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Re: Uninstall the NightOwl app

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Post by spectre3d »

I_am_tiberius wrote: post #107
linuxdude314 wrote: post #100

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What are you talking about? The whole point is you leave it on and it tracks the sun. Does this not work for you?

Yes, this works. but I want to have it enabled constantly because I like my screen that way.

Are you talking about Night Shift, to change the white balance of your screen to be more yellow, or Dark Mode, which can be turned on permanently without scheduling?

It sounds like you’re trying to schedule Dark Mode to stay on all the time, which can be accomplished by choosing “Dark” in System Settings-> Appearance in Ventura or later, or in System Preferences-> General in Monterey or earlier.

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT208976

Re: Uninstall the NightOwl app

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Post by I_am_tiberius »

spectre3d wrote: post #221
I_am_tiberius wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, this works. but I want to have it enabled constantly because I like my screen that way.

Are you talking about Night Shift, to change the white balance of your screen to be more yellow, or Dark Mode, which can be turned on permanently without scheduling? It sounds like you’re trying to schedule Dark Mode to stay on all the time, which can be accomplished by choosing “Dark” in System Settings-> Appearance in Ventura or later, or in System Preferences-> General in Monterey or earlier. https://support.apple…

No, I'm talking about Night Shift.

Re: Uninstall the NightOwl app

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Post by spectre3d »

I_am_tiberius wrote: post #222
spectre3d wrote: post #221

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you talking about Night Shift, to change the white balance of your screen to be more yellow, or Dark Mode, which can be turned on permanently without scheduling? It sounds like you’re trying to schedule Dark Mode to stay on all the time, which can be accomplished by choosing “Dark” in System Settings-> Appearance in Ventura or later, or in System Preferences-> General in Monterey or earlier. https://support.apple…

No, I'm talking about Night Shift.

Thanks for clarifying! You can modify your display so it looks that way all the time by changing the white point. Most designers use 6500K but you probably are looking for something near 3500-4000K. You can do this by calibrating your monitor to create a new custom display profile. Hope that helps!

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/mac-help/mchlp1109/mac

Re: Uninstall the NightOwl app

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Post by dingosity »

NavinF wrote: post #147
dingosity wrote: post #130

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+1. I also have had it disabled for ages. What features am I missing out on? When I look at the UPnP docs it talks about uses for which I have other mechanisms.

VoIP and video calls have lower quality and higher latency without UPnP since this often forces webRTC to tunnel through a TURN server. Networks that have neither IPv6 nor UPnP are just broken

Or you could use STUN and just send packets to a peer. Or use v6. Or anything from RFC6544. The reason UPnP is popular is so many home router people implemented it. If you have a real router, you have more options. As I pointed out, I have a real router and talk to people who have real routers that support things other than a 2008 version of UPnP.

Which is to say, you do not REQUIRE UPnP for webRTC. But yes, if you have a crap router given to you by your ISP (looking at you, SBC and Comcast) then UPnP may be your best bet. My point is you don't NEED UPnP if you have a real router.

I should be saying... thx for bringing me up to speed on this. UPnP is obviously not something I spend a lot of time on.

Re: Uninstall the NightOwl app

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Post by I_am_tiberius »

spectre3d wrote: post #223
I_am_tiberius wrote: post #222

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, I'm talking about Night Shift.

Thanks for clarifying! You can modify your display so it looks that way all the time by changing the white point. Most designers use 6500K but you probably are looking for something near 3500-4000K. You can do this by calibrating your monitor to create a new custom display profile. Hope that helps! https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/mac-help/mchlp1109/mac

Great, thank you!

Re: Uninstall the NightOwl app

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Post by mikewestin256 »

sublinear wrote: post #35
crazygringo wrote: post #21

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So, usually I associate super-shady things with hiding the fact that they're super-shady. I'm thankful, but also genuinely curious, why they put this explicitly in their TOS. It just kind of seems to be like the kind of person/org who would implement this shady stuff in the first place, would also actively hide that they're doing it. Is there a legal reason that protects NightOwl by explicitly putting it in the TOS?…

I'm not a lawyer, but the terms of service are an agreement with the user, so yes. They're not hiding anything because then they'd get sued. If they didn't disclose "this shady stuff" then the user can try to resolve their dispute via remedies stipulated elsewhere. Really there are several ways they could have gone about writing this agreement. This is probably the simplest for everyone. This is also how the bigger o…

I'm curious to know why this is any more or less shady than an app that uses ads to monetize? Those ads use a ton of bandwidth and share a ton of information about you? If they're just passing some packets through your IP for web scraping what's the big deal?

Re: Uninstall the NightOwl app

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Post by mikewestin256 »

mikewestin256 wrote: post #227
sublinear wrote: post #35

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I'm not a lawyer, but the terms of service are an agreement with the user, so yes. They're not hiding anything because then they'd get sued. If they didn't disclose "this shady stuff" then the user can try to resolve their dispute via remedies stipulated elsewhere. Really there are several ways they could have gone about writing this agreement. This is probably the simplest for everyone. This is also how the bigger o…

I'm curious to know why this is any more or less shady than an app that uses ads to monetize? Those ads use a ton of bandwidth and share a ton of information about you? If they're just passing some packets through your IP for web scraping what's the big deal?

Bright Data offers an SDK for app developers to monetize their apps this way (https://bright-sdk.com). Maybe I am naive but this seems exponentially better than monetizing by sharing every tidbit of information Google and FB can get about me as I move through the web. Genuinely curious why this is so negative?

Re: Uninstall the NightOwl app

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Post by bippihippi1 »

junon wrote: post #216
AmINotARobot wrote: post #214

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In an interview with TechRadar Pro, Tom Okman, the co-founder of both Tesonet and Nord Security, answered some questions regarding the relationship between Tesonet, NordVPN, and the plethora of associated online services the companies offer. The founder of the guilty party is also the founder of the company behind NordVPN. From the article it also seems like the operational practices are similar. Additionally, it is…

I've never noticed unusual traffic from my machine using Nord, nor have I ever heard of that being the case. This is something trivially noticeable and measurable . Two companies having the same founder =/= the two companies operate remotely alike.

if you wait to fight a fire until you're breathing smoke, it'll be too late

Re: Uninstall the NightOwl app

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Post by extesy »

hackernewds wrote: post #212
extesy wrote: post #189

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As a maintainer of a semi-popular chrome extension[1], I receive so many buy-out offers that I started publicly collecting them[2] for everyone to see. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hover-zoom%20/pccc... [2] https://github.com/extesy/hoverzoom/discussions/670

I LOVE Hoverzoom. You must resist so much, since the app does require deep access.

That's exactly why it is a desirable target for would-be malware distributors.
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