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[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 days ago (5 children)

That's like 10-20 adult novels. Respect.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Now that you mention it, yeah, I wonder if they haven't updated recently.

Isn't the 7950X3D the best at basically everything? I mean, disregarding value per dollar, it's still better than any of the other Ryzens for gaming, isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

https://www.logicalincrements.com/ is a good starting point.

If you want to beat the PS5 Pro in terms of raw performance, you'll probably want to look at the "great" tier and higher. It's hard to say now since we don't have any real-world benchmarks to go by.

$700 seems like a lot for a PS5 Pro, but if it's really as powerful as they claim then it will still compare well to PCs under $1k.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Copyleft licenses require that derivative works maintain that same license. Not all the Creative Commons licenses are copyleft. CC-BY only requires that attribution be given in the derivative work. That's the one YouTube offers as an option for uploads.

If you want your video to be copylefted, you should use one of the SA (share-alike) licenses. See https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Same on macOS. Apple has "case-sensitive HFS+" as an option for UNIX compatibility (or at least they used to) but actually running a system on it is a bad idea in general.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What part of this is misinformation, exactly? Seems pretty well-supported.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Haven't heard of Hiren's BootCD in like 15 years. Good to see it's still around!

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I keep seeing this claim, but never with any independent verification or technical explanation.

What exactly is listening to you? How? When?

Android and iOS both make it visible to the user when an app accesses the microphone, and they require that the user grant microphone permission to the app. It's not supposed to be possible for apps to surreptitiously record you. This would require exploiting an unpatched security vulnerability and would surely violate the App Store and Play Store policies.

If you can prove this is happening, then please do so. Both Apple and Google have a vested interest in stopping this; they do not want their competitors to have this data, and they would be happy to smack down a clear violation of policy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I agree completely.

I understand the motivation here — apps that lack location permission shouldn't be able to get backdoor access to your location via your camera roll. That makes sense, because you know damn well every ~~spyware~~ social media company would be doing that if they could.

But the reverse is also true: apps that legitimately need to read photos and access all their metadata shouldn't need to be granted full location access.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I have a different Boox product, the low-end Poke Lite (I think version 4?).

Pros:

  • E-paper display is easy on the eyes
  • Customizable backlight temperature and brightness
  • Runs arbitrary Android apps
  • Battery for days
  • Can install open-source reading apps like Librera
  • Still receiving software updates after a few years

Cons:

  • Only runs Android 11
  • Installing Google Play requires jumping through some weird hoops, because it's not Google certified. I recommend using F-Droid instead, or using a throwaway google account to avoid this security liability.
  • Built-in apps kind of suck in general
  • Home screen strongly pushes their own ecosystem, shoving regular Android apps into a different section
  • Most apps look like ass on a B&W display
  • Most apps look like ass on a 4:3 display (not applicable to the Palma)
  • The various display refresh modes are unintuitive

The newer models, from what I understand, use faster-refreshing display tech, and some even support color.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is why I refuse to buy e-books with DRM. Amazon should have no say in how, where, or when I read my books.

ebooks.com has a searchable DRM-free section, so that's my go-to: https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/drm-free

For anything not available without DRM, I will pirate it without a second thought.

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