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  • GitHub Actions Has a Package Manager, and It Might Be the Worst

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  • R (largely and by default) relies on CRAN, and they are extremely selective about what packages they accept, including testing new package versions against downstream packages before publishing an update, etc. That largely mitigates many of the concerns of some random 10 layer deep dependency getting swapped for something malicious.

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    Yes, he is. Yes he is.

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  • It looks super creepy. Malicious compliance from the artist maybe?

  • Don't crucify me

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  • Windows + major consoles, and Steam Deck verified via Proton.

  • Don't crucify me

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  • Yep. My friend is an indie game developer and while his studio's next release is "Windows only" (and consoles) they are testing to make sure it runs well on the Steam Deck via Proton / will be Verified.

  • Linux continues to grow and has reached a new peak of 3.20% in the November 2025 Steam Hardware & Software Survey

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  • I have doubts that Valve will officially support SteamOS on anything but their own hardware (and maybe some partners'), in which case unless you plan on buying a Steam Machine you're going to be stuck for a very, very long time.

  • Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica

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  • Jellyfin can't go closed source as it's a fork of Emby from before it was closed source, licensed under the GPL. They don't own that code so they can't change that license, thus the whole project is GPL. In addition, Jellyfin isn't being developed by just one company (it's all volunteers), so every new contribution is also GPL licensed, owned by each contributor. The only way Jellyfin could go closed source would be to cut out the Emby backend and for every single contributor ever to agree to change the license, or have their code cut out. In short it's not happening, and if somehow it did the project would just get forked regardless for everyone to switch to (the community did it once already!).

  • Humans suddenly gain the ability to selectively delete their memories. How do you use this ability? (if at all) How do you think society would change?

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    • You'd have a lot of scams / lies where someone is accused of doing something they don't remember doing, they wouldn't know whether they did it, and third parties wouldn't be able to evaluate reactions / cross examine the accused.
    • You'd have large corporations demanding that ex-employees forget everything proprietary, even if that would prevent you from building up skills in your career.

  • You can choose 1 superpower, but the first reply is the side effect. What superpower would you choose?

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  • I assumed as fast as you can think the command for each one.

    I agree with feeling being useful for feeling around; I'm happy with the power having some value.

  • You can choose 1 superpower, but the first reply is the side effect. What superpower would you choose?

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  • 1 at a time wouldn't get you a noticeable amount of energy for a bomb (stuff is radioactively decaying around you already right now). A scientist might make some use of it, but with control of only 1 atom at a time they'll struggle to build really any molecule as I imagine most intermediate molecules would break apart as soon as you "let go" to grab the next atom.

  • You can choose 1 superpower, but the first reply is the side effect. What superpower would you choose?

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  • You can control only 1 at a time.

  • New Passport Rule Sends Blunt and Sweeping Message to Trans Americans

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  • They think you have a stolen ID and cause problems for you.

  • Are you ready for a $1,000 Steam Machine? Some analysts think you should be.

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  • You'd be surprised what a small team at a large corporation will do if it lets them complete a project within budget. The PlayStation 3 originally allowed users to install custom operating systems. A lot of groups, even the US military, bought thousands of them because they were inexpensive computers (sold at a loss) and used them for compute projects. Sony eventually stripped out the functionality in an update, presumably because they wanted to cut out this type of buyer.

  • Fearing fraud, Canada rejects most Indian study permit applicants

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  • Some of those applicants want to come here to actually study and ideally shouldn't be rejected solely because of their nationality.

  • US Government Urges Total Ban of Our Most Popular Wi-Fi Router

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  • Yes; it's pretty trivial to flash something like OpenWRT on them as they don't restrict what you can install whatsoever.

  • US Government Urges Total Ban of Our Most Popular Wi-Fi Router

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  • You can basically do anything in OpenWRT, and if my memory is right a mesh setup is possible too. It may not be easy to setup, but it's possible.

  • Ontario premier says he'll pull ad that upset Trump so trade talks between Canada and US can resume

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  • I'm going to play devil's advocate here. Our economy is, unfortunately, still reliant on trade with the US and this won't change anytime soon. Carney's goal to double non-US exports over the next decade (which is considered hard FYI) will still keep the US as our largest trading partner. This specific ad has had massive visibility in the US (ironically because Trump drew attention to it) and has largely already accomplished its goal. The threat to our economy, just to play an ad, probably isn't worth it.

    That said, we need to track every concession we've ever made to the United States on trade (including these newer items, such as the Digital Service Tax) and make it clear that these concessions are contingent on free trade. If we don't maintain free trade, we're reclaiming these concessions. These should include items from years ago like more restrictive copyright laws, longer patents on pharmaceuticals, etc. We also need a red line as to what concessions we won't grant even if it causes an economic disaster or else Trump will keep demanding more and higher concessions (we may already have such a red line - I expect they wouldn't publish it).

    Lastly, we need to view free trade with the US as a temporary thing to keep while we disentangle our economy with theirs. We can't have our entire economy paralyzed by uncertainty all the time, but businesses won't invest elsewhere unless they know that trade with third nations will remain the better option even if US trade temporarily normalizes. That is something we could control, but it would require our government, with Conservative support, to announce that Canada will withdraw from / not renew CUSMA in X years, no matter how the US situation changes. The Conservative support is necessary so that businesses don't believe CUSMA might survive depending on an election outcome.

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    A Question For the Folks at Rogers.

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  • Rogers has no way to distinguish between Proton's "secure core" VPN and a simpler, more local Proton VPN endpoint. In both cases they see you sending encrypted VPN traffic to Proton - they can't see where Proton then sends that traffic next (naturally, because it's a VPN). If Proton's "secure core" VPN is slow but Proton's other options are fast then that's on Proton.

  • Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

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  • Better though than Framework who donate to bad open source developers. Hail big corporate! /s

    (This isn't directed at you, I'm more frustrated by the people in the Framework controvery threads who somehow thing buying Apple or Dell is a more ethical choice).

  • Shower time

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  • My shower head points at the door I need to open / close, so without some finangling if I'm outside it's off.