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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You're not alone: This email from Google's Gemini team is concerning⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Gemini depends on the Google app, disable it, and it dies.

  Have you noticed how the Google app, the one that supposedly just does search and list news articles, has like 400 MB? Over time it accumulated 2GB cache… how?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Did I say anywhere that the 30:70 means a really had 30:70 cap and that nobody after that is free to join or leave the job? Did I say that the 30% is exactly, not more not less, the amount of men who want to for ex. work in daycare?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Because more women than men want to be in daycare, it’s unrealistic to expect the same amount of men want to be in daycase as women. And the gender ratio of employees doesn’t mean thats also the ratio of what kids will take away from this. Does this mean that in daycare without any men the kids have only 50% of the care they need? Of course not.

  Again, ONE DOESNT EXCLUDE THE OTHER. Everyone has empathy and resilience, but so far in general women tend to be better at empathy and men in resilience. Why force one to do both, when both can thrive in what they do better?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There was nothing wrong with that role then, and there is nothing wrong with the role now. The main difference is that in 1950 women had no choice but to be a housewife, and today women have choices, and when comparing them, being a housewife doesn’t look half as bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, after your 2nd post with the same thing I thought this is how you wanna communicate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  True, if we are talking as if today was 1950 and the socioeconomic situation were the same. But it’s not. There’s almost 80 years of progress and the socioeconomic situation is not even comparable. So, although true it was a problem 80 years ago, its a bit shortsigthed to claim same applies today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But, whats the difference from a male that also wants to get to the same position, and is also not entrusted with the thing of importance? I see plenty of this scenarios play on a daily basis by males who want to get on top but are blocked by fellow males. Its the same situation, why would we need to provide help for the women but not for the men? Would you say that properly competent person would overcome this issue, regardless of their gender?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I absolutely never said most of the things you claim here that I have said. I never said that one gender can’t do what the other can. Will you stop putting words in my mouth?

  If you’re under the impression that “women are better at this, men are better at that” then you’re either 12 and/or are living in a society which actively stifles human development.

  This seems awfully ignorant. I guess you think also men are equally good at giving birth and breastfeeding? If so, no need to discuss anymore. Let’s agree to disagree.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You went into extreme edge cases to prove your point. Of course both genders can do both, but why would I want to put the burden of getting the kids in check with my wife when I am supposed to be the man in the house? Will I just put the burden on my wife and say “hey, you are mature and strong and independent - handle it and let me get a beer”.

  As for the emotional part - women can teach kids empathy, men can teach kids not to cry immediately if you fall down once. Both are emotional aspects but they are exactly the opposite aspects and complement each other. Kids do need both. Women happen to be better at empathy, and men tend to be better at regulating emotions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Better paid jobs are usually more risky, competitive and harsh with short deadlines, that why the are paid more than jobs where you can just do your shift and happily go home like daycare or teaching. It happens that men simply naturally want the adrenaline and excitement that comes with the first because they want to prove themselves.

  If you look into history, men where those that went hunting which can be dangerous, while women were those who collected berries and nursed children, not much danger there.

  As a man, I actually thing women are crazy for not wanting to keep being a houswife a thing. It’s like being the CEO of the house. WFH guaranteed, you are the one making plans and deadlines, minimal stress, and you have probably enough spare time to do whatever you want as a hobby on the side (unless you have small children). I truly don’t see the downside, I would thrive in home improvement and gardening…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you, I am actually shocked by such positive feedback, as I never expect anything positive in online discussions :D

  Well, there is not much that needs to be adjusted in traditional values. Or, to put it lightly, that was never the problem to begin with. In traditional roles, both genders use their advantage to the max, and it has worked for millenia.

  The issue is that there is a smaller % of both genders, who wish to do something “out of the norm”. Men who want to work in childcare and women who want to drive trucks. That small % should be able to do so, without discrimination. That’s it. That’s all to it, why this entire woke thing blew up. We should preserve the traditional roles as they have proven themselves to work effectively, but we need to adjust it to be flexible for things that don’t fit in the traditional norms.

  From somewhere came the narrative that men are gatekeeping women from all important positions, and women in fight for their rights to be equal went the same route to basically gatekeep men in the name of equality. And now we are in this weird limbo where the genders seem to undermine each other whereever they can.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There is nothing that needs or requires 50/50 nor is there any benefit to society by forcing it besides being able to say “now it’s equal”. Childcare should ideally be 30% men and 70% women because women are natual caretakers and excell at emotional and social tasks. Men are needed there to provide strict authority for kids when they are not behaving well and for developing skills such as sports, engineering and emotional reslilience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Daycare, men who work with children in general. It feels like taboo, and I assume it’s because the general opinion seems to be that men that want to be around children are most likely pedophiles. I never heard of a program to include more men in daycare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s quite simple, gender equaliry should stand for equal opportunity for both genders, but it’s not. I only see women being pushed into places with traditionally male majority, but not men being pushed into places with traditional female majority. And worst of all, equal opportunity should not mean we will hire a less competent woman that a more competent men, to fill out some 50/50 quota.

  This is exactly the result of abusing gender equality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how are my fellow peeps hosting your music collection these days?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I share a Spotify family plan with friends, but I use Zotify to make backups, which I then host in Jellyfin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The hidden cost of self-hosting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some things would, but not everything, so at best case, I would need to run 2 computers instead of one. I have a beefy spare M1 MacBook Pro, uses almost the same as the Raspberry but it’s horrible for selfhosting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The hidden cost of self-hosting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought the hidden cost is my power bill by having a PC run 24/7…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Copilot Delusion⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can use the same argument for just about everything. “In the past it was better”. Remember when kids new how to actually write with pens, and had to send a letter and wait a few weeks until it even arrived? The damn telephone and internet ‘ruined’ it with their ease of access and convenience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't get the love for Nextcloud - alternative for just files?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wanted something that has OnlyOffice integration and basically an selfhosted Google Drive, so tried Nexcloud as the most popular solution… but… it was a pain to set up, its internal workings make handling reverse proxying a pain and it feels extremely slow.

  I will try out Seafile, they seem to have just the 2 things I need and nothing more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear Big Tech, Stop Shoving AI Into Operating Systems⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dude… what the fuck?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear Big Tech, Stop Shoving AI Into Operating Systems⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually wouldn’t mind AI in everything, if there was a simple one switch so I could easily turn it off if I don’t want to use it. The problem is only in forcing it into peoples faces.

  I guess they poured to much money into AI for it to fail, and now they must force people to use it to in order to justify the investments.

  If it was a good product, people would ask for more themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An alternative to Contabo (VPS provider)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want cheap and simple - Time4VPS. I am with them for a couple of years and for the price there is nothing really to complain about. If you take 2y contract, the cheapest plans are like €2.5/month.

  If you do decide to maybe go with them, it would be appreciated if you could use my affiliate link, otherwise… just type Time4VPS into google. They are based in Lithuania.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you use a self-hosted, AI-powered search engine for your favorite sites?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People will pay for solutions to their problems, and most people and companies don’t seem to want to hear - that we have the problem of AI being in everything.

  The next BIG THING will have a single marketing label - no AI inside.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Off-grid hosting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course, you just need to make sure your power supply, however it is set up, needs to provide constant power over long term that the system needs at minimum. That means for ex. if you use solar, you need to have a big enough battery and array so that it can charge batteries throughout the day even when it’s cloudy so the system can be up overnight when there is no power generation happening. If you have for ex. a raspberry pi and a smartphone as a hotspot, you can probably have enough energy with an average UPS and one solar panel to make sure it will never go fully empty overnight, regardless how cloudy the day was.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"It's Silencing" - Albania Shuts Down TikTok.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Government can get the similar effect with a ban, without spending a dime. Kids will grow up to be normal people who can actually work, be normal, and pay taxes. Same thing, but cheaper.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"It's Silencing" - Albania Shuts Down TikTok.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Kids aren’t stupid

  Well, they ain’t smart either… Even adults know better but still many end up in situations that are preventable if you have just some small amount of rational thinking. Also… you first need to know it yourself, to be able to educate your kids. Most parents didn’t grow up with TikTok nor do they use it themselves. How to educate your kids about dangers you yourself don’t know or understand?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"It's Silencing" - Albania Shuts Down TikTok.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Quite a lot of kids and teenagers have the same reaction to taking away their phone, as addicts have when taking away their drugs. I don’t think education can solve problems that are already affecting peoples mental and physical state. Not giving kids TikTok is same as not giving kids to much sugar. In small doses and controlled yes, but nothing you would give them free unlimited access to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"It's Silencing" - Albania Shuts Down TikTok.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The government is not wrong tbh. Young people are addicted to social media and scroll endlessly all the time, and I have myself came across, mildly put, disturbing content. I deleted most of my social media and use the bare minimum to only keep up with some remote friends.

  I also don’t buy the argument that it’s censoring because it’s just one of many many channels people can freely communicate. TikTok alone does not mean democracy. Also, the same way it can support democracy, so can it be used to demolish it by repeating false claims to make them appear truthful. And if you add AI on top which can generate convincing images and videos of whatever…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Example #3194 for blind people enjoying Mastodon/the fediverse BECAUSE many people post with picture/video description⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, there are people who encourage others to add alt text, and there are those who want to force everyone to add alt text. I saw both…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Example #3194 for blind people enjoying Mastodon/the fediverse BECAUSE many people post with picture/video description⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is also a seemingly toxic side to this, as people call out the ones who do not add alt text to their pictures. While it is helpful and inclusive, it is not a requirement and people who don’t do it (be it unknowingly or otherwise) should not be treated badly or called out for it.