In my (European) country now we can have a digital copy of the driving license on the phone. It specifically says that it's valid to be presented to law enforcement officers during a check.
I saw amazed in the beginning. They went from limited beta testing to full scale nationwide launch in just two months. Unbelievable. And I even thought "wow this is so convenient I won't need to take the wallet with me anymore". I installed the government app and signed up with my government id and I got my digital driving license.
Then yesterday I got stopped by a random roadblock check and police asked me my id card. I was eager to immediately try the new app and show them the digital version, but then because music was playing via Bluetooth and I didn't want to pause it, i just gave the real one.
They took it and went back to their patrol for a full five minutes while they were doing background checks on me.
That means if I used the digital version, they would had unlimited access to all my digital life. Photos, emails, chats, from decades ago.
What are you are going to do, you expect that they just scan the qr code on the window, but they take the phone from your hand. Are you going to complain raising doubts? Or even say "wait I pin the app with a lock so you can't see the content?"
"I have nothing to hide" but surely when searching for some keywords something is going to pop-up. Maybe you did some ironic statement and now they want to know more about that.
And this is a godsend for the secret services. They no longer need to buy zero day exploits for infecting their targets, they can just cosplay as a patrol and have the victim hand the unlocked phone, for easy malware installation
Immediately uninstalled the government app, went back to traditional documents.
Aren't they "silently" migrating to a different but identical app called lemonade or something like that?
There are a lot of websites that pretend to give you a hacked version but all the download button does is to show more ads. They just automatically fill pages with automatically stolen content from play store
"for sale in Asia except Japan" => they wrote all the text in Japanese (and latin for the Lorem Ipsum on the back)
you connect your PC directly out of the link that the ISP is giving you (if allowed), for example via PPPoE
The challenge didn't ask to disable ipv4 but it was (jokingly) daring people to expose all ports to public to see how long the system would last before being exploited by bots. It wasn't meant to be taken seriously 😆
the reason OP was thinking of doing this, was saving disk space and avoiding buying another hdd. So if it's a 1:1 full disk image, then there's almost no difference with the costs of raid1. Setting exclusions, avoiding certain big files, and so on. In this case he's talking about restic, which can restore data but very hard to do a full bootable linux system - stuff needs to be reinstalled
i was also thinking like this, then i had to restore everything from a backup when the ssd suddenly died. I wasted so much time setting everything back as before
Even with free labor I can't see how it's cost effective once you consider the price of shipping a cheap and perishable good like a tomato
In Sicily many tomatoes are picked by immigrants paid 200 euro per week (70 hours weeks), that's almost slavery; because it's cheaper to transport the wholesale price paid by the factory located in Europe should be similar to tomatoes grew by slaves in a desert 3000 km far from the nearest port. Unless the purees factories are located there.
Edit: I investigated more on the issue and learned that it was concentrated puree that was imported, with long shelf life, and that the company already had issue some years ago with the Italian food inspectors which seized many stuff, and then was photo evidence of Chinese concentrate barrels in that Italian factory
Gave him a favor, delete his account and move somewhere else.
Anyone should delete their xitter account
It's magic, it can automagically solve any unrelated problem. He claimed that tariffs would lower child care costs (of course the ramble doesn't specify how it would lead to lower child care costs because I definitely can't see it leading to countrywide tuition-free public kindergartens like in many European countries)
They blocked it for a pure political reason, not for a security issue
This said, it's stupid to use an ad-infested closed source app that probably exfiltrates your data for ai training when there's a very good foss alternative
I thought that maybe they had a free and paid version and they accidentally switched apk butvlast update was 8 months ago and all of their apps are "paid" but have the "100% off" promotion on rotation
So their business plan is to use the "wow, this is free for a limited time, better get it now" feeling to artificially drive downloads. Because otherwise people wouldn't get it even for free.
Indeed, I was excited to get this, as a very first glance it seemed well done. I was searching for a quality (=manually created puzzles) game similar to this. Then, immediate disappointment as I saw the banner ad on top and all the ai slop on the self promotion button that's so prominent.
I noticed that all their artwork in all their apps is also ai-generated, which is a testament of the hard work they did.
Why mobile gaming has become like this, everything is literal trash 😢
I tried it. It has ads. Ads on a (supposedly) paid game???
And it's extremely buggy
They are doing it because they need to cut expenses and not because they care about the situation (having a factory there doesn't necessarily mean they have forced labor from prisoners, just ultra cheap labor from ultra low wage workers)
Shareholders first
When I did it, I did it manually with thunderbird, which is a great way to delete clutter meanwhile
Just select 1000 emails at a time and drop them in another IMAP server folder
In the gbatemp thread they wrote that this guy flew too much near to the sun:
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Reused his username everywhere to the point that his name and the fact that he was from Arizona was public
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Sent back to Nintendo multiple switches to repair using that name with an Arizona address
It wasn't hard for them to dox and sue him as he literally gave them his real address multiple times...
It's dangerous and you can blew it if you don't know what are you doing but by shorting two specific pins, it's possible to turn on the PSU and see it it's working or not
Did you use a vacuum on the fans and let them spin during the clean?
a lavoro osservo molti utonti come usano il telefono. Non è che usano whatsapp per telefonare perché si risparmiano minuti (ormai tutti i piani ne includono a migliaia) ma semplicemente premono l'icona telefono dentro la chat. Non sono in grado di aprire la rubrica, cercare il contatto e chiamarlo, ma vanno nelle chat che sono in ordine cronologico, entrano dentro e chiamano. Per loro non c'è differenza con una telefonata normale. Domani whatsapp potrebbe iniziare a fatturarle 1 euro al minuto e continuerebbero a usarle.
Add the newpipe repository to fdroid for faster updates
Or use a fdroid client like droid-ify where the newpipe repository can enabled with just a toggle and not a somewhat difficult to find url
and because i'm a lazy ass i didn't read the specs but just read the search engine result.
I also assumed that because 6 years ago i bought a $50 hp envy and it had wifi, this much expensive one is also going to have it
Result: that $250 printer doesn't actually have wifi
There's a certain "people's republic" where they introduced a new government signature on all android apps. For "safety", as they "check" the apps for you 😉
For now it can be bypassed after three pages of scary warnings but in the future?
Maybe it could be a big reason of why they're liking harmony os that much, you don't need to manually approve android apps if android apps are completely unsupported
I hate this scale, it says low battery and shuts off after just 3 months of sitting in the drawer. It infuriates me that there's still a lot of energy in the battery, I can use that in remote controls with no issues
If there's enough battery to say "low battery", then there's enough battery to show the measurements!
Two mobile operating systems currently comprise nearly 100% of the global smartphone market. Building one is hard, and for most phone makers, there are
I went to install gsam battery monitor on a new phone and it looks like it has been delisted recently.
Does anyone has more info on that? It was a staple on my phones since almost a decade...
Any alternative that shows a graph with rate of charge/discharge?
I bought a refurbished pixel 7 in europe. I assumed it was the european version (GVU6C).
I tested it and it appeared functional in all functions, so i released the escrow to the seller.
Now because I don't trust the software hasn't been tampered, I wanted to clean it with flash.android.com but... can't because it can't unlock the bootloader (even if i connect to internet and call the code ##2432546## to get the "checkin requested" from google play services)
It looks like i have the model GQML3 for Verizon which can't be bootloader unlocked. FUCK! I especially bought this because it can unlock the bootloader...
Anyway.... about restoring the original software....
Phone says "phone is with latest update installed" with android 14 and security update from 5 june 2024.
Can I flash the full image for android 15 with october security update or i risk a brick? Do I need to wait for the lazy fucks at verizon to "certify" the android 15 update? Those fuckers take ages to "certify" the updates...
They can't sell the $699 AI party trick that requires a $24 subscription so they slashed the price to $499. Unfortunately it's still $500 too expensive for what's worth.
Maybe at $10 someone could buy it as a Halloween costume prop and even pay a whole month of subscription just to show off the novelty
A decade ago I used BitTorrent Sync. Then it became Resilio Sync. Then with Resilio Sync 2 they nerfed the free app to a point that I just removed that from all my computers and switched to syncthing.
Yesterday I was watching my server struggling when syncthing was doing the periodic scan of a directory with hundreds of thousands of files and then i thought, "maybe Resilio Sync uses less resources or doesn't waste time reindexing a static directory for the nth time"
I went to see their website and now with the new version 3, all the features are back. The business plan now is to sell the app to enterprises at unaffordable prices rather to persuade consumers to pay a subscription to self host their syncing server
I wanted to try it but now they say docker version is discontinued, need to install the package to bare metal. Ugh... So I desisted and decided to stay with syncthing
Now with the news of the impending discontinuation of syncthing android app, everything changes. Without Android support, syncthing is no more irreplaceable for me.
So, has anyone tried Resilio Sync 3? Is it good?
I saw a 3d printer using plastic pellets instead of filament.
Is this a good idea? Because I never saw anyone doing this.
Seller says "in this way it won't run out of filament" but I have the impression of imprecise extrusions (machine was fitted with a big 0.8mm nozzle)
I got a really weird problem.
Two years ago bought a set of 4x DDR4 3200 16gb each, single sided and placed them in a ryzen 5600 desktop computer, which i almost never turned it off. It worked without issue.
This weekend I wanted to dust off the PC, so I took all the components out, replaced the thermal paste and so on.
Turned on the PC again, worked apparently without issues until after a while Linux was pissed about going out of memory. Out of memory? With 64gb of RAM? I checked with dmidecode -t memory and I saw that a channel was reporting completely empty.
Shut down the PC, reinserted the second channel, rebooted, saw 64gb. One hour later, kernel panic. Rebooted in memtest86+, error in memory. What? Removed one module, error. Removed two modules, no error. Switched the modules, no error. What??
Placed the two modules that are passing the test in another computer, error. Put back in the original computer, pass test. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Now I downclocked from 3200 to 2400 and everything seems working fine.
What could be? Have I been cursed?
After a few reinsertions do the slots degrade to a point that can't sustain 3200 anymore?
Segnalato abuso a aruba, dice che magari non è effettivamente phishing e che magari è effettivamente legittima... (il link scarica un file js contenente sicuramente malware da indirizzi ip residenziali, mentre dice 404 not found da ip datacenter/vpn/esteri, l'operatore ha provato ad aprire il link e non ha funzionato)
Inoltre, con mio sgomento, ho scoperto che su pec non è possibile impostare filtri o spam e secondo il supporto aruba questo è da design perché su pec bisogna ricevere tutto sempre, per legge, anche se è phishing, malware o spam. Quindi, è sufficiente pagare 5 euro l'anno ad aruba e si ha una licenza a mandare spam/phishing illimitata.
He couldn’t walk using the machine for two months.
Alternative link where I'm told the story is written better, but unfortunately has a signup wall and I'm not willing to sign up https://www.404media.co/paralyzed-jockey-loses-ability-to-walk-after-manufacturer-refuses-to-fix-battery-for-his-100-000-exoskeleton/
Intro: Webtoon is an app/website where (mostly Korean) comics are released in short episodes. Those episodes aren't released all at once but usually once a week, you have a free unlock a day and if you want you can have more by either watching an ad or by paying with coins, that are paid with real money. With the smallest purchase ($6), an episode can be unlocked with 3 coins (¢35) up to 7 (¢80). You can also skip the wait by paying with coins. I used it for years and I was ok by watching the ads at the end of each episode. It limited myself to one a day, otherwise I would scroll for hours. But, at the end of June 2024, they did the IPO, so that means ✨enshittification✨
So the guide on how to push away users to piracy:
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Have a scary reminder at the beginning of every episode that says that piracy is illegal. (I can't screenshot that without a rooted phone, it's blocked). This helps the user to have a daily notification that yes, this content is also available somewhere else and you're not bound to artificial limits.
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Put the last three episodes of a series started 3-4 years ago in perpetual paywall. No more "just wait one week to get the new episode". You want to see how that 200 episodes story that you're reading almost every day for 3 years ends? LOL pay $6 to buy a coins package!
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Now that the user is pissed that they can't know how the story ends, they'll just search it on the illegal sites, since over the past years they had to skip through 200 reminders that yes, this story is also available over there.
And it failed spectacularly.
We only needed a simple form, but we wanted to be fancy, so we used "nextcloud forms".
The docker image automatically updated the install to nextcloud 30, but the forms app requires nextcloud 29 or lower. No warning whatsoever. It's an official app, couldn't they wait that it was ready for NC 30 before launching it? The newsletter boasts "NC hub 9 is the best thing after sliced bread" yet i don't see any difference both in visual or performance compared to NC hub 2
Conclusion: we made our business to rely on nextcloud forms as a signup form, but the only reason we were using it was disabled who knows how many weeks ago.
I was accidentally locked out of home again, and I had to call a professional to open the lock.
But if someone was home, they could have just turned the knob of the door from inside. There's a device that can do that? It needs to do 3 full turns and it requires a bit of force to do that (armored door with iron bars that slide in every direction, so it has a big inertia to start)
I saw a ready solution on a store, the iseo x1r, but that costs 1000 euro + another 200 for the gateway (not mandatory but otherwise it uses proprietary Bluetooth protocol and so it can't talk with HA
Several mobile ports of Resident Evil games now require an internet connection when starting the app.
Many users bought Resident evil for iOS because it was working offline. Perfect for long trips. But a new update adds a mandatory DRM online check at start-up.
I wrote bought, but actually the word is rented. One day Capcom stops updating the games (and this is 100% guaranteed) and a few years later the "owner" gets "This app needs to be updated to run on this iPhone"
Meanwhile, people who pirated a cracked ipa, don't get any issue in playing the game offline. DRM exclusively hurts the paying customers.
A lawsuit alleges that Jason Keats, the founder of OSOM, has misused company funds to buy sports cars and fund his lavish lifestyle.
They made millions thanks to crypto bros buying the Solana phone (rebranded osom with custom ROM), claiming the free shit coins, then sending it to e-waste.
Unfortunately those millions weren't invested in new products but to fund the CEO lifestyle.
I love how the endgame was to trying getting acquired by HP for billions but that failed.
Everyone's (also humane ai pin) trying to get acquired by HP, the ultimate bagholder, expert in overvaluing failed startups
"This forces us to build a new economy in severe conditions."
The share is higher than you would expect because they include all apple devices in them because the apple soc is capable of running ai. Of course who's buying a MacBook it's not doing it because "it's an AI PC". Should have included all gaming PCs then...
The report says Lenovo ai PC shipments went up 228% last quarter. Uh... They put on sale their copilot+ devices on the last week of Q2, then of course at the end of Q3 you have such high percentage. They could have said "10000000000000000000000% yoy increase"