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    What are your thoughts on FUTO?

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  • FUTO is source available, so in terms of safety it is just as good as FOSS. All the voice to text is done locally. I use the FUTO keyboard and Grayjay and they're both amazing. Don't get too hung up on their license. It prevents other businesses from taking their source code and taking over the space with a for profit application. It is 99% as good as FOSS.

  • Privacy Friendly Alternative to Paypal

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  • Monero

  • YouTube not loading half the time.

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  • Freetube and Grayjay on desktop both had this same issue but they resolved it in a few days. Both work on Linux and also let you download videos. Grayjay also lets you sync with Grayjay on mobile to get your subscribed channels, playlists, etc. Neither require google accounts and are full privacy frontends that don't use the youtube API.

  • How often do people in Japan use vending machines?

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    1. I use them not that often, but more often than convenience stores.

    2. Usually I the one closest to my house that has the drink I want.
    3. Coke, coffee or icecream.
    4. Supermarket. They're way cheaper there and the supermarket is a 5 minute walk away.
    5. They're the most convenient out of all options. No human interactions, and there is usually one on the way where you're going. If you're at work, they usually have vending machines inside the building so you don't even need to put on your jacket.

    Vending machines sell drinks at almost double the price of the ones at super markets and around 150% of the ones at convenience stores, so it all comes down to how quicker it is to buy one from the vending machines vs stores. But when it comes to canned drinks, convenience stores tend not to have the canned ones and only sell PET bottles, and as everyone knows, PET bottles are bad for the environment, and the drinks don't taste as good as the canned versions.

  • On Lemmy is it safe to create a community on a smaller scale when there are other communities already available of the same topic?

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  • I think it is absolutely fine. Most of the time the communities are on a .ml instance, or modded by the worst people imaginable.

    Make many communities and let the inferior ones die. This is good for Lemmy. Just don't copy the same posts to your community, as it'll fill the front page with duplicates, which is detrimental to Lemmy.

  • how to convince my 6yo male dog he should pee out all of his bladder on a walk?

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  • 4-5 times a day is very normal. And it also sounds like he needs longer walks. Not sure what breed you have but dogs should ideally have around 30-50 minute walks 4-5 times a day. As for the smelling areas, they're looking for territory marking spots. Walks are like the news for dogs. They'll smell around finding what other dogs have been there and leave marks of their own.

    Your dog's behavior is very typical, and it doesn't sound like the dog needs to change, but rather that it does need more walks. If you are a very busy person, I'd suggest occasionally hiring a dogwalker. The winter cold is unfortunately just something that comes with having dogs.

  • Is it pointless to buy the Affinity Suite and try get it running on Linux?

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  • https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=18332

    Currently at bronze which means it at least starts up, but that's about it.

    I still recommend GIMP 3.0 as it has made huge changes that vastly improved user workflow, such as non-destructive editing, multi-layer selection, lower clicks required for each action, etc. It feels much more modern now and non-developer user friendly.

    Or you get a windows VM and run your favorite program in that. It works but has a slight performance decrease. You can disable internet access on the VM to prevent telemetry and spyware.

  • Smart TV OS Alternative

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  • A laptop running linux mint.

  • Biggest Privacy Erosion in 10 Years? On Google’s Policy Change Towards Fingerprinting

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  • On a slightly brighter note, It will no doubt bring more attention to fingerprinting which in turn will speed up fingerprint obfuscation development and fingerprinting regulation. It will also add more people to the obfuscated user pool. Right now you are essentially helpless against fingerprinting because so few use obfuscation that you out yourself by using it, so google implementing fingerprinting might actually help people already using obfuscation. Non-JavaScript sites will also rise in demand and a debloating will occur.

  • I was given a "Nest Hub" by a family member, I'm very privacy conscious. What can I do with this thing?

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  • Just return it. I'm sure they'll understand. And it's the thought that matters.

  • Grayjay for desktop has arrived!

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  • Not yet. Had to manually download.

  • Grayjay for desktop has arrived!

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  • It doesn't look like it does. It has multiple stackable windows, though.

  • Grayjay for desktop has arrived!

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  • Yes, finally! I've been using the mobile app, and it has been nothing but amazing.

  • YSK: On the internet you can just freely say what you really think even if you know it's unpopular.

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  • I would probably argue the opposite. What is the purpose of a community where no actual discussions are had, and people just look at and upvote memes?

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    The Rise of Digital Currencies: What It Means for Traditional Banking

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  • That depends entirely on the currency.

    Ethereum l2 has way lower (less than a tenth) transaction fees than credit cards and barely has an impact at all on the environment because there is no mining.

    And cryptocurrencies do have consumer protection services but no one ever uses them.

    More importantly, however, Visa and mastercard collude and boycott japanese anime and manga websites because they think anime and manga promote gender stereotypes, so credit cards can fuck right off.

  • Just doin stuff

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  • You can focus on 3 or 4 things and be expert at all of them if you uninstall all your mobile games.

  • Which keyboard app do you use on your phones? Do you enable clipboard history in it?

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  • You have to be able to redistribute commercially, but the FUTO license only allows non-commercially.

    This has no effect on us users so it is essentially just as good as open source, but technically it is not open source.

  • Which keyboard app do you use on your phones? Do you enable clipboard history in it?

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  • FUTO keyboard. It has the best swipe-typing and voice to text out of all source-viewable ones. (Not fully open source due to the license)

  • WHAT WILL A CASHLESS SOCIETY MEAN?

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  • I mean, is he wrong then? I also think monero is crucial, especially after visa and master card started boycotting Japanese anime and manga sites, claiming they promote negative female stereotypes.