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blind3rdeye

@ blind3rdeye @lemm.ee

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  • I've updated the Digital Independence cheat sheet for leaving big tech

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  • LibreWolf is listed as an alternative web browser; not an alternative way to run Chrome extensions.

    Similarly, listing Mint as an alternative to Windows is about having an alternative computer OS. It is not about having an alternative way to run your Windows apps.

    And Lemmy is an alternative 'ranked forum' (or whatever you want to call this). It is not an alternative way to read reddit threads.

  • The forest center near me removed the bins. .. From their café/picnic area

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  • I've just come back from a holiday which involved lots of hiking in mountains and woodlands. It's rare to see bins out there, and yet somehow the places are clean. But please tell me more about human behaviour. Getting insulted by strangers on the internet is so fun.

  • The forest center near me removed the bins. .. From their café/picnic area

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  • I'm on board with this. Don't bring rubbish into woodland areas; and if you do bring it - take it back with you.

    I'm sure the bins were very convenient - but its a convenience that only helps you leave trash in the woodland for someone else to collect. And as others have pointed out, the rubbish can cause problems even if it is all put in the bin.

    So yeah, I can see that it is mildly frustrating - but I don't think 'take your rubbish home' is too much of an ask.

  • I see these MFs on a daily basis

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  • I find this list weird. I guess I'm the kind of person you're complaining about!

    I like having GUI available for standard stuff (eg. dconf editor is great for various desktop settings). And I like file extensions in many cases - eg. I like to be able to tell the difference between a .png and .jpeg just by reading the file name. ... And Linux often really does give better performance on older machines compared to Windows.

    ... So I suppose in your eyes I'm basically an old Windows admin brining bad habits to Linux. I'm just not seeing the downside of these 'bad habits'.

  • I see these MFs on a daily basis

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  • Well you're in luck - because Linux has reached the point where you don't need the terminal for any kind of standard activity. You can easily install and uninstall stuff, and change various desktop UI stuff, and run all sorts of apps - all without ever touching the terminal.

  • SHUT UP ABOUT NICOLE

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  • Does Nicole like that movie or something?

  • GIMP 3.0 Released

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  • The Orange Box 2; featuring Half Life 3, Team Fortress 3, and Portal 3.

  • All things have a right to grow. The blossom is brother to the weed.

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  • yeah, me too. Fortunately that has never ever happened.

  • Welp.

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  • Here is a recent Lemmy post highlighting some of the issues that women commonly face in US universities. It's largely about inclusivivity. Lots of good progress has been made in recent times to fix problems of that type, but there is still some way to go.

    Unfortunately, the new US president is strongly against that kind of progress. He has gone out of his way to roll back and block anything that might look like an inclusivity boosting program. Quite clearly, the USA is now moving backwards in these issues.

    So that's what the comment in the post is about. Note that we're just reading some random guy's off-hand comment about an advertisement. So it isn't an in-depth analysis. It's a highly simplified message. But I hope you can at least see what we're talking about.

  • Welp.

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  • Do you honestly not get it, or are you just trying to push back against a message you don't like?

  • I'm just happy you thought it was funny, dear

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  • You mean the memes about the small misshapen orbs?

  • Android is now warning of Firefox sharing data

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  • terrible choice of link. There was a stack of reporting from various tech-news sites and blogs; but you've given as the nazi site.

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  • It really is a shitty take. Mozilla are essentially saying they depend on Google remaining a monopoly; and that we shouldn't fight the bad guys because the bad guys might hurt us if we try.

    The Mozilla blog post was all about the DOJ asking to end search-bar payments, and how this might hurt independent browser. But I saw no mention of the DOJ saying that Google must sell Chrome; which I think is very relevant to the discussion about browser dominance.

    More and more I believe that Mozilla's current leadership are acting in their own self interest, not for the public good.

  • Canada says too little, too late as Trump flip-flops on tariffs

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  • The person you responded to just said that Trump is not the only problem, and pointed to the power of other elected members of the party. So when you say "you are so very wrong", that seems to suggest that Trump is the only problem (since that was the main point being made); and your follow-up about the will of voters reads as a non sequitur.

  • Hopefully, Future School Kids Will Have to Write Essays About This

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  • Tell him he's dreaming.

  • This community when US tech is brought up

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  • GOG Galaxy isn't bad to use. It has cloud saves, and update checking - which is useful for some people. And games installed using the offline installers still show up in galaxy (and can be updated etc.) In fact, you can download the offline installers from the Galaxy app itself if you want to.

  • Mozilla Introduces Firefox’s First-Ever Terms of Use

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  • Need more advertising in Firefox to keep pumping those exec salaries.

  • Do tell!!!

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  • Yeah, sound is better than light for that kind of test - but also still not good; because there are many things that block sound but don't block wifi, and visa versa. (eg. a well insulated double-glazed window is good vs sound, but doesn't stop any wifi; and a metal mesh can block wifi while stopping very little sound.)

    I remember one time I spent ages trying to debug a wifi problem with my laptop. I was messing around with computer settings and router settings for ages trying to work out why my wifi had stopped working. But in the end, I found that it was entirely due to where I was sitting. I sitting in front of my desktop computer's very large monitor, and the router directly behind the monitor on a shelf in the room next door. The monitor was blocking the wifi. If I move the laptop or the monitor, it worked fine.

  • Do tell!!!

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  • Yeah? Well I know shit all.