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_rdvw

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    Comment #45039557

    Please note that their GitHub releases are not libre and contain proprietary Google Play Services libraries.

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    Comment #44432717

    Having to click "Verify you are a human" every single time is still awful.

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    Show HN: Simple TTS augmentative and alternative communication app

    Started working on this nine days ago, I've gotten it into quite a usable state for sharing. I've had quite a bit of joy from working on it.

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    Comment #44301502

    /e/OS ranks poorly and is consistently months behind security updates: https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm Also visual voicemail should actually work just fine on se…

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    Comment #44301457

    Back when I was developing my DivestOS project, test calling 911 was actually a thing I tried to do each month for this reason. There was one time where I did ship an update that b…

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    Show HN: Client side mental health screeners

    I made this as a small project to promote this May's mental health awareness month. It has some rough edges but all of the screeners should work correctly. Have fun!

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    Comment #43672859

    The oneplus3 cannot be relocked as it wrongly trusts test-keys. It also has public EDL firehose files available allowing anyone to flash it arbitrarily even when locked or further …

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    Comment #43369694

    Briar started in 2011: https://sourceforge.net/p/briar/mailman/message/27393146/

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    Comment #43369580

    Briar is actually even older than that! 2011: https://sourceforge.net/p/briar/mailman/message/27393146/

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    Comment #42927958

    interesting! I suppose a sufficiently older agesa may actually load the newer microcode then if that was a recent addition in preparation for this

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    Comment #42926723

    recent microcode appears to be rejected by older agesa in my testing, so it is very possible it is more than an implementation issue under agesa 1.2.0.2b > microcode: CPU1: update …

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    Comment #42925688

    Reminder that AMD has stopped providing microcode updates for consumer platforms via linux-firmware. index of linux-firmware, 41 cpus supported: https://github.com/divestedcg/real-…

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    Comment #42538417

    the updates were all on time: https://divestos.org/misc/ffa-dates.txt

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    Comment #42538412

    the 21 port was actually largely complete: https://github.com/Divested-Mobile/DivestOS-Build/blob/maste...

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    Comment #42538409

    it did https://divestos.org/pages/faq#microgEnable

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    Comment #41586015

    ECH can be used regardless of DoT, DoH, dnscrypt, or plain as long as your resolver passes HTTPS queries. You can easily test this: dig @8.8.8.8 https pq.cloudflareresearch.com

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    Comment #41360305

    Please see https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

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    Comment #41322094

    Firefox 128.0.3 and higher has this globally disabled for Android.

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    Comment #41247593

    I added payout counts after seeing a comment on a recent thread here. Script here: https://github.com/Divested-Mobile/DivestOS-Website/blob/mas... There is also a Firefox version h…

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    Comment #40847182

    Also if you don't have a bios update available for that newer microcode, give my real-ucode package a try: https://github.com/divestedcg/real-ucode The linux-firmware repo does not…

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    Comment #40847127

    KPTI won't be default enabled on Linux on AMD CPUs is the issue here. Yet it provides valuable separation between kernel and userspace address ranges. iirc the predecessor to KPTI …

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    Comment #40452722

    That row covers whether or not the opt-in/out is provided during setup wizard, not post install. If there is such an option then you can report it here: https://github.com/eylenbur…