PeachMan @ PeachMan @lemmy.one

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It's the latter. The bands on Mi Band watches are always cheap garbage.

Read past the (admittedly misleading) headline. This article is about double-sided perovskite solar panels, which is apparently just a better material, and maybe it benefits more from the double-sided structure? Not sure of the specifics, but they're saying efficiency can reach 30%, which is a lot higher than your example.

You sure? I assumed you had to open a port in both.

Just go to the desktop site, you don't have to log in. Things are going well, in case you're curious 😆:

EDIT: apparently "Hurensohn" is German for "son of a bitch"

Forwarding a port is literally opening your network. It doesn't matter what the reason for doing so is, whether it's torrenting or gaming. That's why it's called both "forwarding" or "opening" a port depending on who you ask.

It's a small risk, but it's a risk. If you open a device on your network to the Internet through a forwarded port, there's a real possibility that somebody will find you and attack you. There are bots that spend their entire life looking for common open ports on random IP addresses. And the ports used for torrenting are probably some of the most common. Best security practice for any network is NOT to open a port, but rather to find an alternative method of accessing things outside your network, like a VPN or reverse proxy. In the case that you do need to open a port, that device should be isolated on your network, preferably in its own VLAN.

I would assume it will require RCS?

Edit: Ah, I get it.

Google is strongly supportive of regulatory efforts that require interoperability for large end-to-end messaging platforms.

If they can get laws made that require interoperability, then Apple will be forced to support RCS.

Relay fanboy checking in, this guy is full of shit

Port forwarding is inherently unsafe because it opens your network to outside connections from anyone that knows which port to ping. Having a VPN does nothing to mitigate that threat, it just gives you a different IP.

No, they'll tell you that you need a unique IP. It's a rule.

You'll also run into problems if you have the same IP as another MyAnonamouse use. Not that hard to fix when it happens, but I'm just pointing out these are all issues that a seedbox sidesteps.

Lol port forwarding is a needless risk too, and I still don't get how not having it on keeps me from seeding properly. I seed torrents just fine?

EDIT: reading up on it, it sounds like it slows seeding down but still allows others to connect to you. I'm okay with that, honestly: https://www.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents/comments/p6h7em/answered_why_you_do_need_portforwarding_for/

Lol no, Tailscale is incredibly simple, even if you don't have any idea how any of this works. Just install a client on your device, sign in, and you're on the same network as your other devices. The fact that you have an opnsense router means that you're comfortable with a level of networking complexity that most people simply cannot handle.

Wouldn't recommend a VPN for MyAnonamouse unless they give you a static IP. You'll find it hard to maintain the leech time they require. A seedbox would work better.

Eh? What does port forwarding have to do with dead torrents? I was under the impression that trackers tracked your IP to see if you were seeding, and that doesn't require port forwarding. Also, I'd argue that your private tracker isn't private enough if you need a VPN to use it. I use one private tracker without a VPN to avoid all those issues, and the rest of my torrenting is on public trackers with a VPN. Seems to have worked so far.

Port forwarding isn't necessary for torrents......

However, I would agree that they're not the best for torrenting, Mullvad is for truly paranoid people that are REALLY concerned about privacy. If you just want to torrent without getting letters from your ISP, cheaper options like Nord, Proton, and PIA are fine.

Did I say that "all China is shit"? Don't put words in my mouth.

I'd like to avoid hosting personal things on Chinese servers because the Chinese government is too powerful, and surveils everything. They don't even act otherwise.

I would also totally understand if people don't want to host things on US servers for their own reasons.

Sorry for not fitting into your weird narrative.

Yeah that's my experience as well, it takes an event like that to scare them into taking password management seriously. I guess I'll just have to wait until my various olds have all been hacked or had their identities stolen, and THEN maybe they'll let me sign them up for Bitwarden. Eyeroll.

Right, that's the beauty of using a GOOD password manager, whether it's Bitwarden or 1Password. They both make it relatively easy to export and import all your passwords.

I do think 1Password is a bit more polished than Bitwarden, and auto-fills more reliably for me (depending on the website, of course). I use 1Password for work, but choose Bitwarden for personal use because I value an open-source solution that I COULD self-host if I wanted to. I don't self-host, because I'm lazy, but I COULD if I wanted to. It's also a very cheap family plan compared to 1Password, I'm still trying to convince all my old people to use a damn password manager! But one could argue that using 1Password's more polished interface instead of Bitwarden might make my life easier....

It might technically work, but it would be difficult to set up and the experience would be poor. The Steam Deck is HUGE, and its touchscreen is not very sensitive or accurate compared to a modern smartphone. Plus, using it to emulate Android would be very janky, and it doesn't have 4G/5G radios so you'd need to stay connected to Wifi.

If you're just looking for voice calls, a simpler solution might be to use a VoIP service that you could access in the built-in browser, no weird installs required. But then you'd have to leave it on in Desktop Mode all the time to receive calls reliably, so it's not a great experience. If you're looking for a full replacement for a smartphone......no.

You're much better off getting a cheap Android phone, the experience would be miles better than emulating one on a Steam Deck. The Steam Deck is for games.