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thax

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  • Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency

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  • +1

    I've used them for a few years now using my domain. It's no nonsense and well structured. Eventually, I'll just self-host, but this is a good option if you don't have a reliable means to host or just want to get your feet wet before fully self-hosting. The $20/yr plan has been perfectly adequate for my needs.

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    Who could have predicted this???

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  • And the leopards continue to gorge.

  • Collage of Right Wingers calling for violence post-Kirk shooting

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  • Right. I know his front-facing rhetoric is that "people need to have kids". But, I'd not take that as being pro population growth. He wants the 'right' people to have children, and for the riff-raff to die off to enable that utopian era of plenty.

    In a sense, I actually agree with some of that in the context of ecological overshoot. But, his method, demeanor, et al make him a chud.

  • Collage of Right Wingers calling for violence post-Kirk shooting

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  • Elon is showing his degrowth boner. And, he'll stroke it out from the safety of his bunkers.

  • Ben Shapiro event at Reagan library in Simi Valley is canceled in aftermath of Charlie Kirk shooting

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  • It should be and I think it just a matter of time before it becomes just that. Bread and circuses only works when people can afford the bread. The hungry will blame the clowns.

  • The United States Unite!

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  • The tragedy of it all is that I suspect we'd agree on far more if we bridged the information divide. Yes, even the hateful bigots would eventually see the error of their ways given exposure to the populations they detest so. Every day, we use the very tool that could solve the problem, yet it winds up inflaming our insecurities and having the opposite effect.

    And, I'm not going to throw up my hands and deflect with "it's just human nature." That's bullshit. We are constantly changing. Our nature and the influences that formed its current state can also change. Sadly, low information ideology and predatory bad actors, have proven to be a formidable clot.

  • anon discusses car dependence

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  • That sucks, but we gotta do what we gotta do. I don't begrudge anyone for adapting to the environments society has established. Sticking to ideals is a rarity when things are structured to push us toward consumptive lifestyles. So, I'd not feel like a jerk; heck, just having a modicum of awareness is a step in the right direction.

  • anon discusses car dependence

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  • The way to go IMO. I'm on a 20-year streak in not having a car. When I pick a new place to live, walkability to a good grocery store is one of my primary considerations. I only shop for one, so lugging groceries is no big deal, and I enjoy the extra exercise.

    Throughout my life I've watched people spend all their money on conveniences and degrade physically, mentally, and financially as a result. Why not situate yourself for long-term success from the get-go? I wish more people were conscientious of the energy balance required to sustain a healthy life and best aligns with the environmental impacts we've wrought upon ourselves.

  • Plex got hacked.

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  • Many years ago, I scooped up my lifetime plex sub for I believe $100. But, when plex started pushing their own login portal, I grew wary and bitter. I outright deleted my account shortly thereafter. I understand the hustle but, it's no longer my cup of tea.

  • Plex got hacked.

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  • It matters if someone manages to hide an exploit in jellyfin's codebase, or more likely, a popular plugin. I imagine many folk have permissive outgoing firewall rules, in which case, an exploit could establish connectivity. Whether that eventually leads to privilege escalation on the jellyfin host would depend upon other variables.

    edit: I should add that I've not used jellyfin and am unfamiliar with how plugins are implemented. I don't want to speak out of turn, only to suggest, in the abstract, that just because software isn't exposed to the net, doesn't mean it cannot harbor exploits that could become problematic. And, plugins are a common vector.

  • Android’s most beloved launcher may be done for good

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  • Speaking of calculators on android, I recently found an old silver link cable on ebay, which connects TI calculators to a computer, allowing me to dump the ROM of my old TI89. Loading up that rom in the 'graph89' emulator app is an amazing addition to a phone. Blows the socks off any calculator app.

    But yes, fossify apps are simple. They do seem to be under active development, so hopefully they shape up nicely in the future.

  • "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership

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  • Heh, praise uBlock. If it didn't work as well as it does, I'd drop youtube in an instant. Invidious used to be awesome, but it's so hit-or-miss now that I seldom try it. Youtube isn't bad without ads, but ads + wading through clickbait bullshit just isn't worth it.

  • Android’s most beloved launcher may be done for good

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  • Nice list. I recently started using Fossify Launcher and have been pretty happy with it. It's simple but does what I need. Thought I'd mention it as it's absent from that list.

  • Anyone else have lousy luck with these bike computer things

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  • Kind of off-topic as it's a different class of device, but if anyone is looking for a data-centric cycling computer (power, gps, no navigation), the Coospo BC200 is surprisingly nice. Picked one up after I smashed one from a bigger company, and it's an upgrade at like 1/4th the cost (and used to be cheaper). Paired with inexpensive magene sensors, it seems to be a reliable setup.

  • He comin'

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  • I bet that's a delicacy in orca society.

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  • I had a similar dilemma recently when my old xperia broke and needed a new phone in a hurry. I rolled the dice on a Moto G '25 model. It was $200 bucks carrier unlocked. It's not yet supported by Lineage and doesn't appear to be supported by CalyxOS. This year's model moved from snapdragon to a mediatek soc. I can say, however, that it is easy to root. If you root it and then scrub it carefully with debloater, it can be a solid phone. I imagine it will eventually be supported by Lineage and/or Calyx.

    I have fiddled with graphene a bit, and it is nice, but meh. I don't need a powerful phone, so it's budget for me. I just want reliable GPS, good battery life, termux, and a headphone jack. Rooting had no negative effects save for allowing me to remove all the bullshit.

    edit: To add, one thing the base Moto G '25 lacks that might be a deal breaker for many is 802.11ax wifi. So, no 6ghz bands...

  • Richard Dawkins quits atheism foundation for backing transgender ‘religion’

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  • Richard Dawkins quits atheism foundation for backing transgender ‘religion’

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  • Eternal September is a bitch.

  • Richard Dawkins quits atheism foundation for backing transgender ‘religion’

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  • There are some semantics at play, reflected in your link. Many atheists take the label to mean simply: absence of belief. That is: atheists require evidence before making a claim. As such, those that "believe" in nonexistence wind up falling into another category: anti-theists. There's hubris involved in making the leap to belief, so I wager many just want to illuminate the distinction.