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vividspecter

@ vividspecter @aussie.zone

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  • 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.

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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
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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.

  • 'Take the vaccine, please,' a top US health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise

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  • He's a grifter more than anything else and will do whatever he believes serves his own interests, and only his own interests.

  • 'Take the vaccine, please,' a top US health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise

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  • The head of HHS, RFK Jr, famously killed a bunch of people in Samoa by lobbying against the measles vaccine. And Oz himself has anti-vaccine stances toward a number of other vaccines. Seems like consistent messaging may be helpful here.

  • Tanning apps that offer ‘safe’ sun routines undermining efforts to tackle skin cancer

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  • Here's a recent article and recommendations on the tradeoffs of sun exposure for vitamin D versus the risk of skin cancer: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020023052949

    tl;dr risk and benefit is based on skin colour primarily. Pale skinned people need very little sun exposure to get sufficient Vitamin D in most cases while being at much higher risk of skin cancer. For dark skinned people, the situation is reversed (need more sun exposure and are at less risk of skin cancer).

  • Fast-paced and exciting environment

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  • Why. (A Rant About Bread)

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  • An alternative for this specific case is to use a bread machine. It's superior to store bought bread and only takes a few minutes of work.

  • Unredacted files reveal Anthropic’s ‘secret plan’ to ‘destructively scan all the books in the world'

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  • They also initially took content from libgen, which is a fair bit less legal. Personally, I have mixed feelings about all of this. On the one hand, I don't like some shitty for-profit AI company making money from the collective works of civilisation. On the other hand, I think copyright protects works for far too long anyway and most should be in the commons already. Mind you, I would be more sympathetic if Anthropic et al. were doing all this for research purposes instead of capitalism. Maybe that would be a better copyright reform, in that it expires much more quickly than the current laws (say 10 years) but restricts third parties making a profit for a longer period. Likely that would be complex to design and enforce, however.

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    Certificates...ugh

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  • Probably need a bit more detail for this like caddy logs and your caddy config. I did a similar thing on NixOS with services.acme getting the certs and then configuring the cert files to include caddy group access (I didn't use caddy directly either for those reading as the DNS challenge approach requires third party plugins which is a bit annoying on NixOS).

  • what is good remote desktop software?

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  • Sunshine and moonlight. Or just ssh if it's for administrative tasks.

  • Help open the source of the myGov Code Generator app

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  • I think a better approach would be:

    • Support conventional TOTP codes that any other 2FA app supports
    • Give passkeys first-class support (currently there is a bug where a passkey login is not counted as a real login, so you could lose your account due to inactivity if you don't login with a password in a while)
    • Similarly, allow passkey only login so there isn't the vulnerability from SMS 2FA (or make it 2 factor with passkeys + password and/or 2FA)

    I know some are wary about passkeys because they are often tied to a device, but common password managers now have great support for it (such as bitwarden and keepassXC) and you could even use a physical key instead.

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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

  • Vulkan VK_EXT_present_timing Merged To Mesa 26.1 For X11 & Wayland

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  • tl;dr this extension can provide precise timing information to reduce game stuttering. I could see it being particularly helpful for game emulators.

  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    Vulkan VK_EXT_present_timing Merged To Mesa 26.1 For X11 & Wayland

    www.phoronix.com /news/Mesa-Merges-Present-Timing

  • Pangolin 1.15: iOS and Android apps, device approvals and posture, 1 year anniversary, stability, and more | Pangolin Blog

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  • It looks similar to tailscale and netbird, in that it offers NAT traversal, relays, and proper authentication and access control. Whether or not you need that depends on your circumstances (how many users and their technical proficiency, CG-NAT prevalence, whether you need mesh support, etc).

    If you're just hosting for yourself and you have public ipv4 and ipv6 there's not much benefit.

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    The capsicum paradox: new Australian supermarket pricing a ‘massive transparency fail’ for customers

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  • But that’s really besides the point of the majority of the article, as this is largely about converting customers online orders. If I’m ordering apples online, I’d want to buy on a per-unit basis (eg. 5 apples for the kids lunchbox), I’d be pretty miffed if I ordered 800g online - expecting 5 and only getting 4 bigger ones.

    The opposite case is also annoying as I'd prefer to buy potatoes by KG and don't care how many that comes to, but when selecting per unit the actual per-KG price isn't known until after you have ordered and is based on whatever the particular picker does on a given day.

  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    New Patches Provide HDMI VRR & Auto Low Latency Mode Gaming Features For AMD Linux GPU Driver

    www.phoronix.com /news/AMDGPU-HDMI-Gaming-Features
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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    Vulkan's VK_EXT_present_timing Merged After Five Years In The Making

    www.phoronix.com /news/VK_EXT_present_timing-Merged
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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
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    Nearly 90% of jobseekers unable to get long-term work despite millions spent on private job agencies

    www.theguardian.com /business/2025/nov/03/majority-jobseekers-unable-to-get-long-term-work-despite-private-agencies
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    Once Australia’s second priciest city, Melbourne has become more affordable. What happened – and will it last?

    www.theguardian.com /australia-news/2025/oct/25/once-australias-second-priciest-city-melbourne-has-become-more-affordable-what-happened-and-will-it-last
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    Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?

    www.theguardian.com /australia-news/2025/oct/25/sometimes-defective-maybe-unlawful-what-can-be-done-about-australias-crisis-ridden-welfare-system
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    How I Reversed Amazon's Kindle Web Obfuscation Because Their App Sucked

    blog.pixelmelt.dev /kindle-web-drm/