Pretty cool but the statement saying

The world’s highest court, the International Court of Justice, has ruled that there is a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza

is still pathetic. Won’t even call it genocide, and they still have to appeal to some stupid international institution.

govern me please

wow nice! Surprisingly long battery life.

I’m not sure how easy it would be to put desktop Linux on it. postmarketOS may get support for it but it looks like it may require a bit of work to put the OS on it. https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Xiaomi_Pad_6_(xiaomi-pipa)

Searching for “tablet PC” or “Windows tablet” instead of just “tablet” will probably help in your search. Most computers with x86_64 CPUs (Intel or AMD) should be able to run Linux distros fine.

But tablets don’t seem to be a common form factor for PCs. It seems like the term has really been narrowed down to mean one that runs Android or iOS. Very frustrating.

If you can’t find anything that doesn’t have an ARM SoC, you can try postmarketOS, but it will require more work and risk than a “PC” that is a tablet. https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices

They have a cover of this song for one of the boss battles.

Were you playing Hi-Fi Rush recently?

It got hyped up by the project lead completely lying about it.

🫡

I like title screens that have 3d backgrounds. It looks nice and inviting. Static images tend to look pixelated and low quality.

Is it intentional that the world design and color scheme is so off-putting?

It says “pre-alpha” on the in-game things they show briefly at the end. And everything else looks like concept art, except for the video thing they made for the trailer. So still a ways out. May be time for other studios to put out their own game announcements. They might be trying to build up hype for this game before others can announce.

Although I will say it looks like they did a good job with the in-game graphics which have a paintbrush sort of look to them. And the concept art looks great too.

Hadn’t even heard of Orinoco Tribune. Seems like a pretty good outlet. Also Venezuelan, like a lot of teleSUR broadcasting.

Their only good coverage is Palestine. The rest is what you could expect from a weird country like Qatar. Just western propaganda.

What if it was a binary file and you didn’t have a program to read it 😯

Nuclear JDPON to ensure MAD against the West.

This stuff has been said in public statements why does it need to be “leaks” lol.

How do you know it isn’t going through tun0?

It’s just insane how big of a dropped ball non-Western software development seems to be. If they’re not going to write and use their own software for everything, then don’t even bother using software! Even some outdated insecure system developed in the 80s would be better than using the latest US software for any kind of infrastructure.

I get why it’s still an issue, because it’s really hard to make an entire country of 1.4+ billion people all get on the same page about best practices on anything. Imagine getting American software developers to adopt stringent security practices. The last company I worked at we were still adopting TLS transport within the company VPN. So if there is a current push in the US to adopt modern security “hygiene” (security standards that the US created), then I can imagine how much harder it is for other countries. And there are a lot of things required to use the latest stuff. You have to have a good software development and release process so you can stay on top of security fixes. And that requires its own infrastructure. And that infrastructure requires its own infrastructure. And managing security-related stuff is a pain in the butt.

I often feel like server software is just a mistake in general and running software on devices other than personal computers should be kept to a minimum. Which is the opposite of how the software industry has developed. But maybe in the future, there will be some kind of acknowledgement and transition to more “local-first” software. Even free software enthusiasts fall into that trap because their expertise comes from the industry they work in which is all server-centric.

Email, for example, should be replaced with something more similar to Signal messaging system. More end-to-end encryption, etc. and most servers should act as simple routers or always-online caches of data in transit.

Servers are such a liability and the whole ecosystem is so messy and complicated. At least with desktop/phone programs it’s a bit easier to reason about their security (in some ways).