shortwavesurfer
@shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
- Comment on US debt is now $37trn – should we be worried? 21 hours ago:
I have lost all faith in fiat currency, and so I only now hold Goldbacks and Monero. If I need fiat currency to pay for something, I can easily get it using one of those two currencies that are stronger.
- Comment on FairPhone AMA 2 days ago:
Haven’t had a reddit account since API Gate.
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 3 days ago:
I don’t use a PC for very much anymore, so I have little need to use my laptop. But when I do, I’ve honestly just gone with Linux Mint just because it works. And I have Lineage OS on my phone, which is my primary computing device.
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 3 days ago:
And i no longer use Ubuntu. I remember that too. I also remember such large push back that it was removed
- Comment on Session Messenger 4 days ago:
I think it was a great idea, but poorly executed. I prefer using simpleX, personally.
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 4 days ago:
If my Linux distro searched the internet, when I opened my launcher, I’d be finding a new Linux distro.
- Comment on Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi 4 days ago:
Yep, just set your Wi-Fi routers to use 6GHD and trample all over the other people in the band until they figure out that they can’t control it.
- Comment on No love for the dollar as markets fret about Fed independence 1 week ago:
All fiat is going nowhere but down. I have stopped measuring my net worth in fiat entirely. Instead i measure my net worth at the 1 year simple moving average of Monero. That murders the volatility and shows me that all prices are falling over time.
For example, my house used to cost 950 Monero. Now it costs like 500. That is over like a 3 year period
- Comment on RFK Jr. Wants Every American to Be Sporting a Wearable Within Four Years 1 week ago:
I said nothing about the agency whatsoever. I don’t give a shit what they see as compliant or not. If it’s not open source, I won’t fucking use it.
- Comment on RFK Jr. Wants Every American to Be Sporting a Wearable Within Four Years 1 week ago:
As long as the wearable contains open source software and preferably open source hardware, then sure, I’d be willing to do so. Because then I could know that I could control where the data went.
- Comment on In North Carolina, Exploding Bulbs and Fridges on the Fritz Reveal a Town’s Fraying Electric System 1 week ago:
Imbezzled. Money was used to pay for somebody’s vacation.
- Comment on Iran’s internet blackout left people in the dark. How does a country shut down the internet? 1 week ago:
Yes, a cell phone tower is basically a Wi-Fi router for a bunch of people because it has a connection to the internet via a fiber cable and then broadcasts that out over local airway spectrum. The exact same thing as your Wi-Fi does except for longer range and higher power and higher locations.
- Comment on Firefox is dead to me – and I'm not the only one who is fed up 2 weeks ago:
Actually they say in 2028 they will have ladybird production version on windows
- Comment on Streaming overtakes cable and broadcast as the most-watched form of TV 2 weeks ago:
Honestly, I’m a little surprised that it’s taken this long to accomplish that.
- Comment on Firefox is dead to me – and I'm not the only one who is fed up 2 weeks ago:
That’s a feature, not a bug.
- Comment on Your household smart products must respect your privacy – including your air fryer 2 weeks ago:
I completely agree. If it’s a household appliance, it better not fucking connect to the internet.
I just recently started getting into smart home products such as smart plugs and stuff and I absolutely make certain that they don’t have internet connection and use home assistant to keep the data local.
I will only use Zigbee or Z-Wave devices so that there’s no way they can connect to the internet.
- Comment on YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads 2 weeks ago:
Techlore, futurism, jeff geerling
- Comment on YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads 3 weeks ago:
I have already started finding peertube replacement channels.
- Comment on YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads 3 weeks ago:
I have already started finding peertube replacement channels.
- Comment on Salt Lake City, plans to implement AI-assisted 911 call triaging to handle ~30% of about 450K non-emergency calls per year 3 weeks ago:
Maybe they need to send something out to residents every six months or something, letting them know about the non-emergency number because I have this exact same issue. I’ve lived here for three years and have no idea if a non-emergency number even exists. It probably does. I just haven’t looked it up because I haven’t even thought about it.
- Comment on Massive internet outage reported: Google services, Cloudflare, Character.AI among dozens of services impacted 3 weeks ago:
Honestly, I didn’t even notice.
- Comment on CBDC Explained : Can your money really expire? 3 weeks ago:
CBDCs could well take the prize for most dangerous thing in our lifetime, similar to nuclear weapons during the Cold War.
I’m thinking of that line from the song in Les Mis. Look down, look down. You’ll always be a slave. Look down, look down. You’re standing in your grave.
- Comment on Russian ruble: The curious case of the world's best-performing currency this year 3 weeks ago:
Are you sure? Because I’m pretty certain that both Bitcoin and Monero have outperformed that.
- Comment on Trump bill set to add trillions to US debt pile – can America stop it climbing? 3 weeks ago:
The answer to that question is a firm resounding no. No matter whether it’s a Democrat administration or a Republican administration, the debt is going to go nowhere but up. So the only option is to completely opt out of the US dollar and US dollar denominated assets, which is what I am doing.
I get rid of US dollars just as fast as I possibly can like fucking hot potatoes and only keep enough around for an emergency purpose.
- Comment on Google Restricts Android Sideloading—What It Means for User Autonomy and the Future of Mobile Freedom – Purism 3 weeks ago:
If your work requires you to use specific software, make them purchase you a device to run that software on and leave it at work.
- Comment on Google Restricts Android Sideloading—What It Means for User Autonomy and the Future of Mobile Freedom – Purism 4 weeks ago:
I’m sorry, but in that case, it wasn’t worth running the app to begin with. You can either find a third-party app that lets you access the same content, such as Newpipe and YouTube, or you can use it from a web browser, such as your bank, and if you can’t do either of those, then just don’t fucking use that service.
I was willing to totally switch banks because my previous bank required me to use a mobile app and I did not want to do so. If I must go through some annoyance to use something that works properly, I will.
For me at least, running as much open source as I can possibly do is worth more than the inconvenience caused by not being able to use these shit services.
- Comment on Google Restricts Android Sideloading—What It Means for User Autonomy and the Future of Mobile Freedom – Purism 4 weeks ago:
From what I can tell, all of this shit is on Google versions of Android. If you are on AOSP such as lineage or graphene, from what I understand this has no effect whatsoever.
- Comment on True Wireless Power is FINALLY here (building a TRULY wire-free desk setup) 4 weeks ago:
Math, since it has a 10 watt minimum power draw, that would mean it would use 7.5 kilowatts per month just to have it turned on. Now at least where I live, that’s $1.11 extra.
- Comment on This new 40TB hard drive from Seagate is just the beginning—50TB is coming fast! 4 weeks ago:
For my wallets
- Comment on This new 40TB hard drive from Seagate is just the beginning—50TB is coming fast! 4 weeks ago:
This is good to know. I might need to upgrade the storage for my Monero node.