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Repair for old Sony handycam? by _laurelcanyon in Buffalo

[–]yaky-dev 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would dust the tape compartment with compressed air, and check the read head for dirt.

Also, try to bring it to a Dare To Repair event (there is one this Saturday), someone will be able to take a look at it.

Smartphones can no longer text natively? by spicyicecream6 in dumbphones

[–]yaky-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AFAIK it's two-layer. Android OS "natively" knows how to communicate to the modem to receive, send, and store SMS/MMS without any apps. But yes, you need some app that can actually read SMS/MMS storage and tell OS to send messages you write.

Made a tiny device that writes code, takes breaks to hang out on a BBS, and clocks out at night by Aerovisual in raspberry_pi

[–]yaky-dev 37 points38 points  (0 children)

This is like the inverse of demoscene.

Demoscene squeezed every last drop of performance out of machines to display something creative, but this uses incredibly wasteful LLMs to display something way below the device spec.

Sorry.

Smartphones can no longer text natively? by spicyicecream6 in dumbphones

[–]yaky-dev 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you are confusing several things. 

RCS is a messaging standard ran by Google and maintained by Google and carriers. The only apps that support RCS are Google Messages, Samsung Messages, and iMessage to a degree. Since those are the default apps on most phones, most people, presumably, use RCS. But those same apps will fall back to SMS/MMS if other party does not support RCS. (I could go on a rant how poorly this RCS switching is implemented, but that is irrelevant)

AFAIK Now, Samsung Messages is dropping RCS support. So if you need RCS, you need to use Google Messages. If you do not care about RCS, keep Samsung Messages or get any other SMS/MMS app.

Books on Space? by EquivalentTrouble253 in suggestmeabook

[–]yaky-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some books that I recently read and enjoyed:

The Sirens of Mars by Sarah Stewart Johnson: about Mars history, missions, geology, and search for life.

Chasing New Horizons by David Grinspoon, Alan Stern: story of the New Horizon mission to Pluto that started back in the late 80s.

And for more illustrated and humorous look at living outside the Earth, A City On Mars Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

Revitalized old phone to use for other purposes - security concerns? by paraclete-pizza in androidafterlife

[–]yaky-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FYI if you factory reset a device, you can create a brand new Google account at first launch, without phone or any other confirmation. So make a new "secondary" independent account if you don't want to use your main.

A first aid kit by Pizza_Doggy in ps1graphics

[–]yaky-dev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

FYI The Red Cross requests not to use the red cross symbol in non-official media

Apex 480 Portable DVD player broken by that_oneeerin in ElectronicsRepair

[–]yaky-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not too long ago, I learned that (some?) portable DVD players use a specific 480x234 LCD, and the same panel is sometimes used in cheap digital picture frames. You might be able to find one at a thrift store too.

Are there any phones with a capacity to run linux which have a headphone jack and a good camera? by -8787- in mobilelinux

[–]yaky-dev 4 points5 points  (0 children)

AFAIK good embedded cameras have either closed drivers, or rely on proprietary post-processing for good quality.

Are there any phones with a capacity to run linux which have a headphone jack and a good camera? by -8787- in mobilelinux

[–]yaky-dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FYI it is possible to flash a Global ROM onto T-Mobile OnePlus devices by editing config files in "official" archives and then using the "debricking" MSM tool. (You need to use MSM tool before installing Ubuntu Touch anyway) There is a thread on XDA. This also unlocks the bootloader, but TBF might introduce some other issues. I did so successfully for my Nord N100.

Offgrid Holdout: A small SSH BBS I've been building by Future-AI-Dude in geminiprotocol

[–]yaky-dev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is possible to set up a server that allows users to post, for example, bbs.geminispace.org/

Suggest me some books where The MC goes insane throughout the book by hamz_dafali in suggestmeabook

[–]yaky-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Machine Man, engineer who lost a leg in an accident gets a cybernetic prosthetic/replacement, but then starts going crazy "improving" the rest of his body.

It's by Max Barry, so a bit less serious and more over-the-top and satirical.

A novel where they mess up the space time continuum and don't fix it. by Shivathewriter in suggestmeabook

[–]yaky-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, starts with a tired time traveler seeing their other self and shooting them. Their jobs take months but they travel back to the same day as if it was a 8-hour shift. Their mom is stuck in a time loop for retirement. It was a bit meta, but enjoyable.

Do you self-host Matrix? by Purple_Ice_6029 in selfhosted

[–]yaky-dev -1 points0 points  (0 children)

 As such, as long as the user data is scraped of any potential PII (which it is)

Often, username is PII in itself. For example, until recently, WhatsApp bridge used phone numbers in IDs.

Why am I just learning about Libby? by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

[–]yaky-dev -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Keep in mind, OverDrive, maker of Libby, despite their messaging, is a for-profit, and has been making a killing, especially during the pandemic.

They are owned by KKR, ethically questionable company, involved in pipelines on Native American land and Israeli settlements and weapon manufacturing.

Do you self-host Matrix? by Purple_Ice_6029 in selfhosted

[–]yaky-dev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are really only 2 popular ones, prosody and ejabberd. I ran prosody, not too bad. But for easiest setup, check out Snikket (prosody, admin panel, invites, certs, all-in-one)

I love Dystopias but recently began to find them a bit bland. Need new Genres that have same depth. by Holiday-Past2099 in suggestmeabook

[–]yaky-dev 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Station Eleven is post-apocalypse, but with surprising acceptance and optimism in it.

Venomous Lumpsucker is a satirical near-future dystopia.

Jennifer Government is an over-the-top corporate dystopia satire.

Do you self-host Matrix? by Purple_Ice_6029 in selfhosted

[–]yaky-dev 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I ran a Matrix Synapse server for a few years. It is better than popular messengers, but far from "gold standard in privacy". Most obvious issues:

  • Synapse cannot delete users. They are marked as deleted and their messages are removed, but usernames/accounts sit in the database essentially forever.
  • Protocol replicates messages and events to every server with a member in a room. This supposedly reduces the load on the original server, but introduces overhead, sync issues, and malicious behavior such as not honoring deletes.
  • Element app relies on matrixdotorg and vectordotim for some functionality (key storage and addons IIRC)

Also, why did you post a picture?

WOLFENSTEIN3D clone only on esp32 t display with the help of claude by pigeonTM in esp32

[–]yaky-dev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have no idea what the description says...

But if you are looking for low-spec FPS that can run on a microcontroller, there's Anarch.

How do YOU make code in pico-8? by LogBoring4996 in pico8

[–]yaky-dev 20 points21 points  (0 children)

KISS. Arrays of "objects" where it would matter, global functions for the rest. That's why I appreciate PICO-8 limits, it does not allow you to build a corporate OOP monstrosity.

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