CodeAssembler

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More Shorts?? in c/newpipe@lemmy.ml
[–] CodeAssembler@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I am actually quite happy, that NewPipe dose not show Shorts this way. I hate the modern YouTube, that when you search for something you just get bombarded with Shorts, instead of what you are looking for. Yes, there is a filter to sort them out, but this filter resets every time you change the search query.

I can understand that you want to have shorts without ads, everything is better without ads, but I hope NewPipe never adopts this.

Maybe you can use Brave-Browser and login there together with its ad-blocker.

In september, Android is going to lock up. Newpipe is not going to keep working. What wil be your alternative then? in c/newpipe@lemmy.ml
[–] CodeAssembler@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 days ago

You can use e/OS (pretty good de-Googled Android OS) and overall stop using Google services (look at Europe, they are also in the process of showing the middle finger to big tech). NewPipe itself said you can load the app via ADB onto your device (this can be daunting if you are not technical but tutorials will help you).

Overall I can just recommend to see this as a point where you switch away from big tech, that collects data and pushes you into their way of living. There are FOSS alternatives for almost all Google, Microsoft and other "You will need this to function in our civilization" bull shit services. I study, live and work completely FOSS since 6 years (exemptions are of course present, like government applications or e-banking), and I never had any problems doing my tasks, finding a place or having fun with friends.

Break yourself free, believe me, it is healing.

Hacked for Nuclear War: A small Bash game about a cyber attack inside a submarine in c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Hacked for Nuclear War: A small Bash game about a cyber attack inside a submarine (github.com)
 

You are a captain of a nuclear submarine that is on station somewhere in the depth of the sea. Armed with SLBMs you are responsible for your nations deterrence and lasting peace on earth. When you get the orders to launch a counter strike, strange things happen to your Submarine Command System (SCS), soon you realize that your submarine was hit by a cyber attack. You need to dive and investigate who is responsible and how to restore your ship to full functionality.

Hacked for Nuclear war is a little game written in Bash, that makes you investigate simple logs in search for Indicators of Compromise (IoC) that you get from the MITRE | ATT&CK collection. The submarines attacker, nation, logs and general behaviour of the systems is randomly generated for every play-through, and you will have multiple endings that are triggered through your actions.

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Exploring where Linux came from, the lost UNIX V4 tape tried out (quasolaris.tech)
 

The lost tape of UNIX V4 was found, I gave it a spin and was amazed how fast you feel familiar using it.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/fdroid@lemmy.ml
[–] CodeAssembler@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago

Mine is Phocid.

Used VLC for a long time, because it was the only player that sorted my files the correct way (I buy from Bandcamp and fill in the metadata with a script, as for some reason Bandcamp puts all the information into the filename but not into the metadata...). The UI of VLC is not very good and it really got on my nerves that it saved the playback point on longer songs, so I had to manually replay the song to have it from the beginning.

After trying many players I finally found Phocid, that had an advanced metadata extraction setting, and with it also indexed my songs right.

Overall I find it a very nicely done player, does what it should and nothing more. The sound quality is good, the UI is clean and I find it lovely to see the programming behind it, in little things as as an example the already listened songs get a negative index in the array.

Music player in c/opensource@lemmy.ml
[–] CodeAssembler@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

I use Phocid, maybe a bit too minimalistic regarding you used Musicolet. It is only available on F-Droid though.

  • The metadata indexing (when the advanced metadata is activated) works wonders.
  • UI is straight forward and simple and until now I did not encounter any bugs (LineageOS and e/OS).
  • The folder structure is maintained and can be found under the "Folders" tab.
  • Sound quality is good, way better than VLC (what I used before).
  • Battery usage is, as far as I can tell, low
What phone should I buy for privacy? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] CodeAssembler@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I bought a Fairphone 3 and put LineageOS on it a few years back and can recommend it. LineageOS is less secure than GrapheneOS as far as I can tell but the privacy aspect is there, as you have a completely degoogled phone. I have some friends that have the same setup on the newer Fairphones and they are also very happy and have a smoother experience than me, because it is a newer phone.

Fairphone is an European country that has a move to open source (https://www.fairphone.com/en/open-source/).

To the compatibility and functionality:

  • SMS and Calling is no problem, VoLTE works and as SMS app I recommend QUICK.
  • AppStore I recommend F-Droid and Aurora Store. With Aurora Store you can download and install all apps that are on the Google Store. Just check, that your Banking Apps and so on support non-Google-Android OSs as some people I know had to switch back because some banks and services only work with Google Services (and that is a shame in my opinion, a Bank should NEVER be dependent on other companies for transactions and authentication. I for my part switched bank because of such a thing.)
  • microG can be used to use apps that need Google services, I do not use it but friends use it and are happy

In general you will find an replacement for every app you now use that is from a big company. Open Source came a long way and most alternatives are even better in my opinion.