If we want a significant shift we need OEMs selling prebuilt PCs with some flavor of Linux pre-installed, that’s as easy to use as the competition (Windows/mac) with compatibility that’s both good enough and transparent enough that people don’t need to think about it much.
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Technology@lemmy.world•4 reasons Plex is turning into the thing it replacedEnglish
21·2 days agoI purchased a lifetime sub when it was on sale
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Android@lemdro.id•Fairphone open sources software for Fairphone 5, 6, and the Moments switchEnglish
2·5 days agoYes, a Pixel
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Technology@lemmy.world•Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offlineEnglish
1·6 days agoFurthermore, the engineer made one disturbing discovery — deep in the logs of his non-functioning smart vacuum, he found a command with a timestamp that matched exactly the time the gadget stopped working. This was clearly a kill command, and after he reversed it and rebooted the appliance, it roared back to life.
The first half of the movie was a masterpiece, the second half was just not interesting at all.
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•Chat Control approved: Certain EU countries will see your private messages. Is yours on the list?
10·10 days agoThe implementation is client-side, so this wouldn’t work. It forces all apps to have a client-side backdoor.
I genuinely didn’t understand the post until this comment, thanks
Magic the Gathering and D&D
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World News@lemmy.world•Germany to classify date rape drugs as weapons to ensure justice for survivorsEnglish
2·19 days agoA weapon isn’t an illegal possession…
There being zero ecosystem for Linux phones, unlike the desktop.
You’d need an Android runtime layer.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam FrameEnglish
6·28 days agoCan confirm; my app was removed from the Play Store due to a donation link to my PayPal. Absolutely insane.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam FrameEnglish
8·28 days agoThat would be impossible to search online
Not sure if they caved or opened their holes
Isn’t dopamine causing the “yes I successfully did it” feeling too?
Generating infinite revenue!
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Technology@lemmy.world•Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagshipsEnglish
1·1 month agoNothing’s releases this year were underwhelming unfortunately
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Technology@lemmy.world•Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagshipsEnglish
61·1 month agoPixels just get astroturfed into oblivion, for 10 years they’ve offered the best Android experience by far.
The only mediocre aspect is battery life/charging. Other than that, Pixel is always the way to go.
He probably likes cast iron pans
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Something that happened to you but no one believes you?
8·1 month agoAnd thus the cycle has been completed






I read “Jordan fucking Peterson” in the same voice as Crowder saying “Sam fucking Seder”