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kbal , to Linux in Suggestions for filesystem.
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I'd use ext4 for that, personally. You might also consider using full-disk encryption (redhat example) if there's going to be any data on there you wouldn't want a burglar to have. Obviously it wouldn't do much good if you don't encrypt the other disk as well, but having a fresh one to try it out on makes things easier.

kbal , to Asklemmy in Why are 80% of the elements metallic? I get that they ARE, but WHY?
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kbal , to Privacy in Mullvad VPN: Introducing Defense against AI-guided Traffic Analysis (DAITA)
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The possibility that some of those bad customers might've had the specific objective of permanently crippling the service as they successfully did is often under-appreciated.

kbal , to Privacy in Mullvad VPN: Introducing Defense against AI-guided Traffic Analysis (DAITA)
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Good for Mullvad. Long overdue, as they say. Wish I could still be a customer. Whoever induced them to turn off port forwarding did the world a disservice.

kbal , to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ in I'll never understand this kind of mindset.
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As well as Denuvo please also make it rely on Windows-only bugs so that we can be extra sure that those dirty Linux users are kept away, and it's not fair that foreigners get to enjoy things in their own language so make sure there's no localization for other countries. And I'd rather not have to know that disabled people can also play so make sure there's none of that "accessibility" crap in there slowing things down. And I heard that telemetry makes everything better so please make sure it records everything we do and reports it all back to headquarters, that really makes games better. Also it'd be nice if there were more ads to keep us entertained while it loads. Okay thanks. You guys are doing a great job. — Signed, a perfectly normal user

kbal , to Programmer Humor in Users
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"The only intuitive interface is the nipple. After that, it's all learned." — traditional 20th-century folk wisdom.

kbal , to Fediverse in Would Lemmy Benefit from Implementing Polls?
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There's a very long history of calling things like lemmy communities "groups". In my case I'm old and the habit comes from Usenet.

kbal , to Privacy in Why people don't talk about Google Maps' privacy issues
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Oh yeah, I tend to forget that there's an app and it's not just a website.

kbal , to Fediverse in Would Lemmy Benefit from Implementing Polls?
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Most of the fediverse already has polls, and can post things to lemmy groups. So yeah it would be nice to be able to see them properly.

kbal , to Privacy in End-to-end encryption may be the bane of cops, but they can't close that Pandora's Box
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It's not as if encryption would stop them being able to infiltrate and observe criminal gangs, and generally catch the bad guys. There are all kinds of other tools they can use without having instant push-button access to all communications data.

Encryption doesn't stop them spying on you. It stops them spying on everyone in the world simultaneously all the time with no effort.

kbal , to Privacy in Why people don't talk about Google Maps' privacy issues
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Normal people: Gladly give google maps access to location data at all times and never think about it

Me: Instinctively worry that on the rare occasions I do use google maps it's somehow identifying me and keeping track of all the locations I look at, so I sometimes look at random places I'm not really interested in just to throw off the algorithms.

But most of the time I prefer osmand.

kbal , to Technology in Chuck Todd: The race to build a better internet — before it's too late
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Wow, cool, even NBC is catching on to the Fediverse now?

... nope, it's just another blockchain fueled social media system, the main use of which so far seems to be as a haven for QAnon types (according to Wikipedia,) rapidly burning up venture capital. Good luck to them, I guess.

kbal , to Linux in why does noone inprove bash such that you can write a normal foor loop with whitespace in file names?
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Sure, or IFS=`echo "\n"` if you like

kbal , to Linux in why does noone inprove bash such that you can write a normal foor loop with whitespace in file names?
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That's quite a lot of comments so far with nobody saying
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kbal , to Linux in Why YOU should write a Wayland compositor – Victoria Brekenfeld – HiP22 Berlin
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The first concrete example mentioned (18 minutes in) seems to neatly sum up the difference in design philosophy.

X11: Four different keyboard input focus modes, where two would suffice.

Wayland: Only one input focus mode, where two would suffice.

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