Lemmy has a problem
With a 90% male demographic, Lemmy will face problems related to a homogeneous user population and all the issues that come with it. Right now, it's shaping up to be misogynistic, but it could also head into other bad places. Lemmy needs to attract a more diverse population of users or will end up as another echo chamber for the like minded.
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The challenge of deleting old online accounts | Loudwhisper
In the last days I spent a disproportionate amount deleting old accounts I found in my password manager, and mostly because so many companies - despite the GDPR - have rudimentary, manually when not completely nonexistent processes to delete your data.
In this post I describe my process going through about 100 old accounts and trying to delete them all, including a top 10 for the weirdest, funniest or most interesting cases I encountered while doing so.
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Proton freezes Swiss investment over surveillance fears
Proton freezes Swiss investment over surveillance fears
Proton, the Geneva-based encrypted email provider founded 11 years ago by three scientist who met at CERN, will freeze its investments in Switzerland, its chief executive Andy Yen told Le Temps on WedLe News
Proton freezes Swiss investment over surveillance fears
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Proton freezes Swiss investment over surveillance fears
Proton freezes Swiss investment over surveillance fears
Proton, the Geneva-based encrypted email provider founded 11 years ago by three scientist who met at CERN, will freeze its investments in Switzerland, its chief executive Andy Yen told Le Temps on WedLe News
Adtech relies on the OpenRTB 2.5/2.6 spec for tracking, you would have removed 1 identifier out of a hundred (one that isn't really used anyway given SSAI is so popular). In addition to that, cookie expiry timers are typically set to 365 days meaning you're VPN would need to enabled at all times to not invalidate multi-hop. WebStorage API based trackers tend to be indefinite.
ORTB spec: iab.com/wp-content/uploads/201…
EDIT: If anyone is looking for more specifics about WHY IP addresses and multi-hop don't matter, the spec includes a mention:
BEST PRACTICE: Proper device IP detection in mobile is not straightforward. Typically it involves starting
at the left of the x-forwarded-for header, skipping private carrier networks (e.g., 10.x.x.x or
192.x.x.x), and possibly scanning for known carrier IP ranges. Exchanges are urged to research and
implement this feature carefully when presenting device IP values to bidders.
The issue is that mobile is so prevalent and mobile networks rely so extensively on CG-NAT that even with XFF headers, there's no good way to tell if you are going to get an IP address that actually matters. You could potentially put in a lot of auction time trying to figure that out and still just end up with a private address that's unusable. So, aside from the devicetype and the geo object which is used for geo targets and fencing, the device object isn't useful in tracking. Instead adtech uses the user object. This object should contain all your GDPR specifics, any EIDs, 1st party cookie IDs, etc. Even if those change, there usually exists backend mapping that allows for vendors to correlate different user IDs as being the same user ultimately.
the most important this to have when pirating is common sense
We disagree actually, it's to have well written tutorials and not to rely on the idea that people can just know things from nothing.
We get the frustration in this meme but honestly, we never liked this kind of attitude in tech spaces, it's exclusionary, gatekeepy and harms people. We understand not wanting to answer every single question but some well written tutorials etc to link to are better than having everyone starting in ignorance and getting in trouble or being harmed for it.
Especially if said tutorials keep up to date and add more answers to people's questions over time.
After all, being helpful actually helps the pirate community in that more people seed, so helping others is actually win-win. There's really no downsides whereas expecting others to know everything or being rude stops this from happening and thus is a loss for all of us.
the second most important thing to have is a vpn
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This was me basically before I started to learn how to do shit properly.
Ie. when I was a teenager and learnt about pirating through low quality youtube vids
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Tutorials can't cover everything. Once you encounter something completely new, you need common sense to extrapolate from your existing knowledge (which could be from a tutorial or experience, etc).
In the end, whether we're talking about piracy, work or life in general… You need to be able to adapt to situations, not just read guides.
That's not to say well-written tutorials shouldn't exist, but the common sense part is still more important IMO
{intitle:game I wanted}{infile:*torrent}
This was how I used to format my piracy searches. 13 years later I recognize that forcing the search engine to generate direct links to the torrents instead of handing me pages I could get was probably where those viruses came from 😅
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Sure, but the problem is that people aren't taught those skills necessarily. So it does help when people are willing to help out in case those skills or ability to do that or for many other reasons aren't possible.
We get that not everybody can or wants to, but a quick "I'm unable to help you" is fine, yet we see so mahy people being rude instead. Leave space for those who can or want to help instead 🙂
Well, that's a fault of the client. Really it should be working on such basic functionality, if it doesn't have it already.
What do you mean?
My client doesn't show these things, and i'm honestly not interested enough in the matter to read someones bio to put their odd form of expression into context, even if it would show them.
For the sake of efficient communication i would suggest adjusting either by putting that context in your comment or by expressing yourself more clearly.
...specifics about WHY IP addresses and multi-hop don't matter....you would have removed 1 identifier...
So it can matter.
I don't understand folks that pirate games. I don't think there's a particular service issue currently between all the platforms and sales.
If I'm boycotting a publisher/studio, I just don't play their games. If I find them too expensive, I just don't buy it and won't play it. And if it's not worth buying it at full price, I'll just might buy it on sale later.
Movies and TV shows on the other hand... There's definitely a service issue there.
It's not free. The associated cost is searching for an appropriate release, potentially eliminating any issues with it and then still risking becoming part of the botnet.
In contrast, buying games on deep sale is pennies and it just works.
I didn't say all games. I'm a patient gamer. I buy when they go on sale, years later. Unless it's a really well received indie game. I try to pay full price for those.
Steam (and I assume other platforms as well) change prices depending on region. So what may seem unaffordable in Canadian Dollars, is likely well priced in Hungarian Forint or Czech Korunas.
We used to had demo version of games, often made with care. Now we have 2h play on Steam while we can refund, instead.
Devs* learned to make first 2h nice and intense and to scream it's awesome and the wow effect, and everything later super bland and repetitive. Nice 2h long game may be worthy 8€. 2h long fun and 200h boring fuck is not worthy 80€ the devs request.
As devs I point some devs and often publishers who own dev studio and makes orders too.
I don't trust the bitches.
If I find whole game fun and worthy the price, can pay even 80€, can put it on the wishlist to buy on promo later, or in extreme cases, even buy few copies for friends includes pricy dlc. IF I find it worthy as whole.
I don't understand folks that pirate games. I don't think there's a particular service issue currently between all the platforms and sales
Capcom puts invasive DRM on all of their games now, and retroactively added it after people bought said games. All of the Borderlands games had spyware retroactively added over the past yeat spyware. And Ubisoft can't be trusted to not take away games from people who paid for them.
Right. But again, that's on the individual for buying it for loads of cash upon release. The writing was on the wall for all these shitty AAA producing companies for years, yet the preorder FOMO train never stopped.
I agree about piracy/cracks for stuff that you already bought, but the publisher broke it in some way. But these are the exception, not the norm.
We don't disagree. Our approach is just different. Neither of us are throwing much money at these companies.
Just the other day I've bought the FO4 GOTY edition for (checks email) C$13.37 (lol), which included all DLCs, and I thought it was a fair price for the quality of the game and content it provides. With the 30% cut that steam takes, I hope Bobby or Todd or whoever is in charge now is happy.
I'm a Linux user as well (arch btw) and I just look at protondb and areweanticheatyet.com/ as a reference. If something comes up as less than stellar, I'll just skip purchasing it.
Longest I had to tinker with were Project Zomboid (due to ancient gfx before I bought a new one) and Jedi Fallen Order (just to fine tune for performance/fidelity, took about 15 minutes).
I understand if you regularly go for games that require a lot of tinkering you might need more time though, but the Steam return is 2hrs of played time, not 2hrs of owning the game.
on a sale later
Or just show the publishers the middle finger by sailing the seven seas.
Also watch out for any link files, .com files and .bat files.
I think you meant .lnk files instead of link files.
.scr and .uue are also becoming popular means to spread malware through torrents.
So it can matter.
Remember to read the rest of that sentence:
1 identifier out of a hundred (one that isn't really used anyway given SSAI is so popular).
So, no. Not really.
My first job was extracting text from pdfs, in the end OCR was the most reasonable way. This was back in like 2010 when it was waaaaay harder.
Everyone who enjoys cosmic horror should read the PDF spec. pdfa.org/resource/pdf-specific…
#myths section.
It also says: "There have been no such studies done on non-clinical plurality yet, but interest has been growing in the field."
It is also saying that DID is one type of plurality, it is not calling it the only type.
Not all of us have the clinical/medical type of plurality, DID, OSDD etc etc.
If you're genuinely interested then: pluralpedia.org/ explains many more types. Especially this page, gives a basic starter: pluralpedia.org/w/Plurality
Plurality
Plurality is the state of having multiple headmates collectively sharing a single body. A group of headmates is called a system.Pluralpedia
Remember to read the rest of that sentence:
It doesn't change the contradiction.
You almost had the rest of the sentence there:
one that isn't really used anyway given SSAI is so popular
Yeah, multi-hop is pointless for tracking.The logic to it is crazy too. People think VPNs make them anonymous (they don't), but they also think multi-hop makes them MORE anonymous.
Whether multi-hop matters to tracking is far and away a different discussion than whether multi-hop "makes you anonymous".
I too disagree with the original comment, but also believe the pendulum swung too far the other direction in your replies.
Situations differ. Threat models differ. More hops can, from direct personal experience, make the difference in tracking. Your claim of "...multi-hop is pointless for tracking." has too broad of a scope to be correct.
You almost had the rest of the sentence there:
That doesn't change the contradiction.
You're trying to argue without evidence (like I had provided). To summarize these exchange so far its:
1. You giving some marketing crap you read from a VPN provider site on their multi-hop service.
2. Someone pointing out that it is incorrect with evidence.
3. You get mad and basically come back with "Nuh-uh!"
Is there some evidence you'd like to provide or is it going to be another "nuh-uh!"?
Yes.
Also, I kinda should use a VPN anyway but I don't want to buy it yet.
"not a human" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Oh my fucking god you're a crazy bitch. How are you allowed on the internet, good god. Excuse me, wiping tears from my eyes 😭 as I cry-laugh at your bottomless stupidity 😂😂😂😂😂.
For reference, I don't give a crap about you being plural or not, that's totally fine. But saying you're not human?? Hahahaha 😂😂😂
In Linux, if you run games with Lutris, you can have them sandboxed with your sandboxing app of choice (personally I use firejail) by changing the "command prefix" option in the configuration for the game (or setting it as the default in the global Lutris configuration).
Also Lutris defaults to a different Wine instance per game, so Windows-specific malware would only ever affect the wine instance of that game.
So if you're worried about pirated Windows games might contain Linux specific malware meant for when the game is running under Wine (as Wine is just an adaptor, not an emulator or sandboxing layer) you can go as crazy as you want in blocking what that executable can access, all fully under your control.
It also protects your machine from any spyware in the original game, as it's very easy to have the sandboxing deny network access beyond localhost.
Personally I run everything inside the sandbox with networking disabled.
- You giving some marketing crap you read from a VPN provider site on their multi-hop service.
I'm sorry, but that isn't correct.
What specifically about multi-hop makes you think it improves your security?
I haven't mentioned security.
Threat models differ. More hops can, from direct personal experience, make the difference in tracking
Evidence, or it isn't true.
Evidence, or it isn't true.
Unrelated, but absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Anyways, your own statement:
Adtech relies on the OpenRTB 2.5/2.6 spec for tracking, you would have removed 1 identifier out of a hundred (one that isn't really used anyway given SSAI is so popular).
Removing an identifier that is used. (1/100 = matters, "isn't really used" != unused). This contradicts your other statements:
Yeah, multi-hop is pointless for tracking....IP addresses and multi-hop don't matter...
Broad statements that don't take into consideration the threat model of other users. Servers you connect to might not be using source IP in any way to track. You might be leaking so many other identifiers, that its completely useless to worry about multi-hop. But this is not true for everyone in every situation.
If its worth anything to you, the Tor Project seems to think multi-hop and IP addresses matter for protecting against tracking.
ABOUT TOR BROWSER | Tor Project | Tor Browser Manual
Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship. | ABOUT TOR BROWSERtb-manual.torproject.org
Unrelated, but absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
So, I'm not allowed to ask you for proof of your statement? And if its unrelated, then why did you post it? Its unrelated.
Also, you're saying you have an absence of evidence, ergo you have no evidence.
Having no evidence does not qualify as evidence.
Removing an identifier that is used. (1/100 = matters, "isn't really used" != unused). This contradicts your other statements:
Just because an identifier exists doesn't mean it is used.BidRequest.imp[i].tagid exists, but advertisers don't use it.
I think you are confusing having an option with something being mandatory.
And Tor nodes are not the same thing as VPN multi-hop. If you think that they are, wow!
VPN multi-hop is you connecting to a provider's server that connects to another one of the provider's server then out.
It's all the provider's network.
And again, if you connected your Firefox browser to Tor, we could still track you.
You'd get cookied or localStorage() tracked.
When you disconnect from Tor, that stuff is still present in your browser.
Almost like the number of hops you take or the IP address used doesn't seem to really matter, huh?
EDIT:
I just realized you think that Tor is built using multi-hop VPN.
Its a real life Dunning-Kruger effect! I've never encountered this.
You are going to do something really stupid and end up in prison.
So, I'm not allowed to ask you for proof of your statement? And if its unrelated, then why did you post it? Its unrelated. Also, you're saying you have an absence of evidence, ergo you have no evidence. Having no evidence does not qualify as evidence
Asking for evidence wasn't the issue, believing that the truth relies solely upon a discussion providing such evidence is.
I think you are confusing having an option with something being mandatory.
You misunderstood. Some of your own statements say it matters and is used. Mandatory wasn't mentioned nor implied.
And Tor nodes are not the same thing as VPN multi-hop.I just realized you think that Tor is built using multi-hop.
I didn't state they were the same. Tor uses "multiple hops" (you can find that string the the link I posted earlier). It is critical to the limiting of information seen by any single entity.
And again, if you connected your Firefox browser to Tor, we could still track you. You'd get cookied or localStorage() tracked. When you disconnect from Tor, that stuff is still present in your browser. Almost like the number of hops you take or the IP address used doesn't seem to really matter, huh?
All that state can be removed. And the server might not be tracking that. Situations vary, adversaries vary. If you cannot imagine a scenario in which hops or IP address would matter, I would suggest doing some research.
Its a real life Dunning-Kruger effect! I've never encountered this. You are going to do something really stupid and end up in prison.
Personal swipes mark the end of this discussion. I would suggest you to leave those out next time as It detracts focus from constructive learning.
This will be my last reply. You can also reply if you want (but I won't see it).
Asking for evidence wasn't the issue, believing that the truth relies solely upon a discussion providing such evidence is.
Again, post your evidence or didn't happen.
Literally everything after that meaningless without that.
The discussion is over because you can't provide that as you are wrong.
End.
Torrenting over TOR. Fantastic idea. You clearly know what you're talking about.
Use cases are important.
It's still new so that's expected, as more and more people start using it, the speeds will get better automatically.
There's also private trackers, you won't need a VPN if you get your torrents from them.
Does I2P utilize nodes or something that can be hosted? I’m lucky enough to live in a location with symmetrical gigabit internet, so even if I don’t use it myself I could at least donate some bandwidth. Could run next to my TOR relay.
Private trackers are a very handy option. I’ve found their rules can often get restrictive. Although it makes sense - gotta protect the swarm.
If you’ve got a symmetrical gigabit line, you'd be a great fit for hosting a high-bandwidth I2P node, it helps the whole network scale and makes things faster for everyone. Though I'd recommend reading more about i2p before diving in.
MIT researchers have unveiled a portable, window‑sized device dubbed the atmospheric water harvesting window (AWHW) that can extract clean drinking water directly from air, even in death valley
A New Device Pulls Water From Thin Air—Even in Death Valley
Portable, reusable, and affordable, the device is the latest in technologies aiming to expand access to drinking water.SingularityHub
Your vacation plans might be ruined by bots triggering fake bookings and crashing travel sites during checkout
Plane tickets are getting more expensive, and AI bots may well be the reason why — here's what you need to know
Travel websites are under siege as bots flood systemsEfosa Udinmwen (TechRadar)
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So, first of all:
One key issue is “seat spinning,” where bots initiate the booking process but do not complete payment - by hoarding inventory temporarily, they reduce availability and may create a false perception of scarcity, which can influence pricing algorithms.
Pretty sure any "reputable" flight company is already doing that. I am not sure any consumer can really get clear evidence though. They don't need bots for this, they just tell their booking portal to lie.
Moving on:
In some cases, bots resell the tickets they secure through “ticket scalping,” pushing genuine customers toward inflated prices or unavailable flights.
Reselling means people book flights via what, eBay? Is there a market for reselling flight tickets? Depending on the country involved, destination and so on these bookings require you to leave a name or even passport details.
I've stopped reading after this paragraph. Is this just an AI written article of made up issues?
Enligt Vetenskapsradion och tidskriften Science är det storskaliga kommersiella fisket mycket bra till att upprätthålla regler och lagar. Det är enligt den aktuella undersökningen som publcierats i Science mycket ovanligt att storskaligt fiske ägnar sig åt olagligt fiske i skyddade havsområden.
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Storskaligt fiske håller sig till reglerna. Enligt Vetenskapsradion och tidskriften Science är det storskaliga kommersiella fisketAnders Svensson (Svenssons Nyheter - Njord)
Anybody who thinks that non-ADHD people go straight from start to end has never listened to another human tell a story.
Sure, there are times when someone has a well-rehearsed story that they've told 1000 times so they're basically doing a monologue they've memorized. But, mostly people forget details and have to go back, or stop to clarify something, and so on. Losing their train of thought is also perfectly normal.
I'm sure that people with ADHD are more scatterbrained. But, you should have a realistic comparison for what's "normal".
I samarbete med Interpol, colombianska immigrationsmyndigheten och svenska myndigheter har den nationella colombianska polisen gripit en svensk man. Han var internationellt efterlyst för sitt påstådda engagemang i ett kriminellt nätverk.
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This Week in Plasma: Printer Ink Level Monitoring
This Week in Plasma: Printer Ink Level Monitoring
Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! Every week we cover the highlights of what’s happening in the world of KDE Plasma and its associated apps like Discover, System Monitor, and more.This Week in Plasma: Printer Ink Level Monitoring
Tolv minuter efter midnatt natten till idag larmades polisen om en skjutning bakom IKEA i Barkarby i Järfälla kommun nordväst om Stockholm. Ett stort antal poliser och ambulanser skickade därför till området.
Soco404 and Koske Malware Target Cloud Services with Cross-Platform Cryptomining Attacks
Soco404 and Koske Malware Target Cloud Services with Cross-Platform Cryptomining Attacks
Two malware campaigns, Soco404 and Koske, target cloud services with cryptominers via images and misconfigurations.The Hacker News
Fellow pirates, can you help me find torrent for the HealthGammer GG course?
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Content, coaching, and community from Dr. K's brain into yours. https://healthygamer.gg/YouTube
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Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health
A tailored learning experience designed by Dr. K with over 180 videos, worksheets, glossaries and more.www.healthygamer.gg
You do you, but you seem like one of those grandmas paying money to "plant seeds" so that the television church man can totally cure you of cancer by some miracle while he flies around on a private jet, because the reality is messy and complicated and hard, even in the best of times. I know you're looking not to pay money, but i doubt there'll be anything but an upsell that you'll find at the bottom of this botrle, and you might be in deeper by then.
I hope for better times ahead for you regardless.
I have the courses. It's a collection of videos, pretty short ones, but it's hundreds of videos. Dunno why all the hate here. But it's been helpful for me.
It would be difficult to rip them and time consuming. Is there a course your more specifically interested in?
Honestly I am surprised too with this reaction.
Is there a course your more specifically interested in?
Trauma and anxiety.
Resources
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I think of them all the time.
I think of how they should disappear from the earth.
I'd partly like such a place. I'd totally despise the social part of it though, as I despise people and having to deal with them.
But as with clothes, yes. I'm a "westerner" with more money than I could ever spend, yet only own like 3 or 4 outfits. And all were used. I don't like fancy brand shit. And I do care for my stuff.
So there are exception s 😁
The rampant mental illness in the USA really does make this a negative feedback loop. I'd say a quarter of the roommates I've had over the years had some serious mental issues. I've had a knife pulled on me, a friend of mine was murdered by his roommate.
After you have a few bad experiences like that the goal becomes to get a small family together and isolate as soon as possible. Any commune here is basically assumed to be a religious cult because nothing else makes sense.
But that would infringe on my God-given right to own a car, eat meat, fly once a year and replace my 50" TV with a 20% larger one every 4 years!
How dare you?!?
I would rather have black people far away starving than living like THAT!
I dont care if there are enough resources to support giving life to my unborn children. I would never want my kids to suffer the human race. The 1% can make their own wage slaves.
Rent is due in 5 days.
The people will still be here. Perhaps a better way of life would change us, but its certainly to late for me to change the dim view I have of my own species. Everything could be 100% fixed overnight and I would still never forgive us all for what is, and what was throughout human history.
This next beer is in honor of what hope remains in the human race. Good luck.
As a neurodivergent person who objectively acts awkward in the eyes of everyone else and also has weird dietary preferences, communal kitchens are a no for me. I'd rather keep my food private and away from judgy eyes. Yeah you can say that the problem is a society that judges me for being different, but here's the thing, everyone can know and even say it's wrong but everyone will still do it. Questions like "what are you eating" or "why would you eat it like that" from even well intentioned people can really get on your nerves when everyone can't help but give you their two cents.
Realistically though, I'd still support communal kitchens as a concept because I know I'm the minority, and I still appreciate the efficiency of getting the most use possible out of expensive appliances. I don't make very complex meals and can more or less afford to just use the afromentioned hot plate all the time.
Also with the clothes thing, I really don't understand why people have a problem with someone wearing the same clothes multiple days at a time. Or even switching between two sets of clothes, the Western concept that you can only wear fully washed clothes is also pretty dumb. That way you don't have to share and you don't need to own a lot of clothes. Especially if you work remotely, why do you need a visually different outfit every single day?
It would probably be cafeteria style where you could pick out the things you do eat
I think I might also be misunderstanding what communal kitchens are? I assumed it was literally just a place with a bunch of stoves side by side and everyone cooked their own food. Is it more like what they have in university dorms that don't have in room kitchens?
Well said. Yes, the lawn mower is an excellent example. One per street would be totally suffice and everyone's lawn would be mowed.
And that'd apply to many other daily things too.
But you have to fight against brainwashing (social)media. So no way.
As for me personally, I dislike people because I'm a misanthropist by reason not necessarily by experience. Although the latter often proved the former right. Sadly so, I might add. We have potential to be a great species. And the more people say how good they are, the more evil they really are.
So nah, for me, the social component wouldn't interest me 😁
America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change
The Trump administration recently published "America's AI Action Plan". One of the first policy actions from the document is to eliminate references to misinformation, diversity, equity, inclusion, and climate change from the NIST's AI Risk Framework.
Lacking any sense of irony, the very next point states LLM developers should ensure their systems are "objective and free from top-down ideological bias".
Par for the course for Trump and his cronies, but the world should know what kind of AI the US wants to build.
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