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  • There is a lot of truth to that.

    Google web search (and by extension services like Ecosia that rely on Google) has worsened in quality, especially for more niche content that requires some work to get to.

  • Thanks for the clarification!

    I was under the impression this was all optical disc writing.

    When the family got a computer with a CD-RW drive in 1999, I used a CD-RW disc as a sort of portable USB, I guessing that was the last time when I used packet writing. :)

  • This is more software news, but still a (nerdy) historical milestone of sorts.

    I do hope it will be easy to enable CD/DVD/BD writing support if needed.

    EDIT: I was mistaken, opticla disc writing is not being removed, just one specific (and somewhat niche?) technology/approach.

  • Hardware @lemmy.world

    Linux 6.17 Looks To Drop The pktcdvd Packet Writing CD/DVD Driver

  • I am pretty sure Kyiv Star would rather use Eutelsat (or even another non-American provider), but there is no pragmatic alternative at this point.

    I am really hoping Eutelsat can get their act together in the next ~18 months.

  • We need to move off Starlink (and reduce dependence on American providers in a pragmatic manner), that being said from what I've read Eutelsat is no where near in terms of performance (bandwidth), base station size and global coverage (although from my understanding Ukraine is somewhat well covered).

  • Hardware @lemmy.world

    Ukraine to become first European country with Starlink direct to cell service — messaging by year end, with mobile satellite broadband expected mid-2026

    Technology @lemmy.world

    Google co-founder Sergey Brin calls U.N. ‘transparently antisemitic’ after report on tech firms and Gaza

    Technology @lemmy.ml

    Zombie fabs plague China's chipmaking ambitions, failures burning tens of billions of dollars

    Hardware @lemmy.ml

    Zombie fabs plague China's chipmaking ambitions, failures burning tens of billions of dollars

    Hardware @lemmy.world

    Zombie fabs plague China's chipmaking ambitions, failures burning tens of billions of dollars

  • Thanks for the clarification!

    The web si unusable without Dark Reader and uBlock Origin.

  • Opensource @programming.dev

    systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success

  • Thankfully it seems that this is only for Dark Reader on Edge (not Firefox or Chrome).

    Still worrying to see them integrate this fraudulent service.

  • Samsung @lemdro.id

    Samsung announces major security enhancements coming to One UI 8

    Hardware @lemmy.world

    What’s Happening at Intel? A Deep Dive Into How Strategic Sacrifices Under CEO Lip-Bu Tan Aim to Bring the Company Back to Its Former Glory

    Laptops Community @lemmy.world

    Asus ExpertBook B5 B5605 review: With Arrow Lake and 144 Hz display to the executive floor?

  • Even mid-range smartphones have been "good enough" in the last ~5 years in terms of device performance.

    Flagships used to be distinguished by camera quality, but this benefit is not as noticeable as it once was.

  • Hardware @lemmy.world

    SilverStone's new Seta H2 PC case can fit up to 15 HDDs — hefty hard drive behemoth clocks in at 70 liters and weighs over 30 lbs [~13.5 kg] empty

    Xiaomi @lemdro.id

    Can Xiaomi disrupt the home appliance market like it did with EVs?

    Hardware @lemmy.world

    Can Xiaomi disrupt the home appliance market like it did with EVs?

  • Worth pointing out that MIPS is a mere shadow of it's former self (some of my first routers were based on MIPS). They are currently a relatively small RISC-V design firm.

  • Hardware @lemmy.world

    GlobalFoundries to acquire MIPS, bringing together RISC-V chip design and manufacturing - Liliputing

  • I do wonder how much of IBM's POWER business is based on net new installations.

    If you are running a a critical system on a POWER system (e.g. banking core), it makes sense to pay a high price and avoid the risks associated with complete rewrite.

    But does IBM get any new client for their POWER systems?

  • Hardware @lemmy.world

    IBM boasts new Power11 chips are stingy on power usage

  • With a quote post, the post you are quoting is fully (text, avatar image) nested in your post.

    It was commonly used on Twitter (I deleted my accounts some time ago).

  • This would be a really neat feature and would allow for the best of both worlds so to speak.

  • Yes, I didn't mean cryptography of course. :)

    There are some very useful use cases. One that I have a decent amount of experience in is upscaling SD (or even VHS) content. Depending on the quality of the source material, you can get very good results.

    I've also found LLMs helpful as a compliment to web searching for my work (I deal with lots of public datasets from international organisations); LLM queries have helped me find sources that I missed via directed search.

    It can also be helpful as guided learning/reference system for Linux CLI (I tend to forget the parts I rarely use) or even software application more broadly (used it to help learn about GIS applications that I needed to use to access historical weather data for a work project).

  • Laptops Community @lemmy.world

    GTBOX G-DOCK Review: A compact graphics dock with OCuLink and USB4 - Liliputing

    Hardware @lemmy.world

    GTBOX G-DOCK Review: A compact graphics dock with OCuLink and USB4 - Liliputing

  • This is pretty cool, I would consider buying a pre-made kit for such a device, especially if the resolution was higher than 768.

  • No idea, I do use Mastodon relatively regularly, but I am not on top of development discussions.

    This was news for me so I decided to share. :)

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world

    Mastodon is improving profiles and getting ready for quote posts

    Android @lemdro.id

    Here's what I like and dislike about Android's new Expressive design

  • I am assuming the fix for the second vulnerability will be backported to the older version in bookworn; 13p1 if I remember correctly.

    I've seen theme backport security to older releases of much less important software.

  • Pretty good article; a nice overview of recent developments.

    I also agree with their conclusion; avoid American commercial entities whenever possible. The culture of corruption and criminality is simply too deeply rooted among the executive class and it is highly unlikely that there will be any true anti-corruption reform in the next ~20 years (I hope I am wrong).

  • Laptops Community @lemmy.world

    HP ZBook Ultra G1a 14 (Strix Halo APU) Workstation Laptop Review

  • No idea who the Maguire fellow is, but since he works for a large American VC firm, the piece about "coming from a culture of lying" is clearly projection.

  • I wouldn't go that far, both LLMs and other ML technologies clearly have novel use cases (unlike crypto where the only use cases are financial speculation and crime).

    The issue is that AI promoters/conmen are knowingly misrepresenting the capabilities of their services to benefit from pump and dumps (case in point Microsoft and OpenAI agreeing to define AGI as any service that gets $100 B in annual revenue).