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Linux's DRM Panic "Screen of Death" Sees Patches For QR Code Error Messages in c/linux@lemmy.world

[–] blayde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 months ago

For anyone curious, the preview image contains this link

The trace seems to be part of the request. It's only using digits to encode; I wonder why not at least base64

Does anyone else make Jedi force gestures before walking through automatic doors at a grocery store? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[–] blayde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

I like to do a little karate chop

Android 15 prepares revamped status bar with new icons and haptics in c/android@lemdro.id

[–] blayde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

These look a lot like iOS status icons, but I'm not familiar enough to say for sure

Discussion: Is Android going in the right direction? in c/android@lemdro.id

[–] blayde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I miss the old split screen feature. It was far more useful compared to the new "app pairs" thing. Mostly happy (edit: that nothing has changed) otherwise

The Response to Google's 7 Year Pixel Update Promise is Getting Weird in c/android@lemdro.id

[–] blayde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 11 months ago

For real I was going to say this reads like a Google marketing AstroTurf. Just watched the linked MKBHD video and it's not unfair; definitely not "weird"

Google Podcasts to shut down in 2024 with listeners migrated to YouTube Music in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] blayde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 11 months ago

I saw this coming when GPM shutdown and podcasts migrated to Google Podcasts. The GPM podcasts were already bugged before that due to lack of attention. Very happy I bailed out for AntennaPod way back then!

Mishaal Rahman rant: Google Play's warning that users can't download certain apps because they're "made for an older version of Android" has issues. in c/android@lemdro.id

[–] blayde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I asked for extensions but it's pretty annoying to have to dust off my older published apps (which work just fine) and port to API 34. One down, three to go

What are your favorite video games that force you to pull out the pen and paper? in c/gaming@beehaw.org

[–] blayde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I made a lot of notes to myself while playing Majora's Mask! I'm going out of order but I expect more of the same when I get around to OoT

PSA: Many Lemmy instances are currently experiencing massive automated sign-ups (bots)! If you run an instance with open sign-ups, please read! in c/main@sh.itjust.works

[–] blayde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fwiw the captcha support in lemmy is probably going away soon. It needs to be reimplemented into another database table (or something like that) anyway. Given that it is too hard for many humans, too easy for many bots, and devs are slammed with work, makes more sense to delete as a first step

Why are custom roms so much device specific while any linux distro works on any pc? in c/android@lemmy.world

[–] blayde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It took a lot of work to get PC parts to become interoperable. There's all kinds of special negotiations that happen at boot to discover the state of hardware. There are standard drivers for most peripherals

Mobile devices aren't expected to change hardware so everything is hard-coded into the ROM. No discovery protocols are supported. Standardized drivers make it hard to ship new features or squeeze every last bit of performance so no effort goes into making them

Your Favorite foss Apps! in c/foss@beehaw.org

[–] blayde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago

Aegis is amazing for authenticator codes! I love the backup/restore support. Never going back to Google Authenticator ever since my Pixel 3 bricked itself overnight and I lost all my codes