[-] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 month ago

If you already have medical knowledge, why not look into bioinformatics? Cyber security would be a pretty big jump if you're not into tweaking computers as a hobby. For example, have you ever set up Linux on your own?

Certifications will give you a starting point, but it will take years for all the information to settle properly in your mind.

[-] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 month ago

Piracy. I'd buy albums if I had money, though. I'll slowly phase into getting them once I get some more cash.

I can find most stuff I listen to, and I rarely grow my music library. I mostly listen to 20-30 albums, with some more mainstream music peppered in.

My music library currently sits at 90 gigabytes (mostly flacs), so quite small compared to others I've seen around here. Still, I have plenty of variation to keep me entertained :D

If you have Tidal, aren't there some apps to rip the lossless audio from there? You could get most of the stuff that you need, and then cancel the subscription. If you feel bad, maybe order some merch from the band, haha.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

I recently discovered that Redox OS got a new release earlier this month. I'm quite surprised how far they managed to get, given that only a handful of people are working on this project (compared to the Linux kernel).

Now, I'm curious what it would take to get bigger players to focus on this project. Given the recent Linux + Rust drama, it would surprise me if the backers of Rust for Linux would not give this project some attention.

[-] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 6 months ago

That person clearly hasn't witnessed Dutch students carrying a whole bedroom on the back of their bike.

[-] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

How will you move to WhatsApp if everyone else uses iMessage? Europe has the same issue, but reversed. Everyone uses WhatsApp and can't jump to Signal/Telegram because they're not as popular.

[-] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 68 points 10 months ago

Wow, some of the comments on that article saying Google should have made Android closed source are mindboggling. They realize they never would have had their current worldwide marketshare if they did that, no?

But maybe if they did, we would have had more people working on true linux phones 🤔 I'm a bit torn on this one haha.

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submitted 11 months ago by andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Hello everyone! I've been playing around with Wayland for a bit and was hoping to start learning some more about it. For example, I would be interested in making a lock screen, similar to Swaylock, as a toy project.

What GUI toolkit would you use to develop apps on Wayland? I've added a little poll below with some of the popular choices I've seen thrown around. Feel free to add your own suggestions and maybe leave a comment as to why you'd use that!

Link to poll

[-] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 11 months ago

Cheats nowadays don't even need to run on your machine. You can get a second computer that is connected to your computer via a capture card, analyze your video feed with an AI and send mouse commands wirelessly from it (mimicking the signal for your USB receiver).

These anti-cheats are nothing more than privacy invasion, and any game maker that believes they have the upper hand on people that want to cheat are very wrong.

Opening up anti-cheat support for Linux would at least make them more creative at finding these people from their behaviour, and not from analysing everything that's running in the background.

[-] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 62 points 11 months ago

It's amazing that Linux gaming is becoming a thing that's better sometimes than Windows gaming (minus the getting banned part in some games). I also like that AMD is making some big pushes on open source drivers, plus their ROCm open-source alternative to CUDA.

This is a great time for Linux users! :)

[-] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 97 points 1 year ago

What a stupid article. It's like saying "stop using electric vehicles because you can't use gas stations". I don't understand why he's so adamant about this? It's not like Wayland had about 20 years of extra time to develop like X11. People keep working on it, and it takes time to polish things.

[-] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago

Sooooo tinyyyy 🥺

[-] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 year ago

If it's really warm, you can't really blame her. It's just a brief period during the year when she'll be like this, so what's the harm? Not sure where you live, but I'd wear nothing but my underwear where I am right now.

I'd say the best course of action would be to say nothing and just ignore it. If my step father would say something like that to me, I'd feel a bit uncomfortable. It's up to you though, you know your family better than we do.

[-] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago

I've looked into this before, and it really depends on the type of RFID they use. Older versions have been cracked, but newer ones can't be copied over (easily or at all).

If your company is serious about security, you will not be able to put the content of the card on your phone. What newer, more secure versions of RFID do is receive a code from the reader system, replies to it internally, and then sends back the answer. Even if you try to copy this over, you will not be able to open the doors of your facility.

I think the first step should be to use one of these apps that can read RFID and see what protocol your card uses. If it's an unsecure one (i.e., only pushes out a code and checks it in their database that it's yours), you could probably try to copy it over. However, if it's not, you could also just dissolve the card with some acetone and place the resulting wires in your phone's case, near the bottom. Like that, it shouldn't interfere with your phone's NFC, as that one is usually next to the top area of your phone.

[-] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 126 points 1 year ago

Framework laptops are getting better. Not Apple levels good, but it certainly beats them in average longevity.

The only hope with Apple is having the EU step in again to stop this kind of bullcrap.

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Jump from Arch to NixOS? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

As the title implies, should I do it? I love Arch so far, and I can fix most issues that pop out. However, I sometimes wish to start fresh without too much hassle, but I get a feeling NixOS isn't as mature as Arch.

Have any of you used both, and if so, what do you miss from Arch? What are you grateful for in NixOS?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Hi everyone! I'll soon take the DP-100 exam for Microsoft Azure, and I was interested in finding more leaked exam questions. At the moment, I was using examtopics for this, but it sucks because it basically cuts you off halfway through.

I heard there are some private trackers that specialize in exam questions, such as LearnFlakes, but I do not have anyone that can invite me to them. Therefore, I was wondering if there is another way to find the information I need for this exam.

Do you know any other sources that are fully free?

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