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direwolf20

2,452 karma · joined December 7, 2023

Software engineer and Minecraft youtuber.
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direwolf20··on Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold
Features. Speed. Do your web apps only work in Chrome by the way?
direwolf20··on Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold
That's a bad thing. It breaks apps. Apple has decided to stop supporting apps that aren't continually updated. Microsoft hasn't.
direwolf20··on German implementation of eIDAS will require an Apple/Google account to function
You don't see an issue with going to prison because you got a computer virus and didn't know you got a computer virus?
direwolf20··on Apple approves driver that lets Nvidia eGPUs work with Arm Macs
Isn't it sad that we've ended up in a situation where we are talking about "Apple approves" rather than "someone creates"? Fuck Apple.
direwolf20··on The Indie Internet Index – submit your favorite sites
We need to figure out how to monetize this trend.
direwolf20··on How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'?
Now 365 is also called Copilot, so it's Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft Copilot
direwolf20··on How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'?
Not everything is a file, in linux or unix.
direwolf20··on German implementation of eIDAS will require an Apple/Google account to function
That's antithetical to the goal of a secure ID. It has to be really impossible to get stolen, or as difficult as a physical card. If the ID is just a password, you can tell other people your password, and it can be stolen, and it can be cloned. Germany is a strict liability country, and you will be fined or imprisoned for anything that is done with your identity card that was cloned because your PC was infected by malware if you don't report it stolen.
direwolf20··on German implementation of eIDAS will require an Apple/Google account to function
> let every citizen use whatever computer they want.

That's just not possible, or should the system be legally required to run on an Apple II?

direwolf20··on Android’s new sideload settings will carry over to new devices
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direwolf20··on Google just gave Android power users a sideloading win
Graphene's policy is to work on one phone at a time. If other vendors want to support it they'll have to pay for the work to be done to Graphene standards, themselves.
direwolf20··on Android’s new sideload settings will carry over to new devices
In the USA they tell you to install AnyDesk and remote access your computer. Or they just ask for your password. Or forge a check.
direwolf20··on South Korea Mandates Solar Panels for Public Parking Lots
The speed of traffic will always be equal to the speed of public transit. To reduce traffic jams you speed up transit. I do not remember what this always-observed effect is named.
direwolf20··on I decompiled the White House's new app
It's cool to dislike "disliking things "because AI""
direwolf20··on Honda is killing its EVs
Are you sure?
direwolf20··on Honda is killing its EVs
It's legal to cut the seat heater relay out of the circuit and wire it to your own, right?
direwolf20··on Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise to drove engagement, say whistleblowers
What do you think about the case of Lucy Connolly, who, during a riot where rioters were burning down hotels housing immigrants, tweeted that people should burn down hotels housing immigrants and was arrested for that?
direwolf20··on Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise to drove engagement, say whistleblowers
Of course Section 230 would apply to both sites, but only to the user-generated part of each site, because that's what Section 230 says.
direwolf20··on Starlink militarization and its impact on global strategic stability
They have the most economic output, the highest quality technology, and the sanest voices of reason. It's too bad they're a dictatorship. If they can fix that I might have to move there.
direwolf20··on UK MPs give ministers powers to restrict Internet for under 18s
You mean police acting is a non authoritative capacity to maintain public order?
direwolf20··on UK MPs give ministers powers to restrict Internet for under 18s
Agree to disagree with who, about what?
direwolf20··on Digg is gone again
Without irony: accept the death of the internet, and touch grass
direwolf20··on Create value for others and don’t worry about the returns
I was and I did. Now there's nobody on the team who can fulfil something we promised to our biggest customer a few months ago. Shrug not my problem because I don't work there.
direwolf20··on UK MPs give ministers powers to restrict Internet for under 18s
Can you give some examples of the speech the UK arrests people for?
direwolf20··on UK MPs give ministers powers to restrict Internet for under 18s
The UK has been China forever, they have the most surveillance cameras and police home visits per capita of any developed country and their people like it this way.
direwolf20··on UK MPs give ministers powers to restrict Internet for under 18s
What's the text of the amendment and why doesn't this page link to it?
direwolf20··on Intel Demos Chip to Compute with Encrypted Data
The idea would be that when you see a recording of a Blu-ray, you can track down who bought the Blu-ray. However that part was never implemented. However it WAS implemented on Netflix which is why pirates don't like using Netflix as a source. Any time a pirated movie is released from a Netflix source, that person gets blacklisted from Netflix because it's watermarked with their user ID.
direwolf20··on RISC-V Is Sloooow
The first one is common across many architectures, including ARM, and the second is just LLVM developers not understanding how cmpxchg works
direwolf20··on Intel Demos Chip to Compute with Encrypted Data
You would purchase a Blu-ray player in order to play Blu-rays, pretty simple. They have this watermarking.
direwolf20··on Intel Demos Chip to Compute with Encrypted Data
I see the same thing every time there's a new medical thing.

> We discovered a substance that boosts your innate immune system and non-specifically clears out throat infections.

> This will be good for people prone to throat infections.

> Not when it's mandated.

someone else told me they're going to spy on your windows with drones to make sure you're verifying your age to your OS, like what??? I thought we were waking up to oppression but we're just inventing fake oppression to be mad at instead of responding to real oppression.

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