#ubuntu #snap #updates are a #killer #feature - by which I mean, they are goign to #kill #ubuntu https://smaller.fish/posts/snap_updates You get tonnes of #notifications , you finally take #notice and #shutdown the #app , and it *still doesn't #update after.* It happens *only* on a #schedule , which will always be at the *worst* time. How can you possible use #ubuntu #snap on any long-running task? I am switching #os because of this #feature , it is a #darkpattern .
So people are pretty mad about #elonmusk making the #blue #checkmark a #paid #feature , rather than a #privilege for #political #allies https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587.. A pretty good #video by #lotuseaters on the #reactions to this: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ub3yDRsmVPo Seems like even #biden is being #factchecked now...
So #twitter are #introducing a very #basic #edit #feature for #paid #users only: https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/twi.. Apparently for up to 30 #minutes people will be able to make #changes. Wil be interesting to see how this plays out.
Oh wow, #vizio #tv #ads are #playing over #live #tv - what a time to be alive! https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?su.. Bare in mind that you could have #purchased the #tv without this " #feature ", it #updated - and now you have some random #banner #ads played to you on your TV. Damn. #opensource #tv when?
The new #kernel #feature #iouring is filled with #security #issues it seems: https://www.graplsecurity.com/post/iou-r.. More work is needed before this gets #primetime .
Ouch, #firefox is now going to start putting #ads straight into the #address #bar with #firefoxsuggest https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/nav.. They are currently #trialling this in the #u - but it's really not ideal if this " #feature " is implemented.
Probably a bad sign for a #programmer when an #vscode #ide #feature you #code up to #colourize the #source can take 10 seconds to update! https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2021.. Not a problem I had personally considered, but I love the openness in which they #solved and shared the #solution !
I believe I read about this before, but #xiaomi have been caught #censoring certain terms on behalf of #china 's #ccp https://therecord.media/lithuanian-gover.. It appears to be a new #feature of their 5G #phones - looking forward to #huawei #patches in the future for our 5G #infrastructure - I'm sure there will be zero #backdoors ...
As somebody who regularly uses their #pine #pinetab - I would suggest that it is very much not a #replacement or #alternative to the #ipad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPe8bDOp.. It's seriously underpowered in a way that isn't even funny, not a single #feature of the device is even #comparable ... It appears to be something that Pine64 may be taking seriously with the #pinenote - but it will be at least another year to see if these changes get migrated back into the PineTab.