Say Goodbye to Microsoft Authenticator! Proton Just Introduced a Solid Alternative
Introducing Proton Authenticator: Secure 2FA, your way | Proton
We're launching a secure, independent authenticator app available on desktop and mobile, to help you secure your online accounts.Proton
Microsoft bans LibreOffice developer's account without warning, rejects appeal
Recently, we reported on LibreOffice, accusing Microsoft of intentionally using complex file formats as a tactic to lock in users to Microsoft Office, hindering open source alternatives like LibreOffice.
Now, Microsoft has banned LibreOffice developer, Mike Kaganski, from using its services, citing an "activity that violates [its] Services Agreement".
According to Mike, this happened last Monday when he tried to send a technical email to the LibreOffice dev mailing list, which is a normal part of his routine, but Thunderbird returned an error saying the message couldn't be sent. His account was blocked upon retry, and he found himself completely logged out of his Microsoft account.....
Microsoft bans LibreOffice developer's account without warning, rejects appeal
A LibreOffice developer has shared his experience of having his Microsoft account banned, and how the company has been uncooperative in helping him recover it.David Uzondu (Neowin)
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Censorship Whac-A-Mole: Google search exploited to scrub articles on San Francisco tech exec
Censorship Whac-A-Mole: Google search exploited to scrub articles on San Francisco tech exec
A novel method of de-indexing websites from search results was used to bury critical reporting and commentary.Freedom of the Press
Censorship Whac-A-Mole: Google search exploited to scrub articles on San Francisco tech exec
Censorship Whac-A-Mole: Google search exploited to scrub articles on San Francisco tech exec
A novel method of de-indexing websites from search results was used to bury critical reporting and commentary.Freedom of the Press
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Uber Eats is adding AI to menus, food photos, and reviews
Uber Eats is adding AI to menus, food photos, and reviews
Uber Eats is rolling out new live chat features, and using AI for menu descriptions, food photos, and review summaries.Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
The UK's CMA finds that Microsoft's software licensing terms harm competition in the cloud market, may open a probe into Microsoft and Amazon in 2026
Cloud services market investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigated the supply of public cloud infrastructure services in the UK.Competition and Markets Authority (GOV.UK)
Dal 2 al 9 agosto 2025 il Sestriere Film Festival, con gli appuntamenti pomeridiani a Casa Olimpia
Dal 2 al 9 agosto Sestriere ospita la 15ª edizione del Sestriere Film Festival, ogni sera alle 21 al cinema Fraiteve (ingresso libero). Novità 2025: incontri pomeridiani a Casa Olimpia, mentre il ritrovo per gli “Amici del Festival” sarà al bar QB. L’evento è organizzato da Montagna Italia con il Comune di Sestriere, il contributo del Consiglio regionale del Piemonte, della Camera di commercio e il patrocinio della Città metropolitana di Torino.
Il Festival è un crocevia internazionale per alpinisti, appassionati, registi e fotografi, con proiezioni di documentari, fiction e cortometraggi dedicati a montagne e regioni estreme, raccontando il rapporto tra uomo e natura e promuovendo la difesa dei territori remoti.
Accanto alla rassegna cinematografica si affiancano due concorsi: uno internazionale per registi e produttori che hanno realizzato opere dedicate alle Terre Alte e uno fotografico, aperto a professionisti e amatori. Il pubblico voterà la foto preferita tra quelle proiettate ogni sera. Entrambi i bandi rientrano nel circuito “Spirit of the Mountain”.
Novità anche il concorso letterario “Racconti di montagna - Sestriere Film Festival 2025”, in collaborazione con il Centro Studi Cultura e Società.
La serata inaugurale, sabato 2 agosto, vedrà il concerto della banda della Brigata Alpina Taurinense e la proiezione del film del 1910 “Sul tetto del mondo. Viaggio di S.A.R. il Duca degli Abruzzi al Karakorum”, musicato dal vivo. Domenica 3 agosto sarà dedicata a Pier Giorgio Frassati, in occasione del centenario della sua scomparsa, con il film “Verso l’alto”.
Venerdì 8 agosto a Casa Olimpia Davide Bracco della Film Commission Torino Piemonte presenterà l’esperienza di “Fuochi d’artificio” in Val di Susa. Sabato 9 agosto al Fraiteve si terrà la premiazione.
Dal 3 al 10 agosto l’iniziativa “Cammina con il Festival” propone otto escursioni gratuite con le guide alpine. Programma completo su www.montagnaitalia.com/sestriere-film-festival
Dal 2 al 9 agosto 2025 il Sestriere Film Festival, con gli appuntamenti pomeridiani a Casa Olimpia - ViaggieMiraggi
Appena conclusa la prima edizione del Sestriere Sport Awards Film Festival, si affaccia nel panorama delle iniziative culturali nelle montagne olimpiche la quindicesima edizione del Sestriere Film Festival, in programma dal 2 al 9 agosto tutte le ser…Redazione (ViaggieMiraggi)
Police in Maine say officer arrested by ICE was cleared by federal government to work
Officer arrested by ICE in Maine was cleared to work by federal government, police say
ICE arrested Jon Luke Evans, a summer reserve officer with the Old Orchard Beach Police Department who is from Jamaica, when he tried to purchase a firearm.Daniella Silva (NBC News)
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Airlines urge senators to reject bill limiting facial recognition
A group representing several major airlines alongside travel companies and airports is opposing a Senate bill that would require the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to generally use manual ID verification at security checkpoints instead of facial recognition.The bill, introduced by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), would broadly restrict TSA’s ability to use biometrics and facial recognition, carving out a few exemptions for the agency’s PreCheck and other Trusted Traveler programs. Passengers may still opt in to the use of facial recognition at the checkpoint.
In a letter Monday to Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), the air industry groups said the law was a “step backward” and that facial recognition technology made security screenings far more efficient.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5425633-senate-facial-recognition-travel-security/
FBI uses facial recognition technology, online photos to identify and arrest ICE Portland protester
FBI uses facial recognition technology, online photos to identify and arrest ICE Portland protester
The criminal complaint lists a pink gas mask and a forearm tattoo as distinct clues that led investigators to use third-party software to help make an arrest.
"Technology has transformed the act of being in public," Crump said. "People who engage in political protests need to understand that it's very difficult to do that anonymously."
Since June, 23 people have been arrested on charges connected to ICE protests in Southeast Portland.
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Seven all-American products that are actually 'Made in Europe', set to be hit by US tariffs
Trump’s tariffs are aimed at ostensibly boosting US production and fostering a “local for locals” sensibility. Except, it turns out that several American product staples are actually... "Made in Europe"?
Qualcomm working on datacenter CPU and in ‘advanced discussions’ with hyperscaler
But may face competition in its core smartphone segment as Samsung says it’s found a premium handset-maker who wants its Exynos SoCs
Qualcomm working on datacenter CPU and in ‘advanced discussions’ with hyperscaler
: But may face competition in its core smartphone segment as Samsung says it’s found a premium handset-maker who wants its Exynos SoCsSimon Sharwood (The Register)
Cyberstalking has surged by 70% in the UK since 2012, study finds
In the United Kingdom, cyberstalking is growing at a faster pace than physical stalking, new research found.
Japan | In Hiroshima, a schoolboy keeps memories of war alive with guided tours
He will be one of two local children to speak at the 2025 ceremony to commemorate 80 years since the A-bomb was dropped.
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In Hiroshima, a schoolboy keeps memories of war alive with guided tours
He will be one of two local children to speak at the 2025 ceremony to commemorate 80 years since the A-bomb was dropped. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
Japan and South Korea reel from record-breaking heat
South Korea has experienced a record-breaking streak of ‘tropical nights’, while Japan saw its hottest day on record on Thursday
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Libellule da guerra: l'idea tedesca della doppia elica nel centro esatto della fusoliera - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Libellule da guerra: l'idea tedesca della doppia elica nel centro esatto della fusoliera - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Nel considerare le multiple sfaccettature tattiche della tecnologia di metà secolo per il conflitto bellico iniziato un paio d’anni prima, la leggendaria Luftwaffe tedesca vide e sviluppò l’applicazione di numerose teorie sperimentali dalle implicazi…Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
In search of riches, hackers plant 4G-enabled Raspberry Pi in bank network
In search of riches, hackers plant 4G-enabled Raspberry Pi in bank network
Sophisticated group also used novel means to disguise their custom malware.Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)
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Everyone says that Ryzen 7 2700x supports up to 64GB of ram but thats actualy not true, it supports more!
I have this cpu and i just upgraded my system from 32GB of ram to 64GB.
Bought new kit thou, and put my old 32GB up for sale..
And than i thought why shouldnt i put that 32GB kit also since i have 4 ram slots to see how 96GB of ram looks like. XD
And when i did that, while my pc was booting, i remembered my cpu only supports 64GB max. So i thought bumer it will not recognise more than that and i will not be able to use it. But shortly i was shocked to see that all 96GB was there and ready for use.
So it isnt true that ryzen 7 2700x supports only 64GB i mean its not small amount but it isnt its limit obviusly..
Since my motherboard MSI B450 tomahavk max supports up to 128GB i think this cpu can also handle it.
But the thing is this motherboard was rated for 64GB max when i bought it. But than new cpus came out and amd sad they will not be supported on this chipset.
But than people started protesting because AMD was advertising this chipset like platform for longevity and were telling that it will be long supported.
So people were angry when they sad new cpus wont be available on this platform.
So AMD changed their descision and made new bios for b450 chipset motherboards so that new cpus will be supported. And also since new cpus support 128GB of ram this motherboard also got support for that but only with new bios if i understood that corectly..
Also the thing with new bios is that if you update to it you will lose support for old cpus, and wont be able to downgrade bios.
But with old bios your motherboard doesnt have support for new cpus.
But since i have old cpu, ryzen 7 2700x i didnt update my bios so with old cpu and old bios how the heck do i have support for more than 64GB of ram.
Its like you just put more ram than its rated on the website and it just works.. XD
Like they didnt expect someone to actualy buy more than max ram rated so noone will notice that we are lying about computers limits.. XD
Wery strange to me, if someone understand what is going on here, be free to explain it to us. 😀
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Juggalos Not Happy as Insane Clown Posse Releases AI-Generated Video
Juggalos Not Happy as Insane Clown Posse Releases AI-Generated Video
Marketing materials for ICP's upcoming album, "The Naught" show telltale signs of AI-generated slop, and some juggalos aren't happy.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
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nodebb-plugin-session-sharing(7.2.3) can't make it work on NodeBB v4.4.4
nodebb-plugin-sso-auth0 (4.2.0) works fine, I can use auth0 to login with google or github
but now I have a different site running on localhost:4200, I have tab called Forum that open a new tab window going to localhost:4567
built a small node express server to create a cookie.
so I login to my site on localhost:4200 via auth0 and it creates a cookie for the session-sharing plugin
res.cookie(CONFIG.nodebb.cookieName, jwtToken, {
httpOnly: true,
secure: false, // localhost http
sameSite: 'lax', // first-party in dev
path: '/', // send everywhere
maxAge: CONFIG.nodebb.cookieMaxAgeMs,
});Final NodeBB payload: {
"id": 951566902,
"username": "theddiem",
"email": "theddiem@gmail.com",
"picture": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg1ocJLXRjLY5JH5l7gDBBuWLCuboR7n4pEXkXoxyHn9XvAyx8p_7td=s96-c",
"firstName": "the",
"lastName": "dem",
"externalId": "google-oauth2|106089043025998015329"
}than I click on the navbar to open the forum running on localhost:4567, in dev tools I see a cookie there
but I am not logged in automaticly and in the nodebb dev logs I don't see the plugin tries to read the cookie
also if the user is in not registered in the forum at all and used my site to login with auth0 and than go to fourm via navbar link it suppose to register him automiatclly?
Clustering enabled: Spinning up 1 process(es).
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2025-07-28T08:32:06.008Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] Found 1 scss file(s) for plugin nodebb-plugin-composer-default
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2025-07-28T08:32:06.023Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-composer-default
2025-07-28T08:32:06.043Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] found 2 static directories for nodebb-theme-harmony
2025-07-28T08:32:06.045Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] Found 1 js file(s) for plugin nodebb-theme-harmony
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2025-07-28T08:32:06.133Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] Found 1 scss file(s) for plugin nodebb-plugin-markdown
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2025-07-28T08:32:06.146Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-markdown
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2025-07-28T08:32:06.243Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-mentions
2025-07-28T08:32:06.480Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] found 1 static directories for nodebb-plugin-web-push
2025-07-28T08:32:06.482Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] Found 2 AMD-style module(s) for plugin nodebb-plugin-web-push
2025-07-28T08:32:06.492Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-web-push
2025-07-28T08:32:06.514Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] Found 1 css file(s) for plugin nodebb-widget-essentials
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2025-07-28T08:32:07.317Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] Found 1 AMD-style module(s) for plugin nodebb-plugin-session-sharing
2025-07-28T08:32:07.318Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] Found 1 js file(s) for plugin nodebb-plugin-session-sharing
2025-07-28T08:32:07.320Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-session-sharing
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2025-07-28T08:32:07.770Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-sso-auth0
2025-07-28T08:32:07.776Z [4567/9188] - warn: [plugins/load] The following plugins may not be compatible with your version of NodeBB. This may cause unintended behaviour or crashing. In the event of an unresponsive NodeBB caused by this plugin, run `./nodebb reset -p PLUGINNAME` to disable it.
* nodebb-plugin-emoji-android
2025-07-28T08:32:07.782Z [4567/9188] - info: [plugins] Plugins OK
2025-07-28T08:32:07.872Z [4567/9188] - info: [plugins/web-push] VAPID keys OK.
2025-07-28T08:32:07.874Z [4567/9188] - error: [plugins] Error executing 'static:app.load' in plugin 'nodebb-plugin-web-push'
Error: Vapid subject is not an https: or mailto: URL. http://localhost:4567
at Object.validateSubject (C:\Users\User\Desktop\nodebb\node_modules\web-push\src\vapid-helper.js:85:11)
at WebPushLib.setVapidDetails (C:\Users\User\Desktop\nodebb\node_modules\web-push\src\web-push-lib.js:59:17)
at assertVapidConfiguration (C:\Users\User\Desktop\nodebb\node_modules\nodebb-plugin-web-push\library.js:64:10)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
at async plugin.init [as method] (C:\Users\User\Desktop\nodebb\node_modules\nodebb-plugin-web-push\library.js:32:2)
at async Object.fireStaticHook [as static] (C:\Users\User\Desktop\nodebb\src\plugins\hooks.js:238:4)
at async Hooks.fire (C:\Users\User\Desktop\nodebb\src\plugins\hooks.js:106:17)
at async Plugins.reloadRoutes (C:\Users\User\Desktop\nodebb\src\plugins\index.js:150:2)
at async module.exports (C:\Users\User\Desktop\nodebb\src\routes\index.js:146:2)
at async initializeNodeBB (C:\Users\User\Desktop\nodebb\src\webserver.js:113:2)
2025-07-28T08:32:07.896Z [4567/9188] - info: [session-sharing] Settings OK
2025-07-28T08:32:07.898Z [4567/9188] - warn: [helpers.setupPageRoute(/deauth/auth0)] passing `middleware` as the third param is deprecated, it can now be safely removed
2025-07-28T08:32:07.899Z [4567/9188] - verbose: [plugins] All plugins reloaded and rerouted
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2025-07-28T08:32:08.046Z [4567/9188] - info: 🎉 NodeBB Ready
2025-07-28T08:32:08.048Z [4567/9188] - info: 🤝 Enabling 'trust proxy'
2025-07-28T08:32:08.061Z [4567/9188] - info: 📡 NodeBB is now listening on: 0.0.0.0:4567
2025-07-28T08:32:08.062Z [4567/9188] - info: 🔗 Canonical URL: http://localhost:4567
Re: nodebb-plugin-session-sharing(7.2.3) can't make it work on NodeBB v4.4.4
X fails to act on 97% of calls for violence against migrants or Muslims
X fails to act on 97% of calls for violence against migrants or Muslims — Center for Countering Digital Hate | CCDH
X failed to act on 97% of the posts calling for violence against migrants and Muslims identified by CCDH and reported by Southport MP Patrick Hurley.Center for Countering Digital Hate
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AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/21370783
On Monday, Mayor Patrick Collins of Cheyenne, Wyoming, announced plans for an AI data center that would consume more electricity than all homes in the state combined, according to The Associated Press. The facility, a joint venture between energy infrastructure company Tallgrass and AI data center developer Crusoe, would start at 1.8 gigawatts and scale up to 10 gigawatts of power use.
The project's energy demands are difficult to overstate for Wyoming, the least populous US state. The initial 1.8-gigawatt phase, consuming 15.8 terawatt-hours (TWh) annually, is more than five times the electricity used by every household in the state combined. That figure represents 91 percent of the 17.3 TWh currently consumed by all of Wyoming's residential, commercial, and industrial sectors combined. At its full 10-gigawatt capacity, the proposed data center would consume 87.6 TWh of electricity annually—double the 43.2 TWh the entire state currently generates.
>Because drawing this much power from the public grid is untenable, the project will rely on its own dedicated gas generation and renewable energy sources, according to Collins and company officials. However, this massive local demand for electricity—even if self-generated—represents a fundamental shift for a state that currently sends nearly 60 percent of its generated power to other states.Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon praised the project's potential benefits for the state's natural gas industry in a company statement. "This is exciting news for Wyoming and for Wyoming natural gas producers," Gordon said.
The proposed site for the new data center sits several miles south of Cheyenne near the Colorado border off US Route 85. While state and local regulators still need to approve the project, Collins expressed optimism about a quick start. "I believe their plans are to go sooner rather than later," he said.
AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents
Proposed datacenter would demand 5x Wyoming’s current power use at full deployment.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
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What’s next for narcolepsy? Exciting new drugs on the horizon
New narcolepsy treatments: pipeline drugs to watch in 2025
New narcolepsy treatments are being tested in the clinic, and recently, some of them have made promising strides. How far along are they?Roohi Mariam Peter (Labiotech UG)
Lockheed Martin Ready to Ship Typhon Missiles to Germany To Strike Moscow
Germany Eyes Tomahawk and Typhon Missile Deal to Strike Moscow
Lockheed Martin has offered to expedite delivery of its Typhon missile launchers to Germany within a year, as Berlin weighs a US arms deal potentially involving Tomahawk cruise missiles and new strike systems aimed at expanding its long-range capabil…Petr Ermilin (Pravda English)
A possible way to host "stuff" which is meant for a small community?
This post kinda fits (and kinda does not) both !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com and !privacy@programming.dev. please forgive if it feels out of place.
I used to host a "drive" for my collegemates (and juniors), which consisted of all the courses and related material (lecture notes (official, or what i made), software, code, research articles, assignments, media, video lectures, books, test, etc...). Earlier I used sharepoint (onedrive) which our college had made a deal with ms to get (1 tb for everyone). But at some point sharepoint started "faultering" (while I am almost certain it was not realted to pirated books and stuff, but there was a small chance that it was), and I then switched to proton ( i got a yearly plan with student discount - coming to something around $2/month for mail and 15 GB storage). Earlier this year, I switched to posteo for mail provider (multiple reasons, but one of the primary ones was cost ($1 without discounts), a simple imap setup), but kept the stuff on proton drive. Now my subscription for proton has ran out, and do not plan to renew it.
I am not the only one who does this kinda stuff, but I was first in our department. Other departments (older than us) already had some other long running drives, which essentially become useless when original maker graduates, so new stuff has to be made for each batch. Also, most other drives are hosted on google drive, or sharepoint. I could consider the college sharedrive again, but recently microsoft broke the deal, stating our college was using too much storage (something like 50-60 TiB), and then froze acceess for everyone. this was sorted, with weeks of down time, and our limit decreased to 15 GB (1.5% of previos limit). I do not want that to happen with my drive. I also take some prestige in my drive, because it is arguably the best organised, and has the most stuff (i find many books, if not available, get them from library, or purchase them, then scan and ocr, or assignments, which you are not meant to share with others, but i do mostly because for end sems they serve as practice).
I want a "semi anonymous" (anyone can see/upload stuff without accounts) (semi because tonnes of stuff has my personal identity (name on assignments and tests), somewhat private and "piracy friendly" (so no mainstream stuff like google and onedrive works, especially because i currently do not have a account for either to upload), and non public (or at least, be something like a very long and random url, stuff which will likely not end up on search engine indices). I am willing to pay too, provided, once i get access to drive, others can upload/download stuff without accounts (people will likely not sign up for random stuff, yet another step of friction)(sharepoint was good in this aspect. you could make a public link to which anyone could upload. they did not have edit access (delete/modify existing files) without login, but those operations are relatively rare).
*What I have considered, but can not be done - *
- a private git repo, with some hosted webui (something like forego) - the actual size of stuff is not that large (5gib if consider stuff only related to course work, 80gib if i include other stuff(like offline wiki/stack overflow/other wikis backups)), so i could just get something like a 128 or 256 gib ssd, connect to a sbc (which i would have to buy, but practically a 1 time cost).
- a private torrent
- a google/onedrive, but i compress and/or encrypt the stuff, so they will not practically check content
- our college's existing infra (made by student welfare body), which already hosts tests for some of the courses, and another website, which hosts "some" (barely anything) other resources, likely useful websites, or lecture notes
*Why not possible? *
- intended audience is essentially tech illiterate - many of them do not know much about what files/folders are. they usuallly do not dowwnload stuff (so they keep going back to drive, to view stuff in browser previews). they can not download stuff and then extract. they most definitely can not do that for the compression i usually use (it is a zstd in squashfs (as to why specifically this - it effectivelly uncompresses only the stuff it needs, like a pdf from a folder containing pdfs, so storage space saving at cost of slight cpu increase (zstd helps to lower that usage)), for windows - you need 7zip, which most do not have). they can not decrypt stuff. they can not torrent (like 95+% have no idea how torrenting even works. to them, that is just a way to acquire "linux isos"). out of 5%, maybe 4.5% will not be able to work with priavte torrents (something they have no experience with)
- our college's infra forbids most of copyrighted material. they forbid tests which were not allowed to leave exam premises. (In those cases, I used ot memorise the questions, and recreate the tests, or when we went to check our answersheets, I would try to take pictures of question paper/answer sheets)(this was not the case for majority of courses, but a significant minority for sure)(this was done mostly by professors who teach a course multiple times, and do not want to design questions every year, and they just rehash old stuff). They forbid any executable stuff. (they have allowed file types of common multimedia formats. but from my minimal testing, they just do a stupid extension check, and not file metadata or headers, so i can fool this shit, by making zips and then appending a .txt or .pdf at end).
is there some other drive provider I can consider? which has good usability, and mostly anon? there is mega drive/pcloud, icecloud, and many others, who provide somewhat private/anonymous viewing. some of them have quite generous free plans too, so I can use some of them as backups. but most do not have a "qol" features (for example, afaik, mega drive does not do previews, they download in a wierd way in browser memory, and then to your filesystem, others have little information available).
I could consider maybe something like archive.org, if I do a very tedious task of making most of stuff not have my names, and making a archive.org account is easy , but that is still a deterrent.
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PS: For anyone wondering about legality or ethics of this drive - it is a mixed bag. I definitely have copyrighted works which I did not acquire properly. I share stuff which I am not supposed to. hence i decided to post on piracy subreddit.
on to ethics - many of our professors know about this. most are fine with it. some complain that I am ruining future students, by providing most stuff in a easy single spot, and that leads them to not go to classes or stuff. But i disagree with them. kids not going to classes is only weakly dependent on availability of notes, but stongly dependent on the nature of course, for example teachers interactivity or teaching style. Some professors even like the drive, and also use it (as a reference for what was taught earlier, or questions they have already used.) IMO, their tests become better (less rote learning type stuff, and more applications based stuff, for which you can come up with questions for).
A funny side story - My drive was used in a "mass cheating" case. In one of our programming related courses (we are not studying computer science, and this course was a effectively - how to use python to do some scientific computation). Our prof was very chill, and allowed people to use internet freely, and even allowed using chatgpt (at that time, it was like a few months old) to write the programs (essentially, we were expected to know the "science", and formulate a good set of equations, and then use python (or any other language for that matter). so allowing use of internet/gpt was just to allow people not good at programming, but good at the actual science to perform well too.). He also knew about my drive, and encouraged people to check it. (I got most of the packages setup for most people, also had a good relationship with the prof prior to course). During midsem, a "eureka" like moment hit. My drive would largely automatically sync stuff once a day. what if, during exam, my drive would sync, lets just say, every 10 minutes, then my solutions (as i write them) would be avaialable on the drive in during the exam, and somewhat frequently updated. But it would feel odd for everyone to check a single drive, the same file, at the same time. So I also wrote small curl scripts for windows and mac folks, which would pull the required file every 10 or so minutes from the drive. Now it would feel as if everyone was checking some other code (probably old code from class)(ot was a open book/notes/internet exam). Was what i did technincally rule breaking ? - no, people were allowed to use my drive, i just made much of that process automated. Was it ethical ? - definitely not. I knew what I was doing was wrong, but I was doing it one part for the giggles. Also, I was not the one who actually came up with the idea (someone gave a rough proto-idea, upon which i further developed upon). What was the result? No one caught the cheating. Teaching instructors (tas) find it normal for people to check otheer files, or a terminal process running. Not everyone used it. I was not checking from others, but roughly 80+% of class was using it. But someone snitched (i got to know did that fairly soon. he also cheated). Luckily, no disciplinary action was taken against me (I could have been suspended, or even rusticated, since it was a mass cheating), but the prof was very chill. He did scold me a lot. did not talk with me in his usual jovial manner for few weeks, but it eventually got ok. NOBODY (including me) got any punishment or point deduction.
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PS2: while reading the last part again, I realised what i had done was something close to implementing a adblock. you are allowed to close the ads manually (like checking drive manually). It is only frowned upon, if a program (like ublock) closes all the ads (in this case, by blocking ads from being even fetched, in the background) (like using a curl script to fetch the file in background).
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Every Google account comes with 15GB of free storage.
Make as many Google accounts as you need.
Store files in Google Drive up to the limit for each account, then add links to the other GDrive archives.
Organize the files as needed.
Maybe make a free web page in Wix, Wordpress, or whatever with links to the files easy to search and find.
Pass the userid and passwords to the GDrive and webpages to whomever wants to be your successor.
You will be dependent on the generosity of Google, Wix, Wordpress or whatever to not cleanup the webpages and files due to inactivity.
So keep a backup. Torrents can be messy because they can be broken if there are no seeders.
If the content is static, then I'd recommend some older P2P filesharing like eD2K to keep one big zip/rar file backup shared among peers.
thank you. but i would prefer not to host stuff on google drive. but some other provider could work (as i said, i am willing to pay a reasonable amount).
So keep a backup. Torrents can be messy because they can be broken if there are no seeders.If the content is static, then I’d recommend some older P2P filesharing like eD2K to keep one big zip/rar file backup shared among peers.
yes. content would be partially static. most files will not update, only new stuff will be added. and some files be updated.
Missing post
I made a post a while ago in !bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world and I included some markdown ( # for heading) in the post title, experimenting.
I now notice that the post appears on Lemmy (with a # at the start of the title), but not on Piefed. Even when I search for terms in the post / title.
# Shira: The Vampire Samurai (2005)
Because I posted from my Piefed account but can't even see it from my Piefed account, I can't edit out that # to see if that would fix the problem.
Any ideas?
The thing is, Piefed.social is the original server, and the original post is local , not remote.
But I'll see if that works.
UPDATE: OK, that seems to have worked 😀
2ND UPDATE: But a Piefed community search still doesn't find it (even after deleting that # from the title) :/
Apple accidentally posts Galaxy Z Flip 7 promo video on official account [U]
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Google Cloud supports AI ambitions of UAE, accused of fueling Sudan genocide
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Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content
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Meta touts 'superintelligence' for all as it splurges on AI
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Duckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users.
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Mark Zuckerberg writes a manifesto on bringing "personal superintelligence" to everyone to improve humanity, but doesn't even define what superintelligence means.
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(2024) La distruzione intenzionale del patrimonio culturale nel diritto internazionale
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[Video] Gottfrid Svartholm-Warg on Freedom of Speech 2007 (The Pirate Bay co-founder)
"I Think pedophiles and terrorists are horrible. Not as humans, but their opinions"
"But I believe they have the right to voice their opinions"
FIRST they deleted the video games related to "incest" content
~~NOW they shadowbanned "MouthWashing" from itch.io (a horror videogame)~~
(Actually, Mouthwashing is fine)
Learn more here if you care about the freedom to play! Make a peaceful complaint call today, not tomorrow!
Stop Collective Shout - Defend Gaming Freedom
Payment processors are censoring legal gaming content. Learn how to fight back.stopcollectiveshout.com
Translation is a lil wonky, just figured I'd improve the initial sentences a bit.
"In both cases of pedophiles and terrorists I think they are despicable, and not as humans but due to the opinions they present."
"Its absolutely nothing I agree with but I still believe they have the right to have their voices heard. "
(2023) Tribunale Venezia condanna Ravensburger per diritti di riproduzione sull'Uomo Vitruviano di Leonardo
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Formation à la désobéissance civile non-violente
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Formation organisée par Extinction Rebellion (XR), en présentiel dans le centre de Paris.
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Perché il kernel Linux dovrebbe restare con C
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GNU Linux come installare arch (con btrfs e senza frustrazioni) + l'ultimo desktop minimalista MATE
Vuoi il massimo minimalismo software? 😀 Debian o Arch potrebbero essere i sistemi operativi adatti.
ma a differenza di Debian Arch non è un'installazione semplice e diretta, ci sono lunghe guide o frustranti howto su YouTube obsoleti (?)
ecco la procedura che ha funzionato nel 2025-07:
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Mini Display 2-3“ to use as second screen on a Mac
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Nukes are way scarier than you think
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Don’t abuse open-source software maintainers or this might happen
My Thunderbird add-on is incompatible with a Thunderbird fork called Betterbird. It says so in the release notes and explicitly says there, “Using Send Later with Betterbird is therefore not recommended.”
Nevertheless, knowing that this is the case, Chandler Sobel-Sorenson <Chandler@genome.arizona.edu> of the University of Arizona Genomics Institute wrote to me asking for me to help him with Send Later on Betterbird. In his email he acknowledged that he was using Betterbird and acknowledged that he knew the release notes said Betterbird wasn’t supported:
I was reading over the release notes. I didn’t see this mentioned, but I am using Betterbird 128.12.0esr-bb30 currently and saw that there are issues with BB. Could this be one? I can’t switch back to TB and would like to keep using Send Later so I hope we can figure it out.
That’s annoying and a bit rude, but he was at least polite about it on the surface, so I responded and told him (again) that I do not support Betterbird:
Regarding the issue you are seeing, I am sorry, but I do not currently have the capacity to support Send Later in Betterbird.
This apparently wasn’t the answer he wanted, so he wrote back and asked me again to help him with Betterbird, which I had already told him twice (in the release notes, and in private email) I couldn’t help him with:
That’s fine, sir, I completely understand. Although BB is supposed to be a drop in replacement and not exhibit such errors and the last version of SL was working fine, can you spare a minute and lmk if anything in the error stands out to you? Maybe assume I’m still using TB, does the error make sense or indicate anything to you?
Although his words here seem quite polite, he is not actually being polite. He says, “I completely understand.” OK, let’s take him at his word and assume it’s true that he understands. What he understands, then, is that he has now been told twice that I could not help him with using my add-on with Betterbird, and yet he persisted in asking me to do so. This is the second time he has intentionally crossed a boundary after having it explicitly pointed out to him.
In my next response to him, I was therefore more explicit:
My release notes already say that BB is not supported with Send Later.And yet you wrote to me about it and asked me to help you with it anyway.
And then I told you (again, for the second time, since I already told you in the release notes) that I couldn’t help you.
And then you wrote to me again and asked me to help you again.
Do you not see how rude you are being here?
Please stop.
Do not create a Send Later issue about this. I will close it if you do, because, again, Send Later does not currently support Betterbird.
That’s when he switched from his work email account to his personal email account <scar@riseup.net>, presumably because he knew the message he was about to send would get him in trouble at work, and sent me the following:
Sir what the fuck is wrong with you? How many minutes did you waste writing this rude piece of shit email to me? When you could have just fucking answered my question, and said “No nothing comes to mind sorry”? I rescind my offer to help you with anything and I will post an issue on Github if I determine it’s most appropriate. Close it all you want, it will not stop me and others from finding solutions instead of being whatever sorry sad state you are in.
When someone is abusive like this to me in private, I name them publicly. Abusive people deserve to be called out publicly because (a) there should be consequences for abusive conduct, (b) the threat of public exposure deters people from being privately abusive, and (c) people who might be put in a position to interact with abusive people should be warned about them.
I had by this point already complained on Mastodon about Mr. Sobel-Sorenson’s earlier conduct without naming him. After his last message above I posted a followup to that earlier posting identifying him by name and quoting the above message and told him I had done so. He then posted several replies on Mastodon claiming I was the one who had been rude. When it became clear that he was not going to admit he had done anything wrong or apologize, I blocked him both there and in email.
All that happened over two weeks ago. Apparently since then Mr. Sobel-Sorenson has repeatedly asked the moderator of my Mastodon server to take down the postings in which I identified him, and the moderator opted to do that this morning. While I don’t agree with the decision to take down the postings, I can understand that it was probably easier for the moderator to do that than to continue arguing with Mr. Sobel-Sorenson.
However, the moderator of my Mastodon server does not control my blog, and this posting will stay up here until/unless Mr. Sobel-Sorenson apologizes.
We’ll just have to wait and see whether Mr. Sobel-Sorenson is fragile enough to now try to convince Linode or Akamai to force me to take down this blog posting.
I tried Servo, the undercover web browser engine made with Rust
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I tried Servo, the undercover web browser engine made with Rust
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Servo was supposed to be Firefox's future. Now it's an independent effort to make a fast and secure web browser engine.Corbin Davenport (The Spacebar)
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Welcome to the new world of risk: Microsoft cuts off services to energy company without notice
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In this instance, the cutoff was sought by the European Union (EU), in an attempt to pressure Russia to back off its assaults on Ukraine.
Really burying the lead there. They were shut off due to government sanctions, not arbitrarily by Microsoft.
Police in German state to use controversial software by Palantir | dpa international
Police in the south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg are to be allowed to use the analysis software from US firm Palantir, which is controversial among data protection advocates.The regional ruling coalition has resolved its dispute over the software and paved the way for a corresponding amendment to the law, government sources told dpa on Tuesday, confirming earlier reports by regional public broadcaster SWR.
The police in Baden-Württemberg had signed a five-year contract with US company Palantir to use the analysis software Gotham, but the legal basis for this had been lacking until now, prompting criticism from the Greens. An amendment to the police law is necessary to permit the software's use.
The software was specifically developed for security agencies and is used by intelligence services, the military and police.
With Gotham, millions of data points from various sources can be analysed and linked.
The German states of Bavaria, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia also rely on the software, but they have adapted their police laws accordingly.
Fuuuuck stop letting Palantir get away with this shit! And for fucks sake stop changing your laws to allow for their software.
You're paying them money! Make them adapt to you, and if they hit you with "it just doesn't work that way. This is how we have to do it," (which btw, is what they tell everybody) then give your contract and your money to somebody else!!
You know how people watched Hitler taking control and could preemptively see his plan was definitely to just keep going until he had taken all of Europe? This is the modern day strategy, except it's going to be the whole world instead of Europe and Peter Thiel is Hitler.
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so who are they pleasing?
Companies. Germany tends to only care about German companies, to the point where they'll save them with taxpayer money every time their shares drop .2%
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