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aesthelete

@ aesthelete @lemmy.world

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23h ago

Motorola beats Samsung, Google to silicon-carbon batteries in the US
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aesthelete @lemmy.world 23h ago

I've had Motorola phones for my past three or four phones. Latest one I've bought is the 2023 razr. They were a bit of an also ran kind of phone for many of those, but it's definitely worth pointing out that their phones were basically always unlocked, and that they have remained an excellent value in comparison to shit companies that eat penis for a living like horrible ass Samsung.
When my Motorola phone had some problem, I was always able to pick up a new, unlocked one for around a hundred bucks.
IMO, Motorola continued doing what Google Nexus was doing at the exact same time that Google discontinued the Nexus line and started the Google Pixel line to try to emulate Apple and/or Samsung.

23h ago

Cure

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aesthelete @lemmy.world 23h ago

This is very close to actual MAHA thinking, except with a true MAHA adherent it would be raccoon milk instead.

23h ago

What are some software red flags?

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aesthelete @lemmy.world 23h ago

No, but much of it comes from software repositories, which is exactly the point.

23h ago

Trump says it’s ‘treasonous’ to say US not winning war in Iran

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aesthelete @lemmy.world 23h ago

It's treasonous to say that all of my sharts are not liquid gold!!!

1d ago

What are some software red flags?

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aesthelete @lemmy.world 1d ago

Why so much fear about the shell script but no fear from the executable?

Huh? Fear from both.

2d ago

What are some software red flags?

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aesthelete @lemmy.world 2d ago

I hate Windows partially because you have to download a bunch of random executables. Making that same security hole into a one liner in bash and making that the only install supported is not an improvement in any way.

2d ago

Steam competitors be like. [Extended?]

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aesthelete @lemmy.world 2d ago

It kills me when people play on console.

As a PC and console gamer, consoles are easier to buy once and play a round of games for a number of years. PCs, on the other hand, are much better especially for certain game types.

Each has its role, but I was almost exclusively a console gamer for a couple of years because:

You can sit back and relax and play on your TV after a long day of work
If I buy a console, I can expect that almost all games will play correctly on it without having to upgrade mid-cycle

It's quite a bit more complicated to try to figure out which video games your current graphics card can and cannot play, when you should spring for an upgrade, and when you need to do a complete re-build. To add to that I do not like windows and so I'm a member of the linux gaming club (there are dozens of us, DOZENS) and that makes things more complicated as well. With a console, they've worked out the licensing, the performance, and most fiddly bits and I can just sit on my couch, buy a game and play.

When I was younger and had more time to deal with things like the above, I gamed exclusively on PC. But with everything else going on with work and life, I find it much easier to just pick up a controller, plunk down on the couch, and play for a couple of hours.

Both have their pluses and minuses. I would say I like console gaming better because it usually happens in the living room and doesn't feel as anti-social.

But to your point...cost savings isn't really the primary reason to game on a console IMO.

2d ago

Steam competitors be like. [Extended?]

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aesthelete @lemmy.world 2d ago

It's not being a monopoly that is illegal — if it were then all of "big tech" would be screwed. It's using a monopoly toward anti-competitive ends and enshittifying everything that is illegal...which is funny, because even that really doesn't seem to be illegal when you look around these days.

2d ago

What are some software red flags?

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aesthelete @lemmy.world 2d ago

As a sporadic foss contributor and foss advocate, I ain't even installing your shit if the only install option is curl pipe to shell.

And I also do think it's a red flag exactly like the original poster was looking for.

2d ago

What are some software red flags?

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aesthelete @lemmy.world 2d ago

Exactly, it's a shift in responsibilities from the developers of a thing to the users of that thing.

As a grunt at work and a mid-tier "money haver" at best, I'm tired of having everything shift its costs onto me and it's a red flag that prevents me from installing and running a software package.

Everything around nowadays does this shift if they can get away with it.

I have to set limits on what I tolerate to achieve what gain or the world will leave me dead with a giant tire mark across my chest.

2d ago

What are some software red flags?

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aesthelete @lemmy.world 2d ago

Eh, I'd be more sympathetic if there weren't a dozen different alternatives to making this exclusively how people install your software.

It's a virus delivery system waiting to happen. Especially now when you have AI that can help you stand up an imposter site quickly and easily.

2d ago

Remote Code Execution in Forgejo?

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aesthelete @lemmy.world 2d ago

This is the sort of thing you do to big companies with no morals, doing it to a small open source project is just wrong, they don’t have the manpower or money to redo the investigation you already did.

Given that the dude works for an AI-based security company, and Forgejo and services like it (e.g., codeberg.org) are how you abandon the mess of vibe-coded trash that is GitHub, in my opinion, he has a motivation to pick apart this specific service.