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helenslunch ,

An anti-trust lawsuit is like a trophy for these companies.

helenslunch ,

It’s more like a self-hosted and encrypted Google Chat alternative.

helenslunch ,

Yeah I have to agree. There are much better, more private, and more reliable solutions.

helenslunch ,

Apple always have these convenient excuses in their back pockets. Makes much more sense to me that DeNiro was telling the truth, especially given recent events.

School Hate Crime: Racist Kid Yells “N Word” While Attacking Black Girl, Breaks Her Nose And Hospitalizes Her. Black Girl Gets Suspended (kansascitydefender.com)

In a shocking, horrifying incident at Shawnee Mission East High School, a Black student was hospitalized after being attacked by a white male student. Despite being the victim, she faces suspension in a case highlighting systemic racism and administrative negligence.

helenslunch ,

The assailant has also been suspended as well.

They forgot that in the title. But I’m sure it was just an honest mistake…

Also that dude fights like a bitch.

The smart home tech inside your home is less secure than you think, new Northeastern research finds. (news.northeastern.edu)

The smart home tech inside your home is less secure than you think, new Northeastern research finds.::A team of researchers discovered vulnerabilities in smart home devices made by big technology companies like Google.

helenslunch ,

Couldn’t possible be

helenslunch ,

Proton themselves have suggested creating a second Proton account expressly for this purpose, despite violating their own ToS.

helenslunch ,

The only idea I have for PeerTube is to federate by default.

Toyota boasts new battery technology with 745-mile range and 10-minute charging time — here’s how it may impact mass EV adoption (finance.yahoo.com)

Toyota boasts new battery technology with 745-mile range and 10-minute charging time — here’s how it may impact mass EV adoption::The potential to significantly reduce pollution could be huge.

helenslunch ,

Here’s how eating corn may make your shit turn purple and smell like rainbow sherbet:

Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a ‘gigantic global sewer’ (www.reuters.com)

Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a ‘gigantic global sewer’::Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday announced she was quitting the X platform formerly known as Twitter, calling it a “gigantic global sewer” that was “destroying our democracies” by spreading abuse and misinformation.

helenslunch ,

The EU has set a great example on Mastodon for how it should be used. They host the server and the people who work for the EU can be verified by simply having an account.

helenslunch ,

Except for the ones that most certainly bought the game from this ad.

helenslunch ,

flipboard.social/public/local

'Morale is at an all-time low': Ex-Googler writes scathing latter slamming layoffs and 'eroded' culture (www.businessinsider.com)

‘Morale is at an all-time low’: Ex-Googler writes scathing latter slamming layoffs and ‘eroded’ culture::An ex-Googler wrote a 1,500-word letter criticizing the firm and CEO Sundar Pichai’s lack of “visionary leadership.”

helenslunch ,

That will happen when the market is in the shitter

helenslunch ,

But that would cost them.

helenslunch ,

Imagine thinking “the market” is an imaginary concept that doesn’t influence your business 🤦

helenslunch , (edited )

Not dumb enough to get mad about things no one said.

helenslunch ,

OMG dude, you’re embarrassing yourself…just put down the shovel.

helenslunch ,

Is there an echo in here?

helenslunch ,

What is that even supposed to mean?

helenslunch ,

What?

Feds subpoena Ticketmaster over egregious concert ticket prices — A spokesperson for Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, said the firm doesn't “feel comfortable” sharing information with Congress (www.vice.com)

Feds subpoena Ticketmaster over egregious concert ticket prices — A spokesperson for Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, said the firm doesn’t “feel comfortable” sharing information with Congress::A spokesperson for Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, said the firm doesn’t “feel comfortable” sharing information...

helenslunch ,

I bet they hand out trophies at the corporations when they get investigated for egregious pricing.

helenslunch ,

Every other Google Chromium fork will need to maintain an increasingly complex set of changes to the Google repository

Yet infinitely easier than building a new browser from the bottom up

helenslunch ,

And Mull

helenslunch ,

I use Gnome BTW

helenslunch ,

I hear people say Chromium is bad for the web all the time but they all seem to think that Chromium = Chrome.

helenslunch ,

Okay, would you like to elaborate beyond what I just said?

helenslunch , (edited )

Chromium source code is still controlled and gatekeept by Google

What? Chromium is open source. That’s how Chromium-based browsers even exist.

helenslunch ,

That is not my fault. 99% of those people are just using Chrome. I’m not going to use another browser that offers a degraded experience just to try to right the wrongs of the world. That is not my responsibility. When even a modicum of people start giving a shit about things like web standards, I will too.

Firefox is entirely funded by Google, telemetry and ad networks also, so frankly I’m not sure they’re any better.

helenslunch ,

I see the disconnect now. You’re mistaking “open source” for 'inherently good."

Uhhhh no you don’t see anything. I didn’t say anything like that.

the forks either have to either maintain an increasingly complex list of patches to apply to fix what Google does to Chromium (the browser that runs two thirds of the web) or simply accept it.

And they do the former.

So I ask again, what’s the problem?

helenslunch ,

Yes, you did. In your first comment in this thread.

If you’re just going to blatantly and plainly lie about what I said, where everyone can see it, I’m not going to continue engaging with you. Bye now 👋

helenslunch ,

Which in no way resembles “open source is inherently good”, but thank you for reading my comments back to me.

helenslunch ,

This is great, as far as I’m concerned. Making Chrome more shitty only benefits the world, as people move away from it and accidentally significantly improve their privacy and Internet experience in general.

helenslunch , (edited )

Been using it for a few months. Really like it but it has had the same big problems since I started using it ☹️

  • Pushing the buttons at the bottom often don’t work.
  • Clicking messages in my inbox doesn’t take me to the actual comments, just the full comments.
  • no parent comment function or "context"
  • some comment threads won’t expand
  • when typing comments the text will go behind the keyboard and then you can only scroll down 2 lines so you have to constantly scroll down when typing long comments.
helenslunch ,

They don’t really support Linux. We just got a “new” VPN client, which is incredibly bare-bones.

One would think a company built almost entirely around privacy would want to support the most private OS but I guess it doesn’t pay too well.

helenslunch ,

I understand that, it’s just not in line with their stated goals.

helenslunch ,

It’s quite the opposite actually. It may be outside of your personal view but what it is is a cesspool of assholes circlejerking and spreading misinformation like wildfire. No pesky liberals to come and break it up with their facts and knowledge.

This is what happens when you kick them off of Twitter.

helenslunch ,

Everyone who goes there was not vulnerable to being influenced by facts or knowledge.

LOL isn’t that like, the entire justification for kicking them off of Twitter?

YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker (www.businessinsider.com)

YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don’t turn off your ad-blocker::YouTube has been cracking down on people using ad blockers. Now, a spokesperson says that using ad blockers could lead to “suboptimal viewing.”

helenslunch ,

The whole page loading delay thing is hilarious because it doesn’t tell you why it’s happening, so viewers are likely to just assume the service is becoming even more shitty.

Flipboard stops tweeting, launches new podcast about decentralized social apps | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

Social magazine app Flipboard had already committed to joining the "fediverse" -- the decentralized social web, which includes apps like Mastodon. Now, it’s doubling down on those ambitions with an announcement that it will stop tweeting while also launching a new podcast devoted to exploring the topic of decentralized social...

helenslunch ,

Good to see they have their own server!

helenslunch ,

Yet another crypto scam? shocking

helenslunch ,

The lawsuit claimed that since July 2019, Binance had offered derivatives trading to US users even though it theoretically could not do so and did not require any type of identification for those customers, also in violation of regulations. The US agency considers that the founder and CEO was responsible for all strategic decisions, including a “secret plot” to help clients considered important to avoid those controls

Sounds like a scam to me 🤷

helenslunch ,

Is this a joke? Sounds like you didn’t read the article.

helenslunch OP ,

BG3 uses D&D fifth edition rules, and the game is set in the Forgotten Realms, which is the official setting for D&D right now.

I don’t know what any of these words mean, but thank you.

helenslunch OP ,

and „being part of the games online community and/or using the communities resources to play the game“ is one answer.

Thank you.

You don’t mean to say that no one should enjoy „complex“ games, are you?!?

Of course not. And I have in the past. I just don’t have that kind of time anymore.

helenslunch OP ,

Thank you

helenslunch OP ,

I just went and checked it out and it’s free-to-play and the reviews are “overwhelmingly negative”, both of which typically keep me far far away haha

Also all of the “most helpful” reviews are just memes and not even reviews at all. WTF is that about?

helenslunch OP ,

everything that used to be free cosmetic wise is now payable content.

And they badger you every 5 minutes about buying it. Pretty much what I figured.

helenslunch OP ,

And start over completely?

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