This really is the only way if we want competition (lower prices) and choice. All actual revenues would be derived from service provision (consulting, customization, tech support, certification).

From a “small c” capitalism perspective, it is not normal that MS, Nvidia, Apple have such insane margins. Competition should have forced them to lower prices while offering the same level of products/services.

And the vast majority of russians couldn’t care less.

I just find the notion that all CoC policies are useless in all cases to be a bit broad and almost parochial.

There can be cases in a multi-cultural collective where a CoC helps everyone get on the same page.

A CoC can also act as a “policy of last resort” where you generally have a more laissez-faire approach, but you can refer to the CoC policy if someone repeatedly doesn’t get the message.

It all depends on the context of course, but staying that CoC policies are universally bad seems very simplistic.

I see where you are coming from, but to me it comes off as a little bit naive and reductionist.

That being said, I am thinking of this more globally, not necessarily solely in context of open source development (let alone this case in particular).

This is why I avoid opening up “service” devices to the broader internet.

My current work around is to access a computer with TeamViewer on a given local network and manage things from there. There are probably flaws with this approach too, but it seems like a more manageable solution than giving IoT-type devices access to the open internet.

I do wonder if protocol like Yggdrasil would be a good solution in the future.

Interesting discussion, but I would argue lack of reputational damage is primarily due to lack of competition. If it was easy to switch (and government policies were built around doing everything possible to reduce barriers to entry and switching costs) to other options, reputational damage would likely have far more severe consequences.

Just got this update earlier today.

At least on Windows, it doesn’t seem too different, but maybe I need to mess around in the settings.

Now we can find out who is working with the Winklewii twins.

For a second I thought merely playing the video would get your system compromised.

But you do actually have to install the malware (which would work for some targets).

I already mentioned that I do use Mastadon. You’re preaching to the choir.

Yes, I do.

My national background and the current situation in my country makes Twitter an important source of information (I follow local news sites as well).

I used the gaming as an example as a more neutral topic of conversation.

I see where you are coming from (even if you are being a bit glib), but the reality is such that the vast majority will go with the flow.

And trust me, my hate for Musk is way more than you can imagine. This is serious stuff.

I actually did try that twice (in a context where they would have more motivation than a typical dev/studio), no luck.

Don’t get me wrong, I do think we have to move of corporate social networking systems. I started actively using Lemmy about two months ago and I am enjoying it. However, we do have to be realistic about the state of the market.

For certain content there really is no alternative. One example would be gaming, almost no studios/developers are on Mastadon.

I do have a gaming-focused Mastadon account and I do use it, but it’s not really comparable.

It’s interesting that the Houthi’s are trying to extract useful location data, I am assuming this is for potential targeting UAV drones.

Don’t if it’s just my system, but last night a windows update got stuck at 96% (saw it when I woke up in the morning).

After rebooting, I got a nasty “Page Fault in Nonpaged Area” error that led to a nasty bootloop.

Eventually I was able to boot into Windows 10 and everything seems to be working fine (ran a system file check, some files were found to be corrupted).

This is on an ancient Haswell laptop from 2014; my initial thoughts were this was definitely tied to my hardware, the laptop is really outdated and I use it heavily (have a modern desktop, but I am away from home), but perhaps something was wrong with the update.

I guess I will found out.

Nah, I’d say the passwords from Hackers (1995) such as love, sex, secret, god are the best.

Android 11 is not getting security updates? I can see manufacturers not pushing updates, but I would have assumed Google still patches the OS. It seems that roughly 18% of Android devices still run 11, with another 11% for Android 10.

I had a pretty decent self-hosted setup that was working locally. The whole project failed because I couldn’t set up a reverse proxy with nginx.

I am no pro, very far from it, but I am also somewhat Ok with linux and technical research. I just couldn’t get nginx and reverse proxies working and it wasn’t clear where to ask for help.

It’s fascinating that there has been zero (public?) response to their GPS jamming in the Baltic sea and now this.

With the russians you have to be able to show them that there are consequences; that you are able and willing to use a stern hand at the first sign of trouble. That you know what they are like and their lies will have no effect.

A real response would be to kick out the russians out of the ITU and similar standards organizations. And this needs to be done with a emphasis on speed, broad scope of execution and irreversibility.

If they don’t get the message, start blockading all land/air connections to occupied Königsberg, while looking for ways to making ship connections to Russia proper difficult.