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VeganCheesecake

@ VeganCheesecake @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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  • The Netherlands will withdraw from 2026 Eurovision if Israel is allowed to compete

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  • An Israeli company has been the main sponsor the past few years.

  • ‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game

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  • Nice, might go back to it then.

  • Plex got hacked.

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  • It makes them less worthwhile. But we can definitely agree that jellyfin's security issues are also bad, and should be fixed.

  • Plex got hacked.

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  • On the one hand, maybe. On the other hand, the point here was more that the centralised design of Plex that necessitates an online account which might hold some private data makes such issues much worse, not that jellyfin's issued should not be fixed.

  • Plex got hacked.

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  • Maybe? Like, I'd very much prefer they fix them, even though they do not impact my use case.

  • DDR4 costs soar as manufacturers pull the plug — panic buying and stockpiling impact DDR4 spot pricing as supply dwindles

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  • I have a server on AM4 that is running fine, but the 16Gigs of ram are getting tight and I might need 32. All other aspects of the system are completely sufficient. Why should I get a new CPU and board?

  • Plex got hacked.

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  • Yeah, but you can run jellyfin with local accounts, entirely within a VPN. Pretty much makes most security issues irrelevant.

  • We need that

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  • I'm not sure the electricity I'd use for that would be cheaper than the money I might save on food.

  • Intel faces investor backlash for selling 10% stake to Trump admin at discount

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  • Probably applies to most used Laptops right now. Also, I have some thinkpad nostalgia, but the similar skus from other manufacturers will also do, though they put course have the same problem.

    Generally, you of course always need to research the specific hardware. Also, my current one is on 8th gen, still does the job for now.

  • Intel faces investor backlash for selling 10% stake to Trump admin at discount

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  • I'd buy a macbook, but it's a lot more expensive than my "throw Linux on a used corporate thinkpad" approach, and I can tolerate macOS, but don't love it. If you're in the market for a new premium laptop, I think they're pretty established, and I do think people are buying them.

    Ampere workstations are cool, but in a price range where most customers are probably corporate, and they'll mostly buy what they know works. I think their offerings are mostly niche for engineers who do dev work with stuff that will run on arm servers.

    I'd say non-corporate arm adoption will grow when there's more affordable new and used options from mainstream manufacturers. Most people won't go for an expensive niche option, and probably don't care about architecture. Most Apple machines probably sell because they're Apple machines, not because of the chip inside.

    I don't know exact numbers, but I do feel that arm server adoption isn't going to badly, especially with new web servers.

  • Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal

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  • They also own Politico and Insider/Business Insider. Feel like too few people are aware of that.

  • Forgot to Ask Someone (Art by Shen Comix)

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  • There's the Eternaut, an Argentinian production that used AI for one effects shot. That's the only big one I've heard about, and I feel like there would have been some stirr if any larger production had used it.

  • boytoyrule

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  • Sorry to tell you, but you do appear to be rather obnoxious right now, though whether there is any intent behind it, I am unable to tell.

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  • Using a Pixel 8a with a Tensor G3, a chip that's regularly called a bit underpowered.

    My phone before that had a Snapdragon 765G, another pretty midrange SoC. I couldn't name a single app that isn't running perfectly fluently.

    I dunno what apps you are using, but as far as I can see, there just isn't any relevant difference in daily usage between current mid-range and flagship SoCs.

    Software is what matters to me, and you couldn't pay me to use a phone to use a phone on OneUI, with, if the current news are accurate, no more path to running anything other than the Stock Rom.

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  • Why though? Unless you're really into mobile gaming, I don't see any difference in day to day usage compared to more mid-range SoCs.

  • Hands-On With the Minimal Phone: Week 1

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  • Graphene (based on Android 16, pretty close to AOSP) has it under accessibility settings.

  • Hands-On With the Minimal Phone: Week 1

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  • Cloudflare gets involved in the battle against piracy, blocking streaming websites in the UK — and VPNs won't help

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  • It's not just convenience - depending on how you use it, Cloudflare is also pretty good at giving an additional layer of anonymity. They assign any user of your site to the closest CDN Server geographically, so it's is pretty hard to determine how and where your site is actually hosted. They also used to be pretty good about resisting takedown requests.

    Oh well. I'd say time for a federated CDN, but the legal costs would probably be rather annoying for most volunteers.

  • We Need To Invest In The Alternatives!

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  • I see your point, but still think that an onboarding site that assigns you an instance from a pool that's seen as reliable might be sensible. After all, we don't want "one big instance", that kinda defeats the point of the fediverse.

    Also, I feel the network effect is even worse for Twitter-likes. You're on Facebook for your friends/family, and you might convince some of them to move. You're on a Twitter-like to follow certain people, and whether or not they're on a different service is a crapshoot. And if they are, chances are it's Bluesky.