shopvaccer

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by shopvaccer 2y ago
>that Wine/Proton helps make the Win32 and DirectX APIs a sort of de-facto cross-platform standard when it comes to things like desktop gaming, and that this is a good thing for them. I'm not sure if it benefits microsoft in th
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by shopvaccer 3y ago
I've been using an antimalware system which has been highly successful at blocking all sorts of malware. It's where I don't run invasive closed source programs on my computers and give them access to all my shit, and I don&#x
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by shopvaccer 3y ago
I don't think it's a fair comparison because in the PC market the bootloaders are (usually) unlocked and the firmware (usually) operates via an open standard like UEFI or BIOS... whereas in the smartphone market open bootloaders a
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by shopvaccer 3y ago
> for a time, FTX was considered the most trusted exchange in crypto. citation needed
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by shopvaccer 3y ago
I think OpenGL is important as a simple, "universal" legacy standard. As long as it's supported (with reasonable performance), through something like Zink it's fine. As someone who is new to graphics programming, the per
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by shopvaccer 3y ago
>mainly because android is multiplatform and rust, by it's nature, is only available for what it's built for Android is one platform: android. I thought rust worked across multiple operating systems. >Rust doesn't have
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by shopvaccer 3y ago
With respect to grapheneOS on samsung, I don't think it's about security. It's about openness, there is already samsung knox (or whatever it is called, samsung dex?) so clearly they know how to make a secure enclave it's
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by shopvaccer 3y ago
I have had a pretty similarly bad experience repairing my pixel 4a the other month. Purchased a new screen and kit from ifixit for 1/3 the cost of buying a new phone, even had to get a heat gun to unglue the old screen, and guess what?
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by shopvaccer 3y ago
I can't speak for stock android, but I can say AOSP (GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, lineageOS and such) is a much better experience than iOS. The free software ecosystem is nice cause the mobile apps are way more functional. You can do almost an
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by shopvaccer 3y ago
What kind of websites? You mean like social media sites that are obfuscated to prevent scraping? I suppose, it would have to be quite reliable. I don't know how relevant this is, but I was thinking that you could probably use some sort
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by shopvaccer 3y ago
What's that? I can't hear you over the shop vac