I’m not sure I understand. Do you mean hearing codewords triggering actions as opposed to trying to understand the users intent through language? Or is are there a few more layers to this whole thing than my moderate nerd cred will allow me to understand?
Same, I think I might give the System76 Darter a try when I eventually have to replace my Xps 9370. It’s bad enough that my computer comes with a windows logo on the super-key and often windows preinstalled. Shipping with a non-ANSI/ISO layout is a no-buy for me.
I had this experience on a previous holiday as well. I’m talking single digits up and down. This year I brought the portable 4g router my partner bought me last Christmas and my speeds have been tolerable for work and casual gaming.
I saw one of this Japanese Kei trucks the other day with a decal across the windshield that read “under compensating” :D
Sadly I did not have time to snap a pic.
I won’t update without first creating an image of the server to roll back to. Like others on here, the web updater almost always fails and goes into maintenance mode and I have to ssh in to fix it.
Having said that, functionally, I have no issues. Only when upgrading does the whole thing shit the bed.
I bought a xps 13 9370 and several years and two self-replaced batteries later, I’m not noticing even a hint of age related slowdown. I thought the lack of USB-A ports would be a problem, but it wasn’t. I have run Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Mint, Manjaro, Arch, EndeavorOS, Solus, MXLinux, Debian, OpenSUSE, Fedora, and many others on this machine with minimal issues. I don’t know about the models after mine, but the 9370 was a solid choice.
And you may ask yourself “how did I end up here?”
That was a perfect one sentence summary of the article!
Its amazing some of the things people come up with like gathering intel on what a computer is doing via power draw changes, monitoring an air-gapped computers electromagnetic fields, or in this case “cryogenically” freezing ram with compressed air.
Sharing this article as I think it ties in with this conversation well: https://www.zdnet.com/article/cryogenically-frozen-ram-bypasses-all-disk-encryption-methods/
I do want to say that for most people, this is likely NOT a concern, but I don’t know OPs threat model.
Its crazy to think of a subscription for something like community sourced tabs. They’re often literal text files. You could host thousands of them off a thumbdrive. :)
Originally, I was just planning on being mildly infuriated, but thank you for the in-depth explanation. Networking is my weakest nerd-stat and its truly interesting. I’ll try a few other servers and see if they are blocked. My VPN provider is known for privacy, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone is doing sketchy things on there. Then again, it’s only a mild annoyance and an irony since Consumer Reports have reviewed the same provider I have been using.
Interesting. I know sometimes certain VPNs work with Netflix while others get flagged as VPNs. I wonder if your provider just has some fresh IPs that haven’t been added to whatever block lists these companies use.
That’s right, Chrome had the smiley before I deleted it from my phone. FF uses the infinity sign. Thanks for catching that.
That’s pretty good for me. Usually I have the smiley face and just mass delete my tabs every time I flash my device.
I knew this comment was coming. :) FF Crew Represent!
I’m guessing you’re not logged in. The landing page works, but the members area, where the full ratings are, will show the above screen when I’m on VPN.
The fact that I regularly recognize my fellow Lemmings by username makes it feel small, but its not too hard to find a community full of strangers either.
Great graphic and thank you for sharing.
Now let’s filter out bots, low quality trolls, NPCs, and content that isn’t easily searchable. It’s definitely an interesting diagram, and, though it is fascinating, I think its a 1 dimensional view of the social space.
I prefer to engage around ideas and topics, rather than specific users or content producers, so having a good search and topic based boards or groups immediately puts a site miles ahead for me. Reddit and Lemmy excel at this, but some of the others leave a lot to be desired. As someone who used FB to organize and manage a topic based social group in real life, with a Facebook group of 1000+ participants, FB has some good groups, but the interface is absolute rubbish and I would migrate to just about anything else if I could get people to move.
I guess my point is that we lump these together as “social media”, but that’s a broad category that holds some very distinct subcategories that excel at very different things.
The mercado had more bootleg DVDs than the entire Netflix library and the watermarks on the busses TVs taught me a few sites I never knew before. :D
Can you imagine being paid for your work in digital jewels and rubies? It’s not there yet, but were getting closer and closer to being a modern day Tennessee Ernie Ford, paid in scrip and buying everything at the company store.