cmhe

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[–] cmhe 2 points 1 month ago

At least its plugins, which are what needs to be regularly updated as platforms change, are open source. I imagine someone will clean-room reverse-engineer the core app and make an open source one that uses the plugins.

Reverse-Engineering and reimplementing something is a lot of work, especially if it is a moving target that is still actively developed. I don't expect anyone to do it.

Also, Louis Rossmann said they only reserve the right to go after forks to prevent a situation like all the shady ad-ridden NewPipe ones flooding Google Play Store.

That is some kind of hand wavy reasoning that might come from someone that could be sponsored by them. Louis should do better than taking any company by their word and promises. And spreading FUD about NewPipe (and by extension all of Open Source software) is also a straw man argument. An untrustworthy software repository is not a argument against the open source software application, but against the software repository and their maintainers.

If you are concerned with that, you should stop using Google Play store.

[–] cmhe 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have a USB-C to audio jack adapter/sound card, which doesn't provide enough amplification for my headphones at "normal" levels, so I have to raise it beyond what android considers "save" in order to even hear voices enough to understand them, if the environment around me is a bit noisy itself. At maximum level it is still not really loud.

[–] cmhe 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well, with newpipes forks are possible in order to implement controversial features, with Grayjay they are unlikely because of its non-open-source license.

[–] cmhe 14 points 1 month ago

Just FYI. Grayjay is only source available, but not open source like newpipe and its forks.

[–] cmhe 2 points 1 month ago

Is it me, or does the person in front in the picture gives off Aloy vibes?

[–] cmhe 6 points 1 month ago

Bild im Hintergrund ist von Leipzig. 38C3 ist in Hamburg dieses Jahr. Nicht das jemand hier zum falschen Ort fährt ;)

[–] cmhe 12 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Is the backside of a portal transparent? I thought it might connect to the backside of the other portal...

[–] cmhe 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They should probably try to fix the issues that caused the population to vote for him.

It never about "fixing" or "killing" individuals, but about systems that do not work for some people.

[–] cmhe 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Trumps administration will likely start out with a lot of power hungry egomaniac freaks, and then with its very high turnover, trump loyalists will be filtered through, like they did in their first term.

Competence doesn't really matter.

[–] cmhe 2 points 1 month ago

Konservativ ist die Zukunft und Veränderungen auszublenden.

[–] cmhe 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

NixOS would be like brewing coffee with laboratory equipment and then setting it up for automation.

[–] cmhe 1 points 1 month ago

From the two unsuccessful ban trials of the NPD, I do not have much hope of this one succeeding. Sadly.

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