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Pika

@ Pika @sh.itjust.works

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Just your normal everyday casual software dev. Nothing to see here.

People can share differing opinions without immediately being on the reverse side. Avoid looking at things as black and white. You can like both waffles and pancakes, just like you can hate both waffles and pancakes.

been trying to lower my social presence on services as of late, may go inactive randomly as a result.

  • Call Recording is rolling out to more Pixel phones worldwide

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  • even then, the ruling that you show here stated that CA sided with Georgia in the case as well, they stated that future business should hold to CA's laws due to the customer being a CA resident, but that due to the company residing in Georgia, they are not liable for past damages. It was basically a case of "we believe our law is correct but we have no jurisdiction to actually chase this and if it goes to federal court it will be tossed due to federal law favoring one party consent"

  • Call Recording is rolling out to more Pixel phones worldwide

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  • I don't think this will matter overall. I don't know if any states that are no party consent meaning that you can't record ever, only one or two party consents.

    The feature itself isn't illegal, its using it when you are not supposed to that is. I assume the feature will roll out as normal and it will be up to the user to determine whether they are allowed to use it or not.

  • Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 day

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  • Just adding in, The Android developer page does clarify this problem. It will be a default on and will require the user going out of their way to turn it off.

    They have a direct question there labeled as the following.

    If I want to modify an app and install it on my own device, or if I'm a power user, is there a way to turn this verification requirement off

    And then the response is as follows.

    We understand this is an important use case for many developers and power users. While the verification requirement itself is a core OS feature to help protect the broader ecosystem from malware and can't be turned off, we plan to offer two paths for experienced users to install unverified apps:

    • Advanced flow: We are building a flow that allows experienced users to proceed with installing an unverified app after going through a series of clear warnings. This new mode is designed to resist social engineering, helping users fully understand the risks, but ultimately gives experienced users the choice to accept the heightened security risk and install the software. We are gathering early feedback on the design of this feature now and will share more details in the coming months.
    • Android Debug Bridge (ADB): Developers and power users can still use Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to build, test, and install modified or unverified apps on their own devices, which remains the standard method for development work.

    Honestly, it doesn't seem all that different than how fdroid is currently configured on Google. I expect that you'll have to enable an option on top of the unofficial sources toggle that also states unverified apps.

    Being as they also specify what the Android debugging bridge is as a second bullet point, I expect that it's not going to be through ADB like a lot of people were worried about as well.

  • The reality of Discord and its alternatives

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  • thanks for the ping, I will defo look into that one as part of my testing as well!

  • Rufus blames Microsoft for allegedly blocking latest Windows 11 ISO downloads

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  • i can't say I've ever had much experience with timed download links for software. generally the software that I've used has relied on a permanent link that you can always access and then premium features for the link is locked behind a license key.

  • Rufus blames Microsoft for allegedly blocking latest Windows 11 ISO downloads

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  • I decided upon seeing this article I should update my current windows 11 iso.

    They have definitely changed the download flow since the last time I attempted.

    In order to download the latest windows 11 iso on a non-windows system, you need to go to the download page, select the last option, verify the connection select region and then verify the connection again, upon finishing it they now give you a 24h time limited link.

    This seems very counterproductive to convincing people to go back to windows if they had already bailed, I would have thought they would want as less restrictions as possible on the iso itself in hope to get people to go back.

  • The reality of Discord and its alternatives

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  • I'm not looking for perfect. I just want a similar layout with voice call, custom emoji and decent permission control.

    The closest I've seen is space bar, stout or matrix. But matrix is a beast to get people on, and stout + space bar are both really premature atm client wise.

    some of my group moved to steam groups but it's so clunky and missing many features

  • You said my activation phrase

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  • I'm on the reverse end. I'm so sick of the "I hate windows, I'm switching to Linux" and then just never make the swap. Like stop bitching about it if you won't do anything to fix it.

  • You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised

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  • I personally use syncthing to sync it between my devices and then keepassDX to load the database on the phone.

    You can technically use any file sync service but, I would recommend having some form of retention system(syncthing does this for you) in play in case it does somehow corrupt.

    I'm not sure it's compatibility on apple products though as I don't own any.

  • Tesla's flashing lights

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  • I assume they are doing some sort of update. Stupid that they flash the lights to indicate it though, what an annoying menace.

  • Palestinian social app Upscrolled removed from Google Play Store

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  • De-listed where? It's listed still for me.

    I'm guessing it was a regional de-listment and it just wasn't specified.

    Being said, this page was enough to make me install the app, still unsure if I wanna use it or not but, I don't wanna risk losing the ability to install the app either.

  • Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy

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  • Just don't buy Triple A titles.

    The last "AAA" title I bought was elden ring for 30$ (unless you count Silk Song)

    There are plenty of indie style, A or AA studios that are in the 5-30$ range.

    The more people who move over to that type of mindset and buy from small titles, the more apt that large companies are going to lower their prices.

  • Discord’s UK age verification reportedly shifts flows to Persona for some users

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  • Of course, this is just my thoughts on it, but it's entirely possible that their original partner is dropping them due to PR concerns. Discord is a huge partner and they have been in the news constantly as of late with the ID talk, it might be scaring k-Id off because it's almost entirely bad PR regarding their data safety and practices.

  • Discord walks back age verification fears for most users

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  • they have already done this for at least the last year or so easily. I noticed it when I requested by data package last year, theres a clear area on it that infers both your gender and your age in it.

    They are just acting like this is a "new system" but in reality its a system that have had for awhile now, just didn't have any public facing usage of it.

    For anyone else that wants to see it themselves, and they have a discord takeout. its located at the very bottom in the events file in activity/analytics.

    the end of the file shows json objects that indicate what your predicted age and gender is.

    edit: I found this file isn't a static location, it is still in the activity/analytics directory in one of your event files, but you need to search "age" or "gender" to find it if it isn't at the bottom

  • HP has laptop subscriptions now

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  • mmmmm lets see here

    for the pavillion 16...

    $34.99 a month with no protection plans available and no option to buy out over time and requires a 650 credit score...

    or $979.99 for a one off purchase with the ability to have a protection plan ontop of it (this same laptop is also on a sale via HP for 429$ if you use their financing system...)

    I don't see how this is helpful to the general consumer. The typical user doesn't replace their laptop every year, and at the prices they give you end up breaking even around 2 years. You would need to be processing an upgrade at least every 2.3 years in order to make your money worth it. I've had the same laptop for 8+ years now. I don't know anyone who had a laptop fail outside of accidental damage prior to the 2 year mark. Most system issues appear prior to the one year warranty end date if something was /going/ to happen.

    I can see how this could be helpful for a company that has temp workers.. but even then it's not like the company couldn't just re-provision the laptop and give it to the next person.

    I could see this being more handy if accidental was included on it, but out of the current offerings it's just not worth it for anyone.

  • Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face

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  • I'm waiting for some government to outlaw collecting the information in general outside of official government agencies. I would love to see big tech squirm as they try to figure out a valid way to harvest the data in one country, but prevent it in another.

    Honestly it sounds like an amazing way to rack of fine money due to violation notices.

  • Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face

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  • For ID scans, Discord says that documents “are deleted quickly.”

    Just a few months ago they had a data leak which proved that they were indeed /not/ deleting documents and ID's like they had been claiming.

    Granted in that case it was mostly countries that force keeping that data but, I'm sick of companies lying and saying "lol yea we defo delete the data after"

  • Question: Is there a Self Hosted Discord like app?

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  • sadly, it's a little more complex than just enabling it. The supported self host deployment uses docker, and the docker containers that are available don't contain the interfaces for voice or video calling as they are not up to date.

    If I understand it right, to enable it would mean you need to either pull the source yourself and run it off of docker, or make a custom docker image using a version of stoat web that contains the ability to do voice calls.

    reading the draft of the linked issue, it looks like the author isn't doing voice call for the reason that they don't know the proper way to integrate it into the docker image.

    So to answer it: yes it looks like you can use voice servers on the current self hosted model, but you can't use pre-existing docker images, and it will require you to manually add the new web UI in and patch where needed.

  • Question: Is there a Self Hosted Discord like app?

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  • Just a fair warning in reply to this that the self-hosted version of Stoat doesn't currently have voice chat. It's an open issue that's currently paused until they can finish their rework.

    If you have the skill for it, it seems like you can patch work the existing voice chat back in, but it's not part of their initial setup and there's no instructions on how to do so properly

  • The new Microsoft copilot key is impossible to properly remap.

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  • TIL I even had an application key there. I don't think I've ever used it.