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- Comment on !beacondb@lemmy.dbzer0.com, for open, ethical and private network location data that doesn't rely on big tech 3 weeks ago:
Unfortunately not, since iOS does not allow third-party apps to access the APIs required for Wi-Fi scanning. I think Bluetooth could be done, but bluetooth beacons by themselves aren’t as useful.
From our Matrix room (somebody recently asked the same question):
- Comment on !beacondb@lemmy.dbzer0.com, for open, ethical and private network location data that doesn't rely on big tech 3 weeks ago:
Whoops, forgot to actually put the community link in the post. It’s fixed now.
- !beacondb@lemmy.dbzer0.com, for open, ethical and private network location data that doesn't rely on big techlemmy.dbzer0.com ↗Submitted 3 weeks ago to newcommunities@lemmy.world | 5 comments
- Comment on Is a filter for muting Lemmy 'power users' possible? 3 weeks ago:
Seems like I have 1.6K since I came here in March - that’s 7 months. It would equate to 2.7K if I kept it up at this rate for a whole year.
- Comment on Baidu CEO warns AI is just an inevitable bubble — 99% of AI companies are at risk of failing when the bubble bursts 3 weeks ago:
I think all the crypto scams, all the shitcoins, NFTs and other blockchain bullshit were much worse. At least AI companies usually don’t require you to give them large sums of money, they’re only after your data and absolutely fuck the environment by wasting absurd amounts of power, but they don’t try to take away your life savings
- Comment on Baidu CEO warns AI is just an inevitable bubble — 99% of AI companies are at risk of failing when the bubble bursts 3 weeks ago:
No shit
- Comment on Do you refrain from participating to a community if it's hosted on Lemmy.ml ? 3 weeks ago:
I haven’t seen that on midwest.social yet, but I’m definitely gonna continue to observe this and then decide if it’s worth blocking them
- Comment on Do you refrain from participating to a community if it's hosted on Lemmy.ml ? 3 weeks ago:
I definitely try to avoid it. Whenever there’s an (active) alternative community available, I prefer that.
- Comment on Do you refrain from participating to a community if it's hosted on Lemmy.ml ? 3 weeks ago:
Why midwest.social?
- Comment on So bad it was actually entertaining 3 weeks ago:
“go kill yourself”
“Have a nice life.”
Seems a little contradictory to me
- Comment on Google looks to be fully shutting down unsupported extensions and ad blockers in Chrome, such as uBlock Origin – which might push some folks to switch to Firefox 1 month ago:
Yeah, but it sucks, because of the heavy constraints of MV3
- Comment on Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship 1 month ago:
VPN over an HTTP proxy then?
Or WireGuard TCP over UDP obfuscation?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Many people just downvote when they see any mention of AI. Unfortunately the Fediverse is pretty stubborn on this topic. That’s why I like the instance I’m on, @db0 is open to AI, and even develops AI tools you can run locally on your machine.
- Submitted 1 month ago to fediverse@lemmy.world | 21 comments
- Comment on Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2 1 month ago:
Beautiful
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
There’s a very similar FOSS alternative that can be self-hosted called Perplexica. You know what’s really funny?
When you ask Perplexity “Perplexity vs Perplexica”, it returns this answer:
Recent evaluations indicate that Perplexica often outperforms Perplexity AI in terms of interaction quality and content relevance. In various tests, Perplexica scored higher in comprehensiveness and user-friendly interactions compared to Perplexity’s different models (Vanilla and Copilot)
and
In summary, while both Perplexica and Perplexity AI aim to improve the search experience through AI technologies, Perplexica stands out as a more flexible and privacy-focused alternative. Its open-source nature allows for greater customization and control, making it suitable for users who prioritize data privacy and adaptability in their search tools.
LOL
Perplexity just acknowledged that it’s worse than its open source competitor
- Comment on Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship 1 month ago:
Do they really block all connections to popular cloud providers? That also blocks a bunch of “innocent” websites and services, doesn’t it?
- Comment on Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2 1 month ago:
Windows Copilot+ integration
- Comment on Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2 1 month ago:
*economically challenged text
- Comment on Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship 1 month ago:
You can get a free VPS from AWS or Oracle Cloud and set up Wireguard on it
- Comment on Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship 1 month ago:
Not anymore if you use their new sideloading framework… which is only available in the EU
- Comment on Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible 1 month ago:
That’s exactly why more people need to leave Reddit and other corporate social media platforms
- Comment on Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible 1 month ago:
Wrong instance I guess. Yeah, Lemmy.ml, Lemmygrad and hexbear are toxic as hell, but there are really nice instances out there. I chose dbzer0 and it’s great here. We also have many interesting threads about locally hosted FOSS AI. db0 himself is quite involved in this topic, he’s the initial author of things like AI Horde. Basically everyone on db0 I’ve seen acknowledges the active genocide that’s being conducted by the Israeli fascists government. Other topics on the instance are anarchism and of course piracy.
- Comment on Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible 1 month ago:
You know what’s not impossible? Leaving that shit hole and never coming back.
- Comment on [Tom Warren] The PS5 Pro still hasn’t sold out in the US or UK. Looks like the $700 price point will mean this console will be readily available this holiday 1 month ago:
Yeah why would anyone pay 700 bucks for a highly restricted device, that can’t even play games online without an additional subscription. Just get a Steam Deck, which costs less, is portable, doesn’t require subscriptions, and basically works like a full PC.
- Comment on Starlink kit found amid wreckage of Russian drone 1 month ago:
Elon is probably proud of it.
- Comment on How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse 1 month ago:
Probably not the answer you’re looking for, but switch to Linux and use Piper, a free & open source replacement for the Logitech software, that was created because they don’t offer an official version for Linux
- Comment on Amazon's Monopoly of the tech industry is ruining the US economy 1 month ago:
Only in the US unfortunately
- Comment on Can I host the Mastodon web UI on a different server than the actual Mastodon backend? 1 month ago:
I don’t know, but it seems like a fun thing to try out.
- Submitted 1 month ago to selfhosted@lemmy.world | 4 comments
