The important difference between a paid VPS subscription and a free account with <GENERIC EVIL BILLIONAIRE>s online services is how they are financed. With the latter, definitely assume you’re the product, specifically your data.

Any VPS provider should have a privacy policy, and as a user you should acquaint yourself with the securities they (claim to) provide. The fact that you pay even a pittance for their service should be an incentive not to monetise or snoop your data.

But yeah, short of an encrypted online backup service, I’d never put “very private data” online at all…

I verify my sessions. its a hassle, but it’s getting rarer and easier.

I’ve used matrix for the better part of a decade, and I get that reference.

That said, while the matrix crew have worked hard on the decryption issues, I’d much rather feel that particular pain on a federated network where I can change servers than be stuck with Signal if/when the single server’s policies turn evil.

That tells you all you need to know about my sources for firearm trivia! I don’t even remember watching DH2 😄

OT, and I’m usually not the type that comments with gun trivia, but

the cold metal of a glock

Wasn’t Glock famously made of ceramic polymer and became popular for evasion of metal detectors?

Sorry for the sidetrack, that single point irks me even if it’s way outside my wheelhouse.

Yeah, that still seems weird to me. Does it connect the post in any way to the magazine (especially Lemmy communities), or just end up a hashtag if people read from a fedi microblog instance?

Incidentally, FediMeteo uses the existing Open-Meteo API. The use case is just… you can follow your nearest city on Mastodon and get forecasts in your home feed?

But… Lemmy isn’t for following accounts. That’s a microblog feature. Maybe follow them on Mastodon or similar network?

Probably not —

You can follow FediMeteo directly in the Fediverse (on Mastodon and compatible platforms)

AFAIK the Lemmy/Mastodon compatibility isn’t great as they use activitypub for different purposes.

Besides, what would be the point of posting weather reports on Lemmy? So you can discuss their accuracy?

FediMeteo is dedicated to my grandfather, who every evening would give me the weather forecast based on TV, radio, and his personal experience. He would convince me that the weather would be bad, so he had an excuse to accompany me to school instead of me going alone.

That’s a lovely anecdote, but also an argument against keeping up with weather prognoses — if you’ve already decided your preferred outcome based on your plans and desires for the next day 🙂

So your solution is a vendetta society balanced by mutually assured deepfake. Got it.

This tool is intended for use with non-DRM, legally acquired eBooks only. The authors are not responsible for any misuse of this software or any resulting legal consequences.

Use this tool responsibly and in accordance with all applicable laws.

Uh huh, yep. Also, will definitely not be putting any audiobook readers out of a job.

Any time you need to remind users to “use this tool responsibly”, you know very well that’s not going to happen.

That’s like saying victims of deepfake porn benefit because they get to watch themselves having sex. Nope, not buying it.

No worries. Given the season, surely it’s the recurring Bahhum bug.

Probably true. I don’t see anything like that in the article, though?

So what I take away after a quick skim on xmas eve is… this is an attempt at one app for all (or big parts) of the fediverse?

I think this is the most mature and versatile one? Bookwyrm is nice for what it does, but it’s only books.

Semantics. If person A is protected by privacy rights in her jurisdiction, but her data is scraped by project B from one where such rights conveniently aren’t legally respected, A should still be able to expect some way of injunction.

Yeah, terrific use for a mini PC. Will some self hosters and home labbers spit bile at the thought? Probably. It’s a matter of personal requirements.

Basically, like you say, most mini PCs are quiet, power efficient, and just carry that bit more oomph than a SBC.

For context, Rock Paper Shotgun is a gaming site, which is why the reviewer focuses so heavily on game performance on different mini PCs. Unsurprisingly, the answer to the title isn’t an unequivocal “yes”, but some of the little lunch boxes fare quite well despite their limited specs.

A more accurate title would be “Should gamers bother with mini PCs,” but given their audience that would be superfluous 🙂 I think mini PC gaming will continue to be a niche interest, but there are certainly other and probably better uses for the tiny computers.