Cocodapuf @ Cocodapuf @lemmy.world

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Yeah, this article was truly a fascinating read! The one thing that surprised me from Goldberg though, was that he continually questioned their use of signal. I mean, why wouldn't they use it?

They could try to develop their own secure messaging app, but what would be the point of that when another already exists and they can verify the code is air tight because it's open source. And, developing their own app would mean the possibility of relying on software that could contain unknown bugs or vulnerabilities.

The only safe cryptographic systems are open source ones.

It seems to me that nothing in life is free, including browsers. Yeah, free software exists, and that works fine for many kinds of software, but not browsers. Browsers are a living thing, they have to change constantly to adapt to the changing environment. Maintaining a browser takes effort, to an extent that far exceeds that of other programs, word processing, games, image editing, etc. A browser is a primary attack surface for all manner of malware and exploits. It's web facing and it executes code provided by external sources. That last sentence should give you chills.

So all that is to say, that it is very much non trivial to maintain a browser. So it only stands to reason that maintaining it consistently won't actually happen without some amount of compensation.

So how do you pay for a browser? Well everyone seems to agree, with ads. This method is apparently quite viable as a business. But I probably don't have to tell you that there are a bunch of problematic aspects to it. User data collection (and resale) is probably top on the list of problems. It's a pretty serious breach of privacy, I hope I didn't have to convince anyone of that.

To get to my point though, Brave is the only browser I know of attempting to use a different model to support their project. They're trying to allow people to just pay for the web themselves, rather than let advertisers pay for the web while users give up all their data. It may not be a perfect implementation, but from where I'm standing I don't see anyone else even trying...

Correct me if I'm wrong though, i'd love to see other viable models.

Mine started as a gamer tag. I wanted something that sounded cute and unassuming, it was fun to see scrolling text announcements like "Ninja_AssassinX was killed by Coco Puff's rail gun".

I've played a lot of post apocalyptic video games, lately those experiences are beginning to feel more relevant than I ever wanted... But across all of them, one constant has always remained true: slavers are kill on sight.

Ah, that makes some sense. Seems like a problem that really needs to be addressed, the last thing we need is more barriers (especially financial ones) to the legal process. We need to be encouraging people to claim all the rights and representation that they're deserved.

Well my users are my family and close friends, so I just do care about them... Some of them use a smart TV app to access Plex, which is pretty convenient as it doesn't even require additional devices or remote controls.

The fact is, as the family tech guy I spend a lot of my effort trying to make tech as easy to use for everyone as possible. And more than anything else, making things intuitive and simple is what eliminates the most amount of hassle for me.

I gotta be honest, when I look at the problem pragmatically, it'll be a lot easier to pay $20 a year than to switch to jellyfin and get all my users to figure out how to install clients and make it work for them.

I'm already at the point in my life where my primary concern is making things work smoothly, and if I need to throw money at something to make it work smoothly, the choice is a no brainer. (At least for some values of "money")

Yeah, that second lawyer took one hell of a gamble. I see where they were coming from, but those are extremely risky dice to roll... And now their client is in more trouble than ever... Critical failure.

And the first lawyer... I have nothing to say, what a dumbass.

The article says she's a "legal permanent us resident". It's a little weird that she's been living in the US for 37 years and never got her citizenship. I wonder what that's about.

Does anyone know what other nations fall into this "sensitive" classification?

Edit: I did some googling myself and here's the list below. (The short version is: Russia and their allies, China and their allies, and broadly the middle east. Weirdly, also Taiwan)

•         Algeria
    

•         Armenia
    

•         Azerbajan
    

•         Belarus
    

•         China (PRC)
    

•         Cuba
    

•         Georgia
    

•         Hong Kong
    

•         India
    

•         Iran
    

•         Iraq
    

•         Israel
    

•         Kazakhstan
    

•         Korea (North)
    

•         Kyrgyzstan
    

•         Libya
    

•         Macau
    

•         Moldova
    

•         Pakistan
    

•         Russia
    

•         Sudan
    

•         Syria
    

•         Taiwan
    

•         Tajikistan
    

•         Turkmenistan
    

•         Ukraine
    

•         Uzbekistan
    

I realize that's a long list, I don't know, should I put that in a or code block or spoiler tag?

I've been playing a lot of terraria with my son recently, it's been a lot of fun going back to it. Coincidentally, I just saw the trailer for Noita for the first time last night, and thought "woah, that looks cool as hell..."

Best answer.

I'm going to develop a new AI designed to remove watermarks from AI generated content. I'm still looking for investors if you're interested! You could get in on the ground floor!

You could use it as the logic board for a micro drone, something the size of a dime perhaps. Or other applications where weight or space are extremely limited. Another example might be a medical implant of some sort, this is small enough that it could be a part of a device that is meant to be placed inside an artery, or an eyeball, or an ear canal.

To be fair, it is really hot...

I see the Trek reference, but I feel like I'm still missing something...

Well that's been my policy so far. Since there are literally no controls whatsoever over the content in Roblox, it looks like my kid will be old enough to play Halo before he's old enough to play Roblox.

I have no problem with this, there are a lot of games out there.

You know what would increase government efficiency? We could completely disband the department of homeland security.

The entire agency is a redundant racist waste of money. There's literally no reason for it to exist except for unfounded white fear.

This is semantics, because that's the same thing.

If you want to sell now you have to sell at a lower price, to have your put orders at the top of the stack. So the reason they were selling a lower price was just that they actually wanted to sell.

Sure, you can put an order to sell at some optimistic price, and that won't effect the stock price, but simply having a put order on a stock is not actually the same as wanting to sell. People actually wanting to sell now lowered the stock price.

Thanks, heh, I just came back to look at what I'd written again, as it was 6am when I posted that, and sometimes I say some stupid shit when I'm still sleepy. Nice to know that I wasn't spouting nonsense.