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unicornporn··on Maine is about to become the first state to ban major new data centers
Are you saying that those thirty job will go to people currently living in Lewiston?

If so, thirty jobs are on the plus side. What's on the minus side?

unicornporn··on Maine is about to become the first state to ban major new data centers
Was just about to say the same, but without the numbers. Thanks for providing. People aren't stupid and they find (AI) datacenters to be a net minus to their local communities.
unicornporn··on Microsoft terminated the account VeraCrypt used to sign Windows drivers
> Microsoft doesn't want to allow software that would allow the user to shield themselves

I don't think Microsoft cares (about anything besides making mo' money), but there are plenty of (state) actors that can influence the decision-making at Microsoft when it comes to these issues.

No tinfoil needed.

unicornporn··on OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen Studio
Uhm, but ScreenStufio is not available for Linux (or Windows for that matter)?

OpenStudio apparently is and I'm hyped.

unicornporn··on Run Linux containers on Android, no root required
The latest Waydroid beta is over three years old. Waydroid is dead and I haven't found an alternative.
unicornporn··on Run Linux containers on Android, no root required
X86 builds of Android are stuck at many generations back of the OS. Running Android in a VM on X86 is basically dead AFAIK. :(
unicornporn··on Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines
Cool. Anything different from https://sill.social?
unicornporn··on Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable
Thanks. So, a misunderstanding from the OP and not a feature specific to Graphene?

> We're making a better per-app Location Scopes feature

Cool!

unicornporn··on Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable
> Want location? Give the app a location point I've fixed for that app.

How do I do that? Been using Graphene for many years but did not know this was possible.

unicornporn··on Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts
How about not creating a precarious underclass with lack of (higher) education that is ready to vote for whatever solution promising to take down the system that made them so desperate for radical change?
unicornporn··on LTXVideo 13B AI video generation
Uncanny as always. What do people use these for? Except for flooding Meta platforms with slop, that is...
unicornporn··on uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store
They "work", but not well.

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...

unicornporn··on Facebook ban on discussing Linux?
Both. Clearly both.
unicornporn··on How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops (2020)
> the author is quoting prices in Euros, which is pretty much synonymous with "extreme poverty" I mentioned before :)

Care to elaborate?

> Especially ironic this article is from 2020 when M1 was launched and now laptops, both Qualcomm and Apple ones, are leaps and bounds better than before.

Something tells me you haven't quite grasped the blog post or what LOW←TECH MAGAZINE is about. https://permacomputing.net

unicornporn··on A Legendary Exposé of the Brutality of the Soviet Union
I don't understand your point.

> A communist society would entail the absence of private property and social classes, and ultimately money and the state (or nation state).[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism

unicornporn··on A Legendary Exposé of the Brutality of the Soviet Union
Yes. "A communist state" is an oxymoron. Communism is by definition stateless. Government/governance, sure, but without a state. Rojava would probably be a better example of communism (in practice) than Soviet.
unicornporn··on Firefox update added more sponsored content on new-tab page
Let me guess... Another Blink engine browser?
unicornporn··on Firefox update added more sponsored content on new-tab page
I agree that it sucks. But does it really suck more than the alternative (Blink monopoly and terrible vertical tabs implementations)?. No way. I made most of these changes years ago and have just migrated my Firefox profiles directory since.
unicornporn··on Firefox update added more sponsored content on new-tab page
10. Disable Pocket with "extensions.pocket.enabled = false"

11. Disable Privacy Preserving Attribution using "dom.private-attribution.submission.enabled = false"

unicornporn··on Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix
A double edged sword[1] for sure.

[1] https://edri.org/our-work/why-chat-control-is-so-dangerous/

unicornporn··on Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix
This is likely also the sole reason[1] that Meta is considering connecting Threads to the fediverse.

[1] https://yiffit.net/comment/498225

unicornporn··on On Desktop GUI Minimalism
Even better: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sidebery/
unicornporn··on FBI obtains Kolektiva.social database while executing warrant on administrator
> You realize that heirarchy is exactly how you enforce rules, correct? You can't enforce rules without heirarchy.

That's not necessarily true, is it? All participants of an instance or group could practice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy to form and enforce a set of rules without hierarchies. Not saying that's what happened here though...

unicornporn··on Ubuntu stops shipping Flatpak by default
Looking at the responses to this post, a more expected headline would've been “Ubuntu stops shipping Snap by default”.
unicornporn··on I splurged for the fanciest dishwasher and it was worth it
Came here to say the same thing.

> Miele is a German brand of luxury appliances with a long-standing reputation for quality, sleek design, and precision-obsessed German engineering.

Is it? Here in Sweden I'd say it's like any other kitchen appliance brand. Seems like they're well with the marketing overseas...

unicornporn··on Show HN: I made a tool that turns screenshots into dramatically angled photos
It can't modify device pixel ratio for higher resolution (that might be needed for zooming and panning in editing).
unicornporn··on MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max
Base model in Sweden is 8495 Swedish Kronor or 814 US Dollars...
unicornporn··on MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max
> given that its keyboard or batteries won't break

There's just soldered RAM and storage that can break and can't be replaced (without Apple robbing you).

unicornporn··on Soapbox 3.0 – Web UI for the Fediverse
I listened to https://www.heterodorx.com/podcast/episode-69-fediverse-foll... and I wonder what makes you say he's "an alt-right dude". He's a free speech advocate, but at the same time he thinks that the one of the great things about the fediverse is that instances can block each other to shut off speech that they don't find acceptable. He's a vegan that classifies himself as a libtard.
unicornporn··on Mastodon server maintenance: The Queues down in Queueville
> would it be possible for them to look for a second "pleroma/akkoma" server

Soapbox[1] is probably the most mature alternative to Mastodon, but the general consensus seems to be that it can't be used because most users of Mastodon don't align with the Soapbox creator's view on politics.

[1] https://soapbox.pub/

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