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India to mandate USB-C connectors on smartphones and laptops by 2026
  • I find it a bit annoying that different usb-c implementations have different capabilities.

    As in, not all cables are compatible with all devices, and there's not even a standardised way or reporting capabilities.

    What's the point of being able to put every plug in every socket if you don't know if it's going to work?

  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle ends
  • No and none.

    He just walked out of a US district court. If they were going to grab him they would have.

    He rolled the dice on being the world's most well known "journalist" and he lost in the most spectacular way. He's so incredibly lucky he got off as lightly as he did, having only lost 12 years of his life.

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    Firefox user loses 7,470 opened tabs saved over two years after they can’t restore browsing session
  • Yeah I don't really get it but it seems like it's not that uncommon to have heaps of tabs open. More than 7,000 is obviously exceptional but it checks out - there's a few users like this in mozilla's telemetry.

    I think it's basically just concern that you might not be able to find your way back to something you were looking at before. To me that seems irrational but everyone needs to sail their own ship I guess.

  • New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion
  • I agree. There's also a pervasive feeling that lemmy is unaffected by manipulation and misinformation.

    If Lemmy continues to grow sooner or later it will become a large enough target for manipulation, and I wonder how federation will fare at that time.

  • New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion
  • You're right in that it will never be like it was, but there are still fringes and niche communities that have that human feel. The thing is they're much less engaging without algorithms and UX driving engagement, we're not drawn to them in the same way.

  • Why defederation is extremely rare on lemm.ee
  • That's just not true.

    Sure ok you might not see how many upvotes a user has received but that's not how vote manipulation works.

    Votes influence what you see, and perhaps more importantly they influence what users perceive to be popular opinions.

    Upvotes for "genocide joe" comments are a good example. A few people can make an idea seem like it's mainstream.

  • ‘Julian Assange is free’: Wikileaks founder freed in deal with US
  • He released information relating to government officials engaging in misconduct

    ... at precisely the right time to maximise the effect of the release and diminish her chances at winning the election.

    No whistleblowers shouldn't go to prison, I'm glad Assange is going home but I do dislike him immensely.

  • IP Block Lists & Docker Networking

    Just wondered if any one is using block lists for their docker containers.

    IPSum publishes a great list of IPs worth blocking.

    The thing is, I know docker networking interacts with iptables in a complex way such that the iptables INPUT chain is ignored.

    The docker docs say you can put custom rules in DOCKER-USER chain, but my iptables knowledge isn't great and I think I'm more likely to mess something up than to have any success.

    The thing is, I'm sure that this is something loads of other people have encountered, and I'm sure there must be an easier way.

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    Whats on in Perth - Easter Edition

    In Perth for Easter weekend.

    What are some cool things to do / places to visit?

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    [solved] Install MicroG on rooted Galaxy S20+

    If anyone could point me to some information or guide about this I'd really appreciate that.

    I think the official com.android.gsm and friends need to be uninstalled first. I've tried that with adb, console reports "success", Google Play Services is no longer listed in Settings > Apps.

    But... if I try to install MicroG via Fdroid or Droid-ify it goes through the install process, there's no error, but MicroG Core is not shown as "installed". If I try to install the apk with adb it says the currently installed version is newer than the one I'm trying to install?

    microg.org seems to just assume you know how to install.

    I read something about signature spoofing but I thought that was only for older devices.

    Any insights / suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

    Edit: I think this is the answer: https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-degoogle-any-device-and-install-microg.4058743/

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    rsync.net's warrant canary

    rsync.net Warrant Canary

    Existing and proposed laws, especially as relate to the US Patriot Act, etc., provide for secret warrants, searches and seizures of data, such as library records.

    Some such laws provide for criminal penalties for revealing the warrant, search or seizure, disallowing the disclosure of events that would materially affect the users of a service such as rsync.net.

    rsync.net and its principals and employees will in fact comply with such warrants and their provisions for secrecy.

    rsync.net will also make available, weekly, a "warrant canary" in the form of a cryptographically signed message containing the following:

    • a declaration that, up to that point, no warrants have been served, nor have any searches or seizures taken place

    • a cut and paste headline from a major news source, establishing date

    Special note should be taken if these messages ever cease being updated, or are removed from this page.

    The current message is here:

    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256

    2024-01-08

    No warrants have ever been served to rsync.net, or rsync.net principals or employees. No searches or seizures of any kind have ever been performed on rsync.net assets, including:

    ALL San Diego locations ALL Denver locations ALL Zurich locations ALL Hong Kong locations ALL Fremont locations

    ( from http://www.reuters.com )

    Biden administration to unveil contractor rule set to upend gig economy

    Moon lander problem threatens mission after Vulcan rocket makes successful debut

    Beckenbauer revolutionised game and became icon of German sporting success)

    Spurs 115, Cavaliers 117 Hawks 110, Magic 117

    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD)

    iEYEAREIAAYFAmWceF8ACgkQBzwoLX1vgGyjAgCffCEAilX5M6WY4SnxLJOF5J5f rSYAn14WCiZKbj+fKaqEpj4ThDWEOysB =256H -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

    https://www.rsync.net/resources/pubkey.txt

    Notes:

    This scheme is not infallible. Although signing the declaration makes it impossible for a third party to produce arbitrary declarations, it does not prevent them from using force to coerce rsync.net to produce false declarations. The news clip in the signed message serves to demonstrate that that update could not have been created prior to that date. It shows that a series of these updates were not created in advance and posted on this page.

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    Organise Google Takeout Files

    I downloaded all my photos with google takeout.

    The folder structure is an absolute mess.

    It would be nice to organise them into YYYY/MM folders but I haven't been able to think of an easy way to do that.

    I note that all images seem to have sidecar files ? Like matching json files. I've never encountered these before and not really aware of any command line tools that support them. It's just another challenge as regards writing a script to re-organise files.

    Any insights much appreciated.

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    Gerbera v2.0.0
    github.com Release Gerbera v2.0.0 · gerbera/gerbera

    We are happy to announce that Gerbera Media Server 2.0.0 is now available. This release is a new major release and contains two noteworthy changes. The JavaScript integration has be overhauled to s...

    Release Gerbera v2.0.0 · gerbera/gerbera

    Gerbera is a UPnP media server. I've used it (and it's predecessor mediatomb) for many years. Rock solid. Works well with VLC.

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