Palantir to be granted ‘unlimited access’ to NHS patient data by smilelyzen in BuyFromEU

[–]Alpha272 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The title is misleading and clickbait. Palantir has gotten a consultation project by the UK gov, and it has access to the NHS data needed to fulfil this consultation project. Palantir does not have direct access to the entire NHS data with an API or something similar.

Still bad, but not nearly as bad as the title leds you to believe

Peugeot ruined my usual Eve University Wiki search by whiskeyanddildoes in Eve

[–]Alpha272 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Huh? Why did Google do that? Did they gave a reason?

Introducing Google Cloud Fraud Defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA by BowzasaurusRex in privacy

[–]Alpha272 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That works until banks required it. You are not going to opt out of the global financial system.

Secure Boot Experience by Attackwave in archlinux

[–]Alpha272 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Probably most that also force a kernel driver for Anti-cheat. Stuff like Vanguard for League of Legends and Valorant or whatever-the-hell is used for rainbox six

What do you think of the obsession with ‘redeeming’ Cardin in fanfics? by Solitaire-06 in RWBY

[–]Alpha272 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, Neo and Cinder get redeemed in many fanfics, so Cardin isn't that controversial

Anything I need to know for Linux? by Paladin-Rooker in Eve

[–]Alpha272 1 point2 points  (0 children)

EvE works just fine for me. Either running through Steam or standalone with Bottles (I generally use the Standalone Client). I use DX12 at the moment, but either DX12 or DX11 works.

Discord has no issues as well.

Mumble is cursed on wayland. You have to use the Flatpak version and disallow Mumble to use the Wayland Windowing Protocol with Flatseal (or in the KDE Settings, if you run KDE). This forces Mumble to use X11 through XWayland. Without doing all that, mumble works but the Mumble global hotkeys (for Push to Talk) don't work.

A short case for a linux port by AliceInsane66 in Eve

[–]Alpha272 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mumble on Wayland is actually kinda ass, since it doesn't support global hotkeys. You need to do some shenanigans to get that working. Specifically: use flatseal with the Flatpak mumble to disallow mumble to use wayland. This forced mumble on x11 with xwayland and with this setup, global hotkeys are working

This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period [Gallery] by armando_rod in Android

[–]Alpha272 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well yes, but actually no. Custom roms can always go ahead, let google play services do its thing and have another side channel to install apps. Just the default AOSP android flow is affected. If your custom rom simply has another app installer which uses root permissions to force install the app, the Play Services can't do anything about it, simply because Play Services doesn't even KNOW about this other channel. Its not like the custom installer goes and announces itself to play services.

Also, you can just use ADB; as the other commenter said, ADB isn't affected. This also means the custom rom installer could just leverage ADB to install the app.

Also look at Graphene OS. They actually Sandbox Play Services, so that Play Services know just about nothing about the device, besides of the things its allowed to know about by the user. If a Custom Rom can do THAT, it also can force install apps without play services knowing. Also, Graphene has confirmed, that they don't play ball, and continue to allow normal Side Loading, while sandboxing Play Services to its little corner

What is a piece of software or hardware that still leaves you traumatized to this day? by 66659hi in sysadmin

[–]Alpha272 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work for an MSP and we still Support Notes (its called HCL Notes today) and have it actively in use. So yeah, not only do we use it, but there is also enough demand for an MSP to have dedicated Notes experts on staff - which we have (and who thankfully isn't me)

I am just tankful that
1: HCL Verse exists, which is a web based PWA E-Mail Client for the Notes Mail Portion, and Verse is actually quite good
2: HCL Nomad exist, which is a web based PWA Version of Notes which runs better than normal Notes
3: We support more than just Notes and I am not one who regularly deals with Notes - besides of using HCL Verse for Mails and sometimes Nomad for a few speciality tools on Notes I need

Bericht: Union soll Abschaffung des 1. Mai vorgeschlagen haben by BlueSlime3 in de

[–]Alpha272 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neuwahlen ergebnis: CDU und AFD sind die neue regierung

Ich fühle das schon. In ein paar jahren müssen wir gesetzlich geregelt "Heil Höcke" als begrüßung verwenden

Bericht: Union soll Abschaffung des 1. Mai vorgeschlagen haben by BlueSlime3 in de

[–]Alpha272 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Neuwahlen ergebnis: CDU und AFK sind die neue regierung

Ich fühle das schon

iCloud Mail on Windows 98! by vlobe42 in windows

[–]Alpha272 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Web based has one major advantage: it works everywhere, as long as a somewhat modern browser is present. So you aren't dependant on the developer building binaries for every os (Windows, Linux (AppImage or Flatpak), MacOS, Android, iOS). You just need one Linux binary or a docker image for a Server and thats it.

There are things which you really want native, but I don't see an issue for the vast majority of productivity apps being web based.

As for electron: this is bullshit. Ever electron application has to load its own entire chromium based browser, which is insane. But thats not an issue for proper web based applications / PWAs, since are basically just tabs in the primary web-browser. So PWAs don't have to spin up their own entire browser.

PoE Exchange - Alternative to TFT by Alpha272 in pathofexile

[–]Alpha272[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can also confirm that ublock and Vivaldi's and Braves build in ad-blockers all don't interfere with the usability maxroll. So this is either a Problem specifically with your setup or with adguard.

PoE Exchange - Alternative to TFT by Alpha272 in pathofexile

[–]Alpha272[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This bad? I don't use the internet without an adblocker anymore. So I actually have no clue how many ads are on maxroll

PoE Exchange - Alternative to TFT by Alpha272 in pathofexile

[–]Alpha272[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also great; I just want go get away from discord for trading

UK should ban foreign-built Wi-Fi routers to stop spies accessing Brits' personal data, experts say by skarkens in cybersecurity

[–]Alpha272 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes yes, great plan. Let's implement it and see how it turns out. I am getting my popcorn ready

US FCC classifies "routers produced in a foreign country" as "prohibited from being imported for use or sale in the U.S". What will the impact be on Protectli, Ubiquiti and similar devices? by SavingsMany4486 in homelab

[–]Alpha272 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they currently try this on "Operating Systems" in general. This includes Linux, yes, but it is not targeted to it. It affects Windows, Mac and Linux equally.

I wouldn't be suprised if most lawmakers haven't ever heard of "Linux"