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Some recent asus ROG/TUF 2022+ models have fine tuning available via "armoury crate" or "g-helper" (non-proprietary, fan/community supported, code on github). Disabling a dGpu and …

Would be safer to just change your passwords. If they are old, even better to change them right now.

They did publish the code for World in Conflict online server (initially made by Massive Entertainment), and a few other tools https://github.com/ubisoft

There was a research in 2011 about using the accelerometer to log your keystrokes https://www.extremetech.com/internet/92946-a-wiggly-approach...

And if someone doubts this, remember the Mirai botnet.

And then Blizzard updated the user agreement (around the Warcraft 3 Reforged), mentioning that all player generated content is owned by the company. So in case some genius comes wi…

I wonder if any Adobe users have tried some other options for some programs (Gimp, Inkscape, Krita), and if suits their needs.

> I paid for the game and i should be able to do whatever i want with it within the confines of my own computer. Most of the time you buy a one time license to use the software, wh…

> (as Salesforce employees could not access this benefit) Why not give this benefit as well to Salesforce employees?

There are some apps (like Intra) which allow you to connect to a built-in (cloudflare, google) or custom DoH server (your own or other providers which support DoH). Nextdns have th…

github repo with small lite websites https://github.com/mdibaiee/awesome-lite-websites

Tried to lookup some info, but it's not there. Maybe it's from some web scrapper which collected public info, or other means (some ambiguous mobile app which had access to contacts…

FYI, startpage seems to be owned by an ad company https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21371577

I occasionally checked https://tildes.net/

Yep, this has happened when putting it into Sleep mode. Might as well happen in Hybrid Sleep. And in advanced power settings you can disable wake timers, but I'm not sure if it hel…

To avoid this, I'm using Hibernate mode, and occasionally using shutdown/restart.

Is this a Deja Vu https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23097459 ?

NetGuard. Creates a local VPN through which the internet is routed. Shows the domains each app is accessing, can be blocked per app, or forbid internet at system level (breaks thin…

- KSP (orbital mechanics)

Always makes sense of having a separate card for online stuff (shop, subscriptions, etc). But having to go to the bank and renew, create a new one, the waiting lines. Some banks ha…

I don't know the situation in US, or other places, but companies don't have time to deal with legal issues, regarding user debt, so they delegate this process to collector agencies…

One reason I try to never give my card to lots of websites. If they have paypal, good. Or playstore subscription, sure. A one time/non recurring payment via a platform/provider/ban…

There's also this http://moveordiegame.com/ Not affiliated, seen the talk from GDC about it.

> Email addresses, Job titles, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Social media profiles Probably these can have a different impact if your threat model is a bit different (m…

You can get NetGuard on Android and see how often and what is called (facebook.com, graph.facebook.com, other vendors, platforms, IPs, etc). You can choose to block what is not nee…