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Yaky

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  • If you had native-level fluency in a language, and don't talk in that language for a while, can you develop an accent later-on when trying to talk in that language again?

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  • Not sure about an accent, but it will be noticeable.

    From personal experience: I am aware that I often use structures specific to my current English-speaking region while speaking one of my native languages. Also, my slang and cultural references are really outdated. So I do not have an accent exactly, but it would be possible to tell something is off.

  • I just realized there is not really a word for "cuddling" in Chinese Languages... probably a reflection of the lack of Public Display of Affection¹ in Chinese Culture... (¹and sometimes even at home)

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  • I don't think it's necessarily reflective of culture, but just the language never formed a word for it. E.g. in Ukrainian and Russian, hugs are generally considered more intimate, so expression describing cuddling would be "laying down hugging".

    On same note, Ukrainian and Russian has a word "тискати"/"тискать", which (informally) means to squeeze affectionately (usually partners, babies, or pets, similar to "cute aggression" concept in US English). Doesn't mean that speakers of other languages don't do the same thing, there is just not a single word for it.

  • I'm foss plus steam

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  • And electric vehicles. Series hybrids with 30-50 miles of range of battery and a gas engine for further (Prius Prime, Volt, Clarity) were disliked by gas car people (usually being ignorant about how it works at all, and all made up EV problems), and also disliked by EV purists (not a real EV, hauling around a whole engine, still uses gas, etc)

  • Recommended Android App List

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  • Apps on F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid (f-droid repo) are generally trustworthy.

    Anything specific you are looking for?

  • Why doesn't my phone put all of my apps to "sleep" by default?

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  • Some general examples: Any active navigation keeping track of your location if you switch apps. Pebble monitoring notifications to be sent to a smartwatch. Email or chat client periodically checking for messages.

    There is a Developer Setting in Android to instantly kill off-screen apps, but that would make multitasking a hassle.

    On that note, what I have witnessed is the opposite, phone OS being overly eager to put apps in sleep / idle mode, to the point of ignoring user settings of "do not optimize battery" and "allow background processing". Many (most "normal") apps handle notifications through Google, but many FOSS and independent apps need to run in the background to check for messages, updates, etc.

  • Messaging apps - XMPP vs Matrix vs ???

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  • Matrix clients aren’t great

    IMO the main advantage that Matrix-Element has for normal users is the branding: Element is Element on the web, Android and iOS. (Snikket is trying to do the same for XMPP though)

    Matrix is too difficult for “normal” people

    Agreed. Simple user+password login to a hosted (non-matrixdotorg) server takes 5-6 pages to click through.

    Matrix public rooms have a CP problem

    I was spammed with racist copypasta on XMPP once too. But being in large Matrix chats guarantees being invited/messaged.

    ...Matrix also pisses metadata to any server it federates with, including matrix [.] org

    Replication+sync is a strange decision for chats. It sort of makes sense for slower fediverse posts, but creates a lot of strange scenarios and privacy issues with chats. Also, matrixdotorg is used for key backups and vectordotim is used for integrations IIRC.

  • Messaging apps - XMPP vs Matrix vs ???

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  • I hosted Matrix for several years. It mostly works fine, apps look consistent, bridges are nice, but is a pain in the ass in some aspects. Onboarding sucks. Data needs constant cleanup (or gigabytes of storage, even for a dozen users). Sometimes notifications are delayed hours. Sometimes images don't load.

    New Element Server Suite is more corporate-oriented, requires Kubernetes (!) to run, includes defacto mandatory services. Element X has no feature parity with Element Classic, especially calls.

    I ran Snikket many years ago for a few months. But now they have smooth invites/onboarding, admin panel, and always had reliable notifications. Even bridges through Slidge. I plan to switch back to Snikket soon.

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  • I Installed Ubuntu Touch on My Phone in 2026 — Should You?

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  • Not a bad overview, but IMO too focused on "it's not like Android" aspect, especially when talking about muscle memory and apps. I found Ubuntu Touch much smoother than phosh on PinePhone a few years back.

    Just got a cheap supported phone for Ubuntu Touch, so gonna try it out too.

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    To new users of Linux, how does it feel to have to enter your password 1000x more often than Windows or macOS?

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  • Are you trying to run everything as sudo / admin? I do not recall having to type in the password that much, even a decade ago when Linux experience was less polished.

  • Then & Now

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  • FYI Enhanced ID is provided only by certain states.

  • An alternative decentralized internet for sharing text and media: The Gemini Protocol

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  • The thing is also that there was no server available for Ubuntu

    Debian 12 (and looks like Ubuntu, too) has molly-brown. I also chose it for being a Debian package instead of additional install.

  • Why are programmers so rude to beginners?

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  • I have once heard "It is our time to make fun of them" from a software developer. He wasn't a very well-meaning person in general, bootstraps and all.

  • ChatGPT is getting ads. Sam Altman once called them a 'last resort.'

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  • They don't need to. In sarcastic words of Cory Doctorow, it is OK because it's through the app.

    Illegal unregulated hotels? It's OK because it's through the app. Illegal taxis? It's OK because it's through the app. Plagiarism and IP violations? It's OK because it's through the app.

  • [@alexkrokus] Elders

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  • At a repair cafe, just saw someone with a chunky Dell Inspiron laptop that had a built-in modem and phone jack (!), which dates it to late 2000s (I believe), and I was impressed how fast Windows 10 was on it compared to newer cheap laptops.

  • Very nice, very nice indeed

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  • No vibe coding needed. Many years ago, my friend, a new yet overly-confident web developer, pulled the entire list of usernames and passwords from the back-end when the login page opened. It was to "check if password is correct faster".

    (And yes, he stored passwords in plaintext)

  • Why not repurpose obsolete smartphones as DAB metadata displays?

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  • Hands-on: The Punkt MC03 might be the first privacy Android phone I'd actually try [Gallery]

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  • Another Android fork like eOS or iodeOS, but this time, it's different, we promise!

  • I watched several videos on a Combine Harvester's inner workings

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  • When I was taught that Philo Farnsworth, a "farmer" who "invented" television by using the idea of plowing a field in parallel lines to display an image, I was completely dumbfounded. A farmer figured out how to build a vacuum tube, fire an electron beam, deflect it at phosphor-coated surface, and do so in lines, varying the intensity, to display an image? This simplistic "history" skips about 50 years of progress in vacuum tube design and absolutely fascinating mechanical television.

    On that note, The Upright Thinkers by Leonard Mlodinow is a good book about scientific progress, and really drives a point about incremental nature progress.

  • What are your technology mispredictions?

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  • When Steam first appeared (and was required to play Half-Life 2 IIRC), I thought that was a ridiculous idea to have a middle man to play a game. Well, what do I know, everyone loves Steam now (yet hates on other launchers).