TWeaK

@ TWeaK @lemm.ee

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11mo ago

Having spent time testing the Switch 2 mouse controls I no longer think it's a gimmick, but it just cannot compare to a gaming mouse | PC Gamer
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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago
Fair. That's got me wondering, perhaps if you're in a game with Joycon mouse support it might lock into mouse mode. One thing that annoys me about using a Joycon as a mouse is that you have to have it on a horizontal surface - I like using a mouse on all sorts of weird things and at different angles (eg curved sofa arms or my belly) and the Joycon doesn't work for this in UI menus.

11mo ago

Nintendo Switch 2 is already running custom graphics through exploit one day after launch

Yes hah shove in an SD card, then open a "message" in a red envelope with a bomb on it, then a bunch of code executes and BAM you're in!

11mo ago

Having spent time testing the Switch 2 mouse controls I no longer think it's a gimmick, but it just cannot compare to a gaming mouse | PC Gamer

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

Apparently according to other comments a mouse only works in games, but not in Switch UI menus. The Joycon works as a mouse in both.

I would think a wireless mouse and a wired mouse are functionally the same as far as the device connected to it is concerned. The USB dongle of the wireless mouse handles the wireless part and then delivers the same type of signals to the PC/host device that a wired mouse would.

11mo ago

Having spent time testing the Switch 2 mouse controls I no longer think it's a gimmick, but it just cannot compare to a gaming mouse | PC Gamer

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

Yeah it's definitely a different class of device. Did you see the mouse connected in any way, like as a controller, or did it just work in the right context (ie in game)?

I wonder if they did it out of some abundance of caution for security, out of fear that some 3rd party controller might find a way to hack the device.

11mo ago

Having spent time testing the Switch 2 mouse controls I no longer think it's a gimmick, but it just cannot compare to a gaming mouse | PC Gamer

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

Yeah, meanwhile the Joycon works in system UI, so you would think a regular mouse would also.

11mo ago

Having spent time testing the Switch 2 mouse controls I no longer think it's a gimmick, but it just cannot compare to a gaming mouse | PC Gamer

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

Per my own testing with a Logitech M650, I don't think you can connect a mouse to the Switch 2.

11mo ago

Having spent time testing the Switch 2 mouse controls I no longer think it's a gimmick, but it just cannot compare to a gaming mouse | PC Gamer

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

Are you sure? I tried, expected a mouse pointer to appear on screen, but it didn't. I used the same adapter I use to connect my mouse to my Android phone.

Edit: Just tried again, both top and bottom ports, the USB-C to A adapter plus bluetooth mouse dongle work fine in my phone, but not in the Switch. This is using a Logitech M650. I don't think it can do it guys.

I haven't tried connecting by bluetooth directly but I doubt that will work either. Using the Joycon as a mouse is pretty limited also - I can quite happily run my M650 over my belly and at any angle to control things, but the Joycon doesn't convert to a mouse unless it is horizontal. The find controllers page also doesn't really imply a mouse can be connected, just that you can use a Joycon in mouse mode.

11mo ago

Nintendo Switch 2 is already running custom graphics through exploit one day after launch

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

OG Switches were amazing to hack. You literally just had to short two pins on one of the joycon sockets, then you could boot it into RCM/Recovery mode, and then you could inject a payload to run a layer between the OS and the hardware so you could tell the OS whatever you liked about the hardware. The ghetto method was to just use a paperclip, but you had to be careful because if you accidentally shorted a particular pair of adjacent pins you would brick the device. The better way was to buy a cheap little 3D printed jig, literally just a piece of plastic with a wire in it that slid into the joycon rail. You would then clone the system NAND onto an SDCard, running the console off the SDCard instead, leaving the original console completely clean and available to swap back to with a regular boot.

Then you had stores, freeware apps where you could just download games directly to the console. Nintendo started cracking down on those (although as usual you only seem to get their attention when you start asking for money) so most of them went away or into deep hiding.

On top of all that, when the Switch first came out it had a WebKit browser exploit that allowed complete hacking. It turned out this browser exploit was actually pretty widespread across other browsers on PC, and they were all subsequently patched.

11mo ago

Australian navy ship accidentally blocks internet and radio across parts of New Zealand

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

“Some spectrum bands are free of charge and available for anyone to use – such as the shared spectrum bands for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The interference that occurred on Wednesday was in one of these shared bands,” O’Grady said.

In other words, the ADF microwaved New Zealand for a bit.

11mo ago

I'm going to miss lemm.ee.

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

NOoooooooo :(

lemm.ee has been hands down my favourite instance, it's genuinely depressing that it's going.

11mo ago

How best to open a blueberry?

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

My toolkit only has a T25. Fortunately, from experience you can turn a T30 with a T25, if you're careful.

11mo ago

My journey towards more European, open source, privacy-oriented, and decentralized alternatives

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

It's only just about functional and clunky as fuck. But if you want to get rid of WhatsApp from your device but still need to talk to someone in it then it's a good shout.

11mo ago

My journey towards more European, open source, privacy-oriented, and decentralized alternatives

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

Probably not. Back when the WhatsApp Pegasus vulnerability happened, there was a vector on iOS, but it was iMessages.

I don't know any first hand details, but my suspicion is that the way WhatsApp on Android worked was via Facebook system apps bundled with the phone by the manufacturer. Back in the day, Facebook itself used to be a system app on some phones (making it difficult to remove), but gradually they moved away from that to having the Facebook or WhatsApp apps be the same as the one on Google Play, but there would be a separate system app that would be much harder to remove. I suspect this system app used various exploits for further data mining by Facebook (perhaps even gaining microphone access so they can present ads based on what you say?) and that the Pegasus hack got into WhatsApp, then simply called the system app to use its established exploits. One other thing that maybe points to this: the Pegasus hack would only sometimes be effective on Android phones, and researchers couldn't pin down why. To me, that suggests some other app or configuration variation.

WhatsApp on iOS shouldn't have this vector, as Apple control both software and hardware on their phones, hence why the strategy was to go for Apple apps directly (as they had the direct access to system level permissions, like I'm alleging Facebook sometimes had on Android).

Like I say, the exact workings of the hack are my own assumptions, and I understand that the WhatsApp Pegasus entry vector has been patched, but ultimately I don't think Facebook/Meta or any of their apps are trustworthy and encourage people to remove them from their devices.

11mo ago

watching pirated streaming sucks compared to OG torrent way

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

I torrent on my media PC and stream from there.

11mo ago

Rip willy boy

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

I think that Will Smith is pussy whipped by his wife and Scientology. I think she uses the church against him, with the threat that they will take his kids away and hide them from him. That's the only explanation I have for his (slightly delayed) response with Chris Rock, and with Will being ok with his wife grooming their son's underage friend and later having an open relationship with him on the side.

11mo ago

Trump threatens to move $3B in federal grants from Harvard to trade schools

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

It baffles me that Trump thinks it's a good idea to mess with the school that most lawyers come from.

11mo ago

Car drives into crowd at Liverpool title parade

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

Some videos from just before:

11mo ago

My journey towards more European, open source, privacy-oriented, and decentralized alternatives

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

WhatsApp is the big one, that shit is a proven vulnerability. It was literally the vector for zero click access to Android devices in the Pegasus toolkit.

One way around it is to have a separate device for WhatsApp itself, then use WhatsApp4Web from F-Droid. It's basically a web wrapper for the browser version of WhatsApp, but it does run somewhat independently of the main WhatsApp device (unlike eg Threema where the website won't work unless the device has internet).

11mo ago

Prototype of RTX 5090 Appears With Four 16-Pin Power Connectors, Capable of Delivering 2,400W

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

Nominally EU voltage is 230V, and may be 240V. In fact, it can be as high as 230V +10% = 253V. Higher voltage means more power for a given current, so nominally it's 16A x 230V = 3.68kW, but you could have say 16A x 250V = 4.0kW.

If your sauna is 400V then it sounds like you'll be 230V (400V / sqrt(3) = 230). But the voltage can also be 230V -6% = 216V, so 220V is within scope.

But yeah, standard voltages in the EU are either 230V/400V or 240V/415V. They've been harmogenised, but if you look at the numbers you'll see the trick - 230V +10% is roughly the same as 240V +6%. So the range is 230V-6% and 240V+6%.

You've got a 3 phase connection though so you might find you've got different single phase breakers on different phases (eg lights on one phase, sockets on another), with slightly different voltages for each one.

11mo ago

Utah study on trans youth care extremely inconvenient for politicians who ordered it

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TWeaK @lemm.ee 11mo ago

If you read the article and between the lines a little, this was instigated by a Republican who actually supports trans people and believe they should get treatment, but was later silenced by the rest of his party.

2022: Gov Cox gives his support for treatment of trans people, based on evidence.
2023: Gov Cox capitulates and "temporarily" bans the drug, in lieu of a report he commissions looking for evidence.
2025: Report is released and supports trans people, other Republicans denounce it, Gov Cox does not comment.

Gov Cox is clearly having his arm twisted behind the scenes here. That doesn't excuse him - at best he's compromising his morals and putting his political position first - but I think it's important to frame it accurately here rather than jump on a hate train and paint everyone with the same brush. Victory is had by winning people over to your side, not by making everyone an enemy.