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- on what is the best out-of-the-box (more or less) streaming box? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 49m ago
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on Xbox One’s Catastrophic DRM Is The Reason It Can Now Offer Disc-To-Digital in c/games@lemmy.world · 6d ago
So microslop are using their drm to control the digital rights people are permitted to have over the discs they bought and paid for.
This still kills the secondhand games market, it still pushes everyone into a digtial only future that is controlled by the corporations.
How is this being written as some sort of success story?
I dont object to a digital future; my music and video discs have all been copied to digital files but those are my files, my legal right to create backups of my property and to use those backups on whatever damn device i choose to.
A digital future where the consumer has no control over their content is not something to be celebrated, even if it sweeps up a few old discs aling rhe way. Without microslops drm, people could simply copy their disc contents and “have digital”…
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on OC: How I Removed the Mic Component from 2 Remotes in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 13 Sep 2026
Never liked the idea of talking to a remote, and found the massive netflix button on my sony remote really offensive.
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on OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on ‘reckless’ AI development in c/technology@lemmy.world · 13 Sep 2026
For some time now I think its been the case that frontier models perform worse (or at least more inconsistently) at procedural activity.
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on Watch out: Apple timepiece can grab snippets of conversation without both speakers' consent in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 12 Sep 2026
You are probably right, though it is depressing to consider the lack of common recognition for Huxley
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on Watch out: Apple timepiece can grab snippets of conversation without both speakers' consent in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 12 Sep 2026
Not just soma, the censorship of the different, the unavailability of inconvenient history or information is a direct parallel to the echo chamber bubbles of social media, then constant advertising, that anything new must be more expansive, complex, and require more equipment that the pre-existing alternative.
I think we worried too much about one book and not enough about the other. 1984 seems to be coming now that the BNW prepared the population into distracted acquiesence but where does that then lead? Do we become the eloi after that?
I find the psychosocial parallels fascinating. Sorry if it seems a bit tinfoil…
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on Watch out: Apple timepiece can grab snippets of conversation without both speakers' consent in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 11 Sep 2026
Third mistake. He forgot to tell us that his 1984 was the sequel to Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World… we could have avoided this if we didnt become mindless consumers.
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on European democracies are running out of time to turn away from the abyss | Rafael Behr in c/europe@feddit.org · 11 Sep 2026
Sadly i didn’t miss the part that presented me with a paywall when i clicked the link before i posted the reply.
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on European democracies are running out of time to turn away from the abyss | Rafael Behr in c/europe@feddit.org · 10 Sep 2026
paywall 🤮
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on Apple Watch's new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening in c/technology@piefed.social · 10 Sep 2026
Very happy with it. To the extent that although part of me is interested in experimenting with other distributions, mint just works and everything is in the places i naturally look so motivation is lacking.
My desktop machine is dual boot: Mint and Win11 (windows rarely used but there if i need it), while my laptop, and the one i got my son for his studies both run Mint exclusively. It does a fantastic job on those lenovo machines.
Also had mint running an HTPC, but have since repurposed that machine as a server and used Ubuntu server os for that. Would not have felt like i could do that without using linux mint.
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on Apple Watch's new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening in c/technology@piefed.social · 10 Sep 2026
I had the same experience long time ago: attempted to install, failed in figuring out how to mount a hard dive and gave up. Last year i tried linux mint, loved it. Easy transition, minimal learning curve.
Ive also found that if i had issues with windows the error messages were crap ans the web was filled with garbage advice. On linux, i find whenever i want to do something the support is better, advice is clearer and when you need it there is much more clarity on what is working or not working.
Grab yourself a usb stick, get your linux distribution of choice on it. Most distributions allow you to boot your machine from the stick to try out linux with zero impact on your existing machine. You can check ifndisplay, sound etc works and if you like the feel of it. If you do, install is a few clicks away using the same stick.
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on Motorola's 2027 flagships will officially support GrapheneOS in c/technology@lemmy.world · 25 Aug 2026
Sign me up for a graphene razr ultra please and thank you. Dont have any issue with self install if it doesnt ship that way
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on Gemini becomes Google's fastest-growing product ever as it hits 1B users in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Aug 2026
They killed assistant and claimed the unwilling transfer as growth. Shitty journalism or a shitty headline? Either way bad …
If the living room remote control experience is needed, flirc and a skip remote is great too. Used that for years with kodi.