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nivenkos ,

No port forwarding really kills the utility though - I mainly use the VPN to do port forwarding (e.g. for video games, Plex, etc.) as my ISP is shit.

Like I'm not worried about state-level de-anonymisation, I just want to be able to share services remotely and have a minimum level of anonymity.

nivenkos ,

I host a server, I forward the port, my friends can connect to the open port on the VPN side.

My ISP does not offer port forwarding.

nivenkos ,

ProtonVPN has it though, which is what I'm using now.

nivenkos ,

ProtonVPN has it, and Wireguard support.

nivenkos ,

They should really mandate open firmware and bootloaders, and even spec sheets, etc. for deprecated hardware.

nivenkos ,

They blocked Github before - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50232902

So it's not surprising.

It's gonna be rough when they come for the VPNs like Italy has though.

nivenkos ,

Mullvad was already forced to stop port forwarding though.

It sucks as my shitty ISP doesn't allow port forwarding, so I literally used it for hosting video games.

nivenkos ,

People created fake photoshop images long before AI...

nivenkos ,

What is the Mastodon Lemmy.world equivalent? Like a big, neutral server with minimal censorship and bullshit, and access to most other servers?

nivenkos ,

He's winning against the gangs though - every Salvadorean I know supports him.

nivenkos ,

The real answer here is to have decent digital ID as 2-factor authentication.

This scam would be practically impossible in Sweden with BankID for example.

nivenkos ,

For BankID it somewhat does, because only registered services can make the request - so they'd need to register a scam service and then use that. Which also makes it an easier job for anti-fraud police.

So it'd be a lot more complicated.

Like obviously at a certain point if someone is willing to do everything they can - then they will be scammed, see this for example: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-67208755

But the more steps there are, the higher the chance the person realises it is a scam.

nivenkos ,

It kind of is the norm.

Just a few countries like the US are really backward in terms of accessible banking - mainly due to having no federal ID, residence registration, etc. too on top of outdated bureaucracy.

nivenkos ,

Yeah, my ex was scammed this way too - exactly like Cory describes, they happened to ring right as she was going through the whole visa and tax process and pretend to be regarding the IRS, etc. and since she was dealing with a lot of similar calls it was an easy mistake to make.

More services available online and e-mail communication makes this a bit better.

nivenkos ,

Spain and the UK have no real digital ID (Spain has some horrible Java certificate based system, but you can't use it for much). I think Germany's digital ID is in a similar position too although it's been many years since I lived there now.

The UK is in the same position as the US with no national ID or residence registration at all.

Only the Netherlands, Finland and Scandinavia really have it sorted out for banking and government services.

nivenkos ,

More that you'd never need to provide it, but many transactions will also require 2FA, even by the credit card.

nivenkos ,

Why are you repeating retracted fake news? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/12/elon-musk-biographer-admits-suggestion-spacex-head-blocked-ukraine-drone-attack-was-wrong

nivenkos ,

What is the actual technical reasoning? These all have active tracking, I can't imagine it ever being an issue for missions (compared to defunct Soviet satellites with no tracking, like Kosmos 2221 and Kosmos 1408).

It'd be cool if Starlink could also be used to replace some base stations, although I guess the huge power requirements are an issue there.

It's a shame to see technology held back due to political interference like this though. Hopefully China will achieve it instead. Imagine how much this can help the developing world - like high-speed internet for Cuba (if the USA doesn't block it) and rural Nicaragua, etc.

nivenkos ,

What about rural farmers' children who want a good education? What about Cubans who are denied deep-sea cables service by the USA?

This is incredible technology that can help tens of millions of people.

"Just be a rich urban American" isn't a good answer for the rest of the world's population.

nivenkos ,

I like that you can follow scientists and authors directly at the source though.

nivenkos ,

To make it competitive with local Internet, so all services work well. On high latency connections lots of stuff like websockets, etc. will struggle too.

nivenkos ,

The government and corporations are the same class of people. The government could have prevented that with more conditions and involvement in the grants - but they didn't because they'll get kick-backs from their friends later on.

nivenkos ,

The BlueAnon cultists don't care about the truth.

It's crazy how polarised these sorts of debates have become. I wish we could have sensible politicians with views like Andrew Yang, Lee Kuan Yew, Robert Zubrin, Nayib Bukele, Carl Sagan, Richard Dawkins, etc. - focus on developing technology and building up infrastructure and institutions for everyone.

nivenkos ,

The free exchange of ideas.

nivenkos ,

At least it's easier.

I think Mastodon kinda has the same setup too, but they had all the issues with server-level cascading blocklists and stuff that put me off.

I don't want to be blocked from seeing the posts of someone I'm interested in on another server just because the admin of my server refuses to block another server which refuses to block posts from servers where some users have posted "offensive" content, etc. - like it's so many levels of separation it's ridiculous.

EU Commission fines Apple over €1.8 billion over abusive App store rules for music streaming providers (ec.europa.eu)

The European Commission has fined Apple over €1.8 billion for abusing its dominant position on the market for the distribution of music streaming apps to iPhone and iPad users (‘iOS users') through its App Store. In particular, the Commission found that Apple applied restrictions on app developers preventing them from...

nivenkos ,

IIRC it's because it comes from before when Apple was sued over charging 25-30% of all eBooks sales while pushing iBooks.

See: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/12/eu-investigating-whether-publishers-conspired-with-apple-on-e-book-pricing/

It was a while ago though so hard to find good sources now.

nivenkos OP ,

So that makes it okay for massively popular LLM models to spread defamatory lies about him?

nivenkos OP ,

It's definitely newsworthy when the results are being incorporated into search engines like Bing.

nivenkos ,

It was the fashion at the time /s

nivenkos ,

This sucks as all new TVs use HDMI2.1 for modern features and modern games consoles rely on those for 4k 60Hz HDR, etc.

So now Valve can't just make their own home console with Steam OS for TVs directly (and support high-end features at least).

Biden signs executive order to stop Russia and China from buying Americans’ personal data | The bulk sale of geolocation, genomic, financial and health data will be off-limits to “countries of conc... (www.engadget.com)

Biden signs executive order to stop Russia and China from buying Americans’ personal data | The bulk sale of geolocation, genomic, financial and health data will be off-limits to “countries of conc...::President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to limit the mass-sale of Americans’ personal data to...

nivenkos ,

Wasn't the bigger controversy about law enforcement and intelligence agencies buying it to bypass the need for warrants?

nivenkos ,

They're awesome, but I feel like it'll go the way of the ACLU eventually.

Like nowadays on Reddit you see a lot of support for all the bureaucratic regulation like the AI act, Cybersecurity act, etc. empowering Big Tech monopolies and Big Government control over start-ups and tinkerers.

nivenkos ,

They abandoned a lot of the Free Speech stuff - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union#Waning_interest_in_defending_white_supremacists'_first_amendment_rights

Obviously I don't support white supremacists, but they've stepped away from being defenders of the constitution in that respect. Same for defending those not using certain pronouns, etc.

nivenkos ,

The DMA is a good thing helping to stop monopoly positions, not all regulation is bad, but it's not all good either.

Whereas the AI act is entrenching monopolies by making it much harder for startups and Open Source AI to function in the EU.

Good mini PC for around 100€

My current setup consists of a Raspberry Pi 4 with 4gb RAM and a 1tb external SSD. I'm thinking of getting a used mini PC for around 100€ to replace that tho because it would give me a lot more power and especially RAM (I currently need to use an 8gb swap file). My plan so far is to get a used mini PC that's quiet, has a...

nivenkos ,

With that budget I find it hard to imagine you could beat the Raspberry Pi, but please post what you do find!

nivenkos ,

Luddite nonsense. AI will drive productivity gains which will help research in photovoltaics, nuclear fusion, carbon capture (also needed for SpaceX's Mars mission), etc. and improve society.

Waymo issued a recall after two robotaxis crashed into the same pickup truck (www.engadget.com)

Last year, two Waymo robotaxis in Phoenix "made contact" with the same pickup truck that was in the midst of being towed, which prompted the Alphabet subsidiary to issue a recall on its vehicles' software. A "recall" in this case meant rolling out a software update after investigating the issue and determining its root cause....

nivenkos ,

It's great though - that's how you get amazing services and technological advancement.

I wish we had that. In Europe you're just stuck paying 50 euros for a taxi in major cities (who block the roads, etc. to maintain their monopolies).

Meanwhile in the USA you guys have VR headsets, bioluminescent houseplants and self-driving cars (not to mention the $100k+ salaries!), it's incredible.

nivenkos ,

That's how you get technological advancement.

Bureaucracy just leads to monopolies and little to any progress.

nivenkos ,

I can tell you right now that my luxury bones hurt.

That's the same in Europe though, dentistry isn't covered on public insurance in the UK, Spain, Sweden, etc.

But we have even less net salary to cover it when there are problems.

nivenkos ,

On the other hand it's crazy that the richest city in the world is plagued with street crime - even to the extent that it disrupts delivery services, self-driving cars, etc.

I think Bukele put it best when he said that the public stuff should be the best. But that depends on enforcing the law well so that public transport and services aren't destroyed by a minority of criminals.

nivenkos ,

I mean I live in Sweden and in my building we have problems with people damaging common areas, dumping rubbish, etc. - but nothing can be done because only the police have the right to review CCTV here.

That's the sort of issue I mean, just the actions of a tiny minority can ruin a lot of stuff - but it doesn't need to be that way.

nivenkos ,

Income disparity is a good thing though - it's how you encourage people to study, work hard and invest in themselves and the future.

Accumulated wealth disparity is bad, and I agree with strong land value tax, inheritance tax, etc. to try to address that.

nivenkos ,

Coal is the real enemy, gas is already relatively "green" (albeit still non-renewable).

nivenkos ,

But the methane gets burned to CO2. Sure leaks are worse as a greenhouse gas, but then you'd need to count air pollution, radiation, water pollution, etc. from coal mining and burning too.

nivenkos ,

I'd recommend reading the EU's reasoning for allowing both natural gas and nuclear energy projects to receive "green" funding - https://www.dw.com/en/european-commission-declares-nuclear-and-gas-to-be-green/a-60614990

But basically it burns much, much cleaner than coal, and is easy to fire up, so works great whilst transitioning the baseload to nuclear and renewable power.

nivenkos ,

I highly recommend reading Sustainable Energy without the hot air by the late David Mackay.

The issues are difficult, and it's often about choosing the least bad option.

nivenkos ,

Unions can't stop layoffs - at best they can just change the order in which employees are laid off (First-in Last-out / seniority), I guess the process might make the company reconsider, but there's no direct intervention.

I'm a member of a union and went through layoffs.

I think it'd only change if unions had power on the board / guaranteed share ownership, etc. as is the case in Germany (board representation with workers' councils) and was proposed but rejected in Sweden (share ownership).

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