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notfromhere

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  • EU mandates Apple to open access to iOS notifications, AirDrop & AirPlay to third parties

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  • Benefit of the doubt, maybe security thing. Fo you really want random apps to have access to that stuff? As long as they give a way to disable those permissions from any app, it’s definitely time 3rd party apps have access to it, but don’t think flipping the switch is the right approach. There needs to be security controls placed on the access and integration to the permissions framework, auditing etc. That’s why Apple just completely removed some features in EU instead of making them available - it’s a lot of work. Admittedly Apple has had a lot of time to work on this, and get it right, but it’s never just as easy as it would seem.

  • Microsoft might soon integrate your Steam games into the Windows Xbox app

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  • If you’re presented your Steam games from inside Xbox app, they will present asa game from the Xbox service.

    Buying games from Steam is braindead simple, so not sure what you’re on about there. Can’t get much simpler than punch in billing and CC info once, add games to cart and checkout; subsequent purchases is even easier.

  • Microsoft might soon integrate your Steam games into the Windows Xbox app

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  • Isn’t that misleading the consumer? They will think the games are Xbox games and not Steam games. They will come to resent the 2nd launcher, aka Steam, and Microsoft’s EEE will be complete.

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  • You’re on a 50 Gbps connection and you want more?

  • Dutch parliament calls for end to dependence on US software companies

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  • He’d finally get that Nobel Peace Prize he’s eyeing and I’d cheer it on.

  • CS: Legacy: Counter-Strike 1.6 Source Engine remake announced

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  • Yea same here. I am actually looking forward to CS Legacy.

  • CS: Legacy: Counter-Strike 1.6 Source Engine remake announced

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  • Same except I latched onto CZ and found a scouzknivez community. Then WoW happened. Then I got dragged onto CSS and ended up running a clan for a while. CSGO and 2 never had an appeal for me.

  • CS: Legacy: Counter-Strike 1.6 Source Engine remake announced

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  • 1.6 relies on community hosted servers, 2 relies primarily on centralized servers and queueing mechanism. There are changes to core maps. Changes to weapons. 2 very much has the features you would expect from a modern game. 1.6 is very bare bones, but highly customizable through addons; each server can install their own addons and make the user experience unique. Hopefully this 1.6 remake will keep the server customizability intact.

  • An open source Peer-to-peer serverless decentralized social media protocol built on IPFS

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  • Great question! Unlike Lemmy, which relies on federation with dedicated servers, Plebbit is fully peer-to-peer (P2P) and does not have a central server or even instances. Instead, storage happens via a combination of IPFS and users seeding data. Here’s how it works:

    Where Is Plebbit's Data Stored?

    1. Subplebbit Owners Host the Data (Like Torrent Seeders)
      1. Each subplebbit owner runs a Plebbit node that stores and republishes their own community's data.
      2. Their device (or a server, if they choose) must be online 24/7 to ensure the subplebbit remains accessible.
      3. If a subplebbit owner goes offline, their community disappears unless others seed it—very similar to how torrents work.
    2. Users Act as Temporary Seeders
      1. Any user who visits a subplebbit automatically stores and seeds the content they read.
      2. This means active users help distribute content, like in BitTorrent.
      3. If a user closes their app and no one else is seeding the content, it becomes unavailable until the owner comes back online.
    3. IPFS for Content Addressing
      1. Posts and comments are stored in IPFS, which ensures that popular content remains available longer.
      2. Unlike a blockchain, there is no permanent historical ledger—if no one is seeding, the data is gone.
      3. Each post has a content address (CID), meaning that as long as someone has the data, it can be re-fetched.
    4. PubSub for Live Updates
      1. Plebbit uses peer-to-peer pubsub (publish-subscribe messaging) to broadcast new content between nodes in real-time.
      2. This helps users see new posts without needing a central server to pull updates from.

    What Happens If Everyone Goes Offline?

    • If no one's online to seed a subplebbit, it's as if it never existed.
    • This is a trade-off for infinite scalability—it removes the need for central databases but relies on community participation.
    • Think of it like a dead torrent—no seeders, no content.

    Comparison With Lemmy

    Bottom Line: No Servers, Just Users

    • With Lemmy: The instance owner has to host everything themselves like a mini-Reddit admin.
    • With Plebbit: The subplebbit owner AND users seed the content—no one has to host a centralized database.
    • If something is popular, it stays alive.
    • If something isn't seeded, it disappears, just like torrents.

    It’s a radical trade-off for decentralization and censorship resistance, but if no one cares about a community, the content naturally dies off. No server, no mods deleting you from a database—just pure P2P.

    Hope that clears it up! 🚀

  • An open source Peer-to-peer serverless decentralized social media protocol built on IPFS

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  • Plebbit only hosts text. Images from google and other sites can be linked/embedded in posts. This fixes the issue of hosting any nefarious content.

    Nowhere in the project whitepaper or FAQ does it talk about banning image hosting. Base64 encoding images in the text post is trivial, so maybe OP is the one projecting this intent or feature?

  • Are there alternatives for Europeans who dont want to be "purchase taxed" by VISA and MASTER CARD?

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  • If you are building a CC network, look at blockchain as the method, specifically Monero or XMR. It is anonymous and so far had been unbroken so is currently untraceable. If EU supports anonymous purchases then even better, just feed cash into the ATM to load your XMR-backed account.

  • Question regarding ripping dvds (yes DVDs)

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  • I rip with makemkv then use handbrake for slimming down to hevc/aac. I have too many discs and not enough storage to keep the raw rips. Newer handbrake supports nvidia transcoding for hevc, getting some great quality, but I wish it would support audio tracks and subtitles better… for multilingual subtitles I have a custom ffmpeg script that does a decent enough job.

    Also cropping can be a pain in the ass with both ffmpeg and handbrake, much less so on the latter.

  • Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.

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  • It would be nice if FTC or someone would sue them for anticompetitive behavior.

  • Mastercard Should Stop Selling Our Data

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  • They probably spawned a sub company who will take that over. No way in hell I believe they stopped this practice.

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  • I want categories of blocklists that I can turn on, e.g. uncheck languages I don’t know, uncheck religion, uncheck politics, etc.

    I want to be able to group together all posts that were posted by the same user with the same content to different committees. I want to view that as a single post not 6 or however many they spam posted it to.

    I want to be able to view same community spanning different server instances as a single community if I so choose, maybe some way to combine them and auto-add new communities with same name as they pop up ok other instances. Posting to it should give option of which server to post to, or all of them?

  • Where is the best place to upload torrents?

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  • Please do look into the internet archive, and anyone who cares about history of the internet, abandoned software/games, public domain media, etc., please consider donating to them as they are under attack by our corporate overlords.

  • The smart(shit)ification of TVs pisses me off.

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  • I think if enough people never gave them Internet access, the manufacturers would start adding in cellular modems to ensure they get the data flowing (that is, data on your viewing habits and sending you ads).

  • Tesla founders

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  • What the hell does this have to do with antiwork?

  • Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes

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  • As far as i can tell there is nothing regarding 3d printing in the article. I don’t think it is too much to ask to keep a community for 3d printing on topic. This seems to be some news piece about someone who had influence on / contributed to the 3d printing community, but as it’s not directly about 3d printing, I honestly fail to see the relevance.