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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I have gone through the links, and I still cannot find the answer to my question on what makes UPI "absolutely horrible when it comes to privacy" when compared to the other options in your original comment.

I still maintain that all practical means of digital transactions are inherently poor for privacy, regardless of the channel/medium. One is not less private than the other.

Of course, mediums like cryptocurrency exists which "promise" privacy while transacting. But they are not practical in India, and also do not operate at the scale of the options we are discussing about.

Also, I really appreciate responding back with links, but a line directly answering my question would have saved some time, especially since the links you shared are irrelevant to our discussion. None of the links actually do a comparison of the options or even state that one is outright better than the other. If anything, some of the comments in the linked forum posts only echo what I am saying about the lack of privacy across all digital transactions.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Congratulations for existing and for missing the point of my comment.

Regardless of your choice of wireless mouse and how you use it, do have a USB port free which is not locked to your monitor, and is preferably connected to a charger. What if your phone needs a charge while you are at your desk but are not using your monitor?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago

You may desperately twist words and infer more than what is written in my comment, and lose your cool, or understand that this is not as big of a deal as the discourse may lead one to believe.

There are options for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Can you expand on why UPI is horrible when it comes to privacy when compared to the other options you have mentioned?

I would not be doing any sort of digital transactions if I am worried about privacy as I don’t think one is better than the other in this matter. It would be naive to think so otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (13 children)

I use a wireless mouse from Logitech for work (and so does a lot of my coworkers), and never in its ~5 years of use did I use the mouse plugged in.

The device gives multiple low battery warnings well in advance. I just plug it in before logging off after I receive the second or third warning.

I acknowledge Apple’s obtuseness of choosing form over function with the Magic Mouse (among other devices across their catalogue), but anyone who has used a wireless mouse daily would know that it is not as big of a deal as the media and community makes it out to be every time a discussion takes place about the Magic Mouse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Weird, almost counterintuitive, example. But I get your thought.

A normally inaccessible and poorly lit tourist attraction, like a cave, is a good fit for surveillance for those times when a tourist wanders off or goes against the rules which could be harmful to themselves and others around them.

Having said that, I agree with your thought and that there are a lot of other areas that would be better without surveillance.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Someone had to carry out a study for that? I thought that’s common with ADHD.

Stress just turns on a switch in the brain which would otherwise be off no matter how much a situation warranted it.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 6 days ago

Lot of knee jerk reaction here, to the point of not donating and abandoning the greatest collective effort made on the Internet.

The specific suspended page directly relates to an ongoing lawsuit, where WikiMedia is the defendant.

Also, Streisand effect much? :D

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

If recent news about Antarctica turning green more rapidly is to go by, one might just find fruits there soon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Thank you.

Sexty was just right there!!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

How many are used to run Java?

There is a point on the scale at which a quantity of something stops making sense. Some sextillion transistors, billions of Java devices, and so on. I always found such statistics weird, as it is just too hard to imagine the numbers. It is far easier to rationalise logically.

The basis for digital computing, that has been aggressively miniaturised and multiplied for decades? Yes, I believe those would be absurdly abundant.

A programming language designed to be platform independent, around the dawn of portable computing? I am sure it must have found its way to a lot of devices.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Relieved to know I was not the only one who misread “fit”.

 

I have an old ThinkPad T42 coming my way. I plan to use it alongside my daily driver mainly for reading, emacs, and retro gaming. I will be dual booting a lightweight flavour of Linux (TBD) and Windows 98 on it.

However, I am a bit concerned about its ability to handle today's internet, with all of its heavy websites.

I would love to hear from those of you who are still using old ThinkPads (or other vintage laptops) in 2024. How do you make it work? Do you use lightweight browsers, specific configurations, or lightweight websites to get around the limitations of older hardware?

Are there any specific tips or tricks you can share for getting the most out of an old ThinkPad on the modern web?

Looking forward to hearing about your experiences!

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/14145658

[512Pixels] Logitech’s Mouse Software Now Includes ChatGPT Support, Adds Janky ‘ai_overlay_tmp’ Directory to Users’ Home Folders

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15358589

Bloomberg - Apple Says No Major App Developers Accept New Outside Payments

According to Apple, only 38 developers have applied to add such links — out of roughly 65,000 that could.

 

According to Apple, only 38 developers have applied to add such links — out of roughly 65,000 that could.

 

HMD is betting that consumers are moving to more environmentally-conscious products and are placing an emphasis on repairability. HMD says the Pulse range is built to “Gen 1 repairability” and that users can pick up self-repair kits from iFixit. Repairs include changing the battery, but also swapping the screen.

 

After using Apple’s products exclusively for close to a decade, I have seen a pattern emerge with their software updates where every new update introduces a set of trivial regressions in the UX.

  1. Swipe to seek a video in iOS’ native player has stopped working since I updated to iOS 17. In fact, this paper cut is what prompted me to write this post. I believe it didn’t work on iOS 15 either but worked flawlessly on iOS 16.
  2. Across all of iOS 16 versions installed on my phone, long-pressing an item on screen (links, app icons, files, etc.) to show the contact menu and selecting an entry in the menu without listing the finger didn’t work. It did until iOS 15 and it does now in iOS 17.
  3. Spotlight in iOS 14 (and back in iOS 10 or 11, I don’t remember well) took slightly longer to load (and even stutter on iPadOS). I don’t find this issue anymore on the same devices that had this earlier.
  4. The magnifying bubble that popped up while moving the caret in a text field stopped working around iOS 14/15. It was reintroduced back in iOS 16.

Now, I understand that these regressions are unintentional unlike the botched System Preferences on macOS or the poor handling of Safari UI across iOS 15 and macOS 12.

I also understand that such regressions are bound to happen as no software is 100% QC-able, but it doesn’t mean one has to wait for an entire year to see these get fixed as is the case with the examples I have mentioned.

It could also be the case that these issues are localised to my devices, and that the yearly updates perhaps cleans the slate (the good ol’ reboot-machine-to-rid-error fix). Regardless, I have raised bug reports for all these and more, along with feature requests.

I would like to hear your experiences across major/minor software updates on Apple devices or services.

Also, let this serve as a PSA to file bug reports if you have the time and effort to spare, it helps the developers a lot (Apple or otherwise). Here is a comprehensive guide to report bugs for a variety of Apple’s offerings:

Bug Reporting: How and Why?

E: Through one of the deleted comments made on this post, I learned that the removal of the magnifying bubble while typing in iOS 13 was intentional.

 

Itna sannata kyu hai bhai? [Why is it so silent here?]

Arrived here after reading the post on lemmy.ml.

However, the community is not as active as I hoped it would. Not many posts, and most posts have zero comments.

What do you think could drive more engagement here?

My initial thoughts on this.

The community could be more active if the rules and moderation policies are made known.

What are the rules for posting here? Are news articles allowed? Or is it just general articles? What about discussion posts? What topics are allowed for discussion?

For example, I wanted to post about the recent events around casteism in Madhya Pradesh. But I wasn’t sure if it met the policies and rules. Moreover, recent articles are about general topics or listicles, so I ended up dropping the idea.

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