[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Do as I say, not as I do!

This is why piracy is actually a fundamental human right. Because if we left everything up to companies, they would do whatever the fuck they wanted and hide behind the legitimacy of being a company which in most peoples eyes makes them inherently "right".

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago
[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Every time I have to fire up my Fb account, I'm stunned at how shit React is. It's appalling how bad that framework has become. Maybe if they cared about implementing solid code and less about raping your life of metadata in order to sell you the worst products on the planet thru their "partners" things would be better.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Not many processors have AV1 hardware decoders yet (Apple thru them in on their M3's last year and latest iPhone 15 Pros) so I can't see it being that. There's also software decoding that works fine. My wallpaper on macOS has been avif since last year (Sonoma) and works without issue. I don't think it works in Windows 10 tho. No issues with the latest Ubuntu and I'm not familiar at all with Android OS.

In any case, I think it's the best thing to come out in a long time. My website with raw PNGs was about 120MB. I crushed those PNGs with noticeable quality loss down to 50MB. I then crushed the original 120MB down to 60MB with minimal to no visual quality loss using webp. But I got it down to 25MB without loss using avif at 85% compression. Just insane performance, couldn't be more impressed!

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago

What doesn’t support avif? Even Apple devices support it and they are usually the last to adopt anything. I’ve crushed all my website using it and it turns a 1MB image to 80KB without quality loss, absolutely amazing compression!

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Not that the over/under debate was even a thing, but this should convince those diehard lunatics not to hang their TP improperly!

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not the best patent to use if you want to settle the debate. This one from Wheeler is the nail in the coffin: patent

It also shows why it was over and not under as at the time, the TP holder was a hanging wire, which kept the paper against the wall. Not protruding out like todays hangers.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Dynamite in water is the same basic principle used for sea mines. History has taught us those actually work. With the bullet, it’s more about surface tension which makes sense as falling from a high enough cliff onto water if you don’t land right is nearly the same as falling onto concrete.

Cool stuff regardless and I always found their testing to be quite spot on, scientifically.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

It’s a song and dance on macOS and Linux but yes they do: https://protonvpn.com/support/port-forwarding-manual-setup/

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

LOL. Oh no some random dude made a list a long time ago. Oh no. A clone of what? Because rarbg was shutdown a while ago. Maybe think for yourself.

Also, the site looks nothing like the original rarbg, so I guess they failed there to. It’s another website linking to torrents, nothing more. I’ve not seen a single thing suss about it and I’ve been using it for months.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

There is always something you can do about it. Always.

[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 months ago

My fav was if you could shoot someone in water. Turns out that just 3 ft. of water was enough to stop a 50 cal! So as great of a film as Saving Private Ryan was, the opening scene where bullets wiz thru the sea killing soldiers was pure fiction.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ultratiem@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

ASUS rolled out an update to its firmware (3.0.0.6.102_34791) that now requires users to be over the age of 16 and to send a slew of metrics and data back to ASUS. If you do not agree or do not check the box to verify you are 16y or older, you cannot use the router. At this time, I’m not sure if ASUS has meant to disable the router for anyone under 16 or if it’s a bug.

You can opt out at any time but lose access to a slew of features:

Please note that users are required to agree to share their information before using DDNS, Remote Connection (ASUS Router APP, Lyra APP. AiCloud, AiDisk), AiProtection, Traffic analyzer, Apps analyzer, Adaptive QoS, Game Boost and Web history. At any time, users can search the contents of the terms at this page or stop sharing their information with other parties by choosing Withdraw.

Moreover, ASUS disables automatic firmware updates and worse, all security upgrades unless you opt into the data sharing. Security upgrades perform the following:

Security upgrade incorporates security measures that continuously update its security file and scans to protect against malware, malicious scripts, and emerging threats in order to secure the router and ensure system stability. Some upgrades addressing important security issues or meeting legal/regulatory requirements will still be downloaded and installed automatically, even if "Security Upgrade" is turned off.

Edit: I have personally contacted their CEO's office, but if others would like to voice their disapproval as well, here is a link: https://www.asus.com/us/support/article/787/

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submitted 3 months ago by ultratiem@lemmy.ca to c/technology@beehaw.org

Just a few years ago, you would never see such a disparity in votes vs comments. But these days, this is pretty much the norm. I've seen posts with 10K+ upvotes and no more than 80 comments.

I'd say in about 2 years, the entire place is going to be bots with AI generated content that try to mimic "real users" using their new Dynamic Product Ads tool. Not sure how that's legal as I thought ads needed to be marked or differentiated from regular content, but here we are.

The future looks bleak and AI even bleaker. Because it's going to be used against us to make the rich richer and not to make our lives better.

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submitted 9 months ago by ultratiem@lemmy.ca to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

Currently Voyager shows the UI when previewing an image. A user must tap one to hide it.

An option to have it hidden unless tapped would be a great bit of UX for users to view images without obstruction or manual input.

🙏

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submitted 9 months ago by ultratiem@lemmy.ca to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

Device storage is a premium commodity. It would be great to see cache clearing and perhaps setting size limits.

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submitted 10 months ago by ultratiem@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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I purchased a router from the EU. So the frequencies are different than those sold in the US.

What’s the worst that could happen running a router in the US that’s on the frequencies from another country (like UK).

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