DahGangalang

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In fact, we had a conversation in c/Couplememes@sh.itjust.works
[–] DahGangalang 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

See, my knee jerk reaction is to say this is an attempt to impose The King's English on people.

That is to say that there is one and only one correct manner of speech and deviations - or dare I suggest the existence of barbarous "slang" - are not to be tolerated.

Yes, you should care about the communication and about making it high quality, but the goal is clarity of message; not some strict adherence to a mostly arbitrary rule book.

I like the word "alot" and I tend to use it alot. I think you would be hard pressed to find someone who was confused by my meaning I say it/write it.

As for "Thena gin".....yeah, not an honest example....

How would you go about bypassing North Korea's smartphone? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] DahGangalang 3 points 1 day ago

Hard to say. I expect its more likely that you're right than wrong, but that's not to say it's definitely that way.

So I'm not 100% certain this is how it would act, but them having a separate chip for screenshots - like, what does that mean? So I see two possibilities: a hardware subsystem Frankensteined onto an existing phone; or a separate SOC that exists within the phone's frame for monitoring.

For the Frankenstein's version, it'd probably basically be a timer, minor image processing (to read the screen), and a small memory store (to keep data from screen caps). It'd probably route instructions through the phones CPU. I don't know thats flashing your OS would prevent this from operating, but that's where I'd start in trying to bypass it.

For the separate SOC, yeah you're fucked. Maybe you can bust open the frame and remove it....lol, but good luck without the internet handy.

How would you go about bypassing North Korea's smartphone? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] DahGangalang 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is good to know.

Is that to say they run copy cat versions of major services on a national intranet (so as to make it appear comparable to the real internet)?

In fact, we had a conversation in c/Couplememes@sh.itjust.works
[–] DahGangalang 0 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If you get the underlying idea, then I think it be good enough of amanner a speaking.

The only bit I take offence to is using a instead of per when discussing rates ("once a day" vs "once per day"), but it comes out that way in spoken word, so its almost forgiveable.

How would you go about bypassing North Korea's smartphone? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] DahGangalang 2 points 1 day ago (6 children)

My thoughts go to flashing the OS. I only have experience with Pixel Devices flashed to Graphene, but options exist. From there, VPNs might be helpful.

But I'm not sure that'd be adequate, and it assumes you have access to gigabytes of internet connection already and (as pointed out by other commentors) probably wouldn't get around network issues.

Ultimately, getting an outside device with satellite connection is an easier route.

Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ all water desalination plants in Iran in c/worldnews@lemmit.online
[–] DahGangalang 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

How much of Iran's water comes from desal operations?

Its my understanding that desalination is crazy inefficient and somewhat detrimental to the environment.....but also, I'm not familiar with any large bodies of freshwater in Iran.

Edit: tried to just google it.

Wikipedia Link

Looks like its a fairly small portion, but they've been running into limits from natural sources and so desalination was seen as a way break through the barriers on that front.

At worst, it seems like the US bombing out all the desal infrastructure would set the nation back by a decade in its water security goals.

Capsicumel Advice in c/homebrewing@sopuli.xyz
[–] DahGangalang 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In my.experience, jalapeño infused tequila is peak at about 48-72 hours of infusion; its overwhelming at about 5 days, and undrinkable of left over a week.

Assuming primary fermentation lasts 2 weeks, I expect that to be overwhelming (even assuming the ABV being higher in tequila causes greater extraction of spice /flavor).

I suppose if I did the pepper infusion in secondary, it might be more manageable?

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Capsicumel Advice (self.homebrewing)
 

Hi all,

Looking to try my hand at a Capsicumel (spicy mead flavored with peppers). I'd heard about these years and years ago, but never put much thought to it till recently.

I'm hesitant to go all in on my first test batch, but saw that crushed red peppers are a decent way to begin to add spice. I think I want to shoot for a semisweet brew with mild spice - primary flavor should be comparable to a traditional mead, but with a bit of a spicy kick.

I've read that jalapeños are the go to for a mild Capsicumel, but I'm worried even that might be too much (I have experience infusing tequila with jalapeños, and that goes off the rails fast).

I was thinking of using crushed red peppers as the spice source.

Does anyone have experience with this they'd like to share?

Anyone else get annoyed with the pop up ads in proton products? in c/protonprivacy@lemmy.world
[–] DahGangalang 2 points 4 days ago

I went premium some years ago and used to thing it was ridiculous for them to be showing banners and popup ads to paying customers.

They appear to have fixed that. Nonetheless, seems like something ublock could handle.

The World Needs More Love Like This in c/Couplememes@sh.itjust.works
[–] DahGangalang 8 points 1 week ago

Stay strong friend

GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information in c/privacy@programming.dev
[–] DahGangalang 12 points 1 week ago

I don't live in an area under the jurisdiction of any of these laws.

Despite this, were I on stock android, I would probably need to have the means for services I use to gather more information about me, regardless of my consent to their collection. Additionally, I am legally an adult, as is everyone in my household; we have no intention of having anyone in our household under the age of 18.

Graphene OS offering a way for me to not need to comply with a law I am not governed by. Any safety argument would not apply to us even if we were governed by any such law.

With all that, I fully support such actions by OS providers.

US company 4Chan mocks £520,000 fine for UK online safety breaches in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] DahGangalang 55 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ugh, just wish it was someone more.....ideologically agreeable...that was making this kind of statement.

Anon owns nothing and is unhappy in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
[–] DahGangalang 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That was an aspect, but I think it was how much dumber the AI became. I remember the "conquer everything" objective being doable in the first base game, but your allies act so poorly in the sequel that its basically in doable.

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Roomba Max 705 - Anyone else gotten it to work? (self.homeassistant)
 

Wife gave me a heads up that she expects we'll get a Roomba from her parents for Christmas - most likely a Roomba Max 505 or 705 (or the Costco variations on those).

Looking at the Roomba Integrations page for HA, I saw this line:

It currently does NOT work with the newer x05 Wi-Fi models, such as Roomba 105, 405, and 505

I was wondering if anyone had tinkered with any of those candidate models and had any success getting them to work with HA?

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Feature Request: Snoozing Communities (without removing from your subscriptions) (self.voyagerapp)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by DahGangalang to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world
10 comments fedilink
 

Hey Devs,

So I'm getting really sick of the XKCD Dependency derived memes being posted on !programmer_humor@programming.dev and other similar communities.

I still like the communities and don't want to leave them....I just want to not hear from then till this far has passed. It sure would be handy if I could block them from showing up in my feeds for 5-10 days.

Either way, appreciate your consideration!

Edit: accidentally linked wrong community.

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Probably n00b Question - Mead Brewing (self.homebrewing)
 

For context, I've dabbled in home brewing. I've made ~4 successful batches based on online recipes. I wouldn't call myself an expert, but also not a complete amateur.

So what happens if you don't rack your mead/wine? I suppose the notion I have is to let it set in primary (assuming there's no fruit/spices to remove after initial fermentation) until its fully clarified before going straight to bottling?

I guess I've assumed there is some problem in the clarification step if you don't "get rid of" the dead yeast that precipitates, but I've never seen anything exploring that as a method.

Can anyone offer their experience?

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Screen isues after latest update (self.grapheneos)
 

Just got set up with latest update and am having issues with up swipes when scrolling (e.g. on webpages), when up swiping to access open apps/full app listing, and when trying to "back" swipe (i.e. trying to back out of a menu.

To be more descriptive, if I stop scrolling with up swipes, usually the next up swipe won't work and I'll need to do it twice to have it register the gesture.

For opening my list of apps and the full app listing (swiping from very bottom) I usually have to try about 5 times for it to register the gesture. Same for back swiping.

I use the standard Grapheme launcher and haven't installed any new apps since the update. Issue started this morning after the reboot for OS upgrade. I do have a screen protector, but I'm not seeing any issues with any tapping gestures, so I doubt that's the cause.

Is anyone else experiencing this? Anyone know any fixes?

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Save help / warning to other n00bs (self.emulation)
 

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/30689546

So recently had a hankering for some Pokémon hacks so booted up my old Pokémon Storm Silver ROM (using retroarch with Desmume as emulator).

I spun up a new game and played a bit, but it wouldn't let me save a new game since the ROM had my old save data. I decided to just save the game state with the built in retro arch save state functionality. So beat the champion using save states as alternative save feature with 60 hours on game clock (probably MUCH less due to my abuse of ffw feature).

But when you beat the champion, it dumps you back to the title screen. From there, I can only load my old data (since my current play isn't properly saved in the game data). As such, I can't play any of the post elite four content.

Anyone aware of a workaround where I can erase the games data from a save state? Kinda feels like I'm just SOL.

If I am, let this stand as a warning to other Pokémon fans. Always take the time to clear your old data!

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Save help / warning to other n00bs (self.emulation)
 

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/30689546

So recently had a hankering for some Pokémon hacks so booted up my old Pokémon Storm Silver ROM (using retroarch with Desmume as emulator).

I spun up a new game and played a bit, but it wouldn't let me save a new game since the ROM had my old save data. I decided to just save the game state with the built in retro arch save state functionality. So beat the champion using save states as alternative save feature with 60 hours on game clock (probably MUCH less due to my abuse of ffw feature).

But when you beat the champion, it dumps you back to the title screen. From there, I can only load my old data (since my current play isn't properly saved in the game data). As such, I can't play any of the post elite four content.

Anyone aware of a workaround where I can erase the games data from a save state? Kinda feels like I'm just SOL.

If I am, let this stand as a warning to other Pokémon fans. Always take the time to clear your old data!

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Save help / warning to other n00bs (self.romhacking)
 

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/30689546

So recently had a hankering for some Pokémon hacks so booted up my old Pokémon Storm Silver ROM (using retroarch with Desmume as emulator).

I spun up a new game and played a bit, but it wouldn't let me save a new game since the ROM had my old save data. I decided to just save the game state with the built in retro arch save state functionality. So beat the champion using save states as alternative save feature with 60 hours on game clock (probably MUCH less due to my abuse of ffw feature).

But when you beat the champion, it dumps you back to the title screen. From there, I can only load my old data (since my current play isn't properly saved in the game data). As such, I can't play any of the post elite four content.

Anyone aware of a workaround where I can erase the games data from a save state? Kinda feels like I'm just SOL.

If I am, let this stand as a warning to other Pokémon fans. Always take the time to clear your old data!

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Save help / warning to other n00bs (self.retroarch)
 

So recently had a hankering for some Pokémon hacks so booted up my old Pokémon Storm Silver ROM (using retroarch with Desmume as emulator).

I spun up a new game and played a bit, but it wouldn't let me save a new game since the ROM had my old save data. I decided to just save the game state with the built in retro arch save state functionality. So beat the champion using save states as alternative save feature with 60 hours on game clock (probably MUCH less due to my abuse of ffw feature).

But when you beat the champion, it dumps you back to the title screen. From there, I can only load my old data (since my current play isn't properly saved in the game data). As such, I can't play any of the post elite four content.

Anyone aware of a workaround where I can erase the games data from a save state? Kinda feels like I'm just SOL.

If I am, let this stand as a warning to other Pokémon fans. Always take the time to clear your old data!

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App Store Recommendations (self.graphene_os)
 

Just recently took the leap to Graphene OS from stock android.

One problem I'm having is getting my apps and keeping them updated. Obviously I've been trying to use F-Droid, Accrescent, and the Grapheme provided app store where I can, but work and friends require me to have apps not available there.

I've been using Aurora Store for everything else, but it seems really buggy (tons of instances where apps won't update, will need ~3 tries to properly install, will notify me there was an error when the app clearly installed, etc). Additionally, I saw somewhere that Aurora store has some privacy/security issues (but didn't dive deeper to see what was meant by that).

I've read Obtanium is another option, but it looks like that still will not meet all my needs.

I suppose I should also say that I'm hesitant to use the Play Store / Play Services at all. I get there's sandboxing around them that makes them less invasive, but I don't full grasp how Graphene accomplishes that / what specifically it prevents.

What are you guys using for your App Stores? Should I just put aside my concerns and trust the sandboxed Play Store?

Appreciate your attention and consideration on this!

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How does this pic show that Elon Musk doesnt know SQL? (infosec.pub)
 

I'm a tech interested guy. I've touched SQL once or twice, but wasn't able to really make sense of it. That combined with not having a practical use leaves SQL as largely a black box in my mind (though I am somewhat familiar with technical concepts in databasing).

With that, I keep seeing [pic related] as proof that Elon Musk doesn't understand SQL.

Can someone give me a technical explanation for how one would come to that conclusion? I'd love if you could pass technical documentation for that.

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Latest / impending Reddit bumble + Why to expect influx from Reddit? (self.outoftheloop)
 

I've heard Reddit is setting themselves up for another major fumble and that it relates to how much Spez is a fanboy of Elon Musk.

I can't find any details on the drama playing out though. Can someone explain the details of what's going on?

I would love to see Lemmy grow with another big "Rexxit" event, but I'm not seeing anything happening to cause one.

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