[-] itsmect@monero.town 4 points 1 week ago

Very cool! Glad that there are finally working swaps directly from the app, and zero conf for low amounts is an appreciated upgrade.

Because Monero is fungible, I assume there wont ever be KYC checks when using XMR to pay in another crypto through your service, is that correct?

[-] itsmect@monero.town 3 points 3 months ago

The SD expansion card is "comming soon" according to their store page, and they showed prototypes that looked close to production on their youtube channel. My best guess is release in Q4

[-] itsmect@monero.town 3 points 5 months ago

LPCAMM seems more useful overall as a product.

Only if you need 2-4 sticks, otherwise they take up too much PCB space. Look at servers and how a good chunk of their volume is filled with dozens of sticks. You cant simply lay them down flat.

[-] itsmect@monero.town 3 points 5 months ago

LPCAMM may have better specs, but DIMM requires a smaller area on the PCB and can make better use of the vertical space.

[-] itsmect@monero.town 3 points 5 months ago

It's not even expensive. A single euro monthly per user is more then enough to keep instances running

[-] itsmect@monero.town 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

People joke about this all the time, and I here the sarcasm in your comment, but technology has come far since the iphone 6 or 7.

Most high end phones have wireless charging build it. Between the receiver coil and the rest of the phone is a thin sheet of ferrite material to prevent the electromagnetic field from getting to the sensitive electronics. Battery technology has also improved a lot, so much that even relatively cheap phones like the Realme GT Neo 5 charge at 150W!

From the technical perspective the limit is the cable and connector, because there would be too much losses that heat up the cable to dangerous levels and rapidly degrade the contact area in the connectors. Manufacturers don't want to deal with this security risk, not the increased RMA rates within the mandated guarantee period, so they artificially limit the charging rate.

Thing is: You absolutely can charge at higher speeds if you bypass the cable altogether! A microwave outputs usually somewhere between 150W-1000W, so stick to the lower end to be on the safe side. The screen of the phone must face down, because the charging coil is placed on the back. You also must prevent overcharging by setting the timer correctly: If your phone battery has 15Wh capacity, and you are charging with 150W, you must at most charge for 1/10 of an hour, or 6 minutes (less if you are just topping up your phone).

One final note: fast charging does put increased wear on the battery, so I only recommend to use it when you need it, for example when you need to make a flight and are already running late.

[-] itsmect@monero.town 3 points 8 months ago

The per person metric is great! ~If you are a large corporation and need to shift blame that is.~

Yes, extraordinary personal consumption can make things way worse, but lowering your standards can only improve things so much until you hit the limit. imho the solution lies in using the resources we have more efficiently, so that people can sustain and improve their living conditions, while greatly reducing the ecological burden. If you demand that people shall lower their standards for the greater good, it will work about as good as telling them to wear a mask during a respiratory pandemic.

[-] itsmect@monero.town 3 points 10 months ago

I think the choice comes down to what one values more, the AMS or open firmware. I think the AMS is a fantastic addition, not for multi-color printing, but as a convenient and dry storage solution. All cloud features can be disabled, it perfectly works in the local network including live camera feed. You only loose access to the app, which I didn't want to install to my all foss phone anyway.

The X1 series uses an application processor with linux under the hood, and it was just a matter of time before it got jailbroken. The P1 series on the other hand uses some microcontroller, which can be locked down much better (and thus is not compatible with the new "open" firmware). I'm exited to see where this goes, and will definitely give up my guarantee in exchange for rooting my printer.

[-] itsmect@monero.town 3 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the heads up, my setup is indeed 6-12 months old. My thoughts on the linked list:

  • uBlock origin is the #1 recommended plugin, and can make some other plugins redundent, see below
  • Decentraleyes only helps only for some scripts/sites and may be fingerprintable. Considering that it targets major CDNs and it's widespread use, I still think it's benefits outweigh the possible downside, especially if used in conjunction with a good VPN, so its optional but I'd keep it.
  • Privacy Badger used to be unique in that it creates a custom blocking list based on your behavior. There was some security and privacy vulnerability with this method, so it's no longer done. It depends now solely on a pre-trained list just like uBlock origin, offers no additional features and should be removed.
  • Cookie extensions may give you a false sense of privacy as they do nothing for IP tracking or other vectors. However they do patch one area, and are useful if used correctly and together with other methods.
  • noscript is technically covered by uBlock origin as well, but the UI is far superior and you'll be using that a lot.
  • Canvas Blocker was an optional plugin to begin with, and starting Firefox 120 the FPP (Fingerprint Protection) can subtly randomize canvas, hopefully with less problems. You should be using this build in feature instead of the plugin.
  • Font Fingerprint Defender is the one plugin that broke tracking on fingerprint.com, combined with VPN IP change, despite javascript being enabled. If you care about privacy, and not anonymity, you should still be using this.
[-] itsmect@monero.town 3 points 1 year ago
[-] itsmect@monero.town 4 points 1 year ago

This is the issue, you can squeeze more money out of your consumers if you lock them into an ecosystem an license every single 3rd party device.

[-] itsmect@monero.town 3 points 1 year ago

Hey, I found our canvas neighbors in the wild! Hi there :)

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