dRLY

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Palestinian social app Upscrolled removed from Google Play Store in c/technology@lemmy.ml
[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

It seems to be back up on the store now.

TIL for at last 15 years US government has been able to implant hardware into USB cables to turn them into hacking devices with wireless capability. in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe, might also be that since tech literacy has degraded since his leak. Which means that they don't care because they are overwhelmed with the information that they don't understand. Hell, I imagine that a lot of the press that where sent the information didn't fully understand.

The average person likely defaulted to what they always do, and just assumed that the leak meant the feds had to stop and treat it like any other historic reveal (example being stuff like COINTELPRO and believing that it was bad but isn't done anymore). Hell, a shocking amount of libs honestly thought that Biden was going to bring Medicare for All (even though he said he wasn't) just because he said "the Democratic Party is the party of healthcare" a few times.

TIL for at last 15 years US government has been able to implant hardware into USB cables to turn them into hacking devices with wireless capability. in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Came to check if anyone had already linked hak5. Glad to see you had shared the link!

In 2021 Designer Kenya Hara earned $300,000 by turning Xiaomis Square into a Squircle. in c/til@lemmy.world
In 2021 Designer Kenya Hara earned $300,000 by turning Xiaomis Square into a Squircle. in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Looks like he just saw an Android icon pack around the same time default icon style was shifting towards that same look. And just turned it in with a fancy story about how he "played with many shapes" (then show some quickly drawn or even some he did try) "before it just hit me" vibe. I wonder how many in-house employees might have come up with the same and just overlooked.

for some reason, there are twitter accounts distributing movies in cloud storage rather than torrents. in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

They are much much more likely to use phones/tablets/maybe even Chromebooks. Torrenting is much easier with a PC. Torrent apps for the others do exist, but do require understanding how to use them (and not use them if on cell data without actual unlimited plans). They are used to just streaming things and not really care about keeping the actual files. So even being patient enough to wait for a file to download is at least a good thing I guess.

for some reason, there are twitter accounts distributing movies in cloud storage rather than torrents. in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

More efficient if the file is less popular or super niche with few seeders with tiny upload speeds or no seeds (due to age of the torrent or the before mentioned). Torrents for sure are more resilient as far as being harder to just shutdown a site. It is still nice to constantly have all options possible to make getting files easy. Though I will say that torrents are more efficient the larger the file. 4k media being a very good example.

Reminder/invitation to contribute to OpenStreetMap in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

I have added all the houses on my street to OSM and used StreetComplete for things. The only very frustrating thing I hate is that my house is technically in a tiny town's zone as far as utilities, but my street address is under a larger small town. I have made sure that my house and the others on my street have the mailing address town. But when I search it on Co-Maps it still shows the tiny town name. Which if I wasn't aware of this happening, I would think the address I searched isn't the same place. Does anyone know if there is a way to force OSM to use the correct address?

Reminder/invitation to contribute to OpenStreetMap in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wanted to like ME because the only thing keeping me on Waze is the user reports for traffic/cops. But they really need a better UI for it. I click report and there isn't a clear display that it went through. And when I did see that someone had reported a car on the side of the road or a crash (I can't remember which), it doesn't show a marker in the actual map. Just had a small mention alert at the top and wasn't clear where it was. Otherwise it is smooth in animation and works for navigation.

Trump says he reached Greenland deal ‘framework’ with NATO, backs off Europe tariffs in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

It is dumb for any nation to think that adding more USA military personnel/weapons/bases is somehow a good idea. I mean, seems like once the build-up is high enough, that all the main parts for actually taking the land is done. Seems like the plan is to squat long enough to just claim it is now part of the USA.

Given how deeply USA tech is in NATO weapons/equipment, it would mean the back doors/kill switches just need to be flipped (just like the constant accusations about Chinese equipment). Which would make forcing the USA out is at least much much harder. Not to mention the very high likely hood of much more open USA promises to "defend" with nukes.

Even if Trump himself is just playing an over the top haggling game of chicken to force deals he actually wants (freak them out bad enough to give much more just to think they are calming him down). His true believers that follow him would certainly be taking it further and 100% mean it once they take power. Getting the vibe WW3 will be the axis of USA and Israel vs literally the rest of the world.

Have there been shipwrecks that have been damaged by undersea communication cables (or even discovered because cables were being laid)? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

I always forget to do that. Good to be reminded from time to time. lol

NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 weeks ago

Would be really nice if AA during the deal was able to get docs from Nvidia like they did with music from Spotify. Like source code that could be used for drivers on Linux or older cards that aren't updated anymore. Schematics would also be fun to see. Not really for AMD, Intel, or some of the larger Chinese homegrown companies to use. But for people that do hardware repair.

Obviously drivers wouldn't be able to be offered by the distro repos or the major FOSS drivers for legal reasons. But maybe separate patches that could be applied to the less functional FOSS ones by the user. Maybe help with some of the projects that use software to make non-Cuda cards able to run programs that would require modification to run without Cuda. But I know extremely little about that outside of knowing the exist.

Since Nvidia is fine with getting pirated books, seems like they would have a fun time trying to sue for code piracy. None of the above is easy and straight forward, just would be funny to see happen.

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Have there been shipwrecks that have been damaged by undersea communication cables (or even discovered because cables were being laid)? (lemmy.ml)
 

Was reading about undersea com/internet cables. Then just started thinking about how wild it would have been if a wreck like the Titanic had been messed up even more if a cable (or cables) had been dropped on it (or even found due to laying them).

I started searching, but there are too many articles about the cables being damaged and/or sabotaged. But aside from some that talk about potential impact of the environments where they are laid, I haven't seen anything about damaging shipwrecks by the cables or discovering any while being placed.

Would imagine that most of the cables are placed outside of really busy shipping routes, and avoid unnecessarily deep sections. Still would be kind of interesting to know.

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Have there been shipwrecks that have been damaged by undersea communication cables (or even discovered because cables were being laid)? (lemmy.ml)
 

Was reading about undersea com/internet cables. Then just started thinking about how wild it would have been if a wreck like the Titanic had been messed up even more if a cable (or cables) had been dropped on it (or even found due to laying them).

I started searching, but there are too many articles about the cables being damaged and/or sabotaged. But aside from some that talk about potential impact of the environments where they are laid, I haven't seen anything about damaging shipwrecks by the cables or discovering any while being placed.

Would imagine that most of the cables are placed outside of really busy shipping routes, and avoid unnecessarily deep sections. Still would be kind of interesting to know.

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Is there a way to have the window be moved around while dragging sidebar? (lemmy.ml)
 

I have been using Zen-Browser as my main, but still use FF daily (both PC and Android). One thing that I have really liked with Zen is that I can move the window around by holding left-click just like the normal toolbar.

Does anyone know if there is a setting or about:config option that can enable this on FF? It has just been such a randomly nice thing to have, but not a big issue if not. Both browsers serve different folks and have their own goals.

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How cold is too cold for storing in a garage? (lemmy.ml)
 

I just got an Ender-3 V3 KE and am currently keeping it in my garage until I can free-up space inside. My question is how cold is too cold for the printer to be okay if not in use and powered off?

I know that temps matter if I am using it (and for the filament in general). But the little bit of searching I have done focuses on the printers being powered on and in use.

Currently the past few days have stayed above 5c due to some very warm days. Just want to not damage anything while not being used.

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Saw this ghacks article for speeding up YouTube on FF and seems to help. (www.ghacks.net)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by dRLY@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
18 comments fedilink
 

I have seen folks talk about a pain point for using FF (or forks) being related to YouTube being super slow. The about:config settings the article mentions did seem to lead to YouTube loading faster on both my FF and Zen-Browser installs. So maybe this might help for others that specifically don't like to use FF as their main browser because of YouTube.

For those that just want the settings:

gfx.webrender.compositor.force-enabled (set to true and restart FF)

If on AMD GPU, this extra setting is supposed to help reduce CPU usage:

media.wmf.zero-copy-nv12-textures-force-enabled (set to true and restart FF)

*edit - per Zak in the comments. The AMD setting is Windows specific.

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Where to get Java 17 (or higher) to be able to run 2.11? (lemmy.ml)
 

I am trying to make sure I am ready for 2.11 since it will require Java 17. But I tried getting Java 24 JDK SE and removed Java 8 JRE and then I2P router launcher said I didn't have Java. I tried looking for JRE above 8 but I just keep seeing 24 JDK. The I2P site links to tanuki for a wrapper of the Community Edition but they say there isn't a x64 version of Community Edition.

Does anyone have links for a Windows x64 JRE that is 17 or higher? I have reinstalled Java 8 JRE for now since it fixed the issue of running the I2P router launcher. I have only ever needed the 8 or lower JREs so I am a real noob at Java stuff.

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Can you change default browser used for different "Modes" on Samsung devices? (lemmy.ml)
 

I am trying out the "Modes" on my Galaxy Tab S8+ and curious if default browser can be changed depending on the "Mode"? I know that I can have apps be allowed to run, and that the wallpaper can be set to different images for each "Mode". Just not sure if it can switch to a different set of defaults. Thanks in advance to any information.

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Are there FOSS guides for making a one to many USB cloning device? (lemmy.ml)
 

I am having issues getting results on searches because I get a bunch of results for doing a many ISOs to one USB (like Ventoy). Though I do get some results for hardware devices that can clone one USB to one or more blank USBs. But those hardware devices sell for hundreds of dollars.

I have a periodic need to update around 17 bootable USB drives at work. The drives are burned from ISO files (PC repair tools) and need to be updated with updated versions of the ISO. Currently I have to start each one at a time and is annoying (not as bad as some sys admins out there needing to do hundreds of drives).

So I was wondering if anyone knows of FOSS (or even mostly FOSS) plans/instructions for making a one to many USB clone hardware device using RPi or similar (I have a RPi 5 and a Pico W atm)? If a purpose built hardware device isn't around. Are there any FOSS software programs for Windows (my only real option at work) that can handle taking one ISO to burn onto many USBs? I am fine with it doing them one at a time if they are all plugged-in automatically or if it can do small groups of like four or five.

Just seems like out of all the different guides/plans/kits for things like RPi or similar-ish boards. That there would be something like those pricey one to many cloning devices. Thanks in advance to everyone that can point me to anything useful!

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I am hungry, but I can't eat. (lemmy.ml)
 

Saw this on an ADHD Memes account on X. Shit happens more than I would like to admit. lol

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Looking for helpful part charts to pin-up for simple/quick reference (lemmy.ml)
 

I fix consumer (OEM/SI and custom builds) PCs and am training some co-workers that are currently less experienced in building. The big thing I would like to have around for everyone's benefit is simple charts for things like screws/mounts. With the sizes/dimensions/names, especially the specific technical names. That would make it easy to buy extras instead of just typing "standoffs" and getting all the sizes presented that aren't correct. Nothing is more frustrating than having all the parts, but not screws/standoffs/mounts/etc if there is an issue (sucks if a motherboard has an NVMe slot but the standoff and screw wasn't provided or lost).

That all being said, I would love to get whatever other folks have around for part charts. It is always nice to be able to show various examples of different parts that can help show differences if a physical item isn't around to demo. An easy example is showing how the different DDR generations have the notch in different places. Or Ethernet cable wire layout for re-heading a cable.

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