Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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For hardware folks: Using RISC-V.
Legit, some dude in US Congress is wanting to crack down on China via..... RISC-V exports, because oh no, the technology is too open and might give China some of our IP. Oh and by the way, dude has a pretty big Intel portfolio, but nevermind that!!
As an aside, why the hell are lawmakers allowed to trade stocks?
It's especially dumb because RISC-V is -- dare I say it -- inevitably the future. Trying to crack down on RISC-V is like trying to crack down on Linux or solar photovoltaics or wind turbines. That is, you can try to crack down, but the fundamental value proposition is simply too good. All you'll achieve in cracking down is hurting yourself while everyone else gets ahead.
I'd compare it to the RSA encryption algorithm. It was classified as a weapon by the US and was banned from being spread internationally, so open source advocates put the source code basically everywhere. It was even printed on shirts
guess I gotta get familiar with RISC-V then
This talk, given by David Patterson (a legend in computer architecture and one of the people who helped create RISC-V at UC Berkeley) is an excellent (and accessible) introduction.
Electrocution ends for an ad break, then starts again, and again.
2030 is in 6 years :)
Don't be hasty, there's still 16% of this year to be lived.
Fuck
-2028
-wake up feeling sick after a late night of playing video games
-excited to play some halo 2k29
-"xbox on"
-...
-"XBOX ON"
-"Please verify that you are "annon332" by saying "Doritos™ Dew™ it right!"
-"Doritos™ Dew™ it right"
-"ERROR! Please drink a verification can"
-reach into my Doritos™ Mountain Dew™ Halo 2k29™ War Chest
-only a few cans left, needed to verify 14 times last night
-still feeling sick from the 14
-force it down and grumble out "mmmm that really hit the spot"
-xbox does nothing
-i attempt to smile
-"Connecting to verification server"
-...
-"Verification complete!"
-finally
-boot up halo 2k29
-finding multiplayer match...
-"ERROR! User attempting to steal online gameplay!"
-my mother just walked in the room
-"Adding another user to your pass, this will be charged to your credit card. Do you accept?"
-"NO!"
-"Console entering lock state!"
-"to unlock drink verification can"
-last can
-"WARNING, OUT OF VERIFICATION CANS, an order has been shipped and charged to your credit card"
-drink half the can, oh god im going to be sick
-pour the last half out the window
-"PIRACY DETECTED! PLEASE COMPLETE THIS ADVERTISEMENT TO CONTINUE"
-the mountain dew ad plays
-i have to dance for it
-feeling so sick
-makes me sing along
-dancing and singing
-"mountain dew is for me and you"
-throw up on my self
-throw up on my tv and entertainment system
-router shorts
-"ERROR NO CONNECTION! XBOX SHUTTING OFF"
-"PLEASE DRINK VERIFICATION CAN TO CONTINUE"
Ad blockers are financial terrorism in 2030.
Some say it's extremism in 2023
ads will be considered as individuals and cancelling ads is analogous to manslaughter at the least.
what a great time to be alive~!
I HATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I HATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
"You wouldn't download a car."
"You wouldn't hit mute during the commercials on a television broadcast."
The fact that this was a legit proposal by cable companies and even got patented serves as evidence of the lengths that corporations will go to enshittify services for profit.
You wouldn't shoot a Policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet, and then send it to the Policeman's grieving widow, and then steal it again.
Man, these anti-piracy ads are getting real mean!
Don’t say doing your wife…
Don’t say doing your wife…
Don’t say doing your wife…
…doing your…son?
I never knew adblockers were a thing until the most recent hubbub with YouTube, so I went down a rabbit hole and the world is a better place.
Imagine what I might learn tomorrow.
Adblockers can do more than just block ads, they also allow you to customize websites. As a simple example you can remove the annoying headers on youtube channels that take half the screen:
It's also great for news sites. I have a filter to remove articles on topics I don't care about. I also have rules to prevent these sites from automatically reloading after certain amount of time, something that I find very annoying.
Whoa! You can do that? How?
Which one?
Different person here, would love info on removing headers, if you would be so kind!
You should be able to right click the banner and then click "block element"
Huh, I’ve never thought to do that for like a YouTube header. Just those irritating autoplaying videos on web sites that scroll with ya.
I was thinking there was a way to automatically block all banners there hahaha
Congratulations on being one of today's lucky 10,000! Blocking ads is like getting a bad tooth pulled. You never realize how awful it is until you find out what it's like to be rid of it!
That's also a good description for mechanical keyboards
I got a mechnical keyboard after listening to you internet nerds and have been sorely disappointed
Really? That's surprising. Are you just indifferent about the clickiness?
I definitely aren't as fanatical about them as most people, I don't mind using non mech keys. But I definitely prefer using a nice mech keyboard when I have the option.
What kind of mechanical keyboard?
Sure, my razor one is kinda crappy, but I've used a very nice one at a friend who did the build your own thing.
Keychron is pretty good for entry level. I highly recommend the C2 Pro with brown switches for office work
Do I need a mechanical keyboard if my typing speed is around 60 wpm? I don't type fast, which is why I never saw the appeal of mechanical keyboards
Well a mechanical keyboard could help you type a little faster actually. I think the primary appeal of them is that they feel nice to type on though. Another reason people buy them is because they're good for playing games competitively such as CS:GO.
Thanks. I was looking at this boring looking keyboard (a look which I personally like, I'm ashamed to say): https://www.amazon.com/Perixx-PERIBOARD-428-Mechanical-Keyboard-Backlighting/dp/B08F3V93KS
I like low profile keyboards, and don't like the sharp noise from blue switches. This seems OK. What do you think?
That's a nice keyboard, I personally can't stand the "gamer aesthetic" so it looks good to me. I used to use a Cherry keyboard which looked like one of those large beige keyboards from the 90s, which I liked not just because Cherry manufacters the switches you see in more expensive mech keyboards so it was nice having a Cherry brand keyboard, but also because it looked quite unique compared to modern keyboards. That keyboard had Cherry blue switches, unfortunately I broke that keyboard (entirely my fault.) My current keyboard looks very similar to that one, with Kailh blue switches.
There's two main companies that manufacture the keys for mech keyboards, Cherry and Kailh. Cherry is a German company and their switches last longer and are usually considered to be a little better to use but that is quite subjective. Kailh is a Chinese company, like I say they don't last for quite as long but you'll definitely still get minimum 3 years out of them, most likely they'll last 5+ years with daily use. Kailh switches are cheaper and so the keyboards are cheaper (except for Razer, they use Kailh switches but charge the same price as companies that make keyboards with Cherry switches lol.) I haven't used Cherry/Kailh brown switches (that keyboard has Kailh browns) but I understand they're good switches for general use, especially in an office context. They're less clicky but otherwise similar to blues.
You might want look up a comparison of the various switches, but here's a graphic I could find with some basic info. Linear switches have no "bump" where you can feel the switch being actuated, tactile and clicky switches do but with tactiled you only feel it, there is no corresponding click sound (or much less of one.)
Hey, thanks for the great reply! I plan to go for this or the Lenovo Thinkpad wired keyboard because I'm used to laptop keyboards and like the low-profile keyboards more.
Cheers
I'm very curious as to how you survived on the Internet without an adblocker for the last decade.
My guess is they grew up with it like that. Us old fuckers privy to the Internet of the 90s and 00s, know what it should be.
Scrolling marquees, blinking text, background midi music, hit counters, guest books, and web rings?
And don't forget huge signatures with GIFs and all sorts of crap for your favourite forum.
Bring back hit counters
And guest books
I see myself blowing up a pipeline.
I am intrigued to know what is the original message.
"Millions of people doing lower waste"
Basically saying that reducing the problem in smaller steps on a larger scale does more than a few fanatics doing everything all by themselves.
Its also to help alleviate the guilt of not being able to reduce waste to nothing.
The problem is getting millions on board. In the 1970s, the zip code was a hard sell, and it had PSAs
