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Zak

@ Zak @lemmy.world

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  • Yes, I prefer FOSS. The degree to which proprietary software actively works against the users' interests has increased significantly over the past couple decades, as has the tendency for anything successful to get enshittified. I'm not a hardcore ideologue about it, but if a FOSS option does what I need, and it usually does, then that's what I use.

    Some important software on my laptop:

    • Arch Linux
    • KDE
    • Firefox
    • Darktable
    • Emacs
    • Betterbird
    • Joplin
    • Syncthing
    • VLC
    • Bitwarden

    All FOSS. I play a few games that aren't, and a lot of things I access through the browser aren't. I have a Windows 11 install I used to boot somewhat frequently for games, but don't since I discovered Lutris takes the fuss out of running most games on Linux.

    And on my phone (italics indicate not FOSS):

    • LineageOS
    • Waterfox
    • Thunderbird
    • Signal
    • WhatsApp
    • AntennaPod
    • Waze
    • Google Maps
    • Joplin
    • KOReader
    • Syncthing-fork
    • VLC
    • Connect for Lemmy
    • Bitwarden

    I have FOSS fallbacks for the things that aren't aside from a couple group chats in WhatsApp. One of those is toying with moving to Signal, but collective action problems are hard.

  • Why Are Cars Getting Rid Of Android Auto?

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  • I imagine you could wire your own mechanical switch to that steering wheel. Fuck them for doing that though.

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  • What characteristics did I cite as reasons I like wired headphones? Was audio quality among them? Did I ever claim to be miserable or that anyone should feel sorry for me?

    I have a phone with a headphone jack and I'm content with it. If I break that one, I know what I'll replace it with, and that model also has a headphone jack.

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  • Oh, I see. You're trolling. Got it.

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  • I'm not making myself miserable. I'm a happy wired headphone user. They're quick to switch between devices and battery-free.

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  • Unlockable bootloader.

    Maybe that's not underrated on Lemmy, but mainstream reviews never even mention it.

  • Survey reveals most people are holding onto their phones for a long time, and it makes sense

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  • Proprietary drivers and the lack of a hardware abstraction layer seem to be the main problems. The big, popular desktop environments on Linux have also grown pretty heavy, but there are plenty of alternatives.

  • My mom says that people who don't have "value" don't deserve to live and that "depression" is just an excuse for laziness. What's is your rebuttal for it?

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  • Who is she to decide who deserves to live? God?

    Of course, I'd hesitate to accept such a judgment from a god who presumably made those people that way. That would be a dick move.

    As for pronouncements about mental health, I will accept citations, or maybe credentials. With neither, hers have no value.

  • Airplane lands itself after in-flight emergency, in a first for aviation automation

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  • the pilots COULD NOT TURN THE THING OFF.

    The article does not say that, and I have not seen a source that does. The FAQ says holding the autopilot disconnect button deactivates the system. If two turboprop pilots can't manage that, then they are incapacitated.

  • Survey reveals most people are holding onto their phones for a long time, and it makes sense

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  • I have a five year old Pixel 4A running LineageOS. I limit battery charge with AccA to ensure it doesn't wear out.

    The phone reports its battery capacity at 93%. I have no plans to replace it unless I break it,

  • Survey reveals most people are holding onto their phones for a long time, and it makes sense

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  • It didn't have to be this way. I can run modern Linux on 20+ year old PCs.

  • Is there a secure video chat that does not require a phone number?

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  • It looks like Session has video calls in beta.

    Note that most services requiring a phone number for registration don't actually require that phone number to be connected to a SIM card in the device you're using. That may be helpful depending on your use case.

  • Is there a secure video chat that does not require a phone number?

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  • It does not appear to require a phone number. It even looks like an email address is optional.

  • unbalanced ram. duel channel soldered memory

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  • I'm pretty happy with my P14s (essentially a T14). It's even worse in that all the RAM is soldered, but as I understand things, AMD had legitimate performance reasons for doing so, and the trend is likely to continue.

  • 15 People Have Died in Crashes Where Tesla Doors Wouldn’t Open | There are no official statistics on the dangers of electric handles. So Bloomberg did its own analysis.

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  • I've broken and repaired a couple. They're easy to diagnose, and the parts are cheap. Perhaps more importantly for safety, their failure modes are not triggered by crashing.

  • unbalanced ram. duel channel soldered memory

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  • IBM did the same thing 25 years ago on the Thinkpad 600 series.

  • 15 People Have Died in Crashes Where Tesla Doors Wouldn’t Open | There are no official statistics on the dangers of electric handles. So Bloomberg did its own analysis.

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  • I've encountered electronic door poppers on a few rental cars and I've always disliked them. I see no advantage at all, and several more things to go wrong.

  • 15 People Have Died in Crashes Where Tesla Doors Wouldn’t Open | There are no official statistics on the dangers of electric handles. So Bloomberg did its own analysis.

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  • It's not necessary to have electric door handles for that. Aircraft have been using purely mechanical handles where one side is pushed to make the other stand out enough to pull for decades. Several flush door handle designs requiring no electronics have appeared on cars as well.

  • To Lemmy people who came from reddit: Have you guys tried other fedi software like mastodon or sharkey?

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  • The character limit is hardcoded in two places. They could, and should make it a setting, or just eliminate it.