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blobjim [he/him]

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  • It's built on top of Devuan which is a fork of Debian which uses Linux.

    Apparently Devuan is "Debian without systemd". 🤡🤡🤡

    I would stay away! systemd provides so many well-designed APIs that are helpful for server management.

    Also most projects that promote not using systemd are weird ideologues at this point.

  • hilarious

    or maybe it was just a backdoor that the wrong person noticed

    The 3 people who reported it are: Cristian Papa, Romanian in Romania, Alasdair Gorniak, slav (?) in the UK, Chen, Chinese person, https://x.com/chen9918b/status/2015688020356407548, "Chinese history and culture enthusiasts & market analysis"

    its so over for the Amerikkkans. Can't even install remote code execution backdoors in peace.

  • yeah the dude is definitely doing it mostly for advertising purposes for his company (and personal reputation).

  • yeah I feel like taking free money from this guy or his company is a bad idea for a project's independence. It's bad enough that they've been hosting it on this guy's cloud service.

    You can't accept anything for free without compromising it. That's how the entire NGO world works.

  • It's so bleak how little money they can spend to influence entire countries.

    The NED is currently funding two programs in Haiti aimed at influencing political parties. It has contributed US$224,873 to its Strengthening Political Party Accountability and Civic Engagement program in addition to US$300 000 to the NDI for its Strengthening New Political Parties program.

    ​While these sums may seem small, in a country as impoverished as Haiti they can have profound effects.

    Of course the article says that isn't all the money involved

    ​In May 2023, author Jake Johnston revealed that “USAID allocated $5 million to support elections in Haiti.” The funds were given to the “Consortium for Elections & Political Process Strengthening,” which is made up of NED tentacles, the IRI and NDI, and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).​

  • It's such a ridiculously flawed concept to have remote operators. It seems like a way to make the work look better to "investors".

    We already saw Waymos all stopping when the power went out in San Francisco recently (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36zdxl41jro). It has no resiliency in the case of any kind of failure whatsoever.

    It's a bad idea to build anything on top of a foundation of things that can be disrupted so quickly. Like power, GPS, cell service and other radio communication. Data centers seem like another big failure point, although I think they still make a lot of sense to have.

    But making your service rely on near-real-time internet access to another country is a whole other level of single point of failure. It's hard enough to make a one-way video feed real-time.

    This obviously isn't a model for replacing all road vehicles with "driverless" ones. It will never happen. You can't remotely operate a 1 ton metal object moving at 20-80 mph.

  • The Pipeline app for Linux has an option to hide any video less than a minute long.

  • sorry what exactly is your gripe? You just posted two random screenshots.

  • I think sometimes they're accused of botting.

    Explore DPRK I believe is North Korean media, there's a webpage that explains what happened https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Explore_DPRK "On March 5, 2024, the channel was blocked in South Korea possibly according to the Article 7 (Praise, incitement, etc.) of the National Security Act and Article 44-7 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection[1][2][3]; the channel was globally terminated by Google minutes later due to "compliance with export and sanctions policy" with the decision not appealable."

  • I wish people would just run blogs (with videos if desired) on their own websites (with an RSS feed). But that is much harder to monetize. People make videos and put them on YouTube because you can make a lot more money off of video ads. But anyone not focused on monetization via video ads should probably not be relying on YouTube.

  • I just re-set-up Pipeline in Linux. I'll probably still end up using the YouTube website since it's more convenient still. Pipeline imports your subscriptions feed and displays a grid like the official UI, but it doesn't currently support having multiple tabs or windows open.

  • technology @hexbear.net

    It's interesting how many North Korea YouTube channels have been banned

  • If you click the tweet link the third post says

    Jury refused to convict any defendant on criminal damage. Corner not convicted of GBH. Feb 4, 2026 · 12:30 PM UTC

    but you can basically get that from the first post as well.

  • Evidence that British people are infinitely cooler than Americans despite what some want to claim.

  • I think storage is still pretty expensive. It's cheaper than it used to be, but hosting unlimited hours of video indefinitely is not cheap. Especially if it isn't done by someone that owns the disks themselves (paying for cloud storage), and colocation is a pretty hurdle that I can't imagine being done as a non-profit.

  • technology @hexbear.net

    YouTube is doing A/B testing of the Subscriptions feed

  • Should be easy, just buy Chinese.

  • Put some respect on Tim Shorrock's name.

  • It's mostly an online thing anyways. People doing left-wing stuff in real life aren't randomly bringing up Jeffrey Epstein.

  • news @hexbear.net

    Alex Pretti, a VA nurse, was murdered by a member of his own union (Tim Shorrock)

    timshorrock.substack.com /p/alex-pretti-a-va-nurse-was-murdered
  • It says "coming soon", which I guess probably means it's a somewhat second-class feature.

  • news @hexbear.net

    ICE condemns "death cards" left in vehicles of Colorado residents detained by agents

    archive.is /FZEJu
  • politics @hexbear.net

    Kenyan State Violence Used to Crush Venezuela Solidarity Protest Outside US Embassy (CPM-K and other groups)

  • news @hexbear.net

    Jorge Arreaza talks about the situation in Venezeula with Max Blumenthal

  • technology @hexbear.net

    Twitter is so over

  • politics @hexbear.net

    GOAT

  • news @hexbear.net

    Mamdani has a chance to do the coolest thing ever

  • politics @hexbear.net

    Declare a war economy

  • technology @hexbear.net

    University research paper: Eavesdropping on Internal Networks via Unencrypted Satellites (October 13th, 2025)

    satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu
  • politics @hexbear.net

    En Nueva York

  • technology @hexbear.net

    FCC just voted to retroactively ban DJI drones — here's what you need to know

    www.tomsguide.com /cameras-photography/drones/fcc-just-voted-to-retroactively-ban-dji-drones-heres-what-you-need-to-know
  • technology @hexbear.net

    You’ll never see attrition referenced in an RCA (root cause analysis)

    surfingcomplexity.blog /2025/11/02/youll-never-see-attrition-referenced-in-an-rca/
  • news @hexbear.net

    Despite Serious Concerns about Trial’s Fairness and Anthony Boyd’s Innocence, Alabama Plans to Execute Him Using Nitrogen Gas | Death Penalty Information Center

    deathpenaltyinfo.org /news/despite-serious-concerns-about-trials-fairness-and-anthony-boyds-innocence-alabama-plans-to-execute-him-using-nitrogen-gas
  • technology @hexbear.net

    More cool Chinese humanoid robot stuff

    x.com /TheHumanoidHub/status/1967633263058620445
  • music @hexbear.net

    "红太阳照边疆" - The Red Sun Shines on the Frontier (Yanbian Patriotic Song)

  • news @hexbear.net

    Xiaohongshu summoned for talks for undermining online ecosystem

    www.globaltimes.cn /page/202509/1343237.shtml
  • technology @hexbear.net

    China V-Day Parade: All the weapons seem to be integrated into the vehicles

  • news @hexbear.net

    Good photo of foreign leaders at China's V-Day military parade