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  • Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users

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  • Yeah I mean some form of asymmetric encryption/validation would work but it stops the real reason why Google wants to implement this.

  • YSK that you can force Windows 10/11 to open your default browser instead of MS Edge with MSEdgeRedirect

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  • Can I ask what you found terrible? Ive been getting into some FOSS contributions (for my own weird bugs) this year and I'd like to start addressing some of the issues people come across when they try out Linux

  • Gen Z are dipping into their retirements, skipping meals and selling their belongings just to get by, new reports find

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  • Google gets to keep Chrome, judge rules in search antitrust case

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  • So they found Google guilty of monopolistic practices then agreed to do nothing about it.

    Sounds about right.

  • Paper and mobile train tickets to be replaced with GPS tracking in new travel trial

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  • They make faraday cages for phones these days.

  • Nvidia driver issues...

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  • Yeah sounds like missing drivers, pretty sure the latest nvidia driver is 580.xx but Mint might have an older version that's stable.

    IIRC you should be able to install the drivers with the 'Driver manager' program

  • Terrorism is blocking the road - UK

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  • The whole point of notifying the authorities is so they can plan emergency services around a disruption that would otherwise impede that service and have plans in place for a mass gathering.

    It's obviously not used for that, I wonder if we'll see new forms of guerilla protesting before things get violent. Definitely ways to cause huge economic damage without massing or hurting people.

  • Can a simple pop-up save Android sideloading?

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  • Another point to add to this, I don't care what Google's verification of an app entails. There's tonnes of malware on the app store, their word means nothing about security of the end user.

  • I should have switched years ago! - Linux gaming update

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  • It's mostly the account name and computer name, something like

    user@computer $

    OP might have a good reason (e.g network setup different/real name visible) or is just security/privacy conscious, but you'd be unlikely to dox yourself from a screenshot like this if you're not a power user.

    Mint is quite a friendly distro, definitely a great first choice and one I'd recommend. However if you find it not to your liking but still want to try Linux; fedora is another good no nonsense distro that would be suitable for you.

  • The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software

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  • Honestly Googles products are terrible these days. I have been pretty lax about my privacy but after so much enshittification I switched my services to something that works and doesn't harvest my data for the privilege.

    When they kill off Graphene/Custom ROMs I'll switch to a linux phone or brickphone.

  • Scientist makes horror prediction that the world will 'collapse in just 25 years

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  • LtG has been pretty on point with its modelling compared to real life data since its publication.

    BUT LtG wasn't a prediction for the end of the world, it was/is a model of interconnected metrics about our society at large and to illustrate two points:

    1. You cannot have infinite growth in a finite system.
    2. Society has to maintain a harmony of these metrics to prevent itself from collapsing.

    Basically what happened after its publication, a bunch of economists attacked it with their can openers. Some whackjobs claimed the club of rome was an illuminati front, a few scientists recalibrated the model with updated data, showing evidence in its favour and the world moved on ignoring it and the myriad of other climate warnings

  • Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux

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  • Australia to recognize Palestinian state, leaving US increasingly isolated among key allies

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  • @BaroqueInMind@piefed.social

    See what I meant when I expected the Australian government to do something over those protests? I guess it did make me feel good about myself after all

  • GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

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  • Pretty sure I had Embrace Extend Extinguish as my 'status' when microsoft inevitably introduced that linkedin style social media bullshit to a git server.

    Plenty of good alternatives out there, or roll your own!

  • We are this close to class consciousness 🤏

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  • There has to be someone without to create the demand for capitalism to work, I totally support what you're saying and in a perfect world those people wouldn't suffer but there is still an imbalance of power between capitalists and workers and that tension means both sides have to be perpetually hyper vigilant in protecting their own interests against each other.

    Mind you, I don't think communism is a good system either; humanity should be considering new forms of governance given our technological advancements have solved a lot of problems that these systems initially intended to.

    Anyway that's my perspective, appreciate you asking for an elaboration hopefully it's some food for thought even if you don't agree with me.

  • We are this close to class consciousness 🤏

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  • I disagree capitalism requires a bottom class that has to suffer for it to function, that makes it an inherently bad system regardless of government intervention.

  • RAM

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  • Huh TIL, had a look through my system and it sits at about ~5GB not including disk cache. Been on Fedora KDE since 39 and have put it through its paces so I'm pretty happy with that

    I would've reformatted windows twice in that time because of bloat accumulation, and like you said there's always room for improvement with hyper minimalist packages.

    God I love Linux.

  • Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gaza

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  • I support this kind of protest, but let's not get this twisted: this is only happening to make people feel better about themselves,

    I went to this protest, I don't expect Israel to do anything in response except call me an anti-semite. I do however, expect the Australian government to listen to it's consitutents and take a hard stance against this fascist regime.

  • RAM

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  • Linux also uses a lot of ram for disk caching, it's flagged as a form of available memory so there's no performance overheard for this.

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