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CD Project devs want to "call out" big problems like homelessness and the wealth gap in Cyberpunk 2077 sequel in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Wait, I thought there wasn't going to be a sequel? Did I miss something?

"Privacy" for normies is... Weird. in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago

TLDR in text please. Not going to spend 16 minutes watching that.

Dr Disrespect finally shares why he was banned from Twitch in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

Dr. Disrespect: I'll fucking own this problem!
Also Dr. Disrespect: Owns up to inappropriate message exchange with a minor.

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Trump’s War on Clean Energy Would Benefit China, Economists Say: President Biden’s landmark climate law could be repealed in Trump administration. Would jeopardize $488 billion in American investments in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

"War on Clean Energy" would seem like an impossible political platform to run on in 2024, but here we are. The U.S is exceptionally special, it seems. And I don't really mean that in a good way.

X will soon limit the ability to livestream to Premium subscribers in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Well, that's good. The less features the site has the better. Here's to hoping they'll fade to obscurity!

How do I explain two years of doing nothing to a university for masters? in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

"the job market is so fucked up so but I've done a lot of open source work, here's my Github"

Cities skylines 2 is broken in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Economy 2.0 is next week I think (hope!) - so this is just vanilla breakage.

what linux OS should I install on a backup notebook if my main one is debian? in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

The obvious recommendation is Gentoo stage1 tarball running in Windows Linux Subsystem.

(on a serious note: whatever you're running on your daily driver)

YouTube is testing server-side ad injection to counteract ad blockers in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Been using Nebula for a while now. Going to miss some YouTube creators, but I'll expect to get over it.

Were zx spectrum +2 keyboards disgusting to type on? in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

The rubber keyboard was pretty weird first, felt a lot like cheap pocket calculator, but once you got used to the BASIC shortcuts, you could program like a champ on it.

Patrick Breyer and Pirate Party lose EU Parliament seats in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

The Swedish Social Democratic party (supposedly staunchly left wing) are the ones behind Chat Control 2.0. So just voting for left is not a guarantee we actually get sane MPs in the parliament.

What is your favourite species of bat? 🦇 in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Baseball

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Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Pulling this off requires high privileges in the network, so if this is done by intruder you're probably having a Really Bad Day anyway, but might be good to know if you're connecting to untrusted networks (public wifi etc). For now, if you need to be sure, either tether to Android - since the Android stack doesn't implement DHCP option 121 or run VPN in VM that isn't bridged.

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Purchase Advice: Linux Laptop (beehaw.org)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My current Dell XPS 13 has been my trusty old companion for the past 4.5 years and I'm very happy with it.
Inevitably, the battery isn't what it used to be anymore - it won't reach full charge anymore and discharges in 2-3 hours of normal use (webrowsing, coding etc).

I could replace the battery, but at 4.5 years, I guess it's time for an upgrade.

My general requirements:

Good Linux support
Portable (13-14")
Great battery life
Good keyboard
A nice screen that doesn't have too much glare
At least 16Gb RAM / 1Tb SSD

This is my work machine so I'm not especially budget-sensitive.
Durable build would be awesome, I travel quite a lot and it gets banged around in my bag.
I work in cybersecurity and do coding, so it doesn't need "content creator" features. The less "bells and whistles", the better.
I'd love a microSD-card slot.
I think I'd melt of happiness if it also has a HDMI port.
I don't game on this machine (except chess.com, lol) , so don't really need gfx performance.
I don't need touchscreen or 2-in-1 functions.
Reasonable mic/cam - but I think that's pretty much given on a modern high-end laptop..

I'm thinking I'm probably going with new Dell XPS 13 or some ThinkPad variant, but I'd be happy to hear some suggestions and experiences (both good and bad) of recent purchases from the community.

Ps. Framework/System76 don't ship here. Unfortunately. I'm stuck with the big-corpo brands.

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Ransomware causes mental, physical trauma to security pros (www.theregister.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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None of these people exist, but you can buy their books on Amazon anyway (conspirator0.substack.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Our AI-generated future is going to be fantastic.

Archive link, so you don't have to visit Substack: https://archive.is/hJIWk

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Their Songs Were Stolen by Phantom Artists. They Couldn’t Get Them Back. (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

7 comments fedilink

Non-paywall: https://archive.is/mWKBz