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Is it just me or do you guys miss these type of skeuomorphic icons? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

And you can’t tell when something is active/focused or not because every goddamn app and web site wants to use its own “design language”.

The FireTV os is worse. The active focus indicator is different between pages of the OS ignoring apps. Oh and it changes constantly.

Internet Archive's support email has now been compromised in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 month ago (8 children)

You don't leak a passwords database publicly on the Internet in good faith.

Game Companies List ‘FitGirl-Repacks’ as a Key Piracy Threat in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I remember at least one indie dev saying that they would prefer you pirate the game instead of using key resellers as they tend to cost the devs lots of time and money dealing with credit card fraud.

Choice in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah today's bothsidesism

Semiconductor manufacturers in Taiwan can remotely disable their chip-making machines in the event of a Chinese invasion. in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Probably wiping process control code from the systems that contain tons of fiddly hard to find constants and other information.

PSA: A website called SteamHistory enables stalkers through Steam mass data harvesting. Here's how stalkers found me despite creating a new, private, anonymous account. in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

This probably violates California privacy protection laws. Which they will have to follow if they are in the US and have data on persons in California

Somebody managed to coax the Gab AI chatbot to reveal its prompt in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 45 points 7 months ago

Based on the comments it appears the prompt doesn't really even fully work. It mainly seems to be something to laugh at while despairing over the writer's nonexistant command of logic.

I have a slight suspicion that it is a scam in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 53 points 7 months ago

It's probably confusing people already who never rented VHS tapes

Helldivers 2’s Politics Appear To Be Flying Over The Heads Of Some in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 29 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

The complaints about Wolfenstein becoming political really took the cake for me.

Helldivers 2’s Politics Appear To Be Flying Over The Heads Of Some in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

They kinda threaten to send you off to freedom camp if you disagree with them. The fascisim ain't subtle.

so much for modern medicine in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

Honestly it got pretty visible during the height of the covid pandemic: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-68c9762a4420094d300f9cbada0186f8

Not sure how much worse you could make it.

Wi-Fi jamming to knock out cameras suspected in nine Minnesota burglaries -- smart security systems vulnerable as tech becomes cheaper and easier to acquire in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The simple solution here is to record to flash when wifi dies. Yes wired stuff is nice but half of these are consumer installed.