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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You're not alone: This email from Google's Gemini team is concerning⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I know that they might not be as secure as GrapheneOS, but you should totally give LineageOS or /e/OS a try, as they’re both not limited to Pixels. I haven’t tested them myself however, since I am a Graphene user. The most I ever tried with one of them was testing ROMs by installing LineageOS on my old Moto G7 play.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doctors are using unapproved AI software to record patient meetings, investigation reveals⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  To add to this, there’s evidence disproving that Apple and Google are listening 24/7. An article goes over how a phone uses way more power when doing an "OK Google/Hey Siri” request than simply scrolling through Meta/Twitter/Snapchat/etc. Basically it’d take a shit ton of noticeable battery power to constantly be listening to people and phoning home, so they don’t. What they did do instead was take secret screenshots and send them to 3rd party sources.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wtf i love capitalism now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You totally can, I’ve seen plenty of people with themed icons and shit of their favorite characters or smth, but I think you need an app to do it or to do some magic in shortcuts. I never bothered or figured it out cause I hated my iPhone so much and I feel like they actively discourage people from doing shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amid AI Plagiarism, More Professors Turn to Handwritten Work⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  RIP, my ass tends to grip the pencil too hard or smth, and I often cramp up my hand when writing a lot. I had to write paper notes for a class, and another professor made our final exam on paper where you write about 10 terms and do 2 mini essays on a topic.

  I really don’t wanna do paper, simply because of how annoying it is (smudge marks, misspelled words, running out of space, having to erase a lot of stuff cause you feel it looks wrong, etc.). Honestly, unless a teacher watches students write their entire assignment in class with no technology out, what’s to stop them from just copying down what ChatGPT wrote for them onto paper?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨matrix is cooked⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So happy the article linked to the Fediverse post, immediately liked and boosted it.

  Never used SimpleX much really but will be immediately uninstalling it. Saw the guy’s tweets, he’s fucking insane, and retweets RFK Jr 🤢. Will do my best to inform others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump Regime Wants to Make Approvals Easier for Tesla's Mythical Cybercab⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy shit I just realized it didn’t say cybercrab 😭

  Good a cybercrab sounds so cute and I wouldn’t want to have to associate it with Muskrat

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spaniards packing water guns blame impact of mass tourism for housing crunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is old, or at least I remember hearing about this last summer with my mom while watching YouTube. Like another commentor said, they need to have their government reign in the tourism, manage how many people come, stop Airbnbs, etc. Furthermore, if tourism is that huge in your country, wouldn’t they suffer financial losses if they severely cut back on tourism? Just a really weird and assholish way to deal with the situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What game has the best tutorial, in your opinion?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My mom really though the Plateau was gonna be the entire game lol. When the game gave her a paraglider she was like “oh there’s gonna be more?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switch 2 Breaks Records By Selling Over 3.5 Million Units In Four Days⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yes, the one Nintendo IP that has gone to shit. Not fully by the way, as Legends Arceus was fantastic, and even my mom who hasn’t given a fuck about Pokemon since Yellow loved watching me play it. If Gamefreak would finally make another side game like Mystery Dungeon (or the more forgotten cult classics like Pokepark, Ranger, Conquest, Rumble, etc.) we wouldn’t be trolling them so hard. It’s also more of a Gamefreak problem than anything, as other companies that did Pokemon games (Chunsoft, Genius Sonority, etc.) did fantastic.

  Anyway Zelda and Mario are still making bangers, Kirby Air Riders is coming back, Metroid fans are fed, Splatoon is getting a whole new game for Switch 2 (fuck me…), people are still relatively happy with Animal Crossing NH, we’ll see how Donkey Kong’s new game does, and while FE’s newest entry wasn’t so hot you can’t ignore how Three Houses brought in a brand new wave of loyal FE fans.

  Literally everyone knows Pokemon mainline has been going to shit (and not the characters, designs, music, etc. imo, just the animations and story writing). Pick another game, even Nintendo (and Pokemon) fans make fun of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Press F to pay respects⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Join us! Join the .zip!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's where you put the shit posts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Used Teams for the first time ever a week ago to do an interview and that bitch did not want to connect to my earbuds. Just fucking refused to work. Meanwhile, I used Zoom twice a week for my programming class and had no issue connecting to them and using that as my output.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube’s Deliberate Indifference Exposes Kids to disgusting Content⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I totally agree with the lists mentioned in that post, as my sister and I watched a good amount of them. But like my post said, there’s a decline in good TV shows for kids. All of those shows mentioned are finished, none of them are currently ongoing shows right? Do they still broadcast them? Now parents have to pay for Disney+ to have something that isn’t slop for their kids to watch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube’s Deliberate Indifference Exposes Kids to disgusting Content⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I’m mostly thinking about how my teachers would make us watch a YT vid with a classwork/homework assignment. CrashCourse does like every subject, I watched several of their Civics & Government/History videos. Amoeba Sisters was a frequent channel in my Biology class.

  But the whole point is you have to look for those, cause YT knows they can get way more kids to scroll and watch ads for 5 hrs+ if you show them “ElSa pOoPiNg oN SpIDeRmAn!1!1?!?1?” videos compared to “Learn about how carbon affects the pH of seawater!". The algorithm is designed to trap unfortunately, and YT kids is a fucking sham.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube’s Deliberate Indifference Exposes Kids to disgusting Content⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There can absolutely be educational content for kids on YT, but compared to the egregious amount of mind-numbing/fetishy content, it’s totally not worth it. It’s a shame how there feels like a lack/decline of quality kids/tween TV shows being broadcasted, I was talking to my mom about how kids really don’t have a lot to watch once they hit age 9+.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sir! A second Click meme has hit Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Silly YT guy who reacts to memes and reads Reddit posts. People like him cause he’s wholesome welcoming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨uBlockOrigin is porting uBOL to iOS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not surprised, Apple hates devs anyway. Like I said, I used NextDNS to filter internet traffic and used Proton VPN for pirating/hiding my IP/usual shit. I’m on Graphene now so I’m not invested anyway, but maybe I would’ve forced myself to use Safari if uBlock was available for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨uBlockOrigin is porting uBOL to iOS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just hated using it, and I already had a FF account that I use everyday and made syncing things better. Safari’s UI feels gross and ancient to me, and even my iPhone/MacOS loving mom says the way bookmarks/saved pages works is dumb. Plus, I used FF to have a balance of convenience and privacy, since most other options on iOS aren’t privacy friendly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨uBlockOrigin is porting uBOL to iOS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck, wish they released that while I was on iPhone during HS. All the other ad blockers were paid and/or Safari only, and I DESPISE Safari, It’s so bad. I just used Firefox + NextDNS and prayed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pixelfed Uptick in Monthly Active Users⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Loops is still in Beta rn, and it’s rough lol. Never was a Tiktok person so it might feel even worse for them.

  Isn’t federated yet, but will be when Dansup makes it worthwhile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else surrounded by inelastic Dunning-Kruger hypocrites?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Where the fuck is that second stock image from??? I fucking love how the one chick has a whole damn assault rifle 😭

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So close!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah that’s what I was going for, I was to lazy to type my “sister/brother in christ” so I figured sibling was the best way to get both women and men along with any enbys.

  Happy Pride, people 🌈

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breaking Free From Social Media Silos With The Fediverse⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Felt that. Lemmy perfectly replicates (and improves) on the things I liked about Reddit. I don’t need or want an algorithm for this, because you can just subscribe to all the communities you love anyway.

  Meanwhile, Mastodon and Pixelfed are a struggle. Tagging is key since there’s no algorithm, but even after following like 50+ tags, I still don’t see exactly what I want in my feeds. I love fanart of games and anime, so I tried to pick pixelfed.art, but even then I don’t see much, and also realized a large amount of artists are on mastodon.art instead, and the federation struggles to show me people not on Pixelfed. Hell, both official and 3rd party clients sometimes break when viewing a non-pixelfed account page. You seriously have to work to curate a feed on these places that make you want to come back.

  I was never really a Twitter person, but I absolutely used Instagram and Pinterest a lot to look at art before I dropped them, so now I use Tumblr to not shut myself off entirely from fan content. So it’s not a matter of me not liking Fediverse services like Pixelfed and Mastodon, but them lacking the methods necessary to make viewing content easier.

  Don’t get me started on Misskey, the language barrier isn’t a problem for me as I am learning Japanese. But I feel a little lost with the UI, and once again, trying to find artists on other instances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So close!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m honored, truly. I try my best 🥹

  Tbh I probably saw someone else say it before and just used it myself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So close!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know it’s overused but cliches are cliche for a reason, so I love it when people say “So close!” and then make fun of someone for saying some braindead shit.

  Also reminds me of some stupid ad I saw for expensive ass chlorophyll powder packets to put in your water. My sibling in christ, eat a fucking salad with spinach if you want chlorophyll.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 months⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was good at math and it was one of my favorite core subjects in school, so I know I’m a weirdo but… I never understood how people couldn’t understand basic PEMDAS/BEDMAS/Whatever-the-fuck-your-country-calls-it.

  Obviously these problems are shitty engagement bait because they don’t use parentheses, but still, seeing people fuck up the fact that Multiplication AND Division occur at the same time, and then the next step is Addition AND Subtraction just stupefies me.

  Like, did you sleep through 4 years of elementary school to miss that fact??? Even in middle school pre-algebra teachers still did PEMDAS refreshers. I get that once I get out of college I’m probably gonna forget half the pre-calc shit I learned because I won’t need it, and I’m not being drilled on it everyday like people in school are, but PEMDAS is a fundamental and basic daily life skill that everyone should know…

  I really wish we gave a fuck about US education.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google is going ‘all in’ on AI. It’s part of a troubling trend in big tech⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Whoa don’t come for Bluetooth like that. I like not having tangled wires and janky earbuds/headphones, especially because my clumsy ass used to snap the cords all the time by accident.

  I do agree though that we should get the choice to use headphone jack or bluetooth. I also miss having a jack since I have to use my charging port to connect to my car radio…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The DS had plenty of fantastic games, but when it comes to a game I feel had the most beautiful example of using the controls in a creative way, I’d say The World Ends With You takes the cake.

  I’ve literally never played a game that needed such a high degree of multitasking, not just for mental multitasking, but also hand-eye coordination. Playing that game on Hard mode felt crazy, and I literally never unlocked Master mode. Balancing between the top and bottom screen characters was such a challenge, especially if you’re actually trying to make use of the green puck for more damage. The fact that each partner has their own battle method is fantastic too, as you never get too comfortable with one character until you finish the game.

  Add in fantastic art design, catchy soundtrack, funny & memorable main cast, and you get absolute peak. I can’t believe Square let that game rot for more than a decade. The Neo TWEWY sequel was pretty good too, but nothing will literally ever compare to the original’s controls. It’s just so addicting man.

• ⁨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.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At this point I’m leaving a paper trail in my comments. Sigh, I’ll keep it short and sweet.

  If you’re using ReVanced to hack and get through Duolingo, then I think you should just drop the service. There are countless free resources out there that do a better job, and aren’t predatory or make you hate learning. Duolingo is good for beginners and about a month or two of learning. Please let that app go, especially since the CEO thinks AI is a suitable replacement for the education system…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hope i don't get downvoted for this⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not OP, but typically asexual is perceived as not having any sexual attraction/having minimal sexual attraction to anyone, regardless of gender. It’s like the opposite of pansexual (attraction to anyone regardless of gender).

  Everything is a spectrum of course, which is why people talk about the graysexual area, where you have some attraction but there’s extra things that make it not the “typical” experience of allosexuals (those who experience sexual attraction). Things like Demisexual (attraction only after having a close bond), Aegosexual (having sexual arousal and fantasies, but you don’t think of yourself in those fantasies), etc. These are all microlables to help people narrow down how they feel.

  So if you have a distinct and noticeable sexual attraction to one gender, you probably are allosexual (straight, lesbian, gay, etc.). Note, however, that romantic ≠ sexual, and you can be asexual but only date men, or be asexual and date both men and women.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duolingo CEO tries to walk back AI-first comments, fails⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not gonna lie, I stopped using Renshuu due to having other resources at hand and because it just looks so rough, but I think it’s great for a free resource. The fact that they offer a shit ton of vocab/grammar/kanji study sets for free and community built ones is reminiscent of Anki, and Renshuu also uses a SRS. Lots of customization for reviews and answer options.

  It’s certainly nowhere as eye-catching and addictive as Duolingo is, so beginners are probably more likely to give up than if they used Duolingo. But honestly, that site lost the point of what learning a language was supposed to be about anyway.

  Sometimes I feel I should pick it back up, but at this point I want to focus more on reading/watching content for practice/learning.