bitwolf

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[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

One problem with this.

I had the misfortune of living in Texas for two years.

Not only do they check your ID in order to walk in, they will arrest you if you record a video of the polling machines.

When I expressed concerns, such as "what if the machine is having issues that I'd like to document" and "I researched before the voted and took notes on my phone that I'd like to reference"

They encouraged me that my printed ballot is the ultimate source of truth and to always verify that before leaving. And that I can use my cell phone outside.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago

Funny. Just before the php nonsense I switched from Ghost to a static Astro site.

I got really frustrated because I got locked out of Ghost. They started to require email 2fa but have no support for TOTP.

I had Mailgun setup for password resets but it doesn't use it for 2fa. So it now has a hard dependency on an SMTP server.

Between that and dropping SQLite / Postgres support for only MySQL is the opposite of simple and reliable. For a one person personal blog it's not the right tool.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I remember seeing videos of this in the presidential election as well

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 23 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I sometimes wonder if my MAGA Dad has had a change of heart. He used to be against universal healthcare because he "doesn't want to pay for some homeless addicts healthcare".

But now he's been laid off and 6 months unemployed as a tech worker. I'm sure he wouldn't appreciate it being pointed out that he's living the stereotype he stigmatized for so many years. Or how slippery the slope is to homelessness.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago

Inb4 Acquirium fork?

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The Finals is my favorite game and I'd hope they spruce up private matches and leave it with a server to run.

I'd be very happy with that outcome. But do hope the game lives on for many more seasons.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I'd like to see this effort include the responsible sunsetting of games.

If publishers no longer wish to host the game, and noinfer wish to collect money for it, they should relinquish the server code and let communities prop up games when the games services are decommissioned.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Jokes on them, they're willingly paying the tax already, it's just being misattributed towards suppression instead of public good.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think what Cape is doing is innovative wrt esims.

But I'd still lose out in flip phones atm. I'd be totally fine beaming my esim over to the flip phone in a p2p manner and beaming it back when I am done. Its just a matter of, hopefully, someone making such a flip phone.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 68 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'm resisting esims for as long as possible.

Nanosims provide this key feature where I can put my sim in a cheap 20$ flip phone when I go snowboarding or kayaking and don't want to risk breaking my smart phone.

This also is a convenient way to get Google, and tech, and social media noise away from me for a short time.

I also noticed there is a complete lack of esim capable dumb phones. This has me starting to question the motivation behind esim.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Crazy to reach for this game over RedOut 2. No other game gives me a sense of speed like Redout.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was wondering the same thing.

I know the Google Play version supports it but I don't want to install Google Play.

I saw the AA mod that lets you watch Netflix on Android Auto, it's installed and enabled via developer options on Android Auto.

It makes me wonder if CoMaps can be enabled in the same way.

 

I recall seeing two sites shared in the comments on US politics posts but cannot find them again.

The sites were very predictive, and offered to sponsor interested individuals.

I recall they had a name similar to "get involved".

If some one has shared the sites, or recalls them, could you share them again?

I know a few particularly passionate people, with good motives, and relevant education, that could benefit greatly from having the prescriptive guidance and sponsorship.

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