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vividspecter

@ vividspecter @aussie.zone

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  • Censorship Comes for Stephen Colbert

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  • Streisand effect on their part, with the interview accumulating millions of views.

  • Is there a good way to tell if music was made with AI?

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  • I'm not sure if there's reliable ways to detect it automatically, but seeing if they have any sort of presence outside of where you are purchasing it would be a start. I'd normally say look on MusicBrainz but even if the bundle above is legit, it's not the sort of music that would end up on there I suspect as the website owner appears to be the creator and there's no obvious artist attached to it.

    Anyway, that bundle seems suspect to me.

  • Wireless VR streaming levels up on Linux with the latest WiVRn release

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  • Just make sure you use XRizer instead of OpenComposite for OpenVR compatibility as it's much more advanced at this point. You can also use OpenComposite as a secondary if a particular game doesn't work with XRizer.

    For clarity, OpenVR is the historical standard for VR which is still used by some modern games, although more are supporting OpenXR, which WiVRN handles directly.

    See also this compatibility list and the Linux VR Adventures wiki.

  • OpenAI retired its most seductive chatbot – leaving users angry and grieving: ‘I can’t live like this’

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  • What's the point of switching to Discord alternatives, if they're going to be subject to the same age verification laws?

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  • It's not just they are doing age verification, but the method they are using to implement it. ID collection is not privacy respecting, and further to that, they've already had a major data leak, including said IDs. For the facial scan method, they claim that it will be on-device only but given that it's closed source software, they could change this at any time.

  • Why is self-hosted voice chat so hard?

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  • Not FOSS or open source in any sense. You could still say it's self-hosted, but I suspect most people self-hosting care about this.

  • Old Bureau of Meteorology website still getting thousands of clicks

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  • reg.bom.gov.au has existed for a few years at least and always had HTTPS as far as I can remember. The original HTTP site was just retired altogether from what I can tell.

  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    Wireless VR streaming levels up on Linux with the latest WiVRn release

    www.gamingonlinux.com /2026/02/wireless-vr-streaming-levels-up-on-linux-with-the-latest-wivrn-release/

  • "i am shocked at how many people don't have an actively hostile relationship with advertising"

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  • Can I see it?

  • Old Bureau of Meteorology website still getting thousands of clicks

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  • The reg subdomain linked in the OP also supports HTTPS.

  • All Steam Deck models out of stock in U.S., with fears that memory shortage will prompt price increase

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  • It's both, although the former more than the latter. Also, part of the hoarding is likely happening precisely because of the uncertainty of the tariff policies.

  • big list of selfhosted chat apps to meet all your friends on a real "server"

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  • Snikket is essentially just prosody but more of an all in one package.

  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    Without stronger privacy laws, Australians are guinea pigs in a real-time dystopian AI experiment | Peter Lewis

    www.theguardian.com /commentisfree/2026/feb/11/privacy-laws-australia-guinea-pigs-ai-experiment

  • Statistics for Strava, a self-hosted, open-source dashboard for your Strava data.

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  • Endurain, a self hosted fitness app, may get gadgetbridge integration once the network helper is finished.

  • What desktop operating system would you recommend to the average user?

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  • SteamOS is great but there are too many games that require Windows.

    It's mainly multiplayer games with anti-cheat malware. If they prefer single player games, they'll be fine.

  • Can turkey motion machines be used for producing electricity?

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  • Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine

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  • Yep, and you'd think the conspiracy theorists would see that a cheap or free vaccine is exactly counter to all of their theories about people being kept sick so they can pay for ongoing prescriptions.

  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    Concerns ‘AI slop’ used by University of Sydney-based institute to lobby for $20m gambling education funding

    www.theguardian.com /australia-news/2026/feb/10/concerns-ai-slop-used-by-sydney-university-based-institute-to-lobby-for-20m-gambling-education-funding
  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    Concerns ‘AI slop’ used by University of Sydney-based institute to lobby for $20m gambling education funding

    www.theguardian.com /australia-news/2026/feb/10/concerns-ai-slop-used-by-sydney-university-based-institute-to-lobby-for-20m-gambling-education-funding

  • Looking for FOSS server monitoring UI

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  • This one is nicer than uptime-kuma if you prefer declarative config.

  • Fairphone 6 review: cheaper, repairable and longer-lasting Android

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  • If you remember the early Fairphone models they were truly underspecced, so this is reasonable by comparison. And with respect to LineageOS, my experience is that only popular phones get long term support and it's a bit of a crapshoot. And this is only going to get worse as more and more manufacturers disable bootloader unlocking, or make it incredibly obnoxious to do so (see Xiaomi).

    Getting a phone that isn't a Pixel and is going to have long term support (including non-Android variants) is the main motivation here as I see it. And I'd personally be willing to have slightly weaker specs for that, although the price outside of Europe will push it away from "worth it" I suspect.

  • Another miserable year for nuclear power as renewables surge

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  • Classic delay tactic from the fossil fuel industry. Prop up some bullshit alternative that will never happen in order to delay the actual solution.

  • Linux 7.0 Kernel Confirmed by Linus Torvalds, Expected in Mid-April 2026

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  • The kernel doesn't use semantic versioning, so it's just an arbitrary rename from 6.20 to 7.0. We will know the changes when 6.20 / 7.0 is in the -rc phase, which should be soon as 6.19 was just released.

  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    Company handling Australia’s immigration detention playing key role in Trump’s ICE migrant crackdown

    www.theguardian.com /australia-news/2026/jan/29/australia-immigration-detention-company-involved-trump-ice-migrant-crackdown
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
    vividspecter @aussie.zone

    Vulkan VK_EXT_present_timing Merged To Mesa 26.1 For X11 & Wayland

    www.phoronix.com /news/Mesa-Merges-Present-Timing
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
    vividspecter @aussie.zone

    New Patches Provide HDMI VRR & Auto Low Latency Mode Gaming Features For AMD Linux GPU Driver

    www.phoronix.com /news/AMDGPU-HDMI-Gaming-Features
  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    Melbourne goes from among the most to least expensive capital cities

    www.abc.net.au /news/2026-01-19/melbourne-house-prices-affordable-capital-city/106210992
  • IPv6 @lemmy.world
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    Why No IPv6? The World's Largest Websites Lacking IPv6 Support

    whynoipv6.com
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    A love song for Linux gamers with old GPUs (EOY 2025)

    timur.hu /blog/2025/love-song-for-linux-gamers-with-old-gpus-eoy2025
  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    Australia’s roads are full of giant cars, and everyone pays the price. What can be done?

    theconversation.com /australias-roads-are-full-of-giant-cars-and-everyone-pays-the-price-what-can-be-done-268212
  • Green Energy @slrpnk.net
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    Utilities give up hope on using hydrogen in their gas grids, prepare to phase out pipeline network

    reneweconomy.com.au /utilities-give-up-hope-on-using-hydrogen-in-their-gas-grids-prepare-to-phase-out-pipeline-network/
  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    Victorian premier delivers formal apology to Australia’s First Peoples for ‘rapid and violent’ colonisation

    www.theguardian.com /australia-news/2025/dec/09/victorian-premier-delivers-formal-apology-to-australias-first-peoples-for-rapid-and-violent-colonisation
  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    The lesson of the Cronulla riots was that the beach was not for people like me. But it’s a myth I am increasingly resisting | Sarah Malik

    www.theguardian.com /commentisfree/2025/dec/09/the-lesson-of-cronulla-was-that-the-beach-was-not-for-people-like-me-but-its-a-myth-i-am-increasingly-resisting
  • IPv6 @lemmy.world
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    Let’s talk about CGNAT and IPv6, again | APNIC Blog

    blog.apnic.net /2025/05/13/lets-talk-about-cgnat-and-ipv6-again
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
    vividspecter @aussie.zone

    Vulkan's VK_EXT_present_timing Merged After Five Years In The Making

    www.phoronix.com /news/VK_EXT_present_timing-Merged
  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    150 police visits in 20 months: Indigenous mother takes action after her boys subjected to ‘relentless’ checks

    www.theguardian.com /australia-news/2025/nov/10/indigenous-mother-takes-legal-action-after-150-police-visits-in-20-months-ntwnfb