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Zak

@ Zak @lemmy.world

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  • How many daily drivable desktop operating system( familie)s are there?

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  • In this context, I think two operating systems are in the same family if software for one can be recompiled for another with minimal changes without heavyweight compatibility libraries.

    In that sense, I would put BSD and traditional desktop Linux distributions in the same family even though they don't share low-level code, and I would exclude Android even though it uses the Linux kernel.

  • Australians banned teens from using social media. Now, Australians are worried about teenagers going outside with e-bikes

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  • This is a forum.

    Forums and blogs could be classed as social media, but they predate widespread use of the term, and are fundamentally different from the corporate social platforms.

    It's the combination of an individualized engagement algorithm and user-generated content that defines modern social media.

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  • What is wrong with people.

    Several studies have found that women prefer men their own age or slightly older, and men prefer women in their early 20s regardless of their own age. It's not hard to explain that with evolutionary biology, as that's when women are most likely to successfully bear children.

    Of course evolutionary biology can explain behaviors like rape and dueling, which are serious crimes in modern societies.

    Your "very young" might mean younger than early 20s though, and we do have a crime for that most places if the number gets low enough.

  • Citing Epstein files, calls grow for LA Olympics chief Casey Wasserman to step down

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  • I would be surprised if the problem is localized to just one country.

  • Poll: Two-thirds of Americans say ICE has 'gone too far' in immigration enforcement

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  • The thing that bothers me is that in 2024, polling found a majority of Americans favored Trump on immigration and trusted him more than Harris to do a good job on the issue.

    When I guessed what Trump was going to do about immigration, it looked a whole lot like what he's actually doing. It wasn't especially hard to guess because he said what he intended to do. While that's not a guarantee with a habitual liar, he did have a record of attempting to keep campaign promises.

    What the hell were people who trusted him on immigration in 2024 and don't like what he's doing in 2026 expecting?

  • How important is a DE to you?

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  • I've used several iterations of Gnome, several iterations of KDE, Mate, Cinnamon, Hyprland, XFCE, LXDE, Fluxbox, and several other things I can't be bothered to remember. I can be productive on any of them given some time to set them up.

    I do have preferences though, and I like KDE on a laptop/desktop and Gnome on a tablet. I just wish Gnome would do something about its horrid onscreen keyboard.

  • Medical Examiner Officially Determines Alex Pretti’s Death Was a Homicide

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  • As the Star Tribune noted, “[h]omicide is defined as a death that occurs at the hands of another person” — as opposed to death by natural causes or suicide, for example — “and does not necessarily mean the person died from a criminal act.”

    I don't think this was ever in question, even by the most rabid fascists who celebrated it.

  • Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now

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  • Are you saying I should never talk about how things could work better? Fuck that.

  • Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now

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  • This would be much better if it could be triggered by touching the fingerprint sensor with a specific finger. I'm disappointed that isn't a feature yet.

  • Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now

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  • If it's obvious and slow, which it is, someone might be able to physically intervene to stop you.

  • Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now

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  • I don't like this because it's hard to do quickly without being obvious.

  • Federated blog platforms? (ideally lightweight)

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  • Wafrn might be worth a look. I've been meaning to try it myself.

  • Federated blog platforms? (ideally lightweight)

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  • Mastodon's character limit is pretty easy to change when self-hosting, but it has other limitations like a lack of even basic formatting and images inline in posts. I think that's true of several of the others as well.

  • Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption

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  • There is a risk Google could tamper with the app for specific users if they're installing it from Google Play. I think it's likely security researchers would discover that if it was widespread, but there's a chance Google could do it undetected if they targeted it selectively enough.

    People who are concerned about this can download the APK directly from Signal and check its signature before installation.

  • Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption

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  • Signal uses reproducible builds for its Android client, and I think for desktop as well. That means it's possible to verify that a particular Signal package is built from the open source Signal codebase. I don't have to trust Signal because I can check or build it myself.

    If I don't have extreme security needs, I don't even have to check. Signal has a high enough profile that I can be confident other people have checked, likely many other people who are more skilled at auditing cryptographic code than I am.

    Trusting the server isn't necessary because the encryption is applied by the sender's client and removed by the recipient's client.

  • TikTok users in the US can’t write ‘Epstein’ or see anti-Trump videos

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  • While I do think everyone should avoid short-form video because it's junk food for the mind, non-users have to care about it because enough people use it that it steers public opinion.

  • Anyone here think smartphones and tech like that kinda peaked in 2019 arnd that time?

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  • I'm still using a phone from 2020. It's fine. If I got something new, it would probably be bigger and lack a headphone jack.

    A new phone would have a better camera than my old one, but it would not be as good a camera as my Olympus, which I use when I care about the result.

  • What's the worst travel delay you've experienced?

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  • The airline probably owes you money under the EU 261 passenger rights regulation.

  • What's the worst travel delay you've experienced?

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  • Thus, a seatless bus. A what?!

    That's pretty common at European airports. It's rare in the USA, but I've seen it.