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  • McMeddon
    Public • September 15, 2026, 2:13 pm
    Idk what it takes for you guys,
    but realizing that your weather app is tracking you, to sell your location data, is certainly a bar i do snap' at.


    Working on more minecraft stuff again today and then spend the afternoon inspecting and yeeting apps of my phone.
    Found this open source attempt at a ios and android weather app, https://ossweather.akylas.fr/ OSS Weather and on Linux i found: "Mousam" which is very nice

    edit: wrong app screenshotted #updated img
    Kraggle092026-09-15 15:25:58
    Edit: I see the fixed image now, that’s definitely crossing a line.


    It’s all able to be opted out of, and it’s not being sold. It’s standard product improvement analytics. It’s more like the person going to the mayor and saying “hey this person couldn’t find LOCATION, we should add a sign for it”. Unless I’m missing something in the privacy policy.
    McMeddon2026-09-15 15:02:46
    Metapher: Asking a local person on the street for directions and then both going their own separate ways VS asking for directions once, and then they follow you, while keeping notes, where you go and what you wear.
    Kraggle092026-09-15 14:26:37
    oh wait, duh it “tracks your location” how else does it tell you the weather?
    Kraggle092026-09-15 14:21:10
    I mean, that’s only if you have analytics enabled in iOS settings, right? Since Weather is a system app?
  • McMeddon
    Public • September 15, 2026, 3:52 am
    boop
    FIRESTAR09_102026-09-15 11:20:01
    beep
  • McMeddon
    Public • September 14, 2026, 8:14 am
    This is like a super lowball and harmless example, but..

    i swear researching for projects and trying to find authentic and real references gets like.. harder and harder every year. When google and co are just flooded with 10 altered versions + ai recreations of a real place. So frustrating, like having to analyse every image if its real or not...


    McMeddon2026-09-16 06:50:21
    i just tested that for a sunken ships in swamps AND HOLY HEAVENS IS IT DIFFERENT.
    Awhikax2026-09-15 13:56:20
    Google offer filtering by date so I guess filtering anything pre-AI era would help.
    Looking for nature photography contest websites may also be a good way to find "natural" images (often photoshopped though).
    DOOMSTRYKER2026-09-14 09:22:20
    I agree with you on this one. I want to see REAL untouched pictures of REAL Earth for my builds! Not something regurgitated by AI. I want to see the true beauty of our world.
  • McMeddon shared RustToaster's post
    Public • September 11, 2026, 5:14 am
    ooOO cand- 💥
    RustToaster
    Public • September 10, 2026, 9:24 pm
    ☠️⠀DANGER⠀☠️

    DO NOT ENTER WALL
    POST COMMENT SECTION

    ⠀⠀LAND MINES IN AREA⠀⠀
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    Dronko fire blaster2026-09-11 13:52:16
    Boop
  • CanineGray
    Public • September 10, 2026, 5:49 pm
    For anyone wondering about Gray's Mob Overhaul, I'm working on revamping it with updated models and textures! I don't know when it'll be out for release but you can see posts on my progress on my patreon or kofi! 
  • McMeddon
    Public • September 10, 2026, 11:58 am
    Testing experimental ways to create more complex and larger caves.



  • Stsk123
    Public • September 10, 2026, 6:40 am
    If you know who i am, i suggest you read this.

    inactive, sorry, i doubt anyone even remembers me. i don't want to make resource packs anymore. I don't want to make maps. I have a lot of unfinished projects. I have one map, about escape rooms which is really cool in my opinion, because i worked really hard on it, it's all vanilla. But i'm too lazy to make a whole ass page for these things. Even if they are unfinished, i suppose anyone can finish these ideas. I always try to do more than i actually can, that's why i always lose interest in making these resource packs. That's why most of my projects are small. Believe me, i want more but i can't. I know really talented people here, i wish the best for everyone. It will take a miracle for me to be back, but i'm a nobody in this website, so i don't even know why i'm saying this. I just had good memories.

    so what did i do this whole summer? i am starting a graphic novel (fancy words for comic book). It's going to be a huge story. I don't wanna spoil at all, i can only say it will be a space western, action, mystery. I've been doing lots of story writing and worldbuilding, this takes a lot of time to just sit, think and think for hours, while writing down anything good, filling in plot holes etc. This time i will not fail myself. I will make a page on instagram and post my progress. I'm almost at starting the actual pages. I've done lots of character designs. Nature, animals, robots. And no... it's not going to be a webtoon. It could sell it as an actual book, but i guess i can also publish it online every page like an online book. What's the difference between a webtoon and this online book? Webtoon is for scrolling on a phone. What i will do is post the pages for anyone who i can't sell it to, that means almost everybody. I'm only 15 and don't know much about selling books out of my country but i guess i will figure it out over time.
  • McMeddon
    Public • September 9, 2026, 6:24 am
    LG IS SOOO DONE.

    On my recent TV with invasive ACR post.
    Its apparently way worse.

    -They are insecure( with unpatched 0Day & RCE's), botnet enabling, data scrapers, analyzing you, your network, your surroundings, your neighbors. Nothing is save. And neither is the data it captures, because they store it all in LOGS and send off. To a firm LG doesnt even fully control.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA
    You can have EVERYTHING denied. And they still profile you. May they crash and burn and get sued to hell.


    This is not LG only - samsung, hisense, tcl, sony, vizio etc do that ship very very like tooI hope this whole add/tech burns to the ground one day.
    CalDoesStuff2026-09-11 20:56:38
    reading this on my LG monitor 😔
    McMeddon2026-09-09 12:53:28
    Oh yea im pissed!
    Linux: Was 100% Worth it! Let me give you my 7-8 months intro knowledge:

    GET VENTOY for install! You can try first without even installing (usb), or try it on a secondary pc/laptop or in a VM.
    Debian/Ubuntu (lts), Fedora(mid cycle) or CachyOS (latest) with KDE (win like) or Gnome (mac like) is just 95% you need.
    Do 1 OS per system, dualboot Linux+Win possible, but can be a real hassle especially when something breaks.
    Dont trust google serp results, i bricked my system once or twice.

    Main limits, currently VM's on linux have no native GPU passthrough support, limited support for various proprietary (video/audio-) codecs h265, mpeg or aac. Ms native/locked programs, Mc Bedrock, games with kernel anti cheat, Adobe programs, and niche proprietary programs. Most windows programs are possible to run with bottles/wine or winboat. 80/20 chance.
    Awhikax2026-09-09 11:58:39
    lmao now you're gonna hate them
    I should definitely switch to Linux, one day...
    McMeddon2026-09-09 11:52:25
    I am SO aware. And got me laughing when i saw, this on my windows partition
    Gladly i switched to linux (cachy) earlier this year.
    SuperYosh2026-09-09 11:39:07
    fuck lg

    i have an lg tv and i just dont connect it to the internet
    SuperYosh2026-09-09 11:38:49
    same
    Awhikax2026-09-09 11:32:37
    Wait until you figure out their monitors are installing adwares on your PC...
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  • McMeddon
    Public • September 8, 2026, 4:37 am
    On the privacy note - tip:
    For you iPhone users check out this research/inspection tool: Loupe
    Showcases how fingerprinting on ordinary data points, can reveal your interests, habits and circumstances.



    Its amazing, got labled gamer, purely on the basis that i had twitch installed KEKW
    But also put me into the Privacy bucket, because i had Signal and Proton apps.

    I figured out that 1/1000 images of mine had a geotag (grrrrr).
    I also learned that my phone has a barometer?!
    McMeddon2026-09-08 15:07:22
    barometer is like to meassure air pressure. Apparently its for:

    Vertical GPS and floor detection.
    Fittness tracking (the movement changes) + Activity recognition.
    Part of weather analytics, if your local pressure drops it could warn about rain.
    Oh for paragliding apps when you fly in the mountains.
    int322026-09-08 13:40:35
    so there may be apps stealing your barometric information? creepy!
    (I have no idea what they could infer from THAT!)
    PotatoWolfie2026-09-08 06:47:33
    that's bonkers
  • Toycatw
    Public • September 7, 2026, 2:43 pm
    finishing up the next update to the pvp pack, which will release next month for its 6th anniversary (october 6th)

    currently working on porting everything for the 1.8 version so that everything works correctly. then i'll have to make sure nothing breaks in modern versions once java 26.3 releases.
  • CanineGray
    Public • September 6, 2026, 4:11 pm

    Rabbit Villagers supporters pack got a new update out today, and to celebrate its on sale for 1$! Use the link here, or code 0906 at checkout on my kofi shop!
  • McMeddon
    Public • September 6, 2026, 12:00 pm
    Mc unrelated: Does anyone of you guys have a TV?
    Cute reminder TURN OFF ACR AND OTHER SETTINGS: all your TV's track/monitor/spy on you for advertisement/user-profiling by capturing your screens c:

    Samsung, TCL, LG, Roku, Vizio, Sony.. basically all do ACR, they know when&what you watch, play, or when you do work or shop
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvFu343KNek

    (On the LG G5, identifiable ACR-related traffic)
    Dronko fire blaster2026-09-07 14:30:57
    we do, but its a rear projection crt, though we do have a fire stick on it.
    McMeddon2026-09-07 14:12:06
    check the settings, turn of acr and any marketing settings. It does help.
    HyperOctal2026-09-07 14:04:39
    Oh god, as someone with an LG G5, that makes me very uncomfortable
    Papa Enny2026-09-06 14:54:34
    Thankfullly I don't have my device connected to internet. I just watch the simpsons, futurama and family and in the evening
    BTW Simpsons run at 18 on Pro7 and 19:20 futurama and family start on Pro7 Max
    int322026-09-06 14:03:28
    I have a 20 years old russian media player with a USB HDD, and although I doubt it has any trackers, it's disconnected from the network anyway.
    ILIKEOBSIDIAN2026-09-06 13:39:05
    **sweats aggressively**
    SuperYosh2026-09-06 12:31:17
    We have an LG G4 and we just... don't connect it to the internet. We use our PS4 for streaming, and we also have a blu ray player for physical media.
    MerBatPhan892026-09-06 12:21:17
    Good thing I don't use any of those streaming services as I prefer physical media, and for YouTube I use Newpipe/Pipepipe which blocks all the annoying ads and prevents my data from being sold to Google.
  • McMeddon
    Public • September 5, 2026, 10:41 am
    New world map before GTA6 lul

    The UN voted for a new map projection to be used - Bye Bye Mercator, hello equal earth c:
    New one comes with better country proportions and doesnt exxagerates the polar regions as much

    also only now I noticed that mercator freacking placed the equator line into Algeria instead of Gabon, DRC, Kenya etc. wth xD

    McMeddon2026-09-07 08:09:04
    probably not, but they surely can continue using mercator - sea maps for sea mateys and land maps for the land rats ARRR
    YourFriend09182026-09-06 19:16:49
    but is it reliable for navigation?
    McMeddon2026-09-06 04:21:38
    now orcas and sealions dont know the way to the penguins anymore - penguin inside job
    Dronko fire blaster2026-09-05 14:27:01
    rip south poll
  • Magex_ya
    Public • September 4, 2026, 7:20 am
  • McMeddon
    Public • August 30, 2026, 3:24 pm
    webdev stuff i learned today.
    Was kinda confused why there were these random path requests for my site and investigated a bit.
    • There are automated reconnaissance bots casually skimming through the web searching for access points / logins to webservers or backends to attack (knew about that)
    • What i didnt yet know was one way how they do that, supposedly this is a "asset fingerprinting", trying to get a response from hidden web server/pages which usually doesnt respond or straightup blocks that stuff, but regardless of request sends like favicons/logos of the login page and therefor giving like a "positive" response back.

    Kraggle092026-08-30 15:36:29
    I misread "/static/icon/bjch.png" as "/static/icon/bitch.png" and was very confused as to why you'd name a file that XD
  • McMeddon
    Public • August 29, 2026, 4:25 am
    Hy🅱️nosis 😵‍💫
  • McMeddon
    Public • August 28, 2026, 7:34 pm
    FrankOrSmth2026-08-28 21:31:00
    ooooh, looks very cool
    ZappyGru2026-08-28 19:35:59
    Loving the terrain
  • McMeddon
    Public • August 28, 2026, 11:28 am
    Found this doggo while going through some tech documentations xD ICANT
    it has such meme potential
    int322026-08-28 16:17:38
    cloudflare is evil, don't
    Alijodan2026-08-28 12:08:00
    very cute
    ZappyGru2026-08-28 11:53:33
    Hahahaha goofy dog
  • Magex_ya
    Public • August 26, 2026, 4:36 pm
  • McMeddon
    Public • August 21, 2026, 12:39 pm
    Festival/party outside:
    They play music: yay
    They hired a band: nice
    They play random songs: eh okay
    They play your favorite song: yay
    They play it horribly: *nohoohohooo*
    They play a song you dont like: it sounds great x_x
    DarkEnchanter022026-08-21 12:41:03
    that one song like "pink pony club" I think has haunted me for literal years I hate it so much it crops up every few months even though the trend should be long dead specifically when im there seriously
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