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1·13 hours agoI use Matrix for private messages. If you found a server that suits you, it might be worthwhile to try it with a different client.
- Drops messages if they’re not picked up within (by default) 21 days.
- Can’t use one account on multiple independent devices.
- Adding contacts requires copy/paste of a large link or QR code; can’t just tell them a short address over the phone.
- No group calls.
- Venture capital funding makes its future uncertain.
Last time I investigated it was a few months ago; it’s possible that it might have made some improvements since then.
17·13 hours agoDoes he think books should be shorter because the years of authors’ lives spent composing them are also not sustainable?
I wonder if he’s aware that development budgets can be allocated in different ways, like paying good writers to make substantial (and long) stories, or refining the user interface and game mechanics so that they’re fun to play for a long time, rather than pushing every new hardware generation to its technical limits.
7·24 hours agoI would try the
-tooption with a negative duration. (I’m assuming negative duration counts from the end of the file instead of the beginning.)
39·1 day agoEnd-to-end encryption is indispensable. Our legislators (no matter where we live) need to be made to understand this next time they try to outlaw it.
When a whole nation’s communications are intercepted by another entity, yes, the bad part is that it’s another nation. Especially an adversarial one.
This is not about individuals’ personal privacy. It’s about things that happen at a much larger scale. For example, leverage for political influence, or leaking of sensitive info that sometimes finds its way into unsecured channels. Mass surveillance is powerful.
41·2 days agoIf this turns out to be a solid performer, the price could make it the best midrange value since AMD’s Polaris (RX 480). I hope Intel’s build quality has improved since the A770.
25·2 days agoIf this turns out to be a solid performer, the price could make it the best midrange value since AMD’s Polaris (RX 480). Let’s hope Intel’s build quality has improved since the A770.
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The comments I’ve read from current-generation Arc owners have given the impression that their Linux drivers are catching up to AMD. Here’s the latest info:
52·4 days agoWhat’s a reddit? Is it like those ice boxes that people used before refrigerators?
There’s also the fact that humans have emotional reactions to things they see, often reacting immediately (with votes or otherwise) before considering whether it was on-topic for the channel that brought it to them. This overlaps what I described in my second paragraph, above.
Probably because we don’t all have the energy to respond to every single inappropriate post. It’s tiresome, and many of us are busy.
Also, lots of people see these posts by browsing their subscription feed, and don’t always notice which community each one comes from, so an errant post is easily overlooked if they’re also subscribed to a community where it would be appropriate.
I do see some downvotes on an OpenAI post, though, so it hasn’t gone unnoticed. Don’t think you’re being singled out. It’s just that there are a lot of these lately, and the issue hasn’t been resolved yet, as you can see from the post I linked above.
Yet another post that is off-topic for this community. Sigh.
Neither isolates everything. Both have some isolation features. The features enabled by default vary from package to package, so you would have to look at the packaging permissions of each one to find out.
For a bit more isolation than a flatpak/snap, I suggest creating a separate user account for running chromium (or any other moderately nosy software). Note that linux lets you log in to two accounts at the same time, each with its own desktop, and switch between them. Check out your desktop environment’s “switch user” function.
For even more isolation, you could run chromium in a hypervisor-based virtual machine.