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@ Humanius @lemmy.world

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  • Shooting outside of historic Stonewall Inn after NYC's Pride March: Mayor

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  • It is currently unknown whether the two are related:

    The shooting appears to have stemmed from some sort of dispute, though the motive is unclear and no arrests have been made at this point in the investigation, WABC reported.

    It's very unfortunate regardless. Especially considering the two people shot were teenagers, one of them apparently shot in the head.I hope it wasn't a hate crime, but I fear that it might have been

    (Note: This was still a developing story when I wrote this comment. We might know more later)

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  • So that sounds to me that Americans should use a VPN to pretend they are accessing the website from Europe

  • US Trade Deficit Surges 11% in May Amid Export Decline | Sweden Herald

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  • I'm finding this all quite ironic

  • The smaller Fairphone 6 introduces swappable accessories

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  • Fairphone's current line-up almost makes me wish my current phone would break, so I'd have an excuse to upgrade.

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  • I'm not sure if buying American equipment is a good way to rid ourselves of our dependence on America.It allows America to control our supply of spare parts and software updates, and it doesn't bolster the European defence industry.

  • Tesla Robotaxi Freaks Out and Drives into Oncoming Traffic on First Day

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  • I'm no fan of Musk, Tesla or FSD, but this headline is quite sensationalized.

    This is the video of the moment they are describing, and I would not call that "driving into oncoming traffic." It's driving on the wrong side of the road (which is not good), but there is no cars coming in the other direction while it is doing it.

  • Spring_irl (Art by Spareferret)

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  • Get yourself some anti-histamines like cetrizine. It works wonders for me.

  • What does 1000€ buy you in your favourite hobby?

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  • The hobbies are photography and videography, and it depends a bit on how frugal I am being.

    If I limit myself to buying new stuff? Not a whole lot. Maybe a camera body or a few lenses.But if I shop around and get stuff second hand, then I could buy so many lenses and cameras that I've been meaning to try out.

    Usually I do the latter

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  • But being based in the United States it is still subject to American laws, and that comes with the risk of potential American spying and embargoes. Software from any American entity (be it coorporation or non-profit) comes with that risk.

  • Philadelphia transit system facing “death spiral” in coming fiscal year

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  • That is not entirely a fair equivalence though.

    A road is built once and after that it exists. Its a matter of maintenance and upkeep to make sure the road doesnt deteriorate over time. But even if you neglect that, the road will still exist.. only now with potholes.There are many places around the world with shit roads like this.

    Public transit requires staff pay, fuel costs, upkeep, etc besides the initial investment and maintenance. If that money doesn't exist the busses don't disappear, but there will be noone to drive them. Same for trains and other modes of transit.

    So when public transit has funding issues they are more immediately noticeable than when the road authority has funding issues.

  • Argentina inflation tumbles to five-year-low 1.5% in boost for Milei

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  • Converting that to a yearly inflation figure:

    1.01512 =~ 1.196

    So about 19.6% yearly, assuming it will stay at 1.5% monthly for the next year.By Argentinian standards that is honestly not too bad

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  • In that case it wouldn't be "good enough". But I don't think this is such an all-or-nothing situation.

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  • Don't let perfection stand in the way of good enoughIt may not be the holy grail, but moving away from Meta-owned Whatsapp is already a pretty significant improvement

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  • Not all of them.

    I have a non-official chat group with some colleagues, and a chat group for the neighbourhood that are not likely moving just because I am refusing to use Whatsapp. It would just result in me missing out on those chat groups.

    Currently I just have both installed, and that is also how I try to convince people to install and try out Signal.

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  • But my goal is not to move to Threema, my goal is to move away from Whatsapp.Signal fits the bill while expending far less social capital convincing people to use it.

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  • Then by all means keep that momentum going.I'm just looking at this from a Dutch perspective, where Signal is seeing by far the most growth.

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  • Yeah, but Threema has basically no momentum behind it at all at this point.I'm putting my social capital behind the option that currently stands the most chance of beating out Whatsapp

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  • After Trump was elected and inaugurated, Signal has finally been gaining some steam here in the Netherlands.

    It's still an American company, so it's not ideal. But it's still significantly better better than letting a tech giant like Facebook have control over the most commonly used chat app.

    WhatsApp needs to go and Signal is the most likely way in which we can achieve that. We can worry about the American elephant in the room later.

  • How to stop car terrorism. This was published in 1931.

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  • Which is entirely optional. You can install nice looking bollards that fit the scene (Noone complains about the bollards in Amsterdam looking ugly) or are integrated into other street furnishings (e.g. flower pots and planters)

  • New York mayoral candidate arrested by ICE: ‘Trump is looking to stoke conflict, weaponize fear’

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  • So they are just openly arresting political opponents now. America is really spiraling down the drain fast.