The Hobbyist

Folks, don’t take this obvious bait.

They seem to be two separate things. One is a comment, the other is a post.

I’m personally satisfied with the statement, position and reflection on the issue.

It was a fuck-up to publicly respond to donaldtrump in what could be seen as an endorsement. This was acknowledged and remedied.

The no politics stance is probably unavoidable, as mentioned but they should never focus on political parties, but on defending the values, this is what is clarified and that’s best. We should accept to support a bill strengthening privacy even if it may come from a political party we generally do not support. Denying our support to such a bill would not strengthen the core value we defend. And as individuals we may still criticize all other activities of such a political party if we disagree with others of their activities.

As a community, I hope we can come together, and resist the temptation of purity tests, and acknowledge that we are all fighting for the same cause, no matter our perspective on other issues. We need the support of everyone.

Am I the only that don’t see this the same way as the rest? I am in way way endorsing or supporting MAGA, but they did take action against big tech (though for reasons of retribution) and I see Proton only acknowledging a good person being designated to lead the next antitrust efforts, apparently with a good track record.

Proton also acknowledges Lina Kahn who has done a great job, nominated under Joe Biden.

Ultimately, I feel like from a perspective of Proton, any win against Big Tech, is a good win, and I can’t disagree.

There is a longer discussion to be had around how the dems were supported by oligarchs and I think that’s what Proton is referring to, they decided to turn a blind eye under the Obama administration for instance. Bernie Sanders goes to lengths about this in this interview, illuminating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzkgWDCucNY

So all in all, maga sucks, new pick probably good, and in my view, proton not actually endorsing maga/trump but just acknowledging a good pick.

Did I miss something?

What do you mean with “proactively”?

They may inadvertently focus on people who spoke against the new “pro free speech” of Facebook…

I think that’s great, well done.

One thing which I’m curious about is that now Signal is proposing itself as a zoom replacement with call links and the ability to share a username rather than a phone number. This makes it interesting in a work setting, given that there is a desktop app too.

However, I have a possibly unique gripe with it: how do I manage my personal vs professional profile picture? Currently I have a profile picture which I’m using mostly for friends and family. But that is not ideal for a professional setting. And them maybe I’d like to join some online communities more anonymously. I don’t want to use the same profile picture for all 3 settings. I wish Signal would make it easier to manage the profile picture selectively and more granularly.

Anyone else within them same position?

Great foreshadowing

Yes, that was all what I read already, but I was wondering if there was any evidence shared or not. I would have wanted good reporting to include pictures, maybe testimonies from the workers or something.

I was looking for some evidence, but the only thing I could find in my brief search was the single image in the following article, it’s not clear what the status of the beds are, nor is there anything about the bathrooms or the withheld passports or the food on the floor.

https://www.carscoops.com/2024/12/brazil-halts-work-visas-for-byd-as-investigation-on-slave-like-conditions-for-workers-at-new-site-deepens/

The sad part is how using DP on your TV, if you find it, is shunned by Netflix and will not allow you to play 4K content.

They rely on some form of DRM protection which is available in HDMI.

Absolutely crazy. I really wish HDMI would not be such an omnipresent standard among TVs…

Source: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/13444 > “check your devices”.

Alternatively, you don’t even need podman or any containers, as open-webui can be installed simply using python/conda/pip, if you only care about serving yourself:

https://docs.openwebui.com/getting-started/quick-start/

Much easier to run and maintain IMO. Works wonderfully.

It’s a very unique style: he’s blending actual animation /manga characteristics in live motion. Not saying it is not your case, but in general I think you need to appreciate mangas, Japanese anime or at least regular animation to enjoy it. I personally find the style brilliant and certainly unique.

Allegedly, the 5090 would have 32GB and the 5080 16GB, I don’t see much room for the 5060 to have more than 8GB if the 5070 itself has 12GB?

I would have loved to see the 5080 with 24GB, the 5070 with 16GB and the 5060 with 12GB (at least). And for the 5060 to drop the 128 bit bus…

I fully understand this to be a controversial take, but I think it is important to acknowledge that not all advertisement is the same. While I dislike all forms of advertisement, I only take issue with non ethical ones, which are based on surveillance. I don’t have any ethical concern with contextual advertisement which is how some search engines provide advertisement, such as giving advertisement for food when searching for food.

But it is also critically important that extensions remain a part of the browser, to give a certain level of control to the person navigating the web instead of just allowing any website to freely track our activities.

I don’t know what the path forward is for Mozilla. Google is unlikely to be able to fund Mozilla the way it has until now as a recent ruling which has deemed google as a monopolistic actor clawing at its default status everywhere it can. This was a major founding source for Mozilla. They need to figure out financing and while it is easy to criticize, we must also recognize the challenge it is to give sustainable and important funding sources to Mozilla. I really wish I had an answer… Can it somehow depend exclusively on its users for donations? Should It sell support services? Should it branch into more lucrative areas? If yes, which ones? It may need to be a combination thereof but for now, I’m personally blinded. We need to get together on this, because if we can’t help Mozilla, can we help anyone who might fall into this situation?