

  • Sure, AI can ‘do’ writing. But memoir? Not so much | Aeon Essays

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  • AI has been a pretty good help for writing.

    Asking it for help to flesh out your unique story idea, unexpected plot twists or in general help with figuring out where to take your story/game mechanics/dm campaign, and then making sure to avoid anything it suggests as the most boring and obvious solution has been a great help with inspiration.

  • Support For More Bluetooth Guitars & Other HID Changes Ahead Of Linux 6.20~7.0

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  • Rock Band maybe? We've been mostly playing that, made for a great highschool party.

  • Collaborative project to document AI-contaminated FOSS

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  • Oh, nice. A sync with ProtonDrive, that looks promising.

    I don't trust myself enough to backup my passwords on something self-hosted, but ProtonDrive might actually be reasonable. I'll look into it, thanks! And I sure don't want to use stuff like GDrive or OneDrive.

  • We've Turned Off AI‑Assisted Answers

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  • I've switched to Ecosia from Kagi because they started spending my money on AI instead of making the search engine better, and I stumbled upon an option to something like "Chat with Ecosia AI. You can try asking it how to be energy neutral. Note that by interacting with this chat you agree to the ChatGPT privacy policy"

    It's baffling how out of touch that sentence is, lol. "Energy neutral" and "ChatGPT" in one sentence is so bizzare.

  • Support For More Bluetooth Guitars & Other HID Changes Ahead Of Linux 6.20~7.0

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  • Damn, it has been years since I last played Guitar Hero. We even had a full blown rack with stage lights above our TV in my parent's house.

  • Collaborative project to document AI-contaminated FOSS

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  • If I'm not mistaken, Keepass doesn't have cloud sync, right? That's a pretty important feature for me, and a reason why I went with Bitwarden, even though Keepass is probably better.

  • 10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents

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  • It's starting to slowly show up. I think I've seen quite a lot new tools and projects pop up, from World of Warcraft addons, CIs, through "game engine based on Tesla's Aether theory" to secure loginless messengers.

    I remember few months ago that the state was "If vibe coding is so good, where are the AI coded projects?", and I'm starting to slowly feel, at least anecdotally and in the past few weeks, that they are slowly starting to surface.

    As a DJ, AI music made it extremely difficult for me to build sets, since I really don't want to support AI music. If FOSS vibe-coded apps start popping out just like AI music did, it's going to suck - especially as someone who likes to look for new tools and cool software often, mostly around cybersecurity. Vetting tools as safe to use is already pretty difficult in that scenario.

    Thankfully, most of them will just have agents.md or ./claude, so I know I can disregard them outright. Unfortunately, seems like Bitwarden is one of those :(

  • Swiss messaging service Threema is being acquired by German investment company Comitis Capital

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  • Hosting your own Matrix server is pretty easy and cheap. There's a pretty robust Ansible project, and I have it running on a Hetzner cloud for 6$ a month.

    The added bonus is I can turn on bridges for Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram and Discord and don't need to be worried that someone somewhere will steal my account, since it's all running on my server. So far I haven't had any problems, and I've had it running for more than a year by now.

  • Tired of AI, people are committing to the analog lifestyle in 2026

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  • I'm really glad I started getting involved in organization/volunteering for events in subcultures I was interrested in from early on. Most of the time you don't need any particularly involved skillset apart from a pair of hands and the willingness to get to the event early.

    I've been helping with preparing larps, carrying stuff on concerts and prepairing the venue, distributing flyers, picking up background playlists for the party, making small event websites, DJing or simply just handling the entrance ticket checking.

    Most of subcultures that aren't commerecial-level of big (what I mean by that is ran by volunteers and usually non-profit), such as larps or smaller music scenes, need any help they can get, and simply being there with a few people before the event starts and being involved in helping will naturally break the ice with a few people from the group or scene, and it's usually people that will then introduce you to the rest. You also have something to do that's not only socializing, so it helps with social awkwardness, and you get free entrance and drinks or food.

    It's the best tip I have about how to make friends, plus it helps the scene and at least for me, having something to do makes it more fun. I didn't really know many people from the scenes until I started working, mostly because I find it pretty difficult to talk to people I don't know, but now, after few years of helping out, I know almost everyone in the scene and consider most of them my friends.

  • Tired of AI, people are committing to the analog lifestyle in 2026

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  • One of the few use-cases I have for LLMs is when brainstorming mechanics and game design for GameJams.

    I give it the theme and genres I want to go for, and ask for some unique and original ideas of what I should make.

    And then make sure to avoid anything it suggests, because it's the most obvious and boring solution anyone could come up with.

  • Privacy @programming.dev
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    ChatControl has been already happening since 2021 for most common services, does anything change for people who use them?

  • Programmer Humor @programming.dev
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    New Jetbrains Update Dropped

  • Programming @programming.dev
    Mikina @programming.dev

    What do you think would be an actually good use of blockchain/smart contracts? What kind of problems (big or small) is it a good tool for?

  • Patient Gamers @sh.itjust.works
    Mikina @programming.dev

    I'm looking for games with unique or experimental game design

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Mikina @programming.dev

    In my understanding of the main principles of the Fediverse, federating with any large corp should never even be considered. Is my understanding wrong? What is the "idea of the fediverse" to you?