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- Comment on public services of an entire german state switches from Microsoft to open source (Libreoffice, Linux, Nextcloud, Thunderbird) 1 day ago:
Lol, I was thinking the same thing. “plug it in, OK, done”. No drivers and none of that shit.
- Comment on public services of an entire german state switches from Microsoft to open source (Libreoffice, Linux, Nextcloud, Thunderbird) 1 day ago:
Agreed. However, more users (personal, institutional or business) equals more devs focused on the OS.
- Comment on Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out 2 days ago:
Where are you? From your comment, I’m sure you live in my house 🤣
- Comment on Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out 2 days ago:
Totally doable, but also risky and convoluted as hell.
- Comment on Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out 2 days ago:
This is the route I took, and at 10 dollars per year or so to maintain a domain, this is a very cheap way to remove some of the hold big tech has over our lives.
- Comment on Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out 2 days ago:
Show us the evidence of this claim about “Proton owner”. And yes, Tuta is great, I agree on that.
- Comment on Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out 2 days ago:
Thank you for posting this. I’m so tired of 1 imbecile writing something and a flock of single-minded quacks just following the narrative to soil anyone’s reputation (like this case with Proton, for example).
I honestly could not give less fucks if Andy was Trump’s lover, Proton still has a bulletproof tested and confirmed record in terms of privacy. It took me 2 years to finally finish fully researching Tuta, Proton, disroot and others to end up choosing Proton for my family, and I have no regrets, specially since the UX was the only one my wife would accept to agree to finally remove Google entirely from her life (she was fucking paying for Google 1,imagine that) and it’s been a great experience (so far).
I’m not saying that Proton services are any type of silver bullet, and under no circumstances should we forget that they are a corporation, and thus, there’s certainly some hidden shit we probably won’t like about them if they came to light, but we all need to stop following 1 post without doing our own research before we decide if we agree or not.
What’s more, while I hate a lot of shit about Trump’s train of thought (and don’t get me started on Musk, whom I see as way worse that Trump), I honestly believe that the only alternative to this presidential term, Harris, would have been a way worse outcome for the US. I may be wrong, but every time I pictured that woman running the most powerful economy and military in the world, all I could see was total anarchy, and that serves no good purpose for anyone in the US or the rest of the world, it would be chaos.
Trump is the definition of an asshole, and so is probably 90% of his cabinet and the rest of the Republicans. Does what I said in my last paragraph make me a Trump supporter? Yes, it does, if you didn’t read the rest.
- Comment on Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out 2 days ago:
Ex-Google fan boy here. Been riding the fuck Google wagon for about 7 years now, no regrets, and certain I’m missing out on absolutely nothing. Moving away from all these self-serving BS “tech giants” is the smartest and healthiest move anyone can do.
- Comment on Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out 2 days ago:
Alright, let’s tear this idea apart in plain, no-BS language. The whole “we gotta invest in AI to keep up with other nations” argument is like saying you need the flashiest new phone just because your neighbor got one—even if your old phone still works perfectly fine. Sure, some countries are all-in on AI like it’s the latest craze, but that doesn’t mean we have to jump on the bandwagon and mess up our lives.
The whole “end of skilled labor” hype is really just a cover-up. People have been doing amazing work with their hands and brains for ages—long before AI even existed. And let’s talk downsides: more people losing jobs, a privacy mess, and decisions being made by glitchy algorithms that might not give a damn about real-life problems. We didn’t need AI to build everything we have today. We’ve been doing just fine without handing over our lives to a bunch of computer code.
So, if you’re buying into the “we need AI to keep up with the cool kids on the global stage” nonsense, you’re ignoring the fact that the smart move might just be hanging on to good old human skill. Instead of racing into an AI-fueled chaos, maybe we should just keep doing what we do best—using our brains and common sense.
- Comment on Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out 2 days ago:
Well, let’s break it down with a little humor and a nod to the inevitable AI email overlords!
Sure, the article points out that the premium Google Workspace users get a special treatment—like being offered champagne instead of soda—but if you’re part of the 90% rolling with regular Gmail, you’re still enjoying your familiar, free soda pop (for now). However, don’t get too comfortable: whether you’re sipping premium champagne or pop, Google’s AI is always lurking in the background, ready to “swallow” your emails and extract insights like a digital detective. In other words, even if you’re not part of the fancy club, your emails are still part of the grand data buffet.
So while the article might claim it’s all rainbows and free soda for most, the truth is that Google is perfecting their AI trick regardless of your account type. It’s like distinguishing between first-class and economy on a flight—different levels of service, but everyone’s still on the same plane, and the in-flight entertainment (that is, AI data crunching) is serving up free snacks to all!
- Comment on Plex now will SELL your personal data 4 days ago:
He’s probably referring to just Chromecast without the Google TV module. Jellyfin works great for me as well on the Chromecast w/GTV
- Comment on ISPs seem designed to funnel people to capitalist cloud services 4 days ago:
Didn’t dig in too far into the options, but those prices are crazy low. Thanks for pointing us there.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
There it is.
- Comment on T-Mobile secretly records iPhone screens and claims it's being helpful. 6 days ago:
Prove it.
- Comment on xAI to pay Telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app | TechCrunch 6 days ago:
Telegram with Grok.
- Comment on T-Mobile secretly records iPhone screens and claims it's being helpful. 6 days ago:
Threw yourself under the bus there, didn’t you? 🤣
- Comment on Google Play’s latest security change may break many Android apps for some power users. The Play Integrity API uses hardware-backed signals that are trickier for rooted devices and custom ROMs to pass. 6 days ago:
The guys over at GrapheneOS removedslap Google regularly, and I love it.
- Comment on Google Play’s latest security change may break many Android apps for some power users. The Play Integrity API uses hardware-backed signals that are trickier for rooted devices and custom ROMs to pass. 6 days ago:
There’s always a chance any app, even from fdroid, will require play services, but that’s still highly unlikely. You should be fine with fdroid alone, yes.
- Comment on Your help needed: PhD research on why people choose to self-host 6 days ago:
Awesome. I’m very curious about your findings. Looking forward to it.
- Comment on Your help needed: PhD research on why people choose to self-host 1 week ago:
That’s a good idea, and maybe even Henry from Techlore.
- Comment on Your help needed: PhD research on why people choose to self-host 1 week ago:
Done. Are you going to be sharing the results here? That would be cool.
- Comment on By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall 1 week ago:
What distro are you using? And what is the problem(s) you’re having?
I ask because there’s a bunch of really smart I dividuals with extensive experience in Linux (not me, sorry) and from my experience, most people here love to help others troubleshoot Linux (along other OSs).
- Comment on Microsoft is putting AI actions into the Windows File Explorer 2 weeks ago:
Took the words right out of my mouth.
- Comment on Ground control to Major Trial: When a $130M aerospace company chooses to endlessly abuse opensource free trials instead of typing git pull, you start to question gravity, or at least common sense. 2 weeks ago:
Oh, absolutely, but it’s still an exercise in futility if the goal is to have any impact on the offending company’s demeanor and course of action.
- Comment on I'm guilty of not reading the f..ing documentation 2 weeks ago:
Funny how that’s the case for most people 🤣
- Comment on I'm guilty of not reading the f..ing documentation 2 weeks ago:
I would say that I RTFM about 75% of the times (give or take). Though I only do it to see if I can find something other than what I intended to use the software or hardware for.
- Comment on Ground control to Major Trial: When a $130M aerospace company chooses to endlessly abuse opensource free trials instead of typing git pull, you start to question gravity, or at least common sense. 2 weeks ago:
For that to have any impact, the abusing company leadership would need to have the ability to feel some level of shame. I honestly believe that most don’t have any ability for that.
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, it was a statement, not a question. But it’s partly my fault for not using the comma appropriately. Fixed.
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 2 weeks ago:
That’s what I think too. And then I see “Their systems are built into everything around us”, which basically only applies to PCs and laptops. What is built into pretty much everything around us is GnuLinux.
- Comment on Apple executives ban Fortnight from the App store 2 weeks ago:
After so many dislikes, any moderately smart person would start introspecting in where they went wrong.
