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@ viking @infosec.pub

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  • Just started a community for those who wish to move away from Lemmy

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  • The developers of Lemmy also run lemmygrad.ml and lemmy.ml, the former being a hardcore communist anti-everything delusional conspiracy crapshoot of a platform, the latter a tiny bit more relaxed, but moderated/administered by a bunch of dicks that are essentially also tankies (= hardcore leftists) and Russia fans/apologists.

    They (the devs) recently asked for funding to support their work, and in doing so, disclosed that part of the funding would be used to run those two instances, thus giving users no alternative to support without cross-financing extremism.

    Piefed is developed independently and has none of those links to moronic ideologies.

    Piefed as a platform uses the same underlying protocol as lemmy, mastodon, etc. (Activity Hub), so users can seamlessly interact with one another.

  • Ads when you’re pumping gas

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  • There's one near my house, and it has no mute button whatsoever. No buttons at all, in fact. You tap your card to the reader, then lift the pump of whichever variety you need, and that moment the ads start. With sound on full blast as well.

    I've left a negative google review and make sure to update it monthly so that it stays on top, and drive to another station quite a bit further off just to avoid this crapshoot.

  • The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation.

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  • Oh so it's ok to selectively shoot journalists if you don't agree with their ideology? I bet the other cop didn't agree with that journalist's. Case closed, following your logic.

  • The Arc Browser Is Dead

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  • Right, thanks!

  • The Arc Browser Is Dead

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  • Never heard of that thing, but apparently it was Apple exclusives? Deserved death then.

    I'm hoping ladybug will be operational for mainstream use, before the enshittification of Firefox progresses too far.

  • YSK about the GI Rights Hotline

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  • Define "loosely". You really think there's more than maybe 3 or 4 states that'd have a chance to sustain themselves on their own? And if a bunch of states would stick together against the others, you've got civil war reloaded. With drones, nukes, and blackhawks. Fun times.

  • What are the modern design trends you hate most?

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  • I hate Google's material design with a passion. Everything looks exactly the same, and many buttons and other touch elements are indistinguishable from highlights and general design elements.

  • Google Restricts Android Sideloading—What It Means for User Autonomy and the Future of Mobile Freedom – Purism

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  • This article is a thinly veiled ad paired with fearmongering to get gullible users to buy the shit phones they sell (or not, some people have been on "waitlists" for 5+ years after providing a full payment).

    Granted, their phones are fully open, but have next to no apps.

    Personally I'll stick with Android 12, rooted, and see what the future brings.

  • Google confirms more ads on your paid YouTube Premium Lite soon

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  • Youtube has ads? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads

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  • Only works on Pixels, and I'd rather not give Google any money.

  • Most American headline

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  • In Germany it was pretty unusual to eat in school at all, you had breakfast at home (7AM-ish), school starts at 8 and finished at 2PM latest, usually 1.15PM. We all went home for lunch afterwards, and that was that.

  • China’s government has announced that people will require IDs to go on the internet. For now this is voluntary, but there are signs it will not remain that way for long.

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  • With a VPN. They might know you are using one, but everything you do remains obscured.

  • Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads

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  • At that point I'd just get a dumb phone for calls and a tablet with data only SIM for the rest.

  • AskMenOver30 - a place for supportive and friendly conversations among adults over 30

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  • Thanks for that! Yeah we tried promoting the community, but it never really got traction. With lemm.ee shutting down, it was either let it die or start over elsewhere, so I don't mind having someone else try :-)

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  • Is there a single instance that allows using apps, other than the api test instance? PieFed is a good idea for desktop, but the mobile website is cumbersome to use.

    I signed up with piefed.au several months ago now, but every time I try, I'm getting error 400 "alpha api not enabled".

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    lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this month

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  • infosec.pub

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    lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this month

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  • No need, they'll do it for you in a few weeks...

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    lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this month

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  • infosec.pub

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    lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this month

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  • I love it on infosec.pub, doesn't defederate from most instances unless they are particularly hostile, doesn't censor in itself, and hosts mostly tech/nerd communities.