Dark_Arc

joined 1 year ago
[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Yes. I donate to various open source projects (e.g., KDE, Sunshine, Dark Reader), the conservation fund, the ACLU, and the EFF.

As for how, I try to do it via their preferred platform on an annual basis instead of monthly (if possible) to minimize fees.

Why? I believe charity is a path towards shaping the world for the better (and I can afford to). Rule #1: take care of yourself before taking care of others.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rjTVmv8p7vo

This song. My freshman year roommate is probably responsible for a million of those plays and he ALWAYS played it at max volume on his laptop.

Either his mom filled out his roommate survey or the university didn't read them. That was a rough semester.

I echo the suggestion to support local shops, but I do occasionally go with a larger chain... It's not better pizza than the local shops it's just a different pizza.

I tend to prefer Domino's over Pizza Hut and especially over Papa John's (something about their formulation tends to upset my stomach way more than any other pizza... Plus the former CEO is very active in politics and not in a way I approve of).

To my Domino's tastes significantly better ... Pizza Hut used to be great, but I've been thoroughly unimpressed every time I've tried it in recent memory.

There's also local variance in these chains; some towns have a better Pizza Hut than Domino's 🤷‍♂️

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

For me it's a mix of what you said and how they treat their employees/where they're making the product.

I spend extra time trying to find higher priced, higher quality, more fairly manufactured products.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I agree honestly. I've gone through the exact process op has described several times now and flew even more before the process started.

I think the lines are worse than they used to be. I have not seen the scan improve anything. The only time I've seen things move slower for me is recently the agent hadn't done an opt out in a while and had to remember how to do it. The TSA precheck line I was in did not have opt out signs posted. I just politely asked anyways (and they did comply).

I had a similar situation happen with customs where the guy was confused by my request and hadn't done one it the old way in a while but honored it without argument.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

ClamAV is mostly for filtering things on mail servers or uploads to a shared resource like a wiki.

You can also use it as a system virus scanner, but most viruses it detects are Windows viruses.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What companies use Kaspersky?

Isn't this mostly a consumer level issue?

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, IDK about that. Nobody in Ohio cares about NYC's layout anyways.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'd settle for first party repair and a repair window of up to 20 years.

Modification is great and should always be legal... But I'd take the win to get away from so much throwaway technology.

Well those are all historically guys names AFAIK.

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TikTok’s Pro-China Tilt (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg to c/usnews@beehaw.org
 

The times dives into an intelligence report on how TikTok's political algorithm anomalies align with the CCP's Geostrategic Objectives https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/A-Tik-Tok-ing-Timebomb_12.21.23.pdf

This report highlights major differences in the prevalence of hashtags related to subjects like Hong Kong Protests, Tainanmen Square, Tibet, the South China Sea, Taiwan, Uyghurs, Pro-Ukraine, and Pro-Isreal when compared to other major social media platforms.

Additionally the times cited a Wall Street Journal analysis (https://www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-israel-gaza-hamas-war-a5dfa0ee) which "found evidence that TikTok was promoting extreme content, especially against Israel. (China has generally sided with Hamas.)"

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TikTok’s Pro-China Tilt (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg to c/news@lemmy.world
 

The times dives into an intelligence report on how TikTok's political algorithm anomalies align with the CCP's Geostrategic Objectives https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/A-Tik-Tok-ing-Timebomb_12.21.23.pdf

This report highlights major differences in the prevalence of hashtags related to subjects like Hong Kong Protests, Tainanmen Square, Tibet, the South China Sea, Taiwan, Uyghurs, Pro-Ukraine, and Pro-Isreal when compared to other major social media platforms.

Additionally the times cited a Wall Street Journal analysis (https://www.wsj.com/tech/tiktok-israel-gaza-hamas-war-a5dfa0ee) which "found evidence that TikTok was promoting extreme content, especially against Israel. (China has generally sided with Hamas.)"

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg to c/linux@programming.dev
 

Hi all,

I'm visiting a relative that has a Google WiFi system with multiple access points. There's an access point literally right next to me that I can see in the KDE BSSID list with 100% connection strength.

For some reason, it's instead picking a BSSID with only 60% strength. Does anyone have any thoughts on why it's choosing this access point instead of one of the others? Is this something the Google WiFi controls/suggests to the laptop, is something bugged, or is there a good reason Linux might be choosing this particular access point?

EDIT: It turns out the access point placement was actually just really bad, and the access point in question was not even making it to the rest of the LAN... The speed difference between my phone and laptop seems to be just that, something to do with a difference between the framework and the Pixel's wireless cards (or drivers). Even with everything corrected, the Pixel is significantly out performing the framework.

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