Zedstrian
Moved over from Reddit after the API debacle. Primary account history:
@Zedstrian@kbin.social (2023) @Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com (2023–26) @Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz (2026–)
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Global News@lemmy.zip•US | Trump eyes 10,000 more troops as Israeli army is nearing collapseEnglish
101·2 days agoThe Israeli army has the resources to invade Lebanon, occupy the Gaza Strip, and attack Iran simultaneously; it isn’t near collapse.
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World News@quokk.au•The EU voted to introduce handling fees (likely around €2) for small packages arriving from outside the bloc starting on November 1
13·2 days agoWhether the U.S., the EU, or any other country or trade bloc, more tariffs only lead to increased trade protectionism worldwide. Reducing the import of dangerous products can be achieved by more targeted means against specific sellers.
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politics @lemmy.world•Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion ListEnglish
40·2 days agoDiscrimination, Exclusion, and Inequity
Zedstrian@sopuli.xyztoNot The Onion@sh.itjust.works•'F*** Trump': Hackers Hijack Denver Crosswalk Signals To Blast Vile Anti-Trump Rant At PedestriansEnglish
1·3 days agoI agree with the sentiment, but while forced abortions are wrong, abortion itself isn’t murder.
Zedstrian@sopuli.xyztoNot The Onion@sh.itjust.works•'F*** Trump': Hackers Hijack Denver Crosswalk Signals To Blast Vile Anti-Trump Rant At PedestriansEnglish
45·3 days agoPro-Trump remarks are what’s vile.
Stremio settings can be configured and add-ons installed from any web, mobile, or desktop version of Stremio, including the Android app. Stremio settings sync to the Stremio server to let you sync add-ons between devices, just like Omni and Vidi (another Stremio clone) do on iOS via iCloud.
In that case, I recommend getting the Onn 4K Pro for 75 CAD and following the guide I wrote here. Same process with Stremio, except that it works better on Android, and you can also easily use YouTube ad-free with SmartTube.
There’s cheaper Android devices out there, including cheaper versions of the Onn (Onn FHD for 39 CAD and Onn 4K for 53 CAD), though if possible, I recommend getting the 4K Plus for its higher specs if you decide to go this route.
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World News@lemmy.world•Iran plans to charge ships for safe passage through Strait of Hormuz, report saysEnglish
75·3 days agoThey have everything to lose if other countries provide support to the U.S. Iran is already infringing upon Oman’s sovereignty by stopping ships from transiting the straight through its territorial waters. Not allowing neutral third parties to use the straight bribe-free incentives otherwise neutral countries to side against it.
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Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Egyptian Authorities and ACE Shut Down World’s Largest Live Sports Piracy RingEnglish
7·3 days agoStreamEast still seems to be up.
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World News@lemmy.world•Iran plans to charge ships for safe passage through Strait of Hormuz, report saysEnglish
1419·3 days agoThe U.S. is in the wrong for starting the war, but Iran placing a toll on 30 percent of the world’s oil will only further convince other countries to side against it.
Assuming you have an iPhone, unless your main reason for using IPTV is live sports, I’d suggest Stremio with a Debrid service instead, as Debrid services typically have more VOD content available. Several Debrid services are available, but Real-Debrid (~25.54 CAD per 180 days) seems to have the largest library of cached content.
Since Stremio itself isn’t available on the Apple App Store anymore, Omni is a suitable alternative (one-time ~13.82 CAD cost). You would then install it on both your iPhone and Apple TV (configuring it on your phone, with the settings syncing to the Apple TV) and install the Streaming Catalogs add-on (for recommendations based on other streaming services) and Torrentio to fetch content from the Debrid service.
As Torrentio and free add-ons similar to it at times becomes unresponsive under high load, Debridio is a paid (~13.82 CAD per year) alternative if reliability is essential. Personally I prefer Torrentio’s results, but keep Debridio as a backup.
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Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyz•Mathieu Comandon Explains His Use of AI in Lutris Development (my interview!)English
54·3 days agoAlso, there is enough open source code available that I would hope Anthropic doesn’t feel the need to train their models on potentially litigious code base.
The problem with this statement is twofold. Firstly, it is unrealistic to assume that leading AI companies are staying entirely above board in terms of code licensing. With how widespread AI is, this makes it all the harder for developers to enforce their licenses when many developers inevitably violate their terms without knowing.
Even if that code is open source, licensing terms typically require attribution that an AI is unlikely to provide for every segment of code cobbled together. When the developers that had their code taken and reused are unable to know who reused it, it is disingenuous to work under a ‘take first, ask later (if found out)’ mentality.
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Climate@slrpnk.net•Schumer Says Democrats Will Try to Restore Clean Energy Tax CreditsEnglish15·4 days agoAOC should primary Schumer given his track record of going back on his word.
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Technology@lemmy.world•From F-Droid to emulators, here's who's hit hardest by Android's new verification rulesEnglish
11·3 days agoEvery APK installation from outside of the Play Store gives an installation warning. It’s unnecessary and deliberately trying to make such installations seem less secure in comparison.
A beneficial warning would highlight the many privacy risks in installing apps from the Play Store instead of privacy-respecting alternatives from F-Droid.
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News@lemmy.world•Quadruple amputee professional cornhole player accused of murder in MarylandEnglish
61·4 days agoAlternative to CBS. Also, a bit dumb that a murder gets more attention just because the murderer is an amputee.
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Technology@lemmy.world•From F-Droid to emulators, here's who's hit hardest by Android's new verification rulesEnglish
471·4 days agoThe APK installation process is already more inconvenient than it should be, and now it will be getting even worse. There should be no difference in installing an APK via Google Play versus any other method.
The fact that the process will still have a ‘security’ warning each and every time after the 24 hour wait period shows that even for “advanced users” they want to make it as inconvenient as possible while claiming to still be keeping Android open.


Any form of age verification is a violation of user privacy.