Truscape
@Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas 4 hours ago:
Tbh a self hosted git or gitlab vs github only really matters for takedowns lol. I wonder how far we could go if the scene just paid a random dude in China or Brazil to just run repositories for warez and reverse engineering efforts that are untouchable by the ninjas.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas 4 hours ago:
Yeah the steam deck might be a bridge too far, but I’m sure any modest gaming PC could handle a S2 workload quite easily. If I remembered correctly the deck is CPU bottlenecked for S1 emulation, and that probably will be more pronounced for S2.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas 4 hours ago:
Truly, the PS5 of the new generation.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas 4 hours ago:
They’re already on some of the basic components - but no retail games are playable yet. Fortunately the architectures between the S1 and S2 are quite similar :)
- Comment on Anon tries to save the internet in 2026 11 hours ago:
You need to enable the setting in sources for the bypass. Youtube started putting in soft bans for VPN IPs and age restricted videos by forcing users to sign in (even in a web browser). Grayjay does have a bypass, which sometimes can counter the issue (you also can disable the login fallback so you don’t get asked to sign in anymore).
- Comment on Anon tries to save the internet in 2026 1 day ago:
The most powerful statement I ever heard was from when I asked my uncle why he doesn’t take as many physical security measures for his home, despite his educational background (electrical engineer) and knowledge of vulnerabilities.
His reply was simple:
“I trust my neighbors, I trust my neighborhood. If something happens to my family, I can ask around. If my neighbors need my skills or assistance, they can ask me whenever I’m home.”
I hope FOSS communities can reach that level in the common user sphere.
- Comment on Anon tries to save the internet in 2026 1 day ago:
Is there some sort of FOSS UX club we can establish? Maybe partner with some artists?
- Comment on Anon tries to save the internet in 2026 1 day ago:
FUTO’s line of projects seem to follow the same sort of pathway - Grayjay is incredibly easy to use :)
- Comment on Blu-ray hits 20 years old, and it isn't dead yet — optical disc format was introduced to the public at CES 2006 1 week ago:
Video capture is the solution to that. You may have compromises on rip quality, but the storage medium for that file can be anything with enough capacity - HDDs, Optical Media, Tapes, Flash storage.
The scene will outlive Blu-Ray, and I think it will outlive us all.
- Comment on I need to vent about plastic milk jugs 2 weeks ago:
That could be a “curb-cut effect” result for the initial purpose - used to ensure volume, but doubles as a good way to align a label.
- Comment on Sometimes it do be like that 2 weeks ago:
It’s an imgur problem due to them not wanting to comply with certain laws (California privacy laws for my situation I suppose).
- Comment on Sometimes it do be like that 2 weeks ago:
“Content not viewable in your region”
- Comment on What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop? 2 weeks ago:
Running the server at the same time as your client (separate steam library entry) isn’t very taxing, fortunately.
- Comment on What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop? 3 weeks ago:
Notice how the the NSO platform is not available on the PC platform? No sale.
- Comment on its not an addiction I can stop whenever I want I just don't want to 3 weeks ago:
1,400 comments for myself now lol, nothing wrong with some shitposting and funny comments :)
- Comment on What is this colour? 3 weeks ago:
FDE? Maybe Coyote Brown depending on saturation/contrast?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
That was the case with The Finals (Embark’s previous game) according to testimony by the team, and they are using the same development practices here.
- Comment on elixir of a god 4 weeks ago:
Heretics.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 4 weeks ago:
I do use noai ddg, but I never tried the images function. Guess it’s worth a shot.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 4 weeks ago:
Ah, I degoogled my life, so I use Wikipedia instead. Although considering that google images may be flooded with AI slop now that strategy might not work for much longer. Creative tho!
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 4 weeks ago:
It’s because of the US patent and trademark office. Not many people are competing with those who slam their heads on the keyboard for their brand names.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 4 weeks ago:
Honestly, my strategy for buying goods online is to look up the relevant wikipedia article, read the list of manufacturers, look at their own wikipedia pages or read customer reviews, then finally go directly to the company site and ordering directly.
For used items or niche items not widely produced, ebay or craigslist.
Amazon always had funky shit with how they recommended things - now people just know how to game it more, so winning move is not to play there.
- Comment on It's everywhere 4 weeks ago:
UTY MENTIONED
- Comment on Why you think the net was born? 4 weeks ago:
“A VPN is for corn!”
“Why you think proxies were born?”
“Corn, corn, corn!”
- Comment on Amazon develops methods for inserting ads onto any flat surface in an existing video 4 weeks ago:
You don’t fill it, that is the answer. Although I suspect that a foss or community scanning tool could also be created with that same advertising databank to try and redraw that portion of scene without the embedded ad (although that likely would have to be a generated guess).
It is not perfect. That is for sure, but why throw in the towel? If anything, start ripping now and prepare for the future.
- Comment on Amazon develops methods for inserting ads onto any flat surface in an existing video 4 weeks ago:
Regarding the short form content, that is a valid concern, but I would argue that’s more of an issue with the medium rather than with the tools available. However, regarding the embedded advertising, yt-dlp already has sponsorblock trimming integrated into the program (you can set a flag to remove detected segments from the finished video file), and extending this to encompass a databank of known circulating advertisements could go a long way.
Also, curated lists for certain categories could be maintained by groups. Hardware tutorials, for instance, rarely need constant updates and therefore a known good library could be downloaded once and circulated.
- Comment on Amazon develops methods for inserting ads onto any flat surface in an existing video 4 weeks ago:
You do have plenty of options for downloading youtube videos directly without viewing them using tools like yt-dlp either in terminal or using one of its many GUI front ends. Apps like GrayJay and YT Revanced also have downloading youtube videos integrated, so no setup needed.
- Comment on Amazon develops methods for inserting ads onto any flat surface in an existing video 4 weeks ago:
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me! (Has been for years now)
- Comment on Ammu-Nation (San Andreas) ? 5 weeks ago:
Depends on what state you’re in, but yeah. Sometimes stuff like GTA might as well be a documentary for how people react here XD
- Comment on Day 503 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 5 weeks ago:
You can using the steam beta builds feature. I believe it’s the earliest one.