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@sabbatical
Your search engine skills are transferrable to DuckDuckGo, Mojeek, Yep, or SearxNG.
@kmeisthax @pluralistic

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PSA, VSCode / VSCodium C# opt-out telemetry 

The v2.0 update to the C# extension silently installed a dependency, the .NET Runtime Install Tool extension, that has enabled by default.

pushed the update to users in early August, and it reached / users a month later.

There is no indication that the dependency respects the `telemetry.enableTelemetry` setting. You can opt out:

"dotnetAcquisitionExtension.enableTelemetry": false

But personally, I've chosen to uninstall the Ionide, C#, and .NET Runtime Install Tool extensions.

Opt-out is not consent.

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Linux distro recommendations 

@urusan The problem with Manjaro is that they hold back packages, which get out of sync with the AUR, leading to the dreaded "partial upgrades". I suspect this is what happened to you.

Distros like Garuda Linux and EndeavourOS avoid this problem by using up-to-date Arch packages. Garuda is more opinionated, including things like having Timeshift configured out-of-the-box to do a system snapshot whenever you update.

If you don't mind older packages, Linux Mint (my daily driver for the past several years) is a reliable choice. You get the practical benefits of an Ubuntu LTS system without the B.S. from Canonical. If you want a non-LTS release cadence, maybe try Pop!_OS.

I've also heard good things about Fedora and openSUSE, but missing packages have kept me away for now.

Finally, there are two Debian derivatives I'll suggest looking at: Parrot (Home Edition) and MX Linux. Both of them are based on Debian Stable but with additional backports.

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@pho4cexa @neauoire The verbs "develop" and "envelop" come from Old French words meaning "unwrap" and "wrap", respectively.

This implies that an "envelope" is just a "wrapper" but Frenchier, and that a "developer" is a "wrapper-opener".

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It's always hilarious when a thread that starts out as "musl has a bug!" ends up finding that nearly every implementation but #musl has a bug (all different, no less!)

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Quote of the day: "I need privacy, not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgement and intentions are"

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It's official. After 3 months of back and forth, a major medical provider has elected to drop me as a patient for not having a Google or Apple device.

It is unclear if this is legal, but it is very clearly discriminatory and unethical.

Any tech journalists or lawyers interested interested in this?

I would like to do anything I can to ensure this never happens to anyone else.

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Does anyone here use one of those 3rd party #ChromeCast knock-offs?

I dug my old ChromeCast out of a box to find it is no longer officially supported and struggles to stream 1080p from my Linux laptop.

I just want a *dead simple* dongle to plug in to my TV's HDMI and wirelessly stream my Linux screen to.

There are a bunch of #Miracast dongles on eBay, but I've no idea if they work with #Linux.

So, if you have any suggestions - please let me know 🙂

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"No way to prevent this" says users of the only programming language where this regularly happens

xeiaso.net/shitposts/no-way-to

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why did none of you tell me about this website before?? I had to find out for myself???

pinoutguide.com/

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I learned this morning of the passing of Akira Toriyama, the father of Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump, designer of Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger. Also, probably the artist who influenced me the most when I started drawing. Here is an old fan art I drew of Arale. My heart is really heavy this morning...

#akiratoriyama #toriyama #鳥山明 #fanart #krita

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With 1 #transistor, I can make an inverter, a switch, or a not-very-good amplifier.

With 2 transistors, I can make a differential amplifier, a cascode, or a latch.

With 3 transistors, I can make a fairly good (Wilson) current mirror, or a Lorenz chaotic system.

20,000 transistors made a #computer that navigated spacecraft to the Moon and back.

But 10,000,000,000 transistors make a computer that's brought to its knees if it tries to interpret the Javascript used to load one #ad on a web page.

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I just heard a ratio described as "a half gallon per cubic foot" and my mind touched the void

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Doctor: You've tested positive for opiates.

Patient: Oh I had a bagel with poppy seeds earlier.

Doctor: Yes well you also tested positive for cannabis, LSD, and cocaine.

Patient: ...It was an everything bagel.

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It’s here! Signal finally gets the long-requested username feature, making it possible to share your contact info without giving out your phone number. We've updated our SSD guide with directions to set it up. ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-

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Hi, I'm TProphet. I write the Telecom Informer column for 2600: The Hacker Quarterly.

Many of my subscribers missed the winter issue, because Amazon terminated 2600's contract to publish on Kindle.

It has been nearly 10 years since I published a sample column on my own "Telecom Informer" blog, but I hope you'll read this month's issue. It's one of the best columns I have ever written, and too few people have seen it because 2600 keeps getting de-platformed. You can read it for free here: telecominformer.com/2024/03/06

Go ahead, click over there and read it. I hope you enjoy the column. And if you do, please come back here to read the rest of this thread. It's OK, I'll wait.

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Dune got it wrong: cynicism, not fear, is the true mind-killer.

At least fear can motivate you to do something. Even if it's the wrong thing, you might learn from it.

Cynicism is the anti-motivator. It says hope is a lie, trying is useless. It says good isn't worth looking for.

I'm revamping "Good Tech Things" to be a source of anti-cynicism in tech: a place to celebrate the joyful, helpful, and just plain fun things people are building with technology.

Check it out:
newsletter.goodtechthings.com/

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Support your #library. Even if you don't borrow anything:
- Stop in and get a card, to help their numbers
- See what services they offer. You might even need one.
- See what groups and events they might be hosting
- See what else they have to lend, other than just books

#publiclibraries
#libraries
#publiclibrary

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Want to read some good news?
Check out this story about students at an University in Vilnius🇱🇹, that were able to stop an attempt to use only proprietary two factor identification methods 👏🏽

☑️fsfe.org/news/2023/news-202304

#SoftwareFreedom #PMPC #freesoftwarealternatives

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"Meta will start collecting “anonymized” data about Quest headset usage

Info on hand/eye tracking, "physical environment," and more could be included"

Here we go again~ :blobcatgooglytrash:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/02/meta-will-start-collecting-anonymized-data-about-quest-headset-usage/

#vr #ar #virtualreality #augmentedreality #facebook #privacy
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Introducing usernames and phone number privacy on Signal!

We’re making it possible for people to connect with each other without having to share phone numbers. Now launching to beta users, available for everyone soon.

signal.org/blog/phone-number-p

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