Privacy focused tech enthusiast trying to wean myself off big tech platforms.
I believe that was the advice in the early SSD days, and likely still applies for high write commercial environments.
However, modem SSDs are fine when used in a typical home lab set up.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s my understanding.
Shame on Microsoft for being a shit company.
However, I don’t recommend backing up to OneDrive, but if you must, you should encrypt on your local machine first. Also, keep a physical backup. Current situation not withstanding, external SSDs are reasonably cheap.
There is an Android app that looks for the Bluetooth signatures of these glasses and alerts if they are nearby. Hopefully something exists on iOS devices as well.
Edit: The app is called Nearby Glasses and it is available on iOS and Android.
Canada has already shown any climate goals the door in favour of AI. In particular, Meta is building a 1GW AI data centre in Alberta which is already very dependent on oil and gas revenue.
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This whole APK dicussion is important, but Google is taking steps to lock down the bloody internet if you aren’t on a verified iOS or Android device. This will be far reaching going way beyond the APK changes.
I feel like that won’t be enough. Google is working on locking down the entire internet unless you can pass their reCaptcha with a verified device. See this article related to GrapheneOS and their reCaptcha concerns.
Sites need to stop using reCaptcha or we are all doomed anyway.
So you can use the website in your browser but still have the have their app installed for 2fa? That’s peak bullshit there.
Google reCaptcha is going to have a similar requirement for accesing half the bloody internet once that goes through. In summary, I think we are fucked.
Yep. If it came from the whitehouse you can pretty much guarantee it.
Still applies.
Whether the red card was bullshit or not it irrelevant. Sports fans everywhere know that shit calls get made. The issue is that a sitting president called up his buddy who happens to be the president of FIFA and had it overturned. That is fucking insane.
We were already in planet cooking conditions before this push for AI in everything. I think we are doomed as a species. Which oddly enough is what the elites want.
I bounced off Warframe because I found the main game play loop to be repetitive af. For the same reason I don’t stick with MMOs in general. I don’t like doing the same dungeons over and over again hoping for a loot drop.
Elite has more variety of activities each with their own grind. If I get bored of mining I can go shoot down some pirates for a bit. Get bored of shooting pirates, I can go explore something I have never seen. Mitterand Hollow is a standout. It’s a glitch in the game where a moon orbits a planet at an impossibly fast speed. You can’t really catch up to the moon to land on it, you have to get in front of it and wait for it to come to you. See, fun. LOL.
Haven’t they wasted enough money on this crap? I’m sure blasting data centres into space will help with the exorbitant costs.
Elite Dangerous is a game of grind. They have taken steps to reduce the grind in recent updates but it is still a grind fest.
For example, I took part in the Distant Worlds 2 expedition. I traveled across the galaxy and discovered worlds nobody else has ever seen. It was boring at times. It felt like a job at times. However, after months of grind, I was glad I did it. Distant Worlds 3 launched recently but I did not join. Once is enough.
I also earned enough rank to buy a Federal Corvette, and then sold it because I didn’t get along with it. That was also a grind but I am glad I did it.
Don’t get me started on unlocking engineers. Oh my God, that’s a whole new level of grind. They have made it a bit easier since I started playing but it still a lot of work.
I know I’m not selling the game well. Unless you enjoy the grind, it really isn’t something you would stick with. Doing anything is a slog and requires a bit of planning to execute. I must enjoy that or something.
Also, space. Who doesn’t love space?
Alright, you convinced me. I have installed it again. Turns out I have 6.8 hours played according to Steam.
Best value for dollar is definitely Elite Dangerous. I bought it for 30 bucks and have around 1400 hours in it.
Worst value game that I bought and have played might be Cyberpunk 2077. I pre-ordered and have maybe four hours total played. I keep saying I need to go back and give it a proper go now that it’s fixed but nah.
I just finished The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Control Our Democracies by Jeffrey A. Winter.
It was interesting to learn how there is an entire wealth protection industry ensuring the wealthiest people pay next to no taxes. Even the IRS of toothless due to the sheer complexity of tax laws surrounding wealth.
TL;DR: Don’t buy a Ford.
Welp, I guess it’s off to BSD I go.
J/k. This seems like a pragmatic approach from Linus.