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Would you be happier if they ignored the demands and possibly got Firefox banned in Russia? Because if so, it's not that we disagree over our views of the Russian government. Probably neither do Mozilla.

We have different priorities. I want the average Russian to be easily able to use Firefox, even if it takes more work to load some extensions. From where I'm sitting, you seem to want to cut off your nose to spite your face.

I'm genuinely curious why.

You're right, regarding Mastodon. I won't edit my other comment, though, both to preserve the original chain of thought and because that brings up another discussion.

To quote the EFF:

We feel that the intended usage of the feature will not determine people’s expectation of privacy while using it.

Offering people a feature with preexisting expectations, similar to other things that fulfill those expectations, then telling people "We know it looks like a duck but don't expect it to quack!"

...It begs the question: was the feature really a good idea?

And it's also damming for private messaging on mastodon.

I once read vague complaints about it being a rushed implementation. While I won't trust those without evidence, I for sure wouldn't trust mastodon with my PMs. At least, not until how this was allowed to happen is figured out and fixed if necessary.

P.S. I'm still not sure I believe in PMs in the fediverse. If I need to share something and care about keeping it private, I'd rather move the conversation elsewhere.

Wrong Conway.

I won't know if any of the linked resources are any good until I have time to look them over, but if nothing else I appreciate you taking the time to answer.

Re: whitewashing, fair point. I'd already read about the issue, but maybe I still need to rethink how I look at computing history.

If you're serious, please elaborate on your points. I genuinely don't understand.

Going by Wikipedia here,

She was a huge part

Please define huge part. She was a "key architect" in the starting years of a project that fell short of its goals.

her entire work has to be viewed through that lens

Why? It was, relatively speaking, an almost small part of her career. She didn't stay until the end of the project. You even admit that her contributions to the field were many and meaningful.

is every explicit way connected to modern conflicts where military misuses AI to murder children

This feels like such a huge leap, that I don't even know where to begin tackling it. Is Tim Berners Lee in every explicit way connected to the modern privacy hellscape that is the modern internet?

Make no mistake, if she really did want to help develop artificial intelligence for the military's sake, fuck her. I can respect someone's achievements while also thinking they're trash as a person.

But I don't think that's the case here, and I'm lost as to what point, exactly, you're trying to make.

It seems less anti-theft and more "data protection in case of theft."

I'm not sure that's a fair assessment (after all, what should a proper anti-theft measure even look like, then?), but that's the best way I can describe it. From what I can tell, it's more tech that attempts to lock the screen when it believes your phone isn't safe.

More data protection is always nice, provided it works. Was AI the best way to do it? No idea. Don't know if it'll help with the actual theft any, since I believe the stolen phones are usually factory reset and then resold all over. User data was never the main appeal.

It's mildly funny that this will be tested in Brazil. Something that is a bit fitting, a bit sad, yet I can't help snorting at.

Honestly, that strategy feels like the most sensible one, since the real world often does not (or can not afford to) care to wait for v1.0.0 before using software. It's no wonder so many programming ecosystems have adopted it.

I find it a bit of a shame it's not part of the semver specification itself, which only states:

4. (paraphrased) do whatever you want haha

My point is, I don't think that's "your bad." It's just how it is, and the best there currently is. Unless you think there's something that could've been done better, in which case I'm curious as to what, if you're willing to share.

I assume pirates will get the better service, again. The AAA game industry's evolution is a frustrating, pitiful joke. Really glad for the indie scene we have today.

Why do you hate vertical tabs so much, mate?

Don't feel too jelly though, the actual profile manager has been in need of some care for a while, now...

...and it's apparently getting it soon! No way they'll hide the button after they polish it up, right? Happy times to come for all, I hope :⁠^⁠)

That's unnecessarily dismissive. Unfortunately, even the best extensions have their downsides. Some used a browser that suited their preferences better instead, which is a shame for both Firefox and the user, in my opinion.

Mozilla recognizes this and is finally taking action to integrate highly requested features into Firefox. Many "who really care" are glad for this, because it is a good thing.

That's a weird way to look at the projects, in my opinion ("if only X had Y, it would kill Z...").

Helix and Neovim have different approaches to editing, configuration, etc. They don't need to be competing for users. Neovim can exist for the people who want an editor with Neovim's ideas, same for Helix, and that's just fine.

Had a sound issue: output device options only listed "Dummy Output" and nothing was listed for input devices. I eventually got my headset to be recognized again, but sadly couldn't tell you what did it, since I tried so many things and I lack proper understanding of the Linux sound scene.

Just in case it's useful to someone, here's a collection of ideas I found while working through the issue:

• Make sure wireplumber service is enabled and running OK
• Plug in an HDMI device and reboot (some people said this permanently fixed a similar issue)
• Backup, then delete $XDG_STATE_HOME/wireplumber and reboot
• Check if you have installed the packages:
  • kernel-modules
  • alsa-sof-firmware

Note, however, that I really don't understand what some of these do. You should be very wary of taking suggestions from people who don't know what they're talking about... unless you're desperate enough and want your sound back, perhaps.

...Also, here's a gentle reminder to test your sound device with other equipment and try different ports/adapters, if available. Wasn't my case, but sometimes stuff simply breaks at inopportune times.

That's funny, same thing here. I'm very thankful to the stranger on a forum who suggested "blasting the motherboard with a blow-dryer." Now sometimes I joke that my PC is diesel-powered.

Generally, I agree, but there's some nuance.

Discussions are better when those who intend to participate read the content first. Realistically, though, we know many read the headline and jump straight into comments. I think that's a culture issue, and that's difficult to fix.

The bot can alleviate its impact by giving these people more context. Without changing culture, however, removing the bot from these discussions could ironically make them worse. At least, that's how I see it.

I don't really like it, but I believe it helps.

What actually confused me, though, is that if you lump in some privacy/accessibility/convenience concerns, I could kinda see the point of a "Saved 0%" tldr.

But, on a phoronix article? They're one of the few tech journalism websites I still trust and am grateful for, that I turn uBlock off for. It's like I'm missing some context, I need more info.

One can hope :^)

My bad, I wasn't sure! Figured it'd be better to waste a little time typing than risk people misunderstanding the context behind the tech.

That might be overly optimistic? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, here.

From my understanding, the main drive behind adding AP federation is to allow users of separate code forges to collaborate on each other's projects, much like how users of lemmy can interact with communities of other lemmy instances. This is big because it could break the "but everyone is on GitHub" problem.

Currently, it's difficult to justify completely leaving GH, since those that do leave behind countless users and developers who won't follow them and create yet-another-account on one-more-website. Federated code forges have the potential to bring easier decentralization to an ironically centralized land.

Keyword here being easier. Because even though Git is already decentralized by design and some think git-send-email is plenty for collaboration (e.g. many Linux maintainers, sourcehut users), it turns out way more people prefer doing their work in pretty web UIs.

But just like lemmy and mastodon aren't great at showing their users content from the other platform because it's not a priority, I don't see why forgejo would prioritize letting lemmy users interact with projects.

Yeah, that's funny.

I considered opening an issue, having assumed that this was a bug and in such cases the bot might as well not comment at all, but apparently part of its intended purpose is saving people from having to open articles.

Not sure how I feel about that, to be honest.