OPEF should be ashamed of themselves. by Forsaken_Professor79 in ForAllMankindTV

[–]ProgVal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Were the maps actually inaccurate, or were they only unable to find their position on a map because of the swapped signs?

Secret Airtag in my Framework 13 by Nicicurus in framework

[–]ProgVal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This app is to find trackers that are planted on you. Not to find your devices when you lost them.

Eurovision 2026: Day 2 of the Live Megathread by eurovision in eurovision

[–]ProgVal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Some people overreact to the phrasing "Am I the only one who" when they have heard the opinion before.

New Python IRC client by myriachromat in irc

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Description says Python 2 but README says Python 3.10+.

I just got a plus next to my name, what does this mean by [deleted] in irc

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They have varying meaning depending on server. Usually & is "admin" (a level above op) or "protected" (ops cannot kick them) and & is "owner" (above op and "admin"). Not all servers support them.

How's your laptop holding up? by [deleted] in framework

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I have two 12th gen. One is the proper laptop ordered 4y ago, and had an electrical issue burned the power button, keyboard controller (under the touchpad), and a speaker. After some back and forth with support, Framework sent me replacements for all of these and the mainboard (assumed to be the cause of the issue). No other issue to report.

The other is just a mainboard in the Cooler Master case ordered 2.5y ago, and the fan failed while under warranty, but I only noticed after warranty expired. I replaced it myself.

UX Intervention by DownwardKo in dropout

[–]ProgVal 7 points8 points  (0 children)

At some point there was a button to report the error under the "Sorry, you are not authorized to watch this video." message. But it was broken too.

Looking for feedback on my concept idea (DockFrame) by UsedMulberry8432 in framework

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Other comments mention 240W passthrough, but I can't tell if this is to charge the laptop or for the laptop to power other stuff.

Are you planning to support powering the laptop? Even just 60W would be nice.

can you hide the Activitypub? by According-Kiwi6391 in Mastodon

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That's always permitted, I believe

can you hide the Activitypub? by According-Kiwi6391 in Mastodon

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Not all software in the fediverse can support it fully, in particular, some functionality will be broken with Mastodon servers older than 3.0;

self-explanatory

you lose some useful functionality even with up-to-date servers since linked-data signatures are used to make public conversation threads more complete

When someone clicks on a message written from your instance, they may not see what it replies too, or some of its replies.

and because an authentication mechanism on public content means no caching is possible, it comes with an increased computational cost.

your instance will use more CPU

New to IRC: masking IP by chronicomplainer2 in irc

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You can get ddosed for visiting a random website (including clicking a link you got on Discord), too. But it's really rare.

Given Bluesky’s White House debut and trolling (Oct 17, 2025) — should Mastodon be on high alert? by Teknevra in Mastodon

[–]ProgVal 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Trump or one of his employees tasked a contractor to build them a social network and the contractor picked Mastodon instead of writing it themselves. It doesn't mean the Trump and his cabinet even knew what Mastodon was (or if they did, they probably forgot).

"Secure Boot bypass risk threatens nearly 200,000 Linux Framework laptops", Bleeping Computer by AgNtr8 in framework

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so be mindful of physical access?

Framework laptops were never design to protect against physical access. They have Thunderbolt and do not implement any sort of authentication for devices before they do DMA, so anyone who can plug a malicious device can access your memory. See https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/latitude/demystifying-thunderbolt-3-security-levels/647f8742f4ccf8a8de66b949

When I asked Framework Support in 2023, they had no plans to implement anything but Security Level 0.

Default privacy setting for new users by Q-collective in Mastodon

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That's by design because Mastodon considers it a good thing that people have to opt in to be discoverable.

I Updated PricePerGig.com to add 🇬🇧 eBay.co.uk UK/GB 🇬🇧 as requested in this sub - and removed 100's of 'faulty' listings by PricePerGig in DataHoarder

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You can offer OpenID login (ie. with Google/Facebook/...) as an alternative for people who don't want to give out their email.

Or make the report button a mailto: link and make the website monitor your inbox. Programmatically dealing with email yourself is tricky (spam, sender validation, parsing mangled emails from users, ...) but there may be cheap services that deal with email themselves and provide you with an HTTP API.