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  • Having 0 or negative karma is a barrier to posting. Some subs completely disallow posting if you don't meet a threshold, but even outside of those subs you still run into things like having your comments held up in the spam queue until they are manually reviewed.

    So having a bit of karma allows them to post their scam and/or spam links and have a chance of being visible.

  • Gboard is preparing to add an "Undo" function
  • I use Unexpected Keyboard when I'm working in Termux. It's Open Source and does allow some layout customization.

    Unfortunately it doesn't support "glide/swipe typing" so I find it doesn't replace Gboard for everyday usage.

  • Does the idea of this concern anyone else? Why is no one talking about it?
  • It sounds like this will become a problem if/when content providers start requiring it.

    Like how Netflix requires certain hardware to enable 4K. (At least I think they do? I remember that was a thing a few years ago.)

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/information-protection/pluton/microsoft-pluton-security-processor

    Microsoft Pluton security processor is a chip-to-cloud security technology built with Zero Trust principles at the core. Microsoft Pluton provides hardware-based root of trust, secure identity, secure attestation, and cryptographic services. Pluton technology is a combination of a secure subsystem which is part of the System on Chip (SoC) and Microsoft authored software that runs on this integrated secure subsystem.

    Microsoft Pluton is currently available on devices with Ryzen 6000 and Qualcomm Snapdragon® 8cx Gen 3 series processors. Microsoft Pluton can be enabled on devices with Pluton capable processors running Windows 11, version 22H2.

    What is Microsoft Pluton?

    Designed by Microsoft and built by silicon partners, Microsoft Pluton is a secure crypto-processor built into the CPU for security at the core to ensure code integrity and the latest protection with updates delivered by Microsoft through Windows Update. Pluton protects credentials, identities, personal data and encryption keys. Information is significantly harder to be removed even if an attacker has installed malware or has complete physical possession of the PC.

    Microsoft Pluton is designed to provide the functionality of the Trusted Platform Module as well as deliver other security functionality beyond what is possible with the TPM 2.0 specification, and allows for additional Pluton firmware and OS features to be delivered over time via Windows Update. For more information, see Microsoft Pluton as TPM.

    Pluton is built on proven technology used in Xbox and Azure Sphere, and provides hardened integrated security capabilities to Windows 11 devices in collaboration with leading silicon partners. For more information, see Meet the Microsoft Pluton processor – The security chip designed for the future of Windows PCs.

  • One of the advantages of being on Kbin is that you can scroll All by New, and see genuinely interesting content
  • I used to browse r/all/rising and sometimes peeked at /new. It was made somewhat bearable because I used rif and filtered out subreddits like crazy.

    I just checked my rif settings export. I had 906 subreddit filters.

    (And one domain filter: battleforthenet.com.)

  • What are Android's Best Weather Apps?
  • I'm a fan of the very light, widget-only AF Weather. All it does is a chart showing temp & precipitation for the next 24hrs. I like it more than "hourly" forecasts in other apps, but it is pretty niche.

    https://github.com/Gitsaibot/AF-Weather-Widget

    https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.gitsaibot.af/

  • What are Android's Best Weather Apps?
  • This one, I presume?

    wX (Weather app geared towards storm chasers, meteorologists and weather enthusiasts)

    https://f-droid.org/packages/joshuatee.wx/

  • John Roberts Begs the Liberal Justices to Stop Criticizing the Court
  • Why come to a place where the posts are voted upon by the users if you're just going to complain about people voting on the "wrong" things?

  • John Roberts Begs the Liberal Justices to Stop Criticizing the Court
  • Is this really the content that we want for @news ?

    Yes, overwhelmingly so, it seems:

    imgur

  • Goodbye RIF - Talklittle's Goodbye to Reddit is Fun users
  • rif's UI was near perfect for me. I called it an app version of old.reddit, which was exactly what I wanted.

    (Before old.reddit I just considered it a perfect app version of Reddit.)

  • What do you use for a domain registrar?
  • Off topic, sorry, but I'm curious: Did a bоt copy your comment? Or is this some sort of Federation-related-weirdness?

    https://i.imgur.com/1mmxOE7.png

  • Lemmy users in 3 days
  • This gif has always bothered me somehow. I think the transition is too 'good' and it makes it feel uncanny... Something like that. I'm sure the quality doesn't help.

    Anyway, what's happening in 3 days?

  • Founder and primary developer of Moderator Toolbox for Reddit quits both Reddit and the project
  • Is Toolbox related to RES?

    I know RES is mostly u/honestbleeps, I don't actually know who all is behind Toolbox.

  • *Permanently Deleted*
  • I assumed OP would be willing to say it it was "just" that. This being the Internet and all, people admit to way weirder stuff all the time.

    When I was a Boy Scout, we often had kids who would refuse to go. It was a whole thing that we had to check on. (Along with asking everyone how yellow their pee was.)

    I remember one guy was in tears on the hike out, and it turned out that he had faked out the scoutmaster by taking a walk with the TP and shovel, but not actually gone. Poor kid was barely able to walk, but kept insisting he couldn't void either.

    I only learned later how serious it can get if prolonged.

  • What was your best and worst experience on Reddit?
  • My best Reddit experiences were where Reddit facilitated meeting people "IRL". I found my first D&D group on Reddit, made 3 great penpal friends, scored a couple dates, ..., and one romantic relationship.

    I really don't know my worst... A couple times I let people get under my skin, but I eventually got good at blocking people.

  • Why would Reddit push users away from their app shortly before announcing API changes?
  • FWIW, Reddit had a revenue sharing deal with rif, at the very least. Apparently when spez returned as CEO he shut it down.

  • I have a theory, the current doctor when you started watching is your favorite doctor. Would this apply to you?
  • I'm worse: Whichever Doctor I watched most recently is likely to be my current favorite, if asked.

    I love all the Nu-Who Doctors for different reasons. The fact that there are so many takes on the same character is just fun.

  • Why repeat the "master race" nonsense?
  • Your meaning would've been clear in almost any other context, but in this case I could just imagine someone saying "it's not a serious justification, just chillax bro, we just like it". Or something equally asinine.

  • Why repeat the "master race" nonsense?
  • Does that make it better or worse to keep using it?

  • Why repeat the "master race" nonsense?
  • Neat history, I guess? Still seems to be an abhorrent label to self identity with.

  • The best way to protest against reddit is simply to not interact with Reddit
  • NSFW subreddits don't appear on r/All or r/Popular. (NSFW posts can appear, but only from subs that aren't flagged as NSFW themselves).

    So the current protest method is somewhat counterproductive. People who never took the step of subscribing to these subs likely won't see them at all.

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