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Big fan of SBC gaming, open source engine recreations/source ports, gaming in general, Linux, photographing graffiti, and firmware modding.

Trying to post and comment often in an effort to add to Lemmy’s growth.

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Car diagnostic software and tunning software?

Hello all. I was looking for a specific Car diagnostic software package and I noticed that this type of software doesn’t come across often on the seas. are their any good places I can go to start looking for this kind of software. The software often cost up to 500 dollars or more and for me it would be a one time maiby 2 time...

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That might be because there are free and open source versions out there

github.com/fr3ts0n/AndrOBD

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Hello all. I was looking for a specific Car diagnostic software package and I noticed that this type of software doesn’t come across often on the seas. are their any good places I can go to start looking for this kind of software. The software often cost up to 500 dollars or more and for me it would be a one time maiby 2 time use.

You didn’t mention what features you need. I’m saying it’s option that might work for someone who just wants to fetch some metrics from their vehicle

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Death Grip’s I’ve Seen Footage and Do Not Resurrect’s Sarcophagus.

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May as well live in Canada

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Don’t have any photos because of a localized solar flare

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This might be obvious but when you connect your phone to your PC have you enabled file transfers? Usually it defaults to charging only. It should show up in your notification bar.

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OP may need to install ADB and enable USB debugging. Here’s a guide if they don’t know how

tecmint.com/install-android-debug-bridge-linux/

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Munich’s city government switched to Linux for a few years as part of a push towards open source software.

There’s some programs like One Laptop per Child that donate laptops running Linux to education programs. I think Pine64 ended up donating a chunk of their base-level Pinebooks to some schools but I can’t find a blog post that states where they donated them to.

Not sure if this is what you were looking for.

Games on Android

Other than FOSS games for android/ emulators, is there a way to get games that are privacy respecting and free. I’ve seen versions of games, including paod games on piracy sites and I wonder if they are infact better. My niblings love usimg my phone for games but havent liked anything yet, tolerate lato and towerjumper at...

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just stick with trusted modders such as Derren or Balatan.

Do they upload on Mobilism?

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The Anarchist Cookbook is on the reading list

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Yeah it’s weird how privacy and piracy have blended together over the years.

With some games you need to pirate them if you don’t want a Russian nesting doll of launchers and accounts that are able to leak your information and fill your computer with bloat.

I do find the argument interesting some YouTubers try to make about ad blockers being a form of piracy.

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Sure pirated games run that risk but communities are big enough to usually snuff it out quickly if it’s a malware filled crack.

Big time. Even rumours of a repackers adding malware blow up on communities like this.

Core characters in the repack community also occasionally ask for and receive donations. I’ve donated to DODI, FitGirl, and Gnarly. Hopefully they receive enough to discourage them from anything malicious but they’re also adored and respected by the community.

Going through legitimate means a PC gamer is likely to have steam, epic games launcher, blizzard launcher, EA, Ubisoft, and probably more I can’t think of. Many of these are clunky and slow and demand online connectivity or multiple sign in auths every time you just want to play a damn single player, offline game

I purchased a Call of Duty title recently and that was a big thing. The amount of ads in the launcher was wild.

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Hardware security key options?

I've been thinking about getting a hardware security key and have heard of yubikey before; but I want to see what my options are and if they are worth it in your opinion.
My current setup is a local KeePassXC database (that I sync between my PC and phone and also acts as TOTP authenticator app), I know that KeePass supports hardware keys for unlocking the database.

I am personally still of the belief that passwords are the safest when done right; but 2FA/MFA can greatly increase security on top of that (again, if done right).
The key work work together with already existing passwords, not replace them.

As I use linux as my primary OS I do expect it to support it and anything that doesn't I will have to pass on.

PS: what are the things I need to know about these hardware keys that's not being talked about too much, I am very much delving into new territory and want to make sure I'm properly educated before I delve in.

@linux @technology @technology @privacy

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Yubikeys can work with KeePassDX you just need to install the key driver and have NFC enabled

Also I’m pretty sure you are always supposed to touch the key initially when you use it for things like unlocking your KeePass database and what not

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This is why people should keep their cats indoors. Domestic cats kill over a billion birds in the US every year.

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Yeah. I think that’s part of getting older and having some degree of stability. It’s not like grade school where new stuff is constantly coming at you

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When was the last time you saw a dedicated front facing flash? I think most of the time these days it’s a quick increase and brightness and your screen turning white.

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Of course. Then you are obligated to spend at least a little more than $25 so they aren’t going to waste

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I know some of family don’t because they mostly rely on mobile devices and devices like Chromecasts where installing ad blockers can be a challenge. They don’t use traditional computers.

They know apps like NewPipe exist but the effort to port things over or not get recommendations is too much for them.

I do use ad blockers and open source front ends/software/alternatives. Ex. AntennaPod instead of Spotify for podcasts and Linux instead of Windows because I didn’t like ads in the start menu (amongst numerous other things).

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I get you. I like receiving honest real reviews for things rather than be advertised to. Let their quality speak for it. I also hate even minor spoilers for movies/TV shows/video game that you see in trailers.

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Some of the subreddits I follow are related to emulation and piracy which has caused some subreddits to get banned or at least take action to limit legal threats. When the Reddit blackout happened a lot of them went down and said they were shifting here. I find they’re a little more open to discussion than other places that just copy and paste some old post or refer you to a Wiki

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It might be other platforms not saying a comment has been deleted or users here being more likely to engage with content and delete it for various reasons.

For example a post said “What was wierdest gift you’ve received this years?” and someone may have missed the this year and told a story about a prior Christmas. They could have also accidentally replied to a different comment instead of the post itself.

Lemmy also uses up and down votes like Reddit so maybe they got a few too many down votes and just deleted it.

Not sure though. Just spitballing.

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The one I’m using is becoming so buggy to the point of being unusable. It was never really great tbh, what are most people using?

It would probably help if you mentioned which app you are having issues with and what device you are using. I recently stopped using Jerboa because of login issues and started using Voyager. I find it’s less of a smooth experience but some of the other bugs I had with Jerboa like back spacing removing the space before the previous word aren’t present.

As an added question, are bookmarks associated with the lemmy account or the app?

Saved posts are linked with your account. If you login to your account in a web browser you should be able to find it under your profile followed by the saved section.

Pirated video games SOURCE CODE

So there are multiple sites&groups that pirate video games especially on PC. I was wondering if there are places on the internet where you find source code for games especially the highly modifiable ones like Half Life 2/Portal and Skyrim. Or groups that crack into the source code of games (or even software in general), not only...

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The mentions of unreleased DLC was interesting to read about.

www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/…/ar-AA1m795h

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On the off chance the checksum on yours is different, you don’t want it somehow noted and flagged by … anyways, levels of paranoia I get and respect. They can’t take that thumb drive if its air-gapped!!

Do you think I’m worried about Microsoft coming after me for backing up my copy of Halo?

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I make backups in case of disc or disc reader failures and download them through other means on occasion because I can’t be bothered removing the drive from the console or setting up an FTP server.

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