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You’re not affected if (and only if)

You always used the Brave browser or the DuckDuckGo search engine on mobile

I found that odd, but reading the more technical write up (linked in the article) it seems Brave blocks localhost communication.

The Chrome proposal references a single use case. I've never seen a website that sets up my local devices, but is this a new thing?

Why did localhost not get blocked earlier? This seems like a huge hole browsers have ignored for years.

Also the DuckDuckGo exception doesn't make sense to me. Does DuckDuckGo have Facebook trackers on it to begin with? Whatever site DuckDuckGo sends you to, if they have the trackers, you'll get tracked.

This is Lemmy so...

BEANS!

Linux has two ways of drawing pictures, the old way (Xorg) and the new way (Wayland).

The old way is like a giant box of crayons with the crayon sharpener built in. The box is all marked up, the sharpener is full of gunk, and a few crayons are melted together. Nobody really wants to touch the old box of crayons, although it does work for the most part, it's a familiar box.

The new way is like a smaller box of crayons. The clean sharpener isn't built in but it is available nearby, although some people say it doesn't work as good. A few crayons are missing, but are available in most cases, they're just not in the box. Most people are working to improve the new box.

If you're using Linux, the new box of crayons is generally the better choice. It's ok to stop using the old box.

To extend this, that includes YOU giving your key to another application to decrypt those messages.

For example if you use an app or browser extension, that app or browser extension has access to that key. Additionally the browser itself or operating system had access to the key.

Now they may be fully audited. They may have a great reputation. You may trust them. But they are part of the decryption (and if sending encryption) process.

It's a chain of trust, you have to trust the whole chain.

HARBOUR: Basically. I love that the interview we’re supposed to be doing is going to be completely about my abs.

JOHANSSON: I can’t wait to see the headline.

HARBOUR: [Laughs]

JOHANSSON: “Rock Hard for Harbour.”

That's the real headline.

See but I would argue that five different version numbers across five different operating systems is broken. (Ok two of them do match up.)

Specifically the watchOS version is the important one that stands out. watchOS version 1 works with which version of macOS? Which version of iOS or iPadOS?

Also when it comes time to end support for devices, how do you keep track? If Apple provides 5 years of updates, do you know if your phone is still supported?

If my phone is running iOS 14, is that supported? Is that new? Is that old?

The key thing to keep in mind is that the entirety of this ecosystem is based on yearly releases.

Just for "fun" let's look at Windows. The current version is 11. It was released in 2021. So I guess as long as I have Windows 11, I am up to date. But... That's not true. Windows 11 does have a version number that's not directly end user facing. That version is 24H2.

Now the "24" is the year, that's useful. Now what's stupid is the "H2". Because sitting here in June 2025 I would expect "25H1" to be released anytime now. But Microsoft only used the H1 once, about five years ago. Now "Window 11 version 24H2" is better SEO vs "Window 11 version 24", so maybe that's why they kept it.

How would you prefer they handle it?

Just to look at macOS version history,

The first public release was "Mac OS X 10.0", this continued until "Mac OS X 10.7 Lion". The "big cat" became part of the marketing name because the OS & version were a mouthful and throwing numbers around wasn't helpful.

We drop the "Mac" next year, then switch to mountains, but it's not long before we reach, "OS X 10.10" aka "OS ten ten ten".

Well it wasn't long before we simplified further and just said "macOS", but then took a while before we dropped the "10". Now we just get "macOS 15 Sequoia".

For nearly 18 years the Mac operating system had an unnecessary "10" that conveyed zero information.

It's not a matter of biggest number, it's a matter of consistency.

They have five operating systems, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, visionOS.

So currently we have macOS 15, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, watchOS 11 & visionOS 2. That's absolute confusion. Do I have the latest version? Dropping support for an older version, how many years ago was that?

A version number should convey useful information, and the year it was released is useful information. Especially when major updates come every year.

Edit: I forgot tvOS, also version 18. So six operating systems.

Oh I completely agree. The anime eyes did not add to the film. It also sucks because the actress who played Alita, Rose Salazar, did a great job, but it's such an uncanny valley type look that I didn't recognize her anywhere else.

It's one thing when it's Andy Serkis playing Gollum or something but she was just playing a robot girl, but she looks like a throwaway CGI character.

It's funny I saw it completely randomly.

I was chatting with a coworker and just off handedly mentioned how bad Alita looked and they jumped on to defend the film and series harder than I'd ever seen anyone defend anything before. It was a true, "I've waited all my life for this moment" for them.

My evening was free and it was one of those $5 Tuesday type movie nights so I figured what the hell.

So there was at least another that convinced me, got to pay it forward.

Because no one saw the first one.

Now some very influential people who were involved in the first one want to make a second one, so maybe just maybe it will happen one day... But I doubt it.

Lex Luthor.

Sure, he wants to kill Superman, that's not the best political stance, but other than that he'll basically just focus on fixing everything else that slows society down in order to have a society that's better at killing Superman.

Plus it's not like he's successful at killing Superman. So really it's a win-win.

Alita: Battle Angel.

The film looks stupid because they gave the main character giant anime eyes.

In the context of the film it makes sense and I think the look is meant to mirror the anime it is from... but for the film it still makes the film look stupid. Now the film itself is far from perfect, there is at least one storyline that is utter dogshit. However! The film ultimately was solid.

Sadly it ends setting up future films that will never happen, but I think it's still enjoyable overall.

I have to agree, the film is MUCH better than it looks, with one exception early on (see below) the rest of the film works well.

Speculation, I'm guessing a villain since that's the classic one and done role. I'm going with Moses Magnum since it gives him technology to play with and seismic powers, which are used to either piss off or trick Namor.

A clip from 1992 isn't new. If you've got new details, spill 'em. Right now he's just saying what everyone else had been saying for years.

I mean I want more Foggy, so from that perspective it would have been a great idea.

However I can definitely see how a slight variant character is difficult to follow. Even Loki, the show all about variants, struggled with this. The Loki we follow in the show forks after The Avengers film. The Loki the audience knows died in Infinity War. The solution was to show post-Avengers Loki a highlight reel of his life and just make him Infinity War Loki.

Plus based on the direction we're heading, I think they made the right choice.

Think of it like web browsers.

You can visit websites using Firefox, or you can visit websites using Chrome. Websites all speak the same language, so both Firefox & Chrome can load them.

In the case of Lemmy & PieFed, they also speak the same language, in this case that language (or protocol) is called ActivityPub.

So if you use a Lemmy app, it can talk to the different Lemmy servers, but it can also talk to different PieFed servers. Similarly if you use a PieFed app, it can talk to the different PieFed servers, but it can also talk to Lemmy servers.

Now Lemmy & PieFed are not the exact same. In the same way British English and American English are not the exact same. So your Lemmy app might not let you login to a PieFed instance directly. But they are similar, so maybe one day.

Since you are a lemm.ee user, your instance is going away, so you'll need to pick a new instance. You can pick a Lemmy instance or a PieFed instance, but the one you pick may limit the apps your able to use. Both also have websites/web apps, so if you're happy with the web version, you can use that too.

I'll also add that PieFed has some features that Lemmy doesn't have. So if you pick PieFed you may get some new features. The downside may be that you can't use your favorite app anymore.

I suggest trying both, but it you're not sure or ready, you can just pick another Lemmy server. You can always try PieFed at a later date.

Different than the voice actress in Far From Home.

Interestingly the implication seems to be played by and not just voiced by.

I'm guessing we'll see (White) Vision connect up to either the Internet or an isolated Stark network and the show, at least in part, will take place on a virtual Internet, kinda like in Futurama. That will also allow White Vision to take on the appearance of "normal" Vision, since that's who he is/grows to believe he is.

I forget which film (Endgame?) but Banner mentions that Vision is made up of everyone who helped create him. James Spader is returning, so that's Ultron. EDITH will be Stark. But that makes think we'll get something to represent Banner as well.