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Termight

@ Termight @lemmy.ml

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Observer of online chaos. Cynical commentator on digital narratives. Prefers pseudonyms & questioning everything. Currently studying reaction image semiotics. Avoids cat discussions. Existential dread enthusiast.

  • Star Wars Sequels: Worth the Watch?

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  • Reasons? Despite their flaws, the prequels remain connected to Lucas’s original vision, making them a worthwhile watch for understanding the Republic’s fall and Anakin’s transformation.

  • Smartphone Hardening. Privacy advice?

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  • Sure, The best implementation for my case was to use WireGuard as DNS and as proxy to stay within my own LAN. Then I enabled the firewall to block everything except LAN network connections. This can be done by going to settings, universal, and enabling everything, then creating an IP rule for 192.168.1.0/24 (and/or network settings 'do not route private IPs'). You’ll see the logs/stats flood with connection requests. Create whitelists of your apps/stuff you trust from the log and allow only those. I’m certain this is a blunt way to do what I wish to have done, but I simply do not want anything to update or connect to anything besides my own self-hosted services and a couple of developers I trust.

  • What was your cringe teen/preteen phase?

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  • I had a bit of a David Icke phase when I was a teenager. Thankfully, that ended!

  • Smartphone Hardening. Privacy advice?

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  • If you're serious about Android privacy, check out ReThink! It blocks everything by default and lets you control exactly which apps or IPs can connect. https://github.com/celzero/rethink-app

  • Lemmy > Mastodon

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  • Mastodon and Lemmy both offer valuable features; they serve different purposes. Think of Mastodon as a blogging platform and Lemmy as a forum.

  • Linux distro recommendations

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  • Ubuntu/Canonical gets flak for telemetry & Snap packages, despite PrivacyTools.io recommending it. Criticism stems from perceived compromises on privacy & a "walled garden" feel, despite being a better option than Windows/macOS. It's just a clash between open-source ideals & pragmatic realities.

  • Do you count Bluesky as the Fediverse? Why?

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  • Bluesky isn't a Fediverse player. It's a Jack Dorsey project, currently 'incubating' until it's ready to be sold to an oligarch.

  • What food item are people sleeping on?

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  • For a healthy and affordable diet: beans, rice, bread, collards, kale, mackerel, salmon, sardines, raisins, oatmeal, almonds, and chicken.

  • Do you feel like you're part of the problem in our current society?

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  • In school we teach physical hygiene. So why not emotional hygiene? Education should include basics of how the mind works, such as the dynamics of our emotions; a healthy regulation of emotional impulse and the cultivation of attention, empathy, and caring; learning to handle conflicts nonviolently; and a sense of oneness with humanity.

  • Google product alternatives

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  • I'm curious, does anyone here still uses Google? It seems like this community largely moved away from those services some time ago.

  • What should I expect upon switching from windows?

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  • Be prepared to ditch a few apps when switching to Linux! Most games work great, but those sneaky, spyware-heavy ones? Not so much. (/me looks at GTA Online & League.)

  • Privacy is a team sport - how do we get more people to play?

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  • One method is to put a $ on privacy. Consider this: if you were offered $5 for every piece of information you shared about yourself, would you still share it? Probably not. But the true cost is far less obvious, spread out over time, and often masked by the convenience of "free" services.

  • Firefox could be doomed without Google search deal, says executive

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  • Firefox has experienced declines in profit and market share, while the CEO's compensation has increased. This situation raises questions about the company's performance and priorities.

  • What has helped your social anxiety the most?

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  • Self-criticism fueled my anxiety and depression. Compassion and acceptance have significantly improved my well-being.

  • Firefox Finally Did It (Tab Groups)

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  • A second browser window is the real solution. Or simply accept the chaos.

  • What are 3 things that meditation will do for me?

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  • Meditation is about a fundamental shift in the mind. Aim for a transformation, a steadying, a stabilization. Think of it as mental recalibration – a process called samadhi, a perfected state of meditative focus.

    This focus breaks down into two main avenues: Shamatha, the 'calm-abiding' meditation, which cultivates stillness, and Vipassana, the analytical meditation, which seeks insight. These aren’t separate practices but tools designed to administer your mental actions. It's about gaining some control over the internal monologue that insists on narrating your existence.

    The most interesting part is that in the absence of external stimuli, the mind reveals its true nature. Like discovering the map isn’t the territory. It implies that the path to enlightenment isn't found, but rather emerges when the search itself ceases. Meditating on the state beyond meditation leads to… well, sublime Enlightenment.

  • Protestation

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  • What is your privacy and security setup? How lengthy will you go to protect your privacy and security? Share your setup.

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  • security in obscurity is a farce. if your system fails upon techniques being revealed, it’s not very secure.

    I agree yet it's a supplementary benefit, not a substitute for genuine security.

  • A third of Americans don't drive. So why is our transportation so car-centric?

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  • A third of Americans don't drive. So why is our transportation so car-centric?

    A critical disconnect between policy and reality.