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Donut ,
  • this is a member only article so people are going to mention the (pay) wall
  • this is about a tweet from 2020
  • what does expressing overthrowing a country in 2020 have to do with c/technology?
Donut ,

I couldn't read any further, so thanks for more context. I would really love it if we'd share more open articles here so there is the full context to digest and discuss

OneDrive automatically backups folders in Windows 11 without users' permissions (windowsreport.com)

According to the latest reports, Windows 11 has made an independent choice by automatically turning on OneDrive folder backup for Desktop, Pictures, Documents, Music, and Video folders without your permission. This signifies that, whether you approve or not, everything is becoming coordinated with the cloud....

Donut ,

It's telling how you get downvoted, but someone saying the same shit about Apple in this thread gets upvoted.

I hate shitty practices like everybody else, but please keep them to the same standard.

Donut ,

As someone who found elementor the only thing that was working at the time - any suggestions to do better? I have no coding experience fyi

Trying to buy right size bicycle wheel online

Needed a replacement 700C front wheel for my commuter bike after the old aluminum rim exploded like a looney tunes cannon. It's hard enough to find the right size when there are 3 competing tire/rim sizing systems currently in use, it doesn't help when the people selling the wheels have no idea what the numbers mean either! All...

700cm wheels for a mine truck-sized bike
Donut ,

I see the problem, it looks like Amazon. Stop shopping there

Donut ,

Idk any tech support communities, but you should try booting into BIOS to see if your storage drive is detected. If not, it probably failed (read: it's dead, fam)

You could try to see if you can reinstall the OS but if the BIOS doesn't detect the drive, I doubt the OS setup will.

While the data loss will suck, a new drive isn't very expensive. Plus if you're still on a HDD, it would be a good time to replace it with an SSD.

Donut ,

Nah, you can't patent gameplay mechanics unless they are super specific and interconnected.

Taking what's good from other games and turning it into something new (or similar) is known as remixing and it happens all the time. Like mentioned in another comment, Palworld did this by taking the fun elements of different genres / vibes (Pokémon, Survival games, Shooters) and making that into a game.

Even the Pokémon Company had to put a statement out basically telling the Xitter drama seekers to shut up and stop reporting the game for infringement, because there wasn't any.

Just make sure (like you already mention) not to use assets, sounds, names and other IP related subjects.

Donut ,

Care to elaborate what makes it so special? I'm intrigued and I never really play licensed games because they are usually trash

Donut ,

It never was. It's freedom of speech without having to fear governmental penalties, broadly speaking. Several categories like incitement, false advertising and CSAM should not be acceptable "speech".

Donut ,

I agree with the general sentiment but it literally says it will update outside of active hours. So as non-disruptive as possible.

And the privacy toggles are set when you install the OS. You can untick all of them the last time I checked.

Sorry for being such a pedant

Donut ,

Has what you said been proven and documented anywhere? All I can find is threads of people claiming things, but no actual (investigative) journalism that covers these parts.

Toggling on data collection without informing the user would mean billions of dollars worth of fines in Europe, so I doubt that happens regularly. Still, I don't mind being proven wrong if you got the proof to back it up

Donut ,

That's what the world needs. Smart notifications. And I'm not being sarcastic, this is such a good example of how something like that enriches the user experience that a timer on your phone could never achieve. Keep it up!

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    Donut ,

    “Like other companies, we use information to help us understand our business and improve the product. That includes certain inferences we may make about users. We include this information in users’ data requests for transparency, and users can limit the information we use by toggling the “Use data to improve Discord” off in the Privacy & Safety settings.”

    So nothing really interesting. They are allowed to make a guess at my gender, I don't care. They don't have 3rd party ads and don't sell my data, so it's cool.

    I know this goes against the grain here and we love to pile on walled gardens, but it's really nothing out of the ordinary.

    Donut ,

    You don't give your gender to Discord when signing up. It's also nothing to do with the pronouns that you can set with the integrated app/bot, that only counts for the server you're in

    Donut ,

    It's not related to the pronoun picker bot, it's just for analytics

    Donut ,

    As https://lemmy.world/u/efstajas pointed out, it's pretty common.

    Discord doesn't sell your data. They repeatedly state they don't in their terms of service, and they would be in big trouble if caught lying about that.

    Edit:

    Discord's privacy policy repeatedly states that they do not sell your personal information:

    We don’t sell your personal information. Our business is based on subscriptions and paid products, not from selling your personal information to third parties.

    We make money from paid subscriptions and the sale of digital (and sometimes physical) goods, not from selling your personal information to third parties.

    We do not sell the personal data of our users or share personal data for targeted advertising purposes.

    No sale or “share” of personal information: The CCPA sets forth certain obligations for businesses that sell or “share” personal information. We do not sell or share the personal information of our users as defined in the CCPA.

    This is a legal document that they will get in trouble for if they were lying. They've already been fined hundreds of thousands of euros for GDPR violations but that curiously did not include a fine for "took people's personal information and then sold them without consent whilst explicitly saying they didn't do that"

    Discord further has no third party advertisements which they can use to "sell" your data by allowing those advertisements to target you.

    Thanks to a redditor for this write up

    Donut ,

    While I agree with everything said, using Google to find out how many episodes your own podcast has just seems a bit lazy. Bookmark the page, and next time you want to do your admin work you can follow the bookmarks and be done with it. Easy fix.

    Also, use DDG

    Donut ,

    Why do you need two apps on each platform to replace one? I would love to switch over things but this makes it sound so much more complicated than it probably is

    Donut ,

    This is not about US bottle caps

    Donut ,

    Yeah it's so cumbersome, especially if you forget data being on.

    At least you can bookmark the second QR code because it's always the same IP address. So once you're connected you can just directly navigate to 192.168.0.1/index.html and you're in.

    Donut ,

    Again, it's simply faster to turn off data and scan the QR code than it is to force my phone to connect to a network that isn't connected to the internet.

    You have to connect to the network in order to transfer anything, so what do you mean? I'm talking the second QR code that's simply a link to the IP address I linked. I can just open my browser (after being connected to the Switch's WiFi) and type a 1 to let it autofill to skip scanning it at all.

    Donut ,

    Can you not whitelist each other as a contact that will override the mute?

    Donut ,

    Settings > Sounds & Vibration > Do Not Disturb > Select "Favorites" in the drop down under Exceptions.

    Then in your contacts app, favorite each other and test it out!

    Donut ,

    While that's fine, that's not exactly the intended use so that's why you are running into problems as you can't force volume to go up from another phone.

    Start putting on DnD instead of lowering your ring volume to zero, and you can make it work.

    If you don't want to deviate from your out of the ordinary use case, then your best bet is some parental control app that allows you to view each other's location.

    Donut ,

    That's definitely another way to get the phone's "voice" across! Glad it worked out for you. No more lost phones!

    Donut ,

    I should have been a bit more clear, I meant putting your phone on silent and still wanting to be able to call each other / ping each other to make a noise.

    THAT use case is pretty use.

    Discord Shuts Down ‘Spy Pet’ Bots That Scraped, Sold User Messages (www.404media.co)

    Discord banned a mass of accounts that were part of a service that scraped and sold user data, including messages posted across servers and what voice channels they joined, 404 Media has learned. The move comes after 404 Media reported on the service, called Spy Pet, last week and verified it was selling access to genuine user...

    Donut ,

    You can't get a Discord user's IP address in the app itself as every interaction is proxied through Discord's backend first.

    People do click on sketchy links and hand over their IP though, and Discord can't do much about those situations

    Donut ,

    Look at the update comment to that video. The bot creator did it on purpose. Nothing to do with Discord's verification system.

    Donut ,

    Yes, when you go to their site and do the verification, they were able to link your IP to your discord username via their backend. This is done outside of the Discord API.

    Donut ,

    For every article not containing the word slammed, there's a comment that mentions the lack of the word slammed. This way, we'll never get rid of it

    Donut ,

    *For US users

    EU users are already protected so this doesn't apply to them.

    I saved spreadsheet when Excel was glitching (corporate remote network), time stamp got updated however file reverted to original state with reboot - please help!

    I am no stranger to Excel and Tech in general, however this stumped me! This all occurred on the corporate laptop where we connect to the network remotely using a security token ID. Any help is extremely appreciated as I would hate to have to do hours of re-work. Adulting is hard....

    Donut ,

    Have you checked the status of the file on Sharepoint, provided office files are automatically synced via OneDrive?

    Donut ,

    No, this is for US only. Where corporations are permitted to abuse the market and the law (or lack thereof).

    Donut ,

    cheapest Philips shaver

    use USB-C

    You can only pick one

    Donut ,

    I imagine manufacturing USB C chargers is still more expensive than the shit we had 20-30 years ago, which you'll find in the cheapest appliances

    Donut ,

    Guilty, but I'm moving my guides to Lemmy!

    Donut ,

    But if you’re a very technically challenged person I am sure it is possible.

    Isn't that Apple's demographic? People get an iPhone or Mac because it just works and they don't have to worry about complexity and choice. Freedom can be paralyzing to people.

    Donut ,

    Good. Fuck speeders and their carelessness.

    Donut ,

    What does tracking have to do with it? It's a limiter. It limits the speed electronically.

    Or do you just want to use the magic words 'government bad' so you can excuse fucking over other traffic?

    Donut ,

    By using the GPS that's already in your car? Not every kind of tracking is bad. It simply compares your location with a database on speed limits and locations. That's all it does.

    But keep on fear mongering so you can risk other people's lives.

    Donut ,

    You didn't read the bill, did you?

    Donut ,

    For me they show correctly on Eternity, unless OP has edited them by now. The trick is to use &, in case anyone is interested.

    Donut ,

    Some of those popular subs were reopened with a new mod team that falls in line. Spez was too busy stuffing his ears with ad money instead of listening to his stakeholders

    Donut ,

    Point being casual users didn't see much interruption in the popular subs. So they did not have much incentive to switch to another platform.

    California tech company films bizarre video pushing return-to-office plan — Internet Brands, an El Segundo-based tech company with subsidiaries like WebMD and CarsDirect (www.sfgate.com)

    California tech company films bizarre video pushing return-to-office plan — Internet Brands, an El Segundo-based tech company with subsidiaries like WebMD and CarsDirect::California tech company Internet Brands, WebMD's parent, films a bizarre video pushing a return-to-office plan.

    Donut ,

    Notice how all the C-level management are the speakers in this video and they desperately need people to come back because otherwise they'd have to work themselves.

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