Erratic6576

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by Erratic6576 3y ago
I would like to make the argument that the increased attention from Google will exert an enshittification pressure in code quality due to the sudden appearance and accumulation of trackers, until the web is finally sold to any big publishin
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
Why wouldn’t you trust Zuck’s word? He seems like an honourable
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
The amount of problems remains stable, as a universal constant . Problems are neither solved nor created, only transformed. By switching from Telegram to Matrix, new problems arose. By switching from Matrix to Session, by switching to Signa
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
There are many tools I wish I had never installed. I’m now installing them on a VM first
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
David Graeber argued that there are bullshit jobs, that keep people busy with tasks that are useless for their development or the society. He didn’t take into account that there are destructive jobs, whose workers significantly contribute t
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
That’s another reason not to pay for privacy
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
Yeah. I can no longer stand the smell of smoke no matter how far away. My wife hates me because we can’t sit on terraces to eat and drink next to smokers and traffic smoke
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
I dont browse signed in to my Google account, which I barely use. But Google has an open account on each of us, even if we block their servers at the firewall level
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
For me, it’s not only the price you pay. Having a username attached to each your searches is the opposite of privacy, no matter how much you trust their legalese wording
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
Sorry I meant to look it up on alternativeto.net but I got distracted because it would have taken me 3 seconds on my laptop. Damn mobile phones Hiddenbar. It might not be as shiny as bartender but it gets the job done
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
Yessir, Thank you very much
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
I like to think that it was Microsoft which destroyed Nokia from the inside in order to make Windows phone great at last https://slate.com/technology/2013/09/microsoft-nokia-deal-a-...
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
There’s a FOSS alternative to bartender
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
I found about these new tablets shortly after buying an iPad mini. As much as I’d love to have an e-ink device, I don’t regret my purchase because you cannot yet plug those devices directly to a screen using a usb-c connector
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
There’s no such decline in consumption. There’s always been a horde of illiterate people among the lower classes because decoding written letters is a very abstract and complicated intellectual activity. A few centuries ago, the illiteracy
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
Written letters are not an obsolete technology.
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
And Tesla, and Apple, and Amazon “There’s a class warfare and mine is winning” WB
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
I used to self host Nextcloud and securing it ended up being very complicated
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
I beg you to please tell me how to uninstall a web browser altogether. I was dreaming of installing GrapheneOS but nobody in the forums was able to answer my question whether it was possible to uninstall the web browser altogether in a way
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
I like having a huge mountain at hand on the horizon when I’m looking around. It is hard to find in most populations
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
Gemini because of the two opposite faces: one looking towards you; the other one, towards the NSA
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
Yeah a terrorist attack like the Maine in 1898 (or twin towers in 2001) can turn Americans into hawks. They’d accept whatever in order to revenge an attack against a vessel. Sounds like shock doctrine at play
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
The only exciting announcements from Google are the discontinuation of services
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
That’s why poorer countries are thriving in maths literacy according to a report by the OCDE called “computers and learning making the connection” or something like that
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
I graduated and went to Germany for seconds. Got myself a fancy laptop so I could thrive during the lessons, browsing Reddit. I wish I had known
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
Yeah embiggening your word-stock
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
nine months old, not 9 years old
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
it’s disappointing that people have to go such lengths in order to have a mobile device that is not conspiring against their wallet or ballot
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by Erratic6576 3y ago
Yeah but they spy on you privately. People love that they care so much about their privacy and people loathe apps that neglect them like signal.org

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